Lucas França, PhD
@lfranca.uk
Immigrant, adopted Geordie 🇧🇷🇬🇧.
Physicist ⚛️, neuroscientist 🧠, and computer scientist 👨🏾💻. Assistant Professor. 🏳️⚧️ ally. (he/him)
Physicist ⚛️, neuroscientist 🧠, and computer scientist 👨🏾💻. Assistant Professor. 🏳️⚧️ ally. (he/him)
If your empathy has a rather restrictive colour palette, it’s not empathy; it’s white supremacy.
September 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
If your empathy has a rather restrictive colour palette, it’s not empathy; it’s white supremacy.
Been thinking a lot about this recently…
“The narcissistic pact of whiteness is a concept coined by Brazilian psychologist Maria Aparecida Bento, referring to an unconscious, unspoken agreement among white people to uphold racial privileges and silence discussions about race and racism.”
“The narcissistic pact of whiteness is a concept coined by Brazilian psychologist Maria Aparecida Bento, referring to an unconscious, unspoken agreement among white people to uphold racial privileges and silence discussions about race and racism.”
September 11, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Been thinking a lot about this recently…
“The narcissistic pact of whiteness is a concept coined by Brazilian psychologist Maria Aparecida Bento, referring to an unconscious, unspoken agreement among white people to uphold racial privileges and silence discussions about race and racism.”
“The narcissistic pact of whiteness is a concept coined by Brazilian psychologist Maria Aparecida Bento, referring to an unconscious, unspoken agreement among white people to uphold racial privileges and silence discussions about race and racism.”
Damn! This Radiohead sequence does hit hard...
August 28, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Damn! This Radiohead sequence does hit hard...
For context. This is Labour’s heartland. North East, metropolitan, young (very large student population), and many college graduates in the area.
August 15, 2025 at 10:45 AM
For context. This is Labour’s heartland. North East, metropolitan, young (very large student population), and many college graduates in the area.
Going through my games backlog now I am on leave - this is me doing some research... 😵💫
July 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Going through my games backlog now I am on leave - this is me doing some research... 😵💫
It’s graduation day… 🎓
July 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
It’s graduation day… 🎓
From yesterday…
Yes, it was sweltering! 🥵
Yes, it was sweltering! 🥵
July 13, 2025 at 8:18 AM
From yesterday…
Yes, it was sweltering! 🥵
Yes, it was sweltering! 🥵
An appropriate response has been given
July 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
An appropriate response has been given
And yes, this is a thing...
As if we didn't have enough issues already!! 😩
As if we didn't have enough issues already!! 😩
June 17, 2025 at 9:42 PM
And yes, this is a thing...
As if we didn't have enough issues already!! 😩
As if we didn't have enough issues already!! 😩
Fellow hay fever sufferers will know it… 💊🤧
June 7, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Fellow hay fever sufferers will know it… 💊🤧
The manifesto in 2024; the speech now. The country has not changed that significantly in less than a year, so…
May 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The manifesto in 2024; the speech now. The country has not changed that significantly in less than a year, so…
Not really mine - but this was my first contact with a computer as a 6 year old…
May 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Not really mine - but this was my first contact with a computer as a 6 year old…
Dehumanisation of people who are either queer or disabled. Sounds like something we have seen before, not that long ago…
P.S.: I used ‘queer’ in this context because this is obviously going to impact not only trans people. Any ‘non-confirming’ person (cis,trans,non-binary) is a potential target. 😞
P.S.: I used ‘queer’ in this context because this is obviously going to impact not only trans people. Any ‘non-confirming’ person (cis,trans,non-binary) is a potential target. 😞
April 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Dehumanisation of people who are either queer or disabled. Sounds like something we have seen before, not that long ago…
P.S.: I used ‘queer’ in this context because this is obviously going to impact not only trans people. Any ‘non-confirming’ person (cis,trans,non-binary) is a potential target. 😞
P.S.: I used ‘queer’ in this context because this is obviously going to impact not only trans people. Any ‘non-confirming’ person (cis,trans,non-binary) is a potential target. 😞
From London. If you haven’t seen it yet, do check it out… ☺️
April 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
From London. If you haven’t seen it yet, do check it out… ☺️
Those days when you look like a real academic… 🙈
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Those days when you look like a real academic… 🙈
Have you tried this? It can help if you are travelling - also you can tell someone to just fill the bottle once it's empty...
(does not work for orchids though, but they can survive a month without water easily)
(does not work for orchids though, but they can survive a month without water easily)
March 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Have you tried this? It can help if you are travelling - also you can tell someone to just fill the bottle once it's empty...
(does not work for orchids though, but they can survive a month without water easily)
(does not work for orchids though, but they can survive a month without water easily)
Starmer having his meme moment…
February 27, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Starmer having his meme moment…
“When education is not liberating, the dream of the oppressed is becoming the oppressor”
Paulo Freire
Paulo Freire
February 27, 2025 at 9:55 AM
“When education is not liberating, the dream of the oppressed is becoming the oppressor”
Paulo Freire
Paulo Freire
Dear @theguardian.com, this is a rather simplistic take on something which is a lot more complex. Your headline is accurate, however it lacks nuance.
It’s grey and you are representing it as black or white!!
It’s grey and you are representing it as black or white!!
February 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Dear @theguardian.com, this is a rather simplistic take on something which is a lot more complex. Your headline is accurate, however it lacks nuance.
It’s grey and you are representing it as black or white!!
It’s grey and you are representing it as black or white!!