Stefan

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Glasgow UK former I.T. consultant, amateur musician (synthesizer, organ), gamer. Pro EU + Scot Independence. Political Left. LGBTQ++, INFP-T. ME/CFS English, Scots, Français, Português BR, Espagñol, Deutsch Pls..no DM small talk

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Stefan@stefanmacp· Jun 22

I've long admired O Cantor das multidões, singer to the multitudes, Orlando Silva. His elegant velvety tones are little known outside the Portuguese speaking world. I've had this terribly sad song from 1937 stuck in my head all week. Check out English lyrics in Alt text. youtu.be/Ost3ouWspmw?...

Caprichos do Destino - Whims of Fate (translated by me)

If God, one day, looked down upon the earth and saw my status,
he would surely understand my desperate journey,
and having the rudder of fate within His hands,
He would not leave me like this, making these mistakes.

It's painful, but unfortunately it's the truth.
I shouldn't even think of happiness that I cannot have.
Though I feel rebellion within my breast.
It's very sad not to have the right even to live.

I have never managed to see a dream realized.
However modest and dull, it has always been denied to me.
So, my God, frankly I must give up.
I must not insist on pushing against the whims of fate.

I want to escape the torment to which I am condemned.
I want to leave this life where I have been defeated.
I am a coward, I know perfectly well, the right thing to do is to carry the cross till the end.
But I cannot. It is too heavy for me.

It's painful, but unfortunately it's the truth.
I shouldn't even think of happiness that I cannot have.
Though I feel rebellion within my breast.
It's very sad not to have the right even to live.

Caprichos do destino
Se Deus um dia olhasse a terra e visse o meu estado
Na certa compreenderia o meu trilhar desesperado
E tendo ele em suas mãos o leme dos destinos
Não deixar-me-ia assim, a cometer desatinos

É doloroso, mas infelizmente é a verdade
Eu não devia nem sequer pensar numa felicidade
Que não posso ter
Mas sinto uma revolta dentro do meu peito
É muito triste não se ter direito nem de viver

Jamais consegui um sonho ver concretizado
Por mais modesto e banal sempre me foi negado
Assim, meu Deus, francamente devo desistir
Contra os caprichos da sorte eu não devo insistir

Eu quero fugir ao suplício a que estou condenado
Eu quero deixar esta vida onde eu fui derrotado
Sou um covarde, bem sei que o direito é levar a cruz até o fim
Mas não posso é pesada demais para mim

É doloroso, mas infelizmente é a verdade.....

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Stefan@stefanmacp· Apr 7

Long waffle from the lunatic ruining America with excuses for why he's going to postpone genocide he was promising, for two weeks.

Armageddon, isn't cancelled, just on hold.

Stefan@stefanmacp· Jan 28

Watching the coming of the end of the Constitution of The United States of America and America's transition into a fascist dictatorship. #USA #Fascism

Stefan@stefanmacp· Jan 21

Left: Mike Johnson criticising Iran, "We do want to encourage a version of freedom" Right: ICE agents jump a dancing fox at an ati ICE protest (From @implausibleblog Farrukh on X) #DHS #USA #ICE #Fascism #ExcessiveForce #Brutality #FreedomOfSpeech #firstamendment #Minnesota

Stefan@stefanmacp· Jan 16

The UK has sent ONE military officer to the multinational force in Greenland following concerns that poodle Starmer's orange pedo protector boss might send a hostile invasion of a NATO ally's sovereign territory. britbrief.co.uk/politics/def...

Rowan Atkinson as Blackadder in UK WWI army outfit.
UK has sent a total of one military officer to Greenland to participate in a multinational military exercise.

Stefan@stefanmacp· Jan 8

Ele acredita que os EUA são poderosos demais para serem obrigados a cumprir o direito internacional. Ele é um valentão psicótico com mísseis nucleares.

Imagem do Shutterstock de mísseis nucleares com uma bandeira dos EUA ao fundo.
Shutterstock image of Nuclear missiles with an American flag in the background.

Stefan@stefanmacp· Jan 7

George Orwell anticipated this, but it was meant to be a warning, not a handbook.

quotation from George Orwell's novel Nineteen-eighty-four.
The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.

Stefan@stefanmacp· Oct 28

I thought NewsThump's take was very apt

cartoon from NewsThump satirising how farcical the UK Parliamentary rules are following a recent rebuke within the UK House of Commons of MP Dawn Butler for complaining that Reform Party MP Sarah Pochin's racist criticism of 'tv adverts featuring black and Asian people makes her angry', a blatantly racist remark, made her a racist.

Dawn Butler was obligated to retract her accusation of the Sarah Pochim being a racist because it's unacceptable in parliamentary rules to call an MP a racist, even when it's totally understood that what they said or did was indeed racist.

Cartoon shows a white man scowling and holding a tv remote control with the caption

Derek was furious, not one tv advert all evening had included an angry middle-aged sofa-bound racist.

Stefan@stefanmacp· Oct 25

kinda reminds me of Diana from "V" Visitor tv series

Stefan@stefanmacp· Oct 17

just to see how it would look...

Dominar Trump the First of The United States of Trump
Merged AI image with Donal Trump and Dominar Rygel XVI from Farscape

Stefan@stefanmacp· Oct 16

but this should be more obvious

a more obvious AI image combination... Dominar Rygel the XVI and wannabe Dominar Nigel the First

Stefan@stefanmacp· Oct 16

well this was the first effort. Think you can just about make out...

AI hybrid image Dominar Rygel XVI with Nigel Farage

Stefan@stefanmacp· Oct 16

was just mucking about with AI combining images. Not something I've bothered with before and though this was fun... Some people might recognise the pompous, arrogant, selfish and generally obnoxious talking slug, deposed Hynerian ruler, Dominar Rygel XVI....

Dominar Rygel XVI, deposed Hynerian ruler from TV show Farscape

Stefan@stefanmacp· Oct 5

from Rob Moore on X. The depressing and terrible state of the UK. #UK #UKtaxes #UKfascism #UKmisery #LabourUK #UKLabour #Poverty #DigitalSlavery #Slavery #Authoritarianism x.com/robprogressi...

Stefan@stefanmacp· Oct 4

History repeats itself. This is why we now have Human RIghts legislation. ECHR, in the UK, and why, wherever we are, we must not surrender out Human Rights. America IS now a fascist nation. #HumanRights #ECHR #ICE #DHS #DigitalID #Torture #Fascism #NaziUSA #Slavery #Racism #Xenophobia

Corrected quotation:
Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. They’re allowed to take only a knapsack and a little cash with them, and even then, they’re robbed of these possessions on the way. Families are torn apart; men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared. Women return from shopping to find their houses sealed, their families gone.

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

Stefan@stefanmacp· Oct 2

How long till digital creep? First comes Digital ID, next, the Human RIghts Act is done away. Welcome to slavery. Don't sleepwalk into slavery. Oppose Digital ID. ( courtesy x.com/JamesCa09181... ) #DigitalID #DigitalSlavery #Totalitarianism #DigitalFascism

Stefan@stefanmacp· Oct 2

Tony Blair's think tank wants digital IDs to turn neighbours into informants, including for noise complaints... With each complaint contributing to your 'community impact' score. The proposal is buried in a report... from @bigbrotherwatch on the other platform x.com/BigBrotherWa... #DigitalID

Stefan@stefanmacp· Sep 29

#DigitalID #UKLabour #BigBrother #SocialScoring #Fascism #Slavery #UKpolitics #DigitalSlavery #DigitalFascism

A female pensioner stands in a walking-aid frame and is holding a smartphone with the implication that it has just beeped her the message:

BRITCARD
Congratulations on completing 50 steps.
You are now offically fit for work.

This is just one risk of the abuse of Digital ID which the UK Prime Minister without any election manifesto mandate to do so, is planning to implement despite intense objections from every area of society.

Stefan@stefanmacp· Sep 28

If we let the government take our freedom during an emergenct, it'll create an endless string of emergencies to take our freedom.

Stefan@stefanmacp· Sep 28

"Once the Digital ID is in place, it's game over for humanity" The government psyops haven't really kicked in yet. So before they program the public with ludicrous excuses for Digital ID (and before they brand you far-right for opposing it) speak up now. #DigitalID

Stefan@stefanmacp· Sep 23

CEO for Sinclair Broadcast Group is Christopher Ripley. He was CFO for Jeffrey Epstein.

screenshot from Wikipedia showing entry for Chris Ripley, CEO of Sinclair Broadcast Group, and former CFO for Jeffrey Epstein

Stefan@stefanmacp· Sep 22

in case it wasn't obvious, I was thinking of this pompous, self-aggrandizing, morally deficient, poor excuse for a human being.

Stefan@stefanmacp· Sep 22

was just describing Farscape to a mate, and Dominar Rygel XVI as a pompous, self-aggrandizing talking slug with a grossly inflated opinon of himself who farts helium, pisses napalm and is generally an obnoxious disaster. It occurred to me how much he reminds me of a certain British politician.

Dominar Rygel XVI from Farscape TV show (Jim Henson)
A pompous self-aggrandizing, talking slug that causes disasters everywhere he goes.

Stefan@stefanmacp· Sep 22

a simple explanation (even Republicans should be able to understand) of just how f**ked, America is going to be because of Trump's new policy (as if anyone would want to go to America any more anyway! We've ALL seen South Koreans shackled and chained). #michiokaku #h1b #h-1b #braindrain

Stefan@stefanmacp· Sep 22

young Wes Streeting and Peter Mandelson street campaigning for Labour

Stefan@stefanmacp· Sep 17

Trump returns to the UK for another State Visit at the UK taxpayers' expense, for a luxury banquet at Windsor Castle. (Estimated £12,000,000) Meanwhile outside, peaceful protesters are arrested for projecting images of Trump with Jeffrey Epstein.

from @coldwarsteve on X
Donald Trump is currently being lavished with estimated £12,000,000 UK taxpayer-funded luxury in yet another State Visit to the UK, while peaceful protesters projecting images of Trump & Epstein are arrested on questionable grounds.
Trump is currently being fêted to a banquet with the King of England at Windsor Castle.
Shown here: Trump, the ghost of Jeffrey Epstein and Peter Mandelson are in a luxury Roman style bath while Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Camillla, King Charles, Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper another person I don't recognise (maybe Andrew tate) and a Nigel Farage with a mocking smile are clad in Roman style togas are acting as servants and handmaidens.

Stefan@stefanmacp· Sep 12

"Mandelson and McSweeney running a blackmail operation in 2001" x.com/StevePowers_... (c.f., www.spectator.co.uk/article/labo... )

claim (I have not verified from @StevePowers_ on X but traced to https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/labours-new-dark-arts-strategy/ )

"Mandelson and McSweeney running a blackmail operation in 2001"

In the early 2000s McSweeney worked on Mandelson's Excalibur system, a database which New Labour used to gather information about internal political rivals and intimidate recusant party members.
Also, several Labout MPs told me how Mandelson had shown them Excalibur printouts and thereatened them with action if they stepped out of line.

Stefan@stefanmacp· Sep 12

TBH I think we've clearly gotten to the point where this stage is necessary. There's a bit of a row going on with Farage and questions about tax evasion, so maybe the people are getting something right.

Performative Police Tents outisde former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's home, for a wildy excessive and protracted period with deliberately damaging optics, investingating SNP donations for over a year, at great expense to the tax payer, to find no criminal activity whatsoever.

Stefan@stefanmacp· Sep 11

Certainly hit the ground, running!

Keir Starmer Tweet from ten days ago following Cabinet reshuffle...
Phase two of my government starts today.

Stefan@stefanmacp· Sep 11