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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A former Wagner fighter, now in Ukrainian captivity, said Russian mercenaries in Mali used captured Africans as live subjects for brutal "tactical medicine training." In 2023-2024, Russian instructors deliberately maimed African prisoners, after which the mercenaries practiced stopping bleeding.
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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
European countries should impose a fine or extra tax to fund Ukraine on every Western company still operating in Russia. These companies are funding Russia’s war on Ukraine
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Bent Sofus Tranøy @bentsofus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
De fleste må vente til de går av med pensjon (som ikke er så lenge til i mitt tilfelle) eller er døde (kanskje litt lenger unna??) før de blir en slik ære til del. Tenk å bli gjenlest og bygget inn i en oppdatert analyse slik Ola gjør med meg her. Tusen takk Ola!
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 26/09/2026
peter thiel is another one of those guys who we are supposed to think is brilliant but every time he opens his mouth my first thought is “this guy sounds like an idiot”
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olavslettebo.bsky.social @olavslettebo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fin sak i Morgenbladet om EU-USA-debatten. Hvordan går det egentlig? Journalist Maria Reinertsen viser bl. a. til nytt SSB-notat skrevet av Ingeborg Nyhus, Peder Nyeggen og undertegnede. www.morgenbladet.no/samfunn/er-e...
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Are we human?
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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Can’t believe no one has ever thought of the idea of selling us hot food. I, for one, am both excited and, if I’m honest, a little apprehensive about the idea of warm food. www.ft.com/content/bdb6... Subway rival bets hot sandwiches will sell in UK’s ‘cold and rain’
US sandwich maker Jersey Mike’s is launching an ambitious expansion plan in the UK, with its billionaire founder betting that “the cold and the rain” in Britain will push consumers to embrace the brand’s hot subs.
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Sarah O'Connor @sarahoconnorft.ft.com · 24/09/2026
Please excuse me while I scream into a cushion at the thought of ALL the articles I had to write on the "UK productivity puzzle" in the 2010s www.ft.com/content/c819...
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Robin Wigglesworth @robinwigglesworth.ft.com · 23/09/2026
Gosh, the bond market seems interesting these days. I wonder if there is a KILLER book that tells the fascinating story of its 900-year history and helps me understand what's going on and why it maters?
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Agathe Demarais @agathedemarais.com · 22/09/2026
In 1995-2013 uranium from 20,000 Soviet warheads supplied 10% of US power. Today, Russia remains America's #1 supplier of nuclear fuel. For @foreignpolicy.com I explore why a 2024 import ban on Russian uranium is theatre and how Moscow makes the most of its leverage foreignpolicy.com/2026/09/21/u...
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Nuclear Energy Is the Kremlin’s Latest Leverage Over Washington
The United States has done little to end its dependence on Russia for enriched uranium.
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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
If you are wondering who Julian Assange’s return to the public eye actually serves, look no further than Moscow. Everything he does benefits the Kremlin
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Young people growing up in persistent poverty are more than three times as likely to be not in education, employment or training (NEET) at 17 or 23. Less likely to transition out of NEET status. Childhood poverty handicaps people throughout life. Equitable distribution of income/wealth is the key
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Growing up in poverty triples young people's likelihood of becoming NEET
Young people who grow up experiencing persistent poverty are more than three times as likely to be not in education, employment or training (NEET) at 17 or 23 (3.3 and 3.4 times, respectively), accord...
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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Leaders of France's far-right National Rally condemned Russia on Saturday in an unusual statement amid a rise in hybrid attacks and other provocations from Moscow. (POLITICO)
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France’s National Rally criticizes Russia in rare rebuke
The far-right party has been divided over its stance toward Russia.
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olavslettebo.bsky.social @olavslettebo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Grei oppsummering
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Jan Arild Snoen @snoen.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Kraftig bedring i demokratenes sjanser til å vinne senatet i bettingmarkedene i dag - Polymarket 59% nå. Det butter kraftig for Trump, med tap i Høyesterett, forventet rentehevning, økte lange renter og hopp i oljeprisen.
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Anders Heger @andersheger.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Med Pål Bang-Hansen som stilikon:
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 13/09/2026
WSJ: PM Mark Carney is exploring whether Canada could become an “associate member” of the European Union The EU is open to the idea. This would create a new membership status, per EU & Canadian officials.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 12/09/2026
“these solutions are announced in a rush, leaving no time for a proper writeup, the isolation of new methods & ideas, & citing relevant previous work of others. … We are witnessing a general threat to intellectual work, with misalignment between the outcome of the use of AI and its initial purpose.”
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Robin Brooks @robin-j-brooks.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This is all shaping up to be the perfect nightmare for Warsh. After yesterday's "hot" CPI, which was distorted by a bunch of one-off price hikes, markets now price 100 bps in hikes through end-2027. If he doesn't deliver, long-end yields spike higher... robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/the-perfec...
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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This seems to me to get it exactly right and obviously applies beyond mathematics: solving a problem is not the same as developing conceptual understanding and insight, and might even come at the expense of it.
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Too Big to Fail @toobigtofail.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This is true in the same way that Type 1 diabetes can be combined with drinking nothing but Shake Shack milkshakes and not taking insulin.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 11/09/2026
⚡️ EU gives final green light to 6 billion euros in defense aid for Ukraine, Patriot missiles purchase.
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EU gives final green light to 6 billion euros in defense aid for Ukraine, Patriot missiles purchase
The European Commission's approval allows Ukraine to use funds from the EU's 90-billion-euro ($104-billion) support loan to purchase U.S.-made PAC-3 Patriot interceptors, one of the few weapons capabl...
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
1/ Russia has suffered a "crushing defeat" at Lyman in eastern Ukraine, with multiple regiments routed, heavy losses, and a "collapse of the front." Crippled soldiers are reportedly being sent into battle in a last-ditch effort to prevent disaster. ⬇️ bsky.app/profile/tend...
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 10/09/2026
This is true, but it's also why a lot of people find them useful. Making nihilism great again, one prediction at a time. Prediction markets ‘rife with insider trading’, warns EU watchdog - www.ft.com/content/58e9...
ft.com
Prediction markets ‘rife with insider trading’, warns EU watchdog
Esma’s concerns on risks of fast-growing sector contrast with US’s more welcoming stance
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The strategic position of the USA would’ve been immeasurably better if it had not started this ludicrous war with Iran and instead given the Patriot interceptors its wasted to Ukraine, to defend Ukr against Russia. What the USA has done, insanely, is strengthen China and Russia.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Is it a big deal that the U.S. president is telling insane lies that he personally rushed to the site of 9/11 and heroically acted like a first responder himself? Sorta seems like it should be! Maybe?
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Øystein Hellesøe Brekke @oysteib.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Dette er så flott! Det einaste som står att av Nonneseter kloster (1100-talet) er tårnfoten og eit kapell, som var i kvar sin ende av klosterkyrkja. Dei siste 100 åra eller so, har det stått eit bygg imellom dei. No er det rive! Igjen kan ein sjå samanhengen.
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Thomas Hansen @thomashansen.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Largest carbon capture facility in Europe opened in Netherlands, developed by Norwegian fertiliser company #Yara The #carbon #capture & #storage #CCS facility will cut emissions at one of Europe's largest fertiliser production sites and transport captured #CO₂ to #NorthernLights Norway:
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Europe's largest carbon capture facility opens in Netherlands
The largest carbon capture facility in Europe opened in the Netherlands on Monday, developed by Norwegian fertiliser company Yara ​International .
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Occasional reminder that there is an ICC arrest warrant against Putin for war crimes in connection with the mass abduction of Ukrainian children.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Of course they are
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
PETRAEUS: Every refinery in Russia within 3,000 km of Ukraine has been hit. Less than 30% of gas stations in Russia now have gas, and the fuel is so degraded that it is fouling cars. Damage inflicted by Ukraine is enormous, it's continuing, and it will only get worse for Russia.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
It's a death cult. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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JD Vance says he’s doing ‘God’s work – and if that leads to the end times, OK’
Vice-president says on evangelical podcast he would feel ‘not shocked if the antichrist was walking among us’
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Ali Esbati @aliesbati.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
«Det er ikke realistisk å tro at man kan finne 100 milliarder kroner i ren sløsing uten at det får konsekvenser for tjenester eller ytelser» — Intervju med @olavslettebo.bsky.social — frifagbevegelse.no/nyheter/vil-...
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– Lavere skatt betyr høyere privat regning
Det vil sjeføkonom Olav Slettebø at velgerne skal forstå.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
A massive Russian attack on #Ukraine with missiles& more than 200 drones:12 killed,dozens injured,including children&rescuers In Kyiv,8 people were killed and eight more were injured,including a 10-yr-old boy. 4 people were killed, 13 injured,including 2 children,in Kyiv region’s Boryspil district
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Nailed it.
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Kjell-Gunnar Eriksen @kgekjell.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Lysbakken med en av de bedre kommentarene til folkeavstemningen på Island, spør du meg.
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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Serbia’s Justice Minister announces that genocidaire Ratko Mladic will be buried in the country with the highest state honors. It’s good that the Serbian government is doing this, so everyone can finally see the true, monstrous face of the Vucic regime. No illusions. www.klix.ba/vijesti/bih/...
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Sramota koja se nikada neće oprati: Srbija će sahraniti zločinca Mladića uz najviše državne počasti
Ministar pravde Srbije Nenad Vujić rekao je da će presuđeni ratni zločinac Ratko Mladić biti sahranjen u Srbiji uz najviše državni počasti.
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Mémoire2cité @memoire2cite.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
69 Villeurbanne Gratte-Ciel, la Cité Géante construite de 1927 à 34 comme DRANCY la Muette & représente un cas d'espèce en tant que gratte-ciel HBM et de cité ouvrière constitutive d'un nouveau centre-ville. LEROUX Arch @ Le voisinage de Lyon entraîne souvent une confusion entre les deux villes,
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Joni Askola @joniaskola.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
People aren’t taking the threat seriously enough
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Murdered by the Trump regime. No accountability.
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Russians on the fuel crisis in Russia: "[The problem behind the gasoline lines] is the way the country is being run." "What can we change? A Soviet, Russian person gets used to anything. So we endure it and wait." "We don’t expect anything from the state anyway. 📹: Sota
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olavslettebo.bsky.social @olavslettebo.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Noen hovedpoenger fra artikkelen «Offentlig sektor - bedre enn sitt rykte», som kan leses i antologien «For rikt for hvem?». www.dn.no/innlegg/skat...
dn.no
Savnet: En realistisk diskusjon om offentlig sektor
Offentlige utgifter eser ikke ut, og de aller fleste av oss mottar mer fra stat og kommune enn vi betaler i skatt og avgifter gjennom livet.
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Jon Blund @jonblund02.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Samfunnsøkonomisk voksenopplæring ved @olavslettebo.bsky.social og Erling Holmøy. www.dn.no/innlegg/skat...
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Savnet: En realistisk diskusjon om offentlig sektor
Offentlige utgifter eser ikke ut, og de aller fleste av oss mottar mer fra stat og kommune enn vi betaler i skatt og avgifter gjennom livet.
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Jan Arild Snoen @snoen.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Ingen allierte kan stole på en mann som bare har respekt for diktatorer.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16/08/2026
Trump allies himself w/Kim Jong Un against South Korea: “Based on my very good relationship w/Kim Jong Un, I am not happy that the US has agreed to Joint Military Exercises…I recently asked the President of SK if they would like to join us in the Denuclearization of Iran, & they said, ‘No thanks!’”
Trump allies himself with totalitarian dictator Kim Jong Un against South Korea: “Based on my very good relationship with Kim Jong Un, of North Korea, I am not happy with the fact that the United States has, long ago, agreed to participate in Joint Military Exercises with South Korea. These exercises are not only costly, with much of these costs paid for by the United States of America (as usual!), but send a signal that is totally inappropriate and hostile, to a Country that, as long as Donald J. Trump has been President, has been unthreatening and respectful … While somewhat unrelated (?), I recently asked the President of South Korea if they would like to join us in the Denuclearization of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and they said, ‘No thanks!’”
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Joshua G. Schraiber @jgschraiber.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
This was so insane I figured this must be fake, but no, it's real
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olavslettebo.bsky.social @olavslettebo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Interessant innlegg. Fra 2024 www.nrk.no/ytring/sveit...
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Sveits – et glansbilde for de privilegerte?
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Jon Blund @jonblund02.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Mesterlig myteknusing av @olavslettebo.bsky.social og Erling Holmøy i boka til @aliesbati.bsky.social og medarbeidere.
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OJ @ojnilsen.eurosky.social · 14/08/2026
Lesverdig.
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Jørgen Heszlein @heszlein.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
New estimate of Elon Musk’s death toll just dropped www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
President Zelenskyy: If American partners sell us 5% of missiles, we will go through the winter and save people's lives. If they can sell us 10%, we will destroy all Russian ballistic missiles. "Ukraine has 1% now. Each night, we have attacks and 4 or 5 times per month, we have massive attacks.
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