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The True Reason Why Nordic Countries Are Different
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"When Americans or other outsiders visit the Nordics and say “I was amazed by the trust, safety, cleanliness, and social cohesion,” they usually attribute it to the welfare state or “progressive values.” "
"In reality, the welfare state works so well here because the deep cultural foundation was already in place: high trust, low corruption, pragmatism, and a strong sense of “we.”"
National Security-First Approach of the Trump Administration
This incident highlights the administration's firm, consistent enforcement of immigration and border laws to protect American technological leadership and
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This incident highlights the administration's firm, consistent enforcement of immigration and border laws to protect American technological leadership and
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national security amid well-documented risks from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
CBP is doing its job rigorously:
Officers at the border have broad authority to assess admissibility, even for visa holders.
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CBP is doing its job rigorously:
Officers at the border have broad authority to assess admissibility, even for visa holders.
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Valid visas are not a guarantee of entry—CBP evaluates intent, potential risks (e.g., technology transfer, undisclosed affiliations, or military-civil fusion ties), and inconsistencies on a case-by-case basis.
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Little known fact, but the NZ household sector is really very wealthy compared to our economy and the rest of the world. This data doesn't include land or weatherboard palaces, it's just a huge stack of financial assets - shares, equity, cash etc. How do we do it? [🧵 1/n] 
Most of our stack of financial assets is equity and shares - but we have a cool $280bn in cash in the bank as well. Well, I say 'our' and 'we' but... [2/n]
... the vast majority of NZ wealth is held by the wealthiest households. One in five (20%) of NZ households hold 85% of our net financial worth, and the distribution within that top 20% will be highly skewed towards the top few per cent. Where does this wealth come from? [3/n]
Remember Greenland crisis? Trump's allies now run a covert influence campaign in Greenland.
A network of Americans with White House ties has bribed a dogsledding association, cultivated opposition politicians, and highlighted Denmark's colonial crimes — Reuters.
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A network of Americans with White House ties has bribed a dogsledding association, cultivated opposition politicians, and highlighted Denmark's colonial crimes — Reuters.
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The main face: Jørgen Boassen. Banned from Nuuk's main hotel, its public pool, and its fight club.
In December, he confronted a senior Greenlandic parliamentarian outside a restaurant and challenged him to a fight.
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In December, he confronted a senior Greenlandic parliamentarian outside a restaurant and challenged him to a fight.
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Tom Dans, linked to Project 2025 and reappointed by Trump to chair the US Arctic Research Commission, coordinated with National Security Council staff.
He raised $250,000 for the dogsledding championship in exchange for inviting US officials.
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He raised $250,000 for the dogsledding championship in exchange for inviting US officials.
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The same FSB unit that poisoned Navalny also runs Russia’s state doping program. It shares the same staff, the same lab, and the same command.
The workers handle urine samples and nerve agents under one roof and joke: “you don’t want to mix urine and Novichok” - The Insider. 1/
The workers handle urine samples and nerve agents under one roof and joke: “you don’t want to mix urine and Novichok” - The Insider. 1/
At the 2014 Sochi Olympics, FSB officers ran a system that swapped dirty urine samples for clean ones.
They used a hidden hole in the lab wall, opened sealed bottles, replaced the samples, and closed them again. Russian athletes passed tests and won medals. 2/
They used a hidden hole in the lab wall, opened sealed bottles, replaced the samples, and closed them again. Russian athletes passed tests and won medals. 2/
Staff edited the Moscow anti-doping lab database before handing it to investigators.
They deleted positive test results, removed raw data files, and added fake entries designed to shift blame onto whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov and hide the state program. 3/
They deleted positive test results, removed raw data files, and added fake entries designed to shift blame onto whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov and hide the state program. 3/
1/🚨A UK visa, for most people, takes weeks or months. An expedite request from a convicted sex offender would not, in any normal world, help.
In December 2012, a British investor emailed Jeffrey Epstein:
"I've heard back from No. 10 — the Paris embassy isn't able to sort this out."
The Prime Minister's office then expedited the visa in 3–4 days. 🧵👇
In December 2012, a British investor emailed Jeffrey Epstein:
"I've heard back from No. 10 — the Paris embassy isn't able to sort this out."
The Prime Minister's office then expedited the visa in 3–4 days. 🧵👇
2/ The British investor was Ian Osborne — a private fund manager, longtime informal adviser to David Cameron, and a regular visitor to 10 Downing Street.
Cameron was the sitting Prime Minister.
The email was sent just before midnight London time on December 5, 2012. (EFTA00659281) justice.gov/epstein/files/…
Cameron was the sitting Prime Minister.
The email was sent just before midnight London time on December 5, 2012. (EFTA00659281) justice.gov/epstein/files/…
3/ Osborne's email continued:
"What the PM's team has offered is when [NAME] is in New York, i.e. next week, to have the Consulate-General take care of it in 3-4 days. I'm in touch with Danny Lopez, the new HM Consul-General..."
Danny Lopez: Britain's senior diplomat in New York.
"What the PM's team has offered is when [NAME] is in New York, i.e. next week, to have the Consulate-General take care of it in 3-4 days. I'm in touch with Danny Lopez, the new HM Consul-General..."
Danny Lopez: Britain's senior diplomat in New York.
We now have a complementary study that helps extend the picture. If the first paper suggests post-COVID biology may exist on a spectrum, this second one suggests recovery itself may also be real, prolonged, and only partial.🧵
This was a 2 year longitudinal proteomics study of hospitalized COVID survivors. The researchers profiled plasma at 6 months, 1 year, and 2 years after symptom onset and compared it with matched healthy controls.
This cohort was infected in the very early 2020 wave.
Our new report: Richard Tice signed accounts wrongly claiming £98,000 of tax exemptions
A 🧵 with the evidence:
A 🧵 with the evidence:
Normal companies pay corporation tax. So, when they pay dividends, their corporate shareholders don't pay tax again. The dividends are exempt.
REITs are different. They don't pay corporation tax. So dividends received by Tisun One, Two, Three, Four were not exempt.
REITs are different. They don't pay corporation tax. So dividends received by Tisun One, Two, Three, Four were not exempt.
Richard Tice applied for his Quidnet company to become a REIT. It then paid no tax.
But the price was that the four "Tisun" companies holding shares in Quidnet REIT had to pay tax on their dividends. They didn't.
(here's the accounts from one of them)
But the price was that the four "Tisun" companies holding shares in Quidnet REIT had to pay tax on their dividends. They didn't.
(here's the accounts from one of them)
1/ In the AI/robotics revolution, the biggest winner is actually going to be @ycombinator—because the world is about to need 100x more founders. And YC creates great founders at scale.
Sounds weird but hear me out for a hot second 🧵👇
Sounds weird but hear me out for a hot second 🧵👇
2/ To a first order, AI/robotics reduce the labor required to produce any given thing. The same piece of software or hardware can be created with fewer human hours.
3/ So if the total production in the economy remains constant, labor hours drop and there is mass unemployment.
This is where AI doomer thinking stops. But like the luddites of yesteryear, they neglect second order effects.
This is where AI doomer thinking stops. But like the luddites of yesteryear, they neglect second order effects.
Alright, replies indicate I need to explain this in more detail.
Properly conceived, there is simply no difference between "simulated water" and "water". It's just water. But to understand that, one first needs to distinguish between two meanings of the word "computer". (1/11)
Properly conceived, there is simply no difference between "simulated water" and "water". It's just water. But to understand that, one first needs to distinguish between two meanings of the word "computer". (1/11)
The term "computer" can mean either an abstract system (i.e. a Turing machine), *or* a concrete instantiation of that system in physical hardware. Let's talk about the second case. A physical computer encodes abstract computational states (i.e. Turing machine states)... (2/11)
...as concrete physical states (i.e. configurations of physical particles). So when we build a physical computer, there exists a two-way map between physical configurations of the hardware and abstract configurations of the Turing machine it's approximating. (3/11)
A photographic (and video) reflection 🧵
Last Saturday, WRN Wales were at the One Year Later event in Cardiff, marking the first anniversary of the Supreme Court judgment.
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Last Saturday, WRN Wales were at the One Year Later event in Cardiff, marking the first anniversary of the Supreme Court judgment.
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We were treated to speeches from wonderful speakers, including Welsh artist and poet @SonyaDouglas. The woman is a powerhouse.
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From @WeAreFairCop, the redoubtable @SVPhillimore. She also attended the previous Cardiff event at the Senedd, when we could hardly hear ourselves speak over the amplified screaming and abuse of the 'counter protestors'.
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Russia spends $500m a day on the war — the cost of 5-7 large hospitals.
A ceasefire would free these resources and cut the prohibitive interest rate. But it will not fix the economy. The system was broken long before 2022 — The Moscow Times. 1/
A ceasefire would free these resources and cut the prohibitive interest rate. But it will not fix the economy. The system was broken long before 2022 — The Moscow Times. 1/
Russia's economic deformations predate 2022. The war merely accelerated them.
The foundation: concentrated power among big business, regional elites, Kremlin bureaucrats. Systematic underinvestment in hospitals, schools, roads, utilities across most regions. 2/
The foundation: concentrated power among big business, regional elites, Kremlin bureaucrats. Systematic underinvestment in hospitals, schools, roads, utilities across most regions. 2/
Depressed regions, deprived of economic prospects, became the reservoir from which the Kremlin draws its contract soldiers. The ruling class keeps its children safe.
The fiscal reserves that made the war possible were built by technocrats who called themselves pragmatists. 3/
The fiscal reserves that made the war possible were built by technocrats who called themselves pragmatists. 3/
