Bertil
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Bertil
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A silver cord
"Denne ordningen er intet annet enn et blodbad forkledd som humanitær hjelp og må stanses umiddelbart, krever Leger Uten Grenser."

Blodbad er en underdrivelse. Overlagt massedrap ligner mer.
Dette er så ufattelig grusomt. Tenk at et land som kaller seg et demokrati gir hæren ordre om å henrette suktne mennesker som står i matkø. Det finnes ingen unnskyldninger lenger for å ikke å innføre full boikott mot Israel. www.vg.no/nyheter/i/8q...
Haaretz: Israelske soldater bekrefter – har fått ordre om å skyte på palestinere i matkø
Den israelske avisen Haaretz har intervjuet en rekke soldater og offiserer som bekrefter at slike ordrer er gitt. Statsminister Netanyahu kaller det «blodanklager».
www.vg.no
June 28, 2025 at 9:33 AM
We have the best communication technology in human history, and yet one person is able to survive and thrive politically by lying. It's incredible.
Trump Lies Matter
His Project 2025 lies swindled him into the presidency, his Medicaid lies are just as egregious.
open.substack.com
June 28, 2025 at 6:41 AM
More than 400 Palestinians have been killed at aid stations since May.

But I feel powerless to do anything.

Help me with ideas for how I could contribute.
Israelske forskere varsler om folkemord i Gaza: – Et vendepunkt i jødisk historie
FN ber Israel om å slutte å skyte palestinere i matkø og kaller det en krigsforbrytelse. Anerkjente jødiske forskere mener det heller bør kalles et folkemord.
www.aftenposten.no
June 26, 2025 at 5:19 AM
"According to federal statistics, 96% of anonymous calls to child abuse hotlines are deemed baseless after an investigation. Among all allegations of child abuse or neglect, including non-anonymous calls, 83% are ultimately deemed unfounded."

Then, how many non-anonymous calls are baseless?
According to federal statistics, 96% of anonymous calls to child abuse hotlines are deemed baseless after an investigation.

New York has passed a bill banning these types of anonymous complaints. Gov. Kathy Hochul is expected to sign the legislation.
New York Bans Anonymous Child Welfare Reports
New legislation will require callers to the state child abuse hotline to identify themselves. ProPublica’s reporting in 2023 found that many anonymous callers made false allegations that led to…
www.propublica.org
June 23, 2025 at 11:10 AM
IS IT NOT A BIT EARLY TO TALK ABOUT REGIME CHANGE?
An implosion, a collapse or a transition: what would regime change in Iran look like?
Some western leaders have welcomed the idea of the toppling of Iran’s supreme leader, but no planning has been made for the aftermath if it happens
www.theguardian.com
June 19, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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The owner of Twitter sends out 100 right wing propaganda tweets every single day and the algorithm is set up so that every single person on Twitter has to see every single one of these tweets. Now here’s another piece about Blue Sky’s ideological diversity problem.
June 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Da har Høyre, SP og FrP endret forvaltningslova slik at kommunene får mer makt til å bygge ned naturen, og staten får mindre mulighet til å gripe inn. Ordføreren i Hadsel viser oss hvor stor skade på naturen vår dette kommer til å gjøre. www.nrk.no/nordland/had...
Hadsel kommune: Kommunene får mer selvstyre etter vedtak i Stortinget
Kjell-Børge Freiberg og Hadsel kommune fikk nei til å bygge hus på grunn av sjelden natur. Onsdag bestemte Stortinget at loven skal endres.
www.nrk.no
June 16, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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NEW: Absolutely incredible images coming out of San Diego.

The streets are filled with tens of thousands of anti-Trump protestors.

This is what resistance looks like 👏

#NoKings #50501Movement

(📸 Scott Dworkin)
June 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Wow. New Quinnipiac poll finds Trump's approval at 38-54. And note this:

Trump approval on immigration: 43-54
Approval on his deportations: 40-56

Can we say Trump isn't winning on this issue yet?
Awful: News orgs are credulously amplifying the ugly idea that sending troops into LA is good politics for Trump. This gives his lawless abuses of power the aura of conventional politics, obscuring how extraordinary and dangerous this moment truly is. 1/

(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/1966...
Trump’s Fury at Gavin Newsom Backfires—and Reveals His Own Weakness
The media has it wrong. Trump is not coming across as fearsome and strong. Instead, his watch-me-play-fascist-on-TV routine is self-evident overkill.
newrepublic.com
June 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Nå leser jeg nesten hver dag om at "tidenes største droneangrep er gjennomført mot Ukraina." Da lurer jeg på hvordan dette ser ut i den store sammenhengen, og hvordan utviklingen har vært?

Noen som har en oppdatert oversikt over hvordan størrelsen på droneangrepene har utviklet seg over tid?
Ukraina under stort drone­angrep
Natt til tirsdag gjennomførte Russland omfattande droneangrep mot Kyiv og hamnebyen Odesa i Ukraina.
www.nrk.no
June 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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SOS! the volunteers on 'Madleen' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces.

Greta Thunberg is a Swedish citizen.

Pressure the foreign ministries and help us keep Greta safe!

Web: government.se/contacts/

X : @SweMFA

FB : @SweMFA

IG : swedishmfa

#AllEyesOnMadleen
June 9, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Oh. My. Fucking. God.

This is part of the prompt used to identify Veterans Affairs contracts that should be canceled, or, using the very-much non-technical term "munched".

www.propublica.org/article/insi...
June 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Our current administration is filled with crackpots who use AI-generated crap to sound intelligent.
RFK Jr's "MAHA" report is filled with references to studies that literally do not exist, or that completely misinterpret the studies' findings.

“We did not publish a paper.. on this topic with that co-author group, or with that title,” says one cited researcher.

www.notus.org/health-scien...
The MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don’t Exist
The Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” report misinterprets some studies and cites others that don’t exist, according to the listed authors.
www.notus.org
May 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
If you had to pick THE watershed moment in your life, what would it be?
June 4, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Sign and share
14,000 babies in Gaza could starve
Sign this urgent global appeal to world leaders
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May 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
This is the best thing I've seen in a while
Nick is such an amazing illustrator…
New comic: on the origins of Due Process, how fundamental it is to our very notion of freedom, and how we all must stand up for the rights for any one of us to preserve liberty for all of us. Alt-text, notes/process & printable version on my site, appreciate sharing spinweaveandcut.com/due-process/
May 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
14,000 babies in Gaza could starve
Sign this urgent global appeal to world leaders
secure.avaaz.org
May 23, 2025 at 5:26 AM
"Our message is not “The Trump administration struggled to pass the budget bill in Congress.” Rather, the story is, “The Trump administration struggled to pass the budget bill in Congress because it was not cruel enough."
open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...
Worse than we thought: GOP will cut Medicare by $500 billion
May 22, 2025
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May 22, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Jo til en innsats for å sikre vår frie fremtid
Inntil Putin-partiet "Fred og rettferdighet" forteller hvor pengene til reklamekampanjen der Putin-talerøret Glenn Diesen utbasunerer at Ukraina ikke må få hjelp til å kjempe mot Putin, tenker vi formodentlig alle vårt om hvem som støtter partiet økonomisk.
www.vg.no/nyheter/i/3M...
Reagerer: – Ekko av russisk propaganda
Partiet «Fred og Rettferdighet» fyller kollektiven i Oslo med en reklame som kritiserer norsk støtte til Ukraina. De nekter å si hvordan de har finansiert det.
www.vg.no
May 18, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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CHT Statement in Response to State Moratorium on AI Legislation
open.substack.com/pub/centerfo...
CHT Statement in Response to State Moratorium on AI Legislation
Right now, Congress is trying to stop state-level AI laws in the United States – for the next 10 years.
open.substack.com
May 16, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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I dag feirer vi frigjøringsdagen. Vi feirer ikke den dagen kamphandlingene tok slutt i juni 1940, men den dagen de tyske okkupantene overgav seg fem år senere. Krigen varte så lenge Norge var under okkupasjon. Nyttig å huske på for alle som ønsker seg en rettferdig avslutning på krigen i Ukraina.
May 8, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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It may seem like a long shot, but there can be no recovery, no healing without accountability. We need leaders with the real courage to act, even if they think they're licked. We need a reckoning.

All of this⬇️ from Brian Beutler.
Rein In Trump's Pardon Power open.substack.com/pub/brianbeu...
Rein In Trump's Pardon Power
Before it's too late... And presidential immunity, while we're at it.... Take it to Congress, to states, even to the streets.
open.substack.com
May 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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AI’s potential benefits are incredible. But right now, we’re sleepwalking into a dangerous world. As Tristan Harris argues in an urgent new TED Talk, this doesn’t have to be inevitable. We must snap out of the trance, and coordinate toward a new path.

Watch: bit.ly/44Aihft

Read: bit.ly/4lTlwon
Why AI is our ultimate test and greatest invitation
Technologist Tristan Harris has an urgent question: What if the way we’re deploying the world’s most powerful technology — artificial intelligence — isn’t inevitable, but a choice? In this eye-opening...
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April 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM