håvard mokleiv nygård
@havardmn.bsky.social
Director of Knowledge the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation, Norad. Former peace researcher at PRIO. Science for a better, sustainable, and more just world.
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Jeg har ikke lest Bech Holtes nyeste bok, men jeg leste den forrige han skrev. Den virket mer som en slags meningsytring enn analyse når SSB gikk etter tallene hans i sømmene. @havardmn.bsky.social fotsetter der SSB slapp, og viser at det kan være tilfelle også denne gang.
www.dn.no/innlegg/bist...
www.dn.no/innlegg/bist...
Hva er Bech Holtes alternativ for dem som ikke ble født i et land som ble for rikt?
Vi har omfattende vitenskapelig belegg for at bistand virker. Ofte vet vi også hva som virker best.
www.dn.no
December 4, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Jeg har ikke lest Bech Holtes nyeste bok, men jeg leste den forrige han skrev. Den virket mer som en slags meningsytring enn analyse når SSB gikk etter tallene hans i sømmene. @havardmn.bsky.social fotsetter der SSB slapp, og viser at det kan være tilfelle også denne gang.
www.dn.no/innlegg/bist...
www.dn.no/innlegg/bist...
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Turns out they/them pronouns are useful when you want to distance yourself from responsibility for the war crimes.
Hegseth: "As President Trump always has our back, we always have the back of our commanders who are making decisions in difficult situations. All these strikes, they're making judgement calls ensuring they defend the American people. They've done the right things. We'll keep doing that."
December 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Turns out they/them pronouns are useful when you want to distance yourself from responsibility for the war crimes.
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«Også Ap lyt ta inn over seg nokre realitetar. Noreg har vedtatt at vi skal bli eit lågutslepp-samfunn i 2050. Det er ingen veg utanom ein gradvis, men ikkje dramatisk utfasing. Dette er altså ikkje eit ekstremt aktivistpåfunn, men vedtatt politikk i dette landet» www.abcnyheter.no/stemmer/buds...
Ap-forhandlerne har sviktet grovt
Ap trudde forhandlingane med MDG var eit vaksenopplæringsprosjekt. Det var å gjere opp rekning utan vert.
www.abcnyheter.no
December 2, 2025 at 6:18 AM
«Også Ap lyt ta inn over seg nokre realitetar. Noreg har vedtatt at vi skal bli eit lågutslepp-samfunn i 2050. Det er ingen veg utanom ein gradvis, men ikkje dramatisk utfasing. Dette er altså ikkje eit ekstremt aktivistpåfunn, men vedtatt politikk i dette landet» www.abcnyheter.no/stemmer/buds...
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So pleased @theguardian.com's editorial board agrees with our expert committee that it makes a lot of sense to establish an International Panel on Inequality.
We are in an inequality emergency, and there are ways to lessen it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We are in an inequality emergency, and there are ways to lessen it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on the inequality emergency: why a Nobel prize winner’s warning must be heeded | Editorial
Editorial: Rising economic division is destabilising nations and eroding accountability. Joseph Stiglitz’s G20 blueprint offers a way toward global economic renewal
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
So pleased @theguardian.com's editorial board agrees with our expert committee that it makes a lot of sense to establish an International Panel on Inequality.
We are in an inequality emergency, and there are ways to lessen it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We are in an inequality emergency, and there are ways to lessen it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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John McCain couldn’t have possibly gotten hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians into the streets for months, even as regime forces killed over 100 protestors, nor get Ukraine’s then-president to try banning free speech and assembly.
If you think about the conspiracy theory at all it is very stupid.
If you think about the conspiracy theory at all it is very stupid.
Wild how people like this, just like russians, still can’t comprehend that the Revolution of Dignity wasn’t staged. It was Ukrainians choosing freedom over fear. Imperialists and small minds always assume someone else must be pulling the strings, because they’ve never seen a nation with a spine.
December 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
John McCain couldn’t have possibly gotten hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians into the streets for months, even as regime forces killed over 100 protestors, nor get Ukraine’s then-president to try banning free speech and assembly.
If you think about the conspiracy theory at all it is very stupid.
If you think about the conspiracy theory at all it is very stupid.
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Indeed: Huntington was an early warning sign of how, amidst skyrocketing inequality, a small coterie of unpatriotic super elites would seek to tear down state structures while shouting racist narratives of blood and soil into the media that they control
Amid the liberal internationalist optimism of the late 1990s, Samuel Huntington foresaw a world marked by continued conflict.
Samuel Huntington Is Getting His Revenge
The idea of a global “clash of civilizations” wasn’t wrong—it was just premature.
foreignpolicy.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Indeed: Huntington was an early warning sign of how, amidst skyrocketing inequality, a small coterie of unpatriotic super elites would seek to tear down state structures while shouting racist narratives of blood and soil into the media that they control
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Exciting news on @malengo.org, the NGO that helps East African students move to Europe for education: Our research team has given us a glimpse of their early findings!
Here is the full writeup, joint with @richardnerland.bsky.social:
forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/CpZYHk...
Thread follows!
Here is the full writeup, joint with @richardnerland.bsky.social:
forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/CpZYHk...
Thread follows!
November 27, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Exciting news on @malengo.org, the NGO that helps East African students move to Europe for education: Our research team has given us a glimpse of their early findings!
Here is the full writeup, joint with @richardnerland.bsky.social:
forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/CpZYHk...
Thread follows!
Here is the full writeup, joint with @richardnerland.bsky.social:
forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/CpZYHk...
Thread follows!
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"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
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Actually it was fucking wrong. It was egregiously wrong. It's still wrong.
Amid the liberal internationalist optimism of the late 1990s, Samuel Huntington foresaw a world marked by continued conflict.
Samuel Huntington Is Getting His Revenge
The idea of a global “clash of civilizations” wasn’t wrong—it was just premature.
foreignpolicy.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Actually it was fucking wrong. It was egregiously wrong. It's still wrong.
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Can’t decide who this is worse for, the EU or the UK. But the real looser, of course, is European defence. So all of us.
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UK talks to join EU defence fund break down
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UK talks to join EU defence fund break down
UK talks to join EU defence fund break down
Discussions fail after Britain refuses to pay billions of euros in fees
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November 30, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Can’t decide who this is worse for, the EU or the UK. But the real looser, of course, is European defence. So all of us.
on.ft.com/4pb0xP6
UK talks to join EU defence fund break down
on.ft.com/4pb0xP6
UK talks to join EU defence fund break down
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"I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable Asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part of mankind, to whatever nation they might belong."
~George Washington to Francis Adrian van der Kemp, May 28, 1788.
Image: Gilbert Stuart portrait of Washington, 1804. Public domain.
~George Washington to Francis Adrian van der Kemp, May 28, 1788.
Image: Gilbert Stuart portrait of Washington, 1804. Public domain.
November 28, 2025 at 5:38 PM
"I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable Asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part of mankind, to whatever nation they might belong."
~George Washington to Francis Adrian van der Kemp, May 28, 1788.
Image: Gilbert Stuart portrait of Washington, 1804. Public domain.
~George Washington to Francis Adrian van der Kemp, May 28, 1788.
Image: Gilbert Stuart portrait of Washington, 1804. Public domain.
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It was not a plan but a capitulation document. It did not come together. It was a Russian document presented by some Americans as American. Be clear in your headlines. Help
people see the simple awfulness of things.
people see the simple awfulness of things.
President Trump's proposal to end the war in Ukraine heavily favored Russia in its initial form and included demand that Kyiv has consistently rejected. Here's how the plan came together.
Listen to "The Daily."
Listen to "The Daily."
The Ukrainian Peace Plan Written by … Russia?
President Trump’s proposal to end the war in Ukraine heavily favored Moscow in its initial form and included demands that Kyiv has consistently rejected.
nyti.ms
November 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
It was not a plan but a capitulation document. It did not come together. It was a Russian document presented by some Americans as American. Be clear in your headlines. Help
people see the simple awfulness of things.
people see the simple awfulness of things.
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The Trump admin has introduced changes to the global flows of people, finance, & more—w/ major repercussions for women in LMICs.
Both directly & indirectly, the policies across aid, migration, & trade have harmed women. @charlesjkenny.bsky.social explains:
https://go.cgdev.org/4rmWZKS
Both directly & indirectly, the policies across aid, migration, & trade have harmed women. @charlesjkenny.bsky.social explains:
https://go.cgdev.org/4rmWZKS
Women Have Been Disproportionately Harmed by Trump Administration Aid, Migration, and Trade Policies
The first year of the second Trump administration has seen a broad assault on global flows of goods, services, finance, and people, with an outsize impact on low- and middle-income countries. As a sid...
www.cgdev.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The Trump admin has introduced changes to the global flows of people, finance, & more—w/ major repercussions for women in LMICs.
Both directly & indirectly, the policies across aid, migration, & trade have harmed women. @charlesjkenny.bsky.social explains:
https://go.cgdev.org/4rmWZKS
Both directly & indirectly, the policies across aid, migration, & trade have harmed women. @charlesjkenny.bsky.social explains:
https://go.cgdev.org/4rmWZKS
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Anders Opedal (CEO of Equinor) said something wrong here.
He said that the IEA said no need for new oil and gas before, now they say more oil and gas needed. This is wrong.
The no new oil and gas is if demand drops in line with 1.5C, and always has been.
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He said that the IEA said no need for new oil and gas before, now they say more oil and gas needed. This is wrong.
The no new oil and gas is if demand drops in line with 1.5C, and always has been.
1/
November 25, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Anders Opedal (CEO of Equinor) said something wrong here.
He said that the IEA said no need for new oil and gas before, now they say more oil and gas needed. This is wrong.
The no new oil and gas is if demand drops in line with 1.5C, and always has been.
1/
He said that the IEA said no need for new oil and gas before, now they say more oil and gas needed. This is wrong.
The no new oil and gas is if demand drops in line with 1.5C, and always has been.
1/
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This is wild!
Seven-day-ahead weather forecasts in high-income countries are more accurate than one-day-ahead weather forecasts in low-income countries.
Seven-day-ahead weather forecasts in high-income countries are more accurate than one-day-ahead weather forecasts in low-income countries.
November 25, 2025 at 9:07 PM
This is wild!
Seven-day-ahead weather forecasts in high-income countries are more accurate than one-day-ahead weather forecasts in low-income countries.
Seven-day-ahead weather forecasts in high-income countries are more accurate than one-day-ahead weather forecasts in low-income countries.
The amount of resources my kids believe, or worse expect, that the police spend on the pettiest crimes is just ridiculous. It’s like they want to live in a police state!!
a police car is driving down a highway in the rear view mirror .
ALT: a police car is driving down a highway in the rear view mirror .
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The amount of resources my kids believe, or worse expect, that the police spend on the pettiest crimes is just ridiculous. It’s like they want to live in a police state!!
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Det er noe… «faglig» som skurrer litt for meg i denne nyhetssaken og debatten som har fulgt siste uka, og skal prøve å forklare hva. www.vg.no/i/lngVKy?utm...
Internasjonale forskere vil ha tiltak mot ultraprosessert mat
Global forskning viser helseutfordringene ved ultraprosessert mat og etterlyser tiltak på nasjonalt nivå – også i Norge.
www.vg.no
November 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Det er noe… «faglig» som skurrer litt for meg i denne nyhetssaken og debatten som har fulgt siste uka, og skal prøve å forklare hva. www.vg.no/i/lngVKy?utm...
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Nå er kanskje min omgangskrets lite representativ, men to reint praktiske og økonomiske forhold ved det å skulle få tre barn istedenfor to som faktisk virker begrensende og får lite plass i debatten om den fallende fruktbarheten:
November 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Nå er kanskje min omgangskrets lite representativ, men to reint praktiske og økonomiske forhold ved det å skulle få tre barn istedenfor to som faktisk virker begrensende og får lite plass i debatten om den fallende fruktbarheten:
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Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
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Nok en gjennomgang. Jeg viser til flere i fredagens artikkel. snoen.substack.com/p/witkoff-dm...
November 23, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Nok en gjennomgang. Jeg viser til flere i fredagens artikkel. snoen.substack.com/p/witkoff-dm...
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The Atlantic has chosen 65 titles to help foster a child’s lifelong relationship with books and to give these formative works the respect and scrutiny they deserve. David Sims explains why he chose "The Very Hungry Caterpillar." Explore the full list at the link: theatln.tc/ktFFrmrR
November 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The Atlantic has chosen 65 titles to help foster a child’s lifelong relationship with books and to give these formative works the respect and scrutiny they deserve. David Sims explains why he chose "The Very Hungry Caterpillar." Explore the full list at the link: theatln.tc/ktFFrmrR
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This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Cas Mudde spells out what has become largely the consensus among researchers: moving right on immigration will not weaken the far right nor strengthen social democracy. If your reaction is "but in Denmark" please at least familiarize yourself with Danish politics
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark | Cas Mudde
This week’s local elections are the latest reminder that when social democrats move rightwards, they’re making a mistake, says academic and author Cas Mudde
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Cas Mudde spells out what has become largely the consensus among researchers: moving right on immigration will not weaken the far right nor strengthen social democracy. If your reaction is "but in Denmark" please at least familiarize yourself with Danish politics
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?