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 know that such measures are very unpopular with politicians as they like to be able to conceal their spending decisions as far as possible from the general public but I would suggest that there should be an absolutely ring-fenced fund created specifically to finance the NHS and healthcare in general in the UK and that each person's contribution to that fund should be a percentage of earnings and that it should be listed separately and explicitly on salary advice slips.
I would also suggest that the government should be removed from the decision making process in the NHS as they seem incapable of getting it right no matter how hard they try.
Define 'high school'
Is this what most of the world calls university ? Or is it what most of the world calls secondary school (i.e. the school you go to just before uni)
What else would anyone expect from a semi-literate narcissistic arsehole like Trump?
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nick-akerman-trump-million_n_65fc5353e4b0d2a3e7778a54
Arguably one of the prettiest cars every made. It's a shame they had, amongst other vices, a habit of bursting into flames!
An example recently did just that in London!
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Military: Energy facilities damaged in Russia’s overnight drone attack against Ukraine: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/23/military-energy-facilities.html
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@bryanhansel @samlitzinger 👆Attn: @tanyatussing
That's NBC, supposedly the "good guys." Can't imagine what Mnuchin & Co. operating with tainted money would do to weaponize TikTok.
But a buck is a buck, right. 🙃🤢
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Growth in the economy creates wealth that never trickles down, but is what Labour says it wants. What is it going to do for the 12 million people in absolute poverty in that case? https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024/03/22/growth-in-the-economy-creates-wealth-that-never-trickles-down-but-is-what-labour-says-it-wants-what-is-it-going-to-do-for-the-12-million-people-in-absolute-poverty-in-that-case/. Meeting everyone's needs within sustainable limits should be our priority now. Unless that change happens, 12 million people will continue to live in absolute poverty in the UK.
Is that what Labour wants?
I believe the EU are passing legislation outlawing the sale of devices that can't be repaired - can't be soon enough!
What about goat's and sheep's milk?
This sort of thing happened quite a lot as the incompetent clowns who manage the Driver licensing office accidentally destroyed the driving test 'pass' certificates of 10s of 1000s of drivers and have since refused point blank to accept any evidence of such victims ever having held such a licence. Their attitude is that if you are affected by this, well, you'll just have to take your test again, won't you!
Britain must surely have the most utterly incompetent civil service in the world!
When I applied for my British old age pension, I discovered that they had "lost" around 10 years of my contributions! When I protested they asked me to send them the wage slips of the periods in question - like I am going have keep wage slips from the 1960s and 1970s!
Their incompetence has cost me 100s of Euros a month as if I had had the extra years contributions I would have been entitled to a larger pension in Luxembourg where I live! I think god that I have a decent Luxembourg state pension of £20,000 a year rather than just the miserable pittance the UK DWP pay me!
@tilton@raccoon.zone
Don't be daft - the Dunning-Kruger effect is real - you can easily tell Trump suffers from it!
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If the US government really wants to shut down TikTok they should let Elon buy it.
Maybe it's my sense of smell that's at fault - but there were some Plumeria trees near where I lived in Chiang Mai in Thailand that smelt really offensive to me.
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“UK doctors involved in climate protests face threat of being struck off.” Well we certainly can’t have doctors of all people caring about our long term health and wellbeing. #climatecrisis
Unbe-fucking-leivable! Britain is critically short of GPs and the worthless tossers in power are trying to get rid of a few more!
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
