Espen Helgesen
@espenius.bsky.social
Sosialantropolog og bassist
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Espen Helgesen
@espenius.bsky.social
· Feb 14
Narkotika i nyhetsbildet | KORUS
Store beslag, økende rusbruk, legaliseringsdebatt, «Rusreform», og politiets rolle. Hva skjedde egentlig på rusfeltet i 2024?
korus.no
God og nyansert oppsummering av mediedekningen av rusfeltet i 2024 fra @bvag.bsky.social i Korus Stavanger. Spesielt hyggelig å se at min kronikk i Bergens Tidende fra april 2024 trekkes frem som en motvekt til udokumenterte og anekdotiske forsøk på krisemaksimering.
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The BBC's has responded in The Guardian that this was a routine editorial decision, but also that it was made on legal advice. Those two explanations don’t fit together. /1
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
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The BBC's has responded in The Guardian that this was a routine editorial decision, but also that it was made on legal advice. Those two explanations don’t fit together. /1
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NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
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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
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
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
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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Norsk politi er vanvittig aktivistiske. Se på hvordan politiet agerer her i saker om trafikklovbrudd og hvordan de agerer i saker om bruk av ulovlige rusmidler.
I trafikksaker sier de aktivt at de ikke vil håndheve loven fordi de ikke liker den.
I trafikksaker sier de aktivt at de ikke vil håndheve loven fordi de ikke liker den.
Høring om samferdselsplanen i Trondheim. Politiet kommer med klassisk "vi liker ikke skiltene, vi kommer ikke til å håndheve her", og blir avkledd av en Ap-politiker. Politiet tydelig irritert. Stor underholdning.
November 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Norsk politi er vanvittig aktivistiske. Se på hvordan politiet agerer her i saker om trafikklovbrudd og hvordan de agerer i saker om bruk av ulovlige rusmidler.
I trafikksaker sier de aktivt at de ikke vil håndheve loven fordi de ikke liker den.
I trafikksaker sier de aktivt at de ikke vil håndheve loven fordi de ikke liker den.
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«Etter mitt syn handler kritikk som kommer fra ytre høyre ofte ikke om et ønske om større balanse; målet er ikke å fjerne en påstått slagside, men å erstatte den med en annen.»
Når mediekritikk blir autoritær strategi
Når aktører bevisst og strategisk sprer mistillit til etablerte medier blir angrepene giftige og farlige.
www.vg.no
November 23, 2025 at 6:45 AM
«Etter mitt syn handler kritikk som kommer fra ytre høyre ofte ikke om et ønske om større balanse; målet er ikke å fjerne en påstått slagside, men å erstatte den med en annen.»
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This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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LLMs give people with delusional belief systems a way to organise those beliefs. The model fills in gaps, supplies connective tissue, and wraps the madness in formal language.
It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.
It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.
November 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
LLMs give people with delusional belief systems a way to organise those beliefs. The model fills in gaps, supplies connective tissue, and wraps the madness in formal language.
It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.
It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.
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to safely dispose of these hats, eat them. natural fibers — such as cotton, wool, silk, and linen — breakdown in the digestive track. synthetics do not. thus, if you eat your hat, the synthetics will pass through the other side. smush through the poop to find the synthetic fibers and recycle them.
November 16, 2025 at 1:42 AM
to safely dispose of these hats, eat them. natural fibers — such as cotton, wool, silk, and linen — breakdown in the digestive track. synthetics do not. thus, if you eat your hat, the synthetics will pass through the other side. smush through the poop to find the synthetic fibers and recycle them.
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Jeg skrev om den kompetansen man faktisk trenger i språkmodell-samfunnet (spoiler: det er ikke å være god til å prompte)
Du må kunne mye for å bruke KI
Den viktigste kompetansen barn og unge kan tilegne seg, er å forstå tekster i en gitt sammenheng.
www.dagsavisen.no
November 15, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Jeg skrev om den kompetansen man faktisk trenger i språkmodell-samfunnet (spoiler: det er ikke å være god til å prompte)
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Bra innlegg fra @annesigrid.bsky.social 🙌
Du må kunne mye for å bruke KI
Den viktigste kompetansen barn og unge kan tilegne seg, er å forstå tekster i en gitt sammenheng.
www.dagsavisen.no
November 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Bra innlegg fra @annesigrid.bsky.social 🙌
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Liten tråd: Jeg har nettopp holdt foredrag om konspirasjonsteorier, står og småprater med publikum etterpå. Hyggelige folk på et hyggelig sted.
En fyr har noen innvendinger. Jeg lytter interessert, akutt klar over mine egne begrensninger (jeg åpnet foredraget med å snakke om dem).
En fyr har noen innvendinger. Jeg lytter interessert, akutt klar over mine egne begrensninger (jeg åpnet foredraget med å snakke om dem).
November 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Liten tråd: Jeg har nettopp holdt foredrag om konspirasjonsteorier, står og småprater med publikum etterpå. Hyggelige folk på et hyggelig sted.
En fyr har noen innvendinger. Jeg lytter interessert, akutt klar over mine egne begrensninger (jeg åpnet foredraget med å snakke om dem).
En fyr har noen innvendinger. Jeg lytter interessert, akutt klar over mine egne begrensninger (jeg åpnet foredraget med å snakke om dem).
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På tide å minne om viktigheten av å støtte @filternyheter.no. Journalistikken er under press. Filter er en stadig viktigere motvekt. Selvsagt finnes det annen god journalistikk i Kongeriket, men spredt tynt i de andre mediehusene. Filter er konsistent. Her kan du abonnere: filternyheter.no/abonnent/
Bli abonnent på Filter Nyheter - Filter Nyheter
Støtt grundig og faktabasert journalistikk. Bli abonnent på Filter. Ingen bindingstid.
filternyheter.no
November 14, 2025 at 1:43 PM
På tide å minne om viktigheten av å støtte @filternyheter.no. Journalistikken er under press. Filter er en stadig viktigere motvekt. Selvsagt finnes det annen god journalistikk i Kongeriket, men spredt tynt i de andre mediehusene. Filter er konsistent. Her kan du abonnere: filternyheter.no/abonnent/
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New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
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"Det er alt for farleg å bruke det i yrke der kunnskap er viktig, og det gjeld veldig mange yrke: Journalistikk, utdanning, forsking, prosjektarbeid og mykje anna."
Takk for at du bruker den faglige tyngden din til å si klart i fra @jilltxt.bsky.social 💚
Takk for at du bruker den faglige tyngden din til å si klart i fra @jilltxt.bsky.social 💚
KI-forskar Jill Walker Rettberg vil ha KI ut av kunnskapsarbeidet
Nyheter | Kunstig intelligens KI-forskaren som seier stopp Kunstig intelligens høyrer ikkje heime i kunnskapsarbeid, seier Jill Walker Rettberg. Ho meiner det må bli slutt på å unnskylde språkmodell-s...
www.forskerforum.no
November 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
"Det er alt for farleg å bruke det i yrke der kunnskap er viktig, og det gjeld veldig mange yrke: Journalistikk, utdanning, forsking, prosjektarbeid og mykje anna."
Takk for at du bruker den faglige tyngden din til å si klart i fra @jilltxt.bsky.social 💚
Takk for at du bruker den faglige tyngden din til å si klart i fra @jilltxt.bsky.social 💚
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🧵Today, the Norwegian Minister Digitization, Karianne Tung, received Palantir Technologies.
We joined a diverse group of protesters, and my message to the government was
➡️ cease the purchase of equipment and services
➡️ divest from the company
We joined a diverse group of protesters, and my message to the government was
➡️ cease the purchase of equipment and services
➡️ divest from the company
November 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM
🧵Today, the Norwegian Minister Digitization, Karianne Tung, received Palantir Technologies.
We joined a diverse group of protesters, and my message to the government was
➡️ cease the purchase of equipment and services
➡️ divest from the company
We joined a diverse group of protesters, and my message to the government was
➡️ cease the purchase of equipment and services
➡️ divest from the company
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Well I can see Bluesky is handling a PR crisis in their normal competent manner
November 12, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Well I can see Bluesky is handling a PR crisis in their normal competent manner
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Hvis det ikke er plass til Sara Kendzior her, er det ikke plass til meg heller.
Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior)
I’ve been suspended from BlueSky. I don’t know why. I wasn’t online much today, and the last things I posted were excerpts from my substack newsletter articles. The suspension followed without explana...
substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Hvis det ikke er plass til Sara Kendzior her, er det ikke plass til meg heller.
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Over the last 10 months, the federal government has cracked down on political expression with a persistence and viciousness reminiscent of some of the darkest periods of U.S. history. Welcome to the Third Red Scare.
The First Amendment Won’t Go Quietly
Welcome to the third Red Scare.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Over the last 10 months, the federal government has cracked down on political expression with a persistence and viciousness reminiscent of some of the darkest periods of U.S. history. Welcome to the Third Red Scare.
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Liten tvil om hvem som bløffer og forskningen støtter under at å fengsle unge ikke forebygger kriminalitet, tvert i mot.
www.khrono.no/helgheims-bl...
www.khrono.no/helgheims-bl...
Helgheims bløff
Hvis stortingsrepresentant Jon Helgheims (FrP) argument om at straff fungerer godt for ungdomskriminelle får lov til å feste seg, risikerer vi å gjøre vondt verre.
www.khrono.no
November 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Liten tvil om hvem som bløffer og forskningen støtter under at å fengsle unge ikke forebygger kriminalitet, tvert i mot.
www.khrono.no/helgheims-bl...
www.khrono.no/helgheims-bl...
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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Helgheim gir seg ikke, og opprettholder alle beskyldninger i ny kronikk www.politiforum.no/meninger/kri...
November 7, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Helgheim gir seg ikke, og opprettholder alle beskyldninger i ny kronikk www.politiforum.no/meninger/kri...
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Regjeringen har lagt bort den foreldede og gammelmodige versjonen av "politician's fallacy" (Noe må gjøres – dette r noe – dette må gjøres)
og introdusert den innovative varianten:
Noe må gjøres
[Ting vi ikke har definert] r noe
[Ting vi ikke har definert] må gjøres
www.nettavisen.no/norsk-debatt...
og introdusert den innovative varianten:
Noe må gjøres
[Ting vi ikke har definert] r noe
[Ting vi ikke har definert] må gjøres
www.nettavisen.no/norsk-debatt...
November 7, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Regjeringen har lagt bort den foreldede og gammelmodige versjonen av "politician's fallacy" (Noe må gjøres – dette r noe – dette må gjøres)
og introdusert den innovative varianten:
Noe må gjøres
[Ting vi ikke har definert] r noe
[Ting vi ikke har definert] må gjøres
www.nettavisen.no/norsk-debatt...
og introdusert den innovative varianten:
Noe må gjøres
[Ting vi ikke har definert] r noe
[Ting vi ikke har definert] må gjøres
www.nettavisen.no/norsk-debatt...