Halläningen
@hallaeningen.bsky.social
I’m a Hallander, Swede and European.
Often conservative, sometimes radical. Enjoying life in a 15-minute community. Bicycle enthusiast.
”Why look for conspiracy when stupidity can explain so much.”
Often conservative, sometimes radical. Enjoying life in a 15-minute community. Bicycle enthusiast.
”Why look for conspiracy when stupidity can explain so much.”
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Halläningen
@hallaeningen.bsky.social
· Jan 18
The knowledge has been around for a while… Excerpt from the American magazine "Popular Mechanics", March issue of 1912.
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There’s only one way to leave an abusive relationship: utterly and finally.
That doesn’t make it easy—on the contrary, it’s among the hardest things anyone can ever do.
It’s just as hard for a nation or group of nations.
It’s time for Europe to abandon America. Cut us off until we save ourselves.
That doesn’t make it easy—on the contrary, it’s among the hardest things anyone can ever do.
It’s just as hard for a nation or group of nations.
It’s time for Europe to abandon America. Cut us off until we save ourselves.
January 24, 2026 at 3:31 AM
There’s only one way to leave an abusive relationship: utterly and finally.
That doesn’t make it easy—on the contrary, it’s among the hardest things anyone can ever do.
It’s just as hard for a nation or group of nations.
It’s time for Europe to abandon America. Cut us off until we save ourselves.
That doesn’t make it easy—on the contrary, it’s among the hardest things anyone can ever do.
It’s just as hard for a nation or group of nations.
It’s time for Europe to abandon America. Cut us off until we save ourselves.
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2024: can Europe defend itself ALONGSIDE America?
2025: can Europe defend itself WITHOUT America?
2026: can Europe defend itself AGAINST America?
2025: can Europe defend itself WITHOUT America?
2026: can Europe defend itself AGAINST America?
January 18, 2026 at 10:12 AM
2024: can Europe defend itself ALONGSIDE America?
2025: can Europe defend itself WITHOUT America?
2026: can Europe defend itself AGAINST America?
2025: can Europe defend itself WITHOUT America?
2026: can Europe defend itself AGAINST America?
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This guy has it bang on
January 7, 2026 at 2:04 AM
This guy has it bang on
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Leader of Greenlandic government 🇬🇱:
January 4, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Leader of Greenlandic government 🇬🇱:
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I'm a longtime fan of Not Just Bikes, but his 95(!) minute video on John Forester and Vehicular Cycling is truly his magnum opus.
If you are even remotely interested in the history of bicycling in America, it is worth a watch.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRPd...
If you are even remotely interested in the history of bicycling in America, it is worth a watch.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRPd...
This is Why Cycling is Dangerous in America
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I'm a longtime fan of Not Just Bikes, but his 95(!) minute video on John Forester and Vehicular Cycling is truly his magnum opus.
If you are even remotely interested in the history of bicycling in America, it is worth a watch.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRPd...
If you are even remotely interested in the history of bicycling in America, it is worth a watch.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRPd...
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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🚨🚨Things are just getting worse. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/us-a...
www.politico.eu/article/us-a...
US accused of threatening EU diplomats during bid to kill green shipping rules
Negotiators at shipping talks in London were told both they and their countries could be punished unless they voted with the U.S.
www.politico.eu
November 3, 2025 at 12:07 PM
🚨🚨Things are just getting worse. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/us-a...
www.politico.eu/article/us-a...
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Watching the denial of the political right about the far right's danger being so much worse than that of their left opposites / similars does help to understand what happened in Germany in 1933 (when Soviet communism was a genuine threat)
September 14, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Watching the denial of the political right about the far right's danger being so much worse than that of their left opposites / similars does help to understand what happened in Germany in 1933 (when Soviet communism was a genuine threat)
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This is important.
Years ago, while I was advising the City of Sydney Australia on various things, there was an INFAMOUS day where a particularly bad state-level minister of roads was stuck in traffic and saw bike riders zooming by his limousine in a well-used, safe, protected bike-lane.
Well…
1/
Years ago, while I was advising the City of Sydney Australia on various things, there was an INFAMOUS day where a particularly bad state-level minister of roads was stuck in traffic and saw bike riders zooming by his limousine in a well-used, safe, protected bike-lane.
Well…
1/
November 10, 2024 at 10:41 PM
This is important.
Years ago, while I was advising the City of Sydney Australia on various things, there was an INFAMOUS day where a particularly bad state-level minister of roads was stuck in traffic and saw bike riders zooming by his limousine in a well-used, safe, protected bike-lane.
Well…
1/
Years ago, while I was advising the City of Sydney Australia on various things, there was an INFAMOUS day where a particularly bad state-level minister of roads was stuck in traffic and saw bike riders zooming by his limousine in a well-used, safe, protected bike-lane.
Well…
1/
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“Microsoft says U.S. law takes precedence over Canadian data sovereignty”
… or how to lose government contracts all over the world in one easy step. 🖕🏾🖕🏾
www.digitaljournal.com/tech-science...
… or how to lose government contracts all over the world in one easy step. 🖕🏾🖕🏾
www.digitaljournal.com/tech-science...
Microsoft says U.S. law takes precedence over Canadian data sovereignty
Microsoft representative says US CLOUD Act comes before other country's sovereignty.
www.digitaljournal.com
August 22, 2025 at 8:56 AM
“Microsoft says U.S. law takes precedence over Canadian data sovereignty”
… or how to lose government contracts all over the world in one easy step. 🖕🏾🖕🏾
www.digitaljournal.com/tech-science...
… or how to lose government contracts all over the world in one easy step. 🖕🏾🖕🏾
www.digitaljournal.com/tech-science...
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RFK Jr’s latest interview isn’t just about vaccines, it's a great example of how disordered discourse reaches government policy. It shows the perversion of the core democratic functions of Verification, Deliberation & Accountability (VDA).
1. "'Trusting the experts is not a feature of either a science or democracy," Kennedy said."
It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.
I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.
It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.
I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.
RFK Jr. in interview with Scripps News: ‘Trusting the experts is not science’
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. sat down with Scripps News for a wide-ranging interview, discussing mRNA vaccine funding policy changes and a recent shooting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
www.scrippsnews.com
August 12, 2025 at 9:53 AM
RFK Jr’s latest interview isn’t just about vaccines, it's a great example of how disordered discourse reaches government policy. It shows the perversion of the core democratic functions of Verification, Deliberation & Accountability (VDA).
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Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA
Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.
usa.streetsblog.org
July 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
ALL ROAD USERS.
And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all.
For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them.
Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org
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Da Australia innførte hjelmpåbud gikk antall syklister ned med ca 40% theconversation.com/ditching-bik...
Ditching bike helmets laws better for health
With epidemics of diabetes and obesity threatening to bankrupt state health budgets, governments need to broaden their strategies to encourage physical activity. Allowing cyclists to ride without a he...
theconversation.com
June 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Da Australia innførte hjelmpåbud gikk antall syklister ned med ca 40% theconversation.com/ditching-bik...
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"The world's richest man logs onto the platform he bought to yell at the AI he had built for fact-checking conservative mega-influencer Catturd2" is a sentence so stupid that future history books may just skip this decade.
he said that too lol
June 21, 2025 at 11:50 AM
"The world's richest man logs onto the platform he bought to yell at the AI he had built for fact-checking conservative mega-influencer Catturd2" is a sentence so stupid that future history books may just skip this decade.
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The results seem to strengthen the case that these systems rely on elaborate pattern-matching rather than the kind of systematic reasoning their marketing might suggest.
New Apple study challenges whether AI models truly “reason” through problems
Puzzle-based experiments reveal limitations of simulated reasoning, but others dispute findings.
arstechnica.com
June 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The results seem to strengthen the case that these systems rely on elaborate pattern-matching rather than the kind of systematic reasoning their marketing might suggest.
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When Germany is telling us we're off the rails, pay attention.
May 3, 2025 at 2:18 AM
When Germany is telling us we're off the rails, pay attention.
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Swedes turn aggressively to EVs... as long as they're not connected to Elon Musk. Swedish EV sales +25% YoY in April with Tesla sales down 72% YoY. cornucopia.se/2025/05/sven...
Svensk elbilsförsäljning upp 25% i april - Tesla ner 72%
Försäljningen av elbilar i Sverige ökade med 25% i april mot förra året, medan Teslas försäljning föll 72%j jämfört med samma månad för ett år sedan.
cornucopia.se
May 1, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Swedes turn aggressively to EVs... as long as they're not connected to Elon Musk. Swedish EV sales +25% YoY in April with Tesla sales down 72% YoY. cornucopia.se/2025/05/sven...
Worth watching.
April 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Worth watching.
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Carney: The system of global trade anchored on the United States.. is over. Our old relationship of steadily deepening integration with the United States is over. The 80 year period when the United States embraced the mantle of economic leadership… is over.
April 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Carney: The system of global trade anchored on the United States.. is over. Our old relationship of steadily deepening integration with the United States is over. The 80 year period when the United States embraced the mantle of economic leadership… is over.
They are welcome.
March 28, 2025 at 8:00 AM
They are welcome.
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March 27, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Rasmus Jarlov has my full support.
March 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Rasmus Jarlov has my full support.
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“When the victory was won, he made the announcement himself”
Suetonius on Emperor Nero’s absurd participation in the Olympic Games.
Suetonius on Emperor Nero’s absurd participation in the Olympic Games.
March 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
“When the victory was won, he made the announcement himself”
Suetonius on Emperor Nero’s absurd participation in the Olympic Games.
Suetonius on Emperor Nero’s absurd participation in the Olympic Games.