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
This doesn't surprise me in the slightest as when I was living in Eastbourne and working in Darlington Co Durham, a single from Eastbourne to my place of work on a Monday morning was £144 and that was back in about 1997!
https://www.express.co.uk/travel/articles/1902151/train-ticket-cost-london-newcastle-furious-twitter
It seems pretty clear to me that the israelis intend to slaughter the Palestinian population en masse using starvation & deprivation of medical supplies!
I think I prefer the Luxembourg way of dealing with things! If you miss a payment of some sort the creditor informs the Luxembourg National Bank who put your name on a no-credit list - when you have paid the outstanding debt, your name is removed from the list. Anyone or any company who is not your creditor or the Bank Of Luxembourg holding such information is committing a criminal offence!
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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has died in a helicopter crash.
May it be a turning point for the women of Iran.
It is within the power of the government to jack up the minimum wage so...
I agree with you.
Unfortunately, they acquired too much power (in the UK at least) leading them to abuse that power.
Organisations do that - tory governments are a superb example - they have absolutely robbed the country blind and wonder they are staring at an almost complete wipe out at the next election!
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What connects the following:
DWP carer's prosecutions;
Windrush deportations;
Infected blood scandal victims;
The Post Office Horizon IT injustice.
... The complete disregard for how an institution's actions & inactions impact on those at the bottom of the 'pyramid' & the subsequent attempt to evade responsibility for the harm caused when publicised.
(you'll have other you'd like to add to the list, I'm sure)
A damning picture of misused power & disregard for others.
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NEVER AGAIN should Donald Trump be trusted with national security clearance.
NEVER AGAIN should Trump be in command of our Armed Forces.
NEVER AGAIN should anyone who serves our country in uniform have to salute a walking, talking NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT!
I am a Veteran and I approve this message. Please, maximum boost. 🫡
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#sexualassault #fraud #insurrection #crime
#vote #election #2024Election
It seems to me that it is a real shame the kids are being raised to actually crave food that is appallingly bad for them. McDonald's along with most 'fast food', may please kids palates but it is a major factor in the obesity epidemic that afflicts the USA and to a lesser extent, the UK. Notice that in countries like France where sane, healthy eating is still a thing, the rate of obesity is orders of magnitude lower than in the USA where people habitually stuff their faces with shite!
I crossed swords with some arrogant prick who decided he had the right to censor my posts. He insisted that I take down a post to which I replied that he could stick his censorship where the sun don't shine!
A few days later I received a further message from him saying that he had researched my background and now knew that I worked for such and such a company in Luxembourg and that unless I took down the post to which he had objected, he would message my employer telling them what I had said on social media. I replied "go right ahead" but I omitted to mention that I had retired 7 years earlier!
Apparently he did contact them and was told to 'foxtrot oscar and mind his own business' by my former boss who was a jolly forthright chap!
Jesus god! You make it sound as if the toxic, vaguely beef flavoured cardboard sold by McDs is edible!
If A&W burgers were worst than that utter crap, I'm surprised that anyone went there!
Seems to me that the israelis are treating the Palestinians in exactly the same way the the Nazis treated the jews in the 1930s and 40s.
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I’m freshly appalled by Trump’s efforts to protect his 2016 election campaign by shadily paying Stormy Daniels in a way Trump hoped wouldn’t be traced back to him. I’m newly appalled by the cast of Republican electeds who come to the courthouse to violate the spirit of the gag order Trump himself is under. They present themselves as mouthpieces for Trump and make all manner of remarks that, if he made them himself, would be violations of the order. The Republicans are a lawless cult. #LawFedi
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Israeli children, likely belonging to communities of settlers and religious-messianic Jews, having fun destroying aid supplies meant for Gaza.
Useful context is that one of the most common one-liners I hear from Israelis, to this day, is: "the conflict will end when they stop teaching their children to hate us".
Ha, ha, ha! I live in country, Luxembourg, where eating horsemeat is still common (as indeed it is in Belgium and France). Personally, I prefer it to beef! Our local branch of Auchan the French supermarket chain usually has various cuts of horse on sale!
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One man's meat is another man's poison!
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
