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Jørn Tychsen @jorntychsen.bsky.social · 5h

Så den fatale fejl er ?

Jørn Tychsen @jorntychsen.bsky.social · 5h

Har jeg forstået det rigtigt? Påstanden er at den øvre middelklasses klimasnopperi er årsagen til tilbageslaget for klimadagsorden ? Ikke den populistiske højrefløj, krig i Ukraine, Trump, eller den lighedssøgende venstrefløj ?

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Anders Puck Nielsen @anderspucknielsen.dk · 17h

DF ønsker at skrotte grundloven og danske værdier som religionsfrihed for at bevare danskheden.

Re-mi-gra-ti-on. Husk ordet, det er den nye front i udlændingedebatten

Med stor hast er Dansk Folkeparti og store dele af den europæiske højrefløj på vej et sted hen, hvor hverken Socialdemokratiet eller Marine Le Pen vil være med. Remigration er den nye front i udlændin...

www.information.dk

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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 1d

Almost midnight in Kyiv.
Calm.
We have power, water.
Drops of rain gently sing a lullaby
to those who didn’t sleep last night.

Please, don’t take for granted
the quiet treasures you have –
power, water, windows, a roof.

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Sander Tordoir @sandertordoir.bsky.social · 1d

The inability of the US and Europe to build an own supply of rare earth refining - knowing for years it was a huge vulnerability - must be one of the most catastrophic policy failures of the decade.

One reason it‘s hard: the West cannot free trade its way out when China controls the price mechanism

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 1d

This strikes me as a pretty major Brexit shift from Starmer.

Perhaps the beginning of 'Brexit is sh1t and has caused real economic damage'.

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 1d

Fewer than 1 in 10 of our Congressional races are considered competitive - in a country that's politically more or less 50-50.

This is madness. And it doesn't have to be this way.

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 1d

"they are becoming very hostile, and sending letters to countries throughout the world... nobody has ever seen anything like this..." er, hang on, did I imagine a President with a tariff board at the start of April?

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

Trump on China: “We have been contacted by other Countries who are extremely angry at this great Trade hostility, which came out of nowhere.”

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Some very strange things are happening in China! They are becoming very hostile, and sending letters to Countries throughout the World, that they want to impose Export Controls on each and every element of production having to do with Rare Earths, and virtually anything else they can think of, even if it's not manufactured in China. Nobody has ever seen anything like this but, essentially, it would "clog" the Markets, and make life difficult for virtually every Country in the World, especially for China.
We have been contacted by other Countries who are extremely angry at this great Trade hostility, which came out of nowhere. Our relationship with China over the past six months has been a very good one, thereby making this move on Trade an even more surprising one. I have always felt that they've been lying in wait, and now, as usual, l have been proven right! There is no way that China should be allowed to hold the World
"captive," but that seems to have been their plan for quite some time, starting with the "Magnets" and, other Elements that they have quietly amassed into somewhat of a Monopoly position, a rather sinister and hostile move, to say the least. But the U.S. has Monopoly positions also,

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Jørn Tychsen @jorntychsen.bsky.social · 1d

Nu er det trods alt ikke hver dag der købes nye kampfly, og sidste gang købte vi latterligt få fordi vi var bekymret for prisen. K var en del af den fadæse men lidt mindre end de andre.

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Jørn Tychsen @jorntychsen.bsky.social · 1d

So, the UK is about as ready for Farrage as the US was for Trump. A bit concerning.

Jørn Tychsen @jorntychsen.bsky.social · 1d

Men hvis vi ser bort fra at de er amerikanske, så havde K ret i sin tid.
Problemet dengang var bare at de råbte og skreg så højt om skattelettelser samtidigt at de færreste tog dem seriøst når nu de ikke ville financiere flyene. Prisen var stort set det eneste debatten handlede om.

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 1d

On tariffs, there wasn't a lot the EU (or anyone else) could do to push back on the US damaging itself. On regulation, a lot more important to draw the line as is happening

Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 1d

🚨🚨Good news: The European Union has signaled it will not give in to pressure from Washington to tear up its #green rules in order to firm up a deal on #tariffs, @ec.europa.eu trade chief @sabineweyand.bsky.social has said to EU Member States. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/eu-t...

EU refuses to bow to Trump demands to tear up business rules

Brussels has signaled it won’t yield to U.S. pressure to ignite a bonfire of green regulations as part of their trade deal, a top official tells diplomats.

www.politico.eu

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Christoph Harig @charig.bsky.social · 1d

Just because someone isn't Trump, doesn't mean they are the last hope for liberal democracy

Yes, Machado does lead the opposition against an authoritarian leader

But to temper your excitement: she also just spoke at Spain's far-right party VOX conference alongside Orbán, Kickl, and Milei...

Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year:
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

The ‘Anthropological Change’ Happening in Venezuela

Maduro is still in place, but a pro-democracy movement is transforming the beleaguered country.

www.theatlantic.com

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Søren Have @sorenhave.dk · 1d

"... over two thirds of all [US] nitrogen fertilizer applications are for corn" 😵

And around 40% of the corn is for biofuel.

Crop-based biofuel is just the worst idea ever, climate-wise.

Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 3d

We need to talk much more about corn. And with it, excessive fertilizer use.

www.ewg.org/research/fer...

Fertilizing ‘continuous corn’ drives major source of farm greenhouse gases, but conservation can help

Millions of acres in four major Corn Belt states are used to grow "continuous corn” on the same fields year after year, requiring significant use of

www.ewg.org

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Jørn Tychsen @jorntychsen.bsky.social · 1d

Jeg er da glad for at Randers først nævnes til sidst i den post. På den måde kan man se at Randers trods alt står over alle de andre begreber i anseelse. Det går mod bedre tider for os Randers borgere.

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Jørn Tychsen @jorntychsen.bsky.social · 1d

Like a pro

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Jørn Tychsen @jorntychsen.bsky.social · 1d

Tillykke. Det er heller ikke hængekøjevejr ret meget længere 🙂

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Ole Sanvig @sanvig.dk · 1d

#RussiaIsATerroristState

Ïne Back Ïversen @ineiversen.bsky.social · 1d

‼️ Kyiv tonight 💔
I can’t find the words anymore.
It keeps happening, same horrors, same devastations, same phrases, more pain. 😔 #RussiaisATerroistState

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Christopher Miller @christopherjm.ft.com · 2d

Explosions in Kyiv as Ukraine’s capital and its energy facilities come under “massive” Russian missile and drone attack, according to Ministry of Energy. Mayor Klitschko reported power and outages. I briefly lost power in city center. As I type this, Ukraine’s air defenses are countering drones…

Christopher Miller @christopherjm.ft.com · 2d

A series of massive Russian air strikes in the past week have disabled nearly 60 per cent of Ukraine’s gas production, raising fears of winter shortages.

"We need billions of cubic meters of gas more during the heating season."

Our interviews with CEOs of Naftogaz and DTEK:
on.ft.com/439o4qs

Russia destroys 60% of Ukraine’s gas production ahead of winter

[FREE TO READ] Moscow’s intensified bombing campaign seeks to ‘break our spirit’, says head of state energy group

on.ft.com

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Jørn Tychsen @jorntychsen.bsky.social · 2d

Biden havde de samme værktøjer og kunne ikke få Israel til at makke ret. Eller kunne han ikke bruge dem pga Iran og andre der truede Israels eksistens ? Jeg kan ikke se at Trump har tilført noget specielt med mindre at man siger Biden ikke udnyttede de muligheder de havde. Det er urealistisk.

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Jørn Tychsen @jorntychsen.bsky.social · 2d

Ja men de fakta er ikke nye, det har USA kunnet i mange år. Det er næppe muligheder Trump har bragt til bordet ved at ændre andre af USAs røde linjer. Men måske den slags trusler mulige fordi Iran mv er sat ud af spillet. Dvs omstændighederne er ændret.

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Jørn Tychsen @jorntychsen.bsky.social · 2d

Netanyahu kan også håbe at han kan gøre som han vil efter at Trump har fået hæderen. Sporene i Libanon og på Vestbredden antyder at den strategi kunne være valgt.

Jørn Tychsen @jorntychsen.bsky.social · 2d

Jamen jeg tror da også et stort eksternt pres har været tilstede. Ligesom det interne pres mod Netanyahu har været stigende i en periode. Bla. fordi man næppe kan nå meget videre med militære midler. Men hvad tilsiger at Trump har haft mere at presse med end andre ? hvad har han givet køb på ?

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Jørn Tychsen @jorntychsen.bsky.social · 2d

Andre (som i "alle") synes så åbenbart at Trump har været nøglen til det hele og at intet var hændt hvis ikke det havde været for ham. Som den eneste i verden savner jeg dog flere beviser for at det ikke bare var omstændighederne der gjorde en aftale mulig. www.dr.dk/nyheder/udla...

Trump har været sulten efter aftale i Gaza: 'Det er det her, folk elsker ham for'

Trump har endelig fået skabt den aftale, han længe har været sulten efter, siger DR's journalist i USA.

www.dr.dk

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Jørn Tychsen @jorntychsen.bsky.social · 2d

Jeg er nok alt for kynisk men jeg forstår ikke rigtigt den store fokus på gidslerne. Det er jo netop dem der giver Hamas noget at forhandle med. Hvordan kan 100 gidsler være afgørende i forhold til de 1200 dræbte 7 oktober eller for den sags skyld fremtidige dræbte. Israelske gidsler er hård valuta

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