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
Americans tend to demonstrate very limited comprehension of the fact that everywhere on earth is not like America. When I was living in Thailand, an American retiree who had literally just arrived there for a cheap retirement (with benefits), asked me if he could legally carry a loaded firearm in Thailand. When I replied "No, not without a permit" He said "Where do I get a permit?" to which I replied "As a foreigner, you would never get a permit in a million years!". He then went into a sulk and a few days later, presumably after checking the veracity of my reply, left Thailand for some other country where they would let him carry a firearm!
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Republicans have decided not to do anything about the border until after the election. So it must not be an emergency.
Repubs don't want a solution. They want the problem.
All border problems going forward belong to weakling Donald and WEAK republicans.
WEAK!
The Republicans really hate the USA.
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The world’s top 1% of emitters produce over 1000 times more CO2 than the bottom 1%
When you don't tax the shit out of the rich, this is what you get. Our life support systems are not compatible with the existence of the rich.
@elecharny
I worked for a US firm here in Luxembourg. We all got an email one day from the management in the US saying that the company's stock price had taken a hit on "the street" and as a result they needed to make 650 employees redundant worldwide. When the boss (also an American) told the VP in the US how much it would cost them to make people in Luxembourg redundant, they only fired one person. They had to pay him six months salary plus holiday pay (minimum 10 days) along with pension and social security contribuions as he had been with them for a long time!
I overheard the shouted conversation between our boss in Luxembourg and his boss in the US. The boss in the US seemed completely unaware that even US companies in jurisdictions outside the USA have to comply with the laws in those countries. Staggering ignorance for someone in such a senior position! and of little comfort to the people who were going to lose their jobs to support that company's stock price!
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Rishi Sunak, "Our plan is working"
Sir Michael Marmot, "We're starting to suffer Victorian diseases.. Universal Credit pays 70% of the cost of essentials.. If you're on Universal Credit we guarantee you will get sick because we don't give you enough money to eat healthily, to heat your home"
"Britain has become a poor country with a few rich people.. It's worse to be poor in Britain than in most other European countries. Poor people in Britain have a lower income than Slovenia'"
What complete tosser the man is!
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The Conservative party will suffer an electoral massacre if it doesn't deliver what the voters want.
Unfortunately what the voters want is for the Conservatives to suffer an electoral massacre.
So the bottlers of sparkling wines on the continent are going, at enormous expense, to tool up to fill a new non-standard sized bottle just to please a few British fuckin wankers fetishizing prehistoric measures even though that bottle size could not legally be sold anywhere else in the EU - I don't think so!
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My friend @TLB73 has told me that his Universal Credit (UC) has been cut by £50.
If you claim UC, kindly complete this poll.
(Your name is not revalled in this poll, but my DMs are open should you wish to write something or other)
Feel free to boost even if you are not a claimant
Thanks xxx
I live in the UK and my UC ..
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« Ron DeSantis should have to carry his Presidential run to term even if it threatens the life of his party. »
Burn, baby! Burn!
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https://www.tax-the-rich.eu/
a EU citizen's initiative to tax the rich more so that we can take more action against global warming and social inequalities.
It currently has 100k+ total votes, but we need a lot more to make it work. France already has 130% of the needed votes (76k out of 55k), but e.g the netherlands only 2% (400 out of 20k).
I just voted as dutch citizen, but if you know anyone that would also be interested in this, please do refer them to the website!
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Tertiary Syphilis is a hell of a drug.
#DonaldTrump #TerriarySyphilis
'Deeply confused' Trump mocked for blaming Jan. 6 on Haley: 'Only person he won't blame' is himself https://www.alternet.org/trump-haley/
As everyone possessed of a functioning brain cell knows, the 'small boats crisis' is entirely the fault of the fucking tory scum.
There is no legal route to access asylum in the UK for the overwhelming majority of refugees! Why do they want to come to the UK, one might ask - it is party because the British government and civil service couldn't organize an orgy in a brothel so it is ridiculously easy to disappear and work on the black in Britain, but also because English is the world's most popular 2nd language which gives most people who want to settle in the UK an advantage over settling in say France or Germany!
www.france24.com/en/france/20...
I would love to know the proportion of patients needing hospitalization who were fully vaxxed and boosted -v- those who weren't but I guess medical confidentiality is an issue therein.
I think conspiring with others to pervert the course of justice is the crime they have committed and it is my feeling that ever single executive from both Fujitsu and the Post Office who was aware of parlous state of the Horizon system when the PO started prosecuting sub Postmasters, should face justice!
Could easily be a dead heat!
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Travellers on Boeing 737 flights will be allowed to bring on-board screwdrivers, drills and any other tools deemed necessary to keep the doors from flying off, aviation authorities have confirmed. https://theshovel.com.au/2024/01/16/screwdrivers-now-permitted-on-boeing-flights-to-allow-passengers-to-help-with-maintenance/
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
