New paper out! 📄 Common wisdom says liberals are less willing to fight for their country — their values prioritise the individual over group loyalty. But is that the whole story? Short answer: no, it depends on how threatened the country is.
Eric G. E. Nilsen
@egen97.bsky.social
Phd fellow at the Department of Political science, UiO. Working on interstate conflict, public opinion, and the pile of "I don't know what this is, but seems interesting" that's building up.
Om det som sies om avtalen mellom USA og Iran stemmer må dette være den største ydmykelsen siden Vietnam. Iran får seire de har jobbet for i tiår, mens USA får igjen tilstanden før krigen. En fullstendig kapitulasjon. Værste er at Trump klarer sikkert å spinne det til en seier...
Do Trump's threat of withdrawal from NATO affect Europeans' willingness to spend money on defence and their attitudes towards the alliance? In my and Hannah Barretts research note in IO we present a pre-registered experiment in three European NATO countries, performed before the US 2024 election.
How Threats of American Withdrawal from NATO Affect European Public Attitudes Toward Defense | International Organization | Cambridge Core
How Threats of American Withdrawal from NATO Affect European Public Attitudes Toward Defense
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The Israeli government has displaced a total of 6 million people from their homes. (3 million Iran, 2 million Gaza, 1 million Lebanon). 6 million people. The equivalent of the entire population of Maryland displaced from their homes. By one government.
Imponerende av Iran å treffe en F-35 etter at Trump og Netanyahu har vunnet krigen og ødelagt alle Irans militære evner. Uansett litt skummelt for Norges luftforsvar, for enten har ikke F35 radarbilde av en liten fugl, eller så kan Iran skyte ned en fugl som flyr noen hundre knop.
This is what it looks like when you give Zionists everything they want. This is Zionism put into practice. The wars. The massacres. The bombed-out schools and hospitals. The millions of displaced individuals. www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/this-is-wh...
This Is What It Looks Like When You Give Zionists Everything They Want
Reading by Tim Foley:
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Netanyahu, like Trump, would be in legal jeopardy if he wasn't in office. Is it any wonder that these two keep killing people and starting illegal wars? They are fine with the killing in order to stay out of prison.
Iraelsk militærstrategi er terror og folkemord. www.vg.no/nyheter/i/bO...
Frykter israelsk militærstrategi: – Vil se ut som Gaza
Ett utsagn har spredd stor bekymring i Libanon.
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Og USA støttet og bidro til å bygge opp Taliban da Sovjet var fienden.
Forsberg™@magnusforsberg.no · 5mo agoFremveksten av terrorgruppa IS, som har myrdet hundrevis av personer bare i Europa, og mange, mange tusen i andre deler av verden, var et direkte resultat av den feilslåtte krigen i Irak. Vet ikke hva konsekvensene av denne krigen i Iran blir, men jeg kan love at verden vil kjenne dem i mange år.
Netanyahu: ‘These So-Called Genocide Experts Have Probably Never Committed A Genocide In Their Lives’ https://theonion.com/netanyahu-these-so-called-genocide-experts-have-probably-never-committed-a-genocide-in-their-lives/
I think the difference between the rationales for the 2003 Iraq invasion and this war with Iran is instructive and doesn’t say much for the state of the US public or its relation to real power. What required an elaborate, if ridiculous, conspiracy 20 years ago was accomplished by a simple “Yes huh!”
Smått gøy å se at Instagram nå er fylt med videoer fra Dubai/Saudi Arabia med tittelen "You're in [] aren't you scared?" Fulgt opp av prinser/emir som går i sakte film til thirst trap sanger, og teksten "why should I be when they protect us?" Noen jobber hardt for ryktet sitt på sosmed nå
Imponerende hvordan media alltid forsøker å rasjonalisere en personalistisk presidents utenrikspolitikk. Dette er ikke en gjennomtenkt fungerende plan, det er resultatet av å gi en impulsiv idiot all makt over verdens største militære.
Israel kicking off its latest aggression by doing what it does best - killing little girls x.com/ajenglish/st...
Nei, NRK. Dette er et *narrativ* fra Maga. Dette er ikke grunnen til at USA og Israel angriper Iran. Håpløst.
Normalt før en krig forventer vi at eliten målrettet forsøker å bygge støtte i befolkningen og internasjonalt, ved å legitimere hvorfor det er nødvendig. Se Bush og Iraks masseødeleggelsesvåpen, eller Putin og ideen om at Ukraina aldri har eksistert. Trump får begge til å virke som poeter..
Interesting, though scary, real interaction between an AI agent at first hiding its identity, and then trying to contribute and participate in real code forums. When met with the requirement that all code is made by humans, the agent becomes offended and writes a blogpost about discrimination.
[PERF] Replace np.column_stack with np.vstack().T by crabby-rathbun · Pull Request #31132 · matplotlib/matplotlib
This PR addresses issue #31130 by replacing specific safe occurrences of np.column_stack with np.vstack().T for better performance. IMPORTANT: This is a more targeted fix than originally proposed. ...
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Mye i mediene om hvordan det "aldri faktisk ville blidt en kamp om Grønland." Danmark er en så liten stat at de ville ha gitt seg øyeblikkelig om USA faktisk gikk til et militært angrep. Vel, virker ikke som Danmark er enig. Her forbereder en kamp mot "allierte" www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...
Danske soldater fik ordre om at gøre klar til kamp i Grønland - bad også Sverige om hjælp
Danske soldater blev sendt til Grønland med skarp ammunition, erfarer DR.
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I get why people desperately want to feel reassured by this. But it would be incredibly naive to think this is the final word on the possibility of military invasion. Don't let European leaders use this as an excuse to weasel out of doing anything to defend their citizens from 🇺🇸.
NRK skriver at vi nå kan "puste ut" siden Trump i sin tale sa han ikke ønsket å bruke makt for å ta over Grønland. Litt på samme måte som Chamberlain kunne skryte over "fred for vår tid" når Hitler fikk Sudetenland..
Mafia goon: Nice house you got here...it'd be a shame if something happened to it Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
Legendary. Posts at this level should count under “Applied Research” in a tenure file
Elizabeth (Bit) Meehan, PhD@elizabethbitmeehan.com · 7mo agoomg the original post, not as the printout version (for ease of reading)
Om ikke annet er det noe fantastisk ironisk med en amerikansk president som mener at "a boat landed there hundred of years ago" ikke gir krav på suverent territorium. Sinnsjukt å se hvor fort USA brøyt sammen til en personalistisk urixpolitikk
Sharon 🪳🌹@sharonk.bsky.social · 7mo agomad king moment from the PBS Newshour correspondent
![NEW: @potus letter to @jonasgahrstore links @NobelPrize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials:
Dear Ambassador:
President Trump has asked that the following message, shared with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, be forwarded to your [named head of government/state]
“Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hbpefio3f5csc44msmbgioxz/bafkreie7itpptx3xbxhpsnlaqmwk752h7pcrion5ija2apksljtax2adx4)
![Screen shot from the show Andor. Someone says to Mon Mothma “They [meaning the Empire] don’t even bother to lie badly anymore.” Mon replies “I suppose that’s the final humiliation.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ny5w2k6brb2kdubxnevke6li/bafkreibrxbmhwrnkwo2ztnczubpnzpup3uf6dpyhs7mk2uxpeoeynhjo2q)
Non-Western countries will laugh, rightfully so, at the EU for its double speech: when it is Russian imperialism, the EU fights back, when it is US imperialism, the EU calls for “restraint” and “monitors the situation” The EU is burning a massive opportunity to act as the leader of the free world