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@thoughtbear.bsky.social

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Reader, writer, overwhelmed with overthinking, gamer, worker, husband and father (to cats, a dog, and a not-so-small human). Neurodiverse and just learning to come to terms with that. No Crypto, no bots, no right-wing nutjobs. INFP-T

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John @thoughtbear.bsky.social · Nov 15

Hello everyone. I'm John, and here are some things I like.

📖 Reading - fantasy, s-f, and things that make me think
🦁 Narnia
🧙‍♂️ Lord of the Rings
🚀 SF

🎶 Music - all sorts

🖖 Star Trek
🌑 Star Wars

🎲 Gaming
🕹️ Gaming
🏆 RPGs / CRPGs

☕ Coffee
🍫 Chocolate

🐕 Dogs
🐈‍ Cats

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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 3h

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John @thoughtbear.bsky.social · 13m

My #DailyHappy.

Farage given the economic buggering he so richly deserves.

The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 1h

Nigel Farage finally met a force he couldn’t shout down - the bond market.

You can’t outdrink a spreadsheet, and you can’t gaslight a Bloomberg terminal.

Round one: he lost.

Nigel Farage vs The Bond Market: Round One (He Lost)

Farage has discovered what every populist eventually does - you can’t outshout mathematics.

www.bearlypolitics.co.uk

John @thoughtbear.bsky.social · 3h

This is at the core of good parenting. Child comes first.

John @thoughtbear.bsky.social · 4h

With now no conspicuous form of income, Andrew's memory - so good he could identify which restaurant he was in on a given day several years before with complete confidence (Sarcasm) - may well be his goldmine.

Maybe he even has photos.

It isn't as if *anyone* believes he is innocent!

John @thoughtbear.bsky.social · 5h

Not to mention one of them was "stolen" from him!

Revolting pus-sac Dumpty.

John @thoughtbear.bsky.social · 1d

I reached a point of crisis a couple of years ago and at that time my surgery had a mental health nurse who was able to find time to help me within 48 hours, and helped regularly after that for nearly six months.

She saved my life, no exaggeration.

Then budgets were cut.

Now, nothing useful.

John @thoughtbear.bsky.social · 2d

Ahhh those hot winter gales....

John @thoughtbear.bsky.social · 3d

I agree, but I figured a prompt during the process - just one, and a very easy one - would contrast even more against the background of preparing a laptop for use with windows.... Your suggestion is absolutely valid.

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John @thoughtbear.bsky.social · 3d

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Karl @karlhk.bsky.social · 3d

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John @thoughtbear.bsky.social · 3d

Step 1: Install user-friendly version of Linux. There are many, I like Mint
Step 2: Open command line interface (icon for that on the tool bar); enter sudo apt update (and your password when prompted, not before)
Step 3: sudo apt upgrade. You will probably need to hit the y key during the process

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John @thoughtbear.bsky.social · 3d

Trickle down economics is just someone standing higher up and pissing on your head.

John @thoughtbear.bsky.social · 3d

They seem to have a collective misunderstanding of the meaning of the word "Christian".

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John @thoughtbear.bsky.social · 3d

Or the necessity of consent at all, really.

John @thoughtbear.bsky.social · 4d

Be well soon!

John @thoughtbear.bsky.social · 5d

A cold wind.

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John @thoughtbear.bsky.social · 6d

I'm guessing you weren't a fan of calculus at school?

John @thoughtbear.bsky.social · 6d

A friend had this done in her early twenties. Life changing. All best wishes for you all.

John @thoughtbear.bsky.social · 7d

I suggest the key questions are:
1) what do you enjoy writing
And 2) what do your readers like reading.

John @thoughtbear.bsky.social · 7d

It cannot be a discussion in 2025. Or at least, it should not be. How disgusting the Far Wrong are.

John @thoughtbear.bsky.social · 7d

Admitting defeat? Or acknowledging that they don't care who actually wins the elections?

John @thoughtbear.bsky.social · 7d

I have a pseudo infection, thanks to a covid vaccine jab.

John @thoughtbear.bsky.social · 8d

What a beautiful cat!

John @thoughtbear.bsky.social · 8d

My country has done VERY little to make me proud of it these last ten years.

Except this.

Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 8d

Zelenskyy:"I want to express my particular gratitude to the UK&France:there is a decision from France to provide 🇺🇦 with additional Mirage fighter jets&air defense missiles,while the UK will continue to assist us with air defense by supplying missiles&producing interceptor drones – thank you for that

John @thoughtbear.bsky.social · 8d

May your fairy tale have the right ending: Happily Ever After.