Lee Porte
@leeporte.co.uk
Systems geek that rides motorcycles with a penchant for experimentation
Is there anything more relaxing than a purring cat on your lap?
December 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Is there anything more relaxing than a purring cat on your lap?
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Wealth taxes are back on the agenda – and Prof Richard Murphy shows why the data demands them.
200 years of evidence: capitalism funnels wealth upward unless govts intervene. So what's stopping them?
His must-read analysis👇
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @richardjmurphy.bsky.social with thanks
200 years of evidence: capitalism funnels wealth upward unless govts intervene. So what's stopping them?
His must-read analysis👇
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @richardjmurphy.bsky.social with thanks
How capitalism drives inequality: and how to stop it
Wealth taxes are on Rachel Reeves’ agenda. Thomas Piketty has shown why it matters, and how we could stop the growth of inequality
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Wealth taxes are back on the agenda – and Prof Richard Murphy shows why the data demands them.
200 years of evidence: capitalism funnels wealth upward unless govts intervene. So what's stopping them?
His must-read analysis👇
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @richardjmurphy.bsky.social with thanks
200 years of evidence: capitalism funnels wealth upward unless govts intervene. So what's stopping them?
His must-read analysis👇
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @richardjmurphy.bsky.social with thanks
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On the day we celebrate the victory over German fascism in 1945, here's a message from a WWII veteran to those who would support German fascism today
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw4Z...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw4Z...
TANK VS TESLA
YouTube video by Led By Donkeys
www.youtube.com
May 8, 2025 at 5:46 PM
On the day we celebrate the victory over German fascism in 1945, here's a message from a WWII veteran to those who would support German fascism today
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw4Z...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw4Z...
Humnn, is that a kidnap kit on the East Midlands Railway train?
April 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Humnn, is that a kidnap kit on the East Midlands Railway train?
I'm pretty sure the output of global radio is the same www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leicester Square buskers are 'psychological torture' says judge - BBC News
Westminster Council has been told to stop the racket after they were taken to court by Global Radio.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 1, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I'm pretty sure the output of global radio is the same www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Sure. We're in this mess because we leaned too much on USA resources which left us unable to defend a European country against a nation with a tiny economy and tanks that get stuck in the mud. Why not spend what extra money we can find on the most expensive weapons which we never intend to use?
Europe needs nuclear weapons.
With Poland & other willing states Germany should develop national capabilities in coord w.
UK & France (which need to add rungs to their escalation ladders).
A mix of Continuous at Sea, mobile land launched & air delivered.
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
With Poland & other willing states Germany should develop national capabilities in coord w.
UK & France (which need to add rungs to their escalation ladders).
A mix of Continuous at Sea, mobile land launched & air delivered.
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
Europe should brace for Trump to end NATO protection, Germany’s Merz warns
Merz said there was need to discuss Germany coming under British and French nuclear protection.
www.politico.eu
February 21, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Sure. We're in this mess because we leaned too much on USA resources which left us unable to defend a European country against a nation with a tiny economy and tanks that get stuck in the mud. Why not spend what extra money we can find on the most expensive weapons which we never intend to use?
@jonty.bsky.social looks like this may have your name written on it www.rbauction.co.uk/pdp/1996-mer...
www.rbauction.co.uk
January 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
@jonty.bsky.social looks like this may have your name written on it www.rbauction.co.uk/pdp/1996-mer...
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Brexit was a test run for politicians telling lies, it carried on without consequence
Now social media companies are removing fact checkers
What's the point of an Online Safety Act if it doesn't require platforms to filter out lies?
Now social media companies are removing fact checkers
What's the point of an Online Safety Act if it doesn't require platforms to filter out lies?
January 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Brexit was a test run for politicians telling lies, it carried on without consequence
Now social media companies are removing fact checkers
What's the point of an Online Safety Act if it doesn't require platforms to filter out lies?
Now social media companies are removing fact checkers
What's the point of an Online Safety Act if it doesn't require platforms to filter out lies?
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DAMMIT NPR.
I spent nine months upgrading over TEN THOUSAND desktops at a F500 client. The grand total was over SEVENTY THOUSAND applications upgraded.
Y2K "didn't live up to the hype" because the industry busted ass to duct tape everything first.
I spent nine months upgrading over TEN THOUSAND desktops at a F500 client. The grand total was over SEVENTY THOUSAND applications upgraded.
Y2K "didn't live up to the hype" because the industry busted ass to duct tape everything first.
People feared the computer glitch would mean "the end of the world as we know it." Thankfully, Y2K didn't live up to the hype after years and billions of dollars were spent on painstaking preparation.
Y2K seems like a joke now, but in 1999 people were really freaking out
People feared the computer glitch would mean "the end of the world as we know it." Thankfully, Y2K didn't live up to the hype after years and billions of dollars were spent on painstaking preparation.
www.npr.org
December 29, 2024 at 3:12 AM
DAMMIT NPR.
I spent nine months upgrading over TEN THOUSAND desktops at a F500 client. The grand total was over SEVENTY THOUSAND applications upgraded.
Y2K "didn't live up to the hype" because the industry busted ass to duct tape everything first.
I spent nine months upgrading over TEN THOUSAND desktops at a F500 client. The grand total was over SEVENTY THOUSAND applications upgraded.
Y2K "didn't live up to the hype" because the industry busted ass to duct tape everything first.
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I doubled my salary by leaving the Civil Service.
I don't claim to have been a lynchpin or a massive talent, but I was one of a number of people who couldn't afford to stay.
Technical ability & strategic thinking is undervalued compared to managerial & budgetary skills.
I don't claim to have been a lynchpin or a massive talent, but I was one of a number of people who couldn't afford to stay.
Technical ability & strategic thinking is undervalued compared to managerial & budgetary skills.
And the pay erosion meant a lot of the best civil servants - particularly after 2016 when relative pay had really fallen and things got a bit chaotic - just decided enough was enough and hopped off to the private sector.
December 6, 2024 at 8:04 AM
I doubled my salary by leaving the Civil Service.
I don't claim to have been a lynchpin or a massive talent, but I was one of a number of people who couldn't afford to stay.
Technical ability & strategic thinking is undervalued compared to managerial & budgetary skills.
I don't claim to have been a lynchpin or a massive talent, but I was one of a number of people who couldn't afford to stay.
Technical ability & strategic thinking is undervalued compared to managerial & budgetary skills.
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JONI MITCHELL: They took all the trees, put 'em in a tree museum / And they charged the people a dollar an' a half just to see 'em
TECH BRO: Sounds awesome but can we make it a monthly subscription
TECH BRO: Sounds awesome but can we make it a monthly subscription
December 4, 2024 at 7:00 PM
JONI MITCHELL: They took all the trees, put 'em in a tree museum / And they charged the people a dollar an' a half just to see 'em
TECH BRO: Sounds awesome but can we make it a monthly subscription
TECH BRO: Sounds awesome but can we make it a monthly subscription
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"The country needs conviction politicians, not politicians with convictions," says Kemi Badenoch, who has previously admitted to hacking and vandalising a Labour MP's website, which was an offence carrying a sentence of up to five years in prison #pmqs
December 4, 2024 at 12:11 PM
"The country needs conviction politicians, not politicians with convictions," says Kemi Badenoch, who has previously admitted to hacking and vandalising a Labour MP's website, which was an offence carrying a sentence of up to five years in prison #pmqs
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Let’s make Jacob’s day and join a union today
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
December 3, 2024 at 9:33 PM
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"If a monkey hoarded more bananas than it could eat, while most of the other monkeys starved, scientists would study that monkey to figure out what the heck was wrong with it. When humans do it we put them on the cover of Forbes"
and much worse, we excused them from having to follow laws, morals..
and much worse, we excused them from having to follow laws, morals..
November 21, 2024 at 9:13 AM
"If a monkey hoarded more bananas than it could eat, while most of the other monkeys starved, scientists would study that monkey to figure out what the heck was wrong with it. When humans do it we put them on the cover of Forbes"
and much worse, we excused them from having to follow laws, morals..
and much worse, we excused them from having to follow laws, morals..
I'm definitely very tired today.
November 21, 2024 at 1:14 PM
I'm definitely very tired today.
Some bloke just cycled past me whilst looking like Jimmy Saville. That's a brave look.
October 4, 2024 at 11:16 AM
Some bloke just cycled past me whilst looking like Jimmy Saville. That's a brave look.
Definitely a soup kind of day
December 7, 2023 at 12:32 PM
Definitely a soup kind of day