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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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Garwboy, to random
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Horrible when those in charge make decisions that make your life much harder for purely selfish reasons without giving a crap about your situation, isn't it. Just awful.

Loukas,
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@Garwboy i never thought leopards would eat my face

stavvers, to random
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Heads up to anyone using facebook or insta: you'll receive a notification about your data being used to train AIs. The opt out process is deliberately convoluted and you have to fill out a form to object. This is what I wrote in mine, and the objection was immediately registered as successful, so feel free to copy.

Masto reply bores, this is not a post on which to fart out your opinions about Meta or AI or whatever. So don't. I'm sharing helpful info for people who need it, not for you.

Loukas,
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@stavvers

This is the text i wrote in Swedish and got approved instantly.

Jag invänder emot att min data används i syfte att träna AI. Mina bilder är personliga och innehåller avbildningar av mitt ansikte kopplat till mitt namn. Detta data kunde användas för att skapa deepfake avbildningar av mig om det ingick i ett AI dataset. Jag även invänder emot att mina bildtexter används inom detta dataset eftersom de innehåller personliga information som det inte vore lämpligt att ha med.

Loukas, to random
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This just reminded me that, even though Sweden has a government which depends on the far-right it has not rescinded its recognition of Palestine.

In fact the foreign minister openly said they would not do so in this parliamentary answer. https://www.riksdagen.se/sv/dokument-och-lagar/dokument/skriftlig-fraga/aterkallande-av-erkannandet-av-palestina_hb1196/
https://press.coop/@AJEnglish/112485260949868924

Loukas,
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This suggests to me that recognition of Palestine is 'sticky'. That is, it comes with so many benefits that even if a left-wing government does it, the country is unlikely to reverse the decision even under a right-wing government.

msquebanh, to ukteachers
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#Genocide needs to be taught in all schools. It's sad to see so many adults who obviously never learned what genocide truly is. They really believe that it's only genocide if almost every person targeted in a genocide is dead. There's more to genocide than only body counts.

#Education #TeachTheFutureGenerations #HumanRightsEducation

Loukas,
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@msquebanh I've not had the chance to teach in school much but I'm proud that I did a lesson about genocide. And I pointed out that the Swedish state's long policy of 'reeducation' of indigenous children could be seen as genocidal.

Loukas,
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@msquebanh in Sweden the Holocaust is an obligatory part of the curriculum, so I took the chance to explain genocide in context.

Loukas,
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@msquebanh hey, you don't need to be grateful for me doing the bare minimum 💚

Peternimmo, to random
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Image of the day?

Loukas,
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@Nikkileah @Peternimmo he refused to get in the sea, so the sea came for him.

purplepadma, to random
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I am SO GLAD it’s a summer election. This government could’ve dragged on until October or November. Let’s get it out of the way.

Loukas,
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@purplepadma nice warm fountain water for jumping into

Geri, to random
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Sunak announces the General Election amongst heavy rain and loud music

He looks stupid and can scarcely be heard

Loukas,
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@Geri at least rain keeps lettuce fresh.

Loukas, to random
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Taxi for Mr Sunak!

Loukas, to random
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Haha who are the legends playing Things Can Only Get Better to drown out Sunak's election announcement?

Loukas, to random
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From @drjennings

Loukas, to random
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It looks likely Sunak will call an election in about an hour. Just a reminder, Brits, that in 1993 Canada had an election where the Conservatives went from government down to just two seats. I'm just saying. Are you going to let the Canucks hold the record forever? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_Canadian_federal_election

Loukas, to random
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But Netanyahu remains a strategic genius.

Ireland, Norway and Spain to recognise Palestinian state
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4nn78r3w3ko

doktorzjivago, to random Swedish
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Hey baby är du Ryssland för du respekterar inte mina gränser

Loukas,
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@doktorzjivago hej baby våran kärlek är som Koreakriget. Kommer aldrig ta slut.

Loukas, to random
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In other Sweden-UK history news. In 1940 the Brits seized some Swedish warships and promised to return them (eventually) as long as Sweden transferred American aircraft contracts to them.

Loukas,
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@PTM thank you! Interesting that so much of that article lacks citations. I have another document from July 8 that implies the ships had already been handed back. And Sweden was complaining of damage done, even before Wikipedia reported date of return, July 10.

Loukas,
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You can almost hear a grumpy Churchill voice in this later comment on Swedish complaints about damage to the ships.

Adam_Cadmon1, to random
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Infinity and eternity are not the same thing, btw.

Loukas,
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@Adam_Cadmon1 My favourite quote about infinity is "there may be an infinite amount of numbers between 1 and 2, but none of them are 3."

Loukas, to random
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I downloaded the last will and testament of a Swedish ship's carpenter in London, 1840, but it's in such elaborate copperplate I can barely read any of it.

I'm guessing this is part of the way legal scribes maintained their position back then, by having a style that made the document look extra fancy and official.

gbhnews, (edited ) to fediverse
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🌞 Good morning ! This is GBH bringing you the world from . It is 76F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi.

Spain, Norway, and Ireland have recognized a Palestinian state.

Massachusetts' "millionaire's tax" has brought in 1.8 billion, an amount more than estimated.

Some Mass. public are now hiring social workers to connect patrons in need with services.

Loukas,
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@gbhnews keeping my old one because my need for faster apps isn't greater than the needs of the slaves digging out the minerals.

Wen, to art
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At least 1,000 Damien Hirst artworks were painted years later than claimed

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/article/2024/may/22/damien-hirst-artworks-painted-years-later-currency-artist

If it moves you and you think it is worthwhile, get it. Being mugged for an ‘investment’ potential is another matter. Provenance is the elusive art work here. Nice work if you can get away with it.

#art #Hurst #Mugging #Mugs

Loukas,
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@Wen haha Banksy, THIS IS HOW ITS DONE. This is how you actually destroy value. Not with a shredder.

osma, to Europe
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How is European defense showing up in the campaigns and policy debates of the European Parliament elections where you live?

Loukas,
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@osma in Sweden not at all, apart from talk about borders (which is purely framed in terms of stopping migration).

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