Fredrik Ljunghill

Boomers are staying in the job market as Gen Z struggles to break through The average age of workers starting new jobs has spiked, new data shows, as AI and economic pressures lead employers to favor experience.

More people are working well into their 60s and 70s, and companies are eliminating roles and seeking more experienced candidates when they do hire, making it harder for younger job applicants to find work, according to new research.

Doesn't the action to arrest Maduro remind a lot of the US arrest of Noriega (Panama)?

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Happy New Year!

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Merry Christmas!

Trump's peace plan had Russian fingerprints all over it - and now we know why There must be serious questions surrounding Steve Witkoff's engagement with the Russians - and serious concerns around consequences that are potentially catastrophic, writes Sky's James Matthews.

news.sky.com/story/trumps...

Disgraceful!

Jan. 6 Rioter Ashli Babbitt Was Killed Storming The Capitol. She Will Now Receive Military Funeral Honors. The Babbitt family also received a settlement of $5 million earlier this year.

www.huffpost.com/entry/ashli-...

Shameful...

I have a business idea (one of my better ones—right up there with reselling plastic bags 😄):
Open a gym that only has cardio machines and a ton of cable crosses. Zero wait time. 😅

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Morons...

Maybe somone smarter than me could answer the question if Elon Musk has potentially exposed himself to lawsuits form shareholders? I mean, it cannot be compatible with being a CEO to put the Tesla brand at jeopardy by acting in dubious ways?

I wonder if Elon Musk has hit his head on something??

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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,423,894!

Does the "non-urban" (rural?) require plans and planning and in extension participation of people? 🤔 Except for the property owner?

Russian lieutenant general arrested amid Putin’s defense ministry purge News of Yuri Kuznetsov’s detention comes as the president reshuffles his top military brass, and amid a ramp-up of the war in Ukraine.

Russian authorities arrested a high-ranking lieutenant general responsible for personnel matters, according to state media, amid a wider reshuffle of the military's top ranks.

Happy Eid Al-Fitr!

Now we can say for sure that it's spring in Sweden.

Chose this book by Neil Smith for an assignment. 🤔

Wonder why Tucker Carlson has made it his business model to interview douchebags around the world?

Today I learned about the Pruitt-Igoe project in St Louis. Astonishing! Puts the "failed" Million Program in Sweden in perspective.

Would you ride on a bus without a driver? Aka driverless vehicle. I know I wouldn't. Call me technophobe if you want...

Course litterature for the upcoming months of studies. Interesting!

Got my first ever issue of "Plan". Published by Föreningen för samhällsplanering ("Association for planning"(?), my own translation).

After a series of underwater pipeline and cable breaches, ten European countries have joined forces to protect vulnerable undersea infrastructure.

🔗 www.politico.eu/article/nort...

Maine strips Trump from the ballot, inflaming legal war over his candidacy Activists and voters have filed numerous lawsuits around the country claiming the former president is barred from office under the “insurrection clause.”

🚨BREAKING: A ruling by Maine’s Secretary of State to disqualify Donald Trump’s candidacy in the state is certain to inflame a roaring national debate over whether the Republican presidential frontrunner should be allowed to hold power again.

I know people who remove all christmas decorations etc on Boxing Day. Why the hurry?? Bah humbug much?

Idea for a new product:
Ginger cookie-flavored butter
🥴

I love the word "badlands." Someone got so upset with the terrain that they ran out of words to describe it.

"How are these lands? What did you see?"
"They are bad. Didn't like them one bit."

In a Swedish context a very tall building, but I'm all for it.

www.sydsvenskan.se/2023-12-12/k...

141 m tall building approved by the city council. A way to maximize land use and limit horizontal expansion of the city.

One(!) of the things wrong with the U.S.

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Excited about the new incoming Polish government headed by Donald Tusk, even though I'm not a Polish citizen. Poland is an important country for Europe, in my opinion. Hopefully the new prime minister can steer the country on to a new path.