Bjørn Ihler

The way they talk about real places with real people as if it's Narnia is just such a consistently gross part of American media

It really doesn't seem that way. They seem to have completely abdicated. There's a few people left trying to do a job but the institution as a whole seems to have just rolled over for far too long at this point.

What is this "congress" of which they speak?

“Evangelicals are missing from the halls of power. That’s a problem. The lack of evangelical Christians at America’s most prestigious institutions fuels mistrust.” Excerpt From “Opinion | Evangelicals are missing from the halls of power. That’s a problem.” Aaron M. Renn The Washington Post https://apple.news/ATJF-eGWhQMuuXvLnrj0ugQ This material may be protected by copyright.

Congratulations, WaPo, you did it, you published the worst take

Takk til Halden Næringsutvikling for å arrangere møtet og til representantene for en god og konstruktiv samtale. Østfold har alt som trengs for å bli et knutepunkt for sikkerhet og etterretning i Norge. Det krever bare at noen velger å bygge det. Vi gjør det.

Nå bygger vi lokal infrastruktur, utvikler kompetanse i samarbeid med utdanning og forskning, og jobber for å snu pendlertoget og trekke folk hit, ikke bare sende dem til Oslo.

Halden er en by som vil. Smart Innovation Norway, Halden Næringsutvikling og lokalsamfunnet har tatt imot oss og gjort en reell forskjell for selskapet.

Men vi diskuterte også utfordringene. Om tilgang til kompetanse og kapital utenfor Oslo. Om et virkemiddelapparat som sentraliseres og kuttes i en tid der vi trenger det motsatte. Om behovet for at norsk offentlig sektor gjør det enklere, ikke vanskeligere, å kjøpe fra innovative norske selskaper.

Vi snakket også om hvorfor sivil etterretningskapasitet er en forutsetning for at totalforsvaret skal fungere i praksis.

I møtet snakket vi om hva det betyr å bygge et internasjonalt selskap fra Halden. Om mulighetene som ligger i grenseregionen, i norsk industrihistorie, og i Østfolds rolle i totalforsvaret. Om skipsleia gjennom Oslofjorden, grenseovergangene ved Svinesund og Ørje, og forsvarsindustrien rundt Rygge.

Etter noen års arbeid i utlandet etablerte vi i 2024 Revontulet i Norge, fordi vi mener at norsk tillit, suverenitet og verdier er et konkurransefortrinn i et marked der spørsmålet om hvem som kontrollerer data blir stadig viktigere.

Revontulet er et etterretningsselskap med hovedkontor i Halden. Vi kartlegger og analyserer fiendtlige nettverk på tvers av terror, organisert kriminalitet, cyberkriminalitet, finansiell kriminalitet og desinformasjon. Kundene våre inkluderer teknologiplattformer, kommuner og offentlige etater.

Møte med Stortingsrepresentanter - Meeting With Norwegian MPs — Revontulet On Monday, we had the pleasure of presenting Revontulet to members of parliament from the Labour Party representing Østfold, in a meeting organised by Halden Næringsutvikling.

På mandag hadde vi gleden av å presentere Revontulet for stortingsrepresentanter fra Arbeiderpartiet i Østfold i et møte arrangert av Halden Næringsutvikling.

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Losing the Plot: The “Leftists” Who Turn Right What do we make of former friends who fell down the rabbit hole of the Right?

Hi! Do you think Tucker Carlson “has a point”? Do think Platner platforming Holocaust deniers isn’t really a big deal? Do you think the “Epstein class” is short for “good w/ $$”? Well, my pal @kathrynajoyce.bsky.social and I wrote an article just for you! inthesetimes.com/article/form...

This is very serious and I hope all the 1A orgs will meet the moment here.

Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ Protestor A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the ...

New from 404 Media: Proton Mail, the privacy-focused email service, gave authorities data that let the FBI unmask an anonymous 'Stop Cop City' protester. It was payment data linked to the anonymous email account. From that, FBI ID'd them, then tracked their movements www.404media.co/proton-mail-...

Starting to think these folks are all flat earthers who for some reason believes the Mercator projection to be an accurate representation of the earth...

On that map where Greenland looks big the distance between western Iraq/Syria and Iran looks small indeed...

Many Americans hold contradictory opinions on the same policies Our new poll finds question wording can swing opinion by 20+ points on immigration, the budget, and transgender rights. That's a problem for people who use polls to tell politicians what voters want.

Great blog post by @gelliottmorris.com which is backed by decades of academic research. How you ask a question impacts how people answer the question!

This has important consequences for how to think about puic opinion and how to treat opinion polls. Short 🧵

Loving how coordinated the messaging from the US government is at this particular point in history - great to have this degree of clarity while the world seems to be in a tailspin...

There is a very very obvious answer to this question.

Andrew Hastie says rules-based order is dead as Australian troops declared safe after UAE base drone strike Liberal MP says rules are irrelevant when Trump acts as an ‘apex opportunist’, following a drone strike at Al Minhad airbase where Australian troops are based

I feel like the "rules based order" is one of those terms they taught at Kings but that we knew in Turkey to be a lie...

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Violent Islamophobe Tommy Robinson Allowed Entry Into the United States Anti-Muslim extremist Tommy Robinson has been granted entry into the United States despite a record of violence, fraud, and past immigration violations that previously barred him. The founder of the E...

Despite prior convictions for assault and a past immigration violation, Tommy Robinson has been granted entry into the U.S. The former English Defence League leader is now meeting with figures in Trump’s orbit while promoting rhetoric once tied to deadly attacks, now from inside the United States.

Horrific news from Iraq where feminist activist and human rights defender Yanar Mohammed, co-founder and director of the Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq (OWFI), has been assassinated by gunmen outside of her home just days after returning from Canada.

Never forget that the senate confirmed this dumbass *unanimously*.

Had the pleasure of presenting the work we're doing at Revontulet and my thoughts on running a startup in Halden to visiting members of the Norwegian Parliament today. It's an exciting region, and as a border-town the gateway to Europe, deserving of good policies and conditions for building startups

CNN poll: 59% of Americans disapprove of Iran strikes and most think a long-term conflict is likely | CNN Politics Nearly 6 in 10 Americans disapprove of the US decision to take military action in Iran, as most say a long-term military conflict between the two nations is likely, according to a new CNN poll conduct...

"Most say they lack trust in Trump to make the right decisions about US use of force in Iran, with 60% saying they do not think he has a clear plan for handling the situation and 62% saying he should get congressional approval for any further military action."

www.cnn.com/2026/03/02/p...

I really wish there would be more than like 3 ads ay any given time in the Nordics - getting sick and tired on basically the same things on loop across Spotify, Prime, HBO etc.

NRK legger ned utenriks­redaksjonen: 30 ansatte må søke seg til nye avdelinger Fra påske oppløser NRK utenriksredaksjonen. Ingen av de rundt 30 ansatte vet om de får tilhøre nye utenrikssatsinger, eller om de må jobbe med annet enn utenriksstoff.

En skulle tro det var en vits. Dette er vårt NRK. Når har vi bestemt mindre Urix - mer reality?

True, Claude is deffo not alone in this camp 😆