Johan Olofsson
@jmolofsson.bsky.social
Retired
enjoying my otium in Barcelona
Am here to read — not to argue
Believe in giving you the last word
Once a student of theology, sociology & medicine
Grew up in Lund
Relatives in Finland
Not a Follow Back type
Fond of the feed Quiet Posters
enjoying my otium in Barcelona
Am here to read — not to argue
Believe in giving you the last word
Once a student of theology, sociology & medicine
Grew up in Lund
Relatives in Finland
Not a Follow Back type
Fond of the feed Quiet Posters
Severe ME is lying in darkness, wondering how you can be this ill without being dead - while the world forgets you exist.
From the outside, it's a body that looks still, a room that's dark and quiet - but underneath, there is a patient dealing with a storm.
(Exact numbers are hard to assess.)
From the outside, it's a body that looks still, a room that's dark and quiet - but underneath, there is a patient dealing with a storm.
(Exact numbers are hard to assess.)
August 16, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Severe ME is lying in darkness, wondering how you can be this ill without being dead - while the world forgets you exist.
From the outside, it's a body that looks still, a room that's dark and quiet - but underneath, there is a patient dealing with a storm.
(Exact numbers are hard to assess.)
From the outside, it's a body that looks still, a room that's dark and quiet - but underneath, there is a patient dealing with a storm.
(Exact numbers are hard to assess.)
Usually , my first goal is to create Food With Colors.
Today was difficult. Potatoes and leftover egg cake are no colorful combination.
But a little cabbage (and even less chili) did the trick!
Today was difficult. Potatoes and leftover egg cake are no colorful combination.
But a little cabbage (and even less chili) did the trick!
June 3, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Usually , my first goal is to create Food With Colors.
Today was difficult. Potatoes and leftover egg cake are no colorful combination.
But a little cabbage (and even less chili) did the trick!
Today was difficult. Potatoes and leftover egg cake are no colorful combination.
But a little cabbage (and even less chili) did the trick!
This is devastating. And heartbreaking.
Jonathan Joss
Born December 22, 1965, San Antonio, TX
Dead (assassinated) June 1, 2025, San Antonio, TX
Joss had married his husband Tristan on Valentine's Day in 2025.
R.I.P.
Jonathan Joss
Born December 22, 1965, San Antonio, TX
Dead (assassinated) June 1, 2025, San Antonio, TX
Joss had married his husband Tristan on Valentine's Day in 2025.
R.I.P.
June 3, 2025 at 7:58 AM
This is devastating. And heartbreaking.
Jonathan Joss
Born December 22, 1965, San Antonio, TX
Dead (assassinated) June 1, 2025, San Antonio, TX
Joss had married his husband Tristan on Valentine's Day in 2025.
R.I.P.
Jonathan Joss
Born December 22, 1965, San Antonio, TX
Dead (assassinated) June 1, 2025, San Antonio, TX
Joss had married his husband Tristan on Valentine's Day in 2025.
R.I.P.
I have heard Stewart blame _Labour_ (rather than remainers) for the vote against ratification of the Withdrawal Agreement that Olly Robbins had negotiated for Theresa May's government.
My personal POV is that he is right on that point. Labour whipping the MPs to vote with the ERG damaged us all.
My personal POV is that he is right on that point. Labour whipping the MPs to vote with the ERG damaged us all.
June 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I have heard Stewart blame _Labour_ (rather than remainers) for the vote against ratification of the Withdrawal Agreement that Olly Robbins had negotiated for Theresa May's government.
My personal POV is that he is right on that point. Labour whipping the MPs to vote with the ERG damaged us all.
My personal POV is that he is right on that point. Labour whipping the MPs to vote with the ERG damaged us all.
You're riding my stick horse now! Get off! I want it back!
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May 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
You're riding my stick horse now! Get off! I want it back!
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Financial Times has their own input (possibly explaining why the Republican voters follow the cues from Republican leaders):
March 9, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Financial Times has their own input (possibly explaining why the Republican voters follow the cues from Republican leaders):
If Israel can be considered European, why not?
(Considering that Canada here appears _very_ European:)
(Considering that Canada here appears _very_ European:)
March 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM
If Israel can be considered European, why not?
(Considering that Canada here appears _very_ European:)
(Considering that Canada here appears _very_ European:)
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I think that I rather identify as 'overseas-Swedish' born and bred in the last and least Swedified part of the country.
I think that I rather identify as 'overseas-Swedish' born and bred in the last and least Swedified part of the country.
March 3, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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I think that I rather identify as 'overseas-Swedish' born and bred in the last and least Swedified part of the country.
I think that I rather identify as 'overseas-Swedish' born and bred in the last and least Swedified part of the country.
Preliminary result from today's elections in the state of Hamburg, when all election districts are counted.
The local Social Democrats are _notably_ more appreciated here. In the national election last week, they were supported by 22% of the voters in Hamburg. Today: 33,5%.
Remarkable!
The local Social Democrats are _notably_ more appreciated here. In the national election last week, they were supported by 22% of the voters in Hamburg. Today: 33,5%.
Remarkable!
March 2, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Preliminary result from today's elections in the state of Hamburg, when all election districts are counted.
The local Social Democrats are _notably_ more appreciated here. In the national election last week, they were supported by 22% of the voters in Hamburg. Today: 33,5%.
Remarkable!
The local Social Democrats are _notably_ more appreciated here. In the national election last week, they were supported by 22% of the voters in Hamburg. Today: 33,5%.
Remarkable!
Right.
And consistency is a key here!
FPTP can (by one or another EU-government, rightly or wrongly) be considered an important factor leading to wobbling.
And consistency is a key here!
FPTP can (by one or another EU-government, rightly or wrongly) be considered an important factor leading to wobbling.
February 28, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Right.
And consistency is a key here!
FPTP can (by one or another EU-government, rightly or wrongly) be considered an important factor leading to wobbling.
And consistency is a key here!
FPTP can (by one or another EU-government, rightly or wrongly) be considered an important factor leading to wobbling.
Never voting Labour again? Fair!
I wouldn't have, either. Their wobbly course is discouraging.
But FPTP leads to problems. After 2002, I would never have voted Labour again. After 2010, I would never have voted LD again. After 2019, I would never have voted for the Tories again.
Who is left?
I wouldn't have, either. Their wobbly course is discouraging.
But FPTP leads to problems. After 2002, I would never have voted Labour again. After 2010, I would never have voted LD again. After 2019, I would never have voted for the Tories again.
Who is left?
February 28, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Never voting Labour again? Fair!
I wouldn't have, either. Their wobbly course is discouraging.
But FPTP leads to problems. After 2002, I would never have voted Labour again. After 2010, I would never have voted LD again. After 2019, I would never have voted for the Tories again.
Who is left?
I wouldn't have, either. Their wobbly course is discouraging.
But FPTP leads to problems. After 2002, I would never have voted Labour again. After 2010, I would never have voted LD again. After 2019, I would never have voted for the Tories again.
Who is left?
Meet the new version of Germany.
Almost the same as the old one.
(Kohl has a huge responsibility for this failure.)
Almost the same as the old one.
(Kohl has a huge responsibility for this failure.)
February 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Meet the new version of Germany.
Almost the same as the old one.
(Kohl has a huge responsibility for this failure.)
Almost the same as the old one.
(Kohl has a huge responsibility for this failure.)
This graph is telling.
(Source: migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br...)
(Source: migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br...)
February 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
This graph is telling.
(Source: migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br...)
(Source: migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br...)
The question remains important even if hyperboles, as above, perhaps aren't very helpful.
And I personally suspect other and much deeper roots to "we are tired of experts"-attitudes.
I borrow this from @adybee.bsky.social:
And I personally suspect other and much deeper roots to "we are tired of experts"-attitudes.
I borrow this from @adybee.bsky.social:
February 8, 2025 at 2:31 AM
The question remains important even if hyperboles, as above, perhaps aren't very helpful.
And I personally suspect other and much deeper roots to "we are tired of experts"-attitudes.
I borrow this from @adybee.bsky.social:
And I personally suspect other and much deeper roots to "we are tired of experts"-attitudes.
I borrow this from @adybee.bsky.social:
The Dairy, 1889, painter Albert Edelfelt (1854-1905)
February 2, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The Dairy, 1889, painter Albert Edelfelt (1854-1905)
January 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This picture from her kitchen was yesterday posted by Danish PM Fredriksen on her Facebook page. In the picture we see the three Scandinavian prime ministers and the President of Finland.
Russian channels picked it up, more or less jokingly hinting at NATO here planning to attack the motherland.
Russian channels picked it up, more or less jokingly hinting at NATO here planning to attack the motherland.
January 27, 2025 at 1:11 PM
This picture from her kitchen was yesterday posted by Danish PM Fredriksen on her Facebook page. In the picture we see the three Scandinavian prime ministers and the President of Finland.
Russian channels picked it up, more or less jokingly hinting at NATO here planning to attack the motherland.
Russian channels picked it up, more or less jokingly hinting at NATO here planning to attack the motherland.
January 24, 2025 at 1:57 AM
© Will McPhail in the New Yorker, 2017
January 18, 2025 at 10:15 PM
© Will McPhail in the New Yorker, 2017
The Mayor of London has some wise things to say about the alliance of oligarchs and fascists now systematically trying to kill off the heritage from the Age of Enlightenment, of humanism and democracy.
Link: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Quote:
Link: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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January 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM
The Mayor of London has some wise things to say about the alliance of oligarchs and fascists now systematically trying to kill off the heritage from the Age of Enlightenment, of humanism and democracy.
Link: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Quote:
Link: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Barcelona's urban planner are skilled!
January 14, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Barcelona's urban planner are skilled!
You are welcome to Skåne during the next blizzard.
I have spent many winter months in northern Karelia, but there never experienced anything close to the real thing.
The difference is of course that in Karelia you have to shovel snow _every_ morning. In Skåne only in certain years.
I have spent many winter months in northern Karelia, but there never experienced anything close to the real thing.
The difference is of course that in Karelia you have to shovel snow _every_ morning. In Skåne only in certain years.
January 7, 2025 at 1:23 AM
You are welcome to Skåne during the next blizzard.
I have spent many winter months in northern Karelia, but there never experienced anything close to the real thing.
The difference is of course that in Karelia you have to shovel snow _every_ morning. In Skåne only in certain years.
I have spent many winter months in northern Karelia, but there never experienced anything close to the real thing.
The difference is of course that in Karelia you have to shovel snow _every_ morning. In Skåne only in certain years.