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John Grönvall

@pluti.bsky.social
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Teaching, researching, photographing, defying gravity through music and writings. Confused about boundary conditions and causal determinism. Research interests: Public Service Media, Disinformation, Democracy, AI, MIL, Critical Media Studies.

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Camilla Wide @camillawide.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Published online today in Discourse, Context & Media 😊 @elsevierconnect.bsky.social
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Open online peer support on dementia for family care partners in the Finland-Swedish minority context
The aim of this study is twofold. On the one hand, it investigates what possibilities there are to find open online support discussions for Finland-Sw…
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John Grönvall @pluti.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Our new work with @karika.bsky.social on framing Nordic Public Service media just published, open-access: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Framing Nordic public service media: Comparing policy discourses in Finland, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark - John Grönvall, Kari Karppinen, 2025
This article analyses how the role and remit of public service media (PSM) and its relationship to current media and societal developments are framed in recent ...
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
When you send innocent people to a foreign gulag, you are not fighting terror. You are practicing it.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 20/03/2025
Each day of Trump’s second term brings more “outrageous news from an autocrat who revels in his contempt for the government he leads, for the foreign allies who deserve our support, and for the Constitution he is sworn to uphold,” David Remnick writes.
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Trump’s Disgrace
David Remnick on the temper of Trump’s Presidency—the threats and firings, the multiple DOGE fiascoes, the proposal to cleanse the Gaza Strip of two million Palestinians, and his showdown with Volodym...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
AOC: I want to live in an America that guarantees healthcare to every person. I want to live in an America that has a living wage for every person I want to live in an America where you have free speech to express yourself and not be afraid of being put on a list or deported.
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John Grönvall @pluti.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
x.com/szabadonmagy...
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John Grönvall @pluti.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Neopatrimonialism: the right to rule is ascribed to a person rather than to an office. The distinction between private and public interests is purposely blurred. The essence is the award by public officials of personal favours, both within the state and in society(Bratton & van de Walle, 1994)
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Key points and statements from President Zelenskyy's interview to Fox News: ◾️Ukrainians want peace more than anyone. ◾️Ukrainians need peace through strength, with security guarantees, not just a ceasefire that Putin will violate like he already has done with numerous earlier ceasefires.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Dusting off my old Oxford English Dictionary and consulting carefully, I could not find "attack friends and submit to enemies" as a definition of the word "strength."
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John Grönvall @pluti.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
“Fact vs. Fiction” Thought the US would recognise the real Heroes by now 🇺🇦
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 19/02/2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said US President Donald Trump is “surrounded by disinformation” after Trump falsely accused Ukraine of starting the war with Russia.
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Zelenskyy says Trump is ‘surrounded by disinformation’
U.S. leader’s claim that Zelenskyy’s approval rating is 4 percent is Russian disinfo, Ukrainian president says.
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John Grönvall @pluti.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
DeCrypto vs Crypto 6-0
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Microsoft’s Majorana 1 chip carves new path for quantum computing - Source
Majorana 1, the first quantum chip powered by a new Topological Core architecture
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
This is why you fight these cowards. The moment you stand up to them, they crumble. Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights. He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
X blocks links to Signal, encrypted service used by whistle blowers www.disruptionist.com/p/elon-musks...
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Elon Musk’s X blocks links to Signal, the encrypted messaging service
Signal has been a primary method of communication for federal workers looking to blow the whistle on DOGE.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 15/02/2025
White House bans AP journalists from Oval Office amid continued Gulf dispute
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White House bans AP journalists from Oval Office amid continued Gulf dispute
News agency, which has declined to use ‘Gulf of America’ name in stories, also barred from Air Force One The White House has announced that it is indefinitely blocking Associated Press journalists from accessing the Oval Office and Air Force One amid a…
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John Grönvall @pluti.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
! “National unity is indeed returning — if only some of the people are really “the people.” This president prefers to lead a nation […] in which certain people are the wrong kind and others are the right kind, in which some are real Americans and others will never be.”
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Opinion | America Is Full of People Trump Doesn’t Like
If, according to the president, so many people in the United States are the wrong kind, who makes up the right kind?
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John Grönvall @pluti.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
”Don’t believe him!”
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Don't Believe Him | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
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(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
German authorities revealed that hundreds of cars in German were sabotaged by a group of three men who operated for the Russian state. After damaging the cars they left messages pointing at the Green Party.
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Kati Lahtinen @katitlahtinen.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Luen uutisia Yhdysvalloista. Muistutan itseäni päivittäin: He äänestivät tämän. He äänestivät tämän. Sitten Hesarin uutinen eilisestä IS-kuntavaalitentistä. Me äänestimme myös. Media voisi olla tässä tuikempi. Politiikkaa tehdään taas tällä näin ne asiat koetaan -tietämisen tasolla. #politiikka
Kuvakaappaus: Hänen mukaansa se [pervoilu] on esimerkiksi sitä, että alaikäisille annetaan tehtäviä, joissa heidän pitää kirjoittaa luokkatoveristaan seksuaalifantasia. Purra ei täsmentänyt, missä näin olisi tapahtunut.
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keep your electric eye on me @ubisurv.net · 04/02/2025
It is astonishing that folks in the #USA, whether politicians or ordinary folk, seem to have no idea what to do when the government is acting no just unethically but blatantly illegally. Compare to #SouthKorea where there was immediate mass protest and the President was arrested and charged. 1/n
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John Grönvall @pluti.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Good analysis! by @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
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John Grönvall @pluti.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
US Stalinism in a column
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Dustin Moskovitz @moskov.goodventures.org · 02/02/2025
One of my party facts is that according to polls, Americans believe foreign aid is about 25% of the federal budget and on average that it *should* be about 10%. The actual number is less than 1%. Foreign aid has long been a boogey man of the right, so it's not surprising they're vilifying it now.
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John Grönvall @pluti.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
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auonsson @auonsson.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
US Feb 2025 Former director of CIA and NSA, a retired 4-star general, reposting anti-fascist graffiti, aimed at present govt. Recently purged of clearance by Trump. Wild.
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John Grönvall @pluti.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Well put! “Populists have only one product: fear. They not only sell it, they feed on it, and they will always try to enrage you, because this will propel their existence.”
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world. Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
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Janne Wass @jannewass.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Adlercreutz rubricerar sin debattartikel “Om att dra sitt strå till stacken”. Den här regeringen har uttryckligen sett till att samhällets rika inte behöver dra sitt strå till stacken. Det är det bara de sjuka, de arbetslösa, låginkomsttagarna och prekariatet som ska. www.nytid.fi/2025/01/viss...
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Visst fan finns det alternativ, Adlercreutz
SFP:s ordförande Anders Adlercreutz tycker inte att vi ska vara surpuppor, utan skriver i ett debattinlägg i Hufvudstadsbladet 29.1 att vi ska se med tillförsikt på framtiden. Det är tuffa tider nu då...
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Yeah, how about not dissolving the air safety advisory commission at the FAA. As your team did last week.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent. Opportunities are everywhere. Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉
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John Grönvall @pluti.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
substack.com/@robertreich...
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Robert Reich on Substack
If you’re feeling despair today, I completely understand. But Trump’s second term will expose a reality that has been hidden from many Americans: the raw, stinking power of the American oligarchy. I...
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Jim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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EU medicines agency quits X, moves to Bluesky
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on Monday it would no longer post on X and would use rival Bluesky instead, becoming the latest organisation to quit a social media platform that some have criticised for its content.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 27/01/2025
U.S. public health officials have been told to stop working with the World Health Organization, effective immediately.
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CDC ordered to stop working with WHO immediately, upending expectations of an extended withdrawal
U.S. public health officials have been told to stop working with the World Health Organization, effective immediately. The surprise decision is focused on the U.S.
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 28/01/2025
American science and medicine has been thrown into chaos and uncertainty over the past week. Here are some stories to get up to speed. 1/12
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Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
The bigotry and white supremacy is right out there in the open, impossible to ignore for anyone paying attention. A lot of people are revealing a lot about themselves by supporting this.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Trump II has begun. Many people are asking: “What can I do now?” Here are 10 recommendations. Please let me know your thoughts, and if you have anything else you'd like to add to the list.
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What you can do
Ten ways to resist Trump II
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John Grönvall @pluti.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Exactly.
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Elon Musk's Trans Daughter Epically Calls Out His Nazi-Like Salute At Trump Inauguration
She's not wrong.
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Eric Champnella @echamp.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
This week's Internet winner goes to...
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John Grönvall @pluti.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
”By saying that it will reinforce so-called “civic content” … Meta effectively aligns its platforms with Trumpism, surrendering to the narrative defended by Trump and Musk, a kind of billionaire post-truth dystopia that values personal opinion more than individual or collective rights.”
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Alliance between Meta and Trump is likely to create informational, economic and geopolitical conflicts around the world
In the name of “freedom of expression”, Mark Zuckerberg has announced measures that will turn his digital platforms into even more fertile ground for contaminating public debate with disinformation an...
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Curd Knüpfer @curdknupfer.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
This report by @cemas.io is in German, but even non-speakers will be able to understand the data outlining the scope of Musk's direct boosting of the far right AfD via X. As I've said before: it's anything but subtle...
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Jan Kirsch, M.D., M.P.H. @drjanicekirsch.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
THANKS, BRITAIN! (Please consider taking us back)
Image of the British newspaper Morning Star.
It shows Trump awkwardly dancing.
Headline: "Return of the village idiot".
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
CARTOON OF THE DAY
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Modesty Blasé @hollylalarebel.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
”Poistuma X-viestipalvelusta näkyy melkeinpä kaikkialla paitsi toimittajissa, jotka toimivat pitkälti portinvartijoina sen suhteen, mitä suurin osa suomalaisista näkee aamuisin kahvikupin äärellä lehdessä tai kun he selaavat kännykkäänsä pitkin päivää.” Mitä jos me muutkaan ei enää jaettaisi..1/
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Lukijan mielipide | Toimittajien kannattaisi lähteä pois X-viestipalvelusta
Tällä hetkellä X:n riidankylväjillä ja algoritmeilla on enemmän vaikutusvaltaa mediaan kuin tutkijoilla ja riippumattomalla tiedolla.
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Janne Seppänen @jannesep.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
”Kun toimittaja tiedustelee, mihin haastateltava wokella viittaa, kaverilla menee sormi suuhun. Vaikkei hän tiedäkään, mitä woke tarkoittaa, on kuitenkin hyvä asia, että se "kuolee".” Trump ja kokoomus mainittu. www.polemis.fi/post/woke-id...
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Woke-ideologiaa
Luen Iltalehdestä kokoomusnuoresta, joka innoissaan ennustaa, että Donald Trumpin presidenttiyden myötä ”woke” häviää Yhdysvalloista lopullisesti. Kun toimittaja tiedustelee, mihin haastateltava wokel...
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Dcmfox @dcmfox.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
#wikipedia Says the Same Thing - 😁
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John Grönvall @pluti.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
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Eli Pariser @eli.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Today’s one for the history books: Mastodon is becoming an independent non-profit, and Bluesky is supporting #FreeOurFeeds taking their AT Protocol in the same direction.
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Free Our Feeds
Let's take social media away from billionaire capture.
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