Category Archives: Social Media

DOG ASBOs – Anti-social Barking Orders – why not enforced?

<rant> Woken at 7am this morning by dogs howling, others barking and later yapping and yipping. It went on all day … off and on … and every day of every week. Why do dog owners think it’s OK to … Continue reading

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UK Tory Party Leadership Election fiasco

So there’s to be an election of a new leader to replace the “serial liar, fabricator and cheat” that is Boris Johnson … he’s always been untrustworthy … [Update 29 Aug] Also a back-stabber. He’s now deliberately undermining Truss. She … Continue reading

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Chernobyl – Will Putin release nuclear material?

If he is going to do so then the next week or two gives him a perfect opportunity. [Updated 21 April 2022] A new weather system is devloping such that a release of atomic material from Chernobyl would be blown … Continue reading

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When technology alienates people

A friend sent me an email this week expressing his rage at the way we are treated by big tech – that reasonable people are being made into ‘cyberoutlaws’. He said: “… everyday someone’s b**tard web site changes or there … Continue reading

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) A unique response – Why?

[Updated March 2022, see square brackets] Coronavirus analysis: The world response makes no sense – it’s unique in the last 150 years of human history. Why would countries cripple their economies and shut down their populations? [Setting up conditions of … Continue reading

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Populism ‘Fake News’, ‘Alternative Facts’ and Democracy

Are fake news and alternative facts undermining humanity’s ability to take decisive, often unpopular, action on difficult challenges Continue reading

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