America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth. The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%. Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.

Perfekt oppsummert!

I had to double check on PBS’s feed to make sure this wasn’t AI. Rubio looks so fucked up, I assumed it must be fake. But no, it’s real.

Årets skuffelse har vært de mange som mente at det ikke gjør noe om en forfatter regner feil, trikser med tallene, forvrenger historien og bløffer på alle vis - så lenge han «tar opp en viktig debatt» og vil ha skattekutt. www.dn.no/kommentar/ma...

As a historian I've looked at hundreds of thousands of pages of government documents. And I just have to say that aside from being obviously illegal and clearly suggestive of some major crime, this “redaction” business is not a position in which serious people or serious governments find themselves

Musk has caused thousands of unnecessary deaths, and people don’t talk about it enough

What to make of the EU decision on funding for Ukraine? It is a good outcome in my opinion. Here is why:

Det interessante med EU-lånet til Ukraina er at det ikke ble gjort med enstemmighet. At unionen nå tar opp et stort lån uten at alle land er enige gjennom det som heter enhanced cooperation, åpner opp et stort politisk og juridisk spillerom for unionens utvikling framover.

This is a good point. As is the whole thread.

Ingen substans i Bech Holtes påstander. www.dn.no/kommentar/ma...

HL www.morgenbladet.no/kultur/svaer...

Regjeringen gir faen i nasjonalt kulturminnevern og nullvekstmål og dundrer videre med firefelts motorvei tvers gjennom Fetsund, slik at den bilbaserte og spredte byutviklingen kan fortsette ufortrødent sørøst for Lillestrøm. Dobbeltspor på Kongsvingerbanen er derimot helt uaktuelt.

Russia’s biggest secret: it’s failing in its war against Ukraine

A Syn og Segn is never late, nor is it early, it arrives precisely when it means to.

Marco Rubio just straight up looks like a sad divorced man at a Motel 6.

Tenker på at Elon Musk demonterte hele USAID, skrøt mens han gjorde det, og tvang Teslas aksjonærer til å gi ham en årslønn på 1000 milliarder kr, og nå har hjelpeorganisasjoner knapt mat til halvparten av dem som trenger, mens sjefen for oljefondet vårt logrer som en bikkje for ham. Det er obskønt.

As usual, @edwardluce.bsky.social has it right.

Alternativt: andel av nettoformue, med boligformue inkludert

Et par smakebiter fra intervjuet Sjur Sandvik Strøm og jeg har gjort med Jon Elster. Kan leses i sin helhet i nyeste nr av Prosa!

Marilyn Mazur døde i går. Når man har spilt i et av bandene til Miles Davis føler jeg man liksom per definisjon er del av jazzens adel. Men de siste gangene jeg så henne, var på små, idealistiske norske festivaler - Mandal og Motvind. Særlig duoen med Lotte Anker ute i skauen i Rollag ble et minne.

Ein Arne Garberg vart gravlagd av ein prest Mortensson-Egnund i Folldal 1957.

Har besøk av ein kamerat frå Oslo som alltid «BÆRGEN, HALLAISIKKEN, KOR E LARS VAULIKKEN?» når han er i byen. Eg prøver alltid å seie at Bergen er ein normal by òg og ikkje berre ein parodi. Vi kom om lag tjue meter ut frå jernbanestasjonen før Helge Jordal sykla forbi oss.

Yesterday marked day 379 of Georgian resistance. Day 1 of the russian regime banning protest. History knows who’s right. #StandWithGeorgianPeople

Sudan, over 60 000 massakrerte, usikre tal. Dei driv framleis og fjernar bevisa. Srebrenica var 8000. Dette er den verste enkelthendinga i verda sidan Rwanda i 1994. Bakmennene er UAE, Dubai og Abu Dhabi og dei. Mordarstat, som det er på høg tid blir paria-stat.

Bra noen er fornøyde www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/russ...

Holy crap!!

God tråd. Zucman burde også nevnt at sysselsettingsutviklingen i EU har vært langt bedre enn i USA de siste tiårene. Myten om at Europas økonomi henger langt bak USA er nettopp det, en myte.

Now with the same productivity as the US, “core EU” also has more leisure time, higher life expectancy, less inequality No matter how you look at it, it is a clearly superior economic performance

It has become received wisdom in Brussels and Washington that there is a new “euro-sclerosis”: that the EU economy is lagging the US This view is wrong A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵

Det er viktigare for Noreg å tvihalde på krigsprofitten enn å støtte nye tiltak som kan hjelpe Ukraina. Skammeleg.

Can’t overstate importance of Republican supermajority Indiana state senate rejecting Trump’s 9-0 mid-decade gerrymander. Huge defeat of Trump’s attempt to rig midterms & his use of threats & intimidation to force Republican state legislators to bend to his will www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

🚨 Huge news: the European Union has indefinitely immobilised the Russian Central Bank assets using Article 122 and a qualified majority. This protects the EU against undesirable vetoes (Hungary, Slovakia) and external pressure (US, Russia). Full story.

En veldig god artikkel fra @romle.bsky.social klassekampen.no/artikkel/202...

Veldig interessant intervju med Georg Riekeles: www.energiogklima.no/nyhet/brusse...

An insane political move. One of the recurring complaints about immigration in the U.S. is that those seeking asylum jump the line. This is line-jumping — but for rich people, not those in need.

World Inequality Report 2026 - released today "The global wealthiest 10% of individuals account for 77% of global emissions associated with private capital ownership and 47% of global emissions associated with their consumption" Impressive work by @lucaschancel.bsky.social ++ wir2026.wid.world

US sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil caused the Urals oil price to fall sharply relative to Brent (lhs). The discount on Urals has almost doubled in November from October and is now around $22 (rhs). This is exactly how sanctions were supposed to work. @econharris.bsky.social @brookings.edu

This is INSANE www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t... and these are our closest allies!

Nearly 40% of newly minted billionaires this year received their wealth through inheritance. This is the highest figure since UBS started releasing its annual billionaire wealth report in 2015. Another reminder that the myth of the "self-made" billionaire is just that, a myth.

If Europeans (incl.🇪🇺), will not support 🇺🇦 at a substantial level, who will? If “no” to the Reparation Loan, what is a real alternative? If 🇺🇦 is left without our support & forced to surrender, how much will it cost Europeans to stop the inevitable Russian aggression against 🇪🇺?

Musk causing thousands of deaths by cutting USAID funding is not discussed enough

🇬🇧 Britain is close to losing the Atlantic to Russia for the first time since the end of the Second World War, the first sea lord has warned, - The Times General Sir Gwyn Jenkins said the Royal Navy would struggle to keep pace without rapid transformation and the support of Nato allies.

And that's the truth for anyone who is fundamentally against the EU. It has kept unprecedented peace between rivals within, as well as been the only reason we have been able to safeguard (and improve!) our unique set of rights and freedoms. There simply is no real alternative to this.

Trumps nye sikkerhetsstrategi bryter med 150 år med utvikling av en regelbasert verdensorden, velferdsstat og internasjonalt samarbeid. Der USA tidligere så autoritære stormakter som trusler, framstilles EU nå som problemet – mens Russland og autokratiske stater omtales som samarbeidspartnere. 1/

China's massive surge in auto exports isn't about advanced economies (blue). It's primarily about emerging and frontier markets (red). This is where the battle for dominance in global autos is now being fought and where auto producers in Europe and Japan have the most to lose...

What a strange coincidence

Unhinged. US National Park Service removes free entry on Martin Luther King and Juneteenth (celebrates end of slavery) Day. Replaces with free entry on Trump's birthday. King Donald removes MLK & Juneteenth public holiday, replaces with flag day which is Trump's birthday. US Congress asleep.