@karlkangur.bsky.social
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6/6 Freedom of speech ≠ freedom to manipulate.
We are under attack—and most people don’t even realize it.
It’s high time to wake up and take the right steps before it’s too late
We are under attack—and most people don’t even realize it.
It’s high time to wake up and take the right steps before it’s too late
June 20, 2025 at 7:42 AM
6/6 Freedom of speech ≠ freedom to manipulate.
We are under attack—and most people don’t even realize it.
It’s high time to wake up and take the right steps before it’s too late
We are under attack—and most people don’t even realize it.
It’s high time to wake up and take the right steps before it’s too late
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@RSF.org annual press freedom ranking is out today, Norway is nr 1. Estonia is nr 2 in press freedom in the world.
JD Vance attacked Europe over freedom of expression, yet all of Europe is far ahead of the US, which came in at nr 57 between Sierra Leone and Gabon
pressgazette.co.uk/news/rsf-mov...
JD Vance attacked Europe over freedom of expression, yet all of Europe is far ahead of the US, which came in at nr 57 between Sierra Leone and Gabon
pressgazette.co.uk/news/rsf-mov...
RSF downgrades global press freedom index to all-time low
The global average press freedom score has fallen for the first time into RSF's "difficult" territory.
pressgazette.co.uk
May 2, 2025 at 12:35 PM
@RSF.org annual press freedom ranking is out today, Norway is nr 1. Estonia is nr 2 in press freedom in the world.
JD Vance attacked Europe over freedom of expression, yet all of Europe is far ahead of the US, which came in at nr 57 between Sierra Leone and Gabon
pressgazette.co.uk/news/rsf-mov...
JD Vance attacked Europe over freedom of expression, yet all of Europe is far ahead of the US, which came in at nr 57 between Sierra Leone and Gabon
pressgazette.co.uk/news/rsf-mov...
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The New York Times confirms that Twitter is nothing more than the rigged playpen of a billionaire who lies daily about loving free speech.
I think it possible that Elon Musk is the single most pathetic human being alive.
I think it possible that Elon Musk is the single most pathetic human being alive.
They Criticized Musk on X. Then Their Reach Collapsed.
Three users who disagreed with the site’s owner saw views for their posts plummet.
www.nytimes.com
April 26, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The New York Times confirms that Twitter is nothing more than the rigged playpen of a billionaire who lies daily about loving free speech.
I think it possible that Elon Musk is the single most pathetic human being alive.
I think it possible that Elon Musk is the single most pathetic human being alive.
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"Today’s internet isn’t really designed for us, but rather to elicit certain responses from us, responses which are hostile to human flourishing." www.ft.com/content/5d06...
Welcome to slop world: how the hostile internet is driving us crazy
The last bits of fellowship and ingenuity on the web are being swept away by a tide of so-called artificial intelligence
www.ft.com
April 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
"Today’s internet isn’t really designed for us, but rather to elicit certain responses from us, responses which are hostile to human flourishing." www.ft.com/content/5d06...
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Looking at bond markets this am, one theme seems to be —“surplus areas of the world unite against those Five Eyes Anglosphere deadbeats who think their eagerness to run up their credit cards makes them indispensable.”
Why would we lend the Americans money to buy our stuff and/or defend us instead of using that money to give our people that money to buy our stuff and/or to build stuff to defend ourselves is the Eureka moment of global rebalancing.
April 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Looking at bond markets this am, one theme seems to be —“surplus areas of the world unite against those Five Eyes Anglosphere deadbeats who think their eagerness to run up their credit cards makes them indispensable.”
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It's easy to see how he went bankrupt so many times.
April 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
It's easy to see how he went bankrupt so many times.
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What is needed is to skip credit card systems and related bank intermediated payments and go directly over to a CBDC or a Central Bank Digital Currency, which would give a decent boost to GDP as well by removing the friction of banks.
Europeans are waking up to their many dependencies on America - and one of those is the payment infrastructure we use every day to make purchases online and in person.
ECB chief Christine Lagarde says this needs to be urgently changed. But can a common European payment system be quickly developed?
ECB chief Christine Lagarde says this needs to be urgently changed. But can a common European payment system be quickly developed?
April 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
What is needed is to skip credit card systems and related bank intermediated payments and go directly over to a CBDC or a Central Bank Digital Currency, which would give a decent boost to GDP as well by removing the friction of banks.
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We went from “most pro-growth administration of my adult life” [Dec 12] to the-Secretary-of-Commerce-is-conflicted pretty quickly.
April 7, 2025 at 8:36 AM
We went from “most pro-growth administration of my adult life” [Dec 12] to the-Secretary-of-Commerce-is-conflicted pretty quickly.
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A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
April 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
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ah so they missed the incredibly obvious message that it's very very very clearly about toxic masculinity and shitty social media?
i am shocked
i am shocked
I see the Populist Right has somehow managed to make 'Adolescence' all about race. Sigh.
As for this.... A total lie that Musk has swallowed whole.
As for this.... A total lie that Musk has swallowed whole.
March 24, 2025 at 11:54 AM
ah so they missed the incredibly obvious message that it's very very very clearly about toxic masculinity and shitty social media?
i am shocked
i am shocked
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If we’re sending people to foreign prisons based on hearsay that they committed crimes, what should be the penalty for allegedly rug pulling people for billions of dollars on SPACs?
March 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
If we’re sending people to foreign prisons based on hearsay that they committed crimes, what should be the penalty for allegedly rug pulling people for billions of dollars on SPACs?
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All you need to know about Twitter
March 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
All you need to know about Twitter
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Trump seems unusually committed to doing business deals with Russia and its small, sickly economy while antagonizing every other major U.S. trading partner.
March 18, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Trump seems unusually committed to doing business deals with Russia and its small, sickly economy while antagonizing every other major U.S. trading partner.
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My adolescence was strongly influenced by NATO’s Double Track Decision.
During my army service at the end of the Cold War all exercises ended with a nuclear attack. Even the Danish Army trained delivering nuclear weapons.
Nuclear weapons were an integral part of politics, defence and daily life.
During my army service at the end of the Cold War all exercises ended with a nuclear attack. Even the Danish Army trained delivering nuclear weapons.
Nuclear weapons were an integral part of politics, defence and daily life.
Just how quickly the debate about nuclear proliferation in Europe got mainstreamed is pretty staggering.
Finnish Researcher: The Baltics and Nordic Nations Should Discuss Acquiring Their Own Nuclear Deterrent with Poland
Europe faces a pivotal choice: either to rely on France and the UK to extend their nuclear umbrella or see Poland, alongside the Baltic and Nordic nations, develop their own deterrent, Veli-Pekka Tynk...
balticsentinel.eu
March 14, 2025 at 8:11 PM
My adolescence was strongly influenced by NATO’s Double Track Decision.
During my army service at the end of the Cold War all exercises ended with a nuclear attack. Even the Danish Army trained delivering nuclear weapons.
Nuclear weapons were an integral part of politics, defence and daily life.
During my army service at the end of the Cold War all exercises ended with a nuclear attack. Even the Danish Army trained delivering nuclear weapons.
Nuclear weapons were an integral part of politics, defence and daily life.
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He's clearly the wrong Sec Gen for the times we are in.
In the old pre-invasion Merkel era, he's have been perfect, smiling, making nice to Russia, uttering the pablum you'd expect.
The Sec-Gen, once again, serves the allied members. He's not a politician who decides we will get along with Russia
In the old pre-invasion Merkel era, he's have been perfect, smiling, making nice to Russia, uttering the pablum you'd expect.
The Sec-Gen, once again, serves the allied members. He's not a politician who decides we will get along with Russia
March 15, 2025 at 10:30 PM
He's clearly the wrong Sec Gen for the times we are in.
In the old pre-invasion Merkel era, he's have been perfect, smiling, making nice to Russia, uttering the pablum you'd expect.
The Sec-Gen, once again, serves the allied members. He's not a politician who decides we will get along with Russia
In the old pre-invasion Merkel era, he's have been perfect, smiling, making nice to Russia, uttering the pablum you'd expect.
The Sec-Gen, once again, serves the allied members. He's not a politician who decides we will get along with Russia
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Quick update - valuations still well beyond 1929 and 2000 extremes, market internals deteriorating further, short-term market action pressured enough to invite failure-prone clearing rallies and attempts to kiss the 200-day, but not compressed enough to rely on. Trump/Musk rocking a perched boulder.
March 15, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Quick update - valuations still well beyond 1929 and 2000 extremes, market internals deteriorating further, short-term market action pressured enough to invite failure-prone clearing rallies and attempts to kiss the 200-day, but not compressed enough to rely on. Trump/Musk rocking a perched boulder.
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This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.
March 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.
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THIS!!!
If this is American-style "free enterprise" then the "socialist" European Union seems downright libertarian.
Attn: European Commission. Time to de-risk and de-couple.
And fast.
@ec.europa.eu
If this is American-style "free enterprise" then the "socialist" European Union seems downright libertarian.
Attn: European Commission. Time to de-risk and de-couple.
And fast.
@ec.europa.eu
March 7, 2025 at 9:22 AM
THIS!!!
If this is American-style "free enterprise" then the "socialist" European Union seems downright libertarian.
Attn: European Commission. Time to de-risk and de-couple.
And fast.
@ec.europa.eu
If this is American-style "free enterprise" then the "socialist" European Union seems downright libertarian.
Attn: European Commission. Time to de-risk and de-couple.
And fast.
@ec.europa.eu
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OTD in 1944 the Red Air Force carpet bombed Narva, then Red Army used artillery to finish the job. As a deliberate act, hundreds of civilians died & thousands were made refugees. We then repopulated it with Russians.
Imagine something like this happening in the 21st century.
Imagine something like this happening in the 21st century.
March 6, 2025 at 7:43 AM
OTD in 1944 the Red Air Force carpet bombed Narva, then Red Army used artillery to finish the job. As a deliberate act, hundreds of civilians died & thousands were made refugees. We then repopulated it with Russians.
Imagine something like this happening in the 21st century.
Imagine something like this happening in the 21st century.
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”[D]eterrence requires visible demonstrations of resolve. Capability is meaningless if the adversary doubts our willingness to use it — and this is where Europe’s primary weakness lies.”
A very important read by @frhoffmann.bsky.social about how essential it is for Europe to demonstrate resolve
A very important read by @frhoffmann.bsky.social about how essential it is for Europe to demonstrate resolve
Resolve — What Europe Needs for War
With a possible withdrawal from the US, half the battle for European security is in the equipment; the other half is in the head.
cepa.org
March 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
”[D]eterrence requires visible demonstrations of resolve. Capability is meaningless if the adversary doubts our willingness to use it — and this is where Europe’s primary weakness lies.”
A very important read by @frhoffmann.bsky.social about how essential it is for Europe to demonstrate resolve
A very important read by @frhoffmann.bsky.social about how essential it is for Europe to demonstrate resolve
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Anonüümne ekremees mu seinal: "Mu ideede eest karistataks, hävitataks mind. Ma ei saa oma nime all öelda, et Trump on cool ja Ukraina on loll. Ainus, mis Eestis on lubatud, on valitsuse jutule kaasa kiita."
Espak, Varro, Malle Pärn, Helmed ja 10 000 ekremeest samal ajal:
Espak, Varro, Malle Pärn, Helmed ja 10 000 ekremeest samal ajal:
March 4, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Anonüümne ekremees mu seinal: "Mu ideede eest karistataks, hävitataks mind. Ma ei saa oma nime all öelda, et Trump on cool ja Ukraina on loll. Ainus, mis Eestis on lubatud, on valitsuse jutule kaasa kiita."
Espak, Varro, Malle Pärn, Helmed ja 10 000 ekremeest samal ajal:
Espak, Varro, Malle Pärn, Helmed ja 10 000 ekremeest samal ajal:
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The “supporters” are always real. And the detractors are always “paid”. 😉
@politico.com
www.politico.com/live-updates...
@politico.com
www.politico.com/live-updates...
March 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The “supporters” are always real. And the detractors are always “paid”. 😉
@politico.com
www.politico.com/live-updates...
@politico.com
www.politico.com/live-updates...
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This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
March 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.