ottocrat

@ottocrat@eupolicy.social

British-Schwäbisch eurocrat / I make #EU foreign policy and Spätzle / cross-Channel commuter / #knitting and #crochet / home #solar #battery #ev / quondam anti-#Brexit podcaster / @ottocr.at on bluesky / ceterum censeo ultima dextera percidenda esse

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Quandary: my Apple ID is linked to the UK, though I'm physically in the EU 50% of the time. I need to link my Apple ID to the EU in order to be able to install the #AltStore app store. But this could really mess up my (UK-based) family settings, not to mention existing subs, media purchases, etc. In short: fuck Brexit

ottocrat,

FFS

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@imyke @jsnell No offence but you can’t have looked very hard! No need to use an AI tool. https://competition-policy.ec.europa.eu/index/fines_en

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@imyke The EU budget, ie the pool of money from which the EU pays for everything it does, from humanitarian aid to development assistance to regional funding to agricultural support to my salary. ;)

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@samueljohnson@mstdn.social avatar

Started watching thinking @ottocrat should see this, he's got a got a Doppelganger who even sounds a bit like him

https://youtu.be/1VxzZha2h1M

Then realised it was a slightly greyer original 😂👏

We're a step behind. One EV and no batteries yet, but on the same journey. 💪

If we don't who will?

Good to see those responsible for 🇪🇺 social policy 👣👣 the 🗣️, helping save 🌍. Contrast with the "Common Sense" Tories or climate change denying 🤡🤡 in the Reform limited company.🤦‍♂️

ottocrat,

@samueljohnson Haha how did you find that??

ottocrat,

@samueljohnson Well I never! I doubted anyone would see it.

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ottocrat,

This is how it looks in the official client… so it’s only so useful until native support arrives.

ottocrat,

I understand that not everyone wants quote boosts. I’m aware of the arguments that it enables negative behaviour. I don’t accept those arguments and I find quote boosting integral to the way I prefer to use these microblogging platforms. So I’m impatient to see its full implementation on Mastodon. In the meantime, I find myself using Bluesky more, as it’s a better fit for how I prefer to post and engage.

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I’m amazed, AMAZED, that a US Supreme Court stacked with sympathetic judges by Donald Trump should have ruled that Donald Trump should not have been removed from the Colorado ballot for attempting to overthrow the US constitution. Truly amazed.

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I know this makes me a green ink weirdo but I absolutely love this olive green. 🖋️

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Spare a thought for pulchritudinous billionaire Taylor Swift who has just received some devastating news

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If you're 'working very hard with individual countries' when it's an area of exclusive EU competence then it won't be progressing anywhere very fast, Rishi.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/20/i-have-your-back-rishi-sunak-tells-farmers-at-nfu-conference

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Farmers not being able to trade with the EU really is a problem, I wonder how it could possibly have happened. Who would have done such a thing Rishi?? Who??

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Brain: it would be a good use of your time while recharging at this motorway service station to buy some food for tomorrow’s lunch so you won’t have to leave the flat in the morning.

Stomach: EAT ALL FOOD NOW RAWR

🙄

ottocrat,

@Waxingtonknee What is wrong with us 😔

ottocrat, to pens

I’m totally in control of my #fountainpen habit and can stop at any time 😂 🖊️ #pens #fountainpens

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It would be a good use of five minutes of your time to read the speech given by Daria Navalnaya to the European Parliament in December 2021 when she received the Sakharov Prize on behalf of her father, Aleksei Navalny. Note the date, two months before Russia invaded Ukraine.

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/CRE-9-2021-12-15-INT-3-106-0000_EN.html

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Belgian & Belgium-based pals: I'm thinking of switching banks. Any recommendations? Any ones to avoid?

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Once again for those at the back: you can take a stand against terror and in support of Israeli citizens without backing Netanyahu and the IDF; you can take a stand against the Israeli government and its atrocities in Gaza without backing Hamas.

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But I thought we wanted our politicians to be truthful?

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Another massive shitshow, damaging the UK’s reputation and harming innocent individuals, that is a direct result of Brexit. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/jan/26/eu-citizens-ulez-fines-data-breach-tfl?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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Tell me you've never had a decent cup of tea without telling me you've never had a decent cup of tea
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2024/jan/24/perfect-cup-of-tea-needs-a-pinch-of-salt-and-squeeze-of-lemon-says-us-chemist

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