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Category Archives: People
Goodbye, facebook — and, good riddance
[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
Posted in ... wait, what?, balance, Communication, Computers and Internet, Core thought, Drama, News and politics, People, Strategy
Tagged Australia, facebook, faecesbook, Frank Herbert, Mark Zuckerberg
23 Comments
Bank of England: stop funding the climate crisis!
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
Goodbye Donald T****
Good riddance to bad rubbish.May he disappear (just as he promised he would!) And may the lessons learned never be forgotten.
Posted in art, balance, Communication, Education, History, Just for laughs, News and politics, People, Phlyarology
Tagged Donald Trump
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One Day More
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
Posted in ... wait, what?, art, balance, Culture, Drama, Just for laughs, Music, News and politics, People
Tagged Donald Trump, James Corden, Les Misérables, Parody
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WhatsApp’s privacy policy change breaks Signal
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
Posted in Computers and Internet, News and politics, People
Tagged #OwnYourData, encryption, facebook, privacy, Signal, WhatsApp
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The President Just Called To Steal The Election
Posted in ... wait, what?, Communication, Drama, Just for laughs, Music, News and politics, People, Phlyarology
Tagged A Late Show, Donald Trump, Stephen Colbert
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What’s the true motive behind the president’s web of lies?
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
Two weeks left until sanity returns
“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
Posted in ... wait, what?, Communication, Drama, Education, History, Just for laughs, News and politics, People, Phlyarology
Tagged Donald Trump, Electoral College, Two weeks
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The Concession Speech We All Deserve
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
Posted in ... wait, what?, Communication, Drama, Just for laughs, News and politics, People, Phlyarology
Tagged Concession Speech, Donald Trump
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I’m really sorry, but this is simply too good NOT to share
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
Posted in ... wait, what?, balance, Communication, Core thought, Drama, Education, News and politics, People, Phlyarology, Strategy
Tagged distraction, Donald Trump, Georgia, Misdirection, World War 2
39 Comments