Been saying variations of "no" "what the fuck is this" and "what the fuck is that" for the past 3 minutes straight

The danish for spooky (or uncanny) is "uhygge" - not cosy

I used this in today's parent-teacher meeting about support needs for one of my children and it went well.

I would like to call in my defence the entire catalogue of magazine Forum.

I wonder if the English famous / infamous fits into this pattern too ... Also flammable (can burn) and inflammable (can burn but probably wasn't meant to)

In finnish monster is 'hirviö' basically moose-ish.

My main issue with such headlines is that, no matter what the article actually states and whether it opposes it in the final conclusion, they nonetheless insinuate that these are valid arguments/questions and elevate misogynistic talking points. This is not, and never will be, a good-faith debate.

"That's not a rifle, this is a rifle." "I see you've played knifey-rifle before."

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Today is the day of the Swedish-speaking minority of Finland! The one you've probably heard of is Tove Jansson, author of the Moomin books. Today's concert is broadcast live by Finland's multilingual public service broadcaster.

Omg the Swedish word for gunpowder means literally 'gun herb.' You've heard of sauerkraut now her ready for Sig Sauer...kraut.

OK who's going to invite me to pitch an essay about the history of words for 'monster'?!?!?

Horror novel title: The Unsheeply.

In Icelandic we have 'Ókind' for monster. But the translation is un-sheep. So everything not a sheep is dangerous.

If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.

This is what we find in the polling data, it’s the biggest source of the polling errors that are hard to correct for, and the shifts around the edges of partisanship are slow.

You can use "pannekoek" ("pancake") to call someone a loser/dummy in Dutch

In Swedish: 'oväder'. See also Weed, ogräs, 'un-grass'. Monster, odjur, 'un-animal.'

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If the sandwich don’t split, you must acquit

And this is the math of that comparative advantage;

And I think 'elite split' is how to look at it. Because switching to less unpopular candidates is now a way for sections of the elite to *gain a comparative advantage over their competitors.* In other words how this all plays out depends to a huge! extent on how united the oligarchy is.

Intressant reportage av SVT om lobbyfirman Labyrinths samarbete med gruvföretag för att få bort förbudet mot att bryta uran. Det de inte skriver är att detta är en firma som drivs av fd Miljöpartister och Socialdemokrater. *tråd* www.svt.se/nyheter/loka...

Ok with one caveat: I sent an Umeå University professor a document in .odt format and he kindly told me to never, ever, never do that again.

I laugh, but at the previous Windows update I did decide to switch to Linux Mint. I just booted up the PC from a USB, switched to open source equivalents and it has all been really easy.

the new american demsoc figurehead being an insanely hot yet charming and non-threatening immigrant from new york whereas the new british demsoc figurehead is a friendly balding gay white guy from manchester with bad teeth is like so on the nose you'd tell a screenwriter to make it less cliche

There's also a piece I've written to go with this. You can read it for free, here: www.tom-cox.com/what-will-li...

If a Democrat majority in Congress challenges a MAGA Trump Presidency's grip on trade talks and foreign policy, who do the EU and China call if they want to call America?

"You need to touch more grass" - Egyptian teacher (3,000 BCE)

@lastpositivist.bsky.social oh no he really is a radical blue bsky.app/profile/zohr...

Well done Zohran! And of course the real victor of the day - typography.

That disabled person you are judging? Chances are they are already doing far more than they “should”, to the detriment of their own health. Chances are they are acting “fine”, to make you feel more comfortable. Chances are they'll get home and struggle to function as a result.

The mayor of London is smuggling syndicalist slogans into his posts, it's happening!

I always paraphrased Dijkstra for something similar. Democracy is about elections the in the same way astronomy is about telescopes. I like the mushroom analogy as well.

I write this thread thinking of all the people in Sweden who drew enthusiastic but shallow lessons from the Corbyn leadership ten years ago.

Here's your reminder to look out for hedgehogs this Bonfire Night. Stacks of logs and leaves look real inviting to hedgehogs searching for places to hibernate. Remember to check your bonfires before lighting them!

Here's @tombfowler.bsky.social of the Spycops Info podcast with a quickfire summary of yesterday's hearing - the theft of Kevin Crossland's identity. The officer who did it, HN16 James Thomson, starts his 5 days giving evidence later this morning. youtube.com/shorts/RC6yJ...

(complete with regular conflicts with the Pope)

The victory of Spanberger is a rare case where you can use both major meanings of 'PMC' at the same time.

I can report that teenagers in Sweden already know who Zohran Mamdani is before I can tell them [n=1]

Elections are like mushrooms: They are the most familiar element of democracy, but are actually just a fruit of the far bigger underground structures of branched, slender, entangled threads.

*psst* heard yall was looking for a big tent

The latest, 11pm: —Prop 50 wins —VA Dems flip Gov, LG, AG; & gain in House —Dems win NJ-Gov —Mamdani wins —PA Dems win supreme court —ME vote-restricting measure loses —Krasner & Bragg win —JD's half-brother loses —GA Dems flip 2 statewide offices + Dem are leading to flip so many local offices.

WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger. Gen Z women aren't playing around.

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Republicans thought they had a permanent hold over young men. They didn't. Spanberger wins men 18-29 by 14%, Sherrill by 10%, and Mamdani by a stunning 40%.

this is an obvious overcorrection that misleads the polling data and will lead to disaster in the Heartland. the results of tonight show that the Democrats should moderate: adopting two or at most three of the five pillars of Islam

let this be a lesson that sexual predators can eat shit. we do not forget.

BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students. Follow AP for live updates.

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