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
There is speculation that he may be segregated from other inmates for his own protection which may mean effectively solitary confinement!
Perhaps the funniest aspect of all this is that it would hurt Trump's busineses more than most - his outfits are huge employers of illegal immigrants!
Well now ain't THAT a surprise!
Personally, I would ban all faith schools on the grounds that children don't need brain-washing!
dinner for grown-up 🍫
"Grand Frais" here in Luxembourg sell them either stuffed with some sort of apple concoction or with the absolutely traditional marzipan.
Unfortunately, If I buy a packet, I am apt to eat the lot in a single sitting which is very bad news indeed for a T2 diabetic like me!
I'm 74 and deperate to go back to work. That is partly as I need the money and partly as I need to feel useful!
Unfortunately, I live in Luxembourg where there is no tradition at all of people working after age 65. The state pension, here, is so generous that no one needs to work beyond retiring age, with most people receiving a state pension that is more or less equal to their final salary before retirement!
Pensioners here don't ride the buses, they drive around in brand new BMWs!
Paul Brownjohn
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Q. does doctors' climate activism (and arrest for protesting) bring the medical profession into disrepute?.
for some time the General Medical Council has maintained it does & has suspended doctors for such political actions.
The GMC focusses on the legal issue (prosecution) while members of the profession are focussing on the political issue when they argue the GMC should not 'double punish' climate protesting doctors.
The GMC needs to rethink!
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RT by @CarolineLucas: Cheaper electricity key to meeting Britain’s recommended carbon target for 2035, says @piersforster
Will ministers finally start making polluting gas more expensive and cleaner electricity cheaper? No sign from govt, yet. Previous govts twice said they would, and did nothing
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It a sales technique no more no less.
The company that designed and manuafactured the Segway descibed it as "a device that would completely revolutionize human transport"; typical American massive oversell and exageration!
Of course, after a brief flurry of success, it flopped and the company went bust with the founders no doubt walking away very rich indeed and the investors very out of pocket indeed!
@projectlincoln @msnbc @lawrence
It is completely beyond my imagination why this is a close contest. The US has a choice between a serial sexual abuser, rapist, convicted felon and habitual liar or a woman who is packed with decency and propriety from the tips of her toes to the top of her head.
Does the pile of stinking dog-shit that is Trump represent something that the average Amercian looks up to or aspires to become? He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth to $ billionaire parents! He inherited $475,000,000 from his parents and has managed to spunk it all away with ill-judged business deals (how the hell do you lose money on a casino where the odds are stacked for you to make money) and borrow almost as much again and lose that too! The fact that no US or EU banks will touch him so he has been forced into borrowing from banks owned or influenced by Putin, must surely tell the electorate something. Is the US electorate really composed of 50% complete fuckin imbeciles?
This such a rip-off! $35 for a little USB stick containing a free version of Linux that anyone can download from the internet for nothing!
Did it dawn on the rapist imbecile that Germany LOST!
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The greatest paradox in the US election is, how almost every conversation on the right is about mistrust — mistrust in the government, in the legal system, in science, mistrust in everything — and yet for some reason the right wants you to trust Donald Trump.
Not because he has a solid reputation, a proven track record, or because he presents carefully crafted, verifiable plans. There is no basis for trusting Trump — you just have to believe.
To me, this is not politics. This is religion.
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Covid demonstrated that people would balk at even the mildest inconvenience without strong, consistent global leadership. Once that leadership faltered it was back to business as usual.
The sacrifices we must make to fight climate change are orders of magnitude more painful than those of Covid. Even the easiest things such as banning bitcoin, or removing the aircraft fuel tax subsidy, appear to be beyond our willpower.
And as we agonise, emissions continue to rise.
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Nothing dodgy here at all...
#CorruptTories #Jenrick
It is odd that mankind is just about the only animal whose cultural values in many of its diverse societies discourage, forbid or even penalize reproductive behavior between fertile males and females, requiring a plethora of bizarre rituals to be completed before they are permitted to indulge in reproductive behavior!
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What's extraordinary about this is that it's all just assumed. Republicanism (or American Nazism) is normal because it has to be normal, because if it wasn't normal we'd have a lot of things to unpack and fix and solve, and that might get us into time and money.
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Forgive the blunt language but we can save everybody a ton of time Just post this every time he speaks!
#TrumpLies
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Israel's longest running paper, Haaretz, just confirmed that Netanyahu actively blocked every hostage deal since 10/7, Netanyahu meanwhile is openly planning to annex Gaza—& the conversation is still "why won't Hamas agree to a deal?"😐
This is how genocide perpetuates. Horrific.
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
