Halldór Auðar Svansson
@tharfagreinir.bsky.social
I live in Iceland, work as a software geek but I've also played at being a politician in a previous life. My posts tend to be focused on politics, social issues and tech. They are in Icelandic or English, depending on subject matter and target audience.
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If your big tent is large enough to accommodate Nazis, then it’s a Nazi tent.
November 17, 2025 at 5:28 AM
If your big tent is large enough to accommodate Nazis, then it’s a Nazi tent.
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Hey Gemini, does this Labour policy have any historic parallels?
November 17, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Hey Gemini, does this Labour policy have any historic parallels?
Það er ágætt að pota aðeins í þetta aumkunarverða þvaður.
Byrjað að daðra við rasíska samsæriskenningu - Vísir
Varaformaður Miðflokksins hafnar því að hugmyndir hans um áhrif fjölgunar innflytjenda á Íslandi sé rasísk samsæriskenning heldur byggi þær á „tölfræðilegum staðreyndum“. Prófessor í stjórnmálafræði s...
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November 14, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Það er ágætt að pota aðeins í þetta aumkunarverða þvaður.
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Trump's tariffs are hurting us in two ways:
First, the obvious: Higher costs → either lower profits or higher prices.
Second, more subtle (perhaps bigger): We’ve signaled we’re an unreliable partner, so allies are reorganizing supply chains to avoid us. That's hard to unwind.
First, the obvious: Higher costs → either lower profits or higher prices.
Second, more subtle (perhaps bigger): We’ve signaled we’re an unreliable partner, so allies are reorganizing supply chains to avoid us. That's hard to unwind.
November 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Trump's tariffs are hurting us in two ways:
First, the obvious: Higher costs → either lower profits or higher prices.
Second, more subtle (perhaps bigger): We’ve signaled we’re an unreliable partner, so allies are reorganizing supply chains to avoid us. That's hard to unwind.
First, the obvious: Higher costs → either lower profits or higher prices.
Second, more subtle (perhaps bigger): We’ve signaled we’re an unreliable partner, so allies are reorganizing supply chains to avoid us. That's hard to unwind.
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
„Snorri Másson, nýkjörinn varaformaður Miðflokksins, sagði í grein á dögunum að hrun vestrænnar siðmenningar vofi yfir. Sigríður gerði lítið úr þessum orðum, sagði að Snorri væri oft skáldlegur og ekki endilega full alvara að baki orðunum.”
Hún er algjör meistari í gaslýsingum.
Hún er algjör meistari í gaslýsingum.
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November 3, 2025 at 11:10 PM
„Snorri Másson, nýkjörinn varaformaður Miðflokksins, sagði í grein á dögunum að hrun vestrænnar siðmenningar vofi yfir. Sigríður gerði lítið úr þessum orðum, sagði að Snorri væri oft skáldlegur og ekki endilega full alvara að baki orðunum.”
Hún er algjör meistari í gaslýsingum.
Hún er algjör meistari í gaslýsingum.
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This is a longstanding, thoroughly disproven lie.
Vance is carving out a little niche for himself as the guy who tells vicious, racist lies about non-white people to massage the egos of white nationalists. And the *specific* lies he tells reveal he’s well versed in white nationalist propaganda.
Vance is carving out a little niche for himself as the guy who tells vicious, racist lies about non-white people to massage the egos of white nationalists. And the *specific* lies he tells reveal he’s well versed in white nationalist propaganda.
Speaking at the Univ of Mississippi in Oxford, Vice President JD Vance claimed that when settlers arrived in the New World, they “found widespread child sacrifice,” adding that “Christian civilization ended the practice.”
JD Vance talks Israel, abortion, AI and immigration at Ole Miss Turning Point rally
Thousands packed Ole Miss’ pavilion as Vice President JD Vance took unscripted questions on faith, policy and Trump-era politics.
www.clarionledger.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:23 PM
This is a longstanding, thoroughly disproven lie.
Vance is carving out a little niche for himself as the guy who tells vicious, racist lies about non-white people to massage the egos of white nationalists. And the *specific* lies he tells reveal he’s well versed in white nationalist propaganda.
Vance is carving out a little niche for himself as the guy who tells vicious, racist lies about non-white people to massage the egos of white nationalists. And the *specific* lies he tells reveal he’s well versed in white nationalist propaganda.
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Treating humans as human.
“Our new service is known as a ‘client consultation’, not ‘assessment’, and is built on a relationship of trust with the client and grounded in the professional ethics and expertise of our health and social care practitioners"
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/mo...
“Our new service is known as a ‘client consultation’, not ‘assessment’, and is built on a relationship of trust with the client and grounded in the professional ethics and expertise of our health and social care practitioners"
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/mo...
People on disability benefits in Scotland no longer get an assessment at review
New and existing claimants of Adult, Child or Pension Age Disability Payments may get a ‘client consultation’ instead.
www.dailyrecord.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Treating humans as human.
“Our new service is known as a ‘client consultation’, not ‘assessment’, and is built on a relationship of trust with the client and grounded in the professional ethics and expertise of our health and social care practitioners"
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/mo...
“Our new service is known as a ‘client consultation’, not ‘assessment’, and is built on a relationship of trust with the client and grounded in the professional ethics and expertise of our health and social care practitioners"
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/mo...
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Oct 30th 1988 - Donnie Darko's alternate reality comes to an end.
📽️📅 Donnie Darko (2001)
📽️📅 Donnie Darko (2001)
October 30, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Oct 30th 1988 - Donnie Darko's alternate reality comes to an end.
📽️📅 Donnie Darko (2001)
📽️📅 Donnie Darko (2001)
Þetta er gott. Sjálfstæðismenn þurfa meira af þessu til að stöðva fylgistap yfir til Miðflokksins og snúa vörn í sókn. Ekki með því að reyna að vera meiri Miðflokkur en Miðflokkurinn. Það er engin sérstök afturhaldssveifla í gangi en kjósendur vilja hins vegar skýrleika og sjálfstraust.
Friðjón gagnrýnir orðræðu Snorra Mássonar
Segir grein Snorra vera bergmál frá Jónasi frá Hriflu og Framsóknarflokknum á þriðja og fjórða áratug síðustu aldar.
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October 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Þetta er gott. Sjálfstæðismenn þurfa meira af þessu til að stöðva fylgistap yfir til Miðflokksins og snúa vörn í sókn. Ekki með því að reyna að vera meiri Miðflokkur en Miðflokkurinn. Það er engin sérstök afturhaldssveifla í gangi en kjósendur vilja hins vegar skýrleika og sjálfstraust.
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NIMBYism is often discussed in terms of folks protecting their property values/nest egg. And I am sure that is a big part of it. But I suspect "I don't like change" and a healthy dose of racism and xenophobia are the biggest drivers.
Vance says it is "totally reasonable and acceptable" for people to not want to live next door to people who speak a different language than they do
October 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
NIMBYism is often discussed in terms of folks protecting their property values/nest egg. And I am sure that is a big part of it. But I suspect "I don't like change" and a healthy dose of racism and xenophobia are the biggest drivers.
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Zohran Mamdani caught lying that he understood Plato’s allegory of the cave, yet when asked to explain it, he seemed to instead explain Baudrillard’s theory of Simulacra and Simulation where reality has been replaced by symbols and signs, which seems similar to Plato’s theory but is not the same
October 29, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Zohran Mamdani caught lying that he understood Plato’s allegory of the cave, yet when asked to explain it, he seemed to instead explain Baudrillard’s theory of Simulacra and Simulation where reality has been replaced by symbols and signs, which seems similar to Plato’s theory but is not the same
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From an article about the man in the SS uniform arrested for attacking the woman in Georgia. Just wild that we've accepted that there's a huge social media platform where an account called "@GasChambers" is allowed to openly do Nazi fundraising and that's fine, in fact all the reporters post there.
October 29, 2025 at 5:46 AM
From an article about the man in the SS uniform arrested for attacking the woman in Georgia. Just wild that we've accepted that there's a huge social media platform where an account called "@GasChambers" is allowed to openly do Nazi fundraising and that's fine, in fact all the reporters post there.
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It’s so cool that there’s a big chunk of people to whom the term “capitalism” just means “trade” and if you try to explain any actual academic or historical definition of the term, even ones accepted amongst academics who think it’s a great system, they become furious and reject it.
October 28, 2025 at 6:44 AM
It’s so cool that there’s a big chunk of people to whom the term “capitalism” just means “trade” and if you try to explain any actual academic or historical definition of the term, even ones accepted amongst academics who think it’s a great system, they become furious and reject it.
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I've built a socioeconomic system that depends on everyone to do useful work and act ethically except the people at the top, who get unimaginable rewards for being antisocial frauds and criminals. And I think it will stand the test of time
October 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I've built a socioeconomic system that depends on everyone to do useful work and act ethically except the people at the top, who get unimaginable rewards for being antisocial frauds and criminals. And I think it will stand the test of time
Hann gerði þau mistök að nota ekki hundaflautur á borð við 'hrun vestrænnar siðmenningar' þannig að auðvitað þarf hann að víkja. Það gengur náttúrulega ekki að segja þetta svona alveg upphátt, skemmir fyrir þeim sem kunna á hundaflauturnar.
Ungur Miðflokksmaður gengst við rasisma og segir af sér - Vísir
Miðflokksmaðurinn Sverrir Helgason hefur sagt sig úr stjórn Ungliðahreyfingar Miðflokksins í kjölfar umfjöllunar Morgunblaðsins um rasískar yfirlýsingar hans. Nýverið sagði hann genamengi skipta máli ...
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October 28, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Hann gerði þau mistök að nota ekki hundaflautur á borð við 'hrun vestrænnar siðmenningar' þannig að auðvitað þarf hann að víkja. Það gengur náttúrulega ekki að segja þetta svona alveg upphátt, skemmir fyrir þeim sem kunna á hundaflauturnar.
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Spending $1000 on decorative gourds to signal "your" creativity and whimsy to your rich neighbors, while SNAP ending is about to make millions go hungry, is a metaphor that a book editor would make you delete for being too on the nose
Pumpkin stylists are charging families north of $1,000 to create seasonal tableaus for their homes. “At first I didn’t understand why people would spend money to do this.”
Pumpkinscapers Are Making a Killing This Fall
Fervor for the season is reaching new heights, with families paying pumpkin entrepreneurs and porch stylists north of $1,000 to create Insta-perfect seasonal tableaus for their homes.
on.wsj.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Spending $1000 on decorative gourds to signal "your" creativity and whimsy to your rich neighbors, while SNAP ending is about to make millions go hungry, is a metaphor that a book editor would make you delete for being too on the nose
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Let the doors be shut upon him, that he may play the fool no where but in ’s own house.
But shall this crazed old man be tamely suffered to drag a whole ship’s company down to doom with him?
October 27, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Let the doors be shut upon him, that he may play the fool no where but in ’s own house.
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We’re giving $40 billion to Argentina.
This is $5 billion MORE that the entire USAID budget that DOGE cut.
This is $5 billion MORE that the entire USAID budget that DOGE cut.
October 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
We’re giving $40 billion to Argentina.
This is $5 billion MORE that the entire USAID budget that DOGE cut.
This is $5 billion MORE that the entire USAID budget that DOGE cut.
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I think about this in how the guy who ran MySpace sold his company and then traveled the world doing photography, while the guy who runs Facebook never let it go and has gone out of his way to destroy democracy in order to gain more power.
The desperate need to accumulate more and more at the cost of everyone else’s wellbeing should be classified as a mental disorder, and I will absolutely die on this hill.
Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
October 27, 2025 at 5:20 AM
I think about this in how the guy who ran MySpace sold his company and then traveled the world doing photography, while the guy who runs Facebook never let it go and has gone out of his way to destroy democracy in order to gain more power.
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if you don’t spend several hours a day on your phone you’ll miss all the Crap and Bullshit
October 26, 2025 at 11:19 PM
if you don’t spend several hours a day on your phone you’ll miss all the Crap and Bullshit
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But of course. Anyone with half a brain could have foreseen such a result.
Cuts to social protection for people living in poverty have created “fertile ground” for far-right movements around the world, according to a United Nations report. https://cnn.it/3JlsNyN
October 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM
But of course. Anyone with half a brain could have foreseen such a result.