Francis 🇾🇪 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ @francis@greenplenty.social
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Francis. Old guy in the corner. Socialist, maybe even a (shock) Marxist. Can't stop writing. Musician. Coder for over 30 years.
Joined Apr 2022
Ghost seems to be the platform of choice, either self hosted or paying. Also if you self host you aren't giving 10% of your income to people you'd rather avoid.
I used it for my stuff because it was easy, and it meant people could follow and get an email when I posted something new. I never asked for money because I have enough and wanted to make sure the people who needed it were getting it.
I have a couple of posts almost ready to go but ...
Time to move, probably to something I host myself. It's just boring. I ain't gonna help pay any fash though. They get enough mainstream help as it is.
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A lot of writers have been leaving substack because the investors are the kind of people who like to monetise fash content and used the notes feature to do that because freeze peach. Quite nasty individuals by all accounts.
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It's interesting times time again
I had the Substack app on my phone and took it off because I didn't like waking up to misery, and the Notes section was abused by people commenting on popular posts they obviously hadn't read but they wanted you to read theirs, and nuts to that kind of selfish crap. Blocking people didn't seem to stop them posting at you and being annoying, either.
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Brewdog releases new ‘Stop Complaining or You’re F**king Sacked’ IPA https://newsthump.com/2021/06/10/brewdog-release-new-stop-complaining-or-youre-fcking-sacked-ipa/ via
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Also quite pissed off at rumours that Corby is going to found party at the 11th hour and split the progressive vote, probably sabotage the Greens. Always said he was a lightning rod.
Entry for the All-Time User Interface Hall of Shame
https://withfries2.wordpress.com/2013/01/13/entry-for-the-ui-hall-of-shame/
I didn't realise Phil Lynott was so young when he died.
What a fucking waste.
Have a New Year Chill on me, https://soundcloud.com/birkenhead-blues/ambient-chill-42
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@lovelylovely ah yes, that "freedom": the "freedom" to deny other people their freedom
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Crimony. Death toll in Gaza has accelerated significantly. nearly 30,000 already, including >11,400 children - in 11 weeks. 1000 kids a week. 150 per day.
This is a genocide. and ethnic cleansing. 96% of the population has been forcibly displaced. 1.5% killed.
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For the sake of empathy, I ask you all to take a second to consider things from the perspective of Conservatives:
Inflation is out of control. Housing is unaffordable. The healthcare system is broken. Everyone is drowning in student debt. Ecosystems are collapsing. We're constantly on the brink of war.
So naturally, one would ask, how can we even hope to solve these daunting and complex issues if we do not have detailed information on the genitals of every American citizen?
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Ddespite occasionally admitting that #profits & imports might be contributing to #inflation we're back to the tired old narrative that its #workers are to blame.
The Bank & economists in the City of London are still talking about #wage rises being 'worryingly high' (not their's of course) and so we cannot expect #InterestRates to go down any time soon!
Given profits have 'recovered' but real wages remain below pre-2010 levels, I think its fair to say this is about cementing low-wage Britain!
Hey tootverse
I have a problem with xtrabackup for MySQL. If you know anyone who can help ...
Today I did a leaflet drop for the Green Party and walked the dog a couple of times. 13k walked. Foot baths are a good thing.
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Q. as #rents in the UK start to increase at a much slower rate (projected to continue into 2024), have we reached 'peak rentier'?
Are #landlords finally finding they have reached the limit of the money they can extract from household expenses?
If so the #Tories have served the rentier class well; when people can afford no more rent, the landlords have reached the optimal level of profit;
the social price is penury for the renters, but offers a good income for Tory MPs & their landlord chums!
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Francis. Old guy in the corner. Socialist, maybe even a (shock) Marxist. Can't stop writing. Musician. Coder for over 30 years.
Joined Apr 2022
