Øystein Hellesøe Brekke
@oysteib.bsky.social
Omsetjar, språknørd, historikar, grøn, liberal, bygdebokredaktør. Har skrive nokre bøker, kjøp dei. "Kontoret - Hanseatenes historie" er ute i mjuke permar no.
Eit poeng som sjeldan er framme når det blir drøfta innvandring og svenske tilstandar, er at det er 15 innvandrarar frå Andorra i Noreg, og berre 8 i Sverige. Dette er det ingen som torer å snakka om.
November 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Eit poeng som sjeldan er framme når det blir drøfta innvandring og svenske tilstandar, er at det er 15 innvandrarar frå Andorra i Noreg, og berre 8 i Sverige. Dette er det ingen som torer å snakka om.
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Det interessante er at Sverige blir et foregangseksempel for Bech Holte fordi de har lavere skattesats på arbeidsinntekt. Men Sverige har lavere vekst i BNP enn Norge, og flere arbeidsledige.
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Martin Bech Holte: – Velferdsstaten er ingen rettighet
Forfatteren mener dårlig investering svekker produktiviteten og foreslår skattelette for å styrke arbeidskulturen.
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November 27, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Det interessante er at Sverige blir et foregangseksempel for Bech Holte fordi de har lavere skattesats på arbeidsinntekt. Men Sverige har lavere vekst i BNP enn Norge, og flere arbeidsledige.
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Fellestrekket ved de debattene som KrF hevder at "ingen tør å ta" er at det gjør ikke de heller. De bruker dem bare som søknadskjema til Dagsnytt 18, hvor de sier at de ikke mente det de sa i søknaden.
November 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Fellestrekket ved de debattene som KrF hevder at "ingen tør å ta" er at det gjør ikke de heller. De bruker dem bare som søknadskjema til Dagsnytt 18, hvor de sier at de ikke mente det de sa i søknaden.
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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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This is exactly what the recent Trump-BBC 'scandal' was designed to achieve. The BBC is now self-censoring criticisms of Trump in the name of "impartiality"
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 10:26 AM
This is exactly what the recent Trump-BBC 'scandal' was designed to achieve. The BBC is now self-censoring criticisms of Trump in the name of "impartiality"
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
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You have to keep giving money to avoid collapse and if there’s collapse you have to give more money. It’s called the free market.
November 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
You have to keep giving money to avoid collapse and if there’s collapse you have to give more money. It’s called the free market.
Eg vurderer å leggja inn 10 fiktive personar i bygdeboka. Ein ekstra veslebror her, ein fråskild barndomskjærast der. Dei som klarer å identifisera dei, får som premie tilbake pengane for boka.
Gunda Bakketun (1920-1974), teikneserieskapar, gift 1957 med Felipe Oliveiro, timoresisk fridomskjempar.
Gunda Bakketun (1920-1974), teikneserieskapar, gift 1957 med Felipe Oliveiro, timoresisk fridomskjempar.
November 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Eg vurderer å leggja inn 10 fiktive personar i bygdeboka. Ein ekstra veslebror her, ein fråskild barndomskjærast der. Dei som klarer å identifisera dei, får som premie tilbake pengane for boka.
Gunda Bakketun (1920-1974), teikneserieskapar, gift 1957 med Felipe Oliveiro, timoresisk fridomskjempar.
Gunda Bakketun (1920-1974), teikneserieskapar, gift 1957 med Felipe Oliveiro, timoresisk fridomskjempar.
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Did a dog write this?
www.sciencealert.com/owning-a-cat...
www.sciencealert.com/owning-a-cat...
November 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Did a dog write this?
www.sciencealert.com/owning-a-cat...
www.sciencealert.com/owning-a-cat...
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Lørdagskommentaren er om forfallet i NRKs musikkdekning. For det blir bare verre og verre.
Uansett: Ha ei knall helg, alle sammen!
www.itromso.no/meninger/i/x...
Uansett: Ha ei knall helg, alle sammen!
www.itromso.no/meninger/i/x...
NRKs aktive dødshjelp til forfallet
NRK har jeg på mange måter gitt opp for flere år siden. Som allmennkringkaster har de for lengst abdisert som en vesentlig aktør innen journalistisk behandling av musikk. På TV. Nå bygger de ned radio...
www.itromso.no
November 22, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Lørdagskommentaren er om forfallet i NRKs musikkdekning. For det blir bare verre og verre.
Uansett: Ha ei knall helg, alle sammen!
www.itromso.no/meninger/i/x...
Uansett: Ha ei knall helg, alle sammen!
www.itromso.no/meninger/i/x...
Eg veit ikkje - det er ikkje bly og kadmium i han, men eg er bekymra for at det kan vera gift i han likevel.
November 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Eg veit ikkje - det er ikkje bly og kadmium i han, men eg er bekymra for at det kan vera gift i han likevel.
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If RN gets into power in France and Reform UK wins, there will be no nuclear-armed states with non-extremist governments.
Cheerful thought, that.
Sticking to non-proliferation treaties really doesn't seem like the right move in that scenario.
Cheerful thought, that.
Sticking to non-proliferation treaties really doesn't seem like the right move in that scenario.
November 21, 2025 at 11:34 PM
If RN gets into power in France and Reform UK wins, there will be no nuclear-armed states with non-extremist governments.
Cheerful thought, that.
Sticking to non-proliferation treaties really doesn't seem like the right move in that scenario.
Cheerful thought, that.
Sticking to non-proliferation treaties really doesn't seem like the right move in that scenario.
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There is a broader future consideration for European leaders here: Do they want a slightly humbled Trump or an empowered POTUS who can bully allies with abandon? Caving & granting Trump a major foreign policy victory at a time where he faces serious political problems at home gives them the latter.
And Trump is weak right now. He just suffered a humiliating loss in Congress & the GOP was roundly defeated in the recent off-year elections. Trump’s approval ratings on the economy are dismal & SCOTUS may remove his ability to impose tariffs at will. Now is the time for Europe to stand up to him.
November 22, 2025 at 10:13 AM
There is a broader future consideration for European leaders here: Do they want a slightly humbled Trump or an empowered POTUS who can bully allies with abandon? Caving & granting Trump a major foreign policy victory at a time where he faces serious political problems at home gives them the latter.
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'Michael Lynas, the UK country director for the Duolingo language app, who argues there is no good substitute for the hard graft of learning a language as a way of seeing another country’s culture from the inside.' 1/3
Universities blame ‘societal shift’ for axing foreign language degrees
Numbers taking languages at A-level and beyond has been falling for decades, although Duolingo says its app is most popular with young people
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
'Michael Lynas, the UK country director for the Duolingo language app, who argues there is no good substitute for the hard graft of learning a language as a way of seeing another country’s culture from the inside.' 1/3
Halvforma tankar etter å ha vore på korpsfestival med ungane forrige helg: Så heldige dei er som får vera med på å laga noko sjølve, noko som blir bra. Den mestringskjensla. Og eg tenkjer på KI:
November 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Halvforma tankar etter å ha vore på korpsfestival med ungane forrige helg: Så heldige dei er som får vera med på å laga noko sjølve, noko som blir bra. Den mestringskjensla. Og eg tenkjer på KI:
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Da vet vi hvordan Trump tenkte seg at den nye fredsplanen skulle bli akseptert av Ukraina: massivt press og trusler. bsky.app/profile/kevi...
Reuters reports that the U.S. has threatened to cut intel sharing and weapons supplies for Ukraine to press it into agreeing to Trump's 28-point plan. Sources say Kyiv is "under greater pressure from Washington than during any previous peace discussions." Trump wants it signed by Thursday.
www.reuters.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Da vet vi hvordan Trump tenkte seg at den nye fredsplanen skulle bli akseptert av Ukraina: massivt press og trusler. bsky.app/profile/kevi...
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Imagine being one of those CEOs or school presidents who bowed down to this weird old man, then realizing he doesn’t like you as much as he likes this guy who didn’t bow at all
November 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Imagine being one of those CEOs or school presidents who bowed down to this weird old man, then realizing he doesn’t like you as much as he likes this guy who didn’t bow at all
Was going to share this with @schaljoh.bsky.social, @yvanspijk.bsky.social and other language geeks who might understand it. Maybe @avzaagzonunaada.bsky.social ? On dialects. Mostly in Norwegian(s).
Dette er en helt suveren oppvisning i språklig framstillingsevne. youtu.be/PIIVDFjIrl4?...
Kvifor har Noreg levande dialektbruk?
YouTube video by Eldar Heide
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Was going to share this with @schaljoh.bsky.social, @yvanspijk.bsky.social and other language geeks who might understand it. Maybe @avzaagzonunaada.bsky.social ? On dialects. Mostly in Norwegian(s).
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Dette er en helt suveren oppvisning i språklig framstillingsevne. youtu.be/PIIVDFjIrl4?...
Kvifor har Noreg levande dialektbruk?
YouTube video by Eldar Heide
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Dette er en helt suveren oppvisning i språklig framstillingsevne. youtu.be/PIIVDFjIrl4?...
"Euler angles" teksta som "oljekannene" på Young Sheldon på HBO.
Eg sa det for 20 år sidan: Datamaskiner vil ikkje ta over TV-teksting når dei blir like gode som menneske, men når menneskeleg teksting blir like dårleg som datamaskiner.
Eg sa det for 20 år sidan: Datamaskiner vil ikkje ta over TV-teksting når dei blir like gode som menneske, men når menneskeleg teksting blir like dårleg som datamaskiner.
November 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
"Euler angles" teksta som "oljekannene" på Young Sheldon på HBO.
Eg sa det for 20 år sidan: Datamaskiner vil ikkje ta over TV-teksting når dei blir like gode som menneske, men når menneskeleg teksting blir like dårleg som datamaskiner.
Eg sa det for 20 år sidan: Datamaskiner vil ikkje ta over TV-teksting når dei blir like gode som menneske, men når menneskeleg teksting blir like dårleg som datamaskiner.
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Gabrielius Landsbergis is so interesting to me because at core while I despise everything about the party he was associated with, and basically consider them a bad thing for Lithuania, he is one of very few people they have ever produced with actual vision. He respects himself and our country.
November 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Gabrielius Landsbergis is so interesting to me because at core while I despise everything about the party he was associated with, and basically consider them a bad thing for Lithuania, he is one of very few people they have ever produced with actual vision. He respects himself and our country.
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Every single word of this. Read it, repeat it, scream it, live it, insist on it.
November 21, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Every single word of this. Read it, repeat it, scream it, live it, insist on it.
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It’s also a reminder that the Internet actually used to be (somewhat) safer. All the biggest platforms used to spend more on safety and content moderation.
It wasn’t perfect, but it was much, much better than the dystopia we’re in now that they’ve decided to cater to the most violent users instead.
It wasn’t perfect, but it was much, much better than the dystopia we’re in now that they’ve decided to cater to the most violent users instead.
November 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It’s also a reminder that the Internet actually used to be (somewhat) safer. All the biggest platforms used to spend more on safety and content moderation.
It wasn’t perfect, but it was much, much better than the dystopia we’re in now that they’ve decided to cater to the most violent users instead.
It wasn’t perfect, but it was much, much better than the dystopia we’re in now that they’ve decided to cater to the most violent users instead.
Fantastisk. Toppsaka på NRK eit heilt feilaktig oppkok bygd på ei feilomsetjing av NTB. "Nordmenn er så gode i engelsk, me treng ikkje omsetjarar..."
November 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Fantastisk. Toppsaka på NRK eit heilt feilaktig oppkok bygd på ei feilomsetjing av NTB. "Nordmenn er så gode i engelsk, me treng ikkje omsetjarar..."