Category Archives: People

Goodbye, facebook — and, good riddance

Posted on February 18, 2021 by pendantry

[Addendum 27Feb2021: The Juice Media’s latest video adds further context. It looks more and more like my first knee-jerk response to the news was ill-informed. That still doesn’t affect my decision to leave faecesbook; two evils don’t make a good.] … Continue reading →

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Bank of England: stop funding the climate crisis!

Posted on February 17, 2021 by pendantry

tl;dr: Here are the links to the petitions by Positive Money, 350.org and SumOfUs; please pick just one and add your name before 24Feb2021. These three organisations are running the same petition; current signature counts as I write this are … Continue reading →

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Goodbye Donald T****

Posted on January 22, 2021 by pendantry

Good riddance to bad rubbish.May he disappear (just as he promised he would!) And may the lessons learned never be forgotten.

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One Day More

Posted on January 20, 2021 by pendantry

One day moreThe final day of T**** as ‘president’The White House has a brand new residentIt’s been four years of endless crimesBut now he’s finally out of timeOne day more But what if he just doesn’t leave?How can I sleep … Continue reading →

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WhatsApp’s privacy policy change breaks Signal

Posted on January 16, 2021 by pendantry

Update 20Jan2021: The SumOfUs petition I mentioned below currently has 93,661 signatures*. Whether it’s down to that or the general backlash, WhatsApp announced it will delay the rollout of the policy revision from 08Feb to 15May2021. (Big deal: all delaying … Continue reading →

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The President Just Called To Steal The Election

Posted on January 5, 2021 by pendantry
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What’s the true motive behind the president’s web of lies?

Posted on December 8, 2020 by pendantry

Today, 08Dec2020, marks the ‘Deadline of Resolving Election Disputes’ in US Federal law. All state recounts and court contests over the US presidential election results must be completed by today. Last Friday, 04Dec2020, Politico reported that The T**** campaign struck … Continue reading →

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Two weeks left until sanity returns

Posted on December 1, 2020 by pendantry

“Two weeks” has been one of the themes of T****’s term in office. Taxes, wiretapping, infrastructure, the Paris Accords, ISIS, the new healthcare plan, minimum wage plan, COVID-19 vaccines… and ‘proof of widespread election fraud’; all of these things have … Continue reading →

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The Concession Speech We All Deserve

Posted on November 24, 2020 by pendantry

BREAKING NEWS: The US General Services Administration (GSA) has informed President Elect Joe Biden that the administration is ready to begin the formal transition process, according to a letter from administrator Emily Murphy. A message from the Twitter account of … Continue reading →

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I’m really sorry, but this is simply too good NOT to share

Posted on November 13, 2020 by pendantry

Now, I hope you’ll agree that that is a wonderful clip. If you disagree, then you should simply click elsewhere now, because you won’t want to listen to what I have to say. Which is: the game is still not … Continue reading →

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