Dan Olner

Worry, Don't Panic, Over Trump's Efforts to Subvert the Elections America's system is quite foolproof but he can still try to delegitimize it

His attacks on the midterms are real and dangerous… and aren’t going to work. Running down the case for an optimistic threat assessment @theunpopulist.net :

Nicely phrased.

See also www.hive.co.uk where you can order books online ethically and contribute some dosh to local independent book shops.

Something compelled me to make this

The inevitable end of seeing "free speech" as the right to be heard, not a limit on your ability to censor.

Amazingly, first time I have seen this.

Screenshot of a Rotten Tomatoes listing for the film “MELANIA.” On the left is a black-and-white poster showing a woman seated in a chair, with text “A NEW FILM” and “MELANIA,” and “Exclusively in theaters January 30.” On the right, the ratings show an 8% Tomatometer (12 reviews) and a 99% Popcornmeter (100+ verified ratings)

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Confusion in gaming disorder measurement Abstract. Measurement is important for the scientific programmes of addictive behaviours. In the present study, we investigated the measurement of gaming d

First post of the year, new paper out today: we present possibly the biggest case of systematic Measurement Schmeasurement in tech use. It seems that most studies on gaming (videogame) addiction/disorder haven't measured gaming after all. This research took years, so long 🧵 doi.org/10.1098/rsos...

And half the politicians pontificating about it do so on a far-right paedophile website, without the slightest self-awareness about how ridiculous they look.

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

I think that's a misunderstanding. MAGA has more of an ethos than people think (ie white supremacy) and fascism has less of one. It has never been a sophisticated intellectual project but a framework for power, violence and nationalism

“If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”

Justice Brett Kavanaugh

www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

Stacked bar chart from The New York Times/Siena Poll (Jan. 12–17) asking: “Do you think the country is generally better off than it was a year ago, about the same, or worse off?” Overall results: 32% better off, 19% about the same, 49% worse off. By party: Democrats — 3% better, 11% same, 86% worse; Independents — 24% better, 22% same, 52% worse (with a tiny remainder not labeled); Republicans — 73% better, 16% same, 11% worse. Green indicates “better off,” gray “about the same,” and orange “worse off.”

... what their own eyes tell them seems to be highly party-dependent. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...

Repeatedly.

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Have been busy last hour. Is Trump declaring war on Bjork?

Every day we all have to think about one of the most irredeemable cunts in the history of the world. What’s he doing? What’s he said now? How will it affect your life? What will be left once he’s finished smashing it all up? It’s unconscionable

... to sell USD1 stablecoins in side meetings in exchange for favours? Speech is secondary?

Absolutely unreal.

That's in real time?? Woooow.

The New World asked me to speak to some British trans women about what life has been like for them over the past few years - here's what they had to say, in their own words: www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...

Opinion | I’ve Covered Police Abuse for 20 Years. What ICE Is Doing Is Different.

"The lies this administration is telling about Ms. Good aren’t those you deploy as part of a cover-up. They’re those you use when you want to show you can get away with anything. They’re a projection of power." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...

Someone should get Donald to have a play with thetruesize website. (As if objective reality plays any part in that man's mind...) thetruesize.com#?borders=1~!... #greenland

Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"

The Carney doctrine Open comment thread on the PM's Davos speech

Here is the full text of Carney's speech. Very much worth reading.

paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...

In a speech to the World Economic Forum, Mark Carney says middle powers such as Canada must accept that the rules-based international order is effectively dead, and great power rivalry with is here to stay. Key excerpt:

Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "

I cannot express how it makes me feel to see my Minneapolis neighbors living every day in the line of fire, risking injury, imprisonment, and death at the hands of a tyrant, while these soft, empty suits prance around at Davos and hope that if they pretend hard enough he’ll go away.

Someone should get Donald to have a play with thetruesize website. (As if objective reality plays any part in that man's mind...) thetruesize.com#?borders=1~!... #greenland

Screenshot of email that reads: “This status will remain in place until the University receives notification that you are no longer participating in that action. During this period, any work undertaken will be regarded as voluntary.”

Well that’s me locked out. No pay for the foreseeable future, all because I refuse to reschedule lost teaching, for which I have already lost pay as part of the strike. Please donate to support @sheffielducu.bsky.social members like me at www.gofundme.com/f/heubvb-sup...

Congratulations everyone, Big Brother wasn’t imposed on you, you bought Big Brother on Prime Day and installed him yourselves.