Paul Brownjohn @Paulos_the_fog@social.cleverlibre.org
Retired software engineer & woodworker.
Anglo-francophone.
Detest tories. Subscribe to green, leftish radical politics but not to any particular political party!.
Love the EU and all it stands for, moreover, I spent the last 10 years of my career working at an EU agency.
Enthusiastic photographer, especially wildlife and most especially butterflies.
Slightly knowledgeable gardener.
Atheist; loathe almost all religions and pity the people deluded enough to follow them. I make exceptions for Buddhism as it isn't really a religion in the strictest sense of the word as it doesn't postulate the existence of any god, and Jainism which is the epitome of peace.
For anyone who is interested, my header photo is of the most stupendous sunset I have ever seen. On the right is the waterfront of Vientiane, the capital of Laos, on the left is Thailand and in the middle, acting as the border between the two countries is the mighty Mekong river.
Joined Nov 2022
J'étais surpris de trouver ça dans le cour derrière chez moi. Il n’y a qu’un tout petit jardin.
The thing I always find astonishing is that Americans find these thieving MFs credible whereas anyone with a functioning brain-cell can see them for what they are - the servants of evil!
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You're forgetting their "Exceptionalism" mentality.
They go abroad for nice weather (complain about it), nice food & drink (complain about it), beaches and sights (complain they're full of furriners), and don't for a second consider they themselves are the foreigners, because wherever they stand is a little piece of Engerland.
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If you're not sure what you think about assisted dying, then I urge you to read this piece by Charlotte Raven; its heartbreaking but rightly points out some of the difficulties in the argument objecting to a #righttodie!
If you only read one thing today, make it this.... its not an easy read, but very necessary!
What an absolutely outstanding idea!
Make parking at seaside resorts completely unaffordable for the average person thus maximising revenue for the local council from the very few day trippers who will bother to go to such places after having been burnt once by the local council cretins!
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Think of a number. Don’t tell anyone what it is. Now think of all the other numbers you didn’t think of, and how they must be feeling. I hope you’re proud of yourself.
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From Twitter. So probably a response to idiots and liars about Brexit, NHS, unfairness, bigotry etc
RT @keanespirit
@Haggis_UK BREAKING… following in #AndreaLeadsom’s footsteps, #Brexiteer #Kemi, who celebrated us leaving a “restrictive” #EU #Bloc in favour of going it alone, now celebrates us joining a fresh restrictive bloc where there’s, *checks notes*, “strength in numbers”.
Give. Me. Strength.
@Greenseer @fkamiah17 @Amaru_Ca
Indeed! It wasn't so very many years ago that 25% of the French electorate voted for the official French communist party under Georges Marchais.
I remember being surprised that Marchais was so extremely conservative. When interviewed on TV and asked what he thought of the radical changes brought in by the then President Giscard d'Estaing; namely that the birth control pill would be available to all Frenchwomen whether married or not, and that 18 years olds would have the vote.
Marchais' response was "What of it? He's given whores the pill and kids the the vote" About as reactionary as it's possible to get! However, that was the French communist party - massively Russian influenced, extremely patriarchal and often more right wing than the right wing parties!
I have always felt that anyone in a position of power and authority, like Police officers, MPs, local councillors, judges, magistrates, high ranking civil servants and so on should be given the absolute maximum sentence available to the judge should they be found guilty of committing any crime!
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The guys who think letting Trump getting away with everything is the best move had 76 years to test their theory. We got the worst insurrection in American history and one of the worst espionage sprees ever. So, congratulations!
What I can't imagine is how the 40% who still think leaving the EU is a really good idea, manage to reach that conclusion. I would have thought that by now, it would be obvious to anyone who was not a complete cretin (or a fuckin tory MP - same thing really), that leaving the EU was just about the stupidest thing any nation has ever voted to do!
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Gun manufacturers produce a child sized JR-15. I’m assuming their goal is not just for adults to arm themselves, but for children to arm themselves too. What could possibly be wrong
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It's really extraordinary to see how if you are rich white and powerful, if you flagrantly and sloppily commit crime after crime that you brag about for decades and decades, then eventually, after almost comic levels of deliberation, you might get an indictment for one of them.
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Greetings #Fediverse members!
I've been joining a number of conversations about the recent growth on the Fediverse, and I keep hearing the term "users".
I'd like to remind everyone here that the community is made up of people, humans, members.
"Users" dehumanises, alienates, and allows for a particular brand of technospeak that smacks of addicted eyeballs and lost privacy.
I am a member of the community, not a user of software. Please try to reduce, ahem, using the word.
I would take issue with the statement
"Most people enjoyed smoking cigarettes."
I met very few people indeed who 'enjoyed' smoking - they smoked in order not to suffer the symptoms of nicotine withdrawal.
People I have met who have been addicted to other intoxicants, like heroin, speed, cocaine or crack all say without exception, that giving up smoking cigarettes is much more difficult than giving up one or more of the illegal drugs mentioned above.
I find it hard to believe that (wo)mankind will be able to avoid the catastrophic consequences of climate change unless there is a worldwide revolution!
I suspect the abolition of many of the things we take for granted might be necessary to change the world enough to save (wo)mankind before it's too late.
Limited liability companies must be made 100% (criminally) liable for the global warming they engender. With lengthy prison sentences for the management of companies responsible for substantial pollution (of the atmosphere or indeed of rivers, land or sea by any agent).
My generation tried and failed to create a better world - your generation must succeed or we all die!
My personal view is that Limited liability companies should be abolished along with - wait for it - MONEY! However, I don't have a working model of what should replace these two stalwarts with! Suggestions would therefore be very welcome.
Retired software engineer & woodworker.
Anglo-francophone.
Detest tories. Subscribe to green, leftish radical politics but not to any particular political party!.
Love the EU and all it stands for, moreover, I spent the last 10 years of my career working at an EU agency.
Enthusiastic photographer, especially wildlife and most especially butterflies.
Slightly knowledgeable gardener.
Atheist; loathe almost all religions and pity the people deluded enough to follow them. I make exceptions for Buddhism as it isn't really a religion in the strictest sense of the word as it doesn't postulate the existence of any god, and Jainism which is the epitome of peace.
For anyone who is interested, my header photo is of the most stupendous sunset I have ever seen. On the right is the waterfront of Vientiane, the capital of Laos, on the left is Thailand and in the middle, acting as the border between the two countries is the mighty Mekong river.
Joined Nov 2022
