Indignant Desert Bird
@longanimus.bsky.social
A shape with lion body and the head of a man,
A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,
Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it
Reel shadows of the indignant desert birds.
W.B. Yeats
A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,
Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it
Reel shadows of the indignant desert birds.
W.B. Yeats
Pinned
It is a commonplace that’s hardly worth
A poet’s while to make profound or terse,
That now the sun does not go round the earth,
That man’s no centre of the universe;
And working in an office makes it worse.
- W.H.Auden - Letter to Lord Byron -
A poet’s while to make profound or terse,
That now the sun does not go round the earth,
That man’s no centre of the universe;
And working in an office makes it worse.
- W.H.Auden - Letter to Lord Byron -
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Tutkimusta talousjärjestelmän tilasta yhä on, mutta se ei tunnu päätyvän ainakaan suomalaisen journalismin kautta lukijoiden ulottuville:
Kun ihmetellään miten hyvinvointivaltioon ei ole varaa. Tuloerot ovat kasvaneet valtavasti 80-luvun jälkeen. Varat kasautuvat taas ylimpään desiiliin, USAssa jo enemmän kuin ennen maailmansotia.
-Piketty 2019
-Piketty 2019
January 21, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Tutkimusta talousjärjestelmän tilasta yhä on, mutta se ei tunnu päätyvän ainakaan suomalaisen journalismin kautta lukijoiden ulottuville:
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How Trump is being reported in London this morning.
January 21, 2026 at 9:14 AM
How Trump is being reported in London this morning.
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NEW: At Davos Trump just confused Iceland and Greenland, when talking about recent declines in the stock market. “Our stock market took the first dip yesterday because of Iceland,” Trump said. “So Iceland’s already cost us a lot of money.” The 25th Amendment is screaming at us to use it!
January 21, 2026 at 2:25 PM
NEW: At Davos Trump just confused Iceland and Greenland, when talking about recent declines in the stock market. “Our stock market took the first dip yesterday because of Iceland,” Trump said. “So Iceland’s already cost us a lot of money.” The 25th Amendment is screaming at us to use it!
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I think deterrence... worked. Europe's response was actually strong. They sent forces to Denmark, they threatened to retaliate with tariffs, they talked about selling US debt, they made markets nervous and it looked like Trump TACO'd... for now.
January 21, 2026 at 3:21 PM
I think deterrence... worked. Europe's response was actually strong. They sent forces to Denmark, they threatened to retaliate with tariffs, they talked about selling US debt, they made markets nervous and it looked like Trump TACO'd... for now.
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The double cognitive load of a) the President is deranged, and nobody in power acting he's deranged is stressful, and b) there are millions of Americans who get their news from media sanewashing the President, so they don't *know* he's deranged, so they think *we're* deranged, is ... fun.
January 21, 2026 at 3:31 PM
The double cognitive load of a) the President is deranged, and nobody in power acting he's deranged is stressful, and b) there are millions of Americans who get their news from media sanewashing the President, so they don't *know* he's deranged, so they think *we're* deranged, is ... fun.
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In Trump's telling, the US are the equivalent of the Nazis
Trump: "No nation is in any position to be able to secure Greenland other than the US. We're a great power. Much greater than people even understand. I think they found that out 2 weeks ago in Venezuela. We saw this in World War 2 when Denmark fell to Germany after just 6 hours of fighting."
January 21, 2026 at 2:10 PM
In Trump's telling, the US are the equivalent of the Nazis
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Even after Trump is gone, the world will remember that he threatened to forcibly seize the territory of a peaceful democratic ally, and our institutions failed to immediately remove him. That makes US dangerously unreliable, not just one senile gangster.
His not being impeached by the end of the business day as a result of this threat is as much a problem as the threat itself. It’s not just Trump that the world has to worry about, it’s a GOP that supports him and Democrats who suck their thumbs and refuse to even discuss pushing to remove him
January 21, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Even after Trump is gone, the world will remember that he threatened to forcibly seize the territory of a peaceful democratic ally, and our institutions failed to immediately remove him. That makes US dangerously unreliable, not just one senile gangster.
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January 21, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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OMG, even @peterbakernyt.bsky.social is gets it: Trump was threatening force as the words "won't use force" were coming out of his mouth. Even Peter Baker, world-class Trump apologist, gets it!
Trump says he “won’t use force” to take Greenland, but insists that it be turned over to the United States. “Or,” he adds menacingly, “you can say no and we will remember.”https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01/21/us/trump-davos-greenland-news
January 21, 2026 at 3:27 PM
OMG, even @peterbakernyt.bsky.social is gets it: Trump was threatening force as the words "won't use force" were coming out of his mouth. Even Peter Baker, world-class Trump apologist, gets it!
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At the end of his „speech“, the room clapped.
They clapped.
They clapped.
January 21, 2026 at 3:28 PM
At the end of his „speech“, the room clapped.
They clapped.
They clapped.
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Mark Carney's speech is now only the second most acute analysis of where the world is at right now:
January 21, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Mark Carney's speech is now only the second most acute analysis of where the world is at right now:
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"Trump’s quixotic desire to take over Iceland baffles commentators" ‹ guy who thinks quixotic just means you are afraid of windmills, but got lucky
Trump: "There are windmills all over Europe. There are windmills all over the place. And they are losers. One thing I've noticed is that the more windmills a country has, the more money that country loses, and the worse that country is doing. I haven't been able to find any wind farms in China."
January 21, 2026 at 2:25 PM
"Trump’s quixotic desire to take over Iceland baffles commentators" ‹ guy who thinks quixotic just means you are afraid of windmills, but got lucky
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Yes. It's insane that the takeaway the media has is "Trump rules out military force" when he's doing the mafia-don threatening-while-pretending-hes-not-making-a-threat thing
This isn't Trump ruling out force to acquire Greenland. This is Trump acting like my Jewish grandmother who would say, "I could tell you I don't like that shirt, but I won't."
BREAKING: Donald Trump rules out using force to acquire Greenland - but still says he wants the "right, title and ownership" of the territory.
“We probably won’t get anything unless I decide to use excessive strength and force where we would be, frankly, unstoppable. But I won’t do that."
“We probably won’t get anything unless I decide to use excessive strength and force where we would be, frankly, unstoppable. But I won’t do that."
January 21, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Yes. It's insane that the takeaway the media has is "Trump rules out military force" when he's doing the mafia-don threatening-while-pretending-hes-not-making-a-threat thing
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“Democrats obscured Biden’s cognitive decline” is really being blown out of the water by “Republicans are embracing and profiting from Trump’s cognitive decline.”
January 21, 2026 at 2:28 PM
“Democrats obscured Biden’s cognitive decline” is really being blown out of the water by “Republicans are embracing and profiting from Trump’s cognitive decline.”
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Well Davos seems to be going great.
January 21, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Well Davos seems to be going great.
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please refer to your Davos phrasebook www.ft.com/content/ab4f...
January 21, 2026 at 2:23 PM
please refer to your Davos phrasebook www.ft.com/content/ab4f...
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His name is DAVID EASTERWOOD and he’s not just “reportedly associated,” he’s the Acting Director of the ICE Field Office here.
They want to be badass warrior spies with no mercy, no rules until they face the *tiniest* bit of accountability, then they cry like babies who got their juice box stolen.
They want to be badass warrior spies with no mercy, no rules until they face the *tiniest* bit of accountability, then they cry like babies who got their juice box stolen.
VAN SUSTEREN: The church -- that's a particularly troubling issue because you got a pastor, I purposely didn't name it, he's reportedly associated with ICE
NOEM: Thank you for not naming him. People don't realize that when you keep naming someone over and over, you increase the threats against them
NOEM: Thank you for not naming him. People don't realize that when you keep naming someone over and over, you increase the threats against them
January 21, 2026 at 2:05 PM
His name is DAVID EASTERWOOD and he’s not just “reportedly associated,” he’s the Acting Director of the ICE Field Office here.
They want to be badass warrior spies with no mercy, no rules until they face the *tiniest* bit of accountability, then they cry like babies who got their juice box stolen.
They want to be badass warrior spies with no mercy, no rules until they face the *tiniest* bit of accountability, then they cry like babies who got their juice box stolen.
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Imagine, speaking German in the Graubunden Canton of Switzerland
Without America, "right now, you'd all be speaking German" Trump tells an audience in Switzerland.
January 21, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Imagine, speaking German in the Graubunden Canton of Switzerland
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I really hate the term "sanewashing" in part because I think what mainstream news outlets really do is something different, which is take Trump statements that intentionally have several contradictory meanings and broadcast the most optimistic one
January 21, 2026 at 2:29 PM
I really hate the term "sanewashing" in part because I think what mainstream news outlets really do is something different, which is take Trump statements that intentionally have several contradictory meanings and broadcast the most optimistic one
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We can do this. A nice little gated community, somewhere in the Midwest. Called 'Greenland'. With all the facilities Trump needs.
Trump: all we ask for is a place called Greenland
January 21, 2026 at 2:30 PM
We can do this. A nice little gated community, somewhere in the Midwest. Called 'Greenland'. With all the facilities Trump needs.
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"Putting data centers in space pushed the billionaire toward an IPO, sources say" is a hell of a way to say "he's trying to squeak in an IPO before the window slams shut, as the AI hype cycle reaches an absurdly unsustainable denouement"
Sources: Elon Musk is pushing for a SpaceX IPO by July, seems eager to beat OpenAI and Anthropic to market, and views it as a way to help xAI catch its rivals (Wall Street Journal)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
January 21, 2026 at 2:28 PM
"Putting data centers in space pushed the billionaire toward an IPO, sources say" is a hell of a way to say "he's trying to squeak in an IPO before the window slams shut, as the AI hype cycle reaches an absurdly unsustainable denouement"
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His brain is mostly tapioca pudding at this point.
Good thing he doesn’t have the sole authority to launch a bunch of nuclear weapons.
*puts finger to earpiece* Sorry, I’m getting word from the control room that I am incorrect on that last part….
Good thing he doesn’t have the sole authority to launch a bunch of nuclear weapons.
*puts finger to earpiece* Sorry, I’m getting word from the control room that I am incorrect on that last part….
Trump is now confusing Greenland and Iceland: "They're not there for us on Iceland, that I can tell you. Our stock market took the first dip yesterday because of Iceland. So Iceland has already cost us a lot of money."
January 21, 2026 at 2:31 PM
His brain is mostly tapioca pudding at this point.
Good thing he doesn’t have the sole authority to launch a bunch of nuclear weapons.
*puts finger to earpiece* Sorry, I’m getting word from the control room that I am incorrect on that last part….
Good thing he doesn’t have the sole authority to launch a bunch of nuclear weapons.
*puts finger to earpiece* Sorry, I’m getting word from the control room that I am incorrect on that last part….
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Aina välillä palaan tähän ja olen aina yhtä ihmeissä. Miten on mahdollista, että Washingtonin suurlähettiläs oli tätä mieltä?
January 21, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Aina välillä palaan tähän ja olen aina yhtä ihmeissä. Miten on mahdollista, että Washingtonin suurlähettiläs oli tätä mieltä?
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Tämä on siitä loistava leikkauskohde, ettei sitä huomaa nyt heti paitsi joidenkin norsunluueliittien kitinänä, ja kun sen huomaa 10v kuluttua kun fiksuimmat junnut lähtevät Aasiaan opiskelemaan ja tuotekehityskin on siellä niin asialle on vaikea tehdä mitään.
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 21, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Tämä on siitä loistava leikkauskohde, ettei sitä huomaa nyt heti paitsi joidenkin norsunluueliittien kitinänä, ja kun sen huomaa 10v kuluttua kun fiksuimmat junnut lähtevät Aasiaan opiskelemaan ja tuotekehityskin on siellä niin asialle on vaikea tehdä mitään.
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Jupiter says: as for those puny men, let them keep their fire. I will make them ten times more miserable than they were before they had it
#philsky #AI #Prometheus
#philsky #AI #Prometheus
January 21, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Jupiter says: as for those puny men, let them keep their fire. I will make them ten times more miserable than they were before they had it
#philsky #AI #Prometheus
#philsky #AI #Prometheus