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
I rememeber my parents arguing endlessly about money as my father's high flying civil service job paid an absolute pittance (that was the way it was back in 1950s England, civil servants were paid a fraction of what they would have beeen earned in the private sector for an equivalent job). My mother who was a registered nurse and midwife, wanted to go back to work but my father who was of staunch conservative, working class origins, was horrified by the idea as in his youth, a wife having to go out to work was a dreadful insult to man's virility as he couldn't earn enough to support his family on his own and my father was as vain & pompous as it was possible to get!
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Watching MAGAs panic at the thought that women might vote opposite their husbands reminds me that after no fault divorce was legalized in 1970, female suicide rates dropped 20%
The "strong 1950s family unit" that GOP is nostalgic about ignores record high female suicide, suffocating DV, & 0 female financial autonomy.
GOP was always about control of women, and nothing about that has changed today.
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God yeah - we live in hope!!!!
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Teen MF Vogue:
Kamala Harris Is Not Our Savior. But a Donald Trump Win Would Be Catastrophic.
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/kamala-harris-but-a-donald-trump-win-would-be-catastrophic
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I was already planning to vote for Kamala. You don’t need to sell it to me this hard.
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This one will be televised. Count on it. 📌
Via Scott MacFarlane:
Vice President #Harris and former First Lady #MichelleObama to campaign in Kalamazoo, #Michigan on Saturday, per campaign
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When asked about DeSantis's refusal to talk to her about hurricane relief, VP Kamala Harris answered: “It’s just utterly irresponsible, and it is selfish, and it is about political gamesmanship instead of doing the job that you took an oath to do, which is to put the people first.” #100ReasonsToVoteHarris2024 #YesWeKam #YesWeKam2024 #DemCast #Hurricane #Hurricanes #ClimateChange #VoteForClimate
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Scaramucci Says John Kelly Repeatedly Stopped Trump From Actions That Were 'Illegal or Against the Constitution'
Unfortunately, that merely confirms that something approaching 50% of US males of voting age are complete, total arseholes!
@kellybodwin Over here in Europe, Halloween is not really a thing. The 1st November is celebrated in catholic countries as All Saints or All Hallows day - a public holiday in many catholic countries and a day when many visit the graves of their ancestors to put flowers on them!
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"Einstein Opposed Zionist Colonization in Palestine & Predicted the Current Catastrophe":
"If we are not able to find a way to honest cooperation & honest pacts with the Arabs, then we have learned nothing during our two thousand years of suffering, & deserve the fate which will befall us.”
~Einstein
Einstein's letter:
https://www.shapell.org/manuscript/einstein-zionist-views-in-1946/
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Russel Brand, allegations of sex offences
The next media sex scandal is gaining pace as the police ask the CPS to consider charging Russel Brand with historic sex offences.
Given he's all but bragged about them on TV & social media and a couple of documentaries have secured testimony from his (alleged) victims, it would now be odd if the CPS decided it was either not in the public interest or there was insufficient chance of gaining a conviction.
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I hadn't thought much in the past about the issue of a wife misleading her husband about her vote. There are obviously circumstances where it would be reasonable. But I'm struck by the vehemence of reactions from many MAGA men. I guess bullies are at heart fearful and insecure?
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
