Trym Nohr Fjørtoft
@trymnf.bsky.social
political science postdoc, University of Oslo.
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Ok, her har vi jo en ny KI-skandale. Og den innbefatter jo attpåtil Riksrevisjonen. De har gått helt god for et notat fra Menon (av alle steder) om at KI vil effektivisere staten med 155 000 årsverk. Hvordan Menon har kommet frem til tallet? Ved å spørre Chat GPT. www.scup.com/doi/10.18261...
October 16, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Ok, her har vi jo en ny KI-skandale. Og den innbefatter jo attpåtil Riksrevisjonen. De har gått helt god for et notat fra Menon (av alle steder) om at KI vil effektivisere staten med 155 000 årsverk. Hvordan Menon har kommet frem til tallet? Ved å spørre Chat GPT. www.scup.com/doi/10.18261...
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I'm gonna try to articulate something I've been thinking about for a while, regarding *why* disillusionment, distrust, & dissatisfaction with democracy are rising.
Almost everything I read takes this phenomenon as an exogenous shock, assuming no one chose to make it so. I suspect that's incomplete.
Almost everything I read takes this phenomenon as an exogenous shock, assuming no one chose to make it so. I suspect that's incomplete.
October 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I'm gonna try to articulate something I've been thinking about for a while, regarding *why* disillusionment, distrust, & dissatisfaction with democracy are rising.
Almost everything I read takes this phenomenon as an exogenous shock, assuming no one chose to make it so. I suspect that's incomplete.
Almost everything I read takes this phenomenon as an exogenous shock, assuming no one chose to make it so. I suspect that's incomplete.
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Hallvard is in @ethicsjournal.bsky.social !!! Feasibility, Sandven argues, is superfluous or moralised in normative discourse 🤔🤔 www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
September 26, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Hallvard is in @ethicsjournal.bsky.social !!! Feasibility, Sandven argues, is superfluous or moralised in normative discourse 🤔🤔 www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review
Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.
www.bostonreview.net
September 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
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when the interview goes well: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
September 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
when the interview goes well: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
Two new publications today, both in Publius: The Journal of Federalism.
🏗️ Why Do Americans Not Care about Interstate Barriers in Construction? doi.org/10.1093/publius/pjaf027
🍸 Federal Spirits: Single Markets and the Case of Spirits Drinks doi.org/10.1093/publius/pjaf033
🏗️ Why Do Americans Not Care about Interstate Barriers in Construction? doi.org/10.1093/publius/pjaf027
🍸 Federal Spirits: Single Markets and the Case of Spirits Drinks doi.org/10.1093/publius/pjaf033
American Services in European Perspective: Why Do Americans Not Care about Interstate Barriers in Construction?
Abstract. The European Union identifies the sector of construction services as a priority for its agenda to remove barriers to cross-border activity. Takin
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September 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Two new publications today, both in Publius: The Journal of Federalism.
🏗️ Why Do Americans Not Care about Interstate Barriers in Construction? doi.org/10.1093/publius/pjaf027
🍸 Federal Spirits: Single Markets and the Case of Spirits Drinks doi.org/10.1093/publius/pjaf033
🏗️ Why Do Americans Not Care about Interstate Barriers in Construction? doi.org/10.1093/publius/pjaf027
🍸 Federal Spirits: Single Markets and the Case of Spirits Drinks doi.org/10.1093/publius/pjaf033
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Still not as bad as Microsoft Teams
Today in 1184 Henry VI of Germany was having a strategy meeting when the wooden second storey floor collapsed. Most of the courtiers fell through into the latrine cesspit below the ground floor, where more than 50 drowned in liquid excrement.
July 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Still not as bad as Microsoft Teams
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Serbia, Sprint Insight poll:
Scenario: joint government vs. student list
Student list-*: 55%
SNS/SPS+-EPP: 42%
Fieldwork: 23 June - 05 July 2025
Sample size: 1458
➤ europeelects.eu/serbia
Scenario: joint government vs. student list
Student list-*: 55%
SNS/SPS+-EPP: 42%
Fieldwork: 23 June - 05 July 2025
Sample size: 1458
➤ europeelects.eu/serbia
July 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Serbia, Sprint Insight poll:
Scenario: joint government vs. student list
Student list-*: 55%
SNS/SPS+-EPP: 42%
Fieldwork: 23 June - 05 July 2025
Sample size: 1458
➤ europeelects.eu/serbia
Scenario: joint government vs. student list
Student list-*: 55%
SNS/SPS+-EPP: 42%
Fieldwork: 23 June - 05 July 2025
Sample size: 1458
➤ europeelects.eu/serbia
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This should be deeply embedded into everyone’s understanding: the pursuit of EU migration policy and the equivalent law-enforcement & surveillance agencies consistently violate the EU’s own laws. wearesolomon.com/mag/format/i...
Frontex unlawfully shared thousands of people's personal data with Europol
Under the banner of fighting migrant smuggling, Frontex has collected, and unlawfully siphoned to Europol, personal data for years—quietly drawing thousands of migrants, as well as EU citizens aiding ...
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July 8, 2025 at 9:32 AM
This should be deeply embedded into everyone’s understanding: the pursuit of EU migration policy and the equivalent law-enforcement & surveillance agencies consistently violate the EU’s own laws. wearesolomon.com/mag/format/i...
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🚨New article🚨 The consensus is that contestation pushed central banks to talk 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 about inequality & climate.
Our theory: At first, CBs seek to ward off politicization by talking 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 about controversial topics.
We tested this 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐲𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬.🧵
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Our theory: At first, CBs seek to ward off politicization by talking 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 about controversial topics.
We tested this 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐲𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬.🧵
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
July 1, 2025 at 10:11 AM
🚨New article🚨 The consensus is that contestation pushed central banks to talk 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 about inequality & climate.
Our theory: At first, CBs seek to ward off politicization by talking 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 about controversial topics.
We tested this 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐲𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬.🧵
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Our theory: At first, CBs seek to ward off politicization by talking 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 about controversial topics.
We tested this 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐲𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬.🧵
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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...endorsement of Putin's imperial war of conquest in Ukraine.
Vučić, the autocratic leader of an EU candidate country, is siding with the EU's geopolitical adversary. This is a pretty black and white affair: the EU has to react with meaningful measures, beyond mere statements.
Vučić, the autocratic leader of an EU candidate country, is siding with the EU's geopolitical adversary. This is a pretty black and white affair: the EU has to react with meaningful measures, beyond mere statements.
May 8, 2025 at 5:43 AM
...endorsement of Putin's imperial war of conquest in Ukraine.
Vučić, the autocratic leader of an EU candidate country, is siding with the EU's geopolitical adversary. This is a pretty black and white affair: the EU has to react with meaningful measures, beyond mere statements.
Vučić, the autocratic leader of an EU candidate country, is siding with the EU's geopolitical adversary. This is a pretty black and white affair: the EU has to react with meaningful measures, beyond mere statements.
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Aleksandar Vučić, treated by the EU as its closest ally in the Balkans, has arrived in Moscow to attend Putin's spectacle tomorrow, defying very clear warnings by EU leaders. Slovakia's Robert Fico is also expected to attend.
With their presence, these leaders signal their endorsement of...
With their presence, these leaders signal their endorsement of...
May 8, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Aleksandar Vučić, treated by the EU as its closest ally in the Balkans, has arrived in Moscow to attend Putin's spectacle tomorrow, defying very clear warnings by EU leaders. Slovakia's Robert Fico is also expected to attend.
With their presence, these leaders signal their endorsement of...
With their presence, these leaders signal their endorsement of...
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A footnote from David Miller, expressing highly recognisable reservations about the rise of the journal article.
April 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
A footnote from David Miller, expressing highly recognisable reservations about the rise of the journal article.
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Analysis | Trump is finally giving us the recession that Biden could never deliver.
April 7, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Analysis | Trump is finally giving us the recession that Biden could never deliver.
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Man, just LOOK at how everyone's reaction to Le Pen goes exactly in the quadrant my model says it would
April 1, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Man, just LOOK at how everyone's reaction to Le Pen goes exactly in the quadrant my model says it would
Hør meg og @mariannedahl.bsky.social i Ekko om studentdemonstrasjoner og demokrati i Europa 📻
radio.nrk.no/serie/ekko/M...
radio.nrk.no/serie/ekko/M...
Ekko - Ekko i P2 - NRK Radio
Bankane: Venn eller fiende?
Dei tener stort medan vi slit. Vi ser på kvifor vi treng bankar og korleis dei eigentleg fungerar.
Norsk plastoptimist i India
Korleis kan ein bergensk ildsjel og ein indi...
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April 1, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Hør meg og @mariannedahl.bsky.social i Ekko om studentdemonstrasjoner og demokrati i Europa 📻
radio.nrk.no/serie/ekko/M...
radio.nrk.no/serie/ekko/M...
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Agree, with the exception that I have found republican worries about arbitrary power very helpful lately
Political theory has not prepared us well for this moment. Aspirational theories of social justice and deliberative/participatory democracy provide few resources for appreciating and defending an impartial civil service, the rule of law, independent prosecutors, and limits on executive power.
February 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Agree, with the exception that I have found republican worries about arbitrary power very helpful lately
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In virtue of romantically engaged individuals having mixed their labour with the night,
February 10, 2025 at 8:28 AM
In virtue of romantically engaged individuals having mixed their labour with the night,
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Of course it’s a coup. Miss the obvious, lose your republic.
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Of course it’s a coup
Miss the obvious, lose your republic
open.substack.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Of course it’s a coup. Miss the obvious, lose your republic.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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Not an Onion headline
NEW: Experts question whether Edward Coristine, a DOGE staffer who has gone by “Big Balls” online, would pass the background check typically required for access to sensitive US government systems.
DOGE Teen Owns ‘Tesla.Sexy LLC’ and Worked at Startup That Has Hired Convicted Hackers
Experts question whether Edward Coristine, a DOGE staffer who has gone by “Big Balls” online, would pass the background check typically required for access to sensitive US government systems.
www.wired.com
February 6, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Not an Onion headline
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New paper💡! My work on online dating, power and social institutions is now published in @apsrjournal.bsky.social! I provide a normative framework for what goes on in this part of the ‘digital sexual sphere’ and explore the role dating apps play in our societies.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Dating Apps and the Digital Sexual Sphere | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Dating Apps and the Digital Sexual Sphere
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January 31, 2025 at 11:24 AM
New paper💡! My work on online dating, power and social institutions is now published in @apsrjournal.bsky.social! I provide a normative framework for what goes on in this part of the ‘digital sexual sphere’ and explore the role dating apps play in our societies.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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This is #Belgrade right now. Citizens have responded to the students’ call for a 24-hour blockade and protest, shutting down one of the main highways in the city. Could this be the end of #AleksandarVučić? I hope so. I stand in solidarity with Serbian students and citizens fighting for democracy!
January 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This is #Belgrade right now. Citizens have responded to the students’ call for a 24-hour blockade and protest, shutting down one of the main highways in the city. Could this be the end of #AleksandarVučić? I hope so. I stand in solidarity with Serbian students and citizens fighting for democracy!
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Big news! The EU Court of Justice has assigned our Hamoudi v. Frontex appeal to its Grand Chamber!
It will hold a hearing on the groundbreaking damages claim filed by Alaa Hamoudi following a 17-hour pushback operation by Frontex and the Hellenic Coast Guard on 28-29 April 2020.
It will hold a hearing on the groundbreaking damages claim filed by Alaa Hamoudi following a 17-hour pushback operation by Frontex and the Hellenic Coast Guard on 28-29 April 2020.
January 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Big news! The EU Court of Justice has assigned our Hamoudi v. Frontex appeal to its Grand Chamber!
It will hold a hearing on the groundbreaking damages claim filed by Alaa Hamoudi following a 17-hour pushback operation by Frontex and the Hellenic Coast Guard on 28-29 April 2020.
It will hold a hearing on the groundbreaking damages claim filed by Alaa Hamoudi following a 17-hour pushback operation by Frontex and the Hellenic Coast Guard on 28-29 April 2020.
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The Banks of the Fjord at Christiania, 1895
December 28, 2024 at 6:19 AM
The Banks of the Fjord at Christiania, 1895