Yorkshire resident disenfranchised European, NI exile, (very) slow cyclist (aka fat bloke at the back). Ex HMF, ex NHS, now Lollipop man.
Public Key
npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Profile Code
nprofile1qqs8qhtw5n7ktul8z5yz4te79j2jrm8mtjv457vhavmnk2kqp808wugprpmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0d4hhxarj9ecxjmntxakty8
Show more details
Published at
2026-09-24T11:45:11Z Event JSON
{
"id": "af63f3f70df83ea471d12e843c4de847774c678b7eddf0e9a43c88efb2a16faa" ,
"pubkey": "705d6ea4fd65f3e715082aaf3e2c9521ecfb5c995a7997eb373b2ac009de7771" ,
"created_at": 1790250311 ,
"kind": 0 ,
"tags": [
[
"t",
"nobot"
],
[
"t",
"noindex"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://beige.party/users/Fragarach",
"activitypub"
],
[
"L",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"l",
"pink.momostr.activitypub:https://beige.party/users/Fragarach",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"-"
]
],
"content": "{\"name\":\"Fragarach\",\"about\":\"Yorkshire resident disenfranchised European, NI exile, (very) slow cyclist (aka fat bloke at the back). Ex HMF, ex NHS, now Lollipop man. \\n\\\"The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything\\\" - Albert Einstein \\n#NoBot #NoIndex\\n\\nPronouns: He/him\\nBorn: 315 ppm atmospheric CO2\\n\",\"website\":\"https://beige.party/@Fragarach\",\"picture\":\"https://media.beige.party/accounts/avatars/112/676/295/858/418/954/original/b9d7d9f6c0329261.jpg\",\"banner\":\"https://media.beige.party/accounts/headers/112/676/295/858/418/954/original/b1111d3af4d8174c.jpg\",\"nip05\":\"[email protected] \"}" ,
"sig": "6ca5eb96bc455730e8fd0b30b3a02dc7abd5c31fed05f644f84213e60ee3330b1a3bb0f8c896df37d8bbae9ddc5d321042cb84664d60b7040e66e49723261f22"
}
Last Notes npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach To me, it seems that the proscription of Palestine Action is being used as a cover for attempting to silence any display of support for Palestine. It fits in rather well with an administration that thinks it appropriate to raid a Friends Meeting House to target those who may be engaging in WrongThink (not in line with Party mandates). npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach From someone who has made clear that they'll withdraw service (Starlink, Ukraine) from those states who don't do as they say? npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach @npub1trg…v6kh npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach @npub1trg…v6kh npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach Oh, I think we're on the same side here. I mean, it could be that the sole purpose of his life is to serve as a warning to others 🤔 npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach And this, children, is why we need unions, to guard against malevolent profiteering gobshites like him. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach It cheered me up as well! Although I did have questions about how come Scots are such accurate shitters, but realised I have no idea as to the diameter of a golf hole, and how it compares to a French bog. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach Oh, well played US Marine Corps! npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach Not so much pop, but regarding older music styles. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach Apart from Israel not being banned when Russia was, other countries have asked for an audit into the public voting procedures: npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach Totally agree. It's something that requires patience, tolerance and a degree of empathy. All qualities that are at risk if those staff are under-resourced, or overly concerned about their financial, housing or immigration situation. Which doesn't fit well with a primarily privately run sector. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach My understanding, and it may well be incorrect, differs slightly. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach 😁 npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach The corollary to this is fewer ambulances being available to answer urgent calls when required, simply because they're tied up outside A&E departments. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach Another issue is with being forced to put internal services out to tender. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach Thanks for this. I binned LinkedIn when I retired from my menial position in the corporate world. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach IIRC, measles has a 12% mortality rate in unvaccinated children. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach Well, colour me unsurprised. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach I thought the Gaza on Sea bit was the Nutting Yahoo's idea? Certainly what his genocide seems to have as one of its end goals. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach He really does think he's Gru, and the Republicans are his minions. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach The problem here is the mindset, isn't it? We don't expect roads to make a profit, but in a way, they do. A decent road infrastructure, well maintained, plays a part in businesses having their deliveries, and people travelling to places of work. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach It's a price far too high, I feel. But I'm not in charge. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach Oh shit. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach Shoulda called it Storm Amoco or Storm Shell, credit where it's due. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach Oh, I expect they speak English, or German, which would also suit me. But it's just nice to make a bit of an effort when you're visiting somewhere new. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach I'm trying the Tobo app to try and learn a bit of Croatian. There's an Audible audio book as well, but would welcome recommendations. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach It seems obvious that "concerns have been listened to" only applies to certain select groups. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach Yep, she's bang on, there. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach À propos of nothing: npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach Orange cats are my favourite as well 😁🐱 npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach Remembering Matilda, the last survivor of the transatlantic slave trade npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach I'd been waiting for an opportunity to use that, couldn't resist! 😊 npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach Needs mood music as well. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach Not trying to teach anyone to suck eggs, but all banning abortion has ever done has been decrease the number of safe abortions. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach The world is a poorer place without them. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach #SilentSunday #Yorkshire npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach Didn't know about that! But, during the Boer War, around 5,000 troops were classed as unfit for field service, and 2,000 were evacuated back to the UK. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach Welcome to Guantanamo! npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach Ho ho ho and Merry Christmas! npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach Disregarding for the moment the obvious unfairness of it, why does she have to go to gaol because the private contractor supplying the wrist tags is unable to provide apparatus for every scenario? npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach She's not a criminal. She broke the law. A law drafted to try and stop people drawing attention to those literally killing the only home we can ever have. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach Went to watch that last month at the Crucible in Sheffield. So much of it is every bit as relevant today. Not a cheery thought. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach They want a return to serfdom, basically, don't they? npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach 👍😏 npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach Here too. At least the rain's stopped now. For a while. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach Maybe discovering other things to do? npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach I've just pressed an old phone into service as a backup. On the 128k SD card is a recording of our dog who's been OTRB for 6 years now. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach I can't remember where this one came from - it may have been you! npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach Love that! 😁 npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach I think Dayvid captured his essence nicely. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach It's the only rational choice. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach If they think that's believable, I have a bridge for sale... npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach Not sure if you can compose it on the Android Mastodon app, but you should still see it. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach I think "terminal" and "end stage" might be useful in any discussions. There is only one possible outcome, and, for me, that should be a major factor. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach Well, this is going to be interesting, whatever the outcome! npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach I believe it's easier now to self host using a hosting service if needs be, but it can be a PIA to get federated across different servers to begin with. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach Once upon a time was visiting a company in Sweden, took a taxi from the airport. Swedish taxi drivers seemingly love a chance to practice their English, fortunately for me. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach Being from a large family, and with situations I've seen with others, the risk of pressure from family and their social network, as well as their own perceptions, is real. It can be very subtle and long-standing as well. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach Exactly so. Took me several seconds to actually look! npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach "My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works ye mighty, and despair!" Maybe a future civilisation, if such there be, will excavate their corpses and wonder npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach I've been to a number of music festivals where I've been having a slash alongside other guys, and the occasional woman pops in to use a cubicle. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach True, that. Worrying. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach I like R A Heinlein's view on that: any politician who calls for war should immediately be conscripted and sent to the front line. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach It's horrific, and that stuff hangs around for many years 😕 npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach She is I believe, indeed highly intelligent. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach I use OneDrive to back up my photos and snapshots. It has an "on this day" function, where it shows you what you snapped on the same date in previous years. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach I believe there have been two fires recently in Wales which were attributed to disposable vapes being put in household waste. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach One good thing at least coming from the UK government. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach I rather thought they were expecting to be re-nationalised, given the obscene bonuses they've just given themselves, in the face of criminal levels of infrastructure neglect and sewage discharges. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach Personally, the browsers I use are DuckDuckGo, Ghostery, and lately Vivaldi. Used to be Firefox, but recent decisions by Mozilla aren't in users' interests. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach I write some, dither about whether to post them, then delete a few days later. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach To be fair, is the ShagYeti the sort of person you'd want to have a high opinion of you? If he doesn't like you, you're doing at least something right. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach <adds to list> npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach On BBC4, Tuesday the 8th of October at 00:30 GMT, "The Magical World of Moss". npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach I think this Dutch cartoon shows quite nicely how mainland Europeans view us. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach I know someone, a Never Trust a Tory type, who didn't vote Labour at the last election. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach Oh dear. This doesn't bode well for Diaper Don's reaction to the US election results: npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach Let's also not forget that one of Israel's early Prime Ministers, Menachem Begin was a designated terrorist, and a member of a proscribed organisation (Irgun). npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach My personal favourite is "The Lathe of Heaven", closely followed by "The Dispossessed". npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach And Israeli forces are deliberately targeting journalists: npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach Why wouldn't you? I did... 😁 npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach The reality is heart-wrenching to see. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach Of course, you can arrange to substitute meetings 😏 npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach It may be they're just running up the flag to see who salutes. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach I believe one of the reasons the last government quietly dropped their rhetoric about insisting on "safe minimum staffing levels" being maintained during strikes by NHS personnel (among others), was that investigation showed that those safe levels were, in many areas, in excess of those routinely experienced during a normal week. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach Also in Christianity, whether it's your bag or not, the pivotal role of women in the story has been almost completely erased from the accounts. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach Currently reading a book (out of print) called "Veronica's Bird" by Veronica Bird and Richard Newman. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach The Luddites (increasingly relevant today) being a prime example. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach Fair play to Dan Piraro, he's put this on his weekly update, acknowledging that if it loses him subscribers, so be it. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach I've read, but can't verify, that the Great Plastification started with Coca Cola. They realised that cheap disposable (as they were thought of then) meant that they could shut their cleaning and recirculation plants, as well as lay off some of their fleets of collection trucks and drivers. So they could make more profit. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach We can only do what we can. And our perception of the harm we do isn't necessarily matched by the reality. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach Man of the people? Man of whoever pays him. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach The Void is hungry! It's been AGES since it was fed! npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach Oh, and swordfish! Definitely!! npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach Brimham Rocks. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach Any chance of a Lidl voucher as well? Please? npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach I'll stock up then, just in case, like. npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach Is it too late to swear fealty? npub1wpwkaf8avhe7w9gg92hnuty4y8k0khyetfue06eh8v4vqzw7wacs5urslw Fragarach I truly hope so. As Ursula le Guin pointed out, at one time, the 'divine right" of kings was regarded as unchangeable.
