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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“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
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Neologism alert:
Just spotted this in the FT...
Fauxcession = a recession reported (or seen in financial market pricing) but not appearing in the 'real economy'.
Perhaps it might be used for over-zealous short sellers' activities?
anyhow, I'd never seen the word before...
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WOW. tomorrow is 21 years since Israel assassinated Rachel Corrie.
#SayHerName
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You think the perfect job doesn't exist.
But Samuel L. Jackson has made over $300,000,000 from his 150+ movies.
He says around 2000 words per movie, that comes to about $1000 per word.
"Motherfucker" was 1116 of those words.
Therefore Samuel L. Jackson has made over 1 million dollars for saying "Motherfucker".
That's the kind of job we would all aspire to.
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It is as if we’re in this massive simulation: what if he crossed this red line? What if he actually didn’t just talk about grabbing women by the pussy, what if he actually raped a woman? Is that too far? What if he actually tried to overthrow the government? What if he actually incited violence? And the Republican Party is in the process of just shrugging and saying, “Yeah, four more years. We want four more years of that.”
https://t.co/XqS3lNLENh via @politico
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If you want to see racism in action in politics then you need look no further than Speaker Lindsay Hoyle failing to ‘notice’ Diane Abbott and call her to speak in a debate where people were discussing whether her experience of racism was racism.
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How much do you need to donate to the Conservative Party to get away with being racist to Rishi Sunak? I ask as a tariff structure seems to have emerged.
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Two horses die on the first day of #CheltenhamFestival
Highland Hunter, 11, died after being injured in the final stages of Tuesday's third race. Ose Partir, four, was injured in a fall three races later and so, because of insurance purposes, was destroyed.
How much longer are we going to tolerate this?
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@PhilipCJames The way things appear to be going down the toilet in England and I mean England, not Britain, I can see English people looking at Rwanda as an attractive alternative.
Personally, I think AirBnB should be banned throughout the world as they have been an appalling influence in many big cities (like Barcelona, for example)
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You need not remember
where you were
four years ago today
when you first heard
that the WHO
had officially characterized
COVID as a pandemic
at home or work
at school or online
the specifics are unimportant
what matters
is that you remember
you are still in that pandemic.
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When privileged folks tell me at my talks “I don’t care about my privacy / I have nothing to hide / Give me one example of the ramifications of surveillance capitalism / etc.”, I tell them “you will care when your health insurance premiums go up because your Smart Fridge tells the insurance companies what you’re eating/drinkjng.” This is basically the same thing. Sad that it takes things hitting their own wallets for privileged folks to pay attention.
I keep dreaming that I have lost my wallet, mobile phone, passport or all of the above!
WHY???
It's not every night but at least once a week and it is a real off-piss as I wake up in a bit of a panic state and it often takes me a few minutes to realise that it was just a dream!
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sending consensual and platonic forehead kisses to antifascists everywhere. We need each other more than ever 
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We can reach our full potential only if we use all our talent and diversity.
Gender equality is a core principle of the EU, but it is not a reality yet.
To make sure changes happen, the #vdLCommission:
🟣 set rules on pay transparency,
🟣 adopted the “Women on boards” directive,
🟣 adopted the first ever legislation on combating gender violence,
Together, we are working tirelessly to achieve gender equality.
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
