Loukas (They/Them) 🏳️‍⚧️

Journalist, teacher, Londoner, Stockholmer.

Deputy editor, Freedom news (London)

Writing about autism, ADHD and disability.

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

Pronouns: they/them
Location: Stockholm

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2024-08-29 07:51:38

Hi, so I've recently been diagnosed with prediabetes. It means I'll be rushing into doing all I can to avoid developing diabetes 2, including weight loss and a lot of exercise.
That means I may post about these topics in a spontaneous and even thoughtless way, albeit behind cw.
I apologise in advance and I understand if you want to unfollow, block or mute me.
Also I'll be grumpy because of the low blood sugar:)

2024-06-21 16:35:58

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I can't remember about York, but I know the Last Drop in Nottingham claims to go back to the early crusades. How old is Stonewall claiming?

2024-06-21 16:32:54

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knowing Lancaster, I hope there's an actual medieval or early modern stone wall.

2024-06-21 13:01:44

"many U.S. police departments have gotten smaller—and the violent crime rate is still plummeting"
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/06/police-crime-minneapolis-george-floyd-blm-brutality-defund.html

2024-06-20 12:53:30

Anti-racism isn't a separate struggle from the class struggle. It's the same thing.
"BLM was the (non-union) movement influence that was most widely cited by those workers who initiated union drives in 2022."
https://www.laborpolitics.com/p/can-anti-racism-spur-labor-organizing

2024-06-19 13:09:54

I got a lot of really good answers to this question about Finnish and Estonian! #language #linguistics #finnish #baltic #estonian #languageLearning https://mastodon.nu/@Loukas/112633440781024058

2024-06-16 13:09:12

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2024-06-16 11:37:48

#language #multilingualism #memes
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2024-06-15 17:25:33

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Dead Kennedys are from California, right? :)

2024-06-15 17:17:05

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This reminds me of how British ska and post-punk bands in the 1980s often had white racist skinhead fans. The best bands made it clear they wanted those fans kicked out, and sometimes helped to do it themselves, like Joy Division did.

2024-06-11 06:35:40

Just a reminder to Americans that the Daily Mail is about as reliable a news source as Breitbart. If it's true, you'll find it elsewhere.

2024-06-10 08:24:39

Hey do you have a blog or website that publishes history stuff?
I swore never to add to my old Substack because of Nazis and terfs, but I want to publish an article on my 'king of the beggars' baron Nieroth investigation and I don't have the spoons to set up anything new.
Please boost to help me find a place for a guest article 💚

2024-06-08 06:48:46

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is most of the revenue from the physical shops?

2024-06-06 14:18:34

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i think the dubious results come from how a person with a strong ethical code can be 'lawful' because they prize clear standards, but that still leads us into conflict with 'the law' which is often inconsistent and unethical.

2024-06-06 14:02:38

I'm such a bad anarchist. What alignment are you? https://www.idrlabs.com/moral-alignment/test.php
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2024-06-05 15:11:10

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it does sound like a book version of that far-right "hard men make good times" meme.

2024-06-05 15:01:04

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has he written good stuff in the past that made you think it would be worth reading?

2024-06-04 14:56:52

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2024-06-04 14:18:37

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2024-05-29 05:10:49

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I see what you mean. The SNP plan depends on a very slow and sensible path involving a slow building of public opinion and devolved power, plus negotiation with a reasonable Westminster government.
Another factor is that EU is going to become more markedly fascistic-influenced after this June's election so leaving a UK for that will become less attractive for Scottish voters.

2024-05-29 04:40:15

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I was thinking about this yesterday. The SNP probably hope this is a momentary Labour swing as part of people wanting Tories out, and being sick of SNP in government for so long. The SNP will just want to wait for Starmer to do unpopular Englandcentric things and see their voters return. But you think that won't happen?

2024-05-27 16:50:10

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it is. Germanic is just one language separated by squabbling cousins.

2024-05-27 09:52:07

Swedish is like Linux. It's quite obvious how the language works, and you can make your own words if you care to.
French is Apple. Try to make your own modifications and they will SEND YOU TO JAIL.
English is your grandparents' PC. We have no idea how it works. Where did all these weird plug-in words come from????

2024-05-25 06:53:24

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It's incredible. Although Labour had a terrible defeat in 2019 Starmer did represent continuity with the Corbyn party. He was high-profile and experienced. Who could be the same post-defeat leader for the Conservatives?

2024-05-25 06:00:58

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the drugs back then at techno parties were just that good

2024-05-14 08:11:46

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Important context in this BlueSky post from Matt Steinglass.
https://media.mastodon.nu/media_attachments/files/112/438/430/134/200/791/original/61294bad6892ede7.png

2024-05-14 06:18:50

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

2024-04-27 10:28:01

Several thousand have gathered in a snap demo against the Nazi attack in Stockholm last week. The leaders of the Left Party and Social Democratic Party were there.
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2024-04-25 11:37:41

"The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them."
- George Orwell (1945)

2024-04-03 09:41:21

If you see a long German or Swedish word, first of all, don't panic. It's more scared of you than you are of it. Secondly, take a closer look and you'll see it's actually just three normal words in a trenchcoat, huddling together to deter predators (French and English).

2024-03-27 11:14:47

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Yes and I would date that change back to Kinnock or arguably even to Callaghan taking the IMF loan in 1978. Labour and other social democratic parties mostly run on a platform of make neoliberalism great again through superior management skills.