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Loukas

@Loukas@mastodon.nu

Journalist, teacher, Londoner, Stockholmer.

Editorial worker at Freedom news.

Writing about autism, ADHD and disability.

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

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Loukas, to random
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Watching the EU election results come in.

jon, to random
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Passed the fateful spot in Sarajevo yesterday

fulelo, to random
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- Danish PM attacked by man in Copenhagen
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cv22k0rkl99o

jon, to random
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Light now fading here on the hill at the edge of Sarajevo. Quick drone flight earlier as well, but the shadows were complex. I’ll fly more tomorrow.

Mosque surrounded by houses
View across to the city, stadium in front

DrALJONES, to random
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Report

List of countries joining South Africa’s case against Israel at the ICJ

South Africa: filed Dec 29
Nicaragua: applied Feb 8
Belgium: declared intention Mar 11
Colombia: applied Apr 5
Turkey: declared intention May 1
Libya: applied May 10
Egypt: declared intention May 12
Maldives: declared intention May 13
Mexico: applied May 24
Ireland: declared intention May 28
Chile: declared intention June 2
Palestine: applied June 3
Spain: declared intention June 6

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/6/which-countries-have-joined-south-africas-case-against-israel-at-the-icj?traffic_source=Connatix

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Loukas, to random
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"If people bring so much courage to this world the world has to kill them to break them, so of course it kills them. The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry."

  • Ernest Hemmingway
    A Farewell to Arms (1929)
pvonhellermannn, (edited ) to random
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Israel dropped 70,000 tons of bombs on Gaza Strip since last October, exceeding World War II bombings in Dresden, Hamburg, London combined, according to rights monitor.

(Please ignore misleading headline - it is not more than all ww2 bombs)

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/amount-of-israeli-bombs-dropped-on-gaza-surpasses-that-of-world-war-ii/3239665#

Nonilex, to Health
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Conservative attacks on #BirthControl could threaten #access
#FarRight #conservatives are sowing #disinformation that falsely characterizes IUDs, #emergency #contraception, even #BirthControlPills as “#abortifacients” — something used to cause #abortions.
#Republicans in ≥17 states have blocked largely Democratic-led attempts to pass #laws assuring the right to birth control since 2022.

#ReproductiveRights #BodilyAutonomy #FamilyPlanning #health #privacy #law
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/06/05/birth-control-access-abortion-ban/

Nonilex,
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Side note: need to stop misusing the word “misinformation”

I corrected its use in the article quotes.

is unintentional

is intentional

groups telling people is the same as is OBVIOUSLY intentional disinformation.

Get it right.

msquebanh, to random
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3 of my beloved family members died during uprisings. We will NEVER FORGET.

https://youtu.be/VbKroPF3W5Q?si=2tZZzZ1tYW4BIBoE

Loukas, to random
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Hey, if you think there should be more south-east Asian news on Mastodon, or more southern African news, or more anarchism, you can make all of that happen by sharing one of these posts:

https://kolektiva.social/

https://kolektiva.social/

ElleGray, to random
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If I was a university prof and a student's parent contacted me demanding that I change their grade I would get my mom to write back to them & tell them to leave me alone

ElleGray, to random
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ai has entered its roast era. large scale mockery signals the beginning of the end. good. 🙂

divya, to random
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Some patterns through which I knew the results were going to be different in Indian elections:

  • The young Chief Justice of India – hand-picked by Modi – threatening to jail the enablers of Modi – Baba Ramdev for not being present in person for a case against the court.

  • Rajdeep Sardesai the man who mainstreamed hindu supremacy in mainstream media when he was one of the most influential political voice on cable tv suddenly finding a spine and asking strict questions of hindu influencers on TV

I will say I was discombobulated by the exit polls when people I trust started saying they were probably true but I am glad my pattern matching did not fail!

sundogplanets, to random
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It's perhaps the ugliest haircut ever, but I managed to shear my llama over the weekend!

At first I tried to get him into a small pen, but he knew it was a trap. So I just started cutting (with hand shears). He tolerated it for about a minute at a time, then he'd walk away, and I'd give him a little break, then start cutting again.

I got close to 10 pounds of (really dirty) wool, and now he looks like he's carved out of mattress foam. So weird. Hopefully he'll be cooler for the summer now!

A bunch of dirty brownish wool in a clear plastic bag, with my foot for scale. The bag is maybe 4 feet tall by 1 foot across. It's sitting on straw.
The llama standing out in a grassy pasture, surrounded by eating goats. He's still got a lot of long, fluffy fur on his neck, but his sides are MUCH less poofy than they used to be, with very roughly cut wool all along his sides.

ncoca, (edited ) to india
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A reminder that could have preferred in to die, with no consideration for the lives of those - , , activists, , communities, and others - who would suffer under majoritarian rule, especially if they got a 400+ seat mandate.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/stock-market-live-updates-today-4th-june-bse-sensex-nifty50-pm-modi-stocks-market-reaction-to-lok-sabha-election-results-2024/liveblog/110686035.cms

lzg, to random
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there's a layer of corporate people who are interested in virtual presence in meetings, because for them meetings are not about information or problem solving, but about signaling and self-presentation. being seen at the meeting is much more important than the content. also, seeing their underlings at a meeting gives them some sense of power as well. their problem to solve is "how can I be more visible at all times"

bady, to india
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Today's election result is not just about the coming 5 years. Whether there'll be free & fair elections at all in the future, whether our constitution will stand the test of time, whether we will become a hindu nation, all depends on it. This is going to be a crucial point in the history of #India. We may lose this #election, but we can't afford to lose #hope. At this point, even limiting the fascist party from achieving the brutal majority predicted by the various exit polls is a big win!

Lylamehta, to random
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New report by international legal experts concludes that genocide has been committed against Tigrayans. Ethiopia as a State failed to discharge its responsibility under international law to prevent & punish genocidal acts committed by ENDF, ASF & EDF. The international community needs to respond & take action.

#Tigray #Ethiopia #Genocide

https://newlinesinstitute.org/rules-based-international-order/genocide-in-tigray-serious-breaches-of-international-law-in-the-tigray-conflict-ethiopia-and-paths-to-accountability-2/

popcornreel, to random
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BREAKING: The US is “completely confident” Israel agrees to a ceasefire. This is from the U.S. State Department.

(via Sky News)

axbom, to random Swedish
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Heja Sverige. Vår statsminister går ut och gör gemensam sak med ett amerikanskt storföretag, och hyllar dem för att de gör en rekordinvestering i sina egna datacenter, bokar upp resurser på vårt elnät, gör åverkan på natur och miljö – och ger dem sannolikt rabatt på elpriset för besväret. Investeringen kan summa summarum bli en kostnad för civilsamhället.

Allt för något som kallas för AI, och som ingen har definierat vad det är för något. Ett marknadsföringsbegrepp som kan betyda allt och inget. Just det, vi får några timmar i deras webbutbildning – troligen utan lärare – om deras egen proprietära “AI”, en webbutbildning som sannolikt redan ligger färdigproducerad. Tack för det Microsoft.

Söker journalister som kan problematisera detta…

Det här var mitt första utbrott. Ska fördjupa mig i respektive ämne på bloggen sedan.

Just det… det råkar vara ett storföretag som kritiserats starkt på senaste tiden för sina bristande säkerhetsrutiner… bland annat av Trafikverket, och släpper en dator med en funktion (Recall) som är som att bjuda cyberkriminella på buffé.

samuel, to random Swedish
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SÖKES: någon som har hund och som inte gillar massövervakning!
På lördag anordnar vi i Kamratdataföreningen Konstellationen en picknick-manifestation på eftermiddagen i Stockholm.

Vi hade tänkt att göra en enkel, rolig och kort teater. Till det behöver vi en hund och dess människa.

Någon som vill vara med på en sådan teater? Kommentera här så berättar jag mer!

ChrisMayLA6, to Economics
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Are we on the verge of a(nother) financial crisis?

@AnnPettifor thinks we are, and here she offers some evidence for that suspicion.

And as she, therefore concludes:

'Given recent history, it might be wise to tighten your financial seatbelts'!

Its could be a bumpy ride.....

#economics #finance

https://annpettifor.substack.com/p/time-to-tighten-financial-seatbelts?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=reader2

chema, to SanFrancisco
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I was one of the last people allowed into the San Francisco Mexican consulate to vote this afternoon. I cast my ballot at 4:53PM and the doors closed at 4:59PM, with a few hundred people still waiting outside to vote. Some had been waiting for hours.

Things got tense. SF Police came and placed themselves between the consulate door and the attempted voters. Those inside were told we'd have to wait until the situation calmed down. I ended up leaving through the emergency exit leading to the alley.

Real unfortunate situation. A failure at every level.

​

A video of the door to the consulate closing from the inside, with SF police outside and consulate guards inside.

gerrymcgovern, to random
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"In 1635, mining was introduced in Sápmi when a silver mine opened near Árjepluovve in Sweden. The impact on Sámi society was huge. Businessmen and settlers arrived from the south, while local Sámi were driven from their homes and used as coolies. Resistance was met with harsh repression. A special kind of water torture became notorious. Sámi were dragged along a rope underneath the ice of a frozen lake from one hole to another."

https://www.pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1051

gerrymcgovern,
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Locals protest wind energy due to impacts on Sami reindeer grazing lands

"This is not something we want to do. We would rather focus on digging farm beds, taking care of the animals, fishing, chopping wood, renovating homes, spring plowing, building wetlands, building social networks and petting cats. We would rather contribute to a positive development, a vibrant sparsely populated area. But now that no parliamentary means work, we have to try something."

https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/sweden-locals-protest-wind-energy-construction-due-to-concerns-over-impacts-on-sami-reindeer-grazing-lands/

smallcircles, to Bulgaria
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#ChatControl the saga continues.. 😫

Read @echo_pbreyer latest article on this nightmare:

https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/majority-for-chat-control-possible-users-who-refuse-scanning-to-be-prevented-from-sharing-photos-and-links/

#EU #EUCommission #Privacy #Dystopia

Mehrad,
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@smallcircles
The "chat control" has some nostalgic and déjà vu kinda ring to it, especially for people like me who have lived in Iran or similar places, because:

>> the chats of employees of security authorities and the military are also to be exempted from chat control.

So the affairs (romantic, sexual, political, financial, ...) of people at power are ironclad protected, but general public should live in a complete disadvantage and bring monitored.

@echo_pbreyer

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