Dr. Alexander Apostolides. Lapsed economic historian.
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No shock here: The Guardian notes several phrases in the U.S. peace proposal to Ukraine appear to be directly translated from Russian.
One standout is the line “It is expected that Russia will not invade neighboring countries,” a clunky English phrasing mirroring the Russian “ожидается.”
One standout is the line “It is expected that Russia will not invade neighboring countries,” a clunky English phrasing mirroring the Russian “ожидается.”
November 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
No shock here: The Guardian notes several phrases in the U.S. peace proposal to Ukraine appear to be directly translated from Russian.
One standout is the line “It is expected that Russia will not invade neighboring countries,” a clunky English phrasing mirroring the Russian “ожидается.”
One standout is the line “It is expected that Russia will not invade neighboring countries,” a clunky English phrasing mirroring the Russian “ожидается.”
Reposted by Dr. Alexander Apostolides. Lapsed economic historian.
Literally one of the greatest soft power brands on planet earth driven into the ground by successive British governments that embrace failure, decline and irrelevance.
on.ft.com/3Wq1XIT
on.ft.com/3Wq1XIT
British Council ‘selling everything it can’ to survive
Cultural body plans more job cuts, sale of assets and closure in 35 countries to stave off ‘financial peril’
on.ft.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Literally one of the greatest soft power brands on planet earth driven into the ground by successive British governments that embrace failure, decline and irrelevance.
on.ft.com/3Wq1XIT
on.ft.com/3Wq1XIT
Changing the terms of a trade deal because of an advertisement, can we agree that's wildly authoritarian?
October 26, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Changing the terms of a trade deal because of an advertisement, can we agree that's wildly authoritarian?
I am sorry, but if you cancel a game because you are worried about 'what would the racists think?', you need to think hard about yourself.
www.gamedeveloper.com/business/rep...
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Assassin's Creed game canceled to avoid racist backlash
The game would have cast players as a former enslaved Assassin battling the Ku Klux Klan and other adversaries in America's Reconstruction era.
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October 11, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I am sorry, but if you cancel a game because you are worried about 'what would the racists think?', you need to think hard about yourself.
www.gamedeveloper.com/business/rep...
www.gamedeveloper.com/business/rep...
Το σοβαρό πρόβλημα της νέας νομοθεσίας για τις διαδηλώσεις φάνηκε εχθές.
Δίνει το δικαίωμα στην αστυνομία να ενεργεί μεροληπτικά, και να είναι στο απυρόβλητο.
Τουλάχιστον σε ότι εδώ δει από ΜΚΔ, οι διαδηλωτές δεν έκαναν τίποτε διαφορετικό από τους κυνηγούς
Δίνει το δικαίωμα στην αστυνομία να ενεργεί μεροληπτικά, και να είναι στο απυρόβλητο.
Τουλάχιστον σε ότι εδώ δει από ΜΚΔ, οι διαδηλωτές δεν έκαναν τίποτε διαφορετικό από τους κυνηγούς
October 3, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Το σοβαρό πρόβλημα της νέας νομοθεσίας για τις διαδηλώσεις φάνηκε εχθές.
Δίνει το δικαίωμα στην αστυνομία να ενεργεί μεροληπτικά, και να είναι στο απυρόβλητο.
Τουλάχιστον σε ότι εδώ δει από ΜΚΔ, οι διαδηλωτές δεν έκαναν τίποτε διαφορετικό από τους κυνηγούς
Δίνει το δικαίωμα στην αστυνομία να ενεργεί μεροληπτικά, και να είναι στο απυρόβλητο.
Τουλάχιστον σε ότι εδώ δει από ΜΚΔ, οι διαδηλωτές δεν έκαναν τίποτε διαφορετικό από τους κυνηγούς
Welcome Alex to the family! Thank you 2ndchance dogs for all your help. Please consider supporting them and adopt, don't shop, if you can. www.2ndchancedogs.org.uk
October 1, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Welcome Alex to the family! Thank you 2ndchance dogs for all your help. Please consider supporting them and adopt, don't shop, if you can. www.2ndchancedogs.org.uk
A chance find in the library, I am loving this book, 'The citadel' about a GP in Welsh mining town.
The book in part inspired the NHS, published in the late 1930.
My friends the doctors will have much to sympathise with the main character.
I also think it would make great A level or above material.
The book in part inspired the NHS, published in the late 1930.
My friends the doctors will have much to sympathise with the main character.
I also think it would make great A level or above material.
September 27, 2025 at 10:25 AM
A chance find in the library, I am loving this book, 'The citadel' about a GP in Welsh mining town.
The book in part inspired the NHS, published in the late 1930.
My friends the doctors will have much to sympathise with the main character.
I also think it would make great A level or above material.
The book in part inspired the NHS, published in the late 1930.
My friends the doctors will have much to sympathise with the main character.
I also think it would make great A level or above material.
It's always great to see former students, but it's even better when it is former students you really appreciated while you were teaching them.
An European University Cyprus and Wharton graduate, Loizos Konstantinou is doing great in the US, even creating a tight 12 minute routine of stand up!
An European University Cyprus and Wharton graduate, Loizos Konstantinou is doing great in the US, even creating a tight 12 minute routine of stand up!
September 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
It's always great to see former students, but it's even better when it is former students you really appreciated while you were teaching them.
An European University Cyprus and Wharton graduate, Loizos Konstantinou is doing great in the US, even creating a tight 12 minute routine of stand up!
An European University Cyprus and Wharton graduate, Loizos Konstantinou is doing great in the US, even creating a tight 12 minute routine of stand up!
Today is marked as suicide prevention day.
September is a difficult month for most of us.
Check in with those around you and don't be too hard on your self, if you can.
youtu.be/tX8TgVR33KM?...
September is a difficult month for most of us.
Check in with those around you and don't be too hard on your self, if you can.
youtu.be/tX8TgVR33KM?...
Check in on those around you | #WorldMentalHealthDay 💛💚 #youarenotalone
YouTube video by Norwich City Football Club
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September 10, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Today is marked as suicide prevention day.
September is a difficult month for most of us.
Check in with those around you and don't be too hard on your self, if you can.
youtu.be/tX8TgVR33KM?...
September is a difficult month for most of us.
Check in with those around you and don't be too hard on your self, if you can.
youtu.be/tX8TgVR33KM?...
So gifting a plane to Trump gives you enough leverage to be called while your nation is attacked.
There is a lesson there for those who seek to please Trump...
There is a lesson there for those who seek to please Trump...
September 10, 2025 at 3:30 AM
So gifting a plane to Trump gives you enough leverage to be called while your nation is attacked.
There is a lesson there for those who seek to please Trump...
There is a lesson there for those who seek to please Trump...
Τα οικονομικά θέματα που αφορούν την ΤΚ και ΕΚ κοινότητα έχουν και πολιτικές επιπτώσεις, ιδιαίτερα σε σχέση με το Κυπριακό πρόβλημα.
Χάρηκα ιδιαίτερα για την πρόσκληση να εξηγήσω τι συμβαίνει στην ΤΚ κοινότητα, σε σχέση με πιθανή αύξηση αδειών καζίνο.
youtu.be/Qy5wZb33dE0?...
Χάρηκα ιδιαίτερα για την πρόσκληση να εξηγήσω τι συμβαίνει στην ΤΚ κοινότητα, σε σχέση με πιθανή αύξηση αδειών καζίνο.
youtu.be/Qy5wZb33dE0?...
Σχέδια για διπλασιασμό των καζίνο στη κατεχόμενη Κύπρο
YouTube video by OMEGALIVECY
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September 3, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Τα οικονομικά θέματα που αφορούν την ΤΚ και ΕΚ κοινότητα έχουν και πολιτικές επιπτώσεις, ιδιαίτερα σε σχέση με το Κυπριακό πρόβλημα.
Χάρηκα ιδιαίτερα για την πρόσκληση να εξηγήσω τι συμβαίνει στην ΤΚ κοινότητα, σε σχέση με πιθανή αύξηση αδειών καζίνο.
youtu.be/Qy5wZb33dE0?...
Χάρηκα ιδιαίτερα για την πρόσκληση να εξηγήσω τι συμβαίνει στην ΤΚ κοινότητα, σε σχέση με πιθανή αύξηση αδειών καζίνο.
youtu.be/Qy5wZb33dE0?...
Playtesting @trenchcrusade.bsky.social . Just one turn, looks like a fun game.
September 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Playtesting @trenchcrusade.bsky.social . Just one turn, looks like a fun game.
Fornelia solar oven. Cooked great cleftiko with potatoes. Accompanied with apple salad, glistirida salad, and guacamole
July 6, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Fornelia solar oven. Cooked great cleftiko with potatoes. Accompanied with apple salad, glistirida salad, and guacamole
New sause unlocked: fishy zesty mayo. Add Achovies with olive oil, lemon juice and lemon zest to a classic mayo (egg yolk, rapeseed oil, mustard, salt and pepper).
It really elevates the salty umami flavour of food.
Here served on a pomegranate and pickle coleslaw, and some curried shrip.
It really elevates the salty umami flavour of food.
Here served on a pomegranate and pickle coleslaw, and some curried shrip.
July 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM
New sause unlocked: fishy zesty mayo. Add Achovies with olive oil, lemon juice and lemon zest to a classic mayo (egg yolk, rapeseed oil, mustard, salt and pepper).
It really elevates the salty umami flavour of food.
Here served on a pomegranate and pickle coleslaw, and some curried shrip.
It really elevates the salty umami flavour of food.
Here served on a pomegranate and pickle coleslaw, and some curried shrip.
Reposted by Dr. Alexander Apostolides. Lapsed economic historian.
Priscilla Chan’s decision to stop funding the school she opened to help struggling families shows the risks for communities reliant on wealthy private donors.
The Chan-Zuckerbergs stopped funding social causes. 400 kids lost their school.
Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg’s retreat from funding social issues forced the closure of a school Chan opened for disadvantaged families in Silicon Valley.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Priscilla Chan’s decision to stop funding the school she opened to help struggling families shows the risks for communities reliant on wealthy private donors.
Reposted by Dr. Alexander Apostolides. Lapsed economic historian.
Bit rich complaining about New York being taken over by immigrants when there's a big fucking statue in the harbour that invites everyone to come live there.
June 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Bit rich complaining about New York being taken over by immigrants when there's a big fucking statue in the harbour that invites everyone to come live there.
How is this normalised?
Israel kills 45 in latest shooting of Gazans seeking food, say local officials https://on.ft.com/4kMZ2EB
Israel kills 45 in latest shooting of Gazans seeking food, say local officials
Soldiers shot Gazans who were expecting aid trucks, according to the local health ministry
on.ft.com
June 17, 2025 at 11:17 AM
How is this normalised?
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So beautiful 😍
25 time machines into moments in England's past...
I'm so excited to share the cover for A HISTORY OF ENGLAND IN 25 POEMS (and thanks to Waterstones for doing the cover reveal on their channels this morning). I hope you love it as much as I do!
I'm so excited to share the cover for A HISTORY OF ENGLAND IN 25 POEMS (and thanks to Waterstones for doing the cover reveal on their channels this morning). I hope you love it as much as I do!
June 16, 2025 at 10:44 AM
So beautiful 😍
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UCL are going back to all in person exams. There is no other solution to this problem currently available.
It's not the biggest problem education is facing but at some point the preference of parents and students for coursework and fewer exams is going to collide with the fact that AI probably necessitates a big return to in-person exams
Shocked (not).
June 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
UCL are going back to all in person exams. There is no other solution to this problem currently available.
Make leftovers fun!
Fried bolonaise suppli with goat cheese, gluten free.
Best way to use the leftover risotto!
Fried bolonaise suppli with goat cheese, gluten free.
Best way to use the leftover risotto!
June 7, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Make leftovers fun!
Fried bolonaise suppli with goat cheese, gluten free.
Best way to use the leftover risotto!
Fried bolonaise suppli with goat cheese, gluten free.
Best way to use the leftover risotto!
Mushroom and courgette risotto, white fish with peri peri sauce and octobus with garlic butter and soy sauce.
June 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Mushroom and courgette risotto, white fish with peri peri sauce and octobus with garlic butter and soy sauce.
Are they sure they want that precedent?
White House launches probe into Biden aides for allegedly concealing his decline
https://www.ft.com/content/3a117cb6-c352-417f-bc71-d236c2f802ac
https://www.ft.com/content/3a117cb6-c352-417f-bc71-d236c2f802ac
White House launches probe into Biden aides for allegedly concealing his decline
US president’s order says aides abused power of presidential signatures through use of an ‘autopen’
www.ft.com
June 5, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Are they sure they want that precedent?
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The interesting question to me — and no one who’s writing about him now seems to agree with it, but whatever, I’m right — is *why* he was revived as a public figure. Because his popularity clearly isn’t organic, at least at its roots.
The neo-reactionary blogger Curtis Yarvin’s call for a monarch to rule America once seemed like a joke. Not anymore.
Curtis Yarvin’s Plot Against America
The reactionary blogger’s call for a monarch to rule the country once seemed like a joke. Now the right is ready to bend the knee.
www.newyorker.com
June 2, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The interesting question to me — and no one who’s writing about him now seems to agree with it, but whatever, I’m right — is *why* he was revived as a public figure. Because his popularity clearly isn’t organic, at least at its roots.