Paul Brownjohn @Paulos_the_fog@qoto.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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Report: Russia is now fielding Chinese drone detection radars from the company Zhejiang Fanshuang Technology.
Do we really want to buy "Made in China" anymore?
https://defence-blog.com/russian-forces-deploy-chinese-radars-to-track-ukrainian-drones/
This is one that will only chime with people who watch UK free to air commercial TV.
Imagine training to be an actor or a singer and not getting a lot of work then suddenly you get your big break - a singing role in a TV advert, singing just one word - that one word is "Diarrhoea".
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To be clear, the United States has no far left. What Americans consider "far left," most other Western nations call moderate and even conservative.
It's that the US political center has shifted so far to the right, you're considered a far-left radical if you demand breathable air and potable water.
This is one that will only chime with people who watch UK free to air commercial TV.
Imagine training to be an actor or a singer and not getting a lot of work then suddenly you get your big break - a singing role in a TV advert, singing just one word - that one word is "Diarrhoea".
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May I have your attention:
Autism is neither a disease, nor a birth defect. We have got to push back hard on this eugenicist garbage.
Paul Brownjohn
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I'm always amazed by how the ALL POWERFUL, ALL KNOWING GOD needs all these sad whiny shit-stained little douchebags to do his bidding...
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Georges Clemenceau comes to mind:
"America is the only nation in history which, miraculously, has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilisation."
A bit harsh, perhaps, but it's definitely in the degeneration phase.
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“ "In the first century in Israel, Christianity was a community of believers. Then Christianity moved to Greece and became a philosophy. Then it moved to Rome and became an institution. Then it moved to Europe and became a culture. And then it moved to America and became a business." --Richard Halverson
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Crashing the economy is not an unintended side effect of Trump's stupidity, it's an intended effect of Trump's stupidity.
Destroying the economy was always part of the plan. Making you sick was always part of the plan. Making people stupid was always part of the plan.
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"The killing of Kirk was 'heinous', so were the killings of MELISSA HORTMAN & HER HUSBAND; THE HAMMER ASSAULT OF NANCY PELOSI's HUSBAND; & THE JAN. 6, 2021 ATTACK ON THE US CAPITOL BY A TRUMP MOB,” said Greg Casar. (NYT)
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"I want the country I was born in back. I was born in 1955 into social housing. We kids had a great comprehensive education. Most of the boys moved into apprenticeships and learned a trade. Others went on to higher learning to become our doctors, teachers, lawyers, etc. All of our council rent and energy costs were nationalised, everything went back to the government and councils. This country was destroyed by privatisation and capitalisation."
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/readers-thoughts-jeremy-corbyn-new-party-disrupt-uk-politics/
Is there now any doubt whatever in anyone's mind that trump is the absolute worst POTUS the US has ever elected!
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As Trump’s decision to kill 11 drug smugglers in the Caribbean Sea suddenly starts looking even worse.
Sen Kaine🚨reached out to numerous GOP Sens to ask them to join his letter laying out basic Qs for Trump about drug boat bombing, Senate stffr tells me. 0 Rs agreed.
25 Dem Senators just laid out 10 tough Qs for Trump & Hegseth to answer about the decision to bomb that Venezuelan "drug boat"🚨w/o any clear authorization or rationale.
#Execution #WarCrimes #Protest #USPol
https://newrepublic.com/article/200356/trump-drug-boat-bombing-takes-darker-turn-damning-new-info-emerges
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
