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    Fake Times
    Fake Times
    Fake Times
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    Fake Times

    By Gary J Byrnes

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    Gary J Byrnes, Blog, August 2014 - August 2018
    While collecting my blog posts from 2014 to 2018, I was struck by how much has changed and how much has stayed the same. Recurring themes include religious division and social change, the search for a global story that unites humanity and the vague worry that maybe reaching for the stars means that we've already thrown in the towel here on fabulous Planet Earth.

    But our planet and our race deserve better than that. Maybe we're living in a post-fiction world, where the shit that's real couldn't actually be passed off as made up stories. Maybe these are the fake times. The concentration of wealth and power in the hands of a tiny minority has resulted in a world that is cruel, poisoned and, for many, hopeless. It doesn't have to be this way. Let's get our shit together and fix it.

    Contents:
    Introduction
    Top 5 Crazy things about Pope Francis Ireland visit
    Support Canada against Saudi Arabian bullying, intimidation and dysfunction
    Ireland to stop kissing the ring?
    Wouldn't you vote yes if it was you that got pregnant?
    Why the SpaceX Falcon Heavy test launch matters
    Axial tilt - the real reason we celebrate Christmas
    Blade Runner 2049. Yes. It's awesome.
    Climate change, hurricanes, gods and logic
    Easter Rising 1916 remembered - Ireland's crazy history and broken present
    World War 3 - Ireland's neutrality no longer tenable
    My Apprentice audition experience left me cold
    Syria - How to stop the war
    Greece, democracy and a fascist plot
    Ireland's gay marriage referendum - a true watershed
    Paris, a shining beacon for a new age of enlightenment?
    We Say - A new participative democracy model for Ireland, Europe and the World
    Islamic militants to merge
    Je Suis Charlie - Much western media already defeated
    United Hates - My new thriller
    The Irish and water
    Vampire Story - Free full spectrum entertainment
    So, how's World War 3 going for you?
    Scotland decides
    On finishing a novel. An advertisement for myself
    Why the Islamic State must be stopped
    An online survey into the human condition
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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGary J Byrnes
    Release dateJan 8, 2019
    ISBN9780463272152
    Fake Times
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    Gary J Byrnes

    Gary J. Byrnes: Aviation's Climate Disruptor, Carbon Revolutionary, and the Man Who Dares to Green the Skies Gary J. Byrnes isn't here to make small talk about sustainability. He's here to rip the bandaid off aviation's biggest problem—carbon—and inject a bold, rebellious, and hemp-fuelled solution straight into the bloodstream of the industry. As the founder of Tao Climate, Gary is not just another climate advocate throwing jargon at the problem. He's an architect of the future—a relentless innovator hacking the system to prove that aviation doesn't have to be the bad guy in the climate fight. Through cutting-edge AI Space MRV technology, hemp-powered carbon removal, and revolutionary sustainable aviation fuels (SAF), he's crafting a world where planes don't just fly high—they fly clean. His credentials? TEDx Speaker in the Making (because the world needs to hear how hemp can reverse climate change and rebuild war-torn nations). Founder of Tao Climate, the fintech startup that's smashing greenwashing with hard science and real-time, traceable carbon removal. One of Elon Musk's XPRIZE Carbon Removal Top 100 Innovators, taking on the biggest climate challenge with next-gen tech. Author of The Green Age of Aviation, the book that's kicking down the doors of conventional thinking and lighting a fire under the aviation industry. Serial disruptor, whether it's shaking up publishing, tech, or the way we measure and verify carbon. Gary's work at Tao Climate is rewriting the rules of the aviation game. His mission? Turn every airport into a carbon-capturing ecosystem. Make hemp the undisputed MVP of carbon removal. Crush the idea that sustainability is just another expense. If you want to keep flying without burning the planet, you need to follow Gary J. Byrnes. Because the future of aviation isn't just about new engines or shinier planes—it's about rewriting the entire playbook. ✈️ Find him on LinkedIn, Twitter, or in the nearest airport lounge, plotting aviation's green revolution.

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      Book preview

      Fake Times - Gary J Byrnes

      Introduction

      10/01/2019

      While collecting my blog posts from August 2014 to August 2018, I was struck by how much has changed and how much has stayed the same. Recurring themes include religious division and social change, the search for a global story that unites humanity and the vague worry that maybe reaching for the stars means that we’ve already thrown in the towel here on fabulous Planet Earth.

      But our planet and our race deserve better than that. Maybe we're living in a post-fiction world, where the shit that's real couldn't actually be passed off as made up stories. Maybe these are the fake times. The concentration of wealth and power in the hands of a tiny minority has resulted in a world that is cruel, poisoned and, for many, hopeless. It doesn’t have to be this way. Let’s get our shit together and fix it.

      Top 5 Crazy things about Pope Francis Ireland visit

      26/08/2018

      That crazy pope, what a guy!

      You'd think it was the end of the world! All roads closed, warnings to keep your kids indoors, no bread in the shops, masses of chanting old people walking through the streets. And a sense of despair, even among the zealous. For Pope Francis is the head of a poisonous lie, so here are the most crazy things about his visit to Dublin, Ireland, August 25 and 26, 2018.

      Here in the Dublin trenches, living through it, it's just a pain in the ass. For them, the ones who still believe the story, it's something unknown to me. Kudos to Irish leader Leo Varadkar for insisting that the Church brings in mandatory reporting of child sex abuse. Without that, Francis is just the front man of a monster.

      1. So expensive! Like, 40 million quid!

      Half will be paid up by gullible donors and suckers in mass every Sunday. The Catholic Church has been incredibly successful at getting its followers to pay for everything, and is worth... well, God only knows. Literally. Meanwhile, the hard-pressed Irish taxpayer will help fund the 20 million quid that pays for Garda overtime and, subsequently, rounds in Copper Face Jacks.

      2. So mental! Like, they actually believe this shit?

      Religion is mad, Ted. There's just no other way to put it. Okay, maybe back in the day (like 5,000 years ago), we knew fuckall about anything, so making up stories to explain things made some sense. Then science happened, and enlightenment. So, we know that the Bible was just made up and is not the word of God. Because there is no god and this stuff is just not on. But if you want to turn a blind eye to the child abuse so you can listen to crazy stories every Sunday morning while the rest of us are having a lie-in, just go and do your religion in private. No need to shut down a provincial yet buzzy city for it.

      3. 600 million communion wafers to be consumed!

      If you stacked all the communion wafers to be consumed in Dublin this weekend on top of each other, they'd reach the moon! Even more crazy: there's a full moon on the day of the big gig in Phoenix Park! Wow! A disc of unleavened flour and holy water never sounded tastier! (Gags.)

      This weekend, the faithful in Dublin are expected to consume:

      600 million communion wafers,

      17 million cups of tea,

      2 million cups of Maxwell House Fine Blend,

      24 million ham sandwiches,

      7 million Club Milks,

      1 million Choc Ices (depending on the weather),

      32 million custard cream biscuits.

      4. Francis was a nightclub bouncer

      Francis is the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphere, and the first pope from outside Europe since the Syrian Gregory III, who reigned in the 8th century. A Syrian, no less! Francis also used to work as a nightclub bouncer until he swapped sweaty late nights for early mornings of mass and unleavened wafers every day. Don't be surprised if you bump into Pope Francis on Harcourt Street late on Sunday night, picking fights and spilling pints.

      5. A lot has changed in Ireland since the last pope visited

      Pope John Paul 2 visited an adoring Ireland in 1979, and almost everyone went to bend the knee, and hear him pontificating when Polish accents were still quite rare. Other changes include the appearance of real coffee (only Maxwell House Fine Blend back then), the decriminalisation of homosexuality in 1993 (!), and the IRA ending its campaign of violence in 2005. In 1979, the only drinks were Guinness, Harp, Paddy whiskey, Babycham, and the only wine was Blue Nun or Black Tower. There were no drugs, no grass, no cocaine, not even heroin, as the whole Afghanistan thing was just kicking off. Ireland in 2018 is a bleary trip and that's why we are mostly immune to Francis's Jesuit mind tricks.

      Mandatory reporting, or else

      So Francis will hopefully get the message loud and clear: we're mostly done with the Catholic Church game. We will no longer be controlled, educated, brainwashed or abused by a fantastical system that twisted a benevolent ideology into something cruel and sadistic.

      We have so much more to learn about what it is to be human and what the Universe means, but religion has nothing to offer humanity on this

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