Stefan Molnar

Key takeaways:
-Misinformation isn’t just false facts—it’s tied to our social belonging.
-Media literacy tools can help build critical-thinking muscles.
-Broadening identities and conversations across different groups = stronger defenses against misleading info.
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As part of our In Conversation series, anthropologist @slaydok.bsky.social spoke with architecture writer @pauldobraszczyk.bsky.social & practitioner/researcher Joyce Hwang about their visions for a discipline that regards nonhuman animals as subjects of human design — and sometimes vice versa. 🦊

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Bilförare får stöd och vägledning. Cyklande får lösa det själva - Cykelmagasinet Ett inlägg i Facebookgruppen Vi som cyklar i Stockholm väckte min uppmärksamhet. Det var en bild och text om Hornstull på Södermalm i Stockholm. En mycket hårt belastad cykelkorsning där tusentals cyk...

De som har trafikutbildning och licens att framföra sitt fordon får mest och bäst stöd av systemet. Cyklande får klara sig själva och lösa undermåliga förhållanden. cykelmagasinet.se/bilforare-fa...

Linking Silicon Valley's NRx 'California Forever' to Kigali's technocratic master plans, our article of the week explores how illiberalism thrives through urban density and the viral speed of digital 'Extrastatecraft'.

By @jluger.bsky.social et al. in @urbanstudiesonline.com

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Aodán Hill @Aodanism One of the greatest owns in history (Screenshot of book excerpt) A member of parliament, Thomas Massey-Massey, was introducing a motion to change the name of Christmas to Christ-tide, on the grounds that mass is a Catholic festival, inappropriate to a Protestant country. He was interrupted by a member opposite who asked him how he would like to be called 'Thotide Tidey-Tidey'. The bill was forgotten in the uproar.

Excellent visualizations in this article illustrating how rich tech dudes have tentacles in all the places that would otherwise be holding them accountable. Here are main figures of you do not have subscription

How to buy a year of happiness, explained in one chart Want to improve someone’s well-being? These are the “best buys” identified so far.

🗣️ “In other words, we should focus more on subjective #wellbeing: how satisfied people are with their lives based on what they say matters most to them.”

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I considered deleting social media, softening my tone in my research, & avoiding the no-no words in order to avoid being targeted by government. But I remembered that none of that would matter because I’m still black and a woman. So I might as well go down in a blaze of glory. Fuck Donald Trump.

Australian academics refuse to attend US conferences for fear of being detained ‘When academics fear travelling or partnering with US institutions, the impacts ripple through the entire global knowledge ecosystem,’ one says

I never thought that fear of detention or deportation would have been on the list of reasons for making conferences hybrid, but this seems compelling

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Naturvårdsverket: Sverige missar samtliga klimatmål Sverige ser inte ut att klara något av sina nationella klimatmål för 2030, 2040 eller 2045 – eller EU:s bindande mål till 2030.

Sverige klarar med nuvarande politik inte något av sina nationella klimatmål för 2030, 2040 eller 2045, inte heller EU:s bindande mål till 2030. Naturvårdsverkets rapport skräder inte orden. Sveriges klimatpolitik pendlar mellan en fars och en tragedi.

Statsanställda i USA ska ange varandra för ”anti-kristen inställning” Trumpadministrationen har beordrat anställda på utrikesdepartementet att rapportera om deras kollegor uppvisat en ”anti-kristen inställning”, rapporterar Politico. – Det är som i serien Handmaids Tale, säger en anställd.

Statsanställda i USA ska ange varandra för ”anti-kristen inställning”
https://www.svt.se/nyheter/utrikes/statsanstallda-i-usa-ska-ange-varandra-for-anti-kristen-installning

Naturvårdsverket: Sverige kommer att missa alla nationella klimatmål för 2030, 2040 och 2045 – och EU:s bindande klimatmål till 2030

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Help! At the last minute, I am taking over as a teacher for a module on feminist political ecology and Latin America and need help finding good resources to be used for conversations and seminars. Documentaries, podcasts, short stories. Thankful for any help.

92 fall av dödligt våld under 2024 Antalet fall av dödligt våld 2024 var den lägsta uppmätta nivån sedan 2014. Antalet fall var färre för både kvinnliga och manliga dödsoffer. Den våldsmetod som minskade mest var kniv eller annat stick...

Det dödliga våldet under förra året var under 100 döda för första gången sedan ökningen som började 2015.

Det är väldigt goda nyheter.

Tyvärr var genomgången på StudioEtt i morse av Brå-rapporten inte jättebra och innehöll flera felaktigheter. Man måste inte jäkta fram sånt här.

Lite fakta > 🧵

1938 krävde Nazityskland att utländska företag som gjorde affärer med Tyskland skulle ”arianiseras”, dvs rensa ut judar, i enlighet med då gällande tyska lagar.

Aha, tack!

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In 1862, a Union soldier found cigars wrapped in a piece of paper in a field of clover. The paper was a copy of Confederate Gen. Lee's invasion orders. The Southern sloppiness helped the Union stop Lee at Antietam.
It's unknown who lost the orders in the field, or if he was related to Pete Hegseth.

Ny studie från Försvarshögskolan:

Inför valet 2022 var 15% av alla användare och 20% av allt innehåll producerat av bottar. Syftet var att attackera rödgröna partierna.

Vill ni gissa vilket parti som låg bakom?

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NEW: Elon Musk’s X has suspended accounts of Turkish opposition groups, suppressing footage of anti-government protests.

So, best we share all the footage we can here!

This was last night’s massive demo against Erdogan’s government, which follows the arrest of his rival Ekrem İmamoğlu.

🇹🇷 #Turkey

1. For the past thirty years I've had the best job in the world.


I've had the opportunity to follow my curiosity; explore the workings of nature and society; mentor students and junior colleagues in the same process; and teach generations of students about it all.

Thank God neo-Nazis were still able to hold their annual gathering in Budapest in February, commemorating the last stand of German Nazis and their Hungarian allies at the end of World War II.

Certainly less dangerous than tolerance, acceptance, and diversity.

Just in: #Hungary's parliament has passed a bill targeting #Pride, effectively banning gatherings that "promote homosexuality." Participants could face fines of up to 200,000 HUF ($550).

This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH

Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik — a fervent Srebrenica genocide denier who also just got hit with an arrest warrant last week — is heading to an antisemitism conference in Jerusalem later this month. Other attendees include far-right figures such as Javier Milei and Jordan Bardella.