Elise Bjørkan Viksaas
@elisevik.bsky.social
Arctic native. Norwegian liberal. Pro fact-based governance.
I am 💯 Antifa(scist).
I try to mother, wife, knit, write, organize, and not despair.
Save the dolls: die on the hill of legal rights & social respect for our trans folks.
#Glimtførrevig
I am 💯 Antifa(scist).
I try to mother, wife, knit, write, organize, and not despair.
Save the dolls: die on the hill of legal rights & social respect for our trans folks.
#Glimtførrevig
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The dangerous symbolism of the Trump coins
Trump wants to be on our money — and there's a reason why
www.salon.com
Julius Caesar was not the first living ruler to put his own portrait on a coin. "But he was the first to... distribute them to ensure his subjects understood that he possessed absolute power and, not incidentally, controlled the empire’s money supply."
www.salon.com/2025/10/07/t...
www.salon.com/2025/10/07/t...
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How did the @nytimes.com editors let this sentence appear?
"Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others have chalked it up as a cost of doing business with this administration."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
"Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others have chalked it up as a cost of doing business with this administration."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Northwestern University Nears Deal to Resolve Its Conflict With the White House
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:07 AM
How did the @nytimes.com editors let this sentence appear?
"Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others have chalked it up as a cost of doing business with this administration."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
"Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others have chalked it up as a cost of doing business with this administration."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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Peter Drucker, a lecturer at Frankfurt University when the Nazis took over, recalled a faculty meeting where the new Nazi boss said Jews were banned and anyone complaining would be sent to a concentration camp. A professor then asked a question: “Will there be more money for research in physiology?”
Northwestern University agrees to pay $75 million as part of deal with Trump administration that restores frozen funds | CNN
Northwestern University has reached a $75-million deal with the Trump administration which restores frozen federal funding and ends an antisemitism investigation, the Department of Justice announced F...
www.cnn.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Peter Drucker, a lecturer at Frankfurt University when the Nazis took over, recalled a faculty meeting where the new Nazi boss said Jews were banned and anyone complaining would be sent to a concentration camp. A professor then asked a question: “Will there be more money for research in physiology?”
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Farange is scum. A target recalls: “All I could think of was his 13-year-old self sidling up to me, growling the words “Hitler was right” and other odious remarks (“To the gas chambers”, “Gas them – ssssssssss”) which he now refers to, rather quaintly, as banter.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Don’t believe Nigel Farage’s denials. He targeted me for being Jewish – and it hurt | Peter Ettedgui
Now that my former classmate has finally spoken about the allegations of his behaviour at school, I feel compelled to address his points directly, says Peter Ettedgui, a film director and producer
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Farange is scum. A target recalls: “All I could think of was his 13-year-old self sidling up to me, growling the words “Hitler was right” and other odious remarks (“To the gas chambers”, “Gas them – ssssssssss”) which he now refers to, rather quaintly, as banter.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Pete Hegseth is committing war crimes as defense secretary. That’s no surprise: When Hegseth was a Fox host, he successfully lobbied Trump to pardon Navy Seal platoon leader Eddie Gallagher, who posed for a photo with the dead body of a teen Islamic State captive he had killed with a hunting knife.
Fox News host Pete Hegseth has privately encouraged Trump to pardon servicemen accused of war crimes | CNN Business
Fox News host Pete Hegseth has privately encouraged President Donald Trump to pardon some United States servicemen accused of war crimes, a person familiar with the conversations told CNN on Tuesday.
www.cnn.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Pete Hegseth is committing war crimes as defense secretary. That’s no surprise: When Hegseth was a Fox host, he successfully lobbied Trump to pardon Navy Seal platoon leader Eddie Gallagher, who posed for a photo with the dead body of a teen Islamic State captive he had killed with a hunting knife.
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On the horrific news that Pete Hegseth ordered the killing of boat bombing survivors, remember: The Trump Murder Memo "authorizing" the strikes preemptively clears those carrying them out. That's unusual. And we still haven't heard from the commander who resigned:
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
November 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM
On the horrific news that Pete Hegseth ordered the killing of boat bombing survivors, remember: The Trump Murder Memo "authorizing" the strikes preemptively clears those carrying them out. That's unusual. And we still haven't heard from the commander who resigned:
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
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Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
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They’re simultaneously arguing that soldiers have to follow all orders from the president, legal or not, but they get to ignore orders from a federal judge if they feel they’re not legal.
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
November 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
They’re simultaneously arguing that soldiers have to follow all orders from the president, legal or not, but they get to ignore orders from a federal judge if they feel they’re not legal.
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
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Why do you appreciate unions?
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
November 30, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Why do you appreciate unions?
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
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Ahhhh it’s not as if people haven’t been yelling this at journalists for the last seven years
November 30, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Ahhhh it’s not as if people haven’t been yelling this at journalists for the last seven years
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The White House’s new anti-media website includes denunciations of:
-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor
Fools.
-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor
Fools.
November 30, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The White House’s new anti-media website includes denunciations of:
-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor
Fools.
-ABC, which bribed the president
-CBS, which bribed the president and moved away from fact-based journalism trying to appeal to him and his fans
-WaPo, which spiked a Harris endorsement and tilts coverage in Trump’s favor
Fools.
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"If the U.S. military operation is not an armed conflict of any kind, these orders to kill helpless civilians clinging to the wreckage of a vessel our military destroyed would subject everyone from SECDEF down to the individual who pulled the trigger to prosecution under U.S. law for murder."
Here are US military lawyers stating clearly that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's "kill everybody" orders are either (1) war crimes or (2) murder.
Either way, expect prosecutions in the future.
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
Either way, expect prosecutions in the future.
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
November 30, 2025 at 4:39 AM
"If the U.S. military operation is not an armed conflict of any kind, these orders to kill helpless civilians clinging to the wreckage of a vessel our military destroyed would subject everyone from SECDEF down to the individual who pulled the trigger to prosecution under U.S. law for murder."
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The psychology of this website is so transparent. They're not attacking progressive media (who don't give a shit) so much as they're naming access bootlickers who already often cater to the WH anyway — because they’ll actually freak out and change their coverage *even more.*
Just working the refs.
Just working the refs.
Media Offenders
Explore the Media Bias Tracker that fact checks and holds Fake News accountable. False claims debunked, Hall of Shame for serial offenders, Leaderboard of networks ranked by Repeated Lies. Stay inform...
www.whitehouse.gov
November 30, 2025 at 4:42 AM
The psychology of this website is so transparent. They're not attacking progressive media (who don't give a shit) so much as they're naming access bootlickers who already often cater to the WH anyway — because they’ll actually freak out and change their coverage *even more.*
Just working the refs.
Just working the refs.
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The “kill them all” order by SecDef Hegseth would be a textbook war crime even if the original attack had been legal.
It is unfathomable that the USG lawyers would sign off on a no-survivors boat strike (no get of jail free card).
There's clear precedent dating back to World War II trial of Germans for that very act, which lawyers know well.
The Peleus World War II War Crimes Trial
www.usni.org/magazines/na...
There's clear precedent dating back to World War II trial of Germans for that very act, which lawyers know well.
The Peleus World War II War Crimes Trial
www.usni.org/magazines/na...
November 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The “kill them all” order by SecDef Hegseth would be a textbook war crime even if the original attack had been legal.
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Looks like it’s time to re-up this thread on the fascist genealogy of the seemingly pablum term “Americanism.”
November 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Looks like it’s time to re-up this thread on the fascist genealogy of the seemingly pablum term “Americanism.”
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During WWII a German vessel fired upon sailors floating in the sea after the Greek vessel Peleus was sunk. The officers were tried and convicted in the Peleus War Crimes trial.
November 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
During WWII a German vessel fired upon sailors floating in the sea after the Greek vessel Peleus was sunk. The officers were tried and convicted in the Peleus War Crimes trial.
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Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
1/2
November 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
1/2
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
1/2
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New #AIstories publication by @annesigrid.bsky.social! I love this one: it compares human-told variants of a folktale with LLM-generated variants, finding 1) the implicit is made explicit 2) floatif motifs (fascinating new concept) 3) sex is censored, cannibalism augmented doi.org/10.3390/h141...
doi.org
November 26, 2025 at 11:18 PM
New #AIstories publication by @annesigrid.bsky.social! I love this one: it compares human-told variants of a folktale with LLM-generated variants, finding 1) the implicit is made explicit 2) floatif motifs (fascinating new concept) 3) sex is censored, cannibalism augmented doi.org/10.3390/h141...
Pardoned by Trump yesterday.
If he had been a random person on a boat at sea that caught the eye of Pete Hegseth, he'd be dead.
Even if he survived the first attack intended to kill him.
If he had been a random person on a boat at sea that caught the eye of Pete Hegseth, he'd be dead.
Even if he survived the first attack intended to kill him.
Juan Orlando Hernandez, former president of Honduras, serving a 45-year sentence for drug trafficking and gun charges: taking bribes from cocaine smugglers, not for the 134 killings he is also associated with.
November 29, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Pardoned by Trump yesterday.
If he had been a random person on a boat at sea that caught the eye of Pete Hegseth, he'd be dead.
Even if he survived the first attack intended to kill him.
If he had been a random person on a boat at sea that caught the eye of Pete Hegseth, he'd be dead.
Even if he survived the first attack intended to kill him.
"Yup, I'm murdering random people at sea.
Yup, black letter national, International, and military law (including in war) says that is criminal.
But my people say I can do whatever the hell I want.
So what are you going to do about it?"
Yup, black letter national, International, and military law (including in war) says that is criminal.
But my people say I can do whatever the hell I want.
So what are you going to do about it?"
a lot of words, none of them denying that Hegseth gave an order to kill helpless people who were stranded at sea after he blew up their boats
November 29, 2025 at 11:44 AM
"Yup, I'm murdering random people at sea.
Yup, black letter national, International, and military law (including in war) says that is criminal.
But my people say I can do whatever the hell I want.
So what are you going to do about it?"
Yup, black letter national, International, and military law (including in war) says that is criminal.
But my people say I can do whatever the hell I want.
So what are you going to do about it?"
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Norge blir ikke EU-medlem før befolkningen merker konsekvensene av utenforskapet på egen lommebok eller fordi sikkerheten vår er truet - altså når vi har skikkelig dårlige kort på hånda eller det allerede er for sent.
November 29, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Norge blir ikke EU-medlem før befolkningen merker konsekvensene av utenforskapet på egen lommebok eller fordi sikkerheten vår er truet - altså når vi har skikkelig dårlige kort på hånda eller det allerede er for sent.
Our respect towards this US:
"Look at [Norwegian Defense Minister] Sandvik yucking it up with that fucking murderer with nazi tattoos on his arms. Look at them laugh and enjoy each others' company.
What a shame for Norway!
What an unforgivable betrayal [of Norway]!"
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"Look at [Norwegian Defense Minister] Sandvik yucking it up with that fucking murderer with nazi tattoos on his arms. Look at them laugh and enjoy each others' company.
What a shame for Norway!
What an unforgivable betrayal [of Norway]!"
share.google/4TRSOKQSa8Le...
November 29, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Our respect towards this US:
"Look at [Norwegian Defense Minister] Sandvik yucking it up with that fucking murderer with nazi tattoos on his arms. Look at them laugh and enjoy each others' company.
What a shame for Norway!
What an unforgivable betrayal [of Norway]!"
share.google/4TRSOKQSa8Le...
"Look at [Norwegian Defense Minister] Sandvik yucking it up with that fucking murderer with nazi tattoos on his arms. Look at them laugh and enjoy each others' company.
What a shame for Norway!
What an unforgivable betrayal [of Norway]!"
share.google/4TRSOKQSa8Le...
I remember seeing this the first time.
My awe at his courage. My delight in his charisma, nerve, talent and showmanship used for good.
My tears.
It hits even harder now.
Defending us all. Govts & all shd provide every possible material, financial, political and military support.
Slava Ukraini.
My awe at his courage. My delight in his charisma, nerve, talent and showmanship used for good.
My tears.
It hits even harder now.
Defending us all. Govts & all shd provide every possible material, financial, political and military support.
Slava Ukraini.
To all worried about the fate of Ukraine, remember:
- Ukraine stood strong against all odds in Feb 2022, led by Zelensky.
- Russia barely advanced the frontline since their defeat in Kyiv.
- Ukraine has liberated more land than has lost since.
- Eliminating corruption is vital for Ukraine's survival
- Ukraine stood strong against all odds in Feb 2022, led by Zelensky.
- Russia barely advanced the frontline since their defeat in Kyiv.
- Ukraine has liberated more land than has lost since.
- Eliminating corruption is vital for Ukraine's survival
November 29, 2025 at 9:20 AM
I remember seeing this the first time.
My awe at his courage. My delight in his charisma, nerve, talent and showmanship used for good.
My tears.
It hits even harder now.
Defending us all. Govts & all shd provide every possible material, financial, political and military support.
Slava Ukraini.
My awe at his courage. My delight in his charisma, nerve, talent and showmanship used for good.
My tears.
It hits even harder now.
Defending us all. Govts & all shd provide every possible material, financial, political and military support.
Slava Ukraini.
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«samboerfellen» det har vært mye snakk før har stille og diskret blitt erstattet av «konefellen» der kvinner betaler halvparten uansett hva hun tjener, ikke vet hva mannen tjener eller eier, legger til rette for mannens merinntekter gratis og om hun skiller seg har hun ikke råd å bo i skolekretsen
Sorry altså. Hvis dette er en situasjon der du hadde trengt barnevakt om du hadde ungene 50/50, da er det en situasjon der det krever en viss omfordeling i heimen også. I mellomtiden tar mennene overtidslønna rett inn på egen konto, mens damene betaler 50% og ikke aner størrelsen på hans sparekonto
November 29, 2025 at 8:07 AM
«samboerfellen» det har vært mye snakk før har stille og diskret blitt erstattet av «konefellen» der kvinner betaler halvparten uansett hva hun tjener, ikke vet hva mannen tjener eller eier, legger til rette for mannens merinntekter gratis og om hun skiller seg har hun ikke råd å bo i skolekretsen
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Jonas Bals:
"– Å ukritisk overta merkelapper som «nasjonalkonservativ» eller «islamkritisk», når det i virkeligheten er snakk om fascisme og muslimhat, er ikke nøytralt. Det er bare slapt journalistisk håndverk."
"– Å ukritisk overta merkelapper som «nasjonalkonservativ» eller «islamkritisk», når det i virkeligheten er snakk om fascisme og muslimhat, er ikke nøytralt. Det er bare slapt journalistisk håndverk."
Ikke bidra til å normalisere fascisme.
Blitt intervjuet av Fri Fagbevegelse:
Blitt intervjuet av Fri Fagbevegelse:
Jonas Bals med nye råd til antifascistisk arbeid
Nå handler det om å stoppe normaliseringen av hverdagsfascismen, mener Jonas Bals
frifagbevegelse.no
November 29, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Jonas Bals:
"– Å ukritisk overta merkelapper som «nasjonalkonservativ» eller «islamkritisk», når det i virkeligheten er snakk om fascisme og muslimhat, er ikke nøytralt. Det er bare slapt journalistisk håndverk."
"– Å ukritisk overta merkelapper som «nasjonalkonservativ» eller «islamkritisk», når det i virkeligheten er snakk om fascisme og muslimhat, er ikke nøytralt. Det er bare slapt journalistisk håndverk."