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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I swear these billionaires could announce they're going to start hunting us for sport and some people would still be out there defending it with they're whole chest like
"you're just mad because you can't run fast."
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Are there any period tracking apps that are single-purchase, NO CLOUD DATA, NO HEALTHKIT, privacy respecting at all? My daughter is getting to the age where she should probably start tracking mood so she might have some warning for when she starts fully menstruating, but I'm deeply concerned about the 3rd party doctrine and apps like Clue collaborating with the fascists.
If not, why not? Is there something I'm missing? Is this a thing I should consider during my down times in my consulting biz?
Thanks! and please boost widely!
Nuclear weapons and their delivery systems required quite a lot of maintenance if they are to hit their assigned targets and detonate as designed.
Given the parlous state of much of Russia's weaponry and the lack of maintenance that has been evidenced by the war in Ukraine, If the war in Europe went nuclear, I wonder what chance there is of Russia's nuclear arsenal actually working if deployed?
This is absolutely typical USA-think. The only thing that validates a person is how many fückin dollars they can make - a society with zero values and no morals!
I read somewhere that feeding wild birds, particularly blue-tits (some of the most frequent visors to our feeding station), when they have young; i.e. around now, actually significantly reduces the percentage of chicks that survive to adulthood. Seed and fat-balls are allegedly not suitable feed for chicks who need to be fed on food like caterpillars and other 'soft' insect foods.
We stop feeding about this time of year and only restart when the breeding season is over.
The sad thing is the actions of anti-vax cünts and anti-vax policy, will almost certainly impact the poor, the black, the Hispanic and other frequently disadvantaged classes of society much more than than the billionaire class!
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For those of you interested in the gender pay gap (which I'm assuming is most of you/us), here is the data for the countries of the EU.
For comparison in the UK (expressed differently) the GPG is around 13% which, would make it in these terms around 87% of male pay (the UK figure is the median pay rate for both genders).
To say this is a problem that still requires work would be an understatement
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Greenpeace dyes US embassy pond blood-red
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QasB8lpU1Y
British police have arrested the UK head of Greenpeace, alongside five other activists, after they poured 300 liters of blood-red dye into a pond at the U.S. embassy on April 10 in protest against the U.S. sale of arms to Israel.
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Good morning fellow socialists. 🤗✊ #Socialism #WealthTax #TaxTheRich
Paul Brownjohn
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US gov asks european suppliers to guarantee they don't do DEI.
Next: we ask US to guarantee they do fair pay, 5 weeks paid annual vacation and 1 year paid maternity leave.
He is apparently a tremendous fan of taking ketamine which, if taken chronically, does irreparable damage to the urinary system frequently resulting in helpless incontinence.
That being the case, perhaps his next venture should be as a maker of adult nappies/diapers!
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My article in this week's Common Weal newsletter.
Anyone who thinks Starmer prostrating before Trump to get a lower tariff than the EU was some kind of diplomatic genius has to reconcile this with the fact that he was unable to get a better deal than a colony of penguins.
For folk who like me want to boycott US products - here's a little help!
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I considered charging my neighbors a fee for tomatoes this year to make more money but then I realized that they could respond by charging me a fee for their eggs, plums, and lemons. This is because I paid attention in 5th grade social studies, and also I’m not a blithering dumbfuck.
@Remittancegirl @dzwiedziu @spinopsys
I would like to see the EU refuse to do business with (US) companies that don't comply with EU DEI legislation!
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
