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Loukas, to random
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@samuel hej finns det någon i din kooperativ som gör dataunderhåll? Jag vill hitta någon som kan skruva isär min bärbara och blåsa ut dammen åt mig för några hundralappar.

samuel,
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@Loukas Tja! Vet inte. Du får fråga dem själv :)

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Loukas,
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@samuel tack

Loukas, to random
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"Well I think one thing we can be sure of is it's not going to be before the summer break."

  • George Parker, Financial Times, talking about the UK election on the 9th May.

UK parliament breaks on July 23rd.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6nzRKYrAjVfYyawM8bs1tX?si=-4uaaDluTPChUYsuzrkg1Q

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This just reminded me that, even though Sweden has a government which depends on the far-right it has not rescinded its recognition of Palestine.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

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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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

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.

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.

Loukas, to random
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The, now legendary, Robert Rankin answers a question about why one of his Brentford Triangle characters is called Omally.

Loukas, to random
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Today I learned that the prefab voting booths they are setting up in my local library is called "The Benjamin Franklin."

Politics. All about those Benjamins.

PaulGrahamRaven,
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@Loukas Better to call it the Benjamin Franklin than to call it the John Wilkes Booth, I guess. ;)

Loukas,
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@PaulGrahamRaven sic semper plebiscitum!

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".

PaulGrahamRaven,
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@Loukas Fair point! But that rhetorical weakness, the whole "don't scare the horses" thing, is plausibly a legacy of the long drift toward the managerial center.

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

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.

jondresner,
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@Loukas "Oldest Swedish church in the UK" is one of those superlatives that does beg some questions.
It's a bit like saying "I'm the highest ranking Jew at Pittsburg State University, Kansas"...

Loukas,
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@jondresner ok 🤷‍♂️

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

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

maswan,
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@Loukas Luckily I celebrate Yule and not Christmas then, so there's no christian taint?

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

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