Friday 8 September 2023

Paranoid?

A word of explanation to readers (if there are currently any out there). Yesterday, I experienced great difficulty accessing my blog to make a post. I later found that professorpbrainsblog.blogspot.com had been blocked by my computer's driver, following a report from some shadowy organisation. I've reported this as a 'mistake' and await to see the outcome. I am an elderly academic (although 'retired', I still do a little teaching). My blog very much reflects my interests and I've always made it clear that the opinions expressed are my own. I've never been a member of a political party or any campaign group (to quote Groucho Marx 'I don't want to belong to any club that will accept people like me as a member'). I accept that I have my biases (we all do) but try to stay within the science. The blog isn't used for commercial gain (it's not 'monitorised' with advertisements) as I have the somewhat weird idea that my opinions are my opinions- they are not there to make cash. So, if my views on artificial intelligence, biodiversity, climate change, diet, education, evolution, media, non-renewable sources of energy, pandemics, polluters, privatised water companies, religion, re-wilding, vaccinations, weight loss-injections etc. have upset anyone, I apologise. They are, however, only my opinions. I suppose, when the reads approach three quarters of a million, people start to see you as a mini 'opinion maker' (whatever that is). Hopefully, normal service will be resumed shortly and I can carry on pontificating. Thanks for reading.

1 comment:

Paul Brain said...

After a worrying 36 hours the blog was restored with no word of explanation. At least it's back!

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