SamuelJohnson
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SamuelJohnson
@samueljohnson.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy
Scientist, MBA, ex IT professional, Irish & European
Lived 30+ years on 4 continents, now back in Ireland.

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@ottocr.at Sigh of relief here, bc Dutch police are armed unlike Irish police. Nice bit of community policing. 😀
January 9, 2026 at 9:34 PM
@aphclarkson.bsky.social Europeans who have never been to America, don't speak English, consume US media, or read about the US in their own language?

They exist, sure, but in many cases they are likely very nearly as ignorant about their own country and their immediate neighbours.

Those who […]
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mstdn.social
January 9, 2026 at 1:04 PM
@aphclarkson.bsky.social On day 1 in grad school in US

Local paper did a vox pop on the situation in Poland (Solidarnosc era)

"I'm down on all them Commie countries, we should just nuke'em"

Was one response, typifying culture of impunity.

I leafed, horrified, through gun porn mags in […]
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mstdn.social
January 7, 2026 at 11:41 AM
@ottocr.at I disabled Google's Gemini on Android from the start. Will not buy another Android phone. Hope to buy a Linux phone with a European payment app.
January 7, 2026 at 10:22 AM
@tante I have stopped using Firefox. Tired of the nonsense. Will reconsider if they do this.
January 7, 2026 at 10:00 AM