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Håkon Nordhagen @hakonnordhagen.bsky.social · 2h

Rart de enda ikke også graver i koblingen mellom Clemet-Civita og Atlasnettverket.

www.desmog.com/atlas-econom...

Atlas Network (Atlas Economic Research Foundation) Background Atlas Network is a Washington, DC-based non-profit organization that describes itself as working to support a growing network of more than...

www.desmog.com

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Håkon Nordhagen @hakonnordhagen.bsky.social · 2h

Visste ni at Kristin Clemet, et annet medlem av nobelkommiteen, er leder for en tankesmedja som over flere år ble støttet av Atlasnettverket?

Smien heter Civita.

www.desmog.com/atlas-econom...

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 10h

“The Heritage Foundation [which spearheaded Project 2025] says it will ‘identify and target’ Wikipedia editors over alleged bias.“ 9/18/25 … 1/ www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...

The right wing is coming for Wikipedia

The Heritage Foundation says it will "identify and target" Wikipedia editors over alleged bias. What does that mean for Wikipedia’s future?

www.wbur.org

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 8h

Multi billionaire conducts months of historical and theological research into the Antichrist. Discovers, shockingly, that one thing the Antichrist would definitely do is tax billionaires. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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He believes the Armageddon will be ushered in by an antichrist-type figure who cultivates a fear of existential threats such as climate change, Al and nuclear war to amass inordinate power. The idea is this figure will convince people to do everything they can to avoid something like a third world war, including accepting a one-world order charged with protecting everyone from the apocalypse that implements a complete restriction of technological progress. In his mind, this is already happening. Thiel said that international financial bodies, which make it more difficult for people to shelter their wealth in tax havens, are one sign the antichrist may be amassing power and hastening Armageddon, saying: "It's become quite difficult to hide one's money."

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Håkon Nordhagen @hakonnordhagen.bsky.social · 19h

Men du har kanskje sett den?

Håkon Nordhagen @hakonnordhagen.bsky.social · 19h

Enig, og det er jo det filmen også «leker» med, og jeg ikke skal spoile alt

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Håkon Nordhagen @hakonnordhagen.bsky.social · 19h

At feks NK plutselig skal ha skaffet seg mulighet til å fyre av fra ubåt (uten at dette er fanget opp av US), og at noen tilfeldigvis har hacket satelitten som skal overvåke utskytelsesstedet, er kanskje noe av det tynnere

Håkon Nordhagen @hakonnordhagen.bsky.social · 19h

Nord Korea har i størrelsesorden 10 atomvåpen, få av dem som antakelig kan gå interkont. Usa har >2000 strategiske.
Evt rationalen til NK spekuleres til å så usikkerhet og kaos (noe jo de klarer i filmen)

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Håkon Nordhagen @hakonnordhagen.bsky.social · 19h

De har vel en viss hypotese om at det er nord korea og akter å sende respons før de fyrer av neste (har jo max et par våpen å svare med). Neste (uløste) problem filmen viser blir å forsikre de landene rakettene må fly over (russland og kina) ikke tror de blir angrepet. Noe de fort kan tro.

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Håkon Nordhagen @hakonnordhagen.bsky.social · 19h

How come this Madam Secretary scenario is any more probable (or less stupid) than a single icbm fired by a sub (who no one acknowledges) in international waters?

Håkon Nordhagen @hakonnordhagen.bsky.social · 20h

For det første vet vi jo ikke hva avgjørelsen ble (selv om det indikeres). Hjelper lite med en høyberedskap mot neste bølge når denne beredskapen består i 40-50 raketter med treffrate på 50-60%. Jeg synes filmen viste godt absurditeten i eksistensen av kjernefysiske våpen og hva som *kan* skje.

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Håkon Nordhagen @hakonnordhagen.bsky.social · 20h

But if sub launched in international waters, and all suspects deny involvement, what do you do?

Håkon Nordhagen @hakonnordhagen.bsky.social · 20h

56% hit rate is not much better than a coin toss(?)

And firing off more than two, when you dont know whether there will be more coming, might not sound that unreasonable - when you only have 44 in stock (?)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground-...

Ground-Based Midcourse Defense - Wikipedia

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Håkon Nordhagen @hakonnordhagen.bsky.social · 22h

The Long Heat, Malm and Carton

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Håkon Nordhagen @hakonnordhagen.bsky.social · 22h

«The idea that the rich would give up their fortunes to fund mineralisation sufficient to turn the tables on the atmospheric concentration without getting anything else in return beggars belief [..] that not even Climeworks seemed to possess. Self-effacement and monetary fortune rarely go together.»

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Håkon Nordhagen @hakonnordhagen.bsky.social · 22h

Trontalen 2025: «Norge har fått et nytt, forsterket klimamål. Det krever ny teknologi og mer internasjonalt samarbeid.»

Vi trenger verken «ny teknologi» (altså teknologi som ikke finnes) eller «internasjonalt samarbeid» for å kutte egne utslipp.

Vi vet utmerket godt hva vi må gjøre.

Hans Majestet Kongens tale til det 170. Storting ved dets åpning

Ærede President, Folkets representanter. Jeg hilser Stortinget velkommen til ansvarsfullt arbeid og ønsker at det må bli til gagn for fedrelandet.

www.regjeringen.no

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 1d

It's the 'Scientists Responsibility Summit' today.

Here's a live thread with some take aways from each talk... 🧵

Scientist Rebellion Germany @scientistrebger.bsky.social · 2d

Tomorrow: Scientists Responsibility Summit!

What is the appropriate stance of scientists in the polycrisis? Let's develop practical paths for a transformative role of academia.

🏛️Attend in-person at HU Berlin: blogs.fu-berlin.de/scientistsre...
💻 Streaming (Webex): tinyurl.com/nh5kpt4e

Scientists Responsibility Summit
Berlin
11. October 2025 9:00-18:00
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Dorotheenstr. 24, 10117 Berlin
https://blogs.fu-berlin.de/scientistsresponsibilitysummit/

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Annika Brockschmidt @ardenthistorian.bsky.social · 1d

„“You realize,” he tells his audience when interpreting a particular Japanese manga, “in my interpretation … who runs the world is something like the antichrist.” Here’s a man who, together with a couple of fellow Silicon Valley freaks, helped return a sundowning caudillo to a presidency…“

Peter Thiel’s off-the-record antichrist lectures reveal more about him than Armageddon

Silicon Valley titan desperately tries to detach self from power in amateurish talks attempting to ape his favorite philosopher

www.theguardian.com

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Håkon Nordhagen @hakonnordhagen.bsky.social · 1d

Ps: the semi-submersible SBX (sea based x-band radar) in the middle of the pacific and featured in the film, was built in Norway (same design as used for oil&gas in the north sea)

Picture of a sea baser x-Band (SBX) Radar at sea. (U.S. Missile Defense Agency) as semi-submersible built in Norway.

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 1d

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

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Mathias Kilsti Hals @kilstihals.bsky.social · 1d

*selger bygg for 20 millioner*

*oppstår kommunalt behov for den tomta*

*leier tilbake bygg for 5 millioner i året*

Høyre: Vi har tjent penger!

Mathias Kilsti Hals @kilstihals.bsky.social · 1d

«Problemet med borgerlig politikk er at du til slutt går tom for offentlige verdier å selge»

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Håkon Nordhagen @hakonnordhagen.bsky.social · 1d

«nuclear power faces the same fundamental challenges as fossil fuels – uncompetitive costs, stranded assets, a polluting legacy and unrivaled competition from renewables.»

But why trivialise the cost of powering «AI», a sector facing many of the challenges above (+many etchical ones)?

Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 1d

Profs Amory Lovins, Mark Jacobson, Steve Thomas and me.
#nuclear #renewables #climate #SMR #Trump #Starmer
www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/a-go...

A ‘Golden Age’ of nuclear? | New Civil Engineer

The reason is simple. Nuclear costs are huge and rising and significant delays are the norm. The result is that nuclear power faces the same fundamental

www.newcivilengineer.com

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Håkon Nordhagen @hakonnordhagen.bsky.social · 1d

So it all lies in, whatever it is, this difference between «wisdom» and «intelligence»?

Some other, also hardcoded, version and analogy to Kahnemann’s system 1 and 2 (fast and slow) thinking?

Håkon Nordhagen @hakonnordhagen.bsky.social · 1d

Kanskje kompromisset også innebar, for noen, en viss vinst fra Polymarket.

bsky.app/profile/chad...

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1d

Someone made a lot of money through insider trading. On the international betting site Polymarket, the eventual winner of the Nobel Peace Prize Maria Corina Machado went from rank outsider to 70% favourite in the early hours of Friday before the award was announced.

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Håkon Nordhagen @hakonnordhagen.bsky.social · 1d

Any similarities?

What trait enabled our species to just continue acting in way we «deep down» know is not possible to continue?

Some evolutionary hang-up from the time our leader-of-the-pack was expected to eventually «sort it all out»?

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