Paul Gittings
@taffydownunder.bsky.social
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Retired software developer.
Eating popcorn while the World burns.
Whoever said "It's the darkest before the storm" was an optimist.
Music, environment, politics & data
Retired software developer.
Eating popcorn while the World burns.
Whoever said "It's the darkest before the storm" was an optimist.
Music, environment, politics & data
Liked Mark Carney's Davos speech? Well try his BBC Reith Lecture speeches from 2020 www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvw-...
The Reith Lectures - Mark Carney Episode 1 of 4: From Moral to Market Sentiments
YouTube video by llewrek
www.youtube.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:16 AM
Liked Mark Carney's Davos speech? Well try his BBC Reith Lecture speeches from 2020 www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvw-...
Went to a second hand bookstore this morning looking for books on woodworking and building furniture. Instead I found a book on building a better world
February 4, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Went to a second hand bookstore this morning looking for books on woodworking and building furniture. Instead I found a book on building a better world
This isn't good!
www.dcreport.org/2025/12/29/n...
www.dcreport.org/2025/12/29/n...
Big Banks Enjoy Stealth Bailouts - A DCReport Exclusive
The NYFed has quietly injected tens of billions into major banks—now with no limit. Unreported policy changes raise fears of another Wall Street bailout.
www.dcreport.org
January 30, 2026 at 10:12 PM
This isn't good!
www.dcreport.org/2025/12/29/n...
www.dcreport.org/2025/12/29/n...
My musical year in review. Some of the songs that found me in 2025 ... note Spotify did calculate my age to be 19, you've been warned
open.spotify.com/playlist/1fa...
open.spotify.com/playlist/1fa...
2025 - Paul's musical year
open.spotify.com
January 10, 2026 at 4:39 AM
My musical year in review. Some of the songs that found me in 2025 ... note Spotify did calculate my age to be 19, you've been warned
open.spotify.com/playlist/1fa...
open.spotify.com/playlist/1fa...
Updated my monthly playlist with some of the songs that I ran into in December.
open.spotify.com/playlist/2FB...
open.spotify.com/playlist/2FB...
Spotify – Web Player
open.spotify.com
January 10, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Updated my monthly playlist with some of the songs that I ran into in December.
open.spotify.com/playlist/2FB...
open.spotify.com/playlist/2FB...
Songs I encountered in November
open.spotify.com/playlist/2FB...
open.spotify.com/playlist/2FB...
Spotify – Web Player
open.spotify.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Songs I encountered in November
open.spotify.com/playlist/2FB...
open.spotify.com/playlist/2FB...
Tis the season to cook. Gravlax salmon
December 14, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Tis the season to cook. Gravlax salmon
I built a huge workbench and the first thing I make on it is a small butter knife.
December 14, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I built a huge workbench and the first thing I make on it is a small butter knife.
Some of the songs I came across in October
open.spotify.com/playlist/2FB...
open.spotify.com/playlist/2FB...
Paul's Monthly "Melancholy" Music Playlist
open.spotify.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Some of the songs I came across in October
open.spotify.com/playlist/2FB...
open.spotify.com/playlist/2FB...
A bit of the music that crossed my path back in September
open.spotify.com/playlist/2FB...
open.spotify.com/playlist/2FB...
Paul's Monthly "Melancholy" Music Playlist
open.spotify.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:48 PM
A bit of the music that crossed my path back in September
open.spotify.com/playlist/2FB...
open.spotify.com/playlist/2FB...
An update to my not so monthly, monthly playlist ... Some of the music that crossed my path in the last few months.
open.spotify.com/playlist/2FB...
open.spotify.com/playlist/2FB...
Paul's Monthly "Melancholy" Music Playlist
open.spotify.com
September 16, 2025 at 7:12 AM
An update to my not so monthly, monthly playlist ... Some of the music that crossed my path in the last few months.
open.spotify.com/playlist/2FB...
open.spotify.com/playlist/2FB...
I've been a bit preoccupied that last couple of months so haven't been putting out my monthly music list. So here's a combined list of music I ran into during the last couple of months
open.spotify.com/playlist/2FB...
open.spotify.com/playlist/2FB...
Paul's Monthly "Melancholy" Music Playlist
Playlist · Paul · 20 items · 6 saves
open.spotify.com
June 9, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I've been a bit preoccupied that last couple of months so haven't been putting out my monthly music list. So here's a combined list of music I ran into during the last couple of months
open.spotify.com/playlist/2FB...
open.spotify.com/playlist/2FB...
Does Donald sing this in the shower?
Taco, taco man (taco man, yeah)
I gotta be a taco man (I gotta be a taco man)
Taco, Taco man (yeah)
I gotta be a taco (oowh)
Taco, taco man (taco man, yeah)
I gotta be a taco man (I gotta be a taco man)
Taco, Taco man (yeah)
I gotta be a taco (oowh)
May 30, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Does Donald sing this in the shower?
Taco, taco man (taco man, yeah)
I gotta be a taco man (I gotta be a taco man)
Taco, Taco man (yeah)
I gotta be a taco (oowh)
Taco, taco man (taco man, yeah)
I gotta be a taco man (I gotta be a taco man)
Taco, Taco man (yeah)
I gotta be a taco (oowh)
Reposted by Paul Gittings
Reposted by Paul Gittings
The Pope has just died.
The Pope recently snubbed JD Vance.
Coincidence?
I'm never going to the
USA again, am I?
The Pope recently snubbed JD Vance.
Coincidence?
I'm never going to the
USA again, am I?
April 21, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The Pope has just died.
The Pope recently snubbed JD Vance.
Coincidence?
I'm never going to the
USA again, am I?
The Pope recently snubbed JD Vance.
Coincidence?
I'm never going to the
USA again, am I?
How can Canada not vote in a way to have this man as their PM www.youtube.com/watch?v=V11q...
Canada’s Role in a Shifting Global Order — with Mark Carney | Prof G Conversations
YouTube video by The Prof G Pod – Scott Galloway
www.youtube.com
April 19, 2025 at 2:35 AM
How can Canada not vote in a way to have this man as their PM www.youtube.com/watch?v=V11q...
So much for stopping the war on day one. is it "doable"! No thought for the people they betrayed by not holding up their side of the 1994 trilateral agreement. But then Obama and Biden didn't abide by it either. America Red or Blue is not to be trusted. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/w...
Rubio Says U.S. to ‘Move On’ From Ukraine Peace Efforts if No Progress Soon
“If it is not possible to end the war in Ukraine, we need to move on,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said as he departed meetings in Paris.
www.nytimes.com
April 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM
So much for stopping the war on day one. is it "doable"! No thought for the people they betrayed by not holding up their side of the 1994 trilateral agreement. But then Obama and Biden didn't abide by it either. America Red or Blue is not to be trusted. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/w...
Paul's Monthly "Melancholy" Music Playlist
Playlist · Paul · 9 items · 6 saves
open.spotify.com
April 17, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Time to stop holding conferences in Trumpland
April 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Time to stop holding conferences in Trumpland
How the Trump administration is working towards fixing future elections in America
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7Cp...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7Cp...
How Trump Is DISMANTLING Election Protections
YouTube video by Mallen Baker
www.youtube.com
April 14, 2025 at 4:19 AM
How the Trump administration is working towards fixing future elections in America
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7Cp...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7Cp...
This was a technique used in Canada before stores started to clearly label Canadian products. It was used to inform other shoppers the products were American in origin and not to buy them. Come on Australia we should be ditching US products too! Turn them upside down!
April 4, 2025 at 9:29 PM
This was a technique used in Canada before stores started to clearly label Canadian products. It was used to inform other shoppers the products were American in origin and not to buy them. Come on Australia we should be ditching US products too! Turn them upside down!
Reposted by Paul Gittings
Dark times indeed
April 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Dark times indeed