Elise Bjørkan Viksaas
@elisevik.bsky.social
Arctic native. Norwegian liberal. Pro fact-based governance.
I am 💯 Antifa(scist).
I try to mother, wife, knit, write, organize, and not despair.
Save the dolls: die on the hill of legal rights & social respect for our trans folks.
#Glimtførrevig
I am 💯 Antifa(scist).
I try to mother, wife, knit, write, organize, and not despair.
Save the dolls: die on the hill of legal rights & social respect for our trans folks.
#Glimtførrevig
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The dangerous symbolism of the Trump coins
Trump wants to be on our money — and there's a reason why
www.salon.com
Julius Caesar was not the first living ruler to put his own portrait on a coin. "But he was the first to... distribute them to ensure his subjects understood that he possessed absolute power and, not incidentally, controlled the empire’s money supply."
www.salon.com/2025/10/07/t...
www.salon.com/2025/10/07/t...
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USA starts reevaluating all green cards from 19 “countries of concern”
🇮🇷 Iran
🇱🇦 Laos
🇹🇬 Togo
🇭🇹 Haiti
🇨🇺 Cuba
🇱🇾 Libya
🇹🇩 Chad
🇸🇩 Sudan
🇪🇷 Eritrea
🇲🇲 Burma
🇾🇪 Yemen
🇧🇮 Burundi
🇸🇴 Somalia
🇻🇪 Venezuela
🇦🇫 Afghanistan
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan
🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea
🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo
🇮🇷 Iran
🇱🇦 Laos
🇹🇬 Togo
🇭🇹 Haiti
🇨🇺 Cuba
🇱🇾 Libya
🇹🇩 Chad
🇸🇩 Sudan
🇪🇷 Eritrea
🇲🇲 Burma
🇾🇪 Yemen
🇧🇮 Burundi
🇸🇴 Somalia
🇻🇪 Venezuela
🇦🇫 Afghanistan
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan
🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea
🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo
November 28, 2025 at 6:28 AM
USA starts reevaluating all green cards from 19 “countries of concern”
🇮🇷 Iran
🇱🇦 Laos
🇹🇬 Togo
🇭🇹 Haiti
🇨🇺 Cuba
🇱🇾 Libya
🇹🇩 Chad
🇸🇩 Sudan
🇪🇷 Eritrea
🇲🇲 Burma
🇾🇪 Yemen
🇧🇮 Burundi
🇸🇴 Somalia
🇻🇪 Venezuela
🇦🇫 Afghanistan
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan
🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea
🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo
🇮🇷 Iran
🇱🇦 Laos
🇹🇬 Togo
🇭🇹 Haiti
🇨🇺 Cuba
🇱🇾 Libya
🇹🇩 Chad
🇸🇩 Sudan
🇪🇷 Eritrea
🇲🇲 Burma
🇾🇪 Yemen
🇧🇮 Burundi
🇸🇴 Somalia
🇻🇪 Venezuela
🇦🇫 Afghanistan
🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan
🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea
🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo
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November 28, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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At barnevernet har et dårlig rykte blandt innvandrere er jo forsåvidt ikke noe nytt, men tydeligvis noe å ta tak i her. Bollywood lagde f.eks. for noen år siden en film, som Norges ambassadør til India måtte gå ut offentlig for å avkrefte fremstillingen.
Tallene er en brutal oppvekker
Når fire av fem barn som tas hånd om av barnevernet har minoritetsbakgrunn, er det grunn til å spørre hvor det svikter.
www.nrk.no
November 28, 2025 at 8:56 AM
At barnevernet har et dårlig rykte blandt innvandrere er jo forsåvidt ikke noe nytt, men tydeligvis noe å ta tak i her. Bollywood lagde f.eks. for noen år siden en film, som Norges ambassadør til India måtte gå ut offentlig for å avkrefte fremstillingen.
🧶Norwegians knit. A lot. Here's an estimated US$65,000 in knitwear. I think that estimate is far too low. All made by folk in Fosen, for our brave friends in Ukraine. Slava Ukraina!
Fosenfolk strikker for Ukraina. #knit
share.google/L5tkQtBHQf5B...
Fosenfolk strikker for Ukraina. #knit
share.google/L5tkQtBHQf5B...
November 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🧶Norwegians knit. A lot. Here's an estimated US$65,000 in knitwear. I think that estimate is far too low. All made by folk in Fosen, for our brave friends in Ukraine. Slava Ukraina!
Fosenfolk strikker for Ukraina. #knit
share.google/L5tkQtBHQf5B...
Fosenfolk strikker for Ukraina. #knit
share.google/L5tkQtBHQf5B...
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🚨Trump's EPA to abandon Biden-era limits on fine-particle air pollution, which causes heart & lung disease & thousands of deaths
Republicans support Trump because he provides distraction to help them achieve decades-long dreams of transferring billions to the top & dismantling a century of progress
Republicans support Trump because he provides distraction to help them achieve decades-long dreams of transferring billions to the top & dismantling a century of progress
November 28, 2025 at 3:05 AM
🚨Trump's EPA to abandon Biden-era limits on fine-particle air pollution, which causes heart & lung disease & thousands of deaths
Republicans support Trump because he provides distraction to help them achieve decades-long dreams of transferring billions to the top & dismantling a century of progress
Republicans support Trump because he provides distraction to help them achieve decades-long dreams of transferring billions to the top & dismantling a century of progress
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On this day, Indigenous people and allies confront the settler-colonial narratives of “Thanksgiving,” observing it instead as a National Day of Mourning.
November 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
On this day, Indigenous people and allies confront the settler-colonial narratives of “Thanksgiving,” observing it instead as a National Day of Mourning.
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(TW: overgrep, Arne Bye)
“Jeg filma kvinner uten samtykke og viten, og dopa de ned for å penetrere dem med gjenstander som ikke er medisinsk egnet/forsvarlig fordi -jeg bryr meg så mye om pasientene mine- og er redd for å gjøre feil.“
Fy faen, jeg blir kvalm.
“Jeg filma kvinner uten samtykke og viten, og dopa de ned for å penetrere dem med gjenstander som ikke er medisinsk egnet/forsvarlig fordi -jeg bryr meg så mye om pasientene mine- og er redd for å gjøre feil.“
Fy faen, jeg blir kvalm.
Høyrde Arne Bye forklare seg: – Det er framleis ikkje noko anger
Den tidlegare legen står på at han prøvde å gjere sitt aller beste for pasientane sine.
www.nrk.no
November 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
(TW: overgrep, Arne Bye)
“Jeg filma kvinner uten samtykke og viten, og dopa de ned for å penetrere dem med gjenstander som ikke er medisinsk egnet/forsvarlig fordi -jeg bryr meg så mye om pasientene mine- og er redd for å gjøre feil.“
Fy faen, jeg blir kvalm.
“Jeg filma kvinner uten samtykke og viten, og dopa de ned for å penetrere dem med gjenstander som ikke er medisinsk egnet/forsvarlig fordi -jeg bryr meg så mye om pasientene mine- og er redd for å gjøre feil.“
Fy faen, jeg blir kvalm.
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This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
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A reminder: Trump 1.0 ordered the Afghanistan withdrawal, and Trump 2.0 granted the shooter asylum this past April. Trump 2.0 also dismantled the joint terrorism task force, and gutted our national security apparatus.
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
A reminder: Trump 1.0 ordered the Afghanistan withdrawal, and Trump 2.0 granted the shooter asylum this past April. Trump 2.0 also dismantled the joint terrorism task force, and gutted our national security apparatus.
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Jeg vurderer å anmelde dette. Jeg skal dog undersøke litt nærmere hvilke alternativer jeg har for å komme til bunns i dette.
Jeg bestemte meg for å sjekke min journal for hvem som har gått inn på den etter dette med riksen og forskning.
Jeg ble diagnosert på 3 besøk og har hatt en time med hormonlege.
Journalen min har blitt sett på 72 ganger av 36 individer hvor jeg bare kjenner igjen to av navnene.
Fy faen...
Jeg ble diagnosert på 3 besøk og har hatt en time med hormonlege.
Journalen min har blitt sett på 72 ganger av 36 individer hvor jeg bare kjenner igjen to av navnene.
Fy faen...
November 27, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Jeg vurderer å anmelde dette. Jeg skal dog undersøke litt nærmere hvilke alternativer jeg har for å komme til bunns i dette.
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🔥POWERFUL AD ABOUT ICE AGENTS: “What will you say when your kids ask you about your day? A mask can’t hide you from your neighbors, your family, God… you can walk away, but the shame will follow you home.”
November 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
🔥POWERFUL AD ABOUT ICE AGENTS: “What will you say when your kids ask you about your day? A mask can’t hide you from your neighbors, your family, God… you can walk away, but the shame will follow you home.”
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Endelig!
Svenske medier politianmelder Zuckerberg
Kaller Facebooks svindelannonser for et demokratisk problem.
www.vg.no
November 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Endelig!
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Homeland Security doesn’t grasp the fact that the first Thanksgiving was about making “room at the table” for European “invaders.”
November 27, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Homeland Security doesn’t grasp the fact that the first Thanksgiving was about making “room at the table” for European “invaders.”
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One exception: European immigrants in 1621
Reminder of who the real threat was, and who the threat has never been.
Maybe today should be a day of atonement.
Maybe today should be a day of atonement.
November 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
One exception: European immigrants in 1621
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Once again; you can't moderate your way to neutralizing an issue like immigration.
It's fundamentally just racist reaction. Nothing is ever enough because what's demanded—ethnonationalist homogeneity—is completely unavailable in modern conditions. There will *always* be a basis for more demagoguery
It's fundamentally just racist reaction. Nothing is ever enough because what's demanded—ethnonationalist homogeneity—is completely unavailable in modern conditions. There will *always* be a basis for more demagoguery
YOU WANTED NET IMMIGRATION TO COME DOWN! THIS IS WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE!
November 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Once again; you can't moderate your way to neutralizing an issue like immigration.
It's fundamentally just racist reaction. Nothing is ever enough because what's demanded—ethnonationalist homogeneity—is completely unavailable in modern conditions. There will *always* be a basis for more demagoguery
It's fundamentally just racist reaction. Nothing is ever enough because what's demanded—ethnonationalist homogeneity—is completely unavailable in modern conditions. There will *always* be a basis for more demagoguery
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They're trying to break the pipeline for future social science research.
"There are no current DDRIG grants available for any discipline in the Directorate for Social Behavioral and Economic Sciences, as it appears that the NSF has archived—which means cancelled—the DDRIG grants in every SBE field"
"There are no current DDRIG grants available for any discipline in the Directorate for Social Behavioral and Economic Sciences, as it appears that the NSF has archived—which means cancelled—the DDRIG grants in every SBE field"
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
They're trying to break the pipeline for future social science research.
"There are no current DDRIG grants available for any discipline in the Directorate for Social Behavioral and Economic Sciences, as it appears that the NSF has archived—which means cancelled—the DDRIG grants in every SBE field"
"There are no current DDRIG grants available for any discipline in the Directorate for Social Behavioral and Economic Sciences, as it appears that the NSF has archived—which means cancelled—the DDRIG grants in every SBE field"
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The Trump administration has reacted to a small scale lone wolf attack by in DC announcing a sweeping collective punishment, using the organs of government to heap blame on partisan rivals, and potentially dissuading anyone from collaborating with US forces abroad for a generation.
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The Trump administration has reacted to a small scale lone wolf attack by in DC announcing a sweeping collective punishment, using the organs of government to heap blame on partisan rivals, and potentially dissuading anyone from collaborating with US forces abroad for a generation.
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There is talk going around that DHS is now arresting people who fly *domestically* if they have final orders of removal.
Undocumented youth should consider consulting a lawyer to find out what their record is -- especially those whose parents had prior interactions with immigration.
Undocumented youth should consider consulting a lawyer to find out what their record is -- especially those whose parents had prior interactions with immigration.
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston Globe
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
There is talk going around that DHS is now arresting people who fly *domestically* if they have final orders of removal.
Undocumented youth should consider consulting a lawyer to find out what their record is -- especially those whose parents had prior interactions with immigration.
Undocumented youth should consider consulting a lawyer to find out what their record is -- especially those whose parents had prior interactions with immigration.
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Church leaders held meetings where children were told to forgive the man who sexually abused them and forget the abuse.
An internal church document also suggests that, when appropriate, both parties be brought together for a discussion.
With @startribune.com
An internal church document also suggests that, when appropriate, both parties be brought together for a discussion.
With @startribune.com
5 Takeaways From Our Investigation Into How Leaders of a Minnesota Church Community Enabled a Child Abuser
ProPublica and the Minnesota Star Tribune found that victims of abuse within an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community in Duluth were told to forgive and forget. Here’s what to know from our reportin...
www.propublica.org
November 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Church leaders held meetings where children were told to forgive the man who sexually abused them and forget the abuse.
An internal church document also suggests that, when appropriate, both parties be brought together for a discussion.
With @startribune.com
An internal church document also suggests that, when appropriate, both parties be brought together for a discussion.
With @startribune.com
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America’s message to the tens of thousands of people who fought and bled and died for us is that you are worthless and the small possibility that one of you might eventually go on to do something bad in the future means that if things go sideways, we’ll leave you to die.
November 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
America’s message to the tens of thousands of people who fought and bled and died for us is that you are worthless and the small possibility that one of you might eventually go on to do something bad in the future means that if things go sideways, we’ll leave you to die.
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The Trump administration effectively says that no one should ever work with Americans during wartime; that our promises mean nothing, our word is dust, and we will throw our allies under the bus the moment we want.
In any future armed conflict, who would ever trust us again?
In any future armed conflict, who would ever trust us again?
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The Trump administration effectively says that no one should ever work with Americans during wartime; that our promises mean nothing, our word is dust, and we will throw our allies under the bus the moment we want.
In any future armed conflict, who would ever trust us again?
In any future armed conflict, who would ever trust us again?
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