Birgit Hartoft 🇩🇰🇫🇴🇬🇱🇪🇺
@bhartoft.bsky.social
Retired IT nerd, M.A. English lang/lit, nerdy about literature & history, animal welfare, patient safety. I detest -isms, and do not tolerate discriminating behaviour justified by them.
Samme fejl som danske politikere.
The thing which is so often glossed over about hostile anti-immigration policies is that they affect the whole country and not just migrants.
Labour's ill-concieved, and inhumane, anti-immigration policies will inevitably just make everything worse for everyone. #r4today
www.itv.com/news/2025-11...
Labour's ill-concieved, and inhumane, anti-immigration policies will inevitably just make everything worse for everyone. #r4today
www.itv.com/news/2025-11...
www.itv.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Samme fejl som danske politikere.
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wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”
www.404media.co
October 17, 2025 at 1:15 AM
wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
AI till støtte for poppulisterne
A friend told me that her American dad got in touch to talk about some news he'd seen on Facebook: there are riots in England over DEI, and the King dramatically burst into parliament to tell Starmer off, and then Prince William did the same to Sadiq Khan. AI really is inventing bold new universes
November 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
AI till støtte for poppulisterne
Humor 😂
The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
10/10 response, no notes
10/10 response, no notes
October 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Humor 😂
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Think vaccines are not important?
Famous Individuals Who Had Polio: A Historical and Modern List
www.disabled-world.com/disability/a...
Famous Individuals Who Had Polio: A Historical and Modern List
www.disabled-world.com/disability/a...
Famous Individuals Who Had Polio: A Historical and Modern List
Comprehensive list of famous people who had polio, highlighting their achievements and the disease’s historical impact on society.
www.disabled-world.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Think vaccines are not important?
Famous Individuals Who Had Polio: A Historical and Modern List
www.disabled-world.com/disability/a...
Famous Individuals Who Had Polio: A Historical and Modern List
www.disabled-world.com/disability/a...
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"i use it for research" congratulations your research is now measurably worse and slower. all the parts you think are getting faster are just parts where you don't know what's being eluded and misconstrued.
"But when the team looked at the employees’ actual work output, they found that the developers had completed tasks 20% slower when using AI than when working without it. Researchers were stunned. “No one expected that outcome. We didn’t even really consider a slowdown as a possibility.”
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October 21, 2025 at 3:17 AM
"i use it for research" congratulations your research is now measurably worse and slower. all the parts you think are getting faster are just parts where you don't know what's being eluded and misconstrued.
USA er på røven. Kan de mere ansvarsbevidste, demokratiske kræfter vente på næste valg, eller vil deres tålmodighed blot gøre ondt værre?
This is an old formula used by authoritarian regimes. Stoke chaos and blame scapegoats to justify the use of force.
October 7, 2025 at 6:47 AM
USA er på røven. Kan de mere ansvarsbevidste, demokratiske kræfter vente på næste valg, eller vil deres tålmodighed blot gøre ondt værre?
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They were kidnapped in international waters in an act of blatant piracy…
The Times of Israel reports that Greta Thunberg & her fellow Flotilla crew are being held in a special "terrorist" section of Ketziot prison—or in "terrorist conditions," as Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel's Minister of National Security put it.
www.timesofisrael.com/thunberg-sai...
www.timesofisrael.com/thunberg-sai...
October 5, 2025 at 7:09 AM
They were kidnapped in international waters in an act of blatant piracy…
True
Oh dang. This is an excellent analogy.
The mystery of medical diagnosis!
October 4, 2025 at 7:34 AM
True
ICE = brownshirts
A man was just chased and arrested outside of the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago. When legal observers from the National Lawyers Guild asked why, an agent threatened to arrest them too.
September 28, 2025 at 5:59 AM
ICE = brownshirts
Sort på hvidt
It’s a fact. Data from three decades of political violence reveals that right-wing terror attacks outnumber attacks from the left.
And it’s not even close!
And it’s not even close!
September 28, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Sort på hvidt
USA i dag. 😭
Indie director Barbara Marques has been kidnapped by ICE. She is legally married to a U.S. citizen & was at a green card mtg when she was abducted and prevented from seeing her lawyer. Her husband Tucker May does not know where she is. Please spread the word so he can find her /1
September 28, 2025 at 5:52 AM
USA i dag. 😭
Horst Wessel, meet Charlie Kork; Charlie Kirk, mert Horst Wessel.
Der er nogle ting, der lyder alt, alt for nutidigt.
Godt boktips i Morgenbladet.
September 28, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Horst Wessel, meet Charlie Kork; Charlie Kirk, mert Horst Wessel.
Den undersøgelse bør danske politikere kigge på og lægge sig konklusionerne på sinde.
“We studied more than 70 different elections that took place in 12 western European countries over several decades, and found that when mainstream parties take more anti-immigration positions, it leads to more support for the radical right, not less.”
For the Guardian, @turnbulldugarte.com and I discuss our research that clearly shows one thing: Labour's anti-immigration strategy will only strengthen Reform and weaken its own electoral prospects. It won't win voters back but ultimately normalizes the far right
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
September 28, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Den undersøgelse bør danske politikere kigge på og lægge sig konklusionerne på sinde.
My irregular reminder #NeverForget
27 September 1937 | A French Jewish girl, Myriam Bloch, was born in Metz.
She arrived at #Auschwitz on 20 December 1943 in a transport of 850 Jews deported from Drancy. She was among 505 of them murdered in gas chambers after the selection.
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Children at Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA
She arrived at #Auschwitz on 20 December 1943 in a transport of 850 Jews deported from Drancy. She was among 505 of them murdered in gas chambers after the selection.
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Children at Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA
September 27, 2025 at 6:59 AM
My irregular reminder #NeverForget
Lillebitte Malta tør. Danmark tør ikke. Jeg skammer mig som dansker. 😖
Maltas premierminister Robert Abela:
“Jeg skammer mig ikke over at indrømme, at jeg græd efter mit sidste besøg hos de børn, vi bragte fra Gaza. De har mistet lemmer, familier og livets bedste ting, men vi vil ikke lade dem miste håbet om en bedre fremtid – vi vil beskytte dem.”
“Jeg skammer mig ikke over at indrømme, at jeg græd efter mit sidste besøg hos de børn, vi bragte fra Gaza. De har mistet lemmer, familier og livets bedste ting, men vi vil ikke lade dem miste håbet om en bedre fremtid – vi vil beskytte dem.”
September 26, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Lillebitte Malta tør. Danmark tør ikke. Jeg skammer mig som dansker. 😖
Hjææææælp!
*clears throat*
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September 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Hjææææælp!
Sådan føler jeg det også for tiden.
*clears throat*
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September 22, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Sådan føler jeg det også for tiden.
It certainly looks like it.
God is generally a reflection of oneself, and most conservatives think God is pretty dumb
September 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
It certainly looks like it.
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Note how we’ve moved from concerns about people arriving irregularly in small boats to wrecking the lives of people who are by definition here entirely lawfully
Should really say "Farage plans to tear up the Brexit deal he supported" since it would requiring reneging on the Withdrawal Agreement (most "foreign nationals" claiming benefits are EU citizens with settled status)
://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2111398/nigel-farage-welfare-foreign-nationals
://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2111398/nigel-farage-welfare-foreign-nationals
Nigel Farage to ban all foreign nationals from claiming benefits
EXCLUSIVE: Reform UK leader to make announcement at press conference on Monday
www.express.co.uk
September 21, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Note how we’ve moved from concerns about people arriving irregularly in small boats to wrecking the lives of people who are by definition here entirely lawfully
Vi skulle skamme os, skulle vi. Det fremmedhad, der her lægges til grund for jagten på de udenlandske studerende ved RUC, er så langt under lavmålet, at det kun kan betragtes som institutionaliseret racisme. Ingen tanker om andre faktorer, bare hænge ‘de andre’ ud. Føj.
Hostility towards #academia and #immigrants is widespread. #Denmark is no exception. Under political and media pressure, earlier this week @roskildeuni.bsky.social decided overnight to close its Master's degree in Business Administration and Leadership (BAL) from 2026.
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September 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Vi skulle skamme os, skulle vi. Det fremmedhad, der her lægges til grund for jagten på de udenlandske studerende ved RUC, er så langt under lavmålet, at det kun kan betragtes som institutionaliseret racisme. Ingen tanker om andre faktorer, bare hænge ‘de andre’ ud. Føj.
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An actual quote, translated by me: "we paid a lot of money for the war, now we gotta split the percentages of the land. We already did the teardown, the first step in urban renewal."
This is Israel's minister of the treasury.
I feel sick. Physically sick.
This is Israel's minister of the treasury.
I feel sick. Physically sick.
Smotrich: Gaza is "a real-estate bonanza". Says Israel in discussions with the U.S. on how "allocate" the land.
סמוטריץ': עזה - בוננזה של נדל"ן, דנים עם ארה"ב איך נחלק אחוזים על הקרקע
שר האוצר אישר לראשונה כי התוכנית האוטופית לשיקום רצועת עזה, שנחשפה ב-ynet ודווח ש"מסתובבת" גם בממשל טראמפ, נמצאת בדיונים עם האמריקנים - והסביר: "שילמנו הרבה כסף על המלחמה, צריך לעשות אחוזים על הקרקע. ...
www.ynet.co.il
September 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
An actual quote, translated by me: "we paid a lot of money for the war, now we gotta split the percentages of the land. We already did the teardown, the first step in urban renewal."
This is Israel's minister of the treasury.
I feel sick. Physically sick.
This is Israel's minister of the treasury.
I feel sick. Physically sick.
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Friends! It's the feast day of St. Hildegard of Bingen, an abbess, polymath, mystic, & eel truth-teller.
Medieval thinkers agreed that eels reproduce asexually. But Hildegard suggested that eels mate at sea, where we can't watch.
No one listened to her. But she was right! 1/2
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Medieval thinkers agreed that eels reproduce asexually. But Hildegard suggested that eels mate at sea, where we can't watch.
No one listened to her. But she was right! 1/2
🗃️🧪
September 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Friends! It's the feast day of St. Hildegard of Bingen, an abbess, polymath, mystic, & eel truth-teller.
Medieval thinkers agreed that eels reproduce asexually. But Hildegard suggested that eels mate at sea, where we can't watch.
No one listened to her. But she was right! 1/2
🗃️🧪
Medieval thinkers agreed that eels reproduce asexually. But Hildegard suggested that eels mate at sea, where we can't watch.
No one listened to her. But she was right! 1/2
🗃️🧪
Den klassiske måde at ‘vinde’ en ny befolkning på. 😖😡
This, too, is genocide.
on.ft.com/4nqr2P2 Moscow holds Ukrainian children at hundreds of sites across Russia
September 16, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Den klassiske måde at ‘vinde’ en ny befolkning på. 😖😡