where is the thumbs down on mainstream social media ….
When a social media post can only be liked (*) it is left to “liking”...
Society
Making sense of yesterday …..
These are my contemparaneous thoughts … I was one of the lucky people that was...
Don’t try to catch a falling knife…
This morning I was reading about the demise of bitcoin and blockchain in general in an opinion piece in the…
Green energy, crypto$ and inflation
All of these subjects – green energy, crypto$ and inflation – are in the news...
Authoritarian regimes and why I think we are going to be OK in the UK
I wrote a tongue in cheek, obviously fictional, blog post called The Domestication of Humans earlier...
The Domestication of Humans.
UPDATE: It’s happening in China Preface: This is a frivolous and fictional piece by me...
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/covid-status-certification-review-call-for-evidence/covid-status-certification-review-call-for-evidence
This is a UK Government review starting today, 15th March 2021, for two weeks looking...
Racism is ….
not about your creed, class, background, ethnicity or the colour of your skin. It’s about...
Now I’m possibly going to get into trouble…..
OK. From the outset of this post I have to a make a few things...
More irreverance for my own amusement….
When someone dies (and a lot of people are doing that at the moment) who...
Laying low …. starting to not like people in general ….
Mr Grumpy here…. We are having a 3 week lockdown in the Isle of Man...
Always an optimist me …. I love a bit of chaos ….
Or …. a rainbow always follows a storm.. 🤪 In biology … chaos (think natural disaster...
jeez ….. the press … a very quick one …
The FT report today ….. “Bitcoin tumbles back to $30,000 in volatile trading” From an...
Do not start a sentence using “So”. It sounds like you are buying time to think.
.. to think about what you intend to say!? Duh! You should have thought about...
A tiny new(s) year’s eve rant :)
This is a very quick one and concerns the objectivity of the news we are...
The pink guardian
I cancelled my ft.com subscription today mainly because of a lack of balance re covid-19...
SAGE; my arse
SAGE (Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies); my arse! More like “Stupid Arses Gouge Economy” Oh,...
I don’t want to sound like “the donald” …..
This is what is on my mind today! … and don’t get me wrong …...
Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit is a brave man!
In the UK we accept that the monarchy – the Queen as Sovereign – is...
Yesterday’s tragedy in Beirut must lie firmly at the feet of corrupt militias.
Shocking video of the tragic port explosion in Beirut yesterday highlights the very tenuous existence...