Torkild Hovde Lyngstad
@torkildl.bsky.social
Master procrastinator. UiO wage slave as sociology professor.
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Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases
January 28, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases
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Good news. Holidays in America will be a lot cheaper if Trump continues to sink the dollar. Bad news. I'd rather holiday in North Korea right now.
January 27, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Good news. Holidays in America will be a lot cheaper if Trump continues to sink the dollar. Bad news. I'd rather holiday in North Korea right now.
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Join us in Turku, Finland for the 3rd @invest-flagship.bsky.social conference; May 6-8, 2026. This year's topic is "Building equal societies: from scientific findings to societal transformation" with excizing and timely keynotes by Prof. Harden @kph3k.bsky.social and Prof. Cohen @philipncohen.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Join us in Turku, Finland for the 3rd @invest-flagship.bsky.social conference; May 6-8, 2026. This year's topic is "Building equal societies: from scientific findings to societal transformation" with excizing and timely keynotes by Prof. Harden @kph3k.bsky.social and Prof. Cohen @philipncohen.com
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The US Dollar share of global reserve currency has fallen to its lowest level this century.
It’s hard to think Trump isn’t acting purely in the interests of Russia and China.
It’s hard to think Trump isn’t acting purely in the interests of Russia and China.
January 27, 2026 at 8:49 AM
The US Dollar share of global reserve currency has fallen to its lowest level this century.
It’s hard to think Trump isn’t acting purely in the interests of Russia and China.
It’s hard to think Trump isn’t acting purely in the interests of Russia and China.
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JANUARY WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MORALE IMPROVES
January 27, 2026 at 8:59 AM
JANUARY WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MORALE IMPROVES
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Imagine being so corrupt and authoritarian even Sepp Blatter thinks you've gone too far.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Sepp Blatter suggests fans should not travel to US for World Cup
The ex-Fifa boss showed his support of a Swiss lawyer who called for a boycott of the tournament due to security concerns in the US
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:27 AM
Imagine being so corrupt and authoritarian even Sepp Blatter thinks you've gone too far.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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I continue to believe that the fastest way to get Stephen Miller fired is to convince Trump that Miller's ICE operations are what cost him the Nobel Peace Prize.
January 27, 2026 at 4:54 AM
I continue to believe that the fastest way to get Stephen Miller fired is to convince Trump that Miller's ICE operations are what cost him the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Putin pioneered this. No opposition is legitimate. Regular, decent, “ordinary” people cannot possibly be against us because only we represent “the real people.”
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
January 25, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Putin pioneered this. No opposition is legitimate. Regular, decent, “ordinary” people cannot possibly be against us because only we represent “the real people.”
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
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Any time I've checked X*, ICE or Minneapolis are never on my trending or for you posts. Which is clearly completely intentional.
*not often - locked and stopped posting/ engaging over a year ago
*not often - locked and stopped posting/ engaging over a year ago
January 26, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Any time I've checked X*, ICE or Minneapolis are never on my trending or for you posts. Which is clearly completely intentional.
*not often - locked and stopped posting/ engaging over a year ago
*not often - locked and stopped posting/ engaging over a year ago
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A world cup boycott is essential. No sanewashing this insanity. Stay away and fuck up Fifa as well.
If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
January 24, 2026 at 8:37 PM
A world cup boycott is essential. No sanewashing this insanity. Stay away and fuck up Fifa as well.
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ARE YOU MOTHERFORKING KIDDING ME, NRK?!? 👀🤯🤬🤬🤬 www.nrk.no/urix/filmet-...
January 25, 2026 at 6:02 PM
ARE YOU MOTHERFORKING KIDDING ME, NRK?!? 👀🤯🤬🤬🤬 www.nrk.no/urix/filmet-...
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hey everybody lifelong tech expert here
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
And what is happening inside ICE detention centers? 404 Media also learned that the federal government claimed that the day after it was sued for allegedly abusing detainees at an ICE detention center, a “system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility.
ICE Says Critical Evidence In Abuse Case Was Lost In 'System Crash' a Day After It Was Sued
The government also said "we don't have resources" to retain all footage and that plaintiffs could supply "endless hard drives that we could save things to."
www.404media.co
January 25, 2026 at 5:26 PM
hey everybody lifelong tech expert here
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
> "system crash” deleted nearly two weeks of surveillance footage from inside the facility
that's not how anything works they're lying and destroying evidence hope that helps
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Tragi-comic. Live feed reporting the parents' statement under the heading 'please get the truth out', the BBC edits out part of the statement, and repeats a government lie. This post even fails to clear the 'he said she said' bar, as it uses politics to edit out what is being said.
January 25, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Tragi-comic. Live feed reporting the parents' statement under the heading 'please get the truth out', the BBC edits out part of the statement, and repeats a government lie. This post even fails to clear the 'he said she said' bar, as it uses politics to edit out what is being said.
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I wrote the speech I *wish* Chuck Schumer would give tonight - as an actual opposition leader. Here it is:
"My fellow Americans: At this hour, an unrestrained force of militarized and violent federal officers is carrying out a project of ethnic cleansing in the streets of American cities."
1/14
"My fellow Americans: At this hour, an unrestrained force of militarized and violent federal officers is carrying out a project of ethnic cleansing in the streets of American cities."
1/14
Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to proceed to the appropriations bill if the DHS funding bill is included.
January 25, 2026 at 2:06 AM
I wrote the speech I *wish* Chuck Schumer would give tonight - as an actual opposition leader. Here it is:
"My fellow Americans: At this hour, an unrestrained force of militarized and violent federal officers is carrying out a project of ethnic cleansing in the streets of American cities."
1/14
"My fellow Americans: At this hour, an unrestrained force of militarized and violent federal officers is carrying out a project of ethnic cleansing in the streets of American cities."
1/14
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If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
January 24, 2026 at 8:29 PM
If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
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Life in occupied Minnesota
My youngest attends a Spanish immersion daycare. All of the staff are citizens but are scared to go out. We the parents organized grocery trips and rides to and from the center for them so they won't be alone.
January 24, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Life in occupied Minnesota
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Four-time Grammy Award nominee Jesse Welles performs his song "Join Ice."
Bob Dylan once said a single folk singer could defeat an entire army. Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have our man.
Bob Dylan once said a single folk singer could defeat an entire army. Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have our man.
January 24, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Four-time Grammy Award nominee Jesse Welles performs his song "Join Ice."
Bob Dylan once said a single folk singer could defeat an entire army. Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have our man.
Bob Dylan once said a single folk singer could defeat an entire army. Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have our man.
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Amid all the Davos/Greenland noise this week, the Trump-brokered TikTok deal remains crucial. Larry Ellison’s Oracle, Abu Dhabi’s MGX and Silver Lake will own 80.1% of the new entity.
At stake is the power to algorithmically sculpt key segments of U.S. public opinion ahead of the midterms.
At stake is the power to algorithmically sculpt key segments of U.S. public opinion ahead of the midterms.
TikTok announces it has finalized deal to establish US entity, sidestepping ban
Majority US-owned venture includes Larry Ellison’s Oracle, private-equity group Silver Lake and Abu Dhabi’s MGX
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2026 at 7:19 AM
Amid all the Davos/Greenland noise this week, the Trump-brokered TikTok deal remains crucial. Larry Ellison’s Oracle, Abu Dhabi’s MGX and Silver Lake will own 80.1% of the new entity.
At stake is the power to algorithmically sculpt key segments of U.S. public opinion ahead of the midterms.
At stake is the power to algorithmically sculpt key segments of U.S. public opinion ahead of the midterms.
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Added a footnote to yesterday's Racket explaining why Stephen Miller's vision of geopolitics is very Nazi. And also, yet another example of the Nazis looking to the turn-of-the-century United States as a model. Time is an ouroboros.
theracket.news/p/the-monroe...
theracket.news/p/the-monroe...
January 23, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Added a footnote to yesterday's Racket explaining why Stephen Miller's vision of geopolitics is very Nazi. And also, yet another example of the Nazis looking to the turn-of-the-century United States as a model. Time is an ouroboros.
theracket.news/p/the-monroe...
theracket.news/p/the-monroe...
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This paper in Management Science has been cited more than 6,000 times. Wall Street execs, top govt officials, and even a former U.S. Vice President have all referenced it. It’s fatally flawed, and the scholarly community refuses to do anything about it.
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/01/22/a...
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/01/22/a...
This paper in Management Science has been cited more than 6,000 times. Wall Street executives, top government officials, and even a former U.S. Vice President have all referenced it. It’s fatally fl...
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu
January 22, 2026 at 2:31 PM
This paper in Management Science has been cited more than 6,000 times. Wall Street execs, top govt officials, and even a former U.S. Vice President have all referenced it. It’s fatally flawed, and the scholarly community refuses to do anything about it.
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/01/22/a...
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/01/22/a...
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I met an absolutely lovely academic who asked whether my department back home is affected by ICE -- a question dramatizing how little info is getting out.
For the record, the small example I chose:
My dept has a carpool to pick up grad students of color who can't safely commute to campus alone.
For the record, the small example I chose:
My dept has a carpool to pick up grad students of color who can't safely commute to campus alone.
January 22, 2026 at 7:52 PM
I met an absolutely lovely academic who asked whether my department back home is affected by ICE -- a question dramatizing how little info is getting out.
For the record, the small example I chose:
My dept has a carpool to pick up grad students of color who can't safely commute to campus alone.
For the record, the small example I chose:
My dept has a carpool to pick up grad students of color who can't safely commute to campus alone.