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FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change. Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.

Artikkel fra Washington Post, med gode kartillustrasjoner, om reduksjonen av luftforurensing i Paris i perioden 2007 - 2024, etter årevis med målrettede tiltak for å redusere biltrafikken. wapo.st/4aOl1II

Test å skru ned hastigheten i radioappen til 0,8x, så får du en slags Erna Solberg-versjon av Hellestveit. Eventuelt opp til 2x - opplevelsen verdt.

Deadly bombing of Iran primary school ‘a grave violation of humanitarian law’: UNESCO The UN education agency, UNESCO, says that the bombing of a primary school during the US and Israeli military attacks on Iran on Saturday constitutes a grave violation of humanitarian law.

Maybe Mrs Trump even would offer her thoughts and prayers after the strike on the girls’ primary school that killed least 175 people, most of them likely children. news.un.org/en/story/202...

The age of American fascism | The Observer ICE raids, imperial ambitions, mass rallies and attacks on ‘elites’ have led some to claim that the US is heading toward dictatorship. The historical evidence helps to decode Trump’s politics of fear

"To call ICE agents Trump’s Brownshirts would be an exaggeration, but not by much."

✍️ Ian Buruma
https://bit.ly/4cej49A

Farlig amerikanisering Skal USA få fortsette å sette standarden?

"De siste 20 - 30 årene har vi importert praksiser som langsomt undergraver våre institusjoner." Les @bentsofus.bsky.social i Klassekampen om amerikaniseringen av det norske samfunnet, og hva følgene blir når vi lar USA sette standarden for våre egne valg. klassekampen.no/artikkel/202...

Sikkerhetsrådet overlever kanskje hvis hun plagierer en eller annen tale av Michelle Obama?

Facsimiles of the front pages of Pagina12, Houston Chronicle, Politiken. The Age, Sunday Express, Tagesspiegel and El Periodico, 1 March 2026.

World press is reacting to the U.S-Israel bombing of Iran.
The Argentinean @pagina12ok.bsky.social says one is "knocking on the gates of hell". @politiken.dk warns that the "consequences are unpredictable". @elperiodico.com says "and now...Iran". @tagesspiegel.de writes "New war in the Middle East".

Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that inside...

This is an excellent @propublica.org long read on one of the most dangerous men in the U.S.: Russell Vought.

Demokratiet etter korrupsjonsskandalen: Hva kan vi lære av Latin-Amerika? Epstein-filene har skapt en historisk tillitskrise i Norge. Det kan være lurt å skue til Latin-Amerika for å finne veien ut av uføret.

www.dagsavisen.no/kommentar/de...

Jesse Jackson’s - Wattstax Music Festival Opening Speech (1972) YouTube video by Nightloop

I. AM. SOMEBODY. ✊🏽

Rest in Power, Reverend Jesse Jackson.

youtu.be/NTVwT3j_zqY?...

Remembrance is not a violation

#RemembranceIsNotAViolation

Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social.

Jamil Smith: "If regret does not compel responsibility, it amounts to little more than moral convenience, a way to soothe conscience while leaving power & consequence unchanged. If they are truly sorry for supporting Trump, they must do more than just say so."

Excellent piece!

tinyurl.com/ytncf5u3

Hoffet varslet kronprinsparet om mulig pågripelse Politiet varslet hoffet om en mulig pågripelse av Marius Borg Høiby. De varslet kronprinsparet videre, bekrefter hoffet.

Noen må klare seg med en time eller to. www.nrk.no/norge/hoffet...

The Nazis fooled the world for 16 days in 1936—and we’re allowing it to happen again During just 16 days in 1936, Adolf Hitler reinvigorated the Nazi party in one of his most successful propaganda coups—hosting the Olympic games in Berlin. Using the sporting event as a platform to sha...

Uavhengig av VM i fotball, bør vi starte diskusjonen om vi bør delta i OL i Trumps USA i 2028. Interessant artikkel her om hvordan Hitler-regimet lurte verden i 1936, og parallellene til vinter-OL i Kina 2022, samt fotball-VM i Russland 2018 og Qatar 2022 qz.com/1230045/hitl...

Hvilken natur er planlagt nedbygd i din kommune?  - Sabima

Nytt kart! Hvilken natur er planlagt nedbygget i din kommune? Nå du sjekke- hva er planlagt nedbygget- og hva slags natur er det der? Veldig nyttig verktøy for kommunepolitikere, organisasjoner, naboer og alle andre!
www.sabima.no/kart-over-pl...

„Poland is now investigating possible links between Jeffrey Epstein and Russian intelligence.

The chairman of the Munich Security Conference, Wolfgang Ischinger, told DW that he "wouldn't be surprised" if such connections existed.“

Deutsche Welle

Statssekretæren fra Klima- og miljødepartementet er forbausende effektiv i å støte fra seg unge velgere som er opptatt av klima og miljø. #sirkulærøkonomi #dax18

20-årskavalkade - Hallo i uken - NRK Radio Lytternes ønskerepriser fra 20 år med humor, satire og sketsjer i P2s nest morsomste program.

For de som måtte ha glemt Thorbjørn Jaglands tiltredelseserklæring i 1996 - her er «Hallo i ukens» versjon. #dax18 radio.nrk.no/serie/hallo-...

Når Mar-a-Lago kalles "Winter White House" så kunne jo Lolita Island blitt et slags "Summer Davos"?

Hva holder Vedum og Borten Moe på med? Små lands selvstyre og avskrekkende allianser, det ligner Sp-politikk. Ola Borten Moe og Trygve Slagsvold Vedum synes å være i tvil.

Bra kommentar av Hans Bårdsgård i Nationen i dag, om hvordan det glipper for Borten Moe og Vedum i debatten om avskrekking og selvstyre for Grønland. Anbefales! #Debatten #nrkdebatt #dax18 www.nationen.no/merkelige-to...

I keep thinking about this fact that his last words were are you okay and hers were I'm not mad at you and it feels like a weird coincidence but it's just a reflection of the fact that the people who are coming out to take care of their neighbors are good and the people who are after them are bad

If it is fascism now it was fascism then but if you were wrong no need to pause to make a special effort to admit your error -- we don't have that much time now, please act right away, get organized, and then tell your followers what you are doing to stop fascism and what they too can do.

Opinion | State Terror Has Arrived

Gift article for your reading pleasure.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...

Trump withdraws Carney’s invitation to Board of Peace after Davos spat President Donald Trump said the Canadian leader was no longer welcome on his “prestigious Board of Leaders” after the pair traded barbs in high-profile speeches in Davos.

President Trump rescinded his Board of Peace invitation to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.

At Davos, Carney said a new assertiveness by the U.S. and other superpowers meant that the rules-based international order was over.

Column | Trump dominated Davos. But Canada’s Carney was the star. Carney delivered an address that squarely confronted the world wrought by Trump’s presidency. Davos’s attendees — including Trump — took notice.

Column: For all the oxygen President Trump seemed to suck up high in the mountains, he may not have had the biggest impact in Davos, Switzerland.

That distinction belongs to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.

The Humiliation of Donald Trump in Davos The leading democracies of the world revolt against Trump’s absurd Board of Peace as the “middle powers” swoon to the rallying cry of Canada’s Mark Carney

Trump's Board of Peace combines the scaminess of Trump University, the membership rules of Mar-a-Lago, and the spirit of Trump’s newfound interest in imperialism. It is also one of the greatest bait-and-switches in diplomatic history.

www.telos.news/p/the-humili...

National Park Service Dismantles Slavery Exhibit in Philadelphia The exhibit memorialized nine people enslaved by George Washington. The Park Service said it was being removed in accordance with a directive from President Trump.

The National Park Service has taken down an exhibit on slavery at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, the Interior Department said on Thursday, following President Trump’s directive to remove materials that promote “corrosive ideology.”