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“It is cruel jest to tell a bootless man that he ought to lift himself by his own bootstraps.” - MLK
World's southernmost capital city, NZ/Aotearoa
World's southernmost capital city, NZ/Aotearoa
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I’ve often noted my belief that out of all societal systems industrialized countries have tested so far, #Nordic #SocialDemocracy is, if not the best, then at least the least bad.
Despite all its very real flaws and shortcomings.
Here’s one BIG reason: Social #Democracy makes us free.
Despite all its very real flaws and shortcomings.
Here’s one BIG reason: Social #Democracy makes us free.
I wrote this from personal experience almost 8 years ago (!!!). Still think it holds quite well.
Even if #Finland ‘s current right-wing government is hell-bent on reducing our real freedoms, by dismantling what’s left of our greatest achievement: the welfare state.
jmkorhonen.net/2017/12/05/f...
Even if #Finland ‘s current right-wing government is hell-bent on reducing our real freedoms, by dismantling what’s left of our greatest achievement: the welfare state.
jmkorhonen.net/2017/12/05/f...
Finland is the land of personal freedom, and that’s why I love it
On December 6th 2017, Finland celebrates her centennial as an independent nation. Exactly one hundred years ago, the Finnish Parliament finally voted for the motion to sever all ties to the revolut…
jmkorhonen.net
November 26, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I’ve often noted my belief that out of all societal systems industrialized countries have tested so far, #Nordic #SocialDemocracy is, if not the best, then at least the least bad.
Despite all its very real flaws and shortcomings.
Here’s one BIG reason: Social #Democracy makes us free.
Despite all its very real flaws and shortcomings.
Here’s one BIG reason: Social #Democracy makes us free.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
"You'll be visited by three spirits."
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
November 25, 2025 at 2:41 AM
"You'll be visited by three spirits."
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
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“NZ is like mainly two large islands?”
“Yeah”
“So you must have a good ferry link”
“Our ferries are old and break down often”
“So you’ve got big tugs?”
“Minister of Transport just cancelled the tug. Said it wasn’t needed”
“Oh I guess the water is pretty calm”
“Rough as guts. Sunk a ferry once.
“Yeah”
“So you must have a good ferry link”
“Our ferries are old and break down often”
“So you’ve got big tugs?”
“Minister of Transport just cancelled the tug. Said it wasn’t needed”
“Oh I guess the water is pretty calm”
“Rough as guts. Sunk a ferry once.
November 24, 2025 at 11:16 PM
“NZ is like mainly two large islands?”
“Yeah”
“So you must have a good ferry link”
“Our ferries are old and break down often”
“So you’ve got big tugs?”
“Minister of Transport just cancelled the tug. Said it wasn’t needed”
“Oh I guess the water is pretty calm”
“Rough as guts. Sunk a ferry once.
“Yeah”
“So you must have a good ferry link”
“Our ferries are old and break down often”
“So you’ve got big tugs?”
“Minister of Transport just cancelled the tug. Said it wasn’t needed”
“Oh I guess the water is pretty calm”
“Rough as guts. Sunk a ferry once.
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My "Totally Not Another Enron" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.
it's happening dot gif
November 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
My "Totally Not Another Enron" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.
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It's remarkable how incompetent this administration is. In a way, I'm grateful for it. They step on each other's toes, leak stories, stick both feet in their mouths, and constantly infight. They're led by an ignorant and malignant moron that they're afraid of who keeps worsening.
November 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
It's remarkable how incompetent this administration is. In a way, I'm grateful for it. They step on each other's toes, leak stories, stick both feet in their mouths, and constantly infight. They're led by an ignorant and malignant moron that they're afraid of who keeps worsening.
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The Cook Islands allowed over a hundred shadow fleet tankers trafficking sanctioned Russian and Iranian oil. A Big Read from me looking at the curious case of Maritime Cook Islands with an investigation employing big data analysis and fieldwork in Raro. www.nzherald.co.nz/business/com...
The dark fleet hiding in our own backyard: How the Cook Islands sold its flag to Moscow and Tehran
SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: How shadow fleets made the Cook Islands flag inconvienent.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The Cook Islands allowed over a hundred shadow fleet tankers trafficking sanctioned Russian and Iranian oil. A Big Read from me looking at the curious case of Maritime Cook Islands with an investigation employing big data analysis and fieldwork in Raro. www.nzherald.co.nz/business/com...
November 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off, Charlie Brown!
It's Chinatown, Charlie Brown
The Dark Crystal Calls, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off, Charlie Brown!
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Holy shit. So Elon decides it would be nice to know what region of the world people are posting from. So they add that little feature.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Holy shit. So Elon decides it would be nice to know what region of the world people are posting from. So they add that little feature.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
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Vance asks for a "little bit of patience." Sound familiar? Hoover plunged the nation into Depression asking Americans "if you will have patience".
Meanwhile, a taxi driver with cancer in Arizona has premiums go up from $44 to $2,600 a month.
Meanwhile, a taxi driver with cancer in Arizona has premiums go up from $44 to $2,600 a month.
November 23, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Vance asks for a "little bit of patience." Sound familiar? Hoover plunged the nation into Depression asking Americans "if you will have patience".
Meanwhile, a taxi driver with cancer in Arizona has premiums go up from $44 to $2,600 a month.
Meanwhile, a taxi driver with cancer in Arizona has premiums go up from $44 to $2,600 a month.
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Absolutely right. And let’s be honest about the timing: every time accountability starts closing in on Trump: Epstein files, witnesses, reporting…suddenly there’s a brand-new “crisis” he manufactures to dominate the headlines. People’s lives aren’t a distraction tool.
We’re about to invade Venezuela because trump wants their oil. No other reason. The airspace has been cleared. Embassies are being evacuated. Flights are being canceled.
He’s going to kill people for oil.
He’s going to kill people for oil.
November 24, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Absolutely right. And let’s be honest about the timing: every time accountability starts closing in on Trump: Epstein files, witnesses, reporting…suddenly there’s a brand-new “crisis” he manufactures to dominate the headlines. People’s lives aren’t a distraction tool.
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Finally, the media worm is turning on Trump:
*NYT reports Rs quietly looking beyond Trump
*Axios says "red alert" time for Trump/GOP
*Politico reports MAGA culture-war now failing
*Trump clearly declining in many polls
On the pod we parse through all this evidence:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
*NYT reports Rs quietly looking beyond Trump
*Axios says "red alert" time for Trump/GOP
*Politico reports MAGA culture-war now failing
*Trump clearly declining in many polls
On the pod we parse through all this evidence:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
Trump Is a Weak, Failing President, and the Media Is Finally Saying So
As Trump’s downward spiral starts producing harsher media coverage, a writer who regularly dissects MAGA and political media explains why he’s entering a tailspin that will be very hard to reverse.
newrepublic.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Finally, the media worm is turning on Trump:
*NYT reports Rs quietly looking beyond Trump
*Axios says "red alert" time for Trump/GOP
*Politico reports MAGA culture-war now failing
*Trump clearly declining in many polls
On the pod we parse through all this evidence:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
*NYT reports Rs quietly looking beyond Trump
*Axios says "red alert" time for Trump/GOP
*Politico reports MAGA culture-war now failing
*Trump clearly declining in many polls
On the pod we parse through all this evidence:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
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Ok, this @reckless.bsky.social piece in @theverge.com is definitely the most fun piece of service journalism I've read this year (or maybe ever).
www.theverge.com/tech/641940/...
www.theverge.com/tech/641940/...
Best printer 2025: just buy a Brother laser printer, the winner is clear, middle finger in the air
Best Printer 2025: wireless laser home office supply shop now Brother
www.theverge.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Ok, this @reckless.bsky.social piece in @theverge.com is definitely the most fun piece of service journalism I've read this year (or maybe ever).
www.theverge.com/tech/641940/...
www.theverge.com/tech/641940/...
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Trump's erratic and unpredictable, but both Mamdani and Slotkin showed you can advance your message and make him look terrible if you state core principles clearly and refuse to bend the knee. www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-mamd...
Dems win key messaging battles against Trump
Dems across the ideological spectrum are taking him on and emerging stronger.
www.publicnotice.co
November 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Trump's erratic and unpredictable, but both Mamdani and Slotkin showed you can advance your message and make him look terrible if you state core principles clearly and refuse to bend the knee. www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-mamd...
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These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Nov. 24, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
November 24, 2025 at 6:50 AM
These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Nov. 24, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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Whenever you think this can’t get any lower, Orbán proves otherwise.
Orbán is posting right-wing extremist tourism ads, and Austria’s most prominent right-wing extremist, Martin S., responds to this post with "Right decision." Well then.
Orbán is posting right-wing extremist tourism ads, and Austria’s most prominent right-wing extremist, Martin S., responds to this post with "Right decision." Well then.
November 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Whenever you think this can’t get any lower, Orbán proves otherwise.
Orbán is posting right-wing extremist tourism ads, and Austria’s most prominent right-wing extremist, Martin S., responds to this post with "Right decision." Well then.
Orbán is posting right-wing extremist tourism ads, and Austria’s most prominent right-wing extremist, Martin S., responds to this post with "Right decision." Well then.
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UPDATE: Americans who use
YouTube 84%
Facebook 71%
Instagram 50%
TikTok 37%
WhatsApp 32%
Reddit 26%
Snapchat 25%
X (Twitter) 21%
Threads 8%
Bluesky 4%
Truth Social 3%
Full Pew Research Center report: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/11/20/americans-social-media-use-2025/
YouTube 84%
Facebook 71%
Instagram 50%
TikTok 37%
WhatsApp 32%
Reddit 26%
Snapchat 25%
X (Twitter) 21%
Threads 8%
Bluesky 4%
Truth Social 3%
Full Pew Research Center report: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/11/20/americans-social-media-use-2025/
November 23, 2025 at 9:55 PM
UPDATE: Americans who use
YouTube 84%
Facebook 71%
Instagram 50%
TikTok 37%
WhatsApp 32%
Reddit 26%
Snapchat 25%
X (Twitter) 21%
Threads 8%
Bluesky 4%
Truth Social 3%
Full Pew Research Center report: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/11/20/americans-social-media-use-2025/
YouTube 84%
Facebook 71%
Instagram 50%
TikTok 37%
WhatsApp 32%
Reddit 26%
Snapchat 25%
X (Twitter) 21%
Threads 8%
Bluesky 4%
Truth Social 3%
Full Pew Research Center report: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/11/20/americans-social-media-use-2025/
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“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
The CDC’s new autism page reads like an anti-vax blog, and the agency's employees are not happy about it.
The CDC’s new autism page reads like an anti-vax blog, and the agency's employees are not happy about it.
“Embarrassing” and “horrifying”: CDC workers describe the new vaccines and autism page
"The best way I can put it is it feels like we're on a hijacked airplane."
www.motherjones.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
“The best way I can put it is it feels like we’re on a hijacked airplane.”
The CDC’s new autism page reads like an anti-vax blog, and the agency's employees are not happy about it.
The CDC’s new autism page reads like an anti-vax blog, and the agency's employees are not happy about it.
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Instagram’s former head of safety and well-being Vaishnavi Jayakumar testified that when she joined Meta in 2020 she was shocked to learn that the company had a “17x” strike policy for accounts that reportedly engaged in the “trafficking of humans for sex.”
time.com/7336204/meta...
time.com/7336204/meta...
November 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Instagram’s former head of safety and well-being Vaishnavi Jayakumar testified that when she joined Meta in 2020 she was shocked to learn that the company had a “17x” strike policy for accounts that reportedly engaged in the “trafficking of humans for sex.”
time.com/7336204/meta...
time.com/7336204/meta...
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You throw around the term 'conservative' despite the brutal murder Colonel Mustard committed with the candlestick in the conservatory?
There are some truly unhinged bits in the piece about Glasman, as to be expected when dealing with Glasman, but seriously what the actual? That's...one hell of a conflation of terminology.
November 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
You throw around the term 'conservative' despite the brutal murder Colonel Mustard committed with the candlestick in the conservatory?
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it's wild to think that about one CEO ago ago, people were looking at Google and Apple as brands they wore in their personal lives as badges of honour and in the space of less time than it takes a cicada to mature the consensus is now that they are the enemy of public safety
it is absolutely the tech companies fault that people now assume they’re doing something evil and sneaky even when they actually aren’t (regarding the latest Google kerfuffle)
like, no kidding that people have zero willingness to cut big tech the benefit of the doubt anymore
like, no kidding that people have zero willingness to cut big tech the benefit of the doubt anymore
November 23, 2025 at 9:54 AM
it's wild to think that about one CEO ago ago, people were looking at Google and Apple as brands they wore in their personal lives as badges of honour and in the space of less time than it takes a cicada to mature the consensus is now that they are the enemy of public safety
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Grand opening, grand closing.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
November 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Grand opening, grand closing.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
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Are you fucking kidding me it’s like we are living in a cartoon
November 21, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Are you fucking kidding me it’s like we are living in a cartoon