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Nikolas Fotakis [he/ him]

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I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a king. Also a father, a husband, a writer, an editor, a coffee addict, a type 1 diabetic and an expat. Born and raised in Athens. Based in Melbourne/ Naarm. Jazz is my country.

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nigel farage tweet:

The Bank of England is replacing Winston Churchill with a picture of a beaver on our bank notes.
This is the definition of woke.

nigel farage tweet: The Bank of England is replacing Winston Churchill with a picture of a beaver on our bank notes. This is the definition of woke.

i, for one, am delighted that we finally have a definition of “woke”

12.03.2026 08:23 👍 8060 🔁 1418 💬 405 📌 305
ΓΙΩΡΓΟΣ ΜΑΡΙΝΟΣ - ΠΕΡΠΑΤΩ ΣΤΗ ΖΩ ΠΕΡΠΑΤΩ -(Ν.ΙΓΝΑΤΙΑΔΗ Ν. ΕΛΛΗΝΑΙΟΥ )GREEK BALLAD 74 *ΟΚ ΦΙΛΕ*
ΓΙΩΡΓΟΣ ΜΑΡΙΝΟΣ - ΠΕΡΠΑΤΩ ΣΤΗ ΖΩ ΠΕΡΠΑΤΩ -(Ν.ΙΓΝΑΤΙΑΔΗ Ν. ΕΛΛΗΝΑΙΟΥ )GREEK BALLAD 74 *ΟΚ ΦΙΛΕ* YouTube video by 60s-70s greek beats and sounds

Από το πρωί τραγουδάω «κουκουρουκουκού σουπίτσα, κουκουρουκουκού γιαχνί» (προς μεγάλη απόλαυση της Σοφίας #not), αλλά το αγαπημένο μου από τα τραγούδια που είχε πει ο Μαρίνος (#RIP) ήταν αυτό, κομπλέ με το εξαιρετικό οπτικό που οργώνει με τα πόδια τη Νέα Υόρκη του ‘70: youtu.be/A0-PGpqCZYA?...

12.03.2026 06:03 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

At least two people have been arrested in Queensland for saying "from the river to the sea" today at a protest. I think we all knew this day was coming. A dark milestone in our homegrown authoritarian decline.

11.03.2026 11:37 👍 237 🔁 78 💬 19 📌 5

Great actor, terrible choice for the role

08.03.2026 05:28 👍 0 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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07.03.2026 22:37 👍 13364 🔁 5047 💬 88 📌 248

What I like about the Errol Flynn ROBIN HOOD is that it was made back when movies were in color.

07.03.2026 23:44 👍 140 🔁 14 💬 12 📌 0

Maybe Penny Wong can explain to us why Australian troops should be sent to die in a war started by a felon and child rapist? #auspol

08.03.2026 05:22 👍 83 🔁 28 💬 9 📌 2

Influencers in Dubai switching from “everybody should move here” to “this Is a crisis and the British government should get me out of here” without a single blink

01.03.2026 14:16 👍 405 🔁 82 💬 16 📌 8
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Squatty Potty creator featured on 'Shark Tank' arrested on child pornography charge Robert Edwards, the creator of Squatty Potty who appeared on 'Shark Tank,' was arrested on a child pornography charge. He has pleaded not guilty.

The squatty potty inventor was indicted and arrested after an undercover FBI agent infiltrated a group chat. Later a search warrant turned up additional images and videos on his personal devices. My apologies to those reading this on a squatty potty.

26.02.2026 04:01 👍 46 🔁 22 💬 5 📌 4

I have no meaningful resources but I’m more than happy to help

25.02.2026 12:39 👍 0 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Dear poor person
I know you don't like to say my name out loud, most people don't they whisper it like I'm a shameful secret. A secret that makes you lower your head and not feel good enough to hold the gaze of another person.
I sit beside you and show up in the quiet panic when rents due, in the way you calculate and recalculate as you return groceries you can't afford. In the exhaustion that isn't just physical its the tiredness of having to always try to think five steps ahead just to survive.I'm right there while you try to sleep but the hunger keeps you awake.
I'm in the judgmental looks you get from others as they blame you for me. They see me as a personality flaw. You just didn't try hard enough to get away from me.
I'm in the paternalisation that people put on you as if you can't be trusted to make you're own decisions
Im not useful for you but I'm useful to the powerful
I make workers afraid to ask for better pay, I make renters accept mould and substandard living conditions. I make sick people sick and delay them getting medical care. I make you blame yourself.
I make money for job networks while making you use your last few dollars to attend a compulsory activity. You have no choice because they can increase my power against you.
I'm laughing as Sarina Russo hands a designer bag to her workers while you can't afford a dentist appointment.
I'm over your shoulder watching you read how NESA is hosting dinner cruises discussing topics like Behavioural activation and job seekers motivation. Which makes you feel like cattle stuck in a system where people profit from me while watching me destroy you and everything you are
I'm constantly with you and I'll remind you I'm here every chance I get.
Sincerely yours
Poverty

Dear poor person I know you don't like to say my name out loud, most people don't they whisper it like I'm a shameful secret. A secret that makes you lower your head and not feel good enough to hold the gaze of another person. I sit beside you and show up in the quiet panic when rents due, in the way you calculate and recalculate as you return groceries you can't afford. In the exhaustion that isn't just physical its the tiredness of having to always try to think five steps ahead just to survive.I'm right there while you try to sleep but the hunger keeps you awake. I'm in the judgmental looks you get from others as they blame you for me. They see me as a personality flaw. You just didn't try hard enough to get away from me. I'm in the paternalisation that people put on you as if you can't be trusted to make you're own decisions Im not useful for you but I'm useful to the powerful I make workers afraid to ask for better pay, I make renters accept mould and substandard living conditions. I make sick people sick and delay them getting medical care. I make you blame yourself. I make money for job networks while making you use your last few dollars to attend a compulsory activity. You have no choice because they can increase my power against you. I'm laughing as Sarina Russo hands a designer bag to her workers while you can't afford a dentist appointment. I'm over your shoulder watching you read how NESA is hosting dinner cruises discussing topics like Behavioural activation and job seekers motivation. Which makes you feel like cattle stuck in a system where people profit from me while watching me destroy you and everything you are I'm constantly with you and I'll remind you I'm here every chance I get. Sincerely yours Poverty

21.02.2026 21:44 👍 29 🔁 11 💬 3 📌 0

Donald Trump is a bad President

ⓘ 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵. 𝘋𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘥 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵

23.02.2026 16:13 👍 398 🔁 44 💬 13 📌 1
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Long time coming and a long way to go to address the damage - but so grateful to everyone who has ordered a copy of Where It All Went Wrong (including through your library!) I’m still so angry - and I hope it makes you angry too (so we can fix it) x

24.02.2026 00:53 👍 656 🔁 159 💬 54 📌 8

Ping #mediawatch

23.02.2026 10:42 👍 210 🔁 66 💬 4 📌 1
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Deal done on $1.5b Trump Tower for Gold Coast, says developer Plans are afoot for a $1.5 billion, 91-storey Trump Tower in Surfers Paradise, which would be one of Australia's tallest towers if it goes ahead.

#auspol

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
Now I know why some people just shit on the floor of a public toilet.

23.02.2026 08:16 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

"Nazis were just regular people" is not a statement meant to evoke empathy or to excuse their crimes. It is a statement of warning.

The capacity to be part of and perpetrate atrocities is not limited to "monsters," it is wholly human. It is what we must always be aware of.

21.02.2026 05:02 👍 4037 🔁 1393 💬 22 📌 15

If I didn't have children, I'd be fine. Except I did & I'm really upset they've been cheated of the life I got to have before all this came to head 😔
I naively thought that us, the people who successfully shrunk the hole in the ozone, would keep up the world protection momentum. Sadly, greed won

21.02.2026 08:20 👍 26 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0

Perfect

21.02.2026 04:09 👍 1 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

It’s an acquired taste but I loved it. It also stars Billy Bob Thornton as an alcoholic washed up former Star lawyer— each season is a different case, some more ‘out there’ than others. His co-star Nina Arianda is magnificent. Overall it has a poor man’s Better Call Saul vibe.

20.02.2026 10:27 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Έφτασα Αθήνα (για κηδεία) και πήγε να με πατήσει λεωφορείο στη διάβαση του αεροδρομίου. Κάπως μου είχε λείψει. Ο οδηγός δεν κατάλαβε γιατί χαμογέλασα.

20.02.2026 09:43 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

FFS her real name is Anhedönia -- ανηδονία!

20.02.2026 08:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

but I love the Palais and its musty smell

20.02.2026 08:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

no idea who that is -- need to google her

20.02.2026 08:53 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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it's so funny to try to legitimize a moronic argument by claiming that it is supported by a growing movement of diverse thinkers and then you list the people who belong to that movement and every single one is stupid and/or racist

19.02.2026 14:27 👍 4026 🔁 649 💬 215 📌 216

Have you watched Goliath?

20.02.2026 08:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

It's just for kids.

20.02.2026 08:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I'm good. Just exhausted. Tell me about the gig.

20.02.2026 08:36 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I've been this way for the better part of the past couple of weeks. Social media don't help. Politics (local and international) neither. Coffee does. Music too -- particularly live music. Being among people. Hugs. Hugs are a must.

20.02.2026 08:25 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

What, you didn’t do snowboarding and curling at your public school?

20.02.2026 04:17 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0

Narcissism

20.02.2026 04:15 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0