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Rachel Olsen

@rakildur

Over gjennomsnittlig interessert i nyheter, politikk, litteratur,familie og skole. Lektor i norsk, samfunn og historie. Stå opp for demokratiet!

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Nominert til Nordisk råds litteraturpris. En slektsroman om de grunnstoffene som utgjør et menneskeliv, og om de kreftene som knytter menneskene til hverandre, ...

19.06.2025 20:31 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Har Aftenposten oversatt «disturbing» til «forstyrrende»?
Det finner jeg i så fall urovekkende.

08.06.2025 09:04 👍 53 🔁 8 💬 6 📌 0

Funker sikkert om du har problemer med skjoldbruskkjertelen 👍

07.06.2025 19:46 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The Norwegian cartoonist (and presenter++) Fredrik Skavlan. Sometimes a caption isn’t needed.

14.05.2025 21:34 👍 9 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
Trump's 100 Day Report Card
Trump's 100 Day Report Card YouTube video by Robert Reich

youtube.com/watch?v=yxtr...

29.04.2025 20:42 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Det er verdens bok dag i dag. Denne leser jeg! Kan virkelig anbefales. Hvilken leser du? #verdensbokdag

23.04.2025 19:32 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Vi er i den privilegerte posisjonen at vi fortsatt kan huske forrige "uunngåelige" teknologiske paradigmeskifte og den bedritifiserte hengemyra den har sendt verden inn i nå, og vet dermed utmerket godt at samme hvor besnærende det virker, så MÅ vi ikke si ja til alt nytt.
👏👏@fluhartberg.bsky.social

21.04.2025 17:32 👍 32 🔁 5 💬 3 📌 0

Every tyrant in history has sought to stifle criticism of himself and his regime.

But America was founded on criticism.

American democracy was built on dissent.

Every institution, group, firm, or individual that surrenders to Trump’s wanton tyranny invites more of it.

15.04.2025 21:01 👍 3523 🔁 736 💬 66 📌 23
The Failures of “Centrism”
The Failures of “Centrism” YouTube video by Robert Reich

History teaches us that the way to stand up to a dictator is to fight back against him, not capitulate to him.

Surrendering to tyranny invites more of it.

This moment we're in should not be met with a "moderate" response.

Luckily, some Democrats starting to understand this.

16.04.2025 16:18 👍 1366 🔁 341 💬 51 📌 13

Dear universities and law firms,
You can't "buy Trump off." If you do what he asks, he'll think he owns you and he'll demand more and more. You'll never be done with him. Appeasement is surrender. Resist.
Sincerely,
Mark

15.04.2025 17:04 👍 1782 🔁 327 💬 54 📌 14
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Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing

"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...

12.04.2025 17:33 👍 20466 🔁 5538 💬 450 📌 278

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

15.04.2025 03:52 👍 89662 🔁 18249 💬 1574 📌 747

He is a Playmo man, hasn’t got a soul.

10.04.2025 17:38 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

***"is this market manipulation?"***

09.04.2025 18:27 👍 1913 🔁 410 💬 108 📌 20

He should be fined by the SEC for making the equivalent of false statements in order to impact markets/stocks. AND he should have charges for insider trading since his billionaire friends just scooped up a ton of their own stock in the last two days clearly knowing he was going to do this.

09.04.2025 18:45 👍 43 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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Også veldig beleilig at DOGE har kuttet stillinger i SEC.

09.04.2025 18:39 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Rep. Steven Horsford to Greer: "So the trade representative hasn't spoken to the POTUS about a global reordering of trade, but yet he announced it on a tweet? WTF! Who is in charge? It looks like your boss just pulled the rug out from under you. There is no strategy ... is this market manipulation?"

09.04.2025 18:18 👍 42751 🔁 13502 💬 1858 📌 1741

Det er jo lov å lure på hvem som visste om Trump sine planer og har fått en god fortjeneste på børsen? Nepobabys, soyttslikkere og broligarker juger og trikserom alt annet, så korrupsjon og insidehandel er vel ikke noe unntak?

09.04.2025 18:27 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Additional small reasons for modest optimism 11 from this week

In many ways this was another horrific week. Like a terrible hurricane, the Trump dictatorship is sweeping more people into its maw while further destroying our public institutions and wrecking what’s left of our civil norms. Yet this week also featured 11 reasons for modest optimism.

04.04.2025 14:08 👍 949 🔁 243 💬 41 📌 13
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What Canada, Mexico, Japan, the UK, and the European Union should do in response to Trump’s grossly irresponsible tariffs https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-canada-mexico-japan-the-uk-and

03.04.2025 01:25 👍 1885 🔁 384 💬 96 📌 34
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Trump Goes Crazy on Trade “Liberation Day” is even worse than expected

ah, and @pkrugman.bsky.social just posted a follow-up on the actual announcement! ⬇️

02.04.2025 21:32 👍 54 🔁 15 💬 0 📌 0
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Democrats Show a Pulse: 6 Takeaways From Tuesday’s Elections Energized against the new Trump era, and against Elon Musk, Democrats pulled off a crucial judicial victory in Wisconsin and cut into Republican margins in two Florida congressional races.

Energized against the new Trump era, and against Elon Musk, Democrats pulled off a crucial judicial victory in Wisconsin and cut into Republican margins in two Florida congressional races.

Here are six takeaways from the night’s results.

02.04.2025 05:06 👍 891 🔁 127 💬 22 📌 16
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Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing

Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...

30.03.2025 14:39 👍 9157 🔁 4392 💬 267 📌 441
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TRÅD! 1/ Slik troller Det hvite hus i sosiale medier – gjør deportasjoner til underholdning

28.03.2025 10:54 👍 22 🔁 14 💬 1 📌 0
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March 27, 2025 Today, Wired reported that it had found four more Venmo accounts associated with the Trump administration officials who participated in the now-infamous Signal chat about a planned military attack on ...

March 27, 2025

28.03.2025 07:50 👍 1750 🔁 539 💬 80 📌 139

"Hei chatgpt! Jeg trenger en kilde til en påstand om at store skoler gir best læring" - er både praktisk, problematisk, og sier noe om hvor lett det kan være å finne forskningsbelegg for nesten hva som helst. Men så er det jo helt avgjørende at man faktisk sjekker om kilden du får oppgitt stemmer...

27.03.2025 16:19 👍 42 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 1
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If you don't want to see this horrible garbage happen in every future high-stakes election, make sure it demonstrably fails in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race by helping elect Susan Crawford

27.03.2025 03:24 👍 46931 🔁 14759 💬 2653 📌 1448
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Where the HELL are the Democrats? Friends,

I’ve asked this question before. Now I’m SHOUTING it.

Where the HELL are the Democrats? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/where-the-hell-are-the-democrats

27.03.2025 14:41 👍 3297 🔁 768 💬 274 📌 87
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The men disappeared to El Salvador because of their tattoos The Trump administration sent Venezuelans to El Salvador’s most infamous prison. Their families are looking for answers.

It seems ICE had a quota for Venezuelan gang members & filled it by picking up people with tattoos. Rose, hummingbird, soccer, mother, Autism awareness. For that people are taken from their families & sent to spend the rest of their lives in horrifying conditions.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

27.03.2025 16:40 👍 2500 🔁 1059 💬 111 📌 58