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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Parents of Neurodivergent children, please help!
My ND son is starting to notice that other people have friendships and social activities that he is not a part of. He doesn't have those kinds of friendships. It is breaking his little heart, and I am in Dad Panic mode. He is excluded, and both myself and my partner (both also ND) have no experience or useful input to help.
We feel so powerless. Could someone with experience please offer some advice?
Please boost.
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You know I have it on quite good authority that billionaires enjoy being eaten.
That's all.
Just sayin
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Historians have a word for autistic Nazis.
They're called Nazis.
Historians have a word for ironic Nazis.
They're called Nazis.
Historians have a word for smug Nazis that are just stirring the pot to own the libs.
They're called Nazis.
No one gives a flying shitfuck WHY you're a Nazi. If you do the Nazi salute, you're a Nazi. End of.
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I was watching a video made by an American woman married to German who was astonished to find that life in Germany is far better than in the USA.
She was frightened that the healthcare wouldn't be up to US standards - she found it was better in Germany! She was entitled to 20 days of fully paid vacation along with all public holidays (as are all employees in the EU), sick pay and loads of other advantages that most Americans never see in their entire career!
The average US citizen is completely ignorant of the way of life in any other country and therefore sucks in all the bullshit about how the USA is the greatest country on earth. The USA is a great country if you are rich and prepared to exploit the poor but for everyone else, is a fuckin hell-hole!
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FIRED TRUMP-SUPPORTING VETERAN: “I feel like I’ve been swept up in a dustpan and thrown out.” #FederalWorkers #DOGEVsVeterans #elon Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGx4ZBc...
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Clay Bennett's commentary on the Trump-Zelenskyy "meeting" (ambush is more appropriate) in today's Chattanooga Times Free Press.
#Putin #Trump #Vance #Zelenskyy #Ukraine #Russia #PutinsPoodle
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https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/feb/28/the-meeting/
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British Police called an 87-year-old pro-Gaza Holocaust survivor Stephen Kapos for questioning for taking part in a pro-Palestine demonstration where he lay flowers to honor tens of thousands of Palestinian children killed by the Israeli army during the genocide in Gaza.
#EndTheOccupation
#Gaza #WarCrimes #FreePalestine #IsraelApartheid #Genocide
#EndTheArmsTrade #BoycottBoeing
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Quake v. Babies
ROGAN If you think of a game like Quake, you have to be exceptional, period, as a human being
MUSK Yeah
MAKELE HAILU inserts IVs into the 2mm veins of seizing HIV+ newborns
MUSK fired her & left 1000s of babies to die.
And he cheats at Quake.
Anyone who thinks just sitting in a church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car.
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Fortunately there's now a wide range of biodegradable teabags available. Even better, buy loose leaf-tea and brew it in a teapot. This is not a new technology.
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As you watch the Trump regime wreck everything in sight, you should be regularly asking yourself this question:
If the stated goal was to end democracy, ruin the economy, accelerate climate change, shred human rights, aid our adversaries, and steal everything in sight -- would the regime be doing anything differently?
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#NAFO
“Absolute admiration for President #Zelenskyy. The guy has balls. He went into the Oval Office and stood up to #Russia’s best negotiators.”
So is anyone waiting with bated breath to book a dodgy weekend in the Trump-Gaza resort complex?
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
