Stian Skår Ludvigsen
@stianlud.bsky.social
CFO Mobility and Public Transport Administration, Vestland County, Norway. Long analytics career in regional development, demographics, housing, labor market, business. PhD in Public Policy (Aarhus).
Engasjerende, artig og litt rørende multimedia-dypdykk i Take On Me. Sett av litt tid til artikkelen! Første gang jeg har sammenliknet original-floppen med hiten side-om-side wapo.st/4oobhco
‘Take On Me’ has been stuck in our heads for 40 years. Here’s how it got there.
“Take On Me,” the 1980s synth-pop hit song from the band A-ha, marks 40 years of global ubiquity even while personal disputes have chilled the Norwegian trio.
wapo.st
November 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Engasjerende, artig og litt rørende multimedia-dypdykk i Take On Me. Sett av litt tid til artikkelen! Første gang jeg har sammenliknet original-floppen med hiten side-om-side wapo.st/4oobhco
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If you had told me twenty years ago that I'd have even the slightest twinge of nostalgia or remorse for the passing of one Richard (Dick) Cheney, I'd have laughed you out of the room
And yet here we are
And yet here we are
November 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
If you had told me twenty years ago that I'd have even the slightest twinge of nostalgia or remorse for the passing of one Richard (Dick) Cheney, I'd have laughed you out of the room
And yet here we are
And yet here we are
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I am looking for a post-doc working on behavioral/environmental/urban/energy economics to join my group at the University of Copenhagen. Position is 2 years (possibly 3), good salary, free health insurance, one of the most livable cities in the world. Apply here: jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
Postdoctoral Position in Behavioral and Environmental Economics
jobportal.ku.dk
November 3, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I am looking for a post-doc working on behavioral/environmental/urban/energy economics to join my group at the University of Copenhagen. Position is 2 years (possibly 3), good salary, free health insurance, one of the most livable cities in the world. Apply here: jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
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Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
November 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
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I deleted the thread since it’s misleading now.
Israeli Chief JAG went missing after becoming target of public scrutiny and right wing attacks over her leak of investigation video of abuse of Hamas prisoners. She has since been found healthy following report of note left behind in her car.
Israeli Chief JAG went missing after becoming target of public scrutiny and right wing attacks over her leak of investigation video of abuse of Hamas prisoners. She has since been found healthy following report of note left behind in her car.
She’s alive and well and has been contacted. A huge relief
November 2, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I deleted the thread since it’s misleading now.
Israeli Chief JAG went missing after becoming target of public scrutiny and right wing attacks over her leak of investigation video of abuse of Hamas prisoners. She has since been found healthy following report of note left behind in her car.
Israeli Chief JAG went missing after becoming target of public scrutiny and right wing attacks over her leak of investigation video of abuse of Hamas prisoners. She has since been found healthy following report of note left behind in her car.
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If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
October 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
Bare i går kveld har Trump re-truthet fire kommentarer om at han fortjener fredsprisen. Én av dem mener fredsprisen til og med bør oppkalles etter ham.
Det er bare å stålsette seg.
Det er bare å stålsette seg.
October 10, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Bare i går kveld har Trump re-truthet fire kommentarer om at han fortjener fredsprisen. Én av dem mener fredsprisen til og med bør oppkalles etter ham.
Det er bare å stålsette seg.
Det er bare å stålsette seg.
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Called it! bsky.app/profile/stia...
Sen. Roger Marshall: "It seems very disingenuous for the Democrats to be blaming President Trump for these rural hospital struggles. The reason rural hospitals are struggling is because of the bad economy."
September 30, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Called it! bsky.app/profile/stia...
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There’s an article to be written about how leading data-focused analysts (Silver, Klein, Yglesias, Leonhardt) have become vibes-focused pontificators. I expect it was undue self-confidence that led them to become the former & that overrode the data orientation for them to become the latter.
September 29, 2025 at 1:45 AM
There’s an article to be written about how leading data-focused analysts (Silver, Klein, Yglesias, Leonhardt) have become vibes-focused pontificators. I expect it was undue self-confidence that led them to become the former & that overrode the data orientation for them to become the latter.
Last little whimper of the American democracy. R.I.P.
The Trump administration’s threat to deploy troops in Portland is unlawful.
Here’s a thought.
Focus on protecting the healthcare of the American people.
Here’s a thought.
Focus on protecting the healthcare of the American people.
September 28, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Last little whimper of the American democracy. R.I.P.
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Speaking of things making themselves irrelevant and shrinking their audience, how are things at the Washington Post?
September 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Speaking of things making themselves irrelevant and shrinking their audience, how are things at the Washington Post?
Så middagstalen til Kong Charles nå, og leksen han gav Trump i historie, demokrati, frihet, fred, diplomati, handel, vitenskap, klima, naturvern og en bedre verden i fremtiden er fenomenal! Hvert stikk er subtilt, men i sum var dette en lekse av de sjeldne.
September 17, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Så middagstalen til Kong Charles nå, og leksen han gav Trump i historie, demokrati, frihet, fred, diplomati, handel, vitenskap, klima, naturvern og en bedre verden i fremtiden er fenomenal! Hvert stikk er subtilt, men i sum var dette en lekse av de sjeldne.
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The worse feeling in the world is seeing your support disappear mid-way through your PhD journey.
Working towards the degree & being a scientist already requires mental and emotional fortitude. What is happening now is another beast, at another level.
🧪 musgrave.substack.com/p/dont-do-a-...
Working towards the degree & being a scientist already requires mental and emotional fortitude. What is happening now is another beast, at another level.
🧪 musgrave.substack.com/p/dont-do-a-...
Don't Do a Ph.D. Now
At least in the United States
musgrave.substack.com
September 14, 2025 at 10:58 PM
The worse feeling in the world is seeing your support disappear mid-way through your PhD journey.
Working towards the degree & being a scientist already requires mental and emotional fortitude. What is happening now is another beast, at another level.
🧪 musgrave.substack.com/p/dont-do-a-...
Working towards the degree & being a scientist already requires mental and emotional fortitude. What is happening now is another beast, at another level.
🧪 musgrave.substack.com/p/dont-do-a-...
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/7 So I question the proposition that just because Charlie Kirk didn't go around killing people, but went around belittling and demeaning and dehumanizing them instead, that he's inherently admirable. Would I be a hero if I said I will debate ANYONE about whether black people are human? No.
September 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
/7 So I question the proposition that just because Charlie Kirk didn't go around killing people, but went around belittling and demeaning and dehumanizing them instead, that he's inherently admirable. Would I be a hero if I said I will debate ANYONE about whether black people are human? No.
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Obviously, there's bigger news happening right now, but Senate Republicans just voted against releasing the Epstein files. Every Democrat voted to release them. Susan Collins was the deciding vote to protect Trump and others named in the files.
September 10, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Obviously, there's bigger news happening right now, but Senate Republicans just voted against releasing the Epstein files. Every Democrat voted to release them. Susan Collins was the deciding vote to protect Trump and others named in the files.
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The AI authorship issue is real. We've caught papers that looked OK but had references to works by the *journal editors* that *do not exist*. Like, don't send us papers citing papers we know we didn't write, right?
September 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The AI authorship issue is real. We've caught papers that looked OK but had references to works by the *journal editors* that *do not exist*. Like, don't send us papers citing papers we know we didn't write, right?
Dette er ekstremt kritisk, og kommer til å bli MYE verre. Vi er ennå ikke på midten av eldrebølgen (kall det hva du vil). Hvis/når sykepleiere og annet helsepersonell rømmer i samme tempo, kommer det todelte helsevesenet virkelig til å merkes på samfunnet vårt. www.bt.no/helse/i/zAn0...
September 2, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Dette er ekstremt kritisk, og kommer til å bli MYE verre. Vi er ennå ikke på midten av eldrebølgen (kall det hva du vil). Hvis/når sykepleiere og annet helsepersonell rømmer i samme tempo, kommer det todelte helsevesenet virkelig til å merkes på samfunnet vårt. www.bt.no/helse/i/zAn0...
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Perhaps no politician in history has tried to dominate every day's news cycle like Trump has. He loves being on camera. I've been away from the TV a bit today. What did Trump say today? Oh, you're saying he didn't say anything? For the 6th straight day? That's odd.
September 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Perhaps no politician in history has tried to dominate every day's news cycle like Trump has. He loves being on camera. I've been away from the TV a bit today. What did Trump say today? Oh, you're saying he didn't say anything? For the 6th straight day? That's odd.
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Resultatene fra skolevalget kommer på tirsdag (2. september). Hva kan de fortelle om hvem som vinner stortingsvalget?
Jeg har analysert dataene: rubenmathisen.substack.com/p/kan-skolev...
Her er 3 ting jeg fant 🧵
Jeg har analysert dataene: rubenmathisen.substack.com/p/kan-skolev...
Her er 3 ting jeg fant 🧵
Kan skolevalget avsløre vinneren av stortingsvalget?
De siste 20 årene har blokken som vinner skolevalget alltid vunnet det "ekte" valget.
rubenmathisen.substack.com
September 1, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Resultatene fra skolevalget kommer på tirsdag (2. september). Hva kan de fortelle om hvem som vinner stortingsvalget?
Jeg har analysert dataene: rubenmathisen.substack.com/p/kan-skolev...
Her er 3 ting jeg fant 🧵
Jeg har analysert dataene: rubenmathisen.substack.com/p/kan-skolev...
Her er 3 ting jeg fant 🧵
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On the subject of whether we are under authoritarianism, I heard Ezra Klein say something like, "authoritarianism is here, it's just unevenly distributed". That's kind of true, but misses the point that, short of very extreme totalitarian cases, this is *always* true of authoritarianism.
Well, I really hoped this piece would spark some debate, mostly because I *want* to be proven wrong! Please read the piece. My view is that Trump has made extraordinary progress on most of these items, but what constitutes an endpoint is up for debate.
I find this @donmoyn.bsky.social piece helpful in clarifying why I disagree with the "America is already in competitive authoritarianism" thesis.
Don's checklist shows things that Trump has tried to do, but he hasn't *succeeded* in most areas
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
Don's checklist shows things that Trump has tried to do, but he hasn't *succeeded* in most areas
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-author...
August 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
On the subject of whether we are under authoritarianism, I heard Ezra Klein say something like, "authoritarianism is here, it's just unevenly distributed". That's kind of true, but misses the point that, short of very extreme totalitarian cases, this is *always* true of authoritarianism.
Since my first stay in USA 32 years ago, I've found it hard to put a fitting name to the American conservative exceptionalism that Trump is only the culmination(?) of. There it is: it's American chauvinism! Plain and simple.
Glorification of Trump by cabinet and on public buildings, threats to Soros and Democratic politicians, new federal militia, death penalty talk, invasion of cities….
But nothing can shake the American chauvinism of the economic, media, and political elites, who continue to normalize Trump 2.0.
But nothing can shake the American chauvinism of the economic, media, and political elites, who continue to normalize Trump 2.0.
August 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Since my first stay in USA 32 years ago, I've found it hard to put a fitting name to the American conservative exceptionalism that Trump is only the culmination(?) of. There it is: it's American chauvinism! Plain and simple.
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Meta godtar anonyme politiske annonser, men stopper informasjonskampanjer fra Medietilsynet #dax18 www.medietilsynet.no/nyheter/aktu...
Meta og TikTok stoppet Medietilsynets informasjonskampanje om valget
Medietilsynet har fått avvist videoer og fjernet lenker – begge deler i forbindelse med en større annonsekampanje om kildebevissthet og desinformasjon i forkant av stortingsvalget.
www.medietilsynet.no
August 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Meta godtar anonyme politiske annonser, men stopper informasjonskampanjer fra Medietilsynet #dax18 www.medietilsynet.no/nyheter/aktu...
Badetemperaturen på Sørlandet er vel bedre enn i Maine. Så mye spenning i vente!
Great white sharks are on the move, and they're going north. That's led to an increase in sightings of the predatory fish in the chilly waters of Maine, where they sometimes provide a shock to fishermen and boaters.
Great white sharks head north, following seals and alarming beachgoers
Boaters, beachgoers and fishermen who spend time in the chilly waters of New England and Canada are learning to live with great white sharks.
bit.ly
August 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Badetemperaturen på Sørlandet er vel bedre enn i Maine. Så mye spenning i vente!
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Neil deGrass Tyson: "How sad it must be believing that scientists, historians, scholars, economists, journalists devoted their entire lives to deceiving you, but a reality-TV star proven in court to be a lying felon is your beacon of truth & honesty"
August 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Neil deGrass Tyson: "How sad it must be believing that scientists, historians, scholars, economists, journalists devoted their entire lives to deceiving you, but a reality-TV star proven in court to be a lying felon is your beacon of truth & honesty"