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  “In an embarrassing misstep…Flávio Bolsonaro was arrested by ICE agents just moments after he landed in Miami. …DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said that the agents mistook Bolsonaro for a Latino man they had chased earlier this week… ‘But once he offered proof that he was a fugitive money launderer, they let him go.’” (The Borowitz Report) https://www.borowitzreport.com/p/bolsonaro-accidentally-arrested-by #satire #flaviobolsonaro #bolsonaro

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  “Russia is carrying out…war crimes against Ukraine… Knowingly helping that effort by disabling the defences of the victims is complicity. Not metaphorically. Legally. And we already know this isn’t his first time. …he’s doing it again on a bigger scale with the sitting president’s blessing.” —Dean Blundell, Dean’s LIVE with Ken Harbaugh: Elon’s Starlink Kill Switch Is Getting Ukrainians Murdered #elonmusk #musk #starlink #ukraine

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  “…it is simply astonishing that the president of the United States, the commander in chief of the United States military, is suggesting he had to negotiate with a private citizen to tell him to stop interfering with American foreign policy.” —Heather Cox Richardson, October 22, 2026 https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-22-2026 #trump #musk #usa #russia #ukraine

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  …this is a psychological book, not a philosophical one. The philosophical questions—or rather, puzzles—that Ayahuasca raises are manifold and they deserve to be treated separately. Yet some philosophical questions are so directly linked to the psychological data that has been reviewed that I cannot conclude this book without at least making some mention of them. —Benny Shanon, The Antipodes of the Mind: Charting the Phenomenology of the Ayahuasca Experience #book #psychology #philosophy

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  “Trump only reacts to pressure. He is a bully and a coward. Stop telling the Ukrainians to suck up to him—that is counterproductive and a waste of time. Standing up to Trump is always the better idea.” —Phillips P. O’Brien, Weekend Update #208: Trump Reacts To Pressure Not Flattery #trump #ukraine

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  ”One man showed America what it used to have. The other showed America what it settled for.” —Dean Blundell, “I Don’t Give a Damn”: Trump Mocks Suffering Americans Hours After Obama Reminded Everyone What a Real Leadership Looks and Sounds Like #trump #obama

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  “For ten days, the richest man alive and the President of the United States stood in front of the world and swore they had no idea who slowed Ukraine’s satellite link to a crawl while Russian jet drones were pouring into Kyiv. … Entire families were wiped out as they slept and played in parks.” —Dean Blundell, Elon Confesses To Helping Putin Murder Innocent Ukrainians In The Most Cowardly Way Possible, Because Of Course He Did. #musk #trump #ukraine #starlink #starshield

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  “Donald Trump is a man a federal jury found liable for sexually abusing E. Jean Carroll… He is a man convicted on 34 felony counts for falsifying business records to hide a payoff to a porn actress… He is a man caught on tape bragging about grabbing women by the genitals. White evangelical voters gave him roughly 8 in 10 of their votes anyway, three elections in a row…” —Dean Blundell, Religion and Politics Built the Same Machine. It Just Bankrupted America. #trump #whiteevangelicals

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  ”Norlén har gjort ett habilt jobb som talman de senaste åtta åren. … Vad som utmärker honom är att han gillar att synas, visa upp sina hemodlade tomater och ta med sin fru på jobbresor. Det kan man mycket väl tycka är charmigt, men det gör honom inte unikt lämpad att leda riksdagens arbete.” (DN:s ledarredaktion 20260928) https://www.dn.se/ledare/vs-agerande-ar-viktig-information-till-de-rodgrona-valjarna/ #andreasnorlen #norlén

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  “When both political parties rely on the same network of mega-donors, the outcome is functionally unified. Consider the recent regulatory approvals surrounding massive media mergers… The…result is further concentration of corporate power.” —Danielle Moodie, The 29% Collapse Nobody in Power Cares About https://daniellemoodie.substack.com/p/the-29-collapse-nobody-in-power-cares #uspol

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  “I then asked him, when it came to determining what kind of man [Thomas] Jefferson was, “of the two things, owning slaves, or having sex with a slave, which do you think is worse?” He said that he couldn’t answer that question. I told him that he had just answered it very clearly. … That has been the hidden dividing line in our discussion of slavery in this country, such as we have had any discussion at all.” —Lucian Truscott IV https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/when-human-beings-owned-other...

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  “What we are facing near-term…is not extinction. And it’s not superintelligence… It’s wholesale deepfaked disinformation… We should expect that malicious actors will try use current AI to undermine financial systems and other vital infrastructure… What we actually need right now is increased reliability, better cybersecurity, and genuine enforcement… —Gary Marcus https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/big-news-at-the-un #ai #reliability #cybersecurity #enforcement

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  “…treat every deal, every proclamation and every shiny new partnership this regime announces as complete and utter bullshit until proven otherwise. This one didn’t even make it to dinner.” —Dean Blundell https://deanblundell.substack.com/p/breaking-trump-tried-to-punish-canada #trump #usa #belarus #canada

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  ”En del människor har egenskaper som omgivningen helt låter sig styras av. Den blir till ofria ögontjänare och vissna blomster.” —Lena Andersson, Auktoritära utsöndringar (DN 2011-10-22) https://www.dn.se/arkiv/ledare/auktoritara-utsondringar/

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  “…I do think we need to bring the international relations people into these discussions. Yeah, they don’t do quantitative models. They have an annoying addiction to 2 x 2 matrices, but they are smart. They’ve thought about it a lot and have actually picked up some aspects of international interdependence that I think economists have neglected.” —Paul Krugman, Economic Size and Economic Power https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/economic-size-and-economic-power #geoeconomics #economics #internation...

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  “Iran’s news agency reported today that a political advisor to Iran’s Supreme Leader said Iran would not reopen the Strait of Hormuz until President Donald Trump and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu are removed from power.” —Heather Cox Richardson, September 18, 2026 https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-18-2026 #iran #iranwar #trump #donaldtrump #netanyahu #benjaminnetanyahu

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  “…while they’re pulling down millions and millions in defense contracts to produce AI hallucinations for bombing runs, they’re paying hackers $6,500 to test their systems to see how vulnerable they are… It’s the oldest story in the capitalist handbook. The rich get richer while the rest of us run the risk of the consequences. … Or am I just hallucinating?” —Lucian K. Truscott IV https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/laziness-and-greed-the-deadly-fault #ai #google #openai

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  Kent Ekeroth skyllde SD:s klena valresultat på ”importerad röstboskap”. När programledaren ifrågasatte varför det skulle vara dåligt att folk röstar sa Ekeroth att han spelade in intervjun och skulle lägga ut den i sociala medier. ”Du är ju i direktsändning, så det är helt lugnt”, svarade programledaren. https://www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/har-ar-hela-p4-dalarnas-intervju-med-kent-ekeroth-sd #kentekeroth

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  “Philosophers are characteristically concerned with propositions and with getting their logical claims in order. I certainly have that itch. I feel compelled to articulate things clearly. But alongside that philosophical drive I have an inchoate longing, an intuition of something more than can be captured by that form of articulation.” —Matthew Segall https://footnotes2plato.substack.com/p/the-holiest-whole-you-can-imagine #philosophy #philosophers

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  ”Resultaten i Pisaundersökningen visar att det är särskilt svårt för elever att läsa texter som kräver koncentration under en längre period. … Svenskläraren tipsar föräldrar som vill hjälpa sina barn med läsningen… Kanske kan man läsa 20 minuter om dagen, fem dagar i veckan. Exakt vad man läser eller hur långt man hinner är mindre viktigt.” —Lovisa Herold, Svenskläraren om Pisa: ”Handlar inte bara om skärmar” (DN 20260908) https://www.dn.se/sverige/svensklararen-om-pisaresultaten-handlar-inte-ba...

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  Jättedåligt IKEA! https://www.svt.se/kultur/ikea-plagiatanklagas-igen-solkar-ner-mitt-arbete #ikea #plagiat

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  “Vilka det nu än är som bestämmer så verkar taktiken vara att ”gasa oss ur kurvan”. Vi står dock vid ett viktigt vägval: brinna, drunkna eller explodera. Men det viktigaste är att allt växer så mycket det bara kan tills dess.” —Marcus Berggren (DN 20260909) https://www.dn.se/kultur/marcus-berggren-vi-star-infor-ett-viktigt-vagval-brinna-drunkna-eller-explodera/ #tillväxt #klimat #klimatförändring #klimatkris #growth #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis

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  ”Tidöpartierna har problem med att locka kvinnliga väljare. Det blir förmodligen inte bättre av att fråga varför vi är så sura.” —Isobel Hadley-Kamptz (DN 20260912) https://www.dn.se/ledare/isobel-hadley-kamptz-skrattretande-dumt-nar-akesson-sager-att-magdalena-andersson-ar-for-sur/ #sverige #politik #jimmieåkesson #magdalenaandersson

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  “Journalisten Lisa Röstlund lyckades ta sig förbi Säpo, hela vägen in i statsministerparets sovrum… Då försökte ministern för civilt försvar – en man vars uppdrag är att motverka desinformation – misstänkliggöra journalisten genom att påstå att hon var köpt av andra intressen.” —Johannes Klenell (DN 20260911) #tidö

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  ”Jimmie Åkesson visade var Sverigedemokraterna vill ställa skåpet när han hävdade att det är muslimska väljares fel om högern förlorar valet. De andra Tidöledarna såg inte helt entusiastiska ut…” —Tomas Ramberg (DN 20260911) Bakom betalvägg: https://www.dn.se/sverige/tomas-ramberg-plotsligt-beror-valresultatet-pa-muslimerna/ #tidö #jimmieåkesson

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  ”In 2016, it was fun to watch Republicans recoil from Trump’s gaucherie right up to the moment his grip on the base began to take hold, and then like magic, they were Trumpers! The same thing happened after the January 6 assault on the Capitol… Some Republican members of Congress…denounced Trump’s attempted authoritarian takeover. Then suddenly, the magic kicked in, and they were in the cult again, swearing allegiance to Trump… —Lucian K. Truscott IV https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/has-the...

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  ”Ser de inte vad som pågår? Inser de inte att de är på väg att förlora sig själva? Vinner Tidösidan på söndag kan det att gå fort: Den här gången lovar inte borgerligheten – som förra valet – att hålla Jimmie Åkesson kort. Den här gången lovar de att ge honom spelrum. Och om de förlorar? Då öppnar sig faktiskt helt nya möjligheter.” —Amanda Sokolnicki (DN 20260912) https://www.dn.se/ledare/amanda-sokolnicki-inget-gor-sa-ont-som-nar-en-van-far-en-ny-partner-och-forandras/ #tidö

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  “I samband med förra valet talades det om ”Magdamoderater”: Väljare med borgerliga värderingar som bekymrade sig över SD och därför stöttade Socialdemokraterna. … De vill inte ha…utvisningar av ungdomar som gör alla rätt. Och seriösa ministrar, inte sådana som…använder ministertiden till att polarisera i sociala medier. …de vet vad de gör när de röstar för att sänka Tidö och befria Moderaterna från SD:s grepp.” —DN:s ledarredaktion (DN 20260912) https://www.dn.se/ledare/vill-du-ha-borgerlig-poli...

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  “Liberalerna har tagit sig in i riksdagen, med en aldrig tidigare prövad strategi: att gå till val på att infria andra partiers politik. … Stora delar av Liberalernas tidigare medlemmar och högt uppsatta företrädare har lämnat partiet… Det Folkparti de en gång var…finns inte längre kvar.” —Max Hjelm (DN 20260914) https://www.dn.se/ledare/max-hjelm-mohamssons-valspurt-ar-dramatisk-men-liberalerna-ar-ett-nytt-parti/ #liberalerna #mohamsson