This morning I was reading about the demise of bitcoin and blockchain in general in an opinion piece in the Telegraph written by some bloke in “tHE cITY”.
Category: Society
Green energy, crypto$ and inflation
All of these subjects – green energy, crypto$ and inflation – are in the news at the moment. What has triggered this post was a
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 this month setting out how an authoritarian global order is
The Domestication of Humans.
UPDATE: It’s happening in China Preface: This is a frivolous and fictional piece by me bought about, these days, because I’m spending too much time
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 for feedback with regard to future Covid-19 certification. I think
Racism is ….
not about your creed, class, background, ethnicity or the colour of your skin. It’s about you, and more specifically your mind. You are or you
Now I’m possibly going to get into trouble…..
OK. From the outset of this post I have to a make a few things clear. Firstly, I am fatist (not to be confused with
More irreverance for my own amusement….
When someone dies (and a lot of people are doing that at the moment) who is worthy of a mention in the newspaper, unless se is
Laying low …. starting to not like people in general ….
Mr Grumpy here…. We are having a 3 week lockdown in the Isle of Man as a result of the new Covid-19 strain and I’m
Always an optimist me …. I love a bit of chaos ….
Or …. a rainbow always follows a storm.. π€ͺ In biology … chaos (think natural disaster – there are a few around π) always benefits an
jeez ….. the press … a very quick one …
The FT report today ….. “Bitcoin tumbles back to $30,000 in volatile trading” From an all time high over the weekend of $35,000 … Is
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 that before you started talking… That’s all ….
A tiny new(s) year’s eve rant :)
This is a very quick one and concerns the objectivity of the news we are subjected to day in and day out! It’s OK for
The pink guardian
I cancelled my ft.com subscription today mainly because of a lack of balance re covid-19 reporting – which most of the mainstream media are guilty
SAGE; my arse
SAGE (Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies); my arse! More like “Stupid Arses Gouge Economy” Oh, and how they laughed at the acronym! This paper republished in
I don’t want to sound like “the donald” …..
This is what is on my mind today! … and don’t get me wrong … I live in the Isle of Man where we have
Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit is a brave man!
In the UK we accept that the monarchy – the Queen as Sovereign – is Head of the Armed Forces. This is largely a symbolic
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 of the State of Lebanon. The political system there is
Taxing obscene wealth….
This subject is on my mind recently; I have a lot of stuff bubbling around the aether in my head….. The gulf between gates/bezos/musk and
The world is a dry powder keg!
DISCLAIMER – MAYBE I’M A PARANOID WHO HAS WATCHED “I AM LEGEND“, THINKS TOO MUCH AND HAS NOT FLOWN HIS PARAGLIDER FOR TOOOOOOOO LONG! Riots