Trygve Kalland
@kalland.me
Civil servant, former military officer, tech-loving luddite. Novelist, occasionally.
Loves books. Secret AFOL. Hates bullies and authoritarians.
Loves books. Secret AFOL. Hates bullies and authoritarians.
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Jeg vil ikke leke med andre, jeg har ikke villet leke med andre siden jeg var åtte år gammel, slutt å prøv å få meg til å leke med andre
(oda ranter i gamerdåttno)
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(oda ranter i gamerdåttno)
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Kommentar: Helvete er andre folk
Selv de mest utadvendte av oss har ikke lyst til å være sosiale hele tida. Uansett hvor mye spillselskapene tjener på det.
www.gamer.no
February 8, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Jeg vil ikke leke med andre, jeg har ikke villet leke med andre siden jeg var åtte år gammel, slutt å prøv å få meg til å leke med andre
(oda ranter i gamerdåttno)
www.gamer.no/artikler/hel...
(oda ranter i gamerdåttno)
www.gamer.no/artikler/hel...
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Tenk å gå gjennom denne uka og lande på at det er bistanden til verdens fattigste som må reduseres, og ikke den ekstreme konsentrasjonen av rikdom og makt hos noen få enkeltindivider.
February 7, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Tenk å gå gjennom denne uka og lande på at det er bistanden til verdens fattigste som må reduseres, og ikke den ekstreme konsentrasjonen av rikdom og makt hos noen få enkeltindivider.
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This is why Shakespeare is the greatest genius who ever lived. And this is just from a few pages he wrote in someone else's play.
Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
February 5, 2026 at 2:50 PM
This is why Shakespeare is the greatest genius who ever lived. And this is just from a few pages he wrote in someone else's play.
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"På få dager har Toje altså gått fra å kun å ha møtt Bannon én gang, ikke huske noen samtale om Listhaug, og ikke hatt noen annen kontakt, til at han har møtt Bannon, at han har snakka med Bannon om å møte Listhaug, og deretter maila med Bannon."
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Historiene til Toje går ikke opp
Det er jo interessant å se hvordan media bøyer seg for litt offererrolle og hylekor fra høyresida. NRK gir nå en beklagelse til Asle To...
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February 4, 2026 at 8:36 PM
"På få dager har Toje altså gått fra å kun å ha møtt Bannon én gang, ikke huske noen samtale om Listhaug, og ikke hatt noen annen kontakt, til at han har møtt Bannon, at han har snakka med Bannon om å møte Listhaug, og deretter maila med Bannon."
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write.as/eivindtraeda...
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I have found that I am developing something resembling revulsion at anyone with a platform, power, and/or privilege who is not using them to speak out about / push back on everything that's happening right now
February 4, 2026 at 9:26 PM
I have found that I am developing something resembling revulsion at anyone with a platform, power, and/or privilege who is not using them to speak out about / push back on everything that's happening right now
«Given the United States’ still considerable assets and geographic advantages, predatory hegemony may work for a time. In the long run, however, it is doomed to fail.»
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
The Predatory Hegemon
Ever since Donald Trump first became U.S. president, in 2017, commentators have searched for an adequate label to describe his approach to U.S. foreign relations. Writing in these pages, the political...
www.foreignaffairs.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:20 PM
«Given the United States’ still considerable assets and geographic advantages, predatory hegemony may work for a time. In the long run, however, it is doomed to fail.»
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
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Tenk deg den kaldeste dagen eller kvelden du har hatt i det siste. Så kan du prøve å tenke deg hvordan det ville vært å komme hjem til en like iskald leilighet.
Slik er forholdene i hundrevis av boligblokker i Kyiv nå. Tross Trumps oppfordring om en ukes pause fortsetter Russland å sende droner og raketter mot barnehager, boliger og kritisk infrastruktur. Lenger øst ser målet ut til å være å drive flest mulig på flukt.
www.kyivpost.com/post/69320
www.kyivpost.com/post/69320
Living Behind Icy Walls: a Look Inside a Frigid Kyiv Apartment Building
This is how Kyivites deal with the Kremlin’s attempts to freeze them into submission. Kyiv Post visits a building damaged due to Russian terror aimed at cutting off heat in subzero temperatures.
www.kyivpost.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Tenk deg den kaldeste dagen eller kvelden du har hatt i det siste. Så kan du prøve å tenke deg hvordan det ville vært å komme hjem til en like iskald leilighet.
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The MAGA regime envisioned Minneapolis as a warning to the rest of the nation.
But as the resistance is holding, the occupation is turning into something else: A rejection of the white nationalist worldview and a reminder of democratic freedom and solidarity.
But as the resistance is holding, the occupation is turning into something else: A rejection of the white nationalist worldview and a reminder of democratic freedom and solidarity.
February 2, 2026 at 5:52 PM
The MAGA regime envisioned Minneapolis as a warning to the rest of the nation.
But as the resistance is holding, the occupation is turning into something else: A rejection of the white nationalist worldview and a reminder of democratic freedom and solidarity.
But as the resistance is holding, the occupation is turning into something else: A rejection of the white nationalist worldview and a reminder of democratic freedom and solidarity.
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The Trumpists claim that multiracial pluralism is a dangerous lie, it is weak, it lacks cohesion, it stands no chance against the strength of the autocratic ethno-state.
But what they are encountering on the ground is a population mobilizing in defense of their non-white neighbors.
But what they are encountering on the ground is a population mobilizing in defense of their non-white neighbors.
February 2, 2026 at 5:51 PM
The Trumpists claim that multiracial pluralism is a dangerous lie, it is weak, it lacks cohesion, it stands no chance against the strength of the autocratic ethno-state.
But what they are encountering on the ground is a population mobilizing in defense of their non-white neighbors.
But what they are encountering on the ground is a population mobilizing in defense of their non-white neighbors.
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This is the question that defines the political conflict of our time: Can society function as an egalitarian democracy under conditions of multiracial, multi-religious, multicultural pluralism? The fundamental claim of ethno-nationalist movements across the world is that it cannot.
February 2, 2026 at 5:47 PM
This is the question that defines the political conflict of our time: Can society function as an egalitarian democracy under conditions of multiracial, multi-religious, multicultural pluralism? The fundamental claim of ethno-nationalist movements across the world is that it cannot.
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The resistance on the ground matters not only because the regime’s ability to consolidate authoritarian rule is being put to the test here. It matters because it refutes the core premise of MAGA’s worldview: That a multiracial, pluralistic society cannot – it must not! – work.
February 2, 2026 at 5:45 PM
The resistance on the ground matters not only because the regime’s ability to consolidate authoritarian rule is being put to the test here. It matters because it refutes the core premise of MAGA’s worldview: That a multiracial, pluralistic society cannot – it must not! – work.
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“Let us be clear: we want the power of the state. We wish to hold the criminals of the regime accountable. We wish to seize back the public funds looted by Trump and his cronies. We wish to undo the damage he has done to the government. More than any of that we wish to rebuild.”
From Powerlessness to Power
We will not achieve any of our ultimate goals without exercising state power, and the most effective way to take state power is through nonviolent but confrontational resistance.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:04 AM
“Let us be clear: we want the power of the state. We wish to hold the criminals of the regime accountable. We wish to seize back the public funds looted by Trump and his cronies. We wish to undo the damage he has done to the government. More than any of that we wish to rebuild.”
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Eit godt tips for å redusere angsten for at ei gruppe du er del av skal hamne i mindretal, er å jobbe for eit samfunn som ikkje diskriminerer eller på andre måtar behandlar mindretalet annleis enn fleirtalet, men som respekterer alle menneske uansett kva gruppe (inkludert minoritetar) dei tilhøyrer
February 1, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Eit godt tips for å redusere angsten for at ei gruppe du er del av skal hamne i mindretal, er å jobbe for eit samfunn som ikkje diskriminerer eller på andre måtar behandlar mindretalet annleis enn fleirtalet, men som respekterer alle menneske uansett kva gruppe (inkludert minoritetar) dei tilhøyrer
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Når MM helt berettiget har fått oversvømme sosiale medier med sine handlinger, er det på tide å minne om det som er enda viktigere (og verre): Asle Toje og Børge Brende. Dette er mennesker med konkret, direkte påvirkningskraft. Med makt. Og de er aktiva for utenlandske krefter, for å si det pent. 1/
Jeffrey Epstein i SMS til Trump-strateg: Asle Toje vil at du skal møte Sylvi Listhaug
– Hun tenker veldig likt som Steve Bannon, skrev Terje Rød-Larsen om Sylvi Listhaug i e-post til Jeffrey Epstein.
www.aftenposten.no
February 1, 2026 at 7:25 AM
Når MM helt berettiget har fått oversvømme sosiale medier med sine handlinger, er det på tide å minne om det som er enda viktigere (og verre): Asle Toje og Børge Brende. Dette er mennesker med konkret, direkte påvirkningskraft. Med makt. Og de er aktiva for utenlandske krefter, for å si det pent. 1/
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one of the key motions of protest is that it places the adversary in zugzwang: either they abide the protest, and look weak, or attack the protest, and look cruel
February 1, 2026 at 5:49 AM
one of the key motions of protest is that it places the adversary in zugzwang: either they abide the protest, and look weak, or attack the protest, and look cruel
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Har skrevet i Klassekampen om den norske høyresidas pinlige fascinasjon for Trump.
Det finnes heldigvis få åpne MAGA-tilhengere i norsk politikk i dag. Men særlig nært FrP er det forbausende kort siden flere av partiets topper ble forført av Trump og MAGA-bevegelsen.
Det finnes heldigvis få åpne MAGA-tilhengere i norsk politikk i dag. Men særlig nært FrP er det forbausende kort siden flere av partiets topper ble forført av Trump og MAGA-bevegelsen.
January 30, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Har skrevet i Klassekampen om den norske høyresidas pinlige fascinasjon for Trump.
Det finnes heldigvis få åpne MAGA-tilhengere i norsk politikk i dag. Men særlig nært FrP er det forbausende kort siden flere av partiets topper ble forført av Trump og MAGA-bevegelsen.
Det finnes heldigvis få åpne MAGA-tilhengere i norsk politikk i dag. Men særlig nært FrP er det forbausende kort siden flere av partiets topper ble forført av Trump og MAGA-bevegelsen.
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Forsvarsminister Tore O. Sandvik vil garantert få pepper for dette. Men etter mitt skjønn har han helt rett, og fortjener honnør for å si det som bør sies.
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Forsvarsministeren ut mot Danby Choi og Wolfgang Wee: – De er ukritiske mikrofonstativ - Altinget
I sin store tale sa forsvarsminister Tore O. Sandvik (Ap) at russisk propaganda spres i Norge, blant annet som koseprat hos ledende podkastverter. Sjefredaktør i Subjekt, Danby Choi, anklager forsvars...
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January 30, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Forsvarsminister Tore O. Sandvik vil garantert få pepper for dette. Men etter mitt skjønn har han helt rett, og fortjener honnør for å si det som bør sies.
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Racism? it’s a list of compliments ❤️
Chris Rufo is so upset about the Minneapolis protests that he is resorting to anti-Nordic racism christopherrufo.com/p/the-curse-...
January 30, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Racism? it’s a list of compliments ❤️
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European governments are trying to step up their meme. This was posted by German foreign minister @aussenminister.diplo.de on Tiktok and Instagram.
Though not sure mixing E3 (with Keir Starmer) and lots of EU symbolism was entirely thought through.
For sure 🇪🇺
Though not sure mixing E3 (with Keir Starmer) and lots of EU symbolism was entirely thought through.
For sure 🇪🇺
January 30, 2026 at 6:41 AM
European governments are trying to step up their meme. This was posted by German foreign minister @aussenminister.diplo.de on Tiktok and Instagram.
Though not sure mixing E3 (with Keir Starmer) and lots of EU symbolism was entirely thought through.
For sure 🇪🇺
Though not sure mixing E3 (with Keir Starmer) and lots of EU symbolism was entirely thought through.
For sure 🇪🇺
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Denne sangen gjør meg oppriktig glad. Born in the USA tar hanskene av.
"Here in our home, they killed and roamed
In the winter of '26
We'll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
We'll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Minneapolis"
"Here in our home, they killed and roamed
In the winter of '26
We'll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
We'll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Minneapolis"
January 28, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Denne sangen gjør meg oppriktig glad. Born in the USA tar hanskene av.
"Here in our home, they killed and roamed
In the winter of '26
We'll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
We'll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Minneapolis"
"Here in our home, they killed and roamed
In the winter of '26
We'll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
We'll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Minneapolis"
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13/ Since Norwegian media do not seem to understand the context they are operating in, they are letting themselves be manipulated.
When fascists say mainstream media is «too woke» it’s not in good faith, they are manipulating you. Just like they radicalize young people, they are radicalizing you.
When fascists say mainstream media is «too woke» it’s not in good faith, they are manipulating you. Just like they radicalize young people, they are radicalizing you.
January 29, 2026 at 1:34 PM
13/ Since Norwegian media do not seem to understand the context they are operating in, they are letting themselves be manipulated.
When fascists say mainstream media is «too woke» it’s not in good faith, they are manipulating you. Just like they radicalize young people, they are radicalizing you.
When fascists say mainstream media is «too woke» it’s not in good faith, they are manipulating you. Just like they radicalize young people, they are radicalizing you.
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It is wild to me that a military incursion to steal another country’s resources so the president can have a personal slush fund in Qatar is like the 5th most scandalous thing currently happening.
this is a straightforward impeachable offense for trump, vance, rubio and every other person down the line who enabled it and the framers would have thought impeachment for it did not go nearly far enough
Marco Rubio: "The oil proceeds are being deposited into an account that ultimately will become a US Treasury blocked account here in the US. We will say 'this is what this money can be spent on.' They will submit to us a budget request -- 'we want to use the money on these things.'"
January 29, 2026 at 12:54 AM
It is wild to me that a military incursion to steal another country’s resources so the president can have a personal slush fund in Qatar is like the 5th most scandalous thing currently happening.
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Denne traff rett i hjertet! En lege med overblikk og evne til å se sammenhenger:
"En utbrent lærer trenger ikke å «finne det friske i seg selv». Hun trenger 25 elever i stedet for 35, tid til forberedelse og et arbeidsmiljø som ikke krever at hun er «på» 8 timer i strekk"
"En utbrent lærer trenger ikke å «finne det friske i seg selv». Hun trenger 25 elever i stedet for 35, tid til forberedelse og et arbeidsmiljø som ikke krever at hun er «på» 8 timer i strekk"
Svarer Kaveh Rashidi: Vi er ikke blitt for skjøre. Verden er blitt for hard.
Svarinnlegg fra lege Mozzie Marvati.
www.aftenposten.no
January 28, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Denne traff rett i hjertet! En lege med overblikk og evne til å se sammenhenger:
"En utbrent lærer trenger ikke å «finne det friske i seg selv». Hun trenger 25 elever i stedet for 35, tid til forberedelse og et arbeidsmiljø som ikke krever at hun er «på» 8 timer i strekk"
"En utbrent lærer trenger ikke å «finne det friske i seg selv». Hun trenger 25 elever i stedet for 35, tid til forberedelse og et arbeidsmiljø som ikke krever at hun er «på» 8 timer i strekk"
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As people in Iran intermittently regain connectivity, they are sharing that they feel abandoned. They have risked their lives in the streets, and the government killed tens of thousands of people. But instead of expelling Iranian diplomats and shutting down embassies, foreign governments are doing…
January 28, 2026 at 8:22 PM
As people in Iran intermittently regain connectivity, they are sharing that they feel abandoned. They have risked their lives in the streets, and the government killed tens of thousands of people. But instead of expelling Iranian diplomats and shutting down embassies, foreign governments are doing…
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Underkommuniserte bolverk mot fascisme: Aktivisme, dokumentering og kremt tydelige og velfungerende medier
The brilliant organization in Minneapolis was key, the multiple videos were a godsend & the clear, unfussy headlines and instant, lucid media analysis of the video was also crucial, to spread the word— w/out activism, documentation & media all fully functional, nobody will know about these tragedies
January 27, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Underkommuniserte bolverk mot fascisme: Aktivisme, dokumentering og kremt tydelige og velfungerende medier