I am an older gentleman now in retirement. I have paid my dues to the thieves in suits and hope that I can survive my remaining years while retaining whatever human(e)ity I have left. I don't take vaccines or meds and have not seen a Doctor in over 20 years and surprise, surprise, I am still very much alive and kicking.
Im a wife, mother, grandmother and a believer. John 14:6 I love life and try to bring positivity to a fallen world. @chrismadzier RIP 2-24-67-12-22-21 You will be truly missed my buddy. Minds member since April 2018.
I'm not really Basil Hallward, he's a character in the Oscar Wilde story "A Picture Of Dorian Grey." The reason for doing the name change and using a very old picture is a private joke. My name is Ian Thorpe, Ian R Thorpe to distinguish me from the Australian swimmer, I retired from a career in Information Technology a few years ago and now spend my time writing and creating internet content. And the picture, from 1983? In the story, the eponymous Dorian Gray never looks any older, while the picture of him painted by Basil Hallward ages. And in the online world I never get any older so it's oappropriate that my avatar shows the person I feel I still am. Age, when all's said and done, is a state of mind. .
Data Science, A.I., Cybersecurity, and anything related to data. Check out my blog for more information: https://foxydatascience.substack.com
Currently, I'm focusing on mentoring & consulting work. You can book a session with me through this site: https://zvoulgaris.com/#mentoring
I've also done a video course recently called "Cracking the Data Code" and it aims to help business people leverage data work better. You can find more about it here: https://cracking-the-data-code.carrd.co
* Although I am grateful for my cultural heritage, I identify as a citizen of the world.
* I find what happened on June 4th at the Tianenmen square fascinating.
* I do not support or endorse any political entity, group, or individual, in any country.
I don't do DMs or private chats so jot that down. I'd rather die on my feet than live on my knees...Every gun law is an infringement...it's beyond time to abolish ALL alphabet agencies...1A/2A Absolutist...Pureblood & free thinker....Never quit, never surrender, never bend the knee to the woke mob and never apologize....Both parties can fuck off..burn it all down 🔥
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“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. They may be more likely to go to Heaven yet at the same time likelier to make a Hell of earth. This very kindness stings with intolerable insult. To be “cured” against one’s will and cured of states which we may not regard as disease is to be put on a level of those who have not yet reached the age of reason or those who never will; to be classed with infants, imbeciles, and domestic animals.”
C.S. Lewis, God in the Dock
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