Dad to two lovely grown up kids, hubby to a beautiful human; Brit, Chartered Accountant, aid-worker, entrepreneur, outdoor enthusiast, green(ish), fly fisherman, axe carver, politics are strongly anti-right, S&G enthusiast, terrible guitarist and worse singer, born in 1971; he/him "a decent human existence is possible today only on the fringes of society, where one then runs the risk of starving or being stoned to death. In these circumstances, a sense of humour is a great help" Hannah Arendt
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Last Notes npub13qnp3wrcdet8xmgdlam6wdr00rtsr04zhvzf80dddtj4zspf4u3stuam6h JimmyB @npub1700…8tth yes - it’s weird how it really does just affect one of them… npub13qnp3wrcdet8xmgdlam6wdr00rtsr04zhvzf80dddtj4zspf4u3stuam6h JimmyB @npub15zu…s7lx Yeah - that was my reaction. If he really believes that, he's not the moderate #Tory some want him to be. (He isn't BTW - but that's the persona he's trying to portray). npub13qnp3wrcdet8xmgdlam6wdr00rtsr04zhvzf80dddtj4zspf4u3stuam6h JimmyB @npub1se6…cmph I can only agree. Control is what its about... npub13qnp3wrcdet8xmgdlam6wdr00rtsr04zhvzf80dddtj4zspf4u3stuam6h JimmyB @npub1pu6…u9fd And as you seem to be under some serious misapprehensions about #Starmer, maybe this will help. Someone just helpfully posted it: https://mastodon.scot/@MacNaBracha/112523359823897169 npub13qnp3wrcdet8xmgdlam6wdr00rtsr04zhvzf80dddtj4zspf4u3stuam6h JimmyB @npub1pu6…u9fd Did I? Do you want to just check that... I can't see that post anywhere nor remember posting it. npub13qnp3wrcdet8xmgdlam6wdr00rtsr04zhvzf80dddtj4zspf4u3stuam6h JimmyB @npub1d7t…2f20 lucky you! That’s excellent. I’m researching which one to buy…. npub13qnp3wrcdet8xmgdlam6wdr00rtsr04zhvzf80dddtj4zspf4u3stuam6h JimmyB @npub15zu…s7lx #Zionists do not get to own the term 'anti-semitic' npub13qnp3wrcdet8xmgdlam6wdr00rtsr04zhvzf80dddtj4zspf4u3stuam6h JimmyB I’m doing a gay (obviously)non-religious wedding for a mate and his lovely partner in a field in Cornwall in June and would take any (good 😀) advice. I trained as a #humanist celebrant but never actually got round to doing any. Well now I am… Pitfalls? Great things I could add in? npub13qnp3wrcdet8xmgdlam6wdr00rtsr04zhvzf80dddtj4zspf4u3stuam6h JimmyB @npub1g0t…tvm4 Nope: those who vote right and whine about socialism, somehow never object when they are getting or demanding some entirely unearned handout. Hypocrisy is our national currency, tragically. npub13qnp3wrcdet8xmgdlam6wdr00rtsr04zhvzf80dddtj4zspf4u3stuam6h JimmyB @npub1g0t…tvm4 that’s fine but then surely the tax payer should own their farms? I mean otherwise it’s just more socialism for those who have consistently voted against it for the poor and vulnerable? npub13qnp3wrcdet8xmgdlam6wdr00rtsr04zhvzf80dddtj4zspf4u3stuam6h JimmyB @npub15zu…s7lx Yes - the irony of #Erdogan accusing others of war crimes, is as good as any pro-war US politician doing so…or say #TonyBlair. Or now #KeirStarmer. @npub1r04…yawr npub13qnp3wrcdet8xmgdlam6wdr00rtsr04zhvzf80dddtj4zspf4u3stuam6h JimmyB @npub1r7e…mre3 Took them way too long... if they could sit through this much Starmerism there is something very wrong with them. npub13qnp3wrcdet8xmgdlam6wdr00rtsr04zhvzf80dddtj4zspf4u3stuam6h JimmyB @npub1lzz…jhl3 That's terrifying: so they are just a front for the likes of Harlan Crowe? We are so fucked... @npub1puf…raj3 npub13qnp3wrcdet8xmgdlam6wdr00rtsr04zhvzf80dddtj4zspf4u3stuam6h JimmyB @npub177w…6nue yeah - and she stood by her hubby and helped to smear Monica L as well, which was despicable. I also quite like her if only because of the people who have such unhinged hatred for her npub13qnp3wrcdet8xmgdlam6wdr00rtsr04zhvzf80dddtj4zspf4u3stuam6h JimmyB @npub177w…6nue @npub1fc8…2ur4 Well you accuse me of making assertions on a 'you've got to jsut trust me here' basis - when I gave very concrete example. But you seem to be doing what you wrongly accused me of: "I've seen it" and "it happened to me". But the thing that happened to you - as described - was nothing to do people trying to make a safe space. So - an eg? I did wonder whether the admin concerned would recognise your version tbh. But if it were exactly as described, it isn't what I'm asking for. npub13qnp3wrcdet8xmgdlam6wdr00rtsr04zhvzf80dddtj4zspf4u3stuam6h JimmyB @npub1fxe…3glw @npub1v7s…j7sc my biggest issue is that you cannot believe a word they say. #Keir will lie whenever he feels it is expedient to do so. Shocking but true: his relationship with the truth is about the same as #Boris npub13qnp3wrcdet8xmgdlam6wdr00rtsr04zhvzf80dddtj4zspf4u3stuam6h JimmyB @npub177w…6nue @npub1fc8…2ur4 Can you give me a concrete example please? npub13qnp3wrcdet8xmgdlam6wdr00rtsr04zhvzf80dddtj4zspf4u3stuam6h JimmyB @npub1fxe…3glw I am completely sick and tired of #Labour folks trying to guilt me into voting for their #Tory boy. Not happening. I will never vote for a conservative - and that means I will never vote for #KeirStarmer or the current #Labour party. #KeirIsATory after all. npub13qnp3wrcdet8xmgdlam6wdr00rtsr04zhvzf80dddtj4zspf4u3stuam6h JimmyB @npub1fc8…2ur4 @npub177w…6nue but that’s not what we are talking about here: we are talking about the proposition that we should just have the full ‘public square’ - essentially the absolutist free speech argument or (my view) there is no such thing and if you allow it, minority and vulnerable voices go. Instantly. And real harm is done to real people in the process. npub13qnp3wrcdet8xmgdlam6wdr00rtsr04zhvzf80dddtj4zspf4u3stuam6h JimmyB @npub177w…6nue I'm interested to know: how does saying - no transphobia here for eg, censor black folks? If that's a bad example, can you give me one that isn't: genuinely keen to understand this point. npub13qnp3wrcdet8xmgdlam6wdr00rtsr04zhvzf80dddtj4zspf4u3stuam6h JimmyB @npub177w…6nue I think I'm saying that abuse here can very quickly equal real life harm. I don't separate the two. And I don't think 'saying mean things' begins to cover the abuse that some people and groups get online. That's a truly massive understatement and I wonder why you'd make that mistake? Such people, as targeted, routinely report serious mental health problems directly resulting from such abuse. Are they just wimps? Should they go elsewhere? Get a backbone? Toughen or man up? npub13qnp3wrcdet8xmgdlam6wdr00rtsr04zhvzf80dddtj4zspf4u3stuam6h JimmyB @npub177w…6nue Mastodon is 100% designed to allow closed spaces. That is exactlty what federation does for us - and I'm delighted that so many admins agree with me - and defederate constantly. It's terrific. For those who want the trolls, haters, 'big public square', free speech absolutists and all the rest - there is the whole of the rest of the internet. #Mastodon has happily allowed a carve out of something else for some of us. That's great. I'm all for it. npub13qnp3wrcdet8xmgdlam6wdr00rtsr04zhvzf80dddtj4zspf4u3stuam6h JimmyB @npub177w…6nue 3/ Can you give a practical example of territory where you would like to go which you feel you cannot? npub13qnp3wrcdet8xmgdlam6wdr00rtsr04zhvzf80dddtj4zspf4u3stuam6h JimmyB @npub177w…6nue again - how do we tell? How do we know when someone is exaggerating and when actually - it really is a matter of safety for them? Until I walk in their shoes is fine that difficult and it’s easier to accept that people are best placed to describe their own experiences and situation. Does it do any harm otherwise? It definitely does enormous harm if we get it wrong the other way and deny peoples unsafe situations. npub13qnp3wrcdet8xmgdlam6wdr00rtsr04zhvzf80dddtj4zspf4u3stuam6h JimmyB @npub177w…6nue it may be the wrong word for you but - for eg - if you are a close to the edge Trans person - it might really be about safety. When I deconverted, places online where I could discuss what had happened to me kept me safe in a very real and practical way. For example npub13qnp3wrcdet8xmgdlam6wdr00rtsr04zhvzf80dddtj4zspf4u3stuam6h JimmyB @npub177w…6nue it may be the wrong word for you but - for eg - if you are a close to the edge Trans person - it might really be about safety. When I deconverted, places online where I could@discuss what had happened to me kept me safe in a very real and practical way. For example npub13qnp3wrcdet8xmgdlam6wdr00rtsr04zhvzf80dddtj4zspf4u3stuam6h JimmyB @npub1u7z…n5e4 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover - Paul Simon. Great song. npub13qnp3wrcdet8xmgdlam6wdr00rtsr04zhvzf80dddtj4zspf4u3stuam6h JimmyB @npub10t7…atpe they are one of my ‘cannot grow’ plants. Just can’t. Really annoying when I see the ease with which others do so 😀😀. Mine fail to thrive and never get big enough to fruit… npub13qnp3wrcdet8xmgdlam6wdr00rtsr04zhvzf80dddtj4zspf4u3stuam6h JimmyB @npub1qp0…xvsz These things are a total nightmare. I've got two peach trees two years old now, grown from seed, which get massive leaf curl which stops them fruiting. Don't want to cut them down - but kind of can't see the point of them right now. It's a pain right? Has to be a natural way to deal with this... #Gardening npub13qnp3wrcdet8xmgdlam6wdr00rtsr04zhvzf80dddtj4zspf4u3stuam6h JimmyB Some of my squashes are looking really sick - proper yellow. So I googled and found sites which said: could be too much or too little water, light or nutrient. Well thank you interwebs. If there are any better suggestions I’m all ears. Had assumed it was over water but having held back for a couple of weeks I’m seeing no improvement #Gardening https://media.mas.to/masto-public/media_attachments/files/110/480/171/333/774/806/original/c9ba36f96514d4a2.png npub13qnp3wrcdet8xmgdlam6wdr00rtsr04zhvzf80dddtj4zspf4u3stuam6h JimmyB And I need some help: this is clearly - from the smell - a blackcurrant. And yet it has no flowers or fruit. Are there none flowering blackcurrants and if so what is the point of them???? #Gardening https://media.mas.to/masto-public/media_attachments/files/110/385/163/978/959/135/original/93f7209cdbd54d70.jpeg