Frida Lund
@fridalund70.bsky.social
Stavangersk in Oslo via Helston, Cornwall and back.
Vilkårleg.
Vilkårleg.
The Washington Post continues to treat tariffs as a foreign-policy lever. They’re not. They’re domestic taxes that hit Americans first, used to coerce other countries into defending their sovereignty. Calling that pressure instead of taxation is how the media normalises economic self-harm. Wake up.
January 18, 2026 at 1:02 PM
The Washington Post continues to treat tariffs as a foreign-policy lever. They’re not. They’re domestic taxes that hit Americans first, used to coerce other countries into defending their sovereignty. Calling that pressure instead of taxation is how the media normalises economic self-harm. Wake up.
Poor, this Economist piece strips out imperial history, financial coercion & who benefits from the rules-based order, reframing structural domination as a policy failure or a cultural phenomenon. That’s not neutrality, it’s laundering the system while pretending to explain it.
Government PR.
Government PR.
January 18, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Poor, this Economist piece strips out imperial history, financial coercion & who benefits from the rules-based order, reframing structural domination as a policy failure or a cultural phenomenon. That’s not neutrality, it’s laundering the system while pretending to explain it.
Government PR.
Government PR.
This isn’t about Iranian protesters, morality or democracy. Those are props. The real red line is economic sovereignty, an independent state that controls its own central bank, capital flows & energy revenues w/out answering to Western financial systems.
See Iraq & Libya. That’s the threat.
See Iraq & Libya. That’s the threat.
January 18, 2026 at 2:09 AM
This isn’t about Iranian protesters, morality or democracy. Those are props. The real red line is economic sovereignty, an independent state that controls its own central bank, capital flows & energy revenues w/out answering to Western financial systems.
See Iraq & Libya. That’s the threat.
See Iraq & Libya. That’s the threat.
Collective action won’t stick if people are still marinating in myths. Americans weren’t just bullied, they were educated into believing they’re 'the greatest' while being lied to about history, empire, and who actually benefits. This needs deprogramming, not more flag-shagging U-S-A chants.
January 18, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Collective action won’t stick if people are still marinating in myths. Americans weren’t just bullied, they were educated into believing they’re 'the greatest' while being lied to about history, empire, and who actually benefits. This needs deprogramming, not more flag-shagging U-S-A chants.
Iran didn’t fall from freedom into tyranny; it swapped one authoritarian regime for another. The Shah wasn’t tolerated because he was secular. After all, Iran’s economy was legible to Western finance - that’s not freedom. A compliant central bank explains why they’re now parading the Shah’s son.
January 17, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Iran didn’t fall from freedom into tyranny; it swapped one authoritarian regime for another. The Shah wasn’t tolerated because he was secular. After all, Iran’s economy was legible to Western finance - that’s not freedom. A compliant central bank explains why they’re now parading the Shah’s son.
DJT consistently misrepresents how tariffs work. While he claims foreign countries are paying, in reality, it’s almost always US importers, then consumers who bear the cost, while foreign govts rarely feel the hit. This framing makes him look tough, but economically, it’s a tax on Americans & a con.
January 16, 2026 at 11:32 PM
DJT consistently misrepresents how tariffs work. While he claims foreign countries are paying, in reality, it’s almost always US importers, then consumers who bear the cost, while foreign govts rarely feel the hit. This framing makes him look tough, but economically, it’s a tax on Americans & a con.
More like 'Bored of Peace', chaired by people who backed wars sold on lies, normalised collective punishment & have spent years treating Palestinian lives as an inconvenient footnote to stability. These two don’t signal peace. The optics alone scream managerial colonialism, not reconciliation,
January 16, 2026 at 11:11 PM
More like 'Bored of Peace', chaired by people who backed wars sold on lies, normalised collective punishment & have spent years treating Palestinian lives as an inconvenient footnote to stability. These two don’t signal peace. The optics alone scream managerial colonialism, not reconciliation,
Platforms don’t sell conversations; they monetise aggregated behavioural inference. Contextual ads still require contextual analysis of users. This isn’t privacy-preserving, it’s rebranded surveillance capitalism.
January 16, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Platforms don’t sell conversations; they monetise aggregated behavioural inference. Contextual ads still require contextual analysis of users. This isn’t privacy-preserving, it’s rebranded surveillance capitalism.
Instead of doing the legwork, watching the footage & verifying what really happened, they just lean on someone else’s X post to frame the story. It creates this illusion of reporting while actually giving themselves cover if the facts turn out differently.
It’s client journalism by proxy.
It’s client journalism by proxy.
January 16, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Instead of doing the legwork, watching the footage & verifying what really happened, they just lean on someone else’s X post to frame the story. It creates this illusion of reporting while actually giving themselves cover if the facts turn out differently.
It’s client journalism by proxy.
It’s client journalism by proxy.
Darlington and Fife are workplace-specific rulings, not blanket legal wins - don’t let the spin on both sides fool you.
January 16, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Darlington and Fife are workplace-specific rulings, not blanket legal wins - don’t let the spin on both sides fool you.
Your reply is about interpretation/misuse, not the ruling itself - exactly what QueerAF has done to a degree. It’s a cautionary note that nuance gets lost when people treat a narrow, workplace-specific judgement as a universal rule & the original correspondent doing the same doesn't help their cause
January 16, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Your reply is about interpretation/misuse, not the ruling itself - exactly what QueerAF has done to a degree. It’s a cautionary note that nuance gets lost when people treat a narrow, workplace-specific judgement as a universal rule & the original correspondent doing the same doesn't help their cause
They ruled that the nurses’ dignity was violated & that the employer mishandled it. The ruling doesn't say that all trans women in single-sex spaces inherently violate dignity, nor that the trans colleague harassed anyone. It's a workplace-specific judgement, not a blanket legal rule on trans rights
January 16, 2026 at 3:22 PM
They ruled that the nurses’ dignity was violated & that the employer mishandled it. The ruling doesn't say that all trans women in single-sex spaces inherently violate dignity, nor that the trans colleague harassed anyone. It's a workplace-specific judgement, not a blanket legal rule on trans rights
The US doesn’t rule the waves - it waves the rules.
January 16, 2026 at 5:28 AM
The US doesn’t rule the waves - it waves the rules.
One day, Machado will have to explain to her grandchildren why she handed her Nobel Peace Prize to a man who bombed her country for oil. A convicted felon & alleged pedo who embodies the violence & impunity the prize was meant to resist. History won’t confuse symbolism with justice or her stupidity.
January 16, 2026 at 5:02 AM
One day, Machado will have to explain to her grandchildren why she handed her Nobel Peace Prize to a man who bombed her country for oil. A convicted felon & alleged pedo who embodies the violence & impunity the prize was meant to resist. History won’t confuse symbolism with justice or her stupidity.
The 30% claim, taken at face value without context, is misleading. Baseline prices were already low due to sanctions & limited buyers, where terms of sale differ. Reuters doesn’t question any of this, so the headline makes the US look like a winner, but the numbers alone tell us almost nothing.
January 16, 2026 at 12:59 AM
The 30% claim, taken at face value without context, is misleading. Baseline prices were already low due to sanctions & limited buyers, where terms of sale differ. Reuters doesn’t question any of this, so the headline makes the US look like a winner, but the numbers alone tell us almost nothing.
One day, Machado will have to explain to her grandchildren why she handed her Nobel Peace Prize to a man who bombed her country for oil. A convicted felon & alleged pedo who embodies the violence & impunity the prize was meant to resist. History won’t confuse symbolism with justice or her stupidity.
January 15, 2026 at 11:40 PM
One day, Machado will have to explain to her grandchildren why she handed her Nobel Peace Prize to a man who bombed her country for oil. A convicted felon & alleged pedo who embodies the violence & impunity the prize was meant to resist. History won’t confuse symbolism with justice or her stupidity.
One day, Machado will have to explain to her grandchildren why she handed her Nobel Peace Prize to a man who bombed her country for oil. A convicted felon & alleged pedo who embodies the violence & impunity the prize was meant to resist. History won’t confuse symbolism with justice or her stupidity.
January 15, 2026 at 11:16 PM
One day, Machado will have to explain to her grandchildren why she handed her Nobel Peace Prize to a man who bombed her country for oil. A convicted felon & alleged pedo who embodies the violence & impunity the prize was meant to resist. History won’t confuse symbolism with justice or her stupidity.
Protecting your data starts with each individual; it's not perfect, but it's a start to being smart.
"Loose lips, sink ships" and all that.
"Loose lips, sink ships" and all that.
January 15, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Protecting your data starts with each individual; it's not perfect, but it's a start to being smart.
"Loose lips, sink ships" and all that.
"Loose lips, sink ships" and all that.