Tor Opsvik

Tor Opsvik

@torops.bsky.social

Historiker. Oslo

242 followers352 following176 posts

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Allowing one unelected man to have control over crucial aspects of the US military, allied militaries, the US space program, and so many other aspects of human life is absolutely insane. We were stupid to allow this to happen and it must be fixed ASAP.

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I think people should listen to what the administration trying to bring back spectacle lynchings, race riots, and middle passage-esque deportation voyages are trying to tell you about themselves. bsky.app/profile/bren...

Brendan Nyhan@brendannyhan.bsky.social

The news just since I left work: -A planned livestream of an execution by firing squad -Trump basically trying to incite a pogrom against Somalis Nothing mysterious or complicated about what's happening.

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Dagens artikkel der overskrift/ingress kobler totalstraffen direkte til ett bestemt tiltalepunkt, du må lese langt ned i artikkelen for å overhodet få med deg at han ble dømt for mye annet også, og det overhodet ikke nevnes at straffen for overskrifts-punktet alene ville ha blitt radikalt kortere.

nettavisen.noRopte «jævla muslimer»: Må i fengselAktor ønsket 120 dagers fengsel, men domstolen falt ned på at 45 dager i fengsel er passende straff.

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The NY Times is in “but her emails” mode regarding Abdul El-Sayed and Hasan Piker. Relentless and unfair. Where’s the big story about a Republican megadonor who is a white supremacist? Maybe NYT has heard of him. His name‘s Elon Musk.

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Les denne tråden. Det skumleste her er hvordan hun bruker stammespråket fra ytterste høyrekant. Tenk hvordan mediedietten hennes må være. Tenk hvilke facebook-grupper hun påvirkes av. Hvor mange i Høyre er sånn? Hvor mange har de samme nyhetsskildene, deltar i de samme chattene? Dritskummelt.

Mathias Kilsti Hals@kilstihals.bsky.social

what the actual føkkings føkk

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Replying to @realrogerch.bsky.social

Jeg synes faktisk ikke Qobuz er så ille? 95% av brukervennligheten til Spotify, og tusen ganger så bra behandling av de som faktisk lager musikken. Funker fjell!

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BREAKING: New docuseries exposes ICE's cruelty. Masuma Khan went to a routine immigration check-in and was imprisoned. Her story is told in Episode 1 of Fractured, a docuseries on the human toll of ICE enforcement. Watch the full episode at fractured-stories.com

fractured-stories.comFractured — The Stories of Those Left BehindFractured is a social media series documenting the emotional, financial and societal impacts of ICE/CBP actions. Capturing the stories of those left behind.

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Whether it’s Pete Hegseth overseeing missile depletion, food shortages, and sailor suicide attempts or Lloyd Austin being Black, both secretaries of defense have angered portions of the electorate.

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The muted reaction to Trump's vow to make the Strait of Hormuz "a territory of the United States" is based on the widespread belief by the media and politicians that the commander of the most powerful military on Earth doesn’t need to be taken seriously. We are living in a time of madness.

cnn.comTrump says he plans to declare the Strait of Hormuz a US territory | CNN PoliticsPresident Donald Trump said Friday that he plans to declare the Strait of Hormuz a US territory after “we finish defeating Iran.”

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Replying to @gautebs.bsky.social

Det har ikke manglet på betydningsfulle stemmer både i politikk og media som i stillhet har takket meg, eller sagt seg enige. Ofte etter et par glass. Flere av dem gir uttrykk for at de ikke selv orker å ta kampen mot Document når jeg spør dem. Noen mener mediene ikke kan kritisere hverandre slik 6/

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Replying to @gautebs.bsky.social

Jeg har forståelse for at folk i mediebransjen mener ungdomspolitikere må holde avstand til pressens interne prosesser og vurderinger. Men som en av dem som har kjent det høyreradikale sinnet på kroppen i lang tid er det absurd hvilken berøringsangst mediene selv har overfor Document. 9.

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Document får særbehandling. Hvordan hadde medie-Norge sett ut dersom følgende skjedde: - Lars Joakim Skarvøy raser på TikTok fordi lystløgneren Kirsti Bergstø ikke vil møte ham til debatt. - Sigrid Sollund skjeller ut Kristin Clemet for å være feig wokist i sin egen podcast utgitt av NRK. 1/

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Part of the reason DEI, in particular, has proven notably durable into the age of performative anti-wokeness is that a lot of private entities genuinely believe in the underlying principle! They know that having a more diverse workforce actually helps them function better in different ways.

kurin.bsky.social@kurin.bsky.social

Not to gargle my capitalist owner's business but I work for a decently large corporation and "diversity and inclusion" is still pretty front-and-center in our main internal HR portal.

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I think everyone on this site, but especially the recent rash of reply-guys, would do well to remember that we're on a niche social media site mostly populated by liberal political obsessives & no one else is paying much attention & nothing much we say here matters at all. Loosen up, have some fun.

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Replying to @georgemonbiot.bsky.social

For years, Telegraph columnists told us climate breakdown is a hoax. Now they say: it's real, but it's too late to do anything about it, so let the bodies pile high (again). Just one long list of excuses not to reduce fossil fuel use. Such newspapers bear as much responsibility as the oil firms.

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Jeg jobber litt på dette feltet. Så vidt jeg vet har det å inkludere muslimske trossamfunn i paraplyorganisasjoner som Samarbeidsrådet for Tros- og Livssynssamfunn, og sørge for at de kan finansieres med norske penger fungert modererende og integrerende. Slik kan det skapes et norsk islam.

Didrik Spøkelind 👻@didriksoderlind.bsky.social

Null problem. Om man nekter muslimske trossamfunn statsstøtte (egentlig refusjon av pengene medlemmene har betalt i kirkeskatt) står det hyggelige folk, først og fremst i Saudi-Arabia klare for å sikre trossamfunnenes økonomi. Man bør dog påregne at det følger noen teologiske nisser med på lasset.

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Skulle ønske norsk presse kunne skrive om hvor direkte EKSTREME tweetsa til Elon Musk har blitt de siste månedene, for folk ser på deg som om du er totalt sprø som et knekkebrød hvis du prøver å forklare det til ikke-terminalt-online folk. Han er ikke bare eieren av Tesla lenger.

Spooky Snigdha@snig.bsky.social

Tweet from Elon Musk: “Anyone who opposites remigration is a traitor” posted yesterday.

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He really may be about to cave in. That would explain the oil price decline and the odd lack of Pentagon reaction to Houthi escalation. Insiders are trading on knowledge of Trump giving up.

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The cyclospora outbreak has reached 7,400 cases across 9 states. The FDA just recalled 1.6 million eggs due to salmonella contamination. Screwworm cases continue to rise. And we’ve just surpassed 2,300 measles cases — breaking 2025’s record. “Make America Healthy Again.”

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Say you're a bush pilot flying food, clean water, and medicine to a remote town. One day, you decide you just don't feel like doing it. People in the town die because they didn't get meds in time. Are you responsible for those deaths? Bremmer says "obviously" no. I say obviously, undoubtedly, yes.

Faine Greenwood@faineg.com

Fuck you, Ian Bremmer, you abject ghoul.

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Dette er toppen av kransekaka. For en gjeng med feiginger. SELVFØLGELIG ER DET RELEVANT! I stedet skal Aftenposten altså renvaske de høyreekstreme kreftene bak denne oppkonstruerte kampanjen.

Eivind Trædal@eivindtraedal.no

Dagen etter 22. juli valgte Aftenposten å la høyreekstreme sette agendaen for kulturdebatten. De skriver om "kulturkrigere" som raser mot "Odysseen" fordi Helen av Troja spilles av en svart kvinne. Unnskyld meg, men hva skjedde med det gode, gamle ordet rasisme? " write.as/eivindtraeda...

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Denne posten mener altså Jon Helgheim er «politisk og feilaktig propaganda». Helt sprøtt hvordan enkelte går helt i svart hvis klima og global oppvarming blir nevnt.

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Scoop: NIH is on a mission to enlist one million Americans to share their genetic data to help with health research through a precision medicine program called “All of Us.” What participants don’t know is that at one research site, Palantir stores the data. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

motherjones.comPalantir has a hand in NIH's most ambitious health initiativeThe defense tech firm's work with public health data has largely flown under the radar.

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“Authorities from France to the Netherlands are quietly removing American tech from their systems, adopting European open-source software and urging civil servants to no longer use Microsoft Teams or Office.” www.wsj.com/world/europe...

wsj.com‘There Is No Going Back’: The Inside Story of Europe’s Rupture With AmericaTrump’s tariffs, threats against Greenland spurred a rebellion by top leaders; the limits of “flattery diplomacy.”

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He's falling apart

Politics UK@politicsuk.com

🚨 WATCH: Nigel Farage threatens a Sky News journalist who asks about his undeclared gifts from convicted criminal George Cottrell "You harass my family anymore, there will be serious consequences"

Tor Opsvik reposted

Dette. Det ekstreme fokuset på topping og elite på et tidlig tidspunkt handler utelukkende om å degge med følelsene til foreldrene som av en eller annen grunn ønsker å ødelegge barndommen til ungene sine

Anders@andersskyrud.bsky.social

Når utenlandske medier igjen skriver om hvor vilt det er at et så lite land som Norge gjør det så bra i mange idretter, så minnes jeg på en av mine kjepphester: 1/

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Man I hate this attitude so so much

bittercapsfan.bsky.social@bittercapsfan.bsky.social

Childhood playground rules don’t apply to FIFA: one of the most famous goals in the history of the World Cup was a blatant hand ball. South Korea won one of the the most obviously fixed matches in 2002 because FIFA wanted them to advance as hosts. You do what you can to get an edge