Linus Björn
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Maps, evolution, geopolitics, … republishing what I find interesting.
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Excellent geography trivia that I would've completely failed at a pub quiz: In these countries the capital city is not on their mainland. Source: buff.ly/jjfUAVp
November 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Excellent geography trivia that I would've completely failed at a pub quiz: In these countries the capital city is not on their mainland. Source: buff.ly/jjfUAVp
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Yet another crazy #dataviz showing the rapid aging and decline of South Korea's population. Before the century is out the nation drops from 52 million residents to only 22 million. Most of the remaining South Koreans at this point will be over 50. Source: buff.ly/cpNNcgY
November 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Yet another crazy #dataviz showing the rapid aging and decline of South Korea's population. Before the century is out the nation drops from 52 million residents to only 22 million. Most of the remaining South Koreans at this point will be over 50. Source: buff.ly/cpNNcgY
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November 20, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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The Ancient Greeks never called themselves that. They were Hellenes (Ἕλληνες), who lived in Hellas (Ἑλλάς).
A group from mainland Greece colonized southern Italy. The Romans called these people 'Graikoi', and the colony in Italy was called 'Graecia'.
And that's the name that stuck outside Greece.
A group from mainland Greece colonized southern Italy. The Romans called these people 'Graikoi', and the colony in Italy was called 'Graecia'.
And that's the name that stuck outside Greece.
November 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The Ancient Greeks never called themselves that. They were Hellenes (Ἕλληνες), who lived in Hellas (Ἑλλάς).
A group from mainland Greece colonized southern Italy. The Romans called these people 'Graikoi', and the colony in Italy was called 'Graecia'.
And that's the name that stuck outside Greece.
A group from mainland Greece colonized southern Italy. The Romans called these people 'Graikoi', and the colony in Italy was called 'Graecia'.
And that's the name that stuck outside Greece.
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"Also amazing are pancakes, folks. A new word nobody has ever heard. I came up with it. They're like cakes but from a pan. I call them pancakes. Christians too. Adopting to pancakes. Very big stuff. Ballroom. Huge. And some say flarpnozzle bing. Bingidy bangidy. So sad. Flurp."
Trump: "Christians and more, think of this, more than twice as likely foster care they'll adopt the general population. They adopt to it so easily. When they get out, they adopt to it like it's become second nature. It's amazing."
November 13, 2025 at 8:12 PM
"Also amazing are pancakes, folks. A new word nobody has ever heard. I came up with it. They're like cakes but from a pan. I call them pancakes. Christians too. Adopting to pancakes. Very big stuff. Ballroom. Huge. And some say flarpnozzle bing. Bingidy bangidy. So sad. Flurp."
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I wonder if the United States can learn anything from the last time a major industrialized country decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world?
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I wonder if the United States can learn anything from the last time a major industrialized country decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world?
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
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Can you even imagine a pre-tomato Italy?! Weird to think that the entire history of the Roman Empire was tomato-free. 🍅 🇮🇹 🚫
November 6, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Can you even imagine a pre-tomato Italy?! Weird to think that the entire history of the Roman Empire was tomato-free. 🍅 🇮🇹 🚫
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Insane data from Germany shows how social media is geared towards more fringe political views. The left bar shows the share of uploaded videos by party on TikTok and the right bar shows what videos are shown in the feed. Social media loves the extremes and is NOT a fair mirror of reality.
November 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Insane data from Germany shows how social media is geared towards more fringe political views. The left bar shows the share of uploaded videos by party on TikTok and the right bar shows what videos are shown in the feed. Social media loves the extremes and is NOT a fair mirror of reality.
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Where did the 12 Apostles go to after that delicious supper? HT @civixplorer
November 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Where did the 12 Apostles go to after that delicious supper? HT @civixplorer
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When the capitals of South America were founded
October 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
When the capitals of South America were founded
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Lovely map of French castles by Jean-Claude Golvin. Which one to visit first?
October 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Lovely map of French castles by Jean-Claude Golvin. Which one to visit first?
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"the flagellum, the only known example of a freely rotating propulsive system in biology" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotatin...
Evolution of flagella en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evoluti...
Evolution of flagella en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evoluti...
![Natural selection therefore explains why wheels are an unlikely solution to the problem of locomotion: a partially evolved wheel, missing one or more key features, would probably not impart an advantage to an organism. The exception to this is the flagellum, the only known example of a freely rotating propulsive system in biology; in the evolution of flagella, individual components were recruited from older structures, where they performed tasks unrelated to propulsion. The basal body that is now the rotary motor, for instance, might have evolved from a structure used by the bacterium to inject toxins into other cells.[44][45][46] This recruitment of previously evolved structures to serve new functions is called exaptation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:midxgddyhhwoe7fkfdz2mtrj/bafkreih54psxcgxf4rnj3xa47qipptsbr2vfggyhh3226qqtzwupyjretu@jpeg)
September 7, 2025 at 7:06 AM
"the flagellum, the only known example of a freely rotating propulsive system in biology" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotatin...
Evolution of flagella en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evoluti...
Evolution of flagella en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evoluti...
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The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy.
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders
National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders Honored for rejecting illegal orders during martial law, Marine death probe
www.chosun.com
September 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy.
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
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97-Year-Old Dies Unaware Of Being Violin Prodigy https://theonion.com/97-year-old-dies-unaware-of-being-violin-prodigy-1819571799/
September 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
97-Year-Old Dies Unaware Of Being Violin Prodigy https://theonion.com/97-year-old-dies-unaware-of-being-violin-prodigy-1819571799/
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Trois troubles neuropsychiatriques totalement délirants
🚨Syndrome de Capgras : un proche est un imposteur
lemonde.fr/blog/realite...
🚨Syndrome de Cotard : vous pensez être mort
lemonde.fr/blog/realite...
🚨Syndrome de Fregoli : un proche se déguise en d’autres personnes
www.lemonde.fr/realites-bio...
🚨Syndrome de Capgras : un proche est un imposteur
lemonde.fr/blog/realite...
🚨Syndrome de Cotard : vous pensez être mort
lemonde.fr/blog/realite...
🚨Syndrome de Fregoli : un proche se déguise en d’autres personnes
www.lemonde.fr/realites-bio...
August 8, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Trois troubles neuropsychiatriques totalement délirants
🚨Syndrome de Capgras : un proche est un imposteur
lemonde.fr/blog/realite...
🚨Syndrome de Cotard : vous pensez être mort
lemonde.fr/blog/realite...
🚨Syndrome de Fregoli : un proche se déguise en d’autres personnes
www.lemonde.fr/realites-bio...
🚨Syndrome de Capgras : un proche est un imposteur
lemonde.fr/blog/realite...
🚨Syndrome de Cotard : vous pensez être mort
lemonde.fr/blog/realite...
🚨Syndrome de Fregoli : un proche se déguise en d’autres personnes
www.lemonde.fr/realites-bio...
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"The better way to understand Anchorage is not as the start of something new, but as the culmination of a longer process. As the U.S. dismantles its foreign-policy tools, as this administration fires the people who know how to use them, our ability to act with any agility will diminish"
August 17, 2025 at 6:14 AM
"The better way to understand Anchorage is not as the start of something new, but as the culmination of a longer process. As the U.S. dismantles its foreign-policy tools, as this administration fires the people who know how to use them, our ability to act with any agility will diminish"
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This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
August 13, 2025 at 6:06 AM
This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
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June 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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#SlavaUkraine
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Help us hit the goal & save lives.
#3E #StandWithUkraine
Help us hit the goal & save lives.
#3E #StandWithUkraine
Sky Sentinel: fundraiser for peaceful nights
We’re raising $1,500,000 for 10 AI-controlled air defense turrets that will protect Ukrainians from russian attacks.
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June 18, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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#SlavaUkraine
#SlavaUkraine
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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woah
Footage captured from a passenger plane over Dubai shows Iran’s ballistic missiles being launched toward Israel.
June 16, 2025 at 6:42 AM
woah
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on an even more basic level, Trump views basically every interaction through the lens of rape, he believes in violently extracting what he wants from those he thinks of as lesser and he believes in being supplicant to those who thinks as of stronger, and uses and loses anyone else
June 17, 2025 at 4:10 AM
on an even more basic level, Trump views basically every interaction through the lens of rape, he believes in violently extracting what he wants from those he thinks of as lesser and he believes in being supplicant to those who thinks as of stronger, and uses and loses anyone else
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it is hard to find better examples of the danger of not throwing fascists in jail when you have the chance than Netanyahu and Trump
June 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
it is hard to find better examples of the danger of not throwing fascists in jail when you have the chance than Netanyahu and Trump