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Paulos_the_fog

@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.

#FBPE

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Richard_Littler, to Autism
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Spring, ffs. There are songs, even symphonies, glorifying birdsong written by everyone from Paul McCartney & Fleetwood Mac to Frederick Delius, Vaughan Williams, & Messiaen. But, I swear to god, if you're neurodivergent/misophonic, some bird 'song' is the aural equivalent of being waterboarded.

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@Richard_Littler

One man's meat is another man's poison!

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pwaring, to random
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Every time I see a large organisation with a major IT problem (e.g. botched migration or data breach) I go and look at the 'leadership team' page on their website, and 9 times out of 10 there's no IT expertise. Today's examples include a Chief Technical Officer with no technical experience and one of the largest universities in the UK where the IT Director isn't part of the Senior Leadership Team.

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@pwaring

I once worked for an company who had its fair share of cock-ups. The guy leading a large part of their development team had trained as a butcher!

Paulos_the_fog, to random
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Great!

https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/05/novel-attack-against-virtually-all-vpn-apps-neuters-their-entire-purpose/

steve, to random
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Lots of news reports about the online safety bill today, with attention on the part of children requiring age verification to use social media apps.

The reporting is somewhat misleading - for this to work everyone will be required to submit to age verification.

So why aren’t the headlines “ID docs required for social media apps”?

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@steve

You can bet your life that Blojob Johnson wouldn't forget his ID to log in to a porn site!

Paulos_the_fog, to random
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anathema_device, to random
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Actor David Tennant has urged those with anti-trans views to “f**k off and let people be”.

The Scottish Doctor Who star and his wife, actress Georgia, have upped their vocal support of the LGBTQ+ community in recent years, particularly for young trans and non-binary people.

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/05/07/david-tennant-speaks-out-weaponising-trans-rights/?utm_content=1715088720&utm_medium=social&utm_source=threads

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@anathema_device

I have never understood why anyone thinks other people's sexuality is any of their fucking business!

So long as it's not directed at children and doesn't involve rape, feel free to express your physical sexuality in any way that pleases you! That's my take on things!

blogdiva, to random
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am i the only one who thinks Sadiq Khan is the only effective incumbent and more than half-decent politician in the UK?

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@blogdiva

The thing that astonishes me is that the tories (I refuse even to give them a capital letter) really thought that the absolutely ghastly woman they put up as a candidate had a cat in hell's chance of winning!

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HornedLivestock, to random
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"But Hebrew is lovely, and Israel is lovely, and everybody who doesn't think so is an antisemite, and the university protesters are pro Hamas, and everything that doesn't agree with me is Hamas, and Hebrew is lovely".

Block.
Block domain.

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@HornedLivestock @JackTheCat

the IHRA can ram their definition of anti-semitism up their fucking collective arses!

The utter detestation of Israel for their heinous acts of cruelty up to and including the wholesale murder of women and children is not anti-semitism, it is normal and natural. It seems that a great many people throughout the world agree that point of view judging by the number of protests and demonstrations.

Who gives a flying fuck what the IHRA think or don't think?

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Geri, to random
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Wes Streeting on suggested the UK was immoral in poaching NHS staff from other countries

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@Geri

Given that British nurses are paid a miserable pittance compared to most of it's near neighbours, it seems likely that most nurses recruited will come from 3rd world countries where there is already a shortage of nurses thus depriving poorer countries of the nursing staff they so desperately need.

I wouldn't expect the filthy tory scum to even consider that aspect of their policies; they are far too selfish!

glynmoody, to london
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Tory staff running network of anti- Facebook groups riddled with racism and abuse - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/27/tory-staff-running-network-of-anti-ulez-facebook-groups-riddled-with-racism-and-abuse lies and cheating is all that the tories have got. nobody should vote for them, neither in , or nationally...

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@kennethb @fkamiah17 @glynmoody

Exactly, I would definitely be a green voter but in the constiturëncy where I am entitled to vote, Eastbourne, only the lib-dems have a chance of unseated the worthless tory so I will be voting Lib-Dem or "anti-tory scum" as I like to put it!

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Paulos_the_fog, to random
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https://www.threads.net/

nerdfall, to books German
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#Fedihelp #Followerpower An english-speaking friend had a surgery and now faces months of recovery. She asked me to bring „any funny books“ in english - and I‘m totally clueless! Have you any suggestions?
#book #books #reading #english

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@nerdfall

Anything by Tom Sharpe or Terry Pratchett

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@nerdfall

If she hasn't already read them
anything from the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series by Douglas Adams.

Paulos_the_fog,
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@nerdfall

The Throwback by Tom Sharpe had me laughing out loud many times!

Paulos_the_fog, to random
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The deputy leader of Reform and a parliamentary candidate Ben Habib has just said on the Julia Hartley Brewer show that it is now Reform policy to let refugees drown in the Channel.

Paulos_the_fog, to random
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https://www.instagram.com/p/C5834WPs-6p/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

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Masterofsorrow, to kindle
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I have both a Kindle e-reader and a Kobo e-reader. I prefer the look and feel of the Kobo but I get significantly better cheap book offers from Amazon so the Kindle gets used an awful lot more. I do sometimes worry about authors cuts on these discounts but I generally go on to buy full price books from those authors which makes me feel less guilty.

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@Masterofsorrow

I too have a Kindle and, whilst it is an easy way to carry a lot of books around, there is one thing about it that REALLY annoys me. Pagination - with an e-reader there is no reason to paginate - what I want is an e-reader that scrolls - page flipping is appropriate to paper books but not to electronic copy. For god's sake give us the option of uninterrupted scrolling!

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Excellent news today:

The case against Trudi Warner for contempt of court (for holding up a placard outside a court reminding a jury of their right to find not guilty on the basis of their conscience), has been dismissed as 'fanciful' today (after a years wait).

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/22/judge-throws-out-case-against-uk-climate-activist-trudi-warner-sign-jurors-rights

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@ChrisMayLA6

These tory wankers have got completely out of hand!

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