👻Frightful Hobgoblin
@loukas.bsky.social
Liberation, ecology, research, autism and other disabilities, communication.
📍🇸🇪Sweden via London
📍🇸🇪Sweden via London
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👻Frightful Hobgoblin
@loukas.bsky.social
· Jun 16
📝Ok this is my social media promise to you, as of June 2025:
🌩️We know things are terrible.
⚠️Sometimes I will share warnings and updates that help us understand the terribleness.
🌻Mostly I will share things that help us all to build a life together that stands against the horrors.
🌩️We know things are terrible.
⚠️Sometimes I will share warnings and updates that help us understand the terribleness.
🌻Mostly I will share things that help us all to build a life together that stands against the horrors.
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If you feel overwhelmed, remember that you can still make a difference doing little things. A compliment or word of encouragement, a tip to a favorite takeout place, a donation to a local charity, an email to your favorite author, time with a pet, a walk outside, or a phone call to a loved one.
November 11, 2025 at 3:39 AM
If you feel overwhelmed, remember that you can still make a difference doing little things. A compliment or word of encouragement, a tip to a favorite takeout place, a donation to a local charity, an email to your favorite author, time with a pet, a walk outside, or a phone call to a loved one.
The Royal Society
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 6:36 AM
The Royal Society
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I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
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"The city encourages cycling by clearing the paths every day during the winter, using a fleet of heavy-duty snow ploughs. One of the most impactful changes is also one of the simplest: clear the roads of snow only when the cycle paths are done."
#ActiveMobility
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
#ActiveMobility
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
How Oulu became the winter cycling capital of the world
Through a series of simple changes, the city of Oulu encourages its residents to cycle through the snowy winter. What can other cities learn from the pioneer of winter cycling?
www.bbc.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 AM
"The city encourages cycling by clearing the paths every day during the winter, using a fleet of heavy-duty snow ploughs. One of the most impactful changes is also one of the simplest: clear the roads of snow only when the cycle paths are done."
#ActiveMobility
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
#ActiveMobility
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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Nothing illustrates the Labour Theory of Cultural Value than the CJ Oates tweets. They are devastating precisely because they come from a human.
Exactly the self-same arrangement of words, knowingly from an LLM, would not be having a similar impact.
Exactly the self-same arrangement of words, knowingly from an LLM, would not be having a similar impact.
November 11, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Nothing illustrates the Labour Theory of Cultural Value than the CJ Oates tweets. They are devastating precisely because they come from a human.
Exactly the self-same arrangement of words, knowingly from an LLM, would not be having a similar impact.
Exactly the self-same arrangement of words, knowingly from an LLM, would not be having a similar impact.
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Mastodon now has quote posts.
November 11, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Mastodon now has quote posts.
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Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
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we fight for freedom
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
we fight for freedom
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Man, I was all excited going to read the Hansard report from the day the lesbians abseiled into the House of Lords to protest Section 28, but all it says is "[Interruption]" 😂
November 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Man, I was all excited going to read the Hansard report from the day the lesbians abseiled into the House of Lords to protest Section 28, but all it says is "[Interruption]" 😂
Guys this is just Chuck Schumer's Refusal of the Call. Trust in the second act!
November 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Guys this is just Chuck Schumer's Refusal of the Call. Trust in the second act!
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somehow i think im making a school project partially about queer anime characters (and generally queer characters in art/media in the 40s-70s especially)? so uh if you’ve got any characters i need to include please lmk!
November 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
somehow i think im making a school project partially about queer anime characters (and generally queer characters in art/media in the 40s-70s especially)? so uh if you’ve got any characters i need to include please lmk!
It's now up to 160 refusing to meet the government bsky.app/profile/mota...
Sweden's government wants to work with local governments to send away immigrants, but a rising number of municipalities have refused to participate in discussions on this policy - including the two biggest cities.
www.mitti.se
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
It's now up to 160 refusing to meet the government bsky.app/profile/mota...
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Nästa gång ni hör någonting om Malmö som ett ekonomiskt sänke, tänk på den här bilden – hur rika kommuner som Vellinge, Lomma och Staffanstorp är helt beroende av Malmö, som genererar inkomster som sedan hamnar någon annanstans.
Malmö är Skånes stora ekonomiska motor.
Malmö är Skånes stora ekonomiska motor.
November 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Nästa gång ni hör någonting om Malmö som ett ekonomiskt sänke, tänk på den här bilden – hur rika kommuner som Vellinge, Lomma och Staffanstorp är helt beroende av Malmö, som genererar inkomster som sedan hamnar någon annanstans.
Malmö är Skånes stora ekonomiska motor.
Malmö är Skånes stora ekonomiska motor.
Some good news
New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
November 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Some good news
On climate the centre of global power is shifting, just like on everything else.
🌏 The engine of climate policy is shifting east and south 🌍
Three-quarters of policies in the last year were adopted outside of North America and Europe. Moreover, in some policy domains the average level of ambition in Africa, Latin America, and Asia is HIGHER.
Three-quarters of policies in the last year were adopted outside of North America and Europe. Moreover, in some policy domains the average level of ambition in Africa, Latin America, and Asia is HIGHER.
November 10, 2025 at 11:35 AM
On climate the centre of global power is shifting, just like on everything else.
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Say what you like but Lotho Sackville-Baggins has worked wonders for pipeweed exports. Maybe it's time to put a businessman in charge.
November 10, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Say what you like but Lotho Sackville-Baggins has worked wonders for pipeweed exports. Maybe it's time to put a businessman in charge.
For reference:
November 10, 2025 at 11:26 AM
For reference:
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i like the part in PJ's return of the king where denethor accuses faramir of virtue signalling (I cant remember whether it's in the book)
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 AM
i like the part in PJ's return of the king where denethor accuses faramir of virtue signalling (I cant remember whether it's in the book)
Archives, just like so much else, are actually care work.
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Archives, just like so much else, are actually care work.
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The BBC—despite its best efforts—simply couldn’t give the technofascists enough of what they wanted. Too much fascism in institutions will never be enough for those they are trying to appease.
freedomnews.org.uk/2025/11/10/b...
freedomnews.org.uk/2025/11/10/b...
BBC's "War on Woke" was never enough for the right - Freedom News
Resignations over ‘left-wing bias’ are both bitterly amusing and a dangerous portent of where the state broadcaster is headed ~ punkac…
freedomnews.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 10:24 AM
The BBC—despite its best efforts—simply couldn’t give the technofascists enough of what they wanted. Too much fascism in institutions will never be enough for those they are trying to appease.
freedomnews.org.uk/2025/11/10/b...
freedomnews.org.uk/2025/11/10/b...
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Sorry America, you've lost the race for innovation.
November 10, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Sorry America, you've lost the race for innovation.
How your email finds me
November 10, 2025 at 9:50 AM
How your email finds me