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Lisa Röstlund @lisarostlund.bsky.social · 1d

Vi träffar Greta Thunberg hemma i hennes kollektiv. Och får höra om tortyren hon och de andra i flottiljen utsattes för. I vår granskning framgår att UD tonat ned allvaret i situationen, i sin kommunikation med anhöriga under fångenskapen. Bilder av Magnus Wennman.
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/0V...

”De sparkade på mig varje gång flaggan nuddade mitt ansikte”

Greta Thunberg om skräckdygnen i israeliskt fängelse Slag, sparkar och hot om att gasas i burar. Greta Thunberg och flera andra ur flottiljen berättar nu detalj

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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 2d

I don’t disagree with this analysis —- but every prosecution is political. You know how many nutty prosecutions there are based on less evidence? (Coughing in cop city protestors)

www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

The Indictment of Letitia James and the Collapse of Impartial Justice

The question raised by the prosecution of James is: would any other federal prosecutor have brought this case against any other defendant? The answer seems to be no.

www.newyorker.com

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Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 4d

New article out this month on how doctors become fascists.

50% of German physicians joined the Nazi Party––twice the proportion of any other profession. US doctors today are arguably the most conservative in the world, and we're heading along a similar path.
drive.google.com/file/d/1CAk9...

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Emma Leijnse @emmaleijnse.bsky.social · 4d

Parkeringsytan i Sverige är större än den totala boytan. Och en körande bil tar hundra gånger mer plats än en gående person.
Vi har tagit reda på hur mycket plats bilen och andra trafikslag tar i staden, rent fysiskt.

Grafik: Så mycket plats tar bilen i staden

Parkeringsytan är större än boytan i Sverige.

www.sydsvenskan.se

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Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 7d

In 2019 when I was interviewing for the job of anti-surveillance activist at EFF I was asked what is biggest civil liberties threat that no is talking about yet---and my answer at the time was Ring. Given the general climate and its capabilities, it's even worse now.

Get. Rid. Of. Your. Ring.

Ring's Facial Recognition Sparks Privacy Backlash Among Customers - Phandroid

Amazon's new Ring feature uses facial recognition to identify visitors, prompting customers to cancel subscriptions over privacy concerns.

phandroid.com

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 7d

No bomb should’ve ever dropped on a single civilian, a single child.

If this is the end of them I’m glad.

But the loss is so so immense and the future so uncertain.

What does “peace” mean when it sits atop a genocide? What peace when the genocider dictates its terms?

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · 13d

Pretty accurate, no?

Six-panel hand-drawn comic strip making fun of so-called AI. Captain Picard asks "Commander Data, please identify that Romulan vessel." Data replies, "Identifying a vessel is a great place to start—in any tactical or strategic outer space situation." Subsequent panels show increasingly convoluted and confused identification attempts, culminating in a discussion of "the plight of oppressed whites in South Africa." Text is hand-lettered throughout, with speech bubbles and thought bubbles. Signed "John Goodman -Bsky -Social".

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Johanna Sjödin @johannasjodin.substack.com · 13d

"Likt kulturminister Parisa Liljestrand (M) flydde Ashkan som barn till Sverige från Iran. Nu jobbar han på Volvo – eller jobbade. Ashkan sitter inlåst på Migrationsverkets förvar för att utvisas från det enda land han har, till ett land han sist såg som elvaåring."

DN Debatt. ”De hyllar svensk kultur – och river upp dess innebörd”

DN Debatt. Fackliga ombud kritiserar utvisningen av Ashkan och ifrågasätter regeringens syn på svensk kultur och kulturkanon.

www.dn.se

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Tyler T Reny @tylerreny.bsky.social · 15d

Across large-N surveys and original data, we find:
➡️ Whites in places with more Latino growth are more supportive of legal abortion.
➡️ This effect is absent among non-Whites.
➡️ It’s driven exclusively by Whites higher in prejudice.

plot showing relationship between demographic change and support for abortion among different racial and ethnic groups

plot showing relationship is almost exclusively driven by prejudiced whites

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Petter Hellström @nphellstrom.bsky.social · 16d

The Swedish UPPSALA DECLARATION now has 2,557 signatories. The EUROPEAN DECLARATION is catching up with 2,458 from EU/EEA/UK/CH. All signatories refuse to collaborate with Israeli institutions complicit in illegal occupation, apartheid, genocide, and other violations of international law.

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Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 16d

They wouldn’t and everyone knows it.

Jamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · 16d

Now might be a good time for Democrats to remind people that when they return to power they will not hesitate to prosecute people who murder civilians.

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Mathias Wåg @guldfiske.bsky.social · 21d

S 👏 är 👏 femte 👏 tidöpartiet 👏

Dagens ETC @etc.se · 21d

”Vi har landat i att det är nödvändigt att under en begränsad period hyra platser på fängelset i Estland”, säger Teresa Carvalho (S), rättspolitisk talesperson, på en pressträff.

S vänder – vill se fängelseplatser i Estland

Nu finns inga hinder kvar för 600 svenska fångar i Tartu

www.etc.se

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 21d

Literally what my book is about. The ultimate cost of borders is the nation itself.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21d

I said for years that the only way to permanently reduce migration to the United States was to destroy the vision that the world had of this country as the land of opportunity.

That wasn't a goddam suggestion!

Eric Geller @ericjgeller.com · 22d

"'My main takeaway is that America is not a safe place to work,' Mr. Park said. 'I don’t think I would go there again to work.'" www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/w...

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Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · 22d

So Italy and Spain are sending war ships to protect its citizens from drones from its “friend” Israel?

Spain's PM says he will send warship to protect Gaza aid flotilla

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday he will join Italy in sending a military warship to protect an international flotilla seeking to deliver aid to Gaza after it was attacked by drones off Greece.

www.reuters.com

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Georgina Sturge @georginasturge.bsky.social · 22d

There's a persistent impression about the migration debate in the UK that one side - that of migration sceptics - cares a lot more.

I've got a nagging feeling that's not only untrue but having a disastrous effect.

⬇️ My latest post on Substack ⬇️

georginasturge.substack.com/p/a-monopoly...

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Petter Hellström @nphellstrom.bsky.social · 27d

EUROPEAN DECLARATION OF CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION
Faculty and staff in European higher education and research declare their conscientious objection to collaborating with Israeli institutions complicit in severe violations of international law. To sign, visit uppsaladeclaration.se/european-dec...

Screenshot from the website of the European Declaration

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Vincent Arel-Bundock @vincentab.bsky.social · 29d

Whoa—my book is up for pre-order!

𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭 & 𝐌𝐋 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 #Rstats 𝐚𝐧𝐝 #PyData

The book presents an ultra-simple and powerful workflow to make sense of ± any model you fit

The web version will stay free forever and my proceeds go to charity.

tinyurl.com/4fk56fc8

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · Sep 15

Under current law, the president has too much power to use the military for law enforcement at home. Our report details the loopholes and ambiguities in the Posse Comitatus Act and provides a bipartisan path to strengthening the law. bit.ly/3NaSobU

Limiting the Military’s Role in Law Enforcement

The Posse Comitatus Act bars the armed forces from serving as civilian police, but loopholes and exceptions undermine its effectiveness.

www.brennancenter.org

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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · Sep 12

Step back, have a little perspective. This is a better headline: "University turns Judith Butler over to the police for thought crime"

Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · Sep 12

“We have a right to know the charges against us, to know who has made the charges and to review them and defend ourselves… But none of that has happened, which is why we’re in Kafka-land… It is an enormous breach of trust.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move

Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’

www.theguardian.com

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Simon Hix @simonhix.bsky.social · Sep 10

Finally!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Ursula von der Leyen calls for suspension of EU free trade with Israel

Commission president cites illegal West Bank settlement plans, Gaza and attempts to ‘undermine two-state solution’

www.theguardian.com

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Maarten Vink @maartenpvink.bsky.social · Sep 5

Au contraire, @economist.com.

Robotaxis don’t make for liveable cities. Carfree zones do.

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · Sep 5

Whoever is running dude’s messaging deserves a raise.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Sep 5

I already beat another guy who cut Medicaid, gave tax breaks to billionaires, and hounded multiple women who accused him of sexual harassment — might as well debate the one actually calling the shots.

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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · Sep 5

Radical right accommodation really does not work.

New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk

doi.org/10.31235/osf...

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