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Polite Proletarians

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sounds radical and on the cutting edge of political change when she drops quotes like “Only in America, when the president tweets about liberation he means ‘Go …

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The Looting Machine | Book Review

It is hard to get a birds-eye view of whats going on in the African continent: Even if the continent is progressing forward, there seem to be a select few countries that never seem to catch a break…

"As Globalization replaced ideology as the dominant force in geopolitics the mission of foreign spooks in Africa evolved" - Tom Burgis

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An Introduction to Game Studies | Book Review

The ‘new’ kid on the academic block, Game Studies, is something that is shouldering on the important task of figuring out the question of why we are gaming and putting it in a cultural …

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Blueprints in the Black - Pepper spray

“ Man’s mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions. ” - Dan Lok, F*ck You Money I view the upward ...

Defending yourself shouldn’t be illegal in the first place, but here we are.

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Realpolitik: A History | Book Review

This is one of those books that sounds extremely niche and easy to skip over if you are not interested in the “realpolitik” topic. I went in because I was super-interested in the topic,…

Quite a fascinating book, moving from the liberal movement in Germany, to US foreign policy and showing how the idea of Realpolitik connects it all.

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The Worst Kind of Employee Imaginable | The Libertarian Institute

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I don't think it was a coincidence that Konkin was so inclusive in describing who is acting in his counter-economic idea world - It i...

"However, no, there is no ceiling on how large the agora can grow if we go beyond counting heads.”

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The sports betting industry is huge - Soccer alone attracts 250 million people willing to put money on what team is going to win or who i...

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The Rise and Fall of Swedens Slot Machine King

In the early spring of 2016, several gunshots get fired off in Gothenburg, Sweden, and the victim of the storm of bullets falls down. Meanwhile, people just passing by on the formerly quiet street …

"Like most ventures flush with cash, the slot machine business attracts two types of gangster: The taxman and the shady entrepreneur"

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Last Stretch of Tomato Season🍅

Going from square one in plant-knowledge (famous in my family for murdering cactus plants) to having a jungle on the balcony and kitchen counter. It took a lot of reading, listening and watching, a…

Reloading for next season in February, reflecting on what I’ve learned so far!

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Knife Crimes: Stories, Statistics, and Sweden

As the #GunControlNow battle rages on online, between two camps that won’t listen or understand each other, and where both sides are throwing emotionally loaded words in each other’s vi…

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Knife Crimes: Stories, Statistics, and Sweden

As the #GunControlNow battle rages on online, between two camps that won’t listen or understand each other, and where both sides are throwing emotionally loaded words in each other’s vi…

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It is 2019 and in Norway, that means county and city-election year. You can vote for me, but this article is all about why you really sho...

Parliamentarism is a joke.

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Is Porn Hate speech?

Sometime I envy Americans that have a proper constitution, in all its imperfectness it still works like a shield in many respects when things go to court. That shield might have taken a few punches…

No, no it isn’t.

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I am back-flipping excited about drones and the possibilities new innovation in both drone technology and all surrounding areas. Thi...

The future looks bright for the dissidents that are looking for a way to transport goods out of the reach for greedy government hands! 🏴

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Norwegian Pension Fund goes #Woke

“[KLP] is not only about what gives the best return of investment, but also whether our investments contribute positively and sustainably from a social point of view.” – Sverre Th…

I’m not as confident as Norways largest pension fund is that dropping out of the alcohol, porn and gambling-industries is “good”, quite the opposite in fact.

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Urban Foraging (and podcast listening)

A whole storage of weeds, herbs and flowers between buildings, Oslo 2019. I had a couple hours to kill so I decided to go out hunting for dandelions to test a wine-recipe I found online. I had very…

Did some harvesting of dandelions, planning to make some wine 😍