Tag: Opinion
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Nature and the Mind Pirates
(Or ‘Why does this blog exist?’) The original idea was simply to provide a few bee plants that were robust and able to maintain themselves with minimum attention or interference from me. But it all took on a life and momentum of its own, which has taken me by surprise. Apart from the few bought…
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‘Reality’ is a Chimera
What lovely, genuine laughter! Unlike the nauseating virtue signalling and wearing of sack cloth by some sections of the British media and some businesses desperately seizing the moment to promote their brand claiming ‘respect’ and succeeding only in sullying their reputation – you know who I mean Center Parcs. I expect Her Majesty is having…
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Vanishing Point
“It seems, just now, To be happening so very fast; Despite all the land left free For the first time I feel somehow That it isn’t going to last, That before I snuff it, the whole Boiling will be bricked in Except for the tourist parts— First slum of Europe: a role It won’t be…
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The State of the Country
The prospects for the future are quite alarming here in blighty. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2022/aug/20/cost-of-living-crisis-winter-is-coming-cartoon The heatwave has gone but the lack of rain here in Hampshire is conspicuous by its absence. And not mentioning the disgraceful dererliction of duty of the boards of these privatised vulture capitalists – borrowing billions to pay dividends while 1 trillion litres…
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Four Came Riding
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/01/climate-endgame-risk-human-extinction-scientists-global-heating-catastrophe “The analysis proposes a research agenda, including what they call the “four horsemen” of the climate endgame: famine, extreme weather, war and disease.” The analysis is published in the journalhttps://www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.2108146119 I have been curious about Revelations recently and researching the topic. Not in a religious way, being an athiest, but as a possible story.…
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This House to the Tories
Looking for an online quote of ‘where the bee sucks…’, serendipity revealed a metaphor far more potent of the political environment this morning. I doubt that I am alone in feeling the Government of this country have allowed the abuse, literal and metaphorical, against the drones who form the base of their parasitical economy. “My…
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First Thoughts
Attempting to use this platform reminds me of using a DOS prompt or HTML but less clear and less fun! It is less intuitive than Windows, which is less intuitive than it was too. But it is clearer to use than the arcane antiquity ORACLE *shudder*. So this is progres? It is getting easier.
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