Wikileaks founder Julian Assange keeps trying to connect with his loyal followers through Twitter, but he’s not doing a great job. In July, he tweeted that he asked Donald Trump Jr. to publish his e-mails, which showed that Trump Jr. met with a Russian lawyer during the presidential campaign, on WikiLeaks. Trump Jr. cucked him, publishing the e-mails himself on Twitter. Then, earlier this month, Assange decided to conduct a really dumb Twitter poll that asked if the transparency of the Trump presidency, even if it’s completely accidental, was good or bad.
On Monday, when a solar eclipse was visible across the United States, Assange decided to take this opportunity to give his take on wearing protective eyewear versus not wearing protective eyewear during a solar eclipse, a topic that was the subject of a lot of jokes on Twitter in the days leading up to the eclipse.
There's no danger staring directly at the moon during a total eclipse. Before/after, the moon only partly covers the sun = usual sun danger.
— Defend Assange Campaign (@DefendAssange) August 21, 2017
Assange seems to be talking about only total solar eclipses here. We all know that it is dangerous to look at a partial solar eclipse without proper eyewear, like President Trump did on Monday. Oddly, Assange tweeted this after the eclipse already ended. Just an FYI for future eclipses!
Now it’s Tuesday, and Assange is already on to another topic: Googling where reporters say he lives. The tweets came shortly after the New Yorker published a profile of Assange, where his living arrangement at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London is described as “roughly three hundred and thirty square feet, comprising his private quarters and a few rooms that he shares with Ecuadorian staff.”
Perhaps this article prompted Assange to see how people have categorized his Embassy accommodations in the past, and how he earned the nickname “Cupboard Boy.”
Did you know that 'journalists' are so cretinous they have launched 420k pages saying I live in a 'cupboard' and 261k in a 'basement'? pic.twitter.com/TVk8UVTGe4
— Defend Assange Campaign (@DefendAssange) August 22, 2017
He conducted some more internet searches on himself.
Here's some more. 62k in a "ladies toilet" and 392k "hiding" (as opposed to asylum in an embassy everyone knows the location of).
— Defend Assange Campaign (@DefendAssange) August 22, 2017
Then came this follow-up about Harry Potter and “class hazing”:
A disproportionate number are UK originated. Easy to see the same tropes under pinning Harry Potter. Living space based class hazing.
— Defend Assange Campaign (@DefendAssange) August 22, 2017
What???
Assange’s tweets were just asking for a roast.
Oh shit you guys pissed off cupboard boy https://t.co/9jPQNl21yV
— Matt Novak (@paleofuture) August 22, 2017
https://twitter.com/AhnethAhra/status/899991722851225600
https://twitter.com/2dAmMuslim/status/900009685910077441
https://twitter.com/eggsnpraxism/status/899956600382816256
Julian Assange shouting AM I BEING DETAINED at the lamppost outside the embassy for 16 hours a day
— three coffees and a nap guy (@AynRandy) August 22, 2017
"I'm not owned, I'm not owned" I say, as I live inside a cupboard for seven years https://t.co/evlyH2mE1g
— pixelatedboat aka “mr tweets” (@pixelatedboat) August 22, 2017
Some people pointed out the search results that Assange chose not to explore.
https://twitter.com/cashbonez/status/899965957552066560
— James Turner (teambuilder@infosec.exchange) (@teambuild3r) August 22, 2017
Assange has just one request. If you’re going to write about him, at least say he is tall.
https://twitter.com/crehage/status/899956430786220032
Sorry, it’s hard to focus on height when you lack the ability to laugh at yourself.