Notices by Loukas Christodoulou (loukas@mastodon.nu)

WHOOOOOOO

@Mabande they employed the person who sets the proportion of Africa and Asia to Europe and America on the maps

The UK is now one of the most left-wing countries in Europe. Did anyone see that coming?

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

"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)

@spacehobo @aral doesn't open for me either. Maybe I'm blocked.

@spacehobo @aral wow, what a life!

@spacehobo @aral that sounds like actual good work. It's a shame he uses the skillset to be passive aggressive and bait people because he wants to feel politically and also 'civility' superior to them.

@pvonhellermannn @aral that's a really good open letter, really constructive and clear. Thank you for setting those things out. Unfortunately a lot of supposedly radical groups don't apply this radicalism to themselves because, as you say, this would mean a loss of control for the kinds of people at the top of a fan club.

@empathicqubit it's the CDU in Thüringen moving towards working with the AfD.

Yes this is also a subtoot of Germany.

@empathicqubit you mean the subtoot?

@empathicqubit there's two toots linked by a reply, if that helps.

Thank to the over 1,000 people who've shared this! I don't have a job right now, although I'm a qualified teacher and journalist with a master's. So if you can help me find work in Stockholm, or remotely anywhere, let me know.

[By this I mean you have a job to offer me, or you have contacts you can talk to who have work. I'm not looking for tips on how to find work]

Suddenly European countries are importing lots of oil from 'India'.

It's actually Russian oil avoiding sanctions.

Here we see Norway, UK, Latvia and Poland. V. similar graphs for Estonia, Germany and Sweden.

Credit: Professor Jeremy Morris of Aarhus university, https://postsocialism.org/

In related news, documents seen by Reuters show Turkey is the export destination for 95% of coal looted from occupied Ukraine. https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/coal-russian-annexed-ukraine-sold-nato-member-turkey-data-sources-2023-09-19/

The normalisation of the extreme-right by the centre-right in Sweden went like this.

- we will never work with them.

- we happened to vote the same way as them.

- since we know they also like this policy, we will propose it. But we are not working with them!

- our policies are based on extreme-right support so it makes sense to talk to them

- a local council will be run with extreme-right support. But never nationally!

- YOLO national government with extreme right support, it's normal now

@aral @busycrying now done 😊

Hi, this is my looking for work post. I'm based in Stockholm, Sweden, and could work remotely.

I have a Swedish teaching certification for ages 10-18 in social sciences and history. I also have a masters in communication, with focus on social media. I have 14 years as a news reporter and producer at Swedish public radio.

I also do editing, Swedish-English translation, and I've worked in libraries and as a researcher.

Because of the unemployment money I currently get, I can't work freelance.

@busycrying it's really tough. I'm also applying for jobs. The fact everyone wants experience means you feel forced to work for free somewhere just to get that. Or share work on social media as an entrepreneur, which is the same thing I guess.