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Göran Bolin
@goranbolin.bsky.social
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Media & Communications professor who teaches and writes on digital culture, information management, AI and data value at Södertörn University
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Niklas Orrenius @niklasorrenius.bsky.social · 12h
Det här är så talande för skamlösheten och bristen på respekt för rent spel. Det spelar ingen roll HUR han får priset eller om Nobelkommittén tycker att han är värd det. Han skulle tycka att det vore "en ära" att priset även på ohederligt vis.

Det är den starkes rätt, del 8793.
Skärmdump från New York Times med rubrik om att Donald Trump gladeligen tar emot det Nobels fredspris som Maria Corina Machado fick om han vill ge det till henne

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Göran Bolin @goranbolin.bsky.social · 22h
Okunnighet är styrka!
morganfinnsio.bsky.social Morgan Finnsiö ⤦⤦⤦ @morganfinnsio.bsky.social · 1d
Vår allierade.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Trump: "I'm a fan of Denmark too. They've been very nice to me. But the fact that they had a boat land there [Greenland] 500 years ago doesn't mean they own the land. I'm sure we had lots of boats go there also."

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united24media.com
UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 23h
🤨 Sweden has arrested a suspected Russian spy.

Authorities say a 33-year-old IT specialist with past ties to the Swedish Armed Forces is under investigation for possible links to Russian intelligence.
united24media.com/latest-news/...
Former Swedish Military IT Consultant Arrested as Alleged Russian Spy
A 33-year-old IT specialist is in custody amid allegations of spying for Russia, tied to his past work with Sweden’s Armed Forces.
united24media.com

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 1d
The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become

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Göran Bolin @goranbolin.bsky.social · 1d
Rimlig fråga.

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Danielle Binks @daniellebinks.bsky.social · 1d
World’s richest 1% have already used fair share of emissions for 2026, says Oxfam

Richest 1% took 10 days while wealthiest 0.1% needed just three days to exhaust annual carbon budget, study shows www.theguardian.com/environment/...
World’s richest 1% have already used fair share of emissions for 2026, says Oxfam
Richest 1% took 10 days while wealthiest 0.1% needed just three days to exhaust annual carbon budget, study shows
www.theguardian.com

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morganfinnsio.bsky.social
Morgan Finnsiö ⤦⤦⤦ @morganfinnsio.bsky.social · 1d
Vår allierade.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Trump: "I'm a fan of Denmark too. They've been very nice to me. But the fact that they had a boat land there [Greenland] 500 years ago doesn't mean they own the land. I'm sure we had lots of boats go there also."

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Alexander Supertramp @axel67.bsky.social · 1d
Varför stannar du kvar på X då?
www.sverigesradio.se/play/artikel...
Ebba Busch: Jag blev ofrivilligt avklädd - Ekot
KD-ledaren Ebba Busch kommenterar nu AI-bilderna på X. I ett videoklipp säger Busch att hon blev ”ofrivilligt avklädd av Elon Musks Grok”.”Jag som kvinna ...
www.sverigesradio.se

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Eric Rosén @detljuvalivet.bsky.social · 1d
Sveriges bästa politikskribent resonerar oupphörligen intressant. Läs @danielswedin.bsky.social: arbetet.se/2026/01/09/g...
Efter Trumps hot mot Danmark måste allt förändras
När USA hotar ett Natoland visar det att europeisk suveränitet väger lätt.
arbetet.se

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Erik Moeller @eloquence.bsky.social · 2d
FWIW, many institutions _have_ made the jump; I've been loosely maintaining this spreadsheet to track them across migration waves.

That includes The Guardian, NPR, Le Monde, and many others.

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Organizations and individuals who have left X (and where they've gone)
docs.google.com

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Ola Spännar @olaspannar.bsky.social · 2d
De kallar demonstranter för ”odjur”, klimataktivister för terrorister och oberoende medier för vänsterextrema. Regeringspartierna närmar sig en punkt där de inte längre har hamnat i dåligt sällskap, utan där de själva utgör det dåliga sällskapet

www.sydsvenskan.se/kultur/det-r...
KRÖNIKA: Det rasistiska våldet gjorde en klassresa 2025 – snart är extremismen rumsren
Extremismen har fått in foten i de fina salongerna. Idag känner gatukämparna att de har den politiska vinden i ryggen,…
www.sydsvenskan.se

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 2d
Not everyone believed me when I wrote that Trump wants Greenland becuase it would make him feel important, but that's what he told the NYT:

When asked why he needed to possess the territory, he said: “Because that’s what I feel is psychologically needed for success"
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality’
www.nytimes.com

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Comment @commentmagazine.bsky.social · 2d
“Christianity is at its best when it does not rage against the present age but engages it with curiosity and a sense of adventure.”

@joelhalldorf.bsky.social explores why Sweden is getting religion.
Not So Secular Sweden
Sweden used to be one of the most secular countries on earth. But over the past decade things have changed, and Enlightenment rationality seems to be on its way out.
comment.org

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Göran Bolin @goranbolin.bsky.social · 2d
I can see several interesting research projects emanating from this thread.
donmoyn.bsky.social Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3d
New, from me: The Trump administration isn’t just using social media to shape a narrative. They view the world through a social media lens in a way that is plausibly corrupting their judgment and undermining their performance.
Welcome to the clicktatorship. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/life-under...
Life Under a Clicktatorship
What happens to government when everything is content?
donmoynihan.substack.com

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Göran Bolin @goranbolin.bsky.social · 2d
Hi and thanks for the list! I wouldn't mind being added.

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Rebecca Scharlach @rscarlets.bsky.social · 3d
The #AoIR2026 Call for Papers is officially up on the www:
aoir.org/aoir2026/
This year marks AoIRs' first time in Mexico and it will be the second bilingual AoIR.
Please share with your networks. 🌮
AoIR 2026 |
aoir.org

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 3d
"Based on the attached clip, it is hard to believe he is alive, but is now recovering in the hospital." Recovering from shitting his pants?

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Langdon Grant @langdongrant.bsky.social · 3d
Here's the ICE agent "defending himself" by shooting into the driver's side window of a car that's pulling *away* from him.

Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.

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Owe Nilsson @owenil.bsky.social · 3d
ICE påminner mer och mer om Röhms SA-trupper.
ICE shooting leaves woman dead in Minneapolis, DHS says
Minnesota state representatives are set to testify during a Republican-led House Oversight Committee hearing on allegations of fraud and misuse of federal funds in the state.
www.cnn.com

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Carl Heath @carlheath.se · 3d
Intervjuad i GP med anledning av X AIs tjänst Grok på plattformen X som används för barnpornografi och för att sexualisera politiker, i detta fall Ebba Busch. Min uppfattning är att X är ett digitalt tivoli och inte ett torg. Det är inte en god plats för opinionsbildning.

www.gp.se/politik/fejk...
Fejkade bikinibilder på Ebba Busch sprids – forskarens varning
Expert vill att alla folkvalda lämnar X: ”Det finns flera problem”
www.gp.se

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Göran Bolin @goranbolin.bsky.social · 3d
When you are 6 years old and didn't get the Christmas present you wanted.
niklasorrenius.bsky.social Niklas Orrenius @niklasorrenius.bsky.social · 3d
”Norway, a NATO member, foolishly chose not to give me the Noble (sic!) Peace Prize. But that doesn’t matter!”
Skärmdump från ett inlägg på den amerikanske presidentens egen sandlåda, Truth Social, där han låter som en arg treåring som skriker ”NI SKA RESPEKTERA MIG!”

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niklasorrenius.bsky.social
Niklas Orrenius @niklasorrenius.bsky.social · 3d
”Norway, a NATO member, foolishly chose not to give me the Noble (sic!) Peace Prize. But that doesn’t matter!”
Skärmdump från ett inlägg på den amerikanske presidentens egen sandlåda, Truth Social, där han låter som en arg treåring som skriker ”NI SKA RESPEKTERA MIG!”

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donmoyn.bsky.social
Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3d
New, from me: The Trump administration isn’t just using social media to shape a narrative. They view the world through a social media lens in a way that is plausibly corrupting their judgment and undermining their performance.
Welcome to the clicktatorship. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/life-under...
Life Under a Clicktatorship
What happens to government when everything is content?
donmoynihan.substack.com

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Göran Bolin @goranbolin.bsky.social · 4d
Bra av @annaekstrom.bsky.social om nedmonteringen av folkbildningen.
www.dn.se/kultur/anna-...
Anna Ekström: Hur tänker Parisa Liljestrand att vi ska orka bära upp folkbildningen?
Det låter vackert med en kanon – men kulturen tystnar när studieförbund tvingas ställa in och folkhögskolor lägger ner på grund av regeringens politik.
www.dn.se

goranbolin.bsky.social
Göran Bolin @goranbolin.bsky.social · 4d
Bra jobbat - hur gjorde ni? Skulle gärna vilja veta mer om processen.

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Göran Bolin @goranbolin.bsky.social · 4d
Whoho! Great! I hope this sets an example to universities elsewhere!
jilltxt.bsky.social Jill Walker Rettberg @jilltxt.bsky.social · 4d
FINALLY! UiB employees can apply for permission to remove Copilot from Word, Powerpoint and Excel! Of course, using LibreOffice is probably an even better idea, but at least there's now an opt-out - complex as it may be. hjelp.uib.no/solutions/op...
Fjern Copilot fra Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
hjelp.uib.no

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Jill Walker Rettberg @jilltxt.bsky.social · 4d
FINALLY! UiB employees can apply for permission to remove Copilot from Word, Powerpoint and Excel! Of course, using LibreOffice is probably an even better idea, but at least there's now an opt-out - complex as it may be. hjelp.uib.no/solutions/op...
Fjern Copilot fra Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
hjelp.uib.no

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Ola Spännar @olaspannar.bsky.social · 4d
Financial Times: Vem är vem på Musks porrsajt, tidigare känd som Twitter

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 4d
So, are all the talks on #digitalsovereignty just window dressing?

"Palantir lands biggest ever UK defense deal.
The £240 million contract with the Ministry of Defence has renewed a debate about Britain’s dependence on American technology." www.politico.eu/article/pala...
Palantir lands biggest ever UK defense deal
The £240 million contract with the Ministry of Defence has renewed a debate about Britain’s dependence on American technology.
www.politico.eu