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
Of course the system of "instant transfers" available at banks in the EU is a wonderful thing except if you want to make such a transfer over a weekend, in which case 'instant' means the next normal working day. So an instant transfer initiated on Good Friday will , in most EU countries, not appear on the recipients bank account until the following Tuesday - yeah "instant", my fuckin arse!!!
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@MostlyTato It's a pretty good line, isn't it? I found it on this meme and it stuck with me.
The thing that annoys me about the absolute chaos at the port of Dover, is that it was an absolutely 100% predictable problem.
As Britain is no longer a member of the European Union, every British passport now has to be examined for validity (not less than 6 months) and stamped to indicate the date of entry into the Schengen zone. Moreover, every passport must now be checked to see if the holder has already reached or exceeded the maximum stay of 90 days per 180 days in the Schengen zone. The French authorities foresaw the delays that this would occasion and asked the port of Dover to provide them with additional border control booths where they could station extra officers. The port of Dover recognised the forthcoming problem and asked the government for £30 million to completely reorganise the port to make room for the required extra border control booths. The tory scum offered 0.1% of the funds requested so the necessary work has not been undertaken.
As is usual with this government of tory filth, they are now blaming the French and the European Union for problems for which they, themselves, are absolutely 100% to blame!
The French have no option whatever other than to make the checks on each passport and stamp them in as it is required by the other members of the Schengen zone and European Union regulations (regulations that the British government were adamant should be imposed when Britain was still a member of the EU. “Hoisted with his own petard” springs to mind!), just as the same checks are made on the passports of aliens entering the United Kingdom by the UK border force.
The British need to get it into their thick skulls that they are now aliens in the European Unions rather than welcome friends and colleagues!
Paul Brownjohn
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58 weeks of my 3 day war. My offensives a bit like how I have sex. It takes a long time to get ready, it doesn't go very deep, doesn't last that long and victim says "is that it?"
I remain a master strategist.
Running scared? Nah - Donald Trump jnr just doxxed the judges daughter in his father's court case!
https://www.comicsands.com/aoc-trump-jr-judge-daughter-2659739806.html
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Britain 2023. The post-war welfare settlement is crumbling beneath our feet, the democratic social contract won through working class struggles is broken, & competing nationalistic forces struggle for ascendancy. Want to better understand how & why? Read this outstanding book 👇
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RT @BrendanMcGeever
20 years ago I walked into a 2nd year undergraduate Sociology lecture at Glasgow University. It was a class on ‘Racism and Modernity…
https://twitter.com/BrendanMcGeever/status/1643245814565810176
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For those of you who have been vaccinated against Covid, how many times have you been vaccinated?
Please BOOST for maximum exposure to the #Fediverse
#Polls #Poll #POTD #Covid #Vaccine #Vaccination #AllThingsTech
Paul Brownjohn
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Paul Brownjohn
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Since Covid became a thing, how many times have you had Covid?
Please BOOST for maximum exposure to the #Fediverse
#Poll #Polls #POTD #Covid #AllThingsTech
Paul Brownjohn
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they knew and don't care
the eu was going to make the rich pay tax, respect human rights and the environment.
this was understandably unacceptable so they told the british public they we fed up with experts and foreigners and enough swallowed it.
now we can swim in our own shit whilst they exploit us to death.
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RT @dave43law
Just a gentle reminder for anyone stuck at Dover
#ToriesOut269 #SunakOut160 #GeneralElectionNow
Paul Brownjohn
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The doors were locked.
The teachers were armed.
TN expanded firearm access.
The police arrived in minutes.
Covenant school had everything that MAGA GOP assured us prevents & stops mass shootings. And 3 babies & 3 adults were murdered in seconds.😳
IT’S—THE—GUNS
#GunReformNow
Paul Brownjohn
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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.
Paul Brownjohn
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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!
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
