rob

@robparsons
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If anybody wants to know a few things about me

#UK - born in the NHS at 312ppm.
#Hedgehogs
#LiberalDemocrat
#WalterPresents
#CognitiveTrailTheory
#CovidIsNotOver
#Nightwish
#Springsteen
#ActuallyImReallyQuiteBoring

Profile pic is me with my fluffy sheep Ruffles. Header is about a hundred sheep who decided to form a ring on the downs one day. I'm not that interested in sheep, really.

The reach of reading knows no bounds. We have Rebecca Yarros's excellent Fourth Wing in the library - and it's popular; see here: https://bookstodon.com/@rvl/115950058799255769

and here it is in the Thai edition in a bookshop in Chiang Mai.

“Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.” Milton
“Under whatever political institutions we live, there is a circle around every individual human being which no government be it that of the one, the few or the many, ought to be permitted to overstep.” John Stuart Mill.

Excited to announce that the @EUCommission has updated it's follow buttons on the website footer!
What's that first platform there? Could that be #Mastodon?
And where did the link to #X go?
All the posts and comments here on Mastodon calling for this, trust me we read them!

#SocialMedia #EU #EuropeanCommission #FollowUs

“He asked his mum once if they could have a cat. “One pet animal is enough, dear”, she said, looking at him meaningfully.”

My WIP is now a work.

Nanotales, a book of 26 short stories by Rob Parsons – that’s me - is on sale at https://ko-fi.com/s/19f8a3feeb Proceeds to St Peter and St James hospice. “variety of theme and gently humorous style” says a reader.

"Liberalism properly conceived is a repository of political sense and practical problem solving." Adrian Wooldridge
"If you registered for Internet Banking before 1999 you won’t be able to change your User ID until January 2014." Oops. Only 12 years out of date.
"London schools trialling VR to relieve pupils’ stress". Have they considered making schools less stressful placces? #UKPolitics

We deserbed that win.

I'll get me coat.

#COYS

Oh good, Burns has overtaken Sibley. Order is restored; we won't have to revisit theories of the origin of the universe. @surreycricket #Surrey #crick