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
No, I am going to divest myself of everything possible that supports the US economy.
I have already made arrangements to transfer my cloud file storage from Dropbox (American) to Proton (Swiss) although I may yet move to a different European solution as there are plenty to choose from!
I would be nice to find an effective replacement for MS Office but...
I did have a look at Corel, a Canadian company, Wordperfect offering but it is laughably expensive.
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Poorest Brits now worse off than poorest in Slovenia, report finds
https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/living-standards-benefits-uk-poorest-brits/
There are some truly fantastical cünts out there especially, it seems, in the middle east where it appears being completely deranged is the norm!
If reports are to be believed, he ordered a shoot to kill and summary execution policy against drug dealers in the Philippines during his reign of terror. If the ICC can get their hands on him and he is is found guilty, he will doubtless spend the rest of his life in prison.
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But how can it be fake if it says exactly what i think?
@claralistensprechen3rd @RealJournalism
It's ironic - in Luxembourg, there was a well developed tram network in the early 20th century, then that was abandoned for whatever reason and replaced by petrol then diesel powered buses. Finally, work has begun on rebuilding the tram network and there are now trams plying their trade from the southernmost business areas of the city right out to the airport in the north.
All public transport; trams, buses and trains have a competitive advantage over the use of private cars here as all are completely free to users (the only exception being 1st class train travel for which there is a modest fee. 2nd class is free).
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I know that Trump and Musk and Zuck, etc. make really meaty targets.
I was never in any doubt that there have always been and will always be evil men in the world.
What I am finding incredibly hard to come to terms with is that there are millions and millions of regular Americans who are fine with what they’re doing.
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Top contributors in aid for Ukraine/person:
Denmark: 1850€/person
Norway: 1520€/person
Estonia: 900€/person
Netherlands: 744€/person
Finland: 700€/person
Sweden: 610€/person
Then way down the list is USA which is bankrupting it’s people by committing 196€/person, and they need their money back so bad, they’re ready to lose all their allies over it!
America, fuck yeah!
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Parents of Neurodivergent children, please help!
My ND son is starting to notice that other people have friendships and social activities that he is not a part of. He doesn't have those kinds of friendships. It is breaking his little heart, and I am in Dad Panic mode. He is excluded, and both myself and my partner (both also ND) have no experience or useful input to help.
We feel so powerless. Could someone with experience please offer some advice?
Please boost.
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Until I moved to Thailand, I had had relatively little contact with Americans. I did work for a couple of American companies and there I met one US guy who impressed me as being a top guy but all the other Americans made me throw up!
I discovered in Thailand that the average American, particularly the males, only seems to know how to interact with people by bouncing their ego off everyone they meet. They are massively aggressive, obnoxious, overbearing, bombastic and very obviously fantastically insecure!
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You know I have it on quite good authority that billionaires enjoy being eaten.
That's all.
Just sayin
Paul Brownjohn
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Historians have a word for autistic Nazis.
They're called Nazis.
Historians have a word for ironic Nazis.
They're called Nazis.
Historians have a word for smug Nazis that are just stirring the pot to own the libs.
They're called Nazis.
No one gives a flying shitfuck WHY you're a Nazi. If you do the Nazi salute, you're a Nazi. End of.
Paul Brownjohn
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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
