Fredrik Graver
@fgraver.bsky.social
Professor of film school pedagogy and Head of Studies at the Norwegian Film School. Reader of science fiction. Lover of dogs. Watcher of sports. Drinker of whisky. Wannabe nerd. Socialist. Introvert. Nature-lover. Mostly nice.
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Welp have not been on socials this week and missed that this blew up.
So I want to add that ditching Spotify is not *sufficient*; musicians, workers, and creatives need to organize to challenge, probably dismantle the whole rotten platform system.
But ditching Spotify is *so easy*. It's a step 1.
So I want to add that ditching Spotify is not *sufficient*; musicians, workers, and creatives need to organize to challenge, probably dismantle the whole rotten platform system.
But ditching Spotify is *so easy*. It's a step 1.
Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
How to quit Spotify
This Black Friday, here's a guide to finding the best Spotify alternative
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Welp have not been on socials this week and missed that this blew up.
So I want to add that ditching Spotify is not *sufficient*; musicians, workers, and creatives need to organize to challenge, probably dismantle the whole rotten platform system.
But ditching Spotify is *so easy*. It's a step 1.
So I want to add that ditching Spotify is not *sufficient*; musicians, workers, and creatives need to organize to challenge, probably dismantle the whole rotten platform system.
But ditching Spotify is *so easy*. It's a step 1.
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If Trump genuinely wanted the Epstein files released, he could order the Justice Department to release them — rather than go through the circus of a discharge petition.
Trump has already tried time and time again to usurp the power of Congress.
What's stopping him now?
Trump has already tried time and time again to usurp the power of Congress.
What's stopping him now?
November 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
If Trump genuinely wanted the Epstein files released, he could order the Justice Department to release them — rather than go through the circus of a discharge petition.
Trump has already tried time and time again to usurp the power of Congress.
What's stopping him now?
Trump has already tried time and time again to usurp the power of Congress.
What's stopping him now?
Som undervisningsleder ved den statsfinansierte filmutdanningen som refereres til her vil jeg gjøre en ting klinkende klart: jeg støtter mine kolleger ved Kristiania 100% her. Denne foreslåtte innsnevringen fra NFI vil føre til mindre mangfold og fattigere norsk film.
rushprint.no/2025/11/tilb...
rushprint.no/2025/11/tilb...
Tilbake til dinosaurene, NFI?
Norsk filminstitutts endringsforslag i forskriften som angir kriterier for hvem som kan søke om idé- og manusutvikling, er en nedvurdering av manusforfatterskap som kreativ disiplin, mener Siri Senje....
rushprint.no
November 18, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Som undervisningsleder ved den statsfinansierte filmutdanningen som refereres til her vil jeg gjøre en ting klinkende klart: jeg støtter mine kolleger ved Kristiania 100% her. Denne foreslåtte innsnevringen fra NFI vil føre til mindre mangfold og fattigere norsk film.
rushprint.no/2025/11/tilb...
rushprint.no/2025/11/tilb...
Bare så det ikke er noen tvil: Arbeiderpartiet river grunnmuren under norsk film.
Grunnmuren går i oppløsning. | Rushprint rushprint.no/2025/11/grun...
Grunnmuren går i oppløsning. | Rushprint rushprint.no/2025/11/grun...
Grunnmuren går i oppløsning.
Å se kulturminister og instituttdirektør smile på røde løpere er intet annet enn provoserende, når vi som bransje står uten en fremtid. Vi trenger en minister – og et institutt – som arbeider for bran...
rushprint.no
November 17, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Bare så det ikke er noen tvil: Arbeiderpartiet river grunnmuren under norsk film.
Grunnmuren går i oppløsning. | Rushprint rushprint.no/2025/11/grun...
Grunnmuren går i oppløsning. | Rushprint rushprint.no/2025/11/grun...
Israel’s underground jail, where Palestinians are held without charge and never see daylight www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel’s underground jail, where Palestinians are held without charge and never see daylight
Exclusive: Detainees at Rakefet include nurse deprived of natural light since January, and teenager held for nine months
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Israel’s underground jail, where Palestinians are held without charge and never see daylight www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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It’s absolutely terrific.
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
It’s absolutely terrific.
Why is Donald Trump building a Jeffry Epstein Memorial Ballroom at the White House?
October 27, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Why is Donald Trump building a Jeffry Epstein Memorial Ballroom at the White House?
Gotta admit — Trump throws a hissy fit with all the aplomb of a toddler denied the opportunity to play with a coveted, shiny knife. Even the most unreasonable toddler has more impulse controll.
October 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Gotta admit — Trump throws a hissy fit with all the aplomb of a toddler denied the opportunity to play with a coveted, shiny knife. Even the most unreasonable toddler has more impulse controll.
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“Trump’s retaliation here is the Canadian equivalent of Trump retaliating against Keir Starmer’s UK government because of a political advert run by the SNP. Once again, national leaders are having to respond to a US president who doesn’t even bother to wait for basic facts before he acts.”
The Canada advert revealed Trump's biggest insecurity - that's why he hates it
The response says far more about Trump than it says about anything else
inews.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 11:56 AM
“Trump’s retaliation here is the Canadian equivalent of Trump retaliating against Keir Starmer’s UK government because of a political advert run by the SNP. Once again, national leaders are having to respond to a US president who doesn’t even bother to wait for basic facts before he acts.”
I’m told the Trump admin. has come here. So I think it’s time for the reminder that not only is Trump vicious and petty; he‘s also stupid and inept. Not to mention an international laughing stock.
Good luck, Americans. You need it.
Good luck, Americans. You need it.
October 24, 2025 at 10:37 AM
I’m told the Trump admin. has come here. So I think it’s time for the reminder that not only is Trump vicious and petty; he‘s also stupid and inept. Not to mention an international laughing stock.
Good luck, Americans. You need it.
Good luck, Americans. You need it.
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Oh, that’s a good one.
October 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Oh, that’s a good one.
More #ThinkingOutLoud about #ArtsPedagogy, as my research inches it's way forward. There’s a structure emerging in what I’m doing in my attempt to connect the practically oriented nature of film schools with educational theory and philosophy.
Baby steps…
filmschoolteacher.info/fredsnotes/2...
Baby steps…
filmschoolteacher.info/fredsnotes/2...
Fumbling my way forward – fredsnotes
filmschoolteacher.info
October 2, 2025 at 8:58 PM
More #ThinkingOutLoud about #ArtsPedagogy, as my research inches it's way forward. There’s a structure emerging in what I’m doing in my attempt to connect the practically oriented nature of film schools with educational theory and philosophy.
Baby steps…
filmschoolteacher.info/fredsnotes/2...
Baby steps…
filmschoolteacher.info/fredsnotes/2...
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Ok, then. So, the super-rich think it’s a bad idea to have a tax that ensures they contribute a *tiny fraction* of their worth to the public purse, thus ensuring governments can provide services for all. How very surprising. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
#TaxTheRich #WealthTaxNow
#TaxTheRich #WealthTaxNow
Wealth tax would be deadly for French economy, says Europe’s richest man
LVMH owner Bernard Arnault, who could take €1bn hit, says proposed 2% levy ‘aims to destroy liberal economy’
www.theguardian.com
September 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Ok, then. So, the super-rich think it’s a bad idea to have a tax that ensures they contribute a *tiny fraction* of their worth to the public purse, thus ensuring governments can provide services for all. How very surprising. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
#TaxTheRich #WealthTaxNow
#TaxTheRich #WealthTaxNow
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A historic opportunity for the British left is being thrown away. This very public Your Party row must stop now! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A historic opportunity for the British left is being thrown away. This very public Your Party row must stop now | Yanis Varoufakis and Ken Loach
People desperately want and need a party with socialist values. Future generations will be damning if this fails, say economist Yanis Varoufakis and film director Ken Loach
www.theguardian.com
September 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
A historic opportunity for the British left is being thrown away. This very public Your Party row must stop now! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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"We DO NOT CARE"
September 21, 2025 at 12:43 PM
"We DO NOT CARE"
More #ThinkingOutLoud about #ArtsPedagogy. I feel like I'm starting to get somewhere and am starting to see the contours of where this can end up. Still lots of work to go, however...
filmschoolteacher.info/fredsnotes/2...
filmschoolteacher.info/fredsnotes/2...
Reflections. And next steps. – fredsnotes
filmschoolteacher.info
September 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
More #ThinkingOutLoud about #ArtsPedagogy. I feel like I'm starting to get somewhere and am starting to see the contours of where this can end up. Still lots of work to go, however...
filmschoolteacher.info/fredsnotes/2...
filmschoolteacher.info/fredsnotes/2...
I once attended a talk by Ernesto Laclau. He was pretty difficult to follow. Surely that‘s the kind of thing he means, right?
Right?
Right?
September 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I once attended a talk by Ernesto Laclau. He was pretty difficult to follow. Surely that‘s the kind of thing he means, right?
Right?
Right?
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Reposted by Fredrik Graver
I anledning Den Store Evalueringsuka: En god del av de som oppgir innvandringspolitikk som viktigste sak for sin stemmegivning snakker ikke om faktisk innvandringspolitikk, men om noe mye mørkere. Drikk kaffen og lær deg hva «Stem FrP» har vært kode for ganske lenge.
I anledning Den Store Evalueringsuka: Du hørte ikke innvandring bli diskutert i valgkampen fordi det er sånn hundefløyter fungerer
I anledning Den Store Evalueringsuka så vil jeg nevne at Emil Stenhaug fra AUF har flere likes på TikTok enn både Simen Velle og Ola Svenneby. Det bare virker ikke sånn hvis man først og fremst leser om sånt i papirutgaven av Aftenposten.
September 16, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I anledning Den Store Evalueringsuka: En god del av de som oppgir innvandringspolitikk som viktigste sak for sin stemmegivning snakker ikke om faktisk innvandringspolitikk, men om noe mye mørkere. Drikk kaffen og lær deg hva «Stem FrP» har vært kode for ganske lenge.
I see JD Vance is declaring open season on US leftists. That seems reasonable, and let‘s look at some of the reasons why:
September 16, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I see JD Vance is declaring open season on US leftists. That seems reasonable, and let‘s look at some of the reasons why:
Political Violence Is Wrong. Charlie Kirk Didn’t Think So. jacobin.com/2025/09/kirk...
Political Violence Is Wrong. Charlie Kirk Didn’t Think So.
The murder of Charlie Kirk was a moral travesty. We can recognize that without ignoring that he repeatedly fanned the flames of political violence himself.
jacobin.com
September 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Political Violence Is Wrong. Charlie Kirk Didn’t Think So. jacobin.com/2025/09/kirk...
So, it seems the reprehensible, right-wing extremist was shot by an even more reprehensible, right-wing extremist. And yet, somehow Trump will find a way to blame progressives…
September 13, 2025 at 12:21 PM
So, it seems the reprehensible, right-wing extremist was shot by an even more reprehensible, right-wing extremist. And yet, somehow Trump will find a way to blame progressives…
Kommentar: Charlie Kirk fortjener et redelig forsvar av ytringsfriheten – ikke helgengjøring - Filter Nyheter filternyheter.no/kommentar-ch...
Kommentar: Charlie Kirk fortjener et redelig forsvar av ytringsfriheten – ikke helgengjøring - Filter Nyheter
Det er skadelig å etterlate wt inntrykk av at Kirk var en staut tilhenger av de verdiene vi andre nå tar i forsvar, skriver redaktør Harald S. Klungveit.
filternyheter.no
September 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Kommentar: Charlie Kirk fortjener et redelig forsvar av ytringsfriheten – ikke helgengjøring - Filter Nyheter filternyheter.no/kommentar-ch...