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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It’s not even a century, we know what follows the book bans. Stay Awake. Stay Woke. Resist Fascism
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@anamckellar This is so true. If we were to lose bees and flies, (key pollinators) we would quickly have no plant life on which we depend. Suicide! How stoopid are we? In parts of the UK sensible folk no longer use chemical sprays on verges and hedge rows. In other places quite the opposite, Go figure.
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Here's a good but of simple advice for our (often) sociopathic #management class when they are (among other things) thinking about #outsourcing & #supplychain contracts:
'Is there anything you don’t want to appear in the press about your pay gaps or tax records? Anything that would annoy the median voter? Maybe don’t do it. Behave as you would want your own subcontractors to behave'!
Its a simple ethics really, but one that often seems beyond many managers fresh out of #BusinessSchool!
This is something I don't quite understand, in France, where many of my colleagues hailed from when I was working, fixed rate mortgages are the norm when rates are relatively low. A colleague was able to remortgage his house, on which he had been paying a mortgage at 4%, for a new loan at a measly 1.44%; fixed rate for the entire 20 year life of the mortgage.
How come such deals are unavailable in the United Kingdom; is it the greed of the banks, is there some legislative reason why they can't or won't do this or is it, as I suspect, pure greed and profiteering!
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2022/10/20/a-global-house-price-slump-is-coming?utm_id=23852509992360064
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Now there's an omen for you - I'm just not quite sure what it signifies.
I blame Corbyn or Putin maybe!
I had to phone our would be new Internet service provider today just to confirm the time they're coming tomorrow as they sent me a text saying they'd be there in the morning whereas I arranged for them to come in the afternoon.
When switchboard answered the phone I was presented with a menu: press 1 for Luxemburgish, press 2 for German, press 3 for French or press 4 for English. Feeling a bit lazy, I opted for #4, English, so when the human operator actually answered the phone I started speaking English. The operator immediately asked me if I spoke French as she didn't feel able to handle the call in English! Is it just me or is it really a bit odd to offer people the option of speaking English and then when they ask for that option, you say to them “no, no, I can't do that!
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It's astounding that worthless morons like Frost get to criticize what the UK government is doing on the Brexit front without ever being asked to detail what alternative measures they would recommend.
The answer is of course, that they don't have any workable ideas of their own, just criticism of other peoples ideas!
This is just terrific - the cattle in the barn of the farm next door are making such a bloody row that I can't sleep. I don't know why - they are never normally this noisy. I'm guessing that this is a new batch of calves that have just been taken from their mothers and are calling out for her, however, I wish they would SFU!!!
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Just came across a poll question asking, “Should students be able to use cell phones in school?” and my first thought was if they can’t use cell phones in school, how else are they gonna be able to say goodbye to their parents before they get gunned down in the daily school shootings and what the fuck is wrong with this country?
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Siri, show me a headline that encapsulates the weapons-grade idiocy of Brexit and the cynicism of politicians willing to carry on damaging the country because they dare not admit how horrendously they’ve failed us.
Here’s what I found:
“Secret cross-party summit held to confront failings of Brexit”
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“Magic” Drug Restores Lost Memories and Unleashes Hidden Knowledge 👇 😯 
https://thedebrief.org/magic-drug-restores-lost-memories-and-unleashes-hidden-knowledge/
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Somewhere, someone finally made this and I think it's beautiful: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4687836
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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
