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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Conservative logic:
A man shouldn't have rights to love a man.
A man should have rights to shoot people.
@QasimRashid https://mastodon.social/@QasimRashid/111304231938468413
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"I’m not a religious Jew, but I know that the three pillars of Zionism are truth, justice and peace. And I look at present day Israel and I don’t see in the government any of these values.
Netanyahu is an arch liar, an inveterate liar, there is no justice for Palestinians and there is no interest in peace, only in oppressing and suppressing and keeping down the Palestinians."
Avi Shlaim,
Israeli-British Historian.
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Elon Musk's war on Wikipedia doesn't prove the value of the people's encyclopedia, but it's some of the best evidence yet.
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Am I mad as a box of frogs? Absoluitely!
Am I grumpy?
Without a doubt!
Do I have a sense of humour?
You better believe it!
Will I cut off poeple without second thought?
Yep!
I was going somewhere with this, but my brain has just shit itself, so I'm going to go splash in puddles.....
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They could have saved a lot more lives on Baywatch if only they stopped running in slow-motion.
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This was posted by Eric Cantona on Instagram.
Who can argue with the sentiment that we must Free Palestine?
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On the platform previously known as Twitter, Elon Musk has apparently given orders to automatically remove those who follow the account of Palestine Action US (@Pal_ActionUS). Many people have reported that after following the account, their accounts automatically unfollow it. We can confirm this from firsthand experience.
Whatever your politics in regard to Palestine, this is an important precedent. It confirms that Elon Musk bought Twitter in order to make it impossible for people to communicate except in ways that align with his personal agenda as a billionaire and racist. Relying on X/Twitter to communicate means enabling him to personally determine whom we can hear and whom is silenced.
https://crimethinc.com/TwitterCanary
For a world without billionaires or the social media platforms they control!
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#COVID breakthrough: New #nasalspray protects against all variants
I know if you are British, you will think this is quite insane but here in Luxembourg the tax-year runs from 1st Jan - 31st Dec; crazy isn't it!
Anyway before Covid the deadline for submitting a tax return was the end of May (I think) but since Covid, for some reason they have extended the deadline to 31st Dec. I haven't done mine this year so it's bloody well time I did!
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I Stand With #Palestine 🇵🇸 People, Jews, Muslims,
I DO NOT STAND WITH ISRAELI GOVERNMENTS/MILITARY, HAMAS, UK & USA POLITICAL PARTIES 😞
My dietician recommended I try goat's or sheep's milk rather than using cow's milk. I rather like sheep's milk; less so goats.
It did occur to me however
"How the fcuk do you milk sheep?"
Most gratifying - not one person voted for the return of the Imperial system
So, I read the other day that Tesla had substantially exaggerated the distance one of their vehicles could travel between charges - and they just get away with that?
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If you’re brown in America you have to do things like figure out if your landlord is racist enough to come murder you and your family out of nowhere. Not something any white person has ever even imagined needing to do.
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
