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Category Archives: Thinking
The future of the BBC
The BBC was in the news today because it is losing funding due to fewer people choosing to pay for a TV licence. A TV licence is something required by law in the UK before you can watch any live … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Entertainment, Politics, Thinking
Tagged BBC, BBC TV licence, British tabloids, Content, Media, Murdoch, Netflix, News, News Corp, News Corporation, Rupert Murdoch, Tabloids, TV licence, UK media, UK media landscape
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‘Richest 1% have almost a quarter of UK wealth, study claims’
You may have seen recently that new research by the Resolution Foundation reveals the richest 1% in the UK have almost a quarter of all the wealth. Here is an article about it: https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2021/jan/03/richest-1-have-almost-a-quarter-of-uk-wealth-study-claims. This inequality is obviously unacceptable and, … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Entertainment, Politics, Thinking
Tagged Abolish tax Havens, Corruption, End tax evasion, End tax evasion now, Inequality, No one should be above the law, Oligarchy, One law for the rich one for the rest of us, Ruled by the rich, Tax, Tax dodgers, Tax dodging, Tax Havens, Tax rich companies properly, Tax rich individuals properly, Tax rich trusts properly, Tax super rich companies properly, Tax super rich individuals properly, Tax super rich trusts properly, Tax the rich, Tax the super rich, Tax the super rich properly, Tax the wealthy, there should be no billionaires, Tyranny by minority, Tyranny by the rich, Tyranny by the super rich, Tyranny by the wealthy, Undemocratic
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How my family moved to a flexitarian diet
My family & I have recently moved to a more plant-based diet because of the health benefits and lower impact on the environment. I have long-term ambitions to eventually be vegan so this flexitarian diet is for me hopefully a … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Health, Thinking
Tagged flexitarian, flexitarian diet, plant-based, plant-based diet, vegan
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Guidelines for living
Make the most out of life take part Have fun life is short Be kind don’t be a dick
Posted in Advice, Philosophy, Thinking
Tagged be kind, guidelines for living, meaning of life
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Phillip K. Dick’s afterword for A Scanner Darkly
This has been a novel about some people who were punished entirely too much for what they did. They wanted to have a good time, but they were like children playing in the street; they could see one after another … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Philosophy, Thinking
Tagged A Scanner Darkly, amphetamines, Philip K. Dick, Richard Linklater
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The Good Friend
Do any of us really actually care for each other? Or is everything we do ultimately in our own self-interest? Isn’t looking out for the interests of my family & children in a way acting to guarantee the continuation of … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Philosophy, Thinking, Writing
Tagged Greyball, Greyball program, HSBC, Maslow, Purdue Pharma, self-interest, selfishness, survival, Uber
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Practical life tips for my son
Never be afraid to doublecheck if you have locked the door when you are using the toilet Always wear a helmet on a bike Always be careful around roads, water, weights, heights, fast things, hot things, and sharp things. Remember: … Continue reading
Quitting the Paint Factory – By Mark Slouka
It is this willingness to hand over our lives that fascinates and appalls me. There’s such a lovely perversity to it; it’s so wonderfully counterintuitive, so very Christian: You must empty your pockets, turn them inside out, and spill out … Continue reading
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