Petter Sjölund
@pettersj.bsky.social
Artist, dog-lover and avid reader. Does not reply to Direct Messages.
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Can you imagine if Russia attacked and seized a UK vessel in international waters & kidnapped the people on board, including UK citizens, and the only response from the UK govt was to say that's "a matter for the Russian govt".
No, me neither.
No, me neither.
October 7, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Can you imagine if Russia attacked and seized a UK vessel in international waters & kidnapped the people on board, including UK citizens, and the only response from the UK govt was to say that's "a matter for the Russian govt".
No, me neither.
No, me neither.
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As it was Adorno’s bday yesterday, a little note from Teddy on “the stupidity of cleverness,” addressed no doubt to recent authors of widely disseminated opinion columns in liberal newspapers
September 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
As it was Adorno’s bday yesterday, a little note from Teddy on “the stupidity of cleverness,” addressed no doubt to recent authors of widely disseminated opinion columns in liberal newspapers
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If you had asked me on day one what was going to happen, I would’ve said: this, and worse. Because I have been paying attention to what was happening all these years, rather than nodding and smiling while politicians talk www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
‘We took the gloves off’: ex-IDF chief confirms Gaza casualties over 200,000
Retired general Herzi Halevi says ‘not once’ had legal advice constrained Israel’s military decisions in the strip
www.theguardian.com
September 13, 2025 at 7:49 AM
If you had asked me on day one what was going to happen, I would’ve said: this, and worse. Because I have been paying attention to what was happening all these years, rather than nodding and smiling while politicians talk www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
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Over a third of people say they’re going days without eating in Gaza. For now, the confirmed famine is centered in the governorate of Gaza, one of five in the strip. Our maps show where it’s expected to spread by the end of September
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
The evolution of famine in Gaza, in maps and charts
For the first time, catastrophic levels of hunger have been confirmed in the strip
www.economist.com
August 25, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Over a third of people say they’re going days without eating in Gaza. For now, the confirmed famine is centered in the governorate of Gaza, one of five in the strip. Our maps show where it’s expected to spread by the end of September
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
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FOLKBILDNING. När signalpolitiken överordnas allt annat blir seriösa analyser ointressanta. Men tystnaden i samhällsdebatten kommer att bli kostsam. All heder till Sten Heckscher som, till skillnad från S-ledningen, vågar ifrågasätta den högerpopulistiska flockmentaliteten…
www.dn.se/debatt/reger...
www.dn.se/debatt/reger...
August 24, 2025 at 6:01 AM
FOLKBILDNING. När signalpolitiken överordnas allt annat blir seriösa analyser ointressanta. Men tystnaden i samhällsdebatten kommer att bli kostsam. All heder till Sten Heckscher som, till skillnad från S-ledningen, vågar ifrågasätta den högerpopulistiska flockmentaliteten…
www.dn.se/debatt/reger...
www.dn.se/debatt/reger...
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In the same way having a computer program that always affirms your beliefs has already irreparably damaged the mental state of thousands of people, so too has the media circus that constantly affirms the beliefs of neo fascists.
August 23, 2025 at 11:59 AM
In the same way having a computer program that always affirms your beliefs has already irreparably damaged the mental state of thousands of people, so too has the media circus that constantly affirms the beliefs of neo fascists.
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Om det bara fanns ett sätt att säga Hallå det där va kanske inte så smart delat och tänk på det här och det här som kan leda analyser åt helvete, pls, men nej, det ska va Nolltolerans på allt. Ja då får vi lägerfejder till slut.
August 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Om det bara fanns ett sätt att säga Hallå det där va kanske inte så smart delat och tänk på det här och det här som kan leda analyser åt helvete, pls, men nej, det ska va Nolltolerans på allt. Ja då får vi lägerfejder till slut.
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Okej detta är ett fullkomligt idiotiskt resonemang. Total hjärnröta. Menar Andreas Gustavsson allvar med detta gör sig EXPO, eller SKMA, skyldiga till antisemitism varje gång de inkluderar exempel på det de kritiserar i sina artiklar.
August 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Okej detta är ett fullkomligt idiotiskt resonemang. Total hjärnröta. Menar Andreas Gustavsson allvar med detta gör sig EXPO, eller SKMA, skyldiga till antisemitism varje gång de inkluderar exempel på det de kritiserar i sina artiklar.
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The old world is dying, and the new world is so fucking stupid dude
August 11, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The old world is dying, and the new world is so fucking stupid dude
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“Al Sharif was previously part of a Reuters team which in 2024 won a Pulitzer Prize in the category of Breaking News Photography for coverage of the Israel-Hamas war.”
Al Jazeera said Al Sharif had left a social media message to be posted in the event of his death that read, "...I never hesitated to convey the truth as it is, without distortion or misrepresentation, hoping that God would witness those who remained silent." www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Israel strike kills Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza
Rights advocates said Anas Al Sharif had been targeted for his frontline reporting on the Gaza war and Israel's claim lacked evidence.
www.reuters.com
August 11, 2025 at 8:51 AM
“Al Sharif was previously part of a Reuters team which in 2024 won a Pulitzer Prize in the category of Breaking News Photography for coverage of the Israel-Hamas war.”
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Säg inte grattis, det är en kampdag!! 📚
Det är Bokälskarnas dag idag tydligen.
Värt att fira!
Värt att fira!
August 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Säg inte grattis, det är en kampdag!! 📚
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why is the president the only person testing the limits of his power? everyone should see what they can get away with. what if zookeepers gave helicopters to gorillas? nobody has tried this
June 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
why is the president the only person testing the limits of his power? everyone should see what they can get away with. what if zookeepers gave helicopters to gorillas? nobody has tried this
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Ah, den klassiska vänsterfrågan "breddning av totalförsvarsfonden". Och vi minns ju alla när vi lärde oss i skolan om arbetarrörelsens demonstrationer för " tydligare öppningar för kapitalskatter".
June 1, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Ah, den klassiska vänsterfrågan "breddning av totalförsvarsfonden". Och vi minns ju alla när vi lärde oss i skolan om arbetarrörelsens demonstrationer för " tydligare öppningar för kapitalskatter".
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Apparently saying “Hey maybe don’t bomb refugee camps or starve kids” is now anti-Semitic. Wild how fast morality vanishes when your favorite apartheid state does the killing.
May 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Apparently saying “Hey maybe don’t bomb refugee camps or starve kids” is now anti-Semitic. Wild how fast morality vanishes when your favorite apartheid state does the killing.
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Europe will continue to struggle until it challenges the foundational assumptions the US tech industry is built on and stops trying to replicate it in Europe.
Silicon Valley is not delivering widespread benefits. Europe needs to refocus on the public good, not what’s most valuable to shareholders.
Silicon Valley is not delivering widespread benefits. Europe needs to refocus on the public good, not what’s most valuable to shareholders.
EU views break from US as ‘unrealistic’ amid global tech race
A draft strategy obtained by POLITICO points to the difficulty of unwinding years of American technological dominance.
www.politico.eu
April 30, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Europe will continue to struggle until it challenges the foundational assumptions the US tech industry is built on and stops trying to replicate it in Europe.
Silicon Valley is not delivering widespread benefits. Europe needs to refocus on the public good, not what’s most valuable to shareholders.
Silicon Valley is not delivering widespread benefits. Europe needs to refocus on the public good, not what’s most valuable to shareholders.
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Scientists must push back against the threat of rising white nationalism and the dangerous and pseudoscientific ideas of eugenics
https://go.nature.com/4jGqiUc
https://go.nature.com/4jGqiUc
Eugenics is on the rise again: human geneticists must take a stand
Scientists must push back against the threat of rising white nationalism and the dangerous and pseudoscientific ideas of eugenics.
go.nature.com
April 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Scientists must push back against the threat of rising white nationalism and the dangerous and pseudoscientific ideas of eugenics
https://go.nature.com/4jGqiUc
https://go.nature.com/4jGqiUc
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People talk about the "male loneliness epidemic", but all a man has to do is take a jumbo packet of hot dogs into the forest and he can easily make friends with dozens, if not hundreds, of raccoons.
April 19, 2025 at 11:43 PM
People talk about the "male loneliness epidemic", but all a man has to do is take a jumbo packet of hot dogs into the forest and he can easily make friends with dozens, if not hundreds, of raccoons.
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Why don't we make a show about how the Torment Nexus is great, actually?
April 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Why don't we make a show about how the Torment Nexus is great, actually?
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Everybody thinks manufacturing jobs were good, but it's UNION jobs that were good.
April 5, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Everybody thinks manufacturing jobs were good, but it's UNION jobs that were good.
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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.