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Stian Skår Ludvigsen @stianlud.bsky.social · 1d

Bare i går kveld har Trump re-truthet fire kommentarer om at han fortjener fredsprisen. Én av dem mener fredsprisen til og med bør oppkalles etter ham.

Det er bare å stålsette seg.

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alr.lykke🦋 @anettelykke.bsky.social · 2d

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Stian Skår Ludvigsen @stianlud.bsky.social · 3d

Also not a movie, but House of Cards. Added bonus: the actor isn't nice either.

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Stian Skår Ludvigsen @stianlud.bsky.social · 11d

Called it! bsky.app/profile/stia...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11d

Sen. Roger Marshall: "It seems very disingenuous for the Democrats to be blaming President Trump for these rural hospital struggles. The reason rural hospitals are struggling is because of the bad economy."

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 12d

There’s an article to be written about how leading data-focused analysts (Silver, Klein, Yglesias, Leonhardt) have become vibes-focused pontificators. I expect it was undue self-confidence that led them to become the former & that overrode the data orientation for them to become the latter.

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Stian Skår Ludvigsen @stianlud.bsky.social · 13d

Last little whimper of the American democracy. R.I.P.

Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 13d

The Trump administration’s threat to deploy troops in Portland is unlawful.

Here’s a thought.

Focus on protecting the healthcare of the American people.

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Justin VanDeVelde @vanderduff.bsky.social · 20d

Speaking of things making themselves irrelevant and shrinking their audience, how are things at the Washington Post?

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Stian Skår Ludvigsen @stianlud.bsky.social · 23d

Flott tråd!
Nederst (mobil) eller til høyre (pc) på denne siden finnes lenke til en artig studentoppgave som ble levert før sommeren om forholdet mellom kommunenes driftsresultat i perioden 2019-2023 og ordføreres gjenvalg. vestlandfylke.no/om-oss/organ...

Grafer som viser beregnet sannsynlighet for gjenvalg for Arbeiderpartiet og Senterpartiet gitt ulike driftsresultat i kommunene. AP har høyest sannsynlighet ved dårlig og godt driftsresultat, mens SP har høyest sannsynlighet ved middels resultat.

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Stian Skår Ludvigsen @stianlud.bsky.social · 23d

Disney has been the standard-bearer of American culture to the rest of the World for a century – so yes: when the standard-bearer falls, the regiment scatters

Stian Skår Ludvigsen @stianlud.bsky.social · 23d

Så middagstalen til Kong Charles nå, og leksen han gav Trump i historie, demokrati, frihet, fred, diplomati, handel, vitenskap, klima, naturvern og en bedre verden i fremtiden er fenomenal! Hvert stikk er subtilt, men i sum var dette en lekse av de sjeldne.

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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 26d

The worse feeling in the world is seeing your support disappear mid-way through your PhD journey.

Working towards the degree & being a scientist already requires mental and emotional fortitude. What is happening now is another beast, at another level.

🧪 musgrave.substack.com/p/dont-do-a-...

Don't Do a Ph.D. Now

At least in the United States

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 29d

/7 So I question the proposition that just because Charlie Kirk didn't go around killing people, but went around belittling and demeaning and dehumanizing them instead, that he's inherently admirable. Would I be a hero if I said I will debate ANYONE about whether black people are human? No.

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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · Sep 10

Obviously, there's bigger news happening right now, but Senate Republicans just voted against releasing the Epstein files. Every Democrat voted to release them. Susan Collins was the deciding vote to protect Trump and others named in the files.

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · Sep 6

The AI authorship issue is real. We've caught papers that looked OK but had references to works by the *journal editors* that *do not exist*. Like, don't send us papers citing papers we know we didn't write, right?

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Stian Skår Ludvigsen @stianlud.bsky.social · Sep 2

Dette er ekstremt kritisk, og kommer til å bli MYE verre. Vi er ennå ikke på midten av eldrebølgen (kall det hva du vil). Hvis/når sykepleiere og annet helsepersonell rømmer i samme tempo, kommer det todelte helsevesenet virkelig til å merkes på samfunnet vårt. www.bt.no/helse/i/zAn0...

Skjermbilde som viser graf over historikk og SSB sin befolkningsframskriving for 0-19 åringer og 65+.

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · Sep 1

Perhaps no politician in history has tried to dominate every day's news cycle like Trump has. He loves being on camera. I've been away from the TV a bit today. What did Trump say today? Oh, you're saying he didn't say anything? For the 6th straight day? That's odd.

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Ruben Mathisen @rubenmathisen.bsky.social · Sep 1

Resultatene fra skolevalget kommer på tirsdag (2. september). Hva kan de fortelle om hvem som vinner stortingsvalget?

Jeg har analysert dataene: rubenmathisen.substack.com/p/kan-skolev...

Her er 3 ting jeg fant 🧵

Kan skolevalget avsløre vinneren av stortingsvalget?

De siste 20 årene har blokken som vinner skolevalget alltid vunnet det "ekte" valget.

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Filipe Campante @filipecampante.bsky.social · Aug 28

On the subject of whether we are under authoritarianism, I heard Ezra Klein say something like, "authoritarianism is here, it's just unevenly distributed". That's kind of true, but misses the point that, short of very extreme totalitarian cases, this is *always* true of authoritarianism.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Aug 28

Well, I really hoped this piece would spark some debate, mostly because I *want* to be proven wrong! Please read the piece. My view is that Trump has made extraordinary progress on most of these items, but what constitutes an endpoint is up for debate.

Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · Aug 28

I find this @donmoyn.bsky.social piece helpful in clarifying why I disagree with the "America is already in competitive authoritarianism" thesis.

Don's checklist shows things that Trump has tried to do, but he hasn't *succeeded* in most areas

donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...

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Stian Skår Ludvigsen @stianlud.bsky.social · Aug 27

Since my first stay in USA 32 years ago, I've found it hard to put a fitting name to the American conservative exceptionalism that Trump is only the culmination(?) of. There it is: it's American chauvinism! Plain and simple.

Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · Aug 27

Glorification of Trump by cabinet and on public buildings, threats to Soros and Democratic politicians, new federal militia, death penalty talk, invasion of cities….

But nothing can shake the American chauvinism of the economic, media, and political elites, who continue to normalize Trump 2.0.

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Olav Torvund @olavtorvund.bsky.social · Aug 25

Meta godtar anonyme politiske annonser, men stopper informasjonskampanjer fra Medietilsynet #dax18 www.medietilsynet.no/nyheter/aktu...

Meta og TikTok stoppet Medietilsynets informasjonskampanje om valget

Medietilsynet har fått avvist videoer og fjernet lenker – begge deler i forbindelse med en større annonsekampanje om kildebevissthet og desinformasjon i forkant av stortingsvalget.

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Stian Skår Ludvigsen @stianlud.bsky.social · Aug 25

Nevertheless: anti-intellectualism working incredibly fast

Stian Skår Ludvigsen @stianlud.bsky.social · Aug 25

Total, across all years (if so: huge), or for freshmen?

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Stian Skår Ludvigsen @stianlud.bsky.social · Aug 25

What's the drop in international enrollment?

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Stian Skår Ludvigsen @stianlud.bsky.social · Aug 24

Badetemperaturen på Sørlandet er vel bedre enn i Maine. Så mye spenning i vente!

The Associated Press @apnews.com · Aug 24

Great white sharks are on the move, and they're going north. That's led to an increase in sightings of the predatory fish in the chilly waters of Maine, where they sometimes provide a shock to fishermen and boaters.

Great white sharks head north, following seals and alarming beachgoers

Boaters, beachgoers and fishermen who spend time in the chilly waters of New England and Canada are learning to live with great white sharks.

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Barbara Neuhoff @barbaraneuhoff.bsky.social · Aug 23

Neil deGrass Tyson: "How sad it must be believing that scientists, historians, scholars, economists, journalists devoted their entire lives to deceiving you, but a reality-TV star proven in court to be a lying felon is your beacon of truth & honesty"

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