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 have always felt that anyone in a position of power and authority, like Police officers, MPs, local councillors, judges, magistrates, high ranking civil servants and so on should be given the absolute maximum sentence available to the judge should they be found guilty of committing any crime!
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The guys who think letting Trump getting away with everything is the best move had 76 years to test their theory. We got the worst insurrection in American history and one of the worst espionage sprees ever. So, congratulations!
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Gun manufacturers produce a child sized JR-15. I’m assuming their goal is not just for adults to arm themselves, but for children to arm themselves too. What could possibly be wrong
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It's really extraordinary to see how if you are rich white and powerful, if you flagrantly and sloppily commit crime after crime that you brag about for decades and decades, then eventually, after almost comic levels of deliberation, you might get an indictment for one of them.
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Greetings #Fediverse members!
I've been joining a number of conversations about the recent growth on the Fediverse, and I keep hearing the term "users".
I'd like to remind everyone here that the community is made up of people, humans, members.
"Users" dehumanises, alienates, and allows for a particular brand of technospeak that smacks of addicted eyeballs and lost privacy.
I am a member of the community, not a user of software. Please try to reduce, ahem, using the word.
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Climate strike week 241. #FridaysForFuture #ClimateStrike #TomorrowIsTooLate
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Forcibly deport people to Rwanda.
Imprison them on ships. Or in portacabins.
Detain children.
Offer no protection from modern slavery.
Ban them. Criminalise them. Dehumanise them. Blame them.
Wtf is wrong with you if you’d pick any of these options over actually helping them?
The other day, there was an AWACS aircraft circling low over Luxembourg low enough for the huge radar antenna on the top to be clearly seen - I wonder what it was doing.
So, something like this:
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RT @AmeriCastPod
"Trump has left no doubt that he is a violent authoritarian who intends to reject any election that does not restore him to power ... This should be said every day, in every medium," @RadioFreeTom writes in The Atlantic Daily. https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2023/03/trump-sings-a-song-of-sedition/673535/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
Spring seems to be particularly late this year here in Luxembourg, however the first few tulips and daffodils are now in bloom.
We are still feeding the local bird population with prolific quantities of sunflower seeds and fat balls. For most of the winter, the only birds at the bird feeders were sparrows with an occasional visit from a Robin and a nuthatch. During the past few weeks, the range of birds in the garden has expanded enormously. We now have chaffinches, green finches, yellowhammers, Blue tits, great tits to add to the permanent population of sparrows.
I have also spotted this year’s first butterfly, a brimstone and the first few bumble bees are starting to make an appearance.
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By the way, I was shocked to hear that Bruce Dickinson, Roger Daltry (The Who, the blond one) and Noel Gallagher are rather nationalist knobheads.
When we were kids, me, my older brother, my mum & dad would get in the car for a daytrip or whatever, and singing at the top of our lungs songs from Oasis, etc
Such a fucking shame!
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Here’s an idea.
If you don’t want to be called a fascist or a Nazi…
- don’t vilify and criminalise asylum-seekers
- don’t plan to detain and deport them
- don’t defend far-right violent protests against them
- don’t breach their human rights
- don’t defy the Refugee Convention.
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We're about start another cycle of handwringing from Republicans about the influence of video games, violent movies, declining religious attendance, and access to mental health treatments on tragedies like this. They will blame everything but the actual problem.
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MAGA Logic:
-Abortion: Ban it
-Marijuana: Ban it
-Drag shows: Ban it
-Immigration: Ban it
-Dialogue on racism: Ban it
-Books by Black authors: Ban it
-Books by LGBTQ+ authors: Ban it
-Guns: BANS DON’T WORK YOU SNOWFLAKES
#CovenantSchool
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They want us to ignore the fact that there is a world outside the US
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RT @RobertMaguire_
Every single one of their talking points requires their supporters to forget that there is a world outside America where people come from broken families, don’t go to church, and play the exact same violent video games, but don’t end up slaughtering the people around them
https://twitter.com/RobertMaguire_/status/1530638649963978754
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
