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Jacob Christensen @jacobchr.bsky.social · 16h

Pointen er vel helt enkelt at det er developere (eller om man vil: spekulanter) der bestemmer hvordan vores byer skal se ud

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I jyske byer vil man have højhuse. Og det er, uanset om »stakkels stadsarkitekter« advarer mod det

I Randers har man netop godkendt bygningen af et højhus, der er dobbelt så højt, som kommuneplanen foreskriver, at bygninger må være. Hvorfor skyder højhuse op alle vegne, selv om arkitekter og borger...

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Jacob Christensen @jacobchr.bsky.social · 18h

Samerne vil have synspunkter på det. De er jo ikke rigtige svenskere (på linje med jøder) ifølge SD

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Jacob Christensen @jacobchr.bsky.social · 18h

Kræft, hjerte/karsygdomme og sygdomme i åndedrætsorganerne er det der tager livet af os (Statistikbanken DODB1)

Jacob Christensen @jacobchr.bsky.social · 18h

Åkesson er fra Skåne

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Jacob Christensen @jacobchr.bsky.social · 1d

Hvis jeg nu var dansk-araber, så ville jeg måske have et par kommentarer

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Jacob Christensen @jacobchr.bsky.social · 1d

Tyskeren: Bitte halten Sie meinen Bier

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 1d

a lot of people want to read Trump and team's fossil fuel obsession as being about *money* but while there is of course a corruption element, it's primarily pure culture war stuff. even many of the big fossil fuel companies want to get into renewables because it's so obviously the future.

Brandon Bishop @brandontbishop.bsky.social · 1d

Coal production and employment in Wyoming has steadily been declining, much like the rest of the industry in the US.

Coal is a dead industry.

(Chart from here: www.uwyo.edu/cbea/wyoming... )

Graphs showing coal production (left) and employment in coal (right) for the state of Wyoming from 1983 to 2020 from the linked website. Coal production was rapidly increasing until 2008 and has more or less steadily decreased since. Employment in coal likewise rapidly increased until 2009, was stable until 2012 and has rapidly decreased since.

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 1d

the percentage of current U.S. gov policy that can be explained by the fact that trump has appointed a bunch of 12 year olds who are addicted to social media is frankly terrifying

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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 1d

Being reliant on X for formal public interest communication is not viable.

Danish police (finally) leaves X and creates their own channel for formal communication and announcements.

Communication sovereignty.

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Politiet får ny kommunikationskanal i 2026 | Nyheder | Rigspolitiet

Når politiet i fremtiden skal kommunikere korte beskeder af operativ karakter til offentligheden, vil det foregå via en ny kanal på politiets hjemmeside. Det sker for at sikre ejerskab over og fri adg...

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Jacob Christensen @jacobchr.bsky.social · 1d

“Forhandle” er ikke lige det ord jeg ville sætte i overskriften. Men 🚼 ødelægger sproget

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”Trump vill förhandla sig till lydnad från universiteten” | Forskning & Framsteg

I början av oktober i år skickade Trump-administrationen ett slags kontrakt till nio amerikanska universitet. Om lärosätena går med på en rad åtgärder och principer …

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 1d

When authoritarians tell you they like authoritarianism, over and over and over and over and over again, believe them

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump on Egypt: "They have very little crime. Because they don't play games. That's why. Like we do in the United States with governors that have no idea what they're doing."

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1d

One of Trump’s few consistent positions is pro-corruption.

Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 1d

Trump calls on the Israeli President to pardon Benjamin Netanyahu:

"Cigars and champagne - who the hell cares about it?"

Netanyahu is currently on trial for bribery, fraud, and breach of trust, including allegedly accepting 700,000 shekels (approx. $210,000) worth of luxury goods in bribes.

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Simon Hix @simonhix.bsky.social · 1d

Increasingly, politics in West Europe is a mirror of East Europe, with a large radical right party against a rag-tag of centrist/liberal, centre-left, green and radical left parties and a rapidly declining centre right. The challenge is to coordinate the progressive opposition to the radical right.

Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 1d

Scholars & pundits have focussed a lot on the electoral demise of center left, but in doing so we paid to little attention to the electoral problems of the center right.

Case-in-points here not only British conservatives or center right in France, but increasingly also the center right in Spain.

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Jacob Christensen @jacobchr.bsky.social · 1d

Der er generelt en fascinerende forskel på nyheds- og debatsektionen på den ene side og erhvervssektionen hos Berlingske på den anden.

Nok fordi der er virkelige penge involveret i erhvervsstoffet. (Og den der laver Berlingskes overskrifter er virkelig pro-Trump)

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Ethics in Bricks @ethicsinbricks.bsky.social · 1d

"Academic" is just a fancy job title for Elsevier's content creators.

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Jacob Christensen @jacobchr.bsky.social · 1d

Tjah, bum. NOVOs vækst virkede ustoppelig for et år siden

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Jacob Christensen @jacobchr.bsky.social · 1d

God tur. Der sker altid et eller andet i London

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Jacob Christensen @jacobchr.bsky.social · 2d

Når jeg tænker på problemet med at holde styr på mail, Teams og itslearning bare på arbejde

Erin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 2d

I counted up the number of ways (platforms, accounts, apps) that people in my professional and personal lives plus healthcare systems and kid’s school are contacting me and uhh. This is objectively impossible.

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Jacob Christensen @jacobchr.bsky.social · 2d

Har skippet både danske og svenske partilederdebatter. Ser denne i stedet www.svtplay.se/video/jMd2zW...

Markus Krunegård - Allt är bättre i Finland

Markus Krunegård bestämde sig vid 44 års ålder för att testa något helt nytt. Han ville verkligen ta sitt finska arv på allvar. Med ett nytt album - helt skrivet på finska - ville Markus som helt okän...

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Lewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social · 2d

It’s infuriating that so mediocre and crude a power as Russia is running rings round European democracies and that they have so many willing collaborators.

Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 2d

New post just out:

The relationship between Russia and the European radical right goes well beyond Reform's Nathan Gill being bribed.

In this post I trace the history back to the 1990s and look at the threat it poses now.

(£/free trial)

open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/r...

Russia and the rise of the radical right

Marine Le Pen meets with Putin before the 2017 French Presidential election (Photo credit Mikhail Klimentyev/AFP via Getty Images)

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LSE EUROPP Blog @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social · 7d

Are Christians in Western Europe more likely to be Islamophobic than other citizens?

New research finds no link between personal Christian beliefs and Islamophobia, but a close association with nativism/authoritarianism.

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Islamophobia in Western Europe is not driven by religiosity

Are Christians more likely to be Islamophobic than other citizens in Europe? New research finds European Islamophobia has no link to a person’s religiosity.

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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 2d

It is really pretty depressing

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Jacob Christensen @jacobchr.bsky.social · 3d

That. And an incredibly gifted actor 😢

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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 3d

Damn.

Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 3d

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
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Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 3d

Are you fucking kidding me.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4d

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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