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Loukas

@Loukas@mastodon.nu

Journalist, teacher, Londoner, Stockholmer.

Mostly thinking and writing about autism, ADHD and related disability issues.

Profile image description: me on a balcony
Background image description: dry grass reviving after winter

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Adam_Cadmon1, to random
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And also, why TF do cops have MRAPs anyway? There are no IEDs in the paved roads of Americs.

Loukas,
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@Adam_Cadmon1 it's a very one-sided insurgency they're fighting. The military's dream. An insurgency which the insurgents didn't turn up to.

Loukas, to random
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It's ironic and depressing how all the other Swedish parties have policy points or slogans on their EU parliament posters, while the Social Democrats just say, "yeah...vote for us because of... vibes".

Loukas,
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To quote @guldfiske Sweden's Social Democrats are "the party without qualities" that exists just to exist, be big, and always be in government. From that perspective their empty slogan is a perfect example of what the party aspires to be. Something that gets elected just by saying..."hey."

Loukas,
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@PaulGrahamRaven @guldfiske just like Starmer, I suspect they think, we're winning, so why should we change it?

Loukas,
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@PaulGrahamRaven @guldfiske I'd say it's a deeper tendency: The need of social democratic parties to avoid politics, because of their constant suppression of their own grassroots and left wings.

Loukas,
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@PaulGrahamRaven well it's not pasokifikation when you're polling ten points or more ahead of your conservative rivals.

Loukas,
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@PaulGrahamRaven I'd say it's a flanderisation of the inherent dynamic of social democracy, so yes and :)

MediaActivist, to FF
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It's been a while since I did a #FollowFriday so here goes! @radicalresilience @ophiocephalic @Loukas @noondlyt @beadsland @aral @jalcine @crowgirl @az @catnash and way too many more awesome folks I'm surely forgetting, but there's always next time! #FF

Loukas,
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@MediaActivist thank you 💚

Loukas, to random
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Today I learned about Gustav Adolf Church in Liverpool, the oldest Swedish church in the UK, completed 1884.

Loukas,
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The Wikipedia rabbit hole has just shown me that Vita Sackville-West's great-great grandfather was Swedish, born Henrik Leijel.

Loukas,
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@jondresner ok 🤷‍♂️

incurablehippie, to random
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It’s a shame: there is a book to be written about the rise of weight-loss drugs, and how they will change society. But Hari has not only failed to write it; the way he’s done so has undermined his already dwindling stock of credibility https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/may/01/magic-pill-by-johann-hari-review-weighing-in

Loukas,
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@incurablehippie he's such an awful person and the fact he keeps getting given work is such an indictment of UK journalism and publishing. I'm glad the Guardian is sceptical.

Loukas,
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@incurablehippie yes and holds them open with an iron hand.

Loukas, to random
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Them: you are culturally Christian, because of Christmas.

Me: it is Odin's day, my dudes.

Loukas,
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@maswan ah but what about Easter, which is named after the... pagan...goddess...Eostre...erm.

Loukas, to random
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Far-right set to enter government in Netherlands in coalition with centre-right and populists.

https://www.dutchnews.nl/2024/05/parties-positive-on-right-wing-cabinet-as-talks-enter-final-day/

erikdelareguera, to random Swedish
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Jimmie Åkesson höjer insatserna.
Varför tror ni han gör det?

Loukas,
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@erikdelareguera för att varje gång han gjorde det förr så funkade det. Han förväntar sig en fortsatt eftergiftspolitik från hans samarbetspartners.

Loukas,
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@erikdelareguera han ställer nog inte upp för intervjuer.

Loukas,
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@erikdelareguera jag ser inte vad det skulle vara för konsekvenser för honom att bryta normer, som han har redan brutit emot många gånger.

Loukas,
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@erikdelareguera De som är inte politisk intresserade kommer inte märka något alls. De som vill rösta för SD kommer inte övertygas av någon avslöjande eller av hans reaktion till det. SD kommer inte sjunka i opinionen av detta. Det enda som skulle påverka är om Tidögänget sätter tryck. Jag tror inte de kommer göra det, just för att de vet att SD skulle reagera med fortsatt våld.

Loukas,
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@erikdelareguera jag hade fel. Han ställde upp på intervju men han bryr sig inte där heller.

Krux_22, to random Swedish
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Alltså. Är SDs trollarme en nyhet? Är inte detta känt sen länge att han Tobias driver den?

Loukas,
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@Krux_22 ja, därför känns det som att det handlar det om hur förnekbar det är, inget annat.

Loukas,
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@Krux_22 vi har lärt oss att politiker är helt okej att framstå så bara de får lukta lite på makten. Lex Romina.

mekkaokereke, to random
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Is Trump ahead in the polls, because Biden is losing support amongst one of his key demographics: Black men? Or are the polls all a lie?

Trump ahead in polls?
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/13/us/politics/biden-trump-battleground-poll.html

Biden camp doesn't believe the polls?
https://www.axios.com/2024/05/14/biden-polls-denial-trump-2024-election

Either way, the most important thing to do, is to ignore, insult, argue with, and generally disrespect, Black men online! 🤡 Find a Black man, and yell "Trump is worse!" in his face as hard as you can! Swear at him, and threaten him with violence!

1/N

Loukas,
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@blogdiva @mekkaokereke such a good analogy

Loukas, to random
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Half a million displaced by floods in Brasil. Half. A. Million.

We're going to keep seeing these numbers and we're going to get numb to seeing them, and it'll be the new normal. https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/persistent-brazil-floods-raise-specter-climate-migration-2024-05-13/?taid=6642658ec92493000158bfd7&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter

Loukas,
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@renatofq Non-trivial just means not nothing. So if he's responsible for any significant deforestation then it would be true. It's not saying it's all about him.

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