A Software Developer, closet Synthetic Organic Chemist, proud Kiwi, Otago University Graduate, Pink Floyd addict, migraineur, and more. What's not to like?
Oxfordshire/UK & Basel/CH
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/* Michael D O'Shea */ retweeted
Honestly… great to see a British judge finally doing the right thing.
Vickrum Digwa murdered Henry Nowak a young lad with his whole life ahead of him…then tried it on, saying 21 years was too much. Too much? After what he did?
Lady Chief Justice Baroness Carr wasn’t having it. She’s put it up to 25 years.
Proper British justice. Well done to her.
Henry’s family have been through hell. This won’t bring him back… but it’s something.
/* Michael D O'Shea */ retweeted
🚨NEW: A UK bank chief executive, reacting to John Healey's decision to raise the bank's profit surcharge said:
"Taxing the engines of growth to reduce VAT on gherkins is end-of-Rome level of stupidity"
[@FT]
I am suffering terribly in my second day of food poisoning, not on solids yet, but getting there.
Laying in bed just now I just recalled a small part of a dream from last night. A bit in German. My first one.
I recall saying to an Air Hostess "Ich brauche jetzt eine Magenstofftasche".
I got
- the first person present tense conjugation for the verb (brauchen) correct
- the time indication (jetzt) in the correct place
- the gender (eine) for (tasche) correct
I made up the noun, Magenstofftasche, without realising it, and it is not the correct noun for vomit bag. However given that German is packed to the brim with these compound nouns, I like the word and think German needs this noun. The correct noun is (der) Spuckbeutel, that is also a compound noun, but I have only just added "Spuck" to my vocabularly.
Obviously one small memorable part of a dream mid food poisoning doesn't establish my level of German, but it does show to me that my brain is starting to recognise and internalise some of the grammar patterns. It's probably well documented by linguists ... who knows.
As an aside, I think German needs the noun (der) Krankenbruder too, but accepted a while back to use Pfleger and Pflegerin 😀
/* Michael D O'Shea */ retweeted
We appear to have a local councillor moonlighting as Prime Minister…this focus on soundbites & sideshows over substance is utterly risible…
/* Michael D O'Shea */ retweeted
Read the headline. Nod sagely.
Then look at the pic above it. Shake head vigorously.
Hilarious juxtaposition.
/* Michael D O'Shea */ retweeted
Ah, there it is.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
The photo on the left is a stock photo that has been digitally altered to show the face of the woman on the right.
Here is the original, taken on 17/June/2016:
alamy.com/stock-photo-pr…
/* Michael D O'Shea */ retweeted
🚨 Going out of business sale 🚨
iOS dev course sales plummeted due to AI. It costs a lot of money to host my courses online and with sales at basically $0, I've cancelled that hosting.
This closes down the site which unfortunately removes access to the courses.
I want you to have the courses you purchased forever, so I've added the ability to download my course videos so they are yours.
I've put my recent course on sale at a large discount so you can get it before it's gone and I've made old courses available for free if you want to grab those too.
The school will be online until November 24th so you have a few weeks to download these videos at seanallen.teachable.com
Thanks for learning with me and supporting my work over the years. I appreciate it.
/* Michael D O'Shea */ retweeted
This is the repulsive mental inferiority that will make Poland's Prime Minister lose the next parliamentary election.
Now that Poland has developed its own strengths, Tusk still seems incapable of imagining progress without copying Paris, Berlin, or Brussels.
/* Michael D O'Shea */ retweeted
We must “learn our lesson”, our leaving was a “catastrophe for the EU” and they “need more money”….
Sounds like a club worth joining
🇪🇺 €£ 😡🤦🏻♀️
🇨🇿 Czechia’s Prime Minister Andrej Babiš: “Yes, of course, we need more money”
🇸🇮 Slovenia’s Prime Minister Janez Janša: “The UK leaving was one of the biggest catastrophes for the EU in the entire time of its existence”
🇧🇬 Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Rumen Radev: “Of course, but this time UK must learn its lesson”
🚨🇪🇺 NEW: Various EU leaders say they would welcome Britain rejoining the EU
Here’s what they said:
🇨🇿 Czechia’s Prime Minister Andrej Babiš: “Yes, of course, we need more money”
🇸🇮 Slovenia’s Prime Minister Janez Janša: “The UK leaving was one of the biggest catastrophes for the EU in the entire time of its existence”
🇨🇾 Cyprus’ President Nikos Christodoulides: “If Britain is ready to come back, we are ready to welcome them”
🇱🇻 Latvia’s Prime Minister: “I think Britain should come back to the family”
🇪🇸 Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez: “I applaud it, we are better united”
🇧🇬 Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Rumen Radev: “Of course, but this time UK must learn its lesson”
🇩🇰 Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen: “Of course, always”
🇱🇹 Lithuania’s President Gitanas Nausėda: “Yes, absolutely”
🇭🇷 Croatia’s Prime Minister Andrej Plenković: “Are they keen to come back?”
🇪🇺 EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas: “Of course, all our friends are welcome to join”
🇳🇱 Netherlands’ Prime Minister Rob Jetten: “In the end, it’s up to the British people to decide what that relationship looks like”
[@SkyNews]
/* Michael D O'Shea */ retweeted
Wow - listen to what Czech PM Andrej Babiš says to Sky’s Alistair Bunkall when he’s asked ‘Will you support Britain re-joining the EU?’
"Yes, of course. We need more money.”
New Bali cycling helmet design, and yes he posed for me too :-)
Off the beaten track is the real Bali. Please visit this paradise!
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🚨 JUST IN: In a bombshell speech, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz just called the EUROPEAN UNION A COMPLETE FAILURE in front of global elites by stating, "Germany and Europe have wasted incredible potential. We have become the world champion of over-regulation and zero growth."
/* Michael D O'Shea */ retweeted
So one day the voting system is so secure that voter photo ID can be removed, à day or so later the Russians interfered in a referendum. It’s hard to keep up when you tell so many lies isn’t it Andy ?
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🚨 HOLY CRAP! Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent just MIC DROPPED every critic of President Trump’s Russian diesel surge deal
"The EUROPEANS have given the Russians more money since the start of this war than they have given the Ukrainians!” 🤯
“So for THEM to say that we cannot have a respite in diesel pricing is COMPLETELY HYPOCRITICAL." 🔥
Europe spent years funding Putin with energy purchases, and now they're lecturing America about one diesel deal…NOT GONNA FLY
Iran tried to block the world from fuel, and President Trump went around them easily!
Lower prices on the way. No apologies.
Zelensky should step down.