Fascinating. The immune system is fascinating. "How strep throat may trigger autoimmune disease" "Could post-strep immune changes spill into chronic fatigue syndrome?"

Can feed algorithms shape what people think about politics? Our paper "The Political Effects of X's Feed Algorithm" is out today in Nature and answers "Yes." www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Just booked this cute villa, Konditori Lyran, for my PhD defense party in April! Henrik Ibsen, Selma Lagerlöf, and Oscar II all used to party here. It was built in 1867, and according to legend, the Swedish expression "being at Lyran" (vara på Lyran), meaning being drunk, originated here.

The FDA recently published guidance on Bayesian statistics in clinical trials. If there's one thing you read about it, let it be this great post by Adam Kroetsch: www.clinicaltrialsabundance.blog/p/will-bayes...

Politikerna är inte i fas med väljarna – har de missat det? "76 procent av svenskarna tycker att det är fel att utvisa barn som vuxit upp i Sverige när de fyllt 18 år om deras föräldrar får stanna." "74 procent av regeringens väljare tycker att det är fel att ungdomarna utvisas."

New publication in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social! Who perceives feminism as a threat, and why do a lot of women perceive feminism as threatening? With @evaanduiza.bsky.social, we explore these questions in the context of Spain. We find: ⬇️ doi.org/10.1017/S174...

Our paper about women's pain and psychogenic diagnoses is now out: doi.org/10.1007/s110...

Sweden is deporting an 8-month-old alone to Iran. Lawmakers were warned this could happen before passing the law – now they're surprised. It's almost as if the government is becoming its own opposition in the absence of one.

"Young adults in Sweden feel significantly worse than older people in almost all areas of life. While older Swedes rank among the happiest in the world, young adults struggle with loneliness and psychological distress. These are the findings of a new large-scale study on flourishing in Sweden."

Sexual harassment widens the economic gap between women and men. Young women are increasingly at risk as they pursue their careers. Professor @johannarickne.bsky.social investigates injustices that often stem from gender differences. #WomenInScience @kawresearch.bsky.social www.su.se/english/news...

Got a citation alert for this new article – sounds very interesting! "Ameliorative medical AI: feminist hermeneutics and algorithmic normativity in healthcare" by Daan Kenis.

Excited to join this panel discussion on endometriosis on February 26th at Accelerator (in Swedish). The event brings together insights from research, medicine, and art to explore themes related to body, care, and knowledge. www.kvinnohistoriska.se/kalendarium/...

Sweden's Christian Democrats recently expressed openness to joining a government led by the Social Democrats. Hopefully, this signals a trend toward more coalitions to keep the far right out of influence.

Chris Bousquet and Tyler Colby Re review Elizabeth Anderson’s “Hijacked: How Neoliberalism Turned the Work Ethic Against Workers and How Workers Can Take It Back” for ETHICS at doi.org/10.1086/738304 #philsky #PolTheory #legalphil #moralphil #moralphilosophy #legalphilosophy

Detta blir kul! ANTIGONE IDAG. Symposium den 13/2, Södertörns högskola. facebook.com/events/s/ant...

New from me: It is not just that the US is experiencing democratic backsliding. Authoritarianism has emerged more quickly than in other benchmark countries. This graph from John Burn-Murdoch sums it up. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/autocracy-...

It's disturbing to see many of the the major figures in moral cognition all over the Epstein files He was friendly with a huge number of the leading figures in the field, including giving millions to their labs, long after he pled guilty to sexually abusing young girls www.justice.gov/epstein

"The Shakers is best known today for its influential contributions to furniture, design, and architecture. What is less well known is how incredibly radical the Shakers were. Way ahead of their time, they espoused gender parity, communalism, pacifism and sustainability."

"The strategy of protesting against Donald Trump’s administration is moving away from rallies and electoral organising towards direct action. It is arguably becoming one of the most significant civil-disobedience efforts in America since the civil-rights movement."

The Danish government quit Microsoft last year to protect their digital sovereignty. The rest of Europe should probably consider it. Where's the discussion in Sweden?

🔥 "The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone. In Minnesota, all of the ideological cornerstones of MAGA have been proved false at once. Minnesotans, not the armed thugs of ICE and the Border Patrol, are brave."

"behind the violence in Minneapolis—captured in so many chilling photographs in recent weeks—is a different reality: a meticulous urban choreography of civic protest." from Robert worth, @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Inte direkt bilden som ofta förmedlas! "Sverige ligger i toppen i undersökningen Mipex som jämför hur väl 56 länders ramverk och policys bidrar till en god integration. Integrationen går dessutom allt snabbare." www.svd.se/a/5pVGwK/den...

Stockholm today -2°C ❄️

Nice work! How Sweden’s national broadcaster (SVT) communicated mask scepticism during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most Swedes will probably recognize these themes: Other recs more important Evidence for masks is weak False sense of security Far right wants masks Can spread infection Complicated to use

Interesting development. I wonder if we'll see more of these state-specific initiatives "California is the first American state to join the WHO's Global Outbreak Alert & Response Network."

Tips! Mini-symposium den 30/1 om tidig analytisk filosofi arrangerat av filosofiämnet vid Södertörns högskola och Bokförlaget Thales. www.facebook.com/share/17z5Za...

Sverige & Europa har tvärtom gjort något stort: Vi har stått upp mot & avskräckt Trumps USA. Vi satte hårt mot hårt & synade hans bluff. Vi eskalerade för att de-eskalera. Detta är en viktig lärdom: Vi måste tuffa till oss. Fred säkras inte alltid genom att vi lägger oss.

Anti-gender, anti-trans, anti-DEI, and anti-reproductive rights forces are converging – and it shouldn’t surprise anyone

"Europeans faced bullying with strength, and the bully at least temporarily backed down." www.thebulwark.com/p/old-europe...

Nice U-turn in new NYT poll "Trump’s approval rating by demographic group looks almost exactly as it did in Times/Siena polling in the run-up to his defeat in the 2020 presidential election. If anything, young and nonwhite voters are even likelier to disapprove of Mr. Trump than they were then."

"'Her time has come': did Mondrian owe his success to a cross-dressing lesbian artist who lived in a Cornish cove?"

It's funny how Bessent mocked the idea that Europe’s most powerful weapon is the "dreaded European working group" – and now that's all Trump has achieved regarding Greenland. It's a great weapon!

+-------------+ | Framework | | of a deal | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -DJT | +-------------+

Trump sounds very tired and says he won't use force. It's clear that he backs down when he faces resistance. This isn't the end, but I think we can be proud of the resistance shown over the past few days.

Yes, great text here that argues that Mrs Dalloway should be read as a pandemic novel. It makes connections to today's COVID-19 vi-fi (virus fiction). Author Lucyl Harrison has also explored literary responses to the pandemic and curated a COVID-19 bookshelf.

Finland-Swedish political cartoon from 1938, by Tove Jansson the creator of Moomin. Hitler as a crying toddler that demands more cake.

Carney's speech has made me go back to read Havel's essay "The Power of the Powerless," which he wrote in 1978. The essay begins, "A specter is haunting Eastern Europe: the specter of what in the West is called 'dissent.'" The essay in English translation is here 👇 hac.bard.edu/amor-mundi/t...

A YouTube link for those looking for it. No words. youtu.be/btqHDhO4h10?...

🔥 MACRON (throwing shade at Trump): "We do prefer respect to bullies…. And we prefer rule of law to brutality. Having a place like Europe which is predictable, loyal, and where you know the rule of the game is the rule of law, it's a good place.”

The voters are alright. "Half of voters say they are now less confident in federal guidance on vaccines, about a third say they are more confident ... Roughly half of voters said they disapprove of Trump’s handling of vaccine policy, compared with about 36% who approve and 13% who are unsure."

waking up to the Belgian PM quoting Gramsci at Davos re: Trump www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

In case you see Danes or Norwegians talking about “No more April 9ths” —this is what they’re referring to, and why the Danish Army has standing orders to repel invaders regardless of direct commands en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_...

New Postdoc position at the Uni of Copenhagen! “Women in the Nordic Enlightenment (WHENCE). Changing the narratives of early modern philosophy and uncovering women’s contribution to Scandinavian gender equality” Deadline 15 Feb! Info here: candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

Cow Tools! We have lived alongside cows for nearly 10,000 years. We breed them and exploit them It is now, only now, that we have discovered THEY CAN USE TOOLS Here I describe our study (paper) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... in @currentbiology.bsky.social with @auersperga.bsky.social

Francis Fukuyama: "I have one thing to say to my many European friends: Do not back down in this confrontation. Up to now, both the EU and the major European powers have sought to appease Trump by offering him concessions ... This strategy has not worked and should be abandoned immediately."

The Norwegian government is staying fairly quiet for now, but as a sign of the shifting vibe here the former head of Norway’s armed forces has come out and called the US a “neo-fascist banana republic” and a “hostile great power without norms”. www.dn.no/politikk/tid...

"Albertus would go on to become the most famous late medieval painter in Sweden, and arguably his most famous piece is his fresco of ‘Death Playing Chess with a Knight’ in the Täby Church in Uppland ... This work would lend inspiration to Ingmar Bergman’s film The Seventh Seal."

I've actually seen some argue that AI-generated sexual images aren't that harmful because they are obviously fake. But it's not about how realistic they are; it’s about intent and motivation. "The misogynistic mindset behind these images is real and familiar, even if their content is not."

We have the trade bazooka and we also have a lot of Treasuries "European countries own $8 trillion of US bonds and equities, almost twice as much as the rest of the world combined."