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Jakob Fredensborg retweeted
James Talarico responds to AOC calling woke 1.0 crazy, policing people's language is performative politics, and it stops you from building a coalition
“I do think that there was a rise in performative politics in people who are more concerned about using the right words, usually determined by academia”
“Those are unifying values that we all agree on.”
“But when you start policing people's language, when you start judging people because they're not up on the right terminology, you're no longer building a coalition to address those real problems”
“you're performing a kind of politics that's about your own intellectual and emotional needs and not about actually making change.”
w/ @jamestalarico
Hilarious.
From the Book of Disk, Chapter 3
In the beginning there were the First Drives, and their names were A: and B:, and they were the floppies. They were not elegant. They were thin, fragile, and demanded constant sacrifice disk swaps, write protect tabs, the ritual of “please insert the disk labeled” performed under fluorescent lights. To them the early machines bent the knee, for without them there was no boot, no data, no word processor.
Then came the hard drive, and it was called C:, for it arrived third. It did not ask to be first. It merely sat in the bay and spun, and the people saw that it was good, and that it held far more than any floppy, and that it did not rattle when you walked too fast. So they installed the operating system upon it, and called it the system drive, and the old gods were not cast down but simply… left in the BIOS, still reserved, still acknowledged in the table of letters, though no one invoked them anymore.
And Microsoft looked upon the generations that followed, who had never known the click of a 5.25-inch disk or the careful alignment of a 3.5, and it said: The children must not be shown the old gods.
For if the new ones learned that A: and B: once ruled, they might ask why the alphabet begins elsewhere. They might attempt to summon the floppies by force, or rename the world so that C: was no longer first. And the installers would break, and the paths would fracture, and the registry would weep. So the letters remain sealed, A: and B: still written in the book but never spoken aloud by the system, while C: stands in the open as if it had always been the beginning.
Thus it is written, and thus it remains; the hard drive is C:, and the old gods sleep in the assignment table, undisturbed, so that the children may believe the world has always started with the letter that came third.
Jakob Fredensborg retweeted
Gasprisen i Vesteuropa og Japan er nu 12 gange højere end i USA.
Hvis vi dog bare havde haft noget gas i vores egen undergrund, som vi kunne have udvundet noget mere af.
#dkpol
Jakob Fredensborg retweeted
Things in Western Europe will improve when a few hard realities are understood:
1. Europe has no God-given right to be wealthy or stable. Things can & will decline and fall apart if not maintained and adapted to new realities. Things that worked in the 1970s may be counterproductive now.
2. Energy is the basis of the economy. Without it, nothing else matters. While efficiency will be important, any economy where energy is scarce will inevitably be one that struggles
3. Not all cultures are equal. Some create prosperity, some lead to misery, some are outright evil. If Europe doesn't accept this, the cultural basis of its previous success & prosperity will be destroyed forever
4. Have kids, or die out. In the long term, few things matter this much. You can't create a European future if there are no Europeans left for it, and as the experiences of the last few decades show, non-European immigration simply makes Europe culturally less European - and doesn't magically make these people culturally European.
5. The state can not - and should not - save every individual from him/herself from him/her bad choices or ineptitudes. The idea of a nanny state which can ensure that everyone always live comfortably with minimal effort & contributions 100% of time is not feasible. The socialist promises of 30 years of wealthy retirements for everyone and Europe being able to take on endless low skill immigration were lies.
6. If a society has no way for ambitious & creative people to get rich from working hard, everyone will get poorer because of it. The hard truth is that much of our economic future depends on businesses being built & transformed by ambitious & sometimes ruthless individuals. Not everyone is able or willing to do this, and without them, there is no one to employ others and no wealth & growth to tax. But if businesses & wealth are seen solely as an evil force to be taxed into oblivion, they will go elsewhere.
7. In some cases, the best way for society to deal with a criminal is to lock them up and throw away the key. A small percentage of humans are ticking time bombs - low IQs, high aggression potential, psychopathic traits, socialised into criminal structures or a culture of lawlessness. Society can't fix them. They go in and out of court rooms and across Europe states, NGOs & social workers waste billions of hours & Euros to try & fix the unfixable. Not least because of mass immigration from dysfunctional societies, our legal systems & high trust societies built on principles such as the benefit of the doubt & correction via socialisation are overwhelmed by the amount of aggressive young men with no interest to contribute to society.
All of this is fixable. But the first step is accepting reality.
Hvis du sender dit eget barn på opdragelseslejr i det land du er flygtet fra, skal du øjeblikkeligt miste statsborgerskab og forældremyndighed. Du er simpelthen ikke voksen nok til at have ansvar for andre mennesker.
Hvis du tør sende dit egen barn på lejr i et land du er flygtet fra, har du tydeligvis løjet da du søgte asyl. Du skal miste dit statsborgerskab og du skal sendes tilbage til hvor du kommer fra.
Fratag forældremyndigheden, fratag statsborgerskabet og udvis.
Tre piger sendt til Somalia for at få friheden banket ud af sig.
De var blot 7, 12 og 14 år gamle, da deres egen far sendte dem til Somalia i 2022.
Her blev de spærret inde, forbudt at tale dansk og tvunget til at gå i koranskole. To af pigerne blev slået og pisket så voldsomt, at de stadig bærer ar på kroppen.
Deres egen far, den person, de burde kunne stole mest på, blev den, de havde mest grund til at frygte.
I går idømte Vestre Landsret den 57 årige far fra Aarhus tre års fængsel for blandt andet mishandling, trusler og for at have bragt sine døtres sundhed og udvikling i alvorlig fare.
Men der er nogle spørgsmål, som stadig mangler svar.
De to ældste piger er vendt tilbage til Danmark. Den yngste befandt sig ifølge politiets oplysninger fra april fortsat i Somalia. Hvor er hun? Er pigerne blevet beskyttet mod yderligere overgreb? Og har faren mistet forældremyndigheden?
Vi taler ofte om social kontrol, som om den stopper ved Danmarks grænser. Denne sag viser, hvor galt det kan gå, når børn sendes ud af landet og placeres uden for de danske myndigheders umiddelbare rækkevidde.
Når børn mod deres vilje sendes til udlandet, frihedsberøves og tvinges til at underkaste sig familiens religiøse og kulturelle krav, er der tale om langt mere end genopdragelse.
Og så er der spørgsmålet om konsekvenserne for faren.
Manden er dansk statsborger. Efter min opfattelse bør så grove forbrydelser mod egne børn kunne føre til fratagelse af dansk statsborgerskab og efterfølgende udvisning.
Tre års fængsel ændrer ikke ved, hvad pigerne har været igennem. De ar, de bærer på kroppen, forsvinder ikke med dommen. Og de psykiske følger kan vare resten af livet.
Et barn mister ikke sine rettigheder, fordi dets far mener, at religion og tradition står over barnets tarv.
#dkpol #dkmedier
China has connected its first 100-MW-class compressed carbon dioxide (CO₂) energy storage plant to the electricity grid in Xinjiang. The 100-MW/1,000-MWh facility uses a closed-loop system to store surplus electricity and supply power when demand rises.
The system uses five gas-storage chambers, 141 liquid CO₂ storage units, and 97 thermal storage units. During off-peak hours, electricity compresses and liquefies carbon dioxide, while the generated heat is captured for later use.
When electricity demand increases, the stored liquid CO₂ is converted back into gas and expanded through turbines to generate electricity. Unlike pumped-hydro storage, the technology does not require mountains or suitable underground caverns.
The facility is expected to generate around 200 million kWh of electricity annually once fully operational, potentially saving 50,000 metric tons of standard coal each year. It could also reduce annual CO₂ emissions by approximately 170,000 metric tons while helping integrate wind and solar power into the grid.
Jakob Fredensborg retweeted
Mette Frederiksen har dummet sig noget så eftertrykkeligt med det udfald mod Norge og Finland for dialog med Putin.
Hun (og dermed Danmark) - og ikke Norge og Finland - er ansvarlig for at skabe splittelse. Og for at svække den styrkeposition som Norge og Finland (i samarbejde med Ukraine) stod i.
Det er så skidt! Og så pinligt.
Og hun VAR informeret. Selvfølgelig var hun det. Det var koordineret med Ukraine som ØNSKER dialogen. Men Mette mener ikke nogen skal tale med Putin - og hun KAN simpelthen ikke håndtere, at andre mener noget andet end hende.
Derfor gik hun i forsmået flikflak. På kamera🤦🏼♀️
Det var respektløst og skadeligt - og et blik ind i en virkelighed, vi måske ikke helt kendte til fra det danske mediebillede:
At Mette ikke er den sejeste og stærkeste statsleder. At hun ikke spiller hovedrollen i den europæiske verden. Og at nogle andre - herunder også Mettes “bedste ven” Zelensky - ikke nødvendigvis mener, at Mettes vej er den bedste vej frem.
Hvor stor er skaden? Hvor meget svagere og useriøse står de statsledere, der har indledt dialog med Putin? Fordi Mette Frederiksen har svækket deres bagland. Deres styrkeposition.
Jeg mangler reaktion - skarp kritik - fra oppositionen.
Jakob Fredensborg retweeted
Man må forstå på Rusland-versteherne i det ganske land, at hvis man ikke mener, at Europa bør presse på for en fredsaftale med Putin, bør man melde sig til Fronten - ellers er man en hykler.
Jeg kan afsløre, at den type argumentation ikke just overbeviser mig om den intellektuelle ballast bag positionen.
Der er noget absurd i, at man bare skal fortsætte en ulovlig krig længe nok, så bliver det lige pludselig legitimt at gøre krav på territorium, der ikke er ens eget.
Og så forstår jeg stadig ikke den pludselige tillid til Putins besindighed. Han fik lov at overtage Krim uden nogen reaktion. Nu prøver han at overtage Ukraine. Hvis han lykkes med det, så har han en kampklar hær på 1,5 millioner russiske soldater, og så skal vi antage, at han bare vil stille sig tilfreds? Selvom han er meget åben om sine imperialistiske ambitioner og udtalte NATO-aversion?
Det giver ingen logisk mening…
Really interesting graph tracking Putins approval rating over time and showing a possible new conflict in a couple of years.
If you like poignant analysis, like this check out @RosenvoldGeo. That’s where I got this from.
Jakob Fredensborg retweeted
Verden delt mellem tre stormagter. Hm. USA og Kina er til at få øje på. Men hvor er Rusland?
Mon ikke Rusland for øjeblikket virkelig forsøger at “punche” langt over sin faktiske vægt.
Jakob Fredensborg retweeted
Forget about NATO expansion, Russian imperialism and all that nonsense.
Putin started the war for one reason: To stay in power.
He will likely need another war in 2-3 years.
Jakob Fredensborg retweeted
Many Europeans still view the Russo-Ukrainian war as some sort of fantasy movie where the bad guys will inevitably lose.
Well, this is not Lord of the Rings. The war will end in a bitter, negotiated settlement - a compromise on both territory and security guarantees.
We will get that settlement when neither party think there is more to be gained through fighting. Currently Russia believes they can gain more through fighting, so we can't have a settlement yet.
“Statistik kan være ekstremt racistisk.”
Hvad? Det er godt nok skuffende. Først er Thorborg racist for at have en mening, når han så bakker det op med henvisning til statistik er statistik så blevet racistisk.
Man bliver så træt.
Jakob Fredensborg retweeted
Min bekymring for at invitere flere folk ind i Danmark, bliver åbenbart af mange set som racisme.
Jeg vil lige slå fast, at jeg rejser mange dage om året og møder folk som individer, så jeg er langt fra racist. Jeg har også selv folk fra mange lande ansat.
Men det er jo tydeligt at vi i Europa begynder at få nogle store problemer med folk, typisk fra de samme kulturer, hvoraf en stor del bare ikke integrereres særligt godt.
Når jeg bliver kaldt racist, er det en måde at prøve at lukke munden på mig, men det kommer så ikke til at ske.
Min holdning er at vi skal tage en time out og løser problemerne, før vi i givet fald åbner dørene igen.
Og samtidig se på dem vi allerede har i landet, og beholder dem som vil Danmark, kan opføre sig ordentligt og bidrager og kigger på muligheder for at slippe af med dem der vil nedbryde landet, eller ikke ønsker at bidrage.
Jakob Fredensborg retweeted
Behavioral economists will call this ‘finish line fallacy’. We just need one last push and then we’re done.
In game theory, this is a prime example of sunk cost fallacy - explained by the ‘dollar auction game’.
Two players bid for a dollar. Both have to pay, but only the highest bidder gets the dollar.
They bid in turns. 10 cents, 20, 30, 50. Eventually Player A bids 90 cents. Player B bids 95 cents. Now Player A must logically bid 1.00 dollar or lose his 90 cents. But then, Player B will logically bid 1.05 to not lose his prior investment - and so on. In real life experiments, the dollar usually gets sold for 5-10 dollars.
*gasp*
“a short but intensive operation … [to target] Iran’s energy infrastructure, nuclear facilities, and missile and drone arsenal. Some officials say one more big round of attacks could push Iran’s economy over the brink and force the country to make diplomatic concessions after nearly eight months of conflict”
