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Professor of human geography at the University of Oslo Quackistocracy (a kakistocracy run by quacks) is the key to the death of democracy. Let's make sure the quackistocrats stay away from power.
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Feel like doing this too sometimes

submitted 6 days ago • 13 comments

Incredibly good work by the Guardian journalist collective. And the reason why Ukrainians have no alternative but to keep fighting. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

The real story here is not the individual trying to cheat the system, but that (Russian) higher ed institutions are actually not only tolerating but seemingly promoting this behaviour: theins.ru/en/news/2807...

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

I wrote a piece (open access) on the memorialization of the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war as part of the Ukrainian nation-building process, in case anyone is interested: www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

This is the conflict that Russia needs and clearly supports in order to deflect the attention of European leaders from Ukraine: balkaninsight.com/2025/04/24/b...

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Yes, absolutely pathetic. That's what this president is: the Pathetic (Quackistocratic) President.

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

Who could have expected such a stunning policy reversal? edition.cnn.com/2025/04/22/b...

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

But no one else will be looking forward to having to endure their presence

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Because he sees himself as the Jesus who resurrected after four years.

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Of all the people the pope could have seen last, it had to be Vance. And then his death. Coincidence?

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

This, if anything, should suffice to establish a psychiatric diagnosis. The US president is very clearly mentally disturbed.

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Brilliant analogy. Among others, the so-called "MAGA communists" match Jones' sect perfectly.

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Latest developments in the 24-hour peace deal: edition.cnn.com/2025/04/18/e...

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

If you are in London next week, and you find the topic interesting, join us (Liza Weinstein, Oren Yiftachel, Jenny Robinson and myself) for an Urban Salon discussion. Thanks to Jonathan Rokem for organizing this! I really look forward to the event. theurbansalon.com/events/

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

Greetings from my dog.

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

Nothing unusual. Your daily confirmation that he's a russian propaganda sponge.

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Ron Vara eller Ron Icke-Vara - det är det som är frågan.

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

Trump seems to have become a Robert Mugabe.

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.

submitted 35 days ago • 1137 comments

Let's just hope that the US will become merely irrelevant rather than an ally of the enemy.

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

Kakistocracy is too mild a term to describe the American government. It's the rule of incompetent quacks we are witnessing, the first (?) true "Quackistocracy" in the history of mankind.

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

When you see it this way...

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

Trump doesn't seem to know about the concept of the comparative advantage.

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

Congratulations, boss, you've done it: You're bigger than covid.

submitted 39 days ago • 107 comments

Orban compensates Netanyahu for the Hungarian regime's anti-semitic conspiracy mongering by leaving the ICC. www.bbc.com/news/article...

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments