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
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
Paul Brownjohn
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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!
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Think of a number. Don’t tell anyone what it is. Now think of all the other numbers you didn’t think of, and how they must be feeling. I hope you’re proud of yourself.
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From Twitter. So probably a response to idiots and liars about Brexit, NHS, unfairness, bigotry etc
RT @keanespirit
@Haggis_UK BREAKING… following in #AndreaLeadsom’s footsteps, #Brexiteer #Kemi, who celebrated us leaving a “restrictive” #EU #Bloc in favour of going it alone, now celebrates us joining a fresh restrictive bloc where there’s, *checks notes*, “strength in numbers”.
Give. Me. Strength.
I have always felt that anyone in a position of power and authority, like Police officers, MPs, local councillors, judges, magistrates, high ranking civil servants and so on should be given the absolute maximum sentence available to the judge should they be found guilty of committing any crime!
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The guys who think letting Trump getting away with everything is the best move had 76 years to test their theory. We got the worst insurrection in American history and one of the worst espionage sprees ever. So, congratulations!
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
