Grumpy Owl

Birmingham skyline featuring Bull Ring Rotunda

Did Common Purpose bring down Birmingham City Council?

On 5th September 2023, news broke that Birmingham City Council was effectively 'bankrupt'. Birmingham City Council has admitted 'defeat' in its efforts to manage its financial crisis in-house - and…

Culture & Entertainment Observations

The online marketplace parasites and how to beat them

I work in ecommerce, and our company has been selling online for around ten years now. A couple of recent news stories about online marketplaces disturbed me, so I thought…

Crime & Corruption Observations

A very crooked development…

Black Country folk awoke this morning in shock to the news that the iconic former pub "The Crooked House" had been set ablaze late last night. For many people elsewhere,…

Observations Politics

Democracy dies in Birmingham – the technocracy is here

Although there were no local elections held in Birmingham this year, thanks to a change in proceedings effective from 2018, which means that there only needs to be a 'full'…

Culture & Entertainment Media & Propaganda Observations

Weapons Of Mass Distraction

Hundreds of TV channels. Millions of hours of Youtube & TikTok videos. Rolling 24 hour news channels. Hundreds of thousands of apps for your smartphone. Numerous 'notifications' from social media…

Our Sci-Fi Reality

“The Lizard People”

A common theme that appears in many sci-fi moves and TV shows is one that portrays the "bad guys" as being lizards, or reptilian-like in form, or even lizards disguised…

Videos

Good short video to explain the ‘climate change’ fraud

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmmmgiPha_Y Wow - everything summed up in 4 minutes flat - pure hardcore science - truth in science feels so good! I am highly environmentally focused - pollution worldwide and…

Climate & Environment Media & Propaganda Observations

Weather Experts: “it will be hot in June, July and August”

Well who would have thought it? "Expert" weather forecasters are now confidently predicting that the UK will experience 'heat surges' in June and July, that could continue into August! An…

Observations Politics

Local elections 2023: low turnouts overlooked by the media

Local council elections took place last Thursday (4th May) and since Friday morning the news has been full of the usual 'analysis' as quite predictably Labour "did very well". Local…

Our Sci-Fi Reality

“Open the pod bay doors” – a conversation with an AI about AI

AI chatbots such as ChatGPT have suddenly sprung up out of nowhere in recent months. and have become "all the rage". This afternoon, I inadvertently ended up having a conversation…