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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 3h

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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 4h

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Martin Norlin @martinnorlin.bsky.social · 1d

No peace prize for Trump. So now he'll have to invade Norway.

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Martin Norlin @martinnorlin.bsky.social · 1d

Fantastic, as always.

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Morten Morland @mortenmorland.bsky.social · 2d

Friday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...

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Martin Norlin @martinnorlin.bsky.social · 2d

Interesting slowing and reversal of trends.

MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 2d

🇺🇦 KIIS survey: 54% of Ukrainians against any territorial concessions.

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Martin Norlin @martinnorlin.bsky.social · 6d

+ fumlig motorik

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Martin Norlin @martinnorlin.bsky.social · 7d

Ät du, Brutus.

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Martin Norlin @martinnorlin.bsky.social · 11d

He uses the expression "left wing fascism", which of course is an oxymoron: fascism is by definition right wing, since it's nationalistic.

Timothy Snyder has coined the term "schizo-fascism": actual fascists calling their enemies fascists.

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Martin Norlin @martinnorlin.bsky.social · 13d

Hey Russia, how is your three day war going?

MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 13d

💡❗️"There are power outages, quite significant. Due to the fact that there is no power right now, there may be interruptions in notifying you about missile threats or UAV attacks," — mayor of Belgorod.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 18d

WATCH THIS: The most amazing thing about this remarkable 2002 car commercial is that it didn’t seem to realize at the time, or perhaps didn’t care, how effectively it made the point that cars and car infrastructure are a HUGE waste of space in cities. Award-winning 2002 ad for Saturn car company.

Saturn Ion commercial

YouTube video by Eliyahu Biton

youtube.com

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Martin Norlin @martinnorlin.bsky.social · 17d

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Martin Norlin @martinnorlin.bsky.social · 17d

Until Putin calls him, so, perhaps tomorrow? But I'd love to be wrong.

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Martin Norlin @martinnorlin.bsky.social · 18d

evErYthinG iS goInG eXtreMelY wEll

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slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 18d

my favorite step in the scientific method: gossip

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 18d

Trump: There's a rumor and I don't know if it's so or not—that Cuba, they don't have tylenol because they don't have the money for tylenol, and they have virtually no autism

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Martin Norlin @martinnorlin.bsky.social · 19d

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 19d

🇵🇱 "We know that you disregard international law and cannot live in peace with your neighbors. Your extreme nationalism is a thirst for domination that will not end until you accept that the era of empires is over and yours will not return," — Sikorski told the Russian representative at UN meeting.

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 20d

Latest projection suggests that more than 505,000 adults and kids have died due to USAID's illegal dismantling by Musk, Rubio, and Lewin

Source: www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 21d

Breaking News: A hard-fought international treaty to protect ocean life, decades in the making, cleared a final hurdle. It allows for the establishment of enormous conservation zones in international waters.

Hard-Fought Treaty to Protect Ocean Life Clears a Final Hurdle

The global High Seas Treaty, decades in the making, will become international law. It aims to create vast maritime conservation areas.

nyti.ms

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Martin Norlin @martinnorlin.bsky.social · 22d

Dear America, how about a sensible president like Pete for a change?

Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 22d

There's a word for what Trump and his allies are trying to do with this gerrymandering plan...

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 23d

Smart cities know that, as hot as they already are, they’re just going to keep getting hotter. Greening the city not only cools it down, it cleans the air, quiets the noise, improves mental health & happiness, saves public money, & more. Strand Aldwych, London. 2021 vs. 2025. Via @modacitylife.com

Before and after images of street green g in central London UK

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Martin Norlin @martinnorlin.bsky.social · 23d

Drain the swamp, eh?

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 23d

Look who came with

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 24d

Every year, billions of vehicles worldwide shed an estimated 6 million tonnes of tire fragments. These tiny flakes of plastic, generated by normal driving, account for 28% of microplastics entering the environment globally.

Heavy vehicles eg SUVs/EVs especially.

Via @us.theconversation.com

Car tyres shed a quarter of all microplastics in the environment – urgent action is needed

Tiny flakes of plastic, generated by the wear and tear of normal driving, eventually accumulate in the soil, in rivers and lakes, and even in our food.

theconversation.com

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Martin Norlin @martinnorlin.bsky.social · 24d

And eveything else Thiel said aside, a bit of stagnation at this point doesn't sound so bad. A litte less change for a while would be a relief...

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Martin Norlin @martinnorlin.bsky.social · 24d

Yes, same with Musk and his frequent references to Orwell. I guess the logic is that they think that if they claim this ground first, it will be harder for their opponents to make these points about them, and confuse bystanders.

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Martin Norlin @martinnorlin.bsky.social · 25d

If more and more journalists would ask him things like this, he'd have to choose between cancelling all interactions with journalists (meaning less exposure for him), or just stick to the few vetted ones, which I think would not be accepted.

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