"Moscow has launched a coordinated disinformation operation, flooding social media with fabricated stories portraying Ukraine as hostile, violent, and openly contemptuous of Hungarian society. The operation is being carried out through a Russian bot network known as Matryoshka."
"These are stories of what it is like to be a young person living with Long Covid, created in
collaboration with those who have experienced it.
They are based on 72 young people's accounts generated through interviews with researchers."
#LongCovid
www.lshtm.ac.uk/media/97536
Hegseth has so many tattoos that, in the configurations on his body, are linked to far-right ultranationalism and white supremacy, that he is, most likely, just a couple of tattoos away from a swastika.
Coupled with his tantrums that news outlets are not an IG filter and he is at explosion point.
my take on birth rate discourse: If the only way our species can keep going is by forcing the half of the population born with Unlucky Organs into reproductive slavery, we should go extinct, and good riddance
The current US administration is a rambling bully that has a penchant for punching and harassing allies.
I hope the EU and UK will use this opportunity to push back on all the economic aggression from the US.
Or at least demand some help for Ukraine in exchange.
Now he wants warships from those weak, decaying countries of Europe.
This is also due to the fact that the Social Democrats have legitimised anti-immigration stances of the far-right party Swedish Democrats, and that stance often benefits the far-right.
Also, precarious life situations tend to make people more open to far-right populism and to radicalisation.
Commander-in-chaos, an apt description of Trump:
"Trump wages war on Iran his own way: commander-in-chaos
Erratic rhetoric, shifting goals and mixed signals leave allies, foes and voters unsure what the president wants from war"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Ultranationalism is gripping Europe again, and this is never a good sign.
These days, the main winners of these ethnonationalistic developments in EU are putin, Trump's regime and Xi's regime.
"How the US far right bought into the myth of white South Africa’s persecution
When Trump granted white South Africans refugee status, he was echoing a falsehood about Black people taking revenge for years of brutality. But no one flourishes in a repressive police state"
Trial By Error: Norway Disability Case Exposes Flaws in Draft Guideline for “Long-Term Fatigue–including ME/CFS” 2 Comments / By David Tuller / 13 March 2026 By David Tuller, DrPH A recent disability case in Norway provides a good example of why the draft of a new guideline for “long-term fatigue—including ME/CFS” is so problematic.
Very sad to read of this 23-year-old with severe ME, ill since age 4.
Authorities are trying to claim that improvement/recovery is possible with the right attitude! ☹️
An example of the problem biopsychosocial models for ME/CFS cause.
virology.ws/2026/03/13/t...
#MEcfs #PwME #CFS #SevereME
"Ireland’s basic income for artists changed my life. Other people deserve the same luck
A pilot scheme offering some artists €300-plus a week for three years is being made permanent. But should something so fundamental be run like a lottery?"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"Åkessons elastiska förhållande till sanningen är nu inte någon enstaka förlöpning. Det sorterar väl in i det nationalsvenska narrativ partiet försöker spinna runt ett förflutet som aldrig var, i syfte att sortera vilka som hör till och vilka som aldrig kan komma med."
The Liberal Party in Sweden, the ones keeping the far-right ultranationalistic party SD out of government (SD's propping up the current coalition) just decided they will now allow the far-righters in the government at next elections.
They thought this will bring them new voters.
It will not, at all.
Just a reminder that RFKjr is both a big misogynist and a racist.
He's using his "MAHA moms" as a facade for his disturbed conspiracy theories. Many of those MAHA moms" are well-known grifters, and others just want to get in on the grift.
If RFKjr would care about moms, he wouldn't be an antivaxxer.
Opportunism and disinformation
"Aides to President Donald Trump believe Kennedy and his MAHA moms will help Republicans retain control of Congress and have, therefore, been willing to embrace Kennedy’s broadsides against traditional Republican supporters in industry"
www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
You can literally identify the regular troll and bots accounts from the AI generated ones on Meta social media just by trying to report them from being fake accounts. It takes you under 20 seconds to report and block the regular trolls/bots, and up to 10 minutes of tries to block the AI ones.
Said "AI powered accounts" are literally disinformation bots:
"According to Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, accounts powered by artificial intelligence (AI) are set to become a common feature of two of the biggest social media platforms online"
www.engageweb.co.uk/blog/meta-wa...
Meta decided that fully automatised bots - accounts generated by AI - are the future of its social media platforms ("increase engagement") and makes it almost impossible for people to block said accounts directly. You can block them only if they make comments.
This is fake engagement, fake business.
Not about patient suffering, but "Long COVID contributes to reduced workforce participation, disability, and significant economic burden, with national costs estimated..." That's some real eugenics-based thinking. Burdens, not patients. Costs, not quality of life. They're framing up a "solution."
I have no idea how this war with Iran is seen in the US. All I can say is that in Europe it is seen as a disaster and as something this US regime did not think through at all.
It becomes more and more obvious how little planning there was before the attacks started, given the current fumbling.
What were the chances that, after this US regime renamed the Department of Defence the Department of War, they wouldn't have started some wars to baptize the new name properly?
Sweden has significantly more than that, only that doctors have been disincentivized from using that diagnosis.
Also, Sweden tested far less in 2020 compared to other countries, especially in spring-summer, so many people are left without a diagnosis as the rules ask for a positive SARS-COV-2 test.
RFKjr is an ableist crank.
Almost everything he proposes ends up destroying public health and scientific research, and often ends up also demonising vulnerable people for their vulnerability.
Several of his suggestions for mental health give 1930s Germany vibes.
He hates vulnerability and sickness.
This 👇
(Mentioning here also that support groups for people with chronic illnesses that make them very vulnerable to poor outcomes following a SARS-COV-2 infection are literally the favourite recruitment ground for antivaxxers, who often have, as next step, far-right radicalisation.)
You've all heard of the Resource Curse: countries are impoverished by rich resources in their territories, as these trigger colonial looting.
Now we see the Base Curse: if you host a US base, you don't enhance your security. You make yourself a target.
"How to join a protest against immigration laws in Sweden in the weekend
Demonstrations are planned in nearly 30 different locations across Sweden on Friday, Saturday and Sunday."
www.thelocal.se/20260312/how...
"Russian disinformation is spreading in Denmark in connection with the election, DR shows.
We need to be vigilant against Russian – and American – disinformation also in connection with the election year in Sweden. And already now."
All elections in EU countries have been assaulted by misinformation
Thank you!
My partner used to have a passion for photography - has a fancy camera and some paraphernalia, he did take his own picture for the driver's license, but I assume the police wants a professional photographer for the ID.
I will ask my partner to check if they accept pictures taken at home.
