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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If you want to explain Cognitive Dissonance...😂
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birdsite - EU law issues
Éric Freyssinet: Deputy Director of France’s Cyberspace Gendarmerie here!
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RT @Femi_Sorry@twitter.com
🇪🇺 Which system is less corrupt? 🇬🇧
🇪🇺 EU Politician Eva Kaili found guilty of paid lobbying (bribery).
625 (1 against) MEPs vote to fire her.
🇬🇧 UK MP Owen Paterson found guilty of paid lobbying (bribery).
243 (6 against) Tories voted to change the roles to protect him.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Femi_Sorry/status/1602650076555386886
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The NHS was created in 1948. In the following years the U.K. has had some truly horrendous governments. They have neglected, meddled, vilified and undermined the NHS in a wicked variety of different ways.
Not one of these governments have ever been so unforgivably horrendous they have caused the NHS Nurses to go on strike.
Take a bow Sunak. This is your historic day.
A couple of day back, I was thinking of buying myself a very expensive Christmas prezzie - a Leica 100 - 400mm zoom lens (for any 4/3rds camera). Normally about 1600€ but on Amazon.de, it was listed at around 740€. I popped one in my shopping basket then dithered and dithered - after all even at that price it's a LOT of money! Finally, this morning I thought "damn it, I'm having it!" but when I went to go to the checkout, a notice appeared saying that it was no longer available at that price but now costs 1579€; a price increase of over 800€!!!
So no bloody Leica lens for Christmas - I'm sulking BADLY!!!
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Tories keep trying at attack strikers by saying it's not fair on 'hard working people'
Nurses, who ARE hard worker ng people only got half an hour with a lazy minister
Nurses literally died working their guts out to save ives after the Tories let Covid run out of control
Tories broke the NHS - deliberately. It is managed decline to then asset strip
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Imagine being that rich.
Imagine being that rich and being able to choose to be anything you want. You could be an artist, or a daredevil, an astronaut, an explorer... You could choose to spend your days just reading, you could be a reader.
The sheer vastness of possiblity, of all the things you could be.
Imagine being that rich.
Imagine being that rich and choosing, of all things, to be an arsehole.
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@EuropeanPowell they are actually not interested in writing replacement laws. They are only interested in increasing the gap between EU regulation, and UK regulation, to make it as difficult as possible to rejoin the EU.
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What humanity is currently doing to the Earth, basically just so that a few very rich people can get even richer for a little while, is absolutely, unequivocally, the height of stupidity
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RT @spudpeel@twitter.com
Brexiters are caught between two stools these days: hatred of the poorest (refugees) and hatred of the richest (Harry & Meghan).
And in the middle? A big F*ck All.
Or perhaps it's self-hatred?
Either suits: it's hate all the way. The only blurring is where it elides into fear.
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Is your MP angrier about a Netflix show than people unable to heat their homes and feed their kids? If yes, I think it’s time for a different MP.
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Dominic Raab’s long-awaited bill of rights seems doomed again, @thetimes reports
Sunak is understood to have told the deputy prime minister this week that he has “deprioritised” the long-awaited overhaul of the Human Rights Act
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/dominic-raab-bill-of-rights-halt-uk-third-time-3gxdc8c9g
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7,200,000 (over 1 in 10) people are now on an unnecessary waiting list for #NHS treatment, because #Conservatives are deliberately depriving it of both money and staff.
Their ideological attack on the UK cares not for your loved ones health or welfare, not one jot.
#GeneralElectionNow
#NHSCrisis
#ToryCostOfGreedCrisis
#BrexitHasFailed
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If you're blaming price increases on the cashier making $20 an hour, instead of a CEO making billions, you're part of the problem
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If you see this toot (yeah this one right here), can you boost it for me? It will help my new server federate with the wider Mastodon network. 🚀 🙏
Thanks to anyone who can do this. It is really appreciated! This server is small but will be hosting several #peace #SocialJustice and #Humanistic groups, so it is for a good cause.
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
