Simmix1
@simmix1.bsky.social
The impact of propaganda and politics. Glóbalisti. Í feminísku rétttrúnaðarkirkjunni. Ég tek ekki umræðuna og nota block án þess að hika. I block bots and trolls.
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Simmix1
@simmix1.bsky.social
· Mar 15
Executive Orders | The American Presidency Project
www.presidency.ucsb.edu
Fylgist með fjölda og látið ekki Morgunblaðið ljúga að ykkur að JB, Obama eða Clinton sé á svipuðum slóðum og DT eða hafi notað tilskipun úr hófi...
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Smugglers, money launderers and sanctioned people once relied on diamonds, gold and artwork. Now, criminals have a far more practical alternative: stablecoins, a cryptocurrency tied to the U.S. dollar that exists largely beyond traditional financial oversight.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
How a Cryptocurrency Helps Criminals Launder Money and Evade Sanctions
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Smugglers, money launderers and sanctioned people once relied on diamonds, gold and artwork. Now, criminals have a far more practical alternative: stablecoins, a cryptocurrency tied to the U.S. dollar that exists largely beyond traditional financial oversight.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
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Most discussions about “misinformation” treat the problem as if people simply don’t have good enough critical-thinking skills. It sounds intuitive, but it’s not entirely accurate. The problem isn’t just individual ignorance, it’s the structure of the information environment people are placed into.
Finland has emerged as a global leader in countering “fake news”. Here's how they've done it
Teaching when to trust
As fake news accelerates, we need to teach our children how to think critically. Finnish schools are leading the charge
newhumanist.org.uk
December 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Most discussions about “misinformation” treat the problem as if people simply don’t have good enough critical-thinking skills. It sounds intuitive, but it’s not entirely accurate. The problem isn’t just individual ignorance, it’s the structure of the information environment people are placed into.
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The baroque corruption schemes playing out in America and Russia completely outclass the kickback scandal in Ukraine.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Trumpian Corruption Is Worse Than Ukrainian Corruption
The people of Ukraine want an honest government, even as American and Russian kleptocrats circle their country.
www.theatlantic.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The baroque corruption schemes playing out in America and Russia completely outclass the kickback scandal in Ukraine.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Það verður súrara og súrara að lesa umfjöllun ritara Reykjavíkurbréfs Morgunblaðsins um núverandi forseta Bandaríkjana. Þar sem endurómað er hatri á Joe Biden og því haldið á lofti á sá sem nú situr í embætti sé að standa sig vel.
December 8, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Það verður súrara og súrara að lesa umfjöllun ritara Reykjavíkurbréfs Morgunblaðsins um núverandi forseta Bandaríkjana. Þar sem endurómað er hatri á Joe Biden og því haldið á lofti á sá sem nú situr í embætti sé að standa sig vel.
Sama. Mun ekki fylgjast með þessu
I love soccer and I remember each World Cup with great intensity and always so much look forward to the next. But FIFA that was disgusting, even more disgusting than usual, and now I just can’t. And won’t.
December 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Sama. Mun ekki fylgjast með þessu
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Has anyone written a coherent, good-faith argument *against* a ban on stock trading by members of Congress, or in favor of the status quo? What is the argument lawmakers use when explaining why they don't want a vote on the matter? Having trouble finding.
December 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Has anyone written a coherent, good-faith argument *against* a ban on stock trading by members of Congress, or in favor of the status quo? What is the argument lawmakers use when explaining why they don't want a vote on the matter? Having trouble finding.
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“In the heat of the moment, you’ve got to make a decision, and sometimes that decision is imperfect,” said Hegseth, arguing that under the intense pressure of warfare it can be impossible to distinguish between a porcelain urinal and a white refrigerator.
#Satire (?)
theonion.com/pete-hegseth...
#Satire (?)
theonion.com/pete-hegseth...
Pete Hegseth Invokes ‘Fog Of War’ After Pissing In Break Room Refrigerator
ARLINGTON, VA—Describing the incident as a split-second operational judgment made under rapidly evolving conditions, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth invoked the “fog of war” Thursday to explain why he ...
theonion.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:57 PM
“In the heat of the moment, you’ve got to make a decision, and sometimes that decision is imperfect,” said Hegseth, arguing that under the intense pressure of warfare it can be impossible to distinguish between a porcelain urinal and a white refrigerator.
#Satire (?)
theonion.com/pete-hegseth...
#Satire (?)
theonion.com/pete-hegseth...
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6 December 1928 | Dutch Jewish girl, Betje Polak, was born in Rotterdam.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in October 1942. She did not survive.
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Children at Auschwitz
Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/
Podcast: https://youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in October 1942. She did not survive.
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Children at Auschwitz
Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/
Podcast: https://youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA
December 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM
6 December 1928 | Dutch Jewish girl, Betje Polak, was born in Rotterdam.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in October 1942. She did not survive.
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Children at Auschwitz
Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/
Podcast: https://youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in October 1942. She did not survive.
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Children at Auschwitz
Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN/
Podcast: https://youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA
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Trump has renamed the U.S. Institute of Peace after himself.
Earlier in the year, we reported on how Trump sent a DOGE team to the institute, where they publicly outed a sensitive Afghanistan program and prompted a Taliban crackdown.
Revisit our investigation ⤵️
Earlier in the year, we reported on how Trump sent a DOGE team to the institute, where they publicly outed a sensitive Afghanistan program and prompted a Taliban crackdown.
Revisit our investigation ⤵️
DOGE Targeted Him on Social Media. Then the Taliban Took His Family.
Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U...
www.propublica.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Trump has renamed the U.S. Institute of Peace after himself.
Earlier in the year, we reported on how Trump sent a DOGE team to the institute, where they publicly outed a sensitive Afghanistan program and prompted a Taliban crackdown.
Revisit our investigation ⤵️
Earlier in the year, we reported on how Trump sent a DOGE team to the institute, where they publicly outed a sensitive Afghanistan program and prompted a Taliban crackdown.
Revisit our investigation ⤵️
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The suspense was killing me
Donald Trump said it was 'one of the great honours' of his life to receive Fifa’s inaugural Peace Prize on Friday. on.ft.com/4piJZVf
December 6, 2025 at 12:02 AM
The suspense was killing me
Afhverju ég mun ekki fylgjast með þessu...
Fifa awards ‘peace prize’ to Donald Trump after Nobel snub - www.ft.com/content/7781... via @FT
Fifa awards ‘peace prize’ to Donald Trump after Nobel snub - www.ft.com/content/7781... via @FT
Fifa awards ‘peace prize’ to Donald Trump after Nobel snub
Football’s governing body hands out first such award at glitzy World Cup draw event featuring Village People
www.ft.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Afhverju ég mun ekki fylgjast með þessu...
Fifa awards ‘peace prize’ to Donald Trump after Nobel snub - www.ft.com/content/7781... via @FT
Fifa awards ‘peace prize’ to Donald Trump after Nobel snub - www.ft.com/content/7781... via @FT
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I know of a young woman who vanished after being involved with a Peter Thiel related cult group. Her bf was in that inner circle. She left him, he threatened her--she hasn't been heard of since.
December 5, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I know of a young woman who vanished after being involved with a Peter Thiel related cult group. Her bf was in that inner circle. She left him, he threatened her--she hasn't been heard of since.
Það þarf að taka upp eftirlit með bandarísku ferðafólki sem kemur til Íslands. Af heilbrigðisástæðum...
The hepatitis B vaccine had been recommended for all newborns since 1991.
From 1990-2019, acute hepatitis B infections reported among children and teens fell 99 percent. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/w...
From 1990-2019, acute hepatitis B infections reported among children and teens fell 99 percent. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/w...
Breaking: After contentious debates and three failed attempts at a vote, a federal vaccine committee decided on Friday to end the decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
December 5, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Það þarf að taka upp eftirlit með bandarísku ferðafólki sem kemur til Íslands. Af heilbrigðisástæðum...
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there are of course many examples of political constituencies that have in fact killed scores of children (en route to some other evil goal), but I can't offhand think of any historical examples of a political constituency organized for that specific purpose
Breaking: After contentious debates and three failed attempts at a vote, a federal vaccine committee decided on Friday to end the decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
An End to Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
there are of course many examples of political constituencies that have in fact killed scores of children (en route to some other evil goal), but I can't offhand think of any historical examples of a political constituency organized for that specific purpose
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"As Herzog testifies, eugenics ‘'served beautifully as distraction...it provided flattering, cost-free ego boosts for those lucky enough to be deemed nondeficient; and it offered crudely simplified explanations and readily available scapegoats to focus one’s anger when the world seemed unfair.’"
“In the years leading to the political triumph of the Nazi regime, the disabled were variously described as ‘‘vegetating clumps of flesh’’ and sub-human kehricht (thrash), whose ‘useless’/‘wasteful’ lives could be ‘eliminated’ or ‘abbreviated’ for the greater good of the national community.”
The Devil's Bargain
Nazism and the moral collapse of German Christendom.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
"As Herzog testifies, eugenics ‘'served beautifully as distraction...it provided flattering, cost-free ego boosts for those lucky enough to be deemed nondeficient; and it offered crudely simplified explanations and readily available scapegoats to focus one’s anger when the world seemed unfair.’"
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As promised, here's a video of last night's full moon moving through the clouds. Still figuring out better stabilization on this stuff (buy DaVinci Resolve pro, I guess)
December 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
As promised, here's a video of last night's full moon moving through the clouds. Still figuring out better stabilization on this stuff (buy DaVinci Resolve pro, I guess)
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1) Is this real?
2) Who put this idea in his head?
2) Who put this idea in his head?
December 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
1) Is this real?
2) Who put this idea in his head?
2) Who put this idea in his head?
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Great Replacement Theory is in the National Security Strategy of the U.S.
In a section titled “Sovereignty and Respect,” the regime says it will fight the “cynical manipulation of our immigration system to build up voting blocs loyal to foreign interests within our country.”
In a section titled “Sovereignty and Respect,” the regime says it will fight the “cynical manipulation of our immigration system to build up voting blocs loyal to foreign interests within our country.”
December 5, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Great Replacement Theory is in the National Security Strategy of the U.S.
In a section titled “Sovereignty and Respect,” the regime says it will fight the “cynical manipulation of our immigration system to build up voting blocs loyal to foreign interests within our country.”
In a section titled “Sovereignty and Respect,” the regime says it will fight the “cynical manipulation of our immigration system to build up voting blocs loyal to foreign interests within our country.”
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The new National Security Strategy is a propaganda document, designed to be widely read. It is also a performative suicide. Hard to think of another great power ever abdicating its influence so quickly and so publicly. It will be worth following the reactions around the world, not just in Europe.
Trump's national security strategy is out and some of the Europe sections are shocking. "...the growing influence of patriotic European parties indeed
gives cause for great optimism."
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
gives cause for great optimism."
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The new National Security Strategy is a propaganda document, designed to be widely read. It is also a performative suicide. Hard to think of another great power ever abdicating its influence so quickly and so publicly. It will be worth following the reactions around the world, not just in Europe.
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The actual scandal of elite American education has never been the supposed unfairness of affirmative action. The scandal is preferences for rich failsons like Kushner who go on to make the world worse for everyone.
@stanforduniversity.bsky.social decided to essentially spend $3 million a year to keep admitting legacy students in secret.
December 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The actual scandal of elite American education has never been the supposed unfairness of affirmative action. The scandal is preferences for rich failsons like Kushner who go on to make the world worse for everyone.
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after nearly a year of covering mostly what gets labeled a Trump administration “distraction”—threatening immigrants and trans people; empowering white nationalists —you know what if (what if), that being what Trump ran on and what Trump is doing, this is the actual substance of the Trump presidency
December 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
after nearly a year of covering mostly what gets labeled a Trump administration “distraction”—threatening immigrants and trans people; empowering white nationalists —you know what if (what if), that being what Trump ran on and what Trump is doing, this is the actual substance of the Trump presidency
Þessi þróun er að hluta til íslenskum lyfja framleiðendum að þakka. Spurning hvort ekki sé rétt að eigendur þeirra beri ábyrgð?
Sjá enn aukningu í ópíóíðafíkn og kalla eftir aðgerðum - RÚV.is
Starfsmenn Matthildar skaðaminnkunar merkja aukningu í ópíóíðanotkun. Dauðsföllum fjölgar og samtökin kalla eftir að aðgerðaáætlun frá stjórnvöldum og að vímuefnastefna og löggjöf verði endurskoðuð.
www.ruv.is
December 5, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Þessi þróun er að hluta til íslenskum lyfja framleiðendum að þakka. Spurning hvort ekki sé rétt að eigendur þeirra beri ábyrgð?
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This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream
UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan
In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone company that President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., joined as an advisor in Novemb...
popular.info
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream
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For the last decade, the pervasive spread of bullshit & manipulation of online platforms have been widely recognized societal concerns. Now non US citizens studying those subjects can be labeled “censors” & denied visas or deported from the US. Censorship, indeed. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Exclusive: Trump administration orders enhanced vetting for applicants of H-1B visa
An internal State Department memo said that anyone involved in "censorship" of free speech should be considered for rejection.
www.reuters.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
For the last decade, the pervasive spread of bullshit & manipulation of online platforms have been widely recognized societal concerns. Now non US citizens studying those subjects can be labeled “censors” & denied visas or deported from the US. Censorship, indeed. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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another way to contextualize the $5.9 trillion that billionaires' children are set to inherit over the next 15 years alone: Gross World Product (the GDP of the entire planet) was $110 trillion in nominal terms
m.statisticstimes.com/economy/worl...
m.statisticstimes.com/economy/worl...
World GDP 2024 - StatisticsTimes.com
Gross world product estimated by world bank in nominal and ppp terms at
current and constant prices. Projections by IMF.
m.statisticstimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
another way to contextualize the $5.9 trillion that billionaires' children are set to inherit over the next 15 years alone: Gross World Product (the GDP of the entire planet) was $110 trillion in nominal terms
m.statisticstimes.com/economy/worl...
m.statisticstimes.com/economy/worl...