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This is my website. It is simply a listed.to blog, hosted by Standard Notes, controlled by me.

2025-07-17 Back from Oasis

I'm not an Oasis fan. I own the albums, I don't own the t-shirt (or bucket hat). But Oasis fans are a special group of people. I had the honour of spending an evening with them in Heaton Park. I returned home with no voice and clothes drenched in alcohol. If you have a chance to see the Oasis Live '25 tour, I recommend it. ...
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2025-07-15 Watch this interview with Mona Chalabi

Insightful comments on Kurdish support for Israel, and thinking about the future. Recommend watching if you have a chance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Mydu6gkO4Y Middle East Eye continues to produce amazing content on their YT channel. I wish they would introduce RSS to their website, though. #RSS4ever. My laptop exploded in the heat FYI. ...
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PDFs: Pretty Documents, but Frak.

PDFs: Pretty Documents, but Frak. Nobody asked for this... but I'm writing it anyway. TLDR PDF signing: Firefox PDF compression: QPDF Tools PDF arranging: PDF Arranger PDF metadata: Paper Clip PDFs are a daily part of my life. My letters to clients are now mostly password encrypted PDFs attached to an email. My client statements are all finalised and saved as PDFs. Thanks to one of a series of Practice Directions, all of my bundles are bookmarked OCRed A4 documents with a clickable inde...
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Declaración Universal de los Derechos Humanos (DUDH)

Declaración Universal de los Derechos Humanos (DUDH) La Declaración Universal de los Derechos Humanos (DUDH) es un documento adoptado por la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas el 10 de diciembre de 1948. Es un texto fundamental que establece, por primera vez, los derechos humanos básicos que deben protegerse en todo el mundo. A continuación, te doy una explicación general en español: ¿Qué es la Declaración Universal de los Derechos Humanos? La Declaración Universal de los Derechos Huma...
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2025-06-22 US commits [another] war crime

USA commits [another] war crime Disclaimer I'm no fan of Iran. As somebody who believes in human rights, it should be obvious. Unfortunately, we live in an age where obvious statements and disclaimers are necessary. In that spirit, I also declare that I'm not a fan of Hamas, the current Israeli government, the current US government AND the current UK government. According to the law of common sense, I'm actually prohibited from discussing my opinion of Keir Starmer. UN Charter, use of force a...
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#ShowYourStripes: Temperature change in Manchester since 1850

Climate change is a natural process, but there is nothing natural about the changes we are experiencing. We are in a climate emergency and we are burning the future of our children day by day. Source: https://showyourstripes.info/l/europe/unitedkingdom/manchester ...
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Safe Passage Superhero Quiz

What type of superhero are you? Take the Safe Passage Superhero Quiz: https://form.typeform.com/to/IJooGIOj I'm an advocate. ...
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Amnesty Rainbow Bracelet

Donate to Amnesty International (UK) and get an Amnesty International Rainbow Bracelet. https://www.amnesty.org.uk/donate/rainbowbracelet ...
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2025-05-10 A quick note on social media

I do not use Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Twitch, Twitter, Snapchat or WhatsApp. I do use LinkedIn, Mastodon, Signal, Wire & XMPP. ...
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Deletion Day #1

Deletion Day #1 Acknowledging my privilege at being able to take this actions, today I deleted the following accounts: Adobe Amazon Google* Meta (Facebook & Instagram) Microsoft Twitch Twitter xBox I haven't used any of these accounts for a very long time, but I kept them open because I hoped they would improve. Proton, I love Standard Notes, but you are going on my watchlist because you have said some unnecessary things recently. 📃👀 More unnecessary accounts to be deleted soon, but ...
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