Can you tell whether you’re reading a tweet from disgraced, not-bitter former political advisor and eye-test pioneer Dominic Cummings or the Aphex Twin’s discography?
Why not test yourself?
Some of these are Aphex Twin song titles, some are quotes from Dom’s tweets. Which are which?
- CHEETA1b ms800
- 1954 Alchian @ RAND
- Arched Maid via RDJ
- SoS/spads
- NEOTEKT72
- MPs a/ ‘no PPE
- Petiatil Cx Htdui
- DHSC/PHE/CABOFF
- fz pseudotimestretch+e+3
- OPTIMAL single peak
- X AE A-XII
Answers
- Aphex Twin, from 2016’s Cheetah
- Dominic Cummings, from a 28 June tweet in which he discusses the hydrogen bomb, because he’s a deep thinker who’s always considering the big topics.
- Aphex Twin, from 1995’s Hangable Auto Bulb EP.2.
- Dominic Cummings, from a June 26 tweet in which, needless to say, he was right all along.
- Aphex Twin, from 2015’s Orphaned Deejay Selek 2006–08.
- Dominic Cummings, from a June 16 tweet that proves conclusively that it was all Matt Hancock’s fault.
- Aphex Twin, from 2001’s Druqs.
- Dominic Cummings, from a June 9th tweet in which he acted urgently and saved lives, I bet the Aphex Twin never acted urgently and saved lives.
- Aphex Twin, from 2014’s Syro.
- Dominic Cummings, from a May 23rd tweet in which he goes on about something or other.
- Neither, it’s Elon Musk’s son’s name, but if the Aphex Twin is looking for a song title, or if Dom’s looking for something sciencey to pad out a tweet, they could both do worse.
