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Simen Ekern
@sekern.bsky.social
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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theonion.com
Pentagon Blames Venezuela For Flow Of Drugs Into Kash Patel
Pentagon Blames Venezuela For Flow Of Drugs Into Kash Patel
WASHINGTON—Calling the national crisis “a complete justification” for additional airstrikes on boats purportedly trafficking narcotics, the Pentagon issued a statement Tuesday blaming Venezuela for th...
theonion.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
sekern.bsky.social
I det beste selskap når vi har Orban på laget.

www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/hu...
Hungary to vote against EU's proposed ferro-alloy tariffs, foreign minister says
Peter Szijjarto argues it 'will trigger another wave of price increases' - Anadolu Ajansı
www.aa.com.tr
November 14, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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forbes.com
Trump pardoned more than 70 people who helped him try to overturn the 2020 election—the latest in a string of pardons to people who have benefited the president.
Trump’s Pardon List: Here Are The Big-Time Donors And Allies He’s Sprung Free
Trump pardoned more than 70 people who helped him try to overturn the 2020 election—the latest in a string of pardons to people who have benefited the president.
www.forbes.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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nipaveien.bsky.social
Leser ditt DN Europa med stor interesse @sekern.bsky.social. Mtp PVV sin tilbakegang i 🇳🇱, så har både JA21 og FVD gått frem (+12, PVV -11), føler det er underkommunisert at selv om PVV gikk tilbake har ytre høyre gått frem. Som sentrumsvelger er det gledelig å se at sentrum kan lykkes i dagens 🇪🇺.
November 4, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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nytpitchbot.bsky.social
‪Scoop: Bari Weiss plans to attract more working-class Middle Americans to CBS news by increasing critical coverage of postmodernism, Marxism, and Zohran Mamdani.
November 2, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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andrewmueller.bsky.social
On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
October 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
"go to TikTok. See for yourself."
Pop Base tweets: "Kim Kardashian said on ‘The Kardashians’ that she believes the moon landing was fake: “They’re gonna say I’m crazy no matter what, but like, go to TikTok. See for yourself. […] There’s no gravity on the moon. Why is the flag blowing? The shoes that they have in the museum that they wore on the moon is a different print in the photos. Why are there no stars?”"
October 31, 2025 at 4:25 AM
sekern.bsky.social
Interessant TV-debatt, muligens nyttig for norske Sachs-fans også.

www.politico.eu/article/carl...
‘Truth is not optional’: Italy’s Calenda describes viral moment he stuffed Ukraine critic in a locker
American economist Jeffrey Sachs, a trenchant critic of Western policy toward Russia, met his match in a TV studio last week. Carlo Calenda told POLITICO about the clash heard round the world.
www.politico.eu
October 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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halsevesenet.bsky.social
En kan si mye om norsk samferdsel, men de siste ti årene har en altså lykkes med å elektrifisere personbilparken og samtidig styrke alternativene til privatbil i de store byene. @sekern.bsky.social sine beretninger fra kontinentet minner om at dette ikke er noen selvfølge.
www.dn.no/kommentar/sy...
Roma sykler inn i kulturkrigen (+)
Sykkelveiene i Roma blir ikke bygget på én dag.
www.dn.no
October 26, 2025 at 9:25 AM
sekern.bsky.social
Upåklagelig motstandsfaglig innsats
kyledcheney.bsky.social Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · Oct 23
A man was arrested for playing Darth Vader's theme music, "The Imperial March," behind National Guard troops walking through Logan Circle.

Now the ACLU is suing on his behalf. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
David Byrne at #NoKings on his bike.

(via @wutangforchildren.bsky.social)
October 18, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god
The Pope tweets: "The poor are not there by chance or by blind and cruel fate. Nor, for most of them, is poverty a choice. Yet, there are those who still presume to make this claim, thus revealing their own blindness and cruelty. #DilexiTe" Someone replies: "I was so hopeful I could be a Catholic again after the disaster that Francis was, guess we just get Francis 2.0 now and I am heartbroken. How do I stay a Catholic now...I don't want to lose faith but I am. You belong to someone else, not God."
October 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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aphclarkson.bsky.social
Kind of amazing how so many geopolitical deepsea divers predicting Trump's next diplomatic triumph haven't processed what a US government shutdown in its third week and troops in US streets might say about America's long term prospects for shaping the new global order
October 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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knutingsen.bsky.social
er vel kanskje mest opptatt av de franske og italienske statsbudsjettene (som jeg leser på originalspråkene btw), men ja sikkert mye spennende i det norske også
October 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
a high armhole allows for freer and more comfortable movement
Joey Mannarino in a dark brown tailored jacket. The low armhole is causing his jacket to lift. Someone in an inflatable frog costume. The high armhole allows them to raise their arm without disturbing the rest of the garment
October 9, 2025 at 12:08 AM
sekern.bsky.social
Rovdyrene kommer og tar oss

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Enden er nær, rovdyrene kommer (+)
Det ser mørkt ut når en av samtidens mest innflytelsesrike politiske kronikører gjør opp status. Så mørkt at det bare er å slukke bålet og vente på å bli spist.
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October 4, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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theatlantic.com
David Letterman on his career mocking presidents: “Beating up on these people, rightly or wrongly, accurately or perhaps inaccurately, in the name of comedy—not once were we squeezed by anyone from any governmental agency, let alone the dreaded FCC.”

Watch more: bit.ly/4n0Uv2p
September 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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simonhix.bsky.social
I cannot think of a democracy anywhere in the world where this sort of thing could happen. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...
ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Off Air for Charlie Kirk Comments After F.C.C. Pressure
www.nytimes.com
September 18, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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kostianv.bsky.social
#Russia - "Moscow Using #Svalbard to Test #NATO ’s Readiness and Resolve"
jamestown.org/program/mosc...
Moscow Using Svalbard to Test NATO’s Readiness and Resolve
Executive Summary: Moscow is using drone incursions in Romania and Poland to test the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO’s) readiness and resolve, seeking to highlight divisions over how to re...
jamestown.org
September 16, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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pickardje.bsky.social
Henry Mance: “on the face of it he (Trump) wrote more of Epstein’s birthday book than he did of his own bestseller The Art Of The Deal”

www.ft.com/content/dc6b...
Trump and Murdoch, kings of shamelessness
The US president has one thing in common with the media mogul
www.ft.com
September 14, 2025 at 9:23 AM
sekern.bsky.social
Moro med valg! Så lenge det varer

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Takk for valget (+)
Fint demokrati vi har her. Det ville være synd om noe skulle hende med det.
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September 9, 2025 at 7:34 AM
sekern.bsky.social
0 is the loneliest number
September 9, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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kimheger.bsky.social
Noen som vet om de frivillige har stått på dag og natt?
September 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
sekern.bsky.social
Da er det slutt for Bayrou som statsminister. Og på onsdag er det demonstrasjoner over hele landet. Det blåser friskt i Frankrike nå.

www.lemonde.fr/politique/li...
En direct, vote de confiance : François Bayrou perd la confiance qu’il a sollicitée à l’Assemblée nationale, entraînant la chute de son gouvernement
Les présidents de chaque groupe à l’Assemblée nationale se sont exprimés lundi à la suite du discours de politique générale du premier ministre. Critiqué par les oppositions pour son projet de budget,...
www.lemonde.fr
September 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM