Whatever crossed my time on the day, usually general muttering and rebelliousness over shady pricing by big companies, but also grammar, humour (100 funny insurance quotes is popular), and more
This post: circa 1,400 words, estimated reading time: 7 minutes Laughing at anti-vaxers The Guardian ran an article today, entitled, ‘Covid-19 vaccines: why are some people hesitant? (part one) – podcast‘, and shared it on Facebook. Some of the comments, one in particular, annoyed me a tad! I rather doubt they had even listened to […]
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This post: circa 1,200 words, estimated reading time: 6 minutes Working class plundering Remember the UK riots of 2011? The press and media coverage, the anger, horror, and fear projected by “the establishment.” The horrendous cost to the economy. I dare say sociologists are still picking over the bones of it. Cost to the country,
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This post: circa 3,200 words, estimated reading time: 16 minutes Who is the judge? I’m not judging, here, but you are. You, with your high opinions, your biases, your stereotyping, your othering. What gives you the right to judge me!? No, I’m not in a ‘funny mood‘, I’m not “going off on one.” It’s a
This post: circa 3,000 words, estimated reading time: 15 minutes Thought-provoking observations A friend shared this picture below, and while you may or may not agree with its underlying message, it raises a valid point. Makes you think, eh? NOTE! This post does not suggest nor imply the vaccine will be mandatory*,
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This post: circa 1,400 words, estimated reading time: 7 minutes We are all Johnson’s exes now. Claims Guardian columnist and Tory basher, Marina Hyde. Adding, as she does, that we are led on by false hope and dishonesty. Her heritage speaks of privilege, but has she lost touch with her roots? She is the daughter
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This post: circa 1,500 words, estimated reading time: 7 to 8 minutes Du Pont, Teflon, and ‘forever chemicals’ The other day I watched a supposedly true film called ‘Dark Waters‘, with Mark Ruffalo. The plot is that a multi-national chemical company, supported by the government, poisoned a whole town, poisoned the whole world in fact,
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This post: circa 3,500 words, estimated reading time: 16 minutes Prisoners, caged like animals This post was prompted by an article by WalesOnline, claiming asylum seekers are being caged like animals. The short Facebook post read like this: “Caged like animals, eight to every empty, cold room. Made to wait in the rain to be
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Avast ye land lubber! I rather doubt any sea-fairer – piratical or otherwise – shouted such nonsense, but it suits for the intro. Below are some 20-odd characters for pirate stories and adventurers. I wrote these some twenty-odd years ago for a text-based open world fantasy single/multiplayer game, based on 2nd edition D&D. Basically, it