What we’re witnessing in America is what happens when disordered discourse captures a political party, then the state itself. The Republican Party was the first to fall - abandoning truth for conspiracy, ideology for grievance, and policy for performative outrage.

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#StandWithUkraine

This an ugly way to begin the four-year process whereby Americans relearn that the US government a) does all kinds of things they need but don't even know about, b) well, despite c) being chronically understaffed.

“You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.”
-Angela Davis

Happy 81st birthday, Angela Davis.

"If you live long enough a defeat will turn into a victory."
--Angela Davis

January 27th marks 80th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation.

Use the wisdom of the Holocaust survivors, their numbers are dwindling and lack of their personal accounts contributes to re-emergence of the fascist ideology. "Never again" used to be indisputable - today it sounds hollow.

Bloomberg philanthropy to cover U.S. climate dues after Paris withdrawal Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's philanthropy and other U.S. funders said on Thursday they will cover U.S. financial obligations to the UN climate framework after President Donald Trump called for the U.S. to withdraw - for a second time - from the Paris climate agreement.

After Trump ordered the US to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, Bloomberg Philanthropies and other U.S. climate funders announced that they will “ensure the United States meets its global climate obligations.”

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Wow

IPBES report sees climate, nature and food challenges interlinked A new approach is needed to tackle the interlinked crises afflicting the planet, scientists warn.

The IPBES Nexus Report was published today.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

🧵Superlång tråd!🧵

Förslaget om att öka högkostnadsskyddet till det helt sjuka 3800kr ligger ute på remiss så nu ska vi se till att det kommer in nekande svar på det här vidriga förslaget!

Här är en tråd med vad du kan göra! Dom första två posterna är viktigast om du inte orkar läsa alla.

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Makten över skolan ska tillbaka till de svenska väljarna Att återreglera en offentligt finansierad sektor är mycket mer komplicerat än att avreglera den, men andelen elever i fristående verksamheter måste minska om vi vill tillbaka till ett skolsystem som h...

"Lärartätheten är lägre i IES, Academedias och Kunskapsskolans skolor. I stället lägger man skolpeng på vinst som IES och Academedia betalar ut i aktieutdelning. Ingen lag tvingar skolbolagen att dela ut vinst, det är de utländska aktieägarna som kräver det."

www.altinget.se/artikel/makt...

Domare pekas ut i brev till Tidöpartierna: ”Trump-inspirerad retorik” I ett brev till Tidöpartierna säger sig LRF Nord vara oroade över tre opolitiska tjänstemän på regeringskansliet som leder en utredning om artskydd.

LRF har alltså skickat ett brev till alla riksdagsledamöter där de misstänkliggör tre namngivna opolitiska tjänstemän. Texten är copy/paste på en av twitters mest aggressiva högerdebattörer, som brukar kallar meningsmotståndare för galna, nollor, idioter osv

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Regeringen borde kanske börja här istället för med "hårdare tag":

"Varje år tvingas omkring 3 000 barn i utsatta situationer vänta mer än tre månader på att kommunernas socialtjänst ska ordna med de stödinsatser som barnen har beviljats."

www.ivo.se/aktuellt/pub...

Putin Isn’t Fighting for Land in Ukraine And Biden has mere weeks to give the Ukrainians the resources they need to fight.

Putin isn't fighting just for territory in Ukraine, and any "peace plan" that fails to understand his goals will fail

www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Martial law came to South Korea – and my friends and I doomscrolled through the night Since the separation of the Koreas in 1953, our elders have experienced the suspension of normal civil rights many times. But for the younger generation, this was a horrifying and instructive first At 10.23pm on 3 December in Seoul, I was already in bed,…

Martial law came to South Korea – and my friends and I doomscrolled through the night

Declaration of martial law awakens ghosts South Koreans thought were laid to rest Yoon Suk Yeol miscalculated when he thought nostalgia for authoritarianism would resonate with at least some MPs * South Korea – latest updates In attempting to declare martial law, South Korea’s president, Yoon Suk Yeol, sought to awaken ghosts…

Declaration of martial law awakens ghosts South Koreans thought were laid to rest

Reading the pardon coverage...I don't think the significance of the Gaetz/Patel/Bondi nominations has sunk in. People still aren't getting what a politicized DOJ and FBI, with the power to arrest/bug/harass anyone for any reason, would be able to do.

Formaldehyde Increases Your Cancer Risk No Matter Where you Live The Environmental Protection Agency’s attempts to reckon with formaldehyde have been repeatedly thwarted by the companies that rely on it. If the past is any guide, even modest steps toward reform are...

Formaldehyde: A chemical 'as ubiquitous in industry as salt is in cooking.'

Regulating it 'could help prevent 1000s of cases of myeloid leukemia.'

The EPA underestimated its risks & the USA elected 'a dream for people who want to deregulate all chemicals.'

Via @fastlerner.bsky.social & @shaw.al

Why misogyny is at the heart of South Korea's presidential elections Disgruntled young men who resent feminism are the focus of candidates vying to be president.

Just a little reminder that the South Korean president who just declared martial law was elected two years ago on a wave of anti-feminist backlash. Misogyny is routinely part of the authoritarian package.

www.bbc.com/news/world-a...

It took only ~2.5 hrs for the National Assembly to gather a majority of members (190 of 300) and generate a unanimous vote (190 of 190) to vote down the emergency martial law. The law says the president "shall comply" with parliament's vote, but doesn't specify a time frame.

500 fler elever – 467 färre medarbetare Resultatet av två års besparingar: ”Enorma nedskärningar.”

Malmös grundskolor:
500 fler elever de senaste två åren

226 färre obehöriga lärare
164 färre elevassistenter
44 färre lärarassistenter
34 färre specialpedagoger
17 färre elevkoordinatorer

Unintended Consequences of Welfare Cuts on Children and Adolescents (October 2024) - This paper studies the effects of a large welfare benefit reduction on the children in the affected families. The welfare cut targeted adult refugees who received residency in Denmark...

Denna av toppforskare i en topptidskrift bör dagligen uppmärksammas.

Visar för Danmark att sänkta bidrag för flyktingar försämrade barnens framtid. Gav sämre betyg, arbetslöshet och ökad risk för kriminalitet.

Men i Sverige funkar nog sänkta bidrag mycket bättre…
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En typ av läkemedelsutsläpp vi möjligen talar för lite om. Mer här: www.dn.se/sverige/horm...

Emma Bouvin: Jag har undvikit att skriva den här texten Terapeuten säger att det är viktigt att vara beredd på publik avhyvling. DN:s Emma Bouvin är omgiven av hantlar och svett när stunden verkar vara inne.

Det gör fysiskt ont, när jag läser den här krönikan, hur kan en person som alltid skriver balanserat och klokt ändå råka ut för så mycket hot och elände? Tröstlöst. www.dn.se/varlden/emma...

Can’t help but think there might be a relationship between people complaining about paywalls and newspapers being bought by billionaires. We should be willing to pay for news because that’s how journalists get paid.

Ukraine's Mineral Resources, Valued at $15 Trillion, Are A Prime Goal for Russia Ukraine's mineral wealth is immense, requiring only investment for full-scale development. However, it has also become a target for Russia's military machine.

The regions containing these mineral deposits align with areas targeted or already occupied by Russian forces, including Crimea, Luhansk, Donetsk, and Zaporizhzhia regions. Significant deposits are also located in Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Poltava, and Kryvyi Rih. #opcanary

China Has a New Playbook to Counter Trump: ‘Supply Chain Warfare’ A series of swipes at American companies show how China could take the initiative in a new trade war, using its economic dominance to exact pain.

Very informative article on how China can respond to US tariffs — not with tariffs but with export controls that hit US supply chains. Adds to a point I've been thinking about: Trump and co have delusions of economic grandeur 1/ www.nytimes.com/2024/11/27/b...

MacMillan gav nobelpengarna till skotska barns utbildning - Vetenskapsradion David MacMillan, 2021 års nobelpristagare i kemi, kommer från enkel bakgrund i Skottland, ”den verkliga arbetarklassen” som han säger. Han vill att fler ...

Lyssna på nobelpristagaren David MacMillan, son till en stålarbetare och ett hembiträde.
Hans prispengar gick till en fond för underprivilegierade.

”Min favorit fenotyp av människor är lärare som bryr sig om sitt lärande. De ger utan att vänta sig något tillbaka”.

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En ny avhandling visar att bilen fortfarande är i centrum när myndigheter planerar - trots att experter är eniga: "bilismen måste minska." Hållbara transporter är bättre för miljö och hälsa, så varför fortsätta driva den förlegade bilnormen? Släpp det gamla och gör morgondagen bättre istället.

AI can help learning... when it isn't a crutch.

There are now multiple controlled experiments showing that students who use AI to get answers to problems hurts learning (even though they think they are learning), but that students who use well-promoted LLMs as a tutor perform better on tests.