The European response to the #Ceuta crisis will go down in history as an own goal that emboldened Europe’s adversaries. Instead of showing solidarity, Italy & co sought to punish it. Now, with the vast majority of arrivals already returned, the failure wasn’t border control but European solidarity.

As I said to multiple colleagues in the past years, Italy rightfully refuses to participate in World Cups held in undemocratic and dictatorial states committing crimes against humanity 🇮🇹

Karim Palant@karimpalant.bsky.social · 6d ago

UEFA has announced they will boycott the World Cup. Italy has announced they’ll extend their boycott for another four years.

Et helvede.

If students are simply uninterested in the core bargain of a class like this, it’s hard to know what to do. You teach the material because you think it’s important they know it; they don’t give a shit, but want the credential; and the university wants their money. Your main option is “pretend”.

Andrew Heiss@andrew.heiss.phd · 4w ago

woof ≈80% of assignments this summer term have essentially been just raw chatgpt/claude output, including assignments that required designing stuff in illustrator/affinity/canva. The battle is lost for asynchronous online courses.

Amalie truede sin lillesøster med en kniv for at beholde sin telefon. Er det tid til at tilbyde behandling for ekstrem mobilafhængighed? Over 67.000 danskere udviser symptomer på afhængighed af telefonen.

Amalie truede sin lillesøster med en kniv for at beholde sin telefon. Er det tid til at tilbyde behandling for ekstrem mobilafhængighed?

For 20 år siden havde ingen af os en smart phone. I dag er over 67.000 danskere ramt af ekstrem mobilafhængighed. Hvordan kan vi løse det problem?

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That even *progressive* Americans seemingly don't have this instinct is almost as damning about America as anything Trump's done. It makes, say, the partisan gerrymandering both sides have indulged in far more understandable.

Climate change and the AC debate

Why does planning an essay feel like you're doing all the work before doing the work, Grammarly? Because learning the subject, figuring out what you want to say, and planning out of the structure of how to say it *IS* the vast majority of the work of writing. Any writer knows this. You do too.

Også bemærkelsesværdig at, om sommeren og i weekenden, det er ikke muligt at være i den største by før kl 10:00 hvis man kommer fra den 2. største by (uden overnatning) med offentlig transport. Anyways, elbilen er under opladning

Anna Skarum@annaskarum.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Jeg er normalt stor tilhænger af togture, men jeg har OVERORDENLIGT svært ved at tilgive DSB for at lade min STILLEkupé være 45 grader varm og fyldt med folk, der snakker, fordi de har fucket vognnummerene op. PÅ MIN FØRSTE ALENETUR SIDEN JEG FIK BØRN! 🤬🤬🤬

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This strip is amazing because exactly this happened this winter, exactly as described, and I am getting teary eyed and missing my kids already while on my way to work.

Ceinwen Langley@ceinwenlangley.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I know Calvin’s dad is already having a moment, but every terrible “outsource precious and fleeting moments with your children to tech so that you can spend more time on your work” pitch makes me think of that one strip I never really cared about as a kid, but care a lot about as an adult.

I know Calvin’s dad is already having a moment, but every terrible “outsource precious and fleeting moments with your children to tech so that you can spend more time on your work” pitch makes me think of that one strip I never really cared about as a kid, but care a lot about as an adult.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 2mo ago

“The feature uses a combination of bedtime stories, relaxing sounds, and guided meditations along with scheduling and customization options accessible only to adults.”

Disclosure for a long thread. 1) I am responsible for the adoption of GenAI in my organization. 2) AI enthusiasts call me an AI skeptic, and AI skeptics call me an AI enthusiast. So I humbly believe I am the right man for the job. I see this disconnect between employees and top leaders daily.

🐇BunnyGuardian🐇@annieraejepsen.bsky.social · 2mo ago

employers are pushing AI and it's making them individually more stupid with every passing day

Putins mercenaries’ man the shadow fleet. Through fake job interviews and more than 2000 crew lists Danwatch and our international partners are now able to tell exactly when, why and where Russian mercenaries man tankers from the shadow fleet. Three articles out today. In Danish. Read here.

Lækkede dokumenter: Putins lejesoldater sejler i Danmark

Danwatch kan sammen med internationale mediepartnere for første gang afsløre, at russiske lejesoldater sejler rundt på skyggeflåden i det skjulte for at overvåg

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Is it the phones? New NBER WP this morning with Zeke Hooper: we estimate the diffusion of the iPhone explains 33–52% of the decline in US births from 2007–2011. #econsky🧵 www.nber.org/papers/w35310

Is the iPhone Birth Control? Causal Evidence from AT&T’s 2007–2011 Carrier Monopoly

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

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As you get older you get too tired and sad to do bad things. This is interpreted by others as wisdom and moral development.

Photos of newly arrived immigrants at Ellis Island. Augustus Sherman took the photos between 1902 and 1920 when he worked as the Chief Registry Clerk. Striking to me how the outfits all look good because they have a discernible silhouette (shape and drape).

Sardines have been sold out for months in Denmark. They are apparently in fashion because of some social media trend, but they also were our kids favorite food for lunches. Influencers be damned. Go back to your chia seeds

Brujaja, Child of None@brujajagaming.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I've started eating sardines bc theyre extremely cheap and nutrient dense. I cannot tell you how many ppl have acted completely grossed out wheb I told them. First, rude. But second, has it not occured to them that people have different financial situations? Don't judge people's food, please.

There is no film more pleasant to the male audience that Master and Commander. Change my mind

Master and Commander: Lucky Jack Aubrey on Deck

ALT: Master and Commander: Lucky Jack Aubrey on Deck

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I was annoyed that I couldn't find a database of David Attenborough documentaries where I could search for a specific episode by topic. So I made it. attenborough-100.vercel.app

Attenborough at 100 — A Nature Documentary Archive

Explore nearly 5,000 episodes across 90 series — from Zoo Quest in 1954 to Secret Garden in 2026. Search by animal, habitat, location, or theme.

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Ration instead of ratio. No idea why my fingers insist on typing the last n

Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com · 3mo ago

What word is your spelling nemesis? This is a safe space.

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, DC, Marvel, Disney, Pixar, Spielberg, Cameron, Wachowskis, or Ghibli.

a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair with his eyes closed and glasses on .

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair with his eyes closed and glasses on .

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Norm Wilner@normwilner.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, DC, Marvel, Disney, Pixar, Spielberg, Cameron, Wachowskis, or Ghibli.

To convey the insanity of this to my wife, I explained that at the very top of my running form, while doing intervals, I could in a good day approach during a 100m sprint the pace at which this guy ran 42km.

Chris Chavez@chrischavez.bsky.social · 3mo ago

OMG. 🇰🇪 Sabastian Sawe becomes the first man ever to break 2 hours in a marathon (legal conditions) in 1:59:30 at the London Marathon! Yomif Kejelcha 🇪🇹 runs 1:59:41 in his DEBUT. Jacob Kiplimo 🇺🇬 takes third in 2:00:28 All under the previous WR.

Sunny in Germany, windy in Denmark, means charging 150km on the EV for 2kr. That is the price of a small glass 🥃 of gasoline. Skål!

Deadlock over. The EU just cleared way for the €90-billion-loan for Ukraine and the 20th sanctions package. Russia’s war economy is under growing strain, while Ukraine is getting a major boost. We will provide Ukraine what it needs to hold its ground, until Putin understands his war leads nowhere.

That comes of dunshire spinoff does sound promising. Anyway, here’s me and my friends opening Nemesis Lockdown for the first time

Randall Munroe@xkcd.com · 4mo ago

Types of Board Game xkcd.com/3235/

I have a PhD in economics, I have worked in academia, policy, and banking. So far ranking is banking>policy>academia. But I think policy and banking can easily go the other way around - I am just lucky I landed an amazing job in the private sector.

Benjamin Tausig@burrata.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Getting a PhD and then working outside academia is dope. My advisees who’ve done that are more or less uniformly happy and feel that they’re using the skills they trained on. (I talked to one today who just landed a great gig). Just wanted to convey that to anyone it might benefit.

New in Git, ✨ git history ✨ (I don't mean the Git history 🫠 ) 😰 Oh shit, that old commit's message had a typo! 😌 git history reword <commit-id> 😰 Oh shit, that old commit is too big! 😌 git history split <commit-id> (to split it into two commits) github.blog/open-source/... (h/t Hugo Gruson)

Highlights from Git 2.54

The open source Git project just released Git 2.54. Here is GitHub’s look at some of the most interesting features and changes introduced since last time.

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Latest in @theatlantic.com The Ukrainians are now longer pretending that Donald Trump's USA is their friend. Their honesty is important as they seem to understand how much Trump is helping Putin and how important it is that Europe stick together. Gift Link. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Ukraine Has Written Off the United States

Zelensky has stopped pretending that Trump might be an ally.

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