KajsaK🌻
@kajsaklein.bsky.social
Democracy activist academic (currently at UU.se). 🇸🇪🇪🇺On social media mostly to learn about and fight harassment, science denialism and disinformation.
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And another bites the dust?
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling | Editorial
Editorial: With just seven weeks before its funding runs out, the UK’s greatest cultural asset and most trusted international news organisation must be supported
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 3:40 PM
And another bites the dust?
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Breaking news: Composer Philip Glass withdrew his highly anticipated Symphony No. 15 from its scheduled Kennedy Center performance, saying “the values of the Kennedy Center today are in direct conflict with the message of the Symphony.”
Philip Glass pulls world premiere from Kennedy Center
The pioneering composer announced that “the values of the Kennedy Center today are in direct conflict with the message” of his Symphony No. 15: “Lincoln.”
wapo.st
January 27, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Breaking news: Composer Philip Glass withdrew his highly anticipated Symphony No. 15 from its scheduled Kennedy Center performance, saying “the values of the Kennedy Center today are in direct conflict with the message of the Symphony.”
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Probably a bad idea to post when you’re angry, but here goes:
I wonder whether, now that one of their HEALTH WORKER COLLEAGUES has been executed by the regime that they’re collaborating with, these physicians—Drs. Bhattacharya, Makary, Oz, Høeg, Prasad—might break ranks & condemn what’s happening?
I wonder whether, now that one of their HEALTH WORKER COLLEAGUES has been executed by the regime that they’re collaborating with, these physicians—Drs. Bhattacharya, Makary, Oz, Høeg, Prasad—might break ranks & condemn what’s happening?
🆕 In a new piece in @bmj.com, @jonshaffer.bsky.social & I argue that the powerful physicians who lead federal agencies—e.g., the NIH & FDA—should be RESISTING Trump & RFK Jr’s damaging health policies
Instead, they’re collaborating with them, aiding & abetting the harm
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Instead, they’re collaborating with them, aiding & abetting the harm
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Trump and RFK Jr are dismantling public health—aided and abetted by powerful doctors
High profile physicians should be using their positions of power to resist Trump and RFK Jr’s damaging policies, not collaborating with them, say Gavin Yamey and Jonathan Shaffer
President Donald Tr...
www.bmj.com
January 25, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Probably a bad idea to post when you’re angry, but here goes:
I wonder whether, now that one of their HEALTH WORKER COLLEAGUES has been executed by the regime that they’re collaborating with, these physicians—Drs. Bhattacharya, Makary, Oz, Høeg, Prasad—might break ranks & condemn what’s happening?
I wonder whether, now that one of their HEALTH WORKER COLLEAGUES has been executed by the regime that they’re collaborating with, these physicians—Drs. Bhattacharya, Makary, Oz, Høeg, Prasad—might break ranks & condemn what’s happening?
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The challenge is how we can scale this up, spread it to different communities, create those networks, and empower the public before those populist, conspiratorial, and authoritarian systems that outcompete democratic systems make it impossible to respond.
January 25, 2026 at 10:17 AM
The challenge is how we can scale this up, spread it to different communities, create those networks, and empower the public before those populist, conspiratorial, and authoritarian systems that outcompete democratic systems make it impossible to respond.
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New research article with @ndloubere.bsky.social and @pauloshea.bsky.social.
"Mediating official misinformation: how Sweden’s national broadcaster (SVT) communicated mask scepticism during the COVID-19 pandemic"
Global Social Challenges Journal, Bristol University Press
"Mediating official misinformation: how Sweden’s national broadcaster (SVT) communicated mask scepticism during the COVID-19 pandemic"
Global Social Challenges Journal, Bristol University Press
January 24, 2026 at 9:09 AM
New research article with @ndloubere.bsky.social and @pauloshea.bsky.social.
"Mediating official misinformation: how Sweden’s national broadcaster (SVT) communicated mask scepticism during the COVID-19 pandemic"
Global Social Challenges Journal, Bristol University Press
"Mediating official misinformation: how Sweden’s national broadcaster (SVT) communicated mask scepticism during the COVID-19 pandemic"
Global Social Challenges Journal, Bristol University Press
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Board of Peace - Season 1
January 24, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Board of Peace - Season 1
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Medborgerlig samlings partiledare hade hemligt möte med Putinvänlig ex-spion: ”Möjlighet till finansiering”
www.etc.se/inrikes/inte...
www.etc.se/inrikes/inte...
Partiledare hade hemligt möte med Putinvänlig ex-spion: ”Möjlighet till finansiering”
Har lett till internt uppror: ”Borde egentligen anmälas till Säpo”.
www.etc.se
January 22, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Medborgerlig samlings partiledare hade hemligt möte med Putinvänlig ex-spion: ”Möjlighet till finansiering”
www.etc.se/inrikes/inte...
www.etc.se/inrikes/inte...
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No American journalist does a better job of tracking Russian state media and Kremlin insiders than @juliadavisnews.bsky.social. In today's column, she describes Kremlin propagandists as absolutely giddy over Trump's destruction of Western alliances.
Putin is the winner in Trump's Greenland fiasco.
Putin is the winner in Trump's Greenland fiasco.
Putin’s Pals Have a Secret New Mission for ‘Our Agent Trump’
The Kremlin is thrilled by Trump’s latest NATO-sabotage move and Putin’s favorite propagandists have a new mission for him.
www.thedailybeast.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:27 AM
No American journalist does a better job of tracking Russian state media and Kremlin insiders than @juliadavisnews.bsky.social. In today's column, she describes Kremlin propagandists as absolutely giddy over Trump's destruction of Western alliances.
Putin is the winner in Trump's Greenland fiasco.
Putin is the winner in Trump's Greenland fiasco.
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@carolecadwalla.bsky.social interviews historian Robert Kagan about the end of American hegemony, the EU's need to individuate from the US immediately, and the prospects for MAGA's and America's future. Our crisis is well advanced. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0goG...
Europe needs a dramatic strategic revolution - now: historian Robert Kagan
YouTube video by The Nerve
www.youtube.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:13 PM
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social interviews historian Robert Kagan about the end of American hegemony, the EU's need to individuate from the US immediately, and the prospects for MAGA's and America's future. Our crisis is well advanced. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0goG...
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I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.
November 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.
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I’ve been reading Trump’s "Board of Peace Charter," and despite the name, this isn’t a multilateral institution, it’s a centralised structure built entirely around the authority of one person (Trump).
www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
Full text: Charter of Trump’s Board of Peace
No mention of Gaza, which bolsters ToI's reporting that US also envisions panel helping resolve other conflicts worldwide; member countries must pay $1 billion for permanent spot
www.timesofisrael.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:26 AM
I’ve been reading Trump’s "Board of Peace Charter," and despite the name, this isn’t a multilateral institution, it’s a centralised structure built entirely around the authority of one person (Trump).
www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...
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Exactly as I predicted. Also North Korea's Kim and China's Xi. All his favorite blood-stained dictators will be invited to be in on the grift. www.ft.com/content/4b16...
Trump has invited Putin to join ‘Board of Peace’, Kremlin says
Russian president’s spokesperson says Moscow is ‘studying all details of the offer’ to join board overseeing Gaza
www.ft.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Exactly as I predicted. Also North Korea's Kim and China's Xi. All his favorite blood-stained dictators will be invited to be in on the grift. www.ft.com/content/4b16...
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Really critical story on the unethical hepatitis B vaccine study in Guinea Bissau. In addition to the Danish researchers, #RFKJr & billionaire #BillAckman are key drivers of this nonsense. The combo of bad science, bad politics & bad money are putting kids at risk again. @katherineeban.bsky.social
EXCLUSIVE: In my 1st @rollingstone.com story, internal
@hhsofficial.bsky.social emails show how 2 Danish scientists accused of "questionable research practices" got a $1.6 million grant aligned w/ Sec. Kennedy's theories to study HepB vaccine in Guinea-Bissau: rollingstone.com/politics/pol... /1
@hhsofficial.bsky.social emails show how 2 Danish scientists accused of "questionable research practices" got a $1.6 million grant aligned w/ Sec. Kennedy's theories to study HepB vaccine in Guinea-Bissau: rollingstone.com/politics/pol... /1
HHS Gave a $1.6 Million Grant to a Controversial Vaccine Study. These Emails Show How That Happened
Two Danish researchers faced accusations of “questionable research practices” as RFK Jr.’s top appointees made their study a “funding priority”
rollingstone.com
January 17, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Really critical story on the unethical hepatitis B vaccine study in Guinea Bissau. In addition to the Danish researchers, #RFKJr & billionaire #BillAckman are key drivers of this nonsense. The combo of bad science, bad politics & bad money are putting kids at risk again. @katherineeban.bsky.social
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MAGAs: The left is escalating the rhetoric by calling us Nazis
Also MAGAs: Look at our new podium, featuring a Nazi slogan about the time Nazis wiped out an entire village in Czechoslovakia and killed up to 5000 innocent people in retaliation for one Nazi being killed.
"One of ours, all of yours."
Also MAGAs: Look at our new podium, featuring a Nazi slogan about the time Nazis wiped out an entire village in Czechoslovakia and killed up to 5000 innocent people in retaliation for one Nazi being killed.
"One of ours, all of yours."
January 13, 2026 at 2:08 AM
MAGAs: The left is escalating the rhetoric by calling us Nazis
Also MAGAs: Look at our new podium, featuring a Nazi slogan about the time Nazis wiped out an entire village in Czechoslovakia and killed up to 5000 innocent people in retaliation for one Nazi being killed.
"One of ours, all of yours."
Also MAGAs: Look at our new podium, featuring a Nazi slogan about the time Nazis wiped out an entire village in Czechoslovakia and killed up to 5000 innocent people in retaliation for one Nazi being killed.
"One of ours, all of yours."
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Den regimkritiska journalisten Lavan Mohammadi, som rapporterar om protesterna i Iran på tv-kanalen Aryen i Stockholm, ska utvisas. Enligt Migrationsverket riskerar han inte förföljelse i Iran.
www.journalisten.se/nyheter/jour...
www.journalisten.se/nyheter/jour...
Journalist ska utvisas till Iran – ”Jag kommer att avrättas” - Journalisten
Strax före jul rapporterade Journalisten att den svensk-kurdisk-iranske journalisten och programledaren Fariborz Rezai på satellit-tv-kanalen Aryen TV i Stockholm ska utvisas till Iran....
www.journalisten.se
January 12, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Den regimkritiska journalisten Lavan Mohammadi, som rapporterar om protesterna i Iran på tv-kanalen Aryen i Stockholm, ska utvisas. Enligt Migrationsverket riskerar han inte förföljelse i Iran.
www.journalisten.se/nyheter/jour...
www.journalisten.se/nyheter/jour...
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gift link. this will be challenged in court
Kennedy Scales Back the Number of Vaccines Recommended for Children
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:12 PM
gift link. this will be challenged in court
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Apparently based on a review by Tracy Beth Høeg and Martin Kulldorff.
Still can't believe so many people in Sweden trusted the words of Kulldorff, Bhattacharya and others. And Tegnell joined them in celebrating the Great Barrington Declaration. Now we know where they stand, if that wasn't obvious.
Still can't believe so many people in Sweden trusted the words of Kulldorff, Bhattacharya and others. And Tegnell joined them in celebrating the Great Barrington Declaration. Now we know where they stand, if that wasn't obvious.
BREAKING: CDC announces an unprecedented overhaul of the childhood vaccine schedule, a significant shift that recommends fewer shots for all kids.
CDC overhauls childhood vaccine schedule to resemble Denmark in unprecedented move
The new U.S. guidelines recommend all children get vaccines for 11 diseases, compared with the 18 previously on the schedule.
nbcnews.to
January 5, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Apparently based on a review by Tracy Beth Høeg and Martin Kulldorff.
Still can't believe so many people in Sweden trusted the words of Kulldorff, Bhattacharya and others. And Tegnell joined them in celebrating the Great Barrington Declaration. Now we know where they stand, if that wasn't obvious.
Still can't believe so many people in Sweden trusted the words of Kulldorff, Bhattacharya and others. And Tegnell joined them in celebrating the Great Barrington Declaration. Now we know where they stand, if that wasn't obvious.
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Yup. It has been incredibly painful watching the MAHA/Great Barrington Declaration/MAGA/anti-vaxx crew—RFK Jr, Bhattacharya, Oz, Makary, Høeg, Kulldorff, Prasad—deliberately dismantle public health, drive the return of deadly yet vaccine-preventable child diseases, & rip apart pandemic preparedness
December 21, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Yup. It has been incredibly painful watching the MAHA/Great Barrington Declaration/MAGA/anti-vaxx crew—RFK Jr, Bhattacharya, Oz, Makary, Høeg, Kulldorff, Prasad—deliberately dismantle public health, drive the return of deadly yet vaccine-preventable child diseases, & rip apart pandemic preparedness
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Oh my God it just keeps getting worse. This #RFK sponsored #hepatitis vaccine trial in #Guinea-Bissau is being run by people whose research methods have been totally discredited. This isn’t research, it’s gun-for-hire antivax nonsense. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
What is actually the emerging evidence about non-specific vaccine effects in randomized trials from the Bandim Health Project?
www.sciencedirect.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Oh my God it just keeps getting worse. This #RFK sponsored #hepatitis vaccine trial in #Guinea-Bissau is being run by people whose research methods have been totally discredited. This isn’t research, it’s gun-for-hire antivax nonsense. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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A depressing milestone on the TrumpActionTracker - 2000 logged actions since January.
www.trumpactiontracker.info
Shortly about to be 2002 as I have a couple more to add tonight :-/
www.trumpactiontracker.info
Shortly about to be 2002 as I have a couple more to add tonight :-/
December 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
A depressing milestone on the TrumpActionTracker - 2000 logged actions since January.
www.trumpactiontracker.info
Shortly about to be 2002 as I have a couple more to add tonight :-/
www.trumpactiontracker.info
Shortly about to be 2002 as I have a couple more to add tonight :-/
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The Great Barrington Declaration was a bloody disaster. One of the greatest human follies of the modern age.
Sheer arrogance and cynicism.
Sheer arrogance and cynicism.
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Redirecting
doi.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The Great Barrington Declaration was a bloody disaster. One of the greatest human follies of the modern age.
Sheer arrogance and cynicism.
Sheer arrogance and cynicism.
Ironically or unsurprisingly? @galsh.bsky.social have you read Science under siege by Mann & Hotez?
Ironically, in the DN interview he refuses to take a stance on climate change too: “Det är inte mitt ämne.” One wonders WHAT his stance on climate change is and why he can't spit it out.
December 8, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Ironically or unsurprisingly? @galsh.bsky.social have you read Science under siege by Mann & Hotez?
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Trump national security strategy says US should stop "hectoring" repressive nations in the Middle East about human rights then goes on to hector democratically elected European nations about their domestic policies. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...
Trump Administration Says Europe Faces ‘Civilizational Erasure’
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Trump national security strategy says US should stop "hectoring" repressive nations in the Middle East about human rights then goes on to hector democratically elected European nations about their domestic policies. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...
