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
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People grumbling that #Mastodon is slow at the moment... You just turned up with 1 million people in a tiny, rural village and you're complaining there's a queue to get into the only tearoom, which is run by gay pensioners Babs & Maureen as a retirement hobby on Mons-Weds. Relax!
#TwitterMigration
Obviously an enlightened supporter of women's rights; nay an out and out feminist!
I bought some A5 tabbed alphabetic dividers for the ring binder where I store all my logins and passwords for the 100s of internet sites I subscribe to. Like most of my Amazon purchases these days, they came from Amazon.de as they are usually cheaper than other Amazon instances and there is no Customs hassle with products shipped from Germany to me here in Luxembourg. It is clear they were conceived for German speaking world as they have separate tabs for 'S', 'SCH' and 'ST'. There is a preponderance of names beginning 'S', 'Sch' and 'St' in the German speaking world.
Is this the sort of thing you mean or do I have to insert a tag somewhere specific?
Close up of an Asian Carpenter bee sitting on a rotted tree branch silhouetted against a green background of very blurred leaves.
A bird in the bush is worth two in the Twatter
Welcome to the refugee camp for former Twatterers! I'm sure you will find this a most agreeable residence as the haters of anything and everything seem to be too stupid to figure out how to sign up to an instance. Long may that continue!
Anyone know if James O'Brian of LBC fame has popped up over here yet?
Yes, I have only ever seen red ones here in Luxembourg. The grey ones are larger and out-compete the red ones where ever the two meet. In south-est England where I was raised, there are only grey ones and they are considered to be vermin. I don't know whether it's still in force but when I was a kid, there was a scheme whereby you could be paid a bounty of a shilling (5 pence in today's money) a dead grey squirrel tail by some organization or other to try to reduce their numbers. A 410 shotgun was usually the weapon of choice for bumping off grey squirrels.
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RT @BestForBritain@twitter.com
Jeremy Hunt: “Thanks to successive Conservative governments we remain a science superpower!”
Actual Nobel-prize-winning scientist: “The situation for UK science has never been so gloomy, and things will only get worse.”
🤷 ~AA
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/BestForBritain/status/1593231553856909312
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Another one from this morning on Glastonbury Tor. This was taken with the sun rising to the left and behind me. Some nice colours and texture in the clouds.
#glastonbury #glastonburytor #somerset #sunrise #sunrisephotography
I don't put up that many pics BUT I'd be happy to do what you ask if I only knew how - what exactly do I need to do?
Brexit reality
A pack of lies is predictable from the Express; that's pretty much all they print!
The simple way to deal with anything in the Daily or Sunday Express is to believe the diametric opposite; that way you will be likely to be right!
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Full list of landlord Tory MPs who voted against making homes 'fit for human habitation' https://spottednews.uk/full-list-of-landlord-tory-mps-who-voted-against-making-homes-fit-for-human-habitation/
That's exactly what all us sensible folk were warning would happen if Britain left the EU - I thought about a million more unemployed! Not only that but the number of small businesses that are closing down is accelerating at an alarming rate. Of course the rise in energy prices will exacerbate that trend.
I do hope this complete idiot gets a lengthy prison sentence. It's one of the basic principles of hunting with firearms that you NEVER take a shot unless you have an absolutely clear view of your quarry so that you can, as near as is possible, guarantee a clean kill. If this clown had a clear view of his target, he could not have mistaken him for a wild boar! Also that you take extreme care about the area behind your target in case you miss or your round passes straight through your quarry.
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Early morning. View from top of Devil's Dyke, Sussex UK.
I always follow back, and really appreciate and follow boosters
#Photography #PhotoOfTheDay #MastodonPic #Photo #Nature #PicOfTheDay #Photographer #Follow #Beautiful #Art #Sussex #Travel #Photoshoot #Boost #Landscape #View #LandscapePhotography #Style #Happy #Brighton #PhotosOfBritain #PhotosOfEngland #BeautifulEngland #BeautifulSussex #Shadows
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"Now that Elon Musk has taken over Twitter I finally feel safe in saying my high school math teacher was an ass-hole."
Albert Brooks
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RT @archer_rs@twitter.com
Comment from a Dutch banker here,
"The British had the entire European banking market at their feet, total control and they threw it all away.for their stupid Brexit. We are still laughing"
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/archer_rs/status/1592826385667854336
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Trans rights are human rights, click boost. 
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
