Paul Fernandez
@exilefromgroggs.bsky.social
Books. Music. Language. Science. Theology. Family. Talk. Think.
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Remarried widower. Retd pilot. PhD research (applied linguistics)
#FBPE #NHS 🩵 #KTTO
Remarried widower. Retd pilot. PhD research (applied linguistics)
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy.
November 17, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy.
"The creatures outside looked from Shabana to Priti, and from Priti to Shabana, and from Shabana to Priti again; but already it was impossible to say which was which."
November 17, 2025 at 10:45 AM
"The creatures outside looked from Shabana to Priti, and from Priti to Shabana, and from Shabana to Priti again; but already it was impossible to say which was which."
If you want the asylum system to work:
1) Explain what it's for
2) Explain why it's necessary
3) Make it efficient
Making it more difficult and punitive without doing any of this simply creates resistance - more people asking why we have it at all.
1) Explain what it's for
2) Explain why it's necessary
3) Make it efficient
Making it more difficult and punitive without doing any of this simply creates resistance - more people asking why we have it at all.
November 17, 2025 at 10:28 AM
If you want the asylum system to work:
1) Explain what it's for
2) Explain why it's necessary
3) Make it efficient
Making it more difficult and punitive without doing any of this simply creates resistance - more people asking why we have it at all.
1) Explain what it's for
2) Explain why it's necessary
3) Make it efficient
Making it more difficult and punitive without doing any of this simply creates resistance - more people asking why we have it at all.
Is this gonna be the week the regime falls?
Possible. But it still doesn't feel quite ripe enough.
Possible. But it still doesn't feel quite ripe enough.
November 16, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Is this gonna be the week the regime falls?
Possible. But it still doesn't feel quite ripe enough.
Possible. But it still doesn't feel quite ripe enough.
We could be immortals.
But not for long.
But not for long.
November 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
We could be immortals.
But not for long.
But not for long.
You had a huge parliamentary majority. You could have done anything and the right wing press could do nothing in return but seethe. You had ages for the policies to show themselves good.
And you decided the hill you would die on was targeting immigrants.
And you decided the hill you would die on was targeting immigrants.
November 16, 2025 at 10:05 AM
You had a huge parliamentary majority. You could have done anything and the right wing press could do nothing in return but seethe. You had ages for the policies to show themselves good.
And you decided the hill you would die on was targeting immigrants.
And you decided the hill you would die on was targeting immigrants.
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Every time I hear a politician say that an issue is “dividing” this country they always then come down on the side of the right wing view of it. Just once I’d love to hear someone say “this issue is divisive, which is why I’m making the argument that kindness and compassion is important”
November 16, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Every time I hear a politician say that an issue is “dividing” this country they always then come down on the side of the right wing view of it. Just once I’d love to hear someone say “this issue is divisive, which is why I’m making the argument that kindness and compassion is important”
A trillion dollars...
Suppose Tesla sells a billion cars from now on.
(It can't)
Then in effect EVERY one sold would have a $1000 overhead to be paid straight to Musk.
I would rather not give him the money. I imagine most people are the same.
Suppose Tesla sells a billion cars from now on.
(It can't)
Then in effect EVERY one sold would have a $1000 overhead to be paid straight to Musk.
I would rather not give him the money. I imagine most people are the same.
And yet the man presiding over this has been offered a trillion dollar pay packet, not sacked. The rich always fail upwards.
Tesla's car biz (worth only $78 per share vs Tesla's current price of $402) is imploding.
Overseas sales in Oct were -33%, the lowest start of Q4 sales on record.
US EV sales at carmakers reporting monthly sales were -71% MoM & -49% YoY after Sept EV rush.
open.substack.com/pub/bradmunc...
Overseas sales in Oct were -33%, the lowest start of Q4 sales on record.
US EV sales at carmakers reporting monthly sales were -71% MoM & -49% YoY after Sept EV rush.
open.substack.com/pub/bradmunc...
November 14, 2025 at 8:41 AM
A trillion dollars...
Suppose Tesla sells a billion cars from now on.
(It can't)
Then in effect EVERY one sold would have a $1000 overhead to be paid straight to Musk.
I would rather not give him the money. I imagine most people are the same.
Suppose Tesla sells a billion cars from now on.
(It can't)
Then in effect EVERY one sold would have a $1000 overhead to be paid straight to Musk.
I would rather not give him the money. I imagine most people are the same.
I would love someone who really understood government finances to be in charge of government. It might at least fix something.
November 12, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I would love someone who really understood government finances to be in charge of government. It might at least fix something.
"Stakes rise as more information about Epstein emerges. Trump deploys world largest aircraft carrier to the Caribbean, and wonders what other distractions he can come up with."
Fixed it for you.
Fixed it for you.
Stakes rise as Trump deploys world’s largest aircraft carrier to the Caribbean
Stakes rise as Trump deploys world’s largest aircraft carrier to the Caribbean
Expert says military action may be ‘imminent’ in Venezuela, while others suspect deployment is a negotiating tactic
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:10 PM
"Stakes rise as more information about Epstein emerges. Trump deploys world largest aircraft carrier to the Caribbean, and wonders what other distractions he can come up with."
Fixed it for you.
Fixed it for you.
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If The Times had written 1m more on Universal Credit with no requirements to work they would be correct – because 1m people have been moved from the old Working Tax Credits and Employment Support Allowance to UC.
1m more "on benefits" is WRONG
@geraldinescott.co.uk
1m more "on benefits" is WRONG
@geraldinescott.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM
If The Times had written 1m more on Universal Credit with no requirements to work they would be correct – because 1m people have been moved from the old Working Tax Credits and Employment Support Allowance to UC.
1m more "on benefits" is WRONG
@geraldinescott.co.uk
1m more "on benefits" is WRONG
@geraldinescott.co.uk
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"Every so often, a book comes along that articulates exactly what our country needs. This is one," says @zackpolanski.bsky.social
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November 11, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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The shutdown was a Republican shutdown. It's a feature of right wing praxis that they set up "Heads I win. Tails you lose" scenarios. They expected you to be mad with the Dems who folded.
a man standing in a dark forest with the words remember who the real enemy is below him
ALT: a man standing in a dark forest with the words remember who the real enemy is below him
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The shutdown was a Republican shutdown. It's a feature of right wing praxis that they set up "Heads I win. Tails you lose" scenarios. They expected you to be mad with the Dems who folded.
Small scale thing, but similar with salad bowls at the supermarket. They seem to have shrunk and increased in price. Fine, I'll do my own big batch - fresh pasta, jar of sundried tomatoes, bag of baby spinach, parmesan, pine nuts. Next time I'll add basil and garlic.
Dunno if I saved, but tasty!
Dunno if I saved, but tasty!
The restaurant where I order my poke bowl changed their ingredients and upped the price. So I get less fresh food, more ultra processed crap, AND I have to pay more for that 🙄
So fine, I bought everything I need to make them now because fuck that shit
Like $25 for a rice bowl like come on
So fine, I bought everything I need to make them now because fuck that shit
Like $25 for a rice bowl like come on
November 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Small scale thing, but similar with salad bowls at the supermarket. They seem to have shrunk and increased in price. Fine, I'll do my own big batch - fresh pasta, jar of sundried tomatoes, bag of baby spinach, parmesan, pine nuts. Next time I'll add basil and garlic.
Dunno if I saved, but tasty!
Dunno if I saved, but tasty!
Whistleblowers need protection, but if your actions bring the organisation you represent into disrepute or damage its interests, you have an ethical obligation to stand down.
Leaking an internal memo to a hostile media organisation is the latter.
Leaking an internal memo to a hostile media organisation is the latter.
November 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Whistleblowers need protection, but if your actions bring the organisation you represent into disrepute or damage its interests, you have an ethical obligation to stand down.
Leaking an internal memo to a hostile media organisation is the latter.
Leaking an internal memo to a hostile media organisation is the latter.
Reposted by Paul Fernandez
Nothing says keep the BBC more strongly than Farage, Trump, Putin and Netanyahu saying it should go.
November 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Nothing says keep the BBC more strongly than Farage, Trump, Putin and Netanyahu saying it should go.
When people move past positive and negative, they get to "destructive". Government can no longer assume people will behave in a predictable way.
I no longer give a shit about the White House. Tear it all down because it has been infected with you sick, weak souls. The stench will forever remain.
Control & Greed. That’s what this world revolves around. Those that supposedly work for us proved last night they are no different. 🖕🖕🖕
Control & Greed. That’s what this world revolves around. Those that supposedly work for us proved last night they are no different. 🖕🖕🖕
November 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
When people move past positive and negative, they get to "destructive". Government can no longer assume people will behave in a predictable way.
People calling out the players. That's a start.
Trump and his cronies have the BBC in their sights. Leaders can’t stay silent while one of our great institutions is attacked.
We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.
We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.
November 10, 2025 at 6:45 PM
People calling out the players. That's a start.
$1bn for reputational damage, when nobody noticed for over a year except some right wing stooges? When the damage only became apparent when a memo was leaked? And suing in Florida which cuts off later on where I'm betting they'll struggle to find ANYONE whose view of Trump was affected by a UK show?
November 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
$1bn for reputational damage, when nobody noticed for over a year except some right wing stooges? When the damage only became apparent when a memo was leaked? And suing in Florida which cuts off later on where I'm betting they'll struggle to find ANYONE whose view of Trump was affected by a UK show?
Between the assault on the BBC and the Democrats caving, today was a bad day.
November 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Between the assault on the BBC and the Democrats caving, today was a bad day.
I am so tired of mentally fighting the power and money and weasel words of the oligarchy.
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I am so tired of mentally fighting the power and money and weasel words of the oligarchy.
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What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
A lot of people who should have read/watched/thought upon The Hunger Games were too busy moving piles of green paper around.
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 AM
A lot of people who should have read/watched/thought upon The Hunger Games were too busy moving piles of green paper around.
Made it to the end of Detectorists.
And saw the @profaliceroberts.bsky.social cameo... (which I may have known about once but had forgotten about).
Little fanboy moment.
And saw the @profaliceroberts.bsky.social cameo... (which I may have known about once but had forgotten about).
Little fanboy moment.
November 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Made it to the end of Detectorists.
And saw the @profaliceroberts.bsky.social cameo... (which I may have known about once but had forgotten about).
Little fanboy moment.
And saw the @profaliceroberts.bsky.social cameo... (which I may have known about once but had forgotten about).
Little fanboy moment.
Not rocket science.
Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
November 7, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Not rocket science.