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For hver krone lokaludvalgene i Københavns Kommune deler ud til lokale projekter, bruges der omtrent en krone på at drive lokaludvalgene selv. Det er under halvdelen af budgettet som når ud i puljemidler - resten bruges på løn, lokaler, drift, overhead og miljø. Det fremgår af et svar til @BywaterJoanne fra @LiberalAlliance - tak for spørgsmålet! Er det bare mig, eller lyder det ret ineffektivt og som unødvendigt og uforholdsmæssigt mange penge? Måske nogen med mere indsigt end mig kan godtgøre det, men for mig lyder det som om at der også har sneget sig alt for meget bureaukrati ind i Københavns Kommune. #København #lokaludvalg #effektivitet

Over 80 people, including an infant, have been confirmed dead after a boat that left Gambia with 128 people on board was found adrift off the Canary Islands after being at sea for 26 days. (translated)

Spanien: Över 80 döda – båt hittad på drift
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The Downward Spiral of Gender Polarization The growing divide between men and women resembles less a debate than a divorce involving millions. Both sides escalate, talk past each other, and blame the other gender amid a mental-health crisis. Depression among Americans under thirty has doubled in eight years, while anxiety continues to rise. Each gender has failure modes and one successful path. Carl Jung called it individuation; a simpler term is integration. The integrated are not leading the conversation. The disordered are. Every man carries an inner feminine—the part that feels, intuits, and creates meaning. Jung called it the anima. Cut off from it, he becomes cold and contemptuous; overwhelmed by it, passive and moody. Every woman carries an inner masculine—the part that decides, asserts, and holds the line. Jung called it the animus. Cut off from it, she defers to stronger people; possessed by it, argumentative and rigid. I believe the four failure modes pair off. The cold, contemptuous man finds a timid woman who cannot challenge him; the red-pill industry calls this manhood. The passive man finds a domineering woman who can run his life; the feminist industry calls this liberation. A 2025 Nature Human Behaviour study of 14.8 million people in Taiwan, Denmark, and Sweden found that disordered individuals consistently marry one another across cultures and generations dating back to the 1930s. My theory is that integrated people increasingly date within a pool dominated by the disordered. They try, fail, and get hurt, then drift toward the same patterns. The pool corrupts those who might have healed it, creating a feedback loop. We are in a downward spiral: integrated people encounter disordered partners and become disordered themselves, while the already disordered grow worse. Reversal requires enough people to reject cynicism. When every encounter feels like proof that the other gender is broken, our own drift toward disorder begins to feel justified.

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Daycare Governance and the Tyranny of Compassion Something sinister can hide behind compassion. Caring is virtuous, but it becomes pathological when institutions gain power by expanding the number of people who need care. Munchausen syndrome by proxy shows how: a caregiver fabricates or induces illness in a dependent person, then gains sympathy by performing devotion. The sickness is manufactured, but the care is real. The claim: modern society can scale this into governance. Call it the daycare governance model: (1) victims to protect, (2) caregivers to provide protection, (3) dissenters to remove. Health, therapy, NGOs, academia, media, and bureaucracy gain prestige, funding, and moral authority by managing ever-expanding categories of suffering. It unfolds in two stages. First, the victim class expands: “trauma” drifts from specific, severe harms to everyday experiences, lowering the threshold for suffering until demand is nearly limitless. Second, the perpetual patient forms: ordinary difficulties are medicalized—strength as toxicity, sadness as disorder, restlessness as pathology—creating a cycle where caretakers and victims gain status or protection. This drives a crisis of competence. Victimhood can shield accountability, and institutions are rewarded for treating problems rather than eliminating the need for themselves. Plato warned against doing for people what they can do for themselves: removing every burden removes the reason to grow stronger. True care aims to make itself unnecessary. That’s the difference between a good mother and a poisoning one: one allows appropriate hardship to build independence; the other denies it. Failing to distinguish these forms of care makes the pathology hard to recognize—and easy to applaud.

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Multiculturalism or Liberalism… You Can’t Have Both Canada’s Combating Hate Act received royal assent on June 18 and became law in July, defining hatred as an intense and extreme emotion and extending emotion’s reach into government and criminal law. Supporters cite a 169% rise in reported hate crimes from 2018 to 2024, but the increase reflects predictable outcomes when groups with deep historical, cultural, and religious conflicts are placed together in large numbers while assuming differences will fade. “Diversity is our strength” can’t replace shared culture: cooperation at scale requires shared values and norms. Import enough difference quickly while demanding universal tolerance, and social order begins to fracture, leaving strangers who share a passport but little else—so the state steps in to do what culture once did. Multiculturalism can drift toward authoritarianism: the state expands to manage conflicts, neutrality becomes impossible without common standards, and unequal treatment follows. Britain illustrates the danger, with thousands of arrests in 2023 under communications laws for alleged offensive messages and long sentences for single posts. Meanwhile, authorities have shown hesitation toward major crimes involving protected communities, often citing fears of racism and community harm—creating a double standard. Canada also has examples, such as the Gladue principles, which require sentencing judges to consider the circumstances of Indigenous offenders, letting group identity influence state treatment. The multicultural liberal state was sold as open, tolerant, and equal—but if groups won’t “melt,” or fundamentally oppose one another, the result is increasingly unequal laws, more surveillance, and less liberty. Multiculturalism and liberalism are incompatible: without shared cultural standards, a society will be governed from above through laws, courts, and coercion.

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When Culture Collapses, the State Takes Over On June 18, the Combatting Hate Act received royal assent in Ottawa; in July it becomes law. Among its provisions, Canada’s Criminal Code will define hatred as an intense and extreme emotion tied to vilification and detestation. Feeling is moving into criminal law. The state has taken on the job of policing it. Supporters cite a reported 169% rise in hate crimes from 2018 to 2024. But such spikes are not random: they follow predictable outcomes of placing groups with long histories of cultural and political conflict together in large numbers while assuming grievances will vanish. “Diversity is our strength” can’t replace shared culture. Shared culture enables voluntary social interaction; without it, cohesion is not automatic—it must be built, and conflict is often the norm. When rapid, large-scale difference is combined with demands for perpetual tolerance, social order weakens. The law then steps in to do what culture once did. This is how multiculturalism can drift toward authoritarianism: institutions empowered to manage social conflict gain authority by promising to solve problems their policies help create. Enforcement is rarely neutral. The same legal mechanisms that target “offensive” speech can also punish individuals harshly, while authorities can remain slow to confront serious harms—raising the question: who decides whose equality matters?

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The Gender War and the Downward Social Spiral The growing polarization between men and women resembles less a public debate than a divorce involving millions. Both sides talk past each other, escalate tensions, and blame the other gender—all amid a severe mental health crisis. The gender war is a cultural debate among a psychologically struggling population. The people lashing out most intensely may fit recognizable psychological patterns. Each gender has two major failure modes and one healthy alternative: integration. Carl Jung called this individuation. Every man carries an inner feminine—the part that feels, intuits, and finds meaning. Jung called it the anima. Cut off from it, he becomes cold and contemptuous; overwhelmed by it, he becomes passive and moody. Every woman carries an inner masculine—the part that decides, asserts, and holds the line. Jung called it the animus. Cut off from it, she defers to stronger people; possessed by it, she becomes argumentative and rigid. These failures often pair off. The cold, contemptuous man finds a timid woman who cannot challenge him, while the passive man finds a domineering woman who can run his life. Each ideology may then rebrand these unhealthy dynamics as either manhood or liberation. A 2025 *Nature Human Behaviour* study of 14.8 million people across Taiwan, Denmark, and Sweden found that disordered people consistently marry other disordered people across cultures and generations. Balanced people, by contrast, do not need to dominate or be dominated. Yet they are trying to date within a pool increasingly shaped by dysfunction. They get hurt, become cynical, and begin drifting toward the very patterns they once rejected. The disordered worsen, while the healthy become corrupted—a positive feedback loop. Well-integrated people meet a growing pool of disordered partners and drift toward disorder themselves. Reversal may require a critical mass of people to reject cynicism.

Vrij schokkend om te lezen. Geschreven met een enorme vooringenomenheid. De frame is duidelijk: de Spaanse bevolking is xenofoob en de vluchtelingen zijn zielig. Woorden als ‘driftig gedeeld’ . Video’s van mishandelingen van de lokale bevolking worden gedeeld, maar zijn natuurlijk ‘moeilijk te controleren’. Bewoners ‘zoeken de confrontatie’. De opdracht van de chef was hier duidelijk: zet de vluchtelingen neer als slachtoffer en de lokale bevolking als dader. Of nog erger: de schrijver vindt het zelf prima zo en er is geen chef die zegt: ho Ashwant, dit kan echt niet zo. objectiviteit is ver te zoeken bij thema’s als bv migratie klimaat. Niet de feiten zijn leidend, maar hoe het moet zijn. Wat wenselijk is. Het neigt soms naar desinformatie https://t.co/6u0f38xlA5 #migratie #desinformatie #mediawijsheid

Turtle Beach ha anunciado un nuevo mando con licencia oficial de Epic Games para Nintendo Switch: - Temática del cubo Kevin: - Lanzamiento el 8 de octubre. - 69.99$ - Sticks TMR, para reducir el riesgo de drift. - 2 botones traseros programables. - Hasta 40 horas de batería con el RGB apagado. - Incluye un código para conseguir el gesto Capoeira de Fortnite. #TurtleBeach #NintendoSwitch #EpicGames

🚨 SUCCESSOR OF MAJTCZAK. FOR OVER A YEAR HE HAS BEEN PUBLISHING CRAZY DRIVES IN A 500-HORSEPOWER BMW ONLINE. REMAINS UNPUNISHED 🚨 Like a madman, he weaves through traffic, overtakes on the emergency lane, drifts. And he posts everything online. (translated)

A new Nordic mapping shows that one third of AI initiatives in healthcare are already operational, indicating that the technology has become an integrated part of the Nordic healthcare system, with a focus on increasing transparency and collaboration between countries to scale successful solutions. (translated)

Ny nordisk kartläggning: var tredje AI-initiativ inom hälso- och sjukvården är redan i drift

Jeg har sendt en mail til Folkekirkens Nødhjælp og spurgt dem ind til driften af profilen 'Baronessen af Nilen'. Mailen har jeg sendt til alle medlemmer af ledelsen og sekretariatet. Så kan hele organisationen selv få lov at se hvor idiotiske og småt begavede dem som står bag profilen er. Håber der er nogen som sidder med røde ører i morgen rundt om bordet😄 #Folkekirken #Nødhjælp #SocialeMedier

Siden år 2000 har Danmark kun skabt 13 virksomheder, der er blevet værdisat til mere end 1 mia. USD. 🇩🇰 62 % af dem har allerede valgt at forlade os. 🇸🇪 I Sverige er det tilsvarende tal kun 9 %. 🇫🇮 I Finland er det 0 %. I 2022 og 2023 ville vi endda have haft negativ BNP-vækst, hvis det ikke havde været for medicinalindustrien. Det giver desværre god mening. For det er primært fortidens erhvervssuccesser, der opretholder Danmarks økonomi. Vores høje skattesatser og unødige bureaukrati gør nemlig, at det praktisk talt ikke længere kan betale sig at være en af dem, der bidrager mest til fællesskabet. Hvis man er en af de personer, der knokler for at skabe noget stort, kan jeg godt forstå, at man vælger at flytte ud af Danmark. Og de her driftige ildsjæle skal sgu nok klare sig - selvom det ikke burde være nødvendigt for dem at flygte til et andet land. Det er fortrinsvis alle os andre, det ender med at gå udover. Udviklingen går hurtigere, end man skulle tro. Og hvis vi ikke får vendt skuden, kommer vi alle til at blive markant fattigere. #Danmark #Økonomi #Innovation

CERTIFICADO Você concluiu com o êxito e excelência desempenho, a sua participação no curso online “Drift Masterclass para Iniciantes com Fiuk” com carga horária de 25 minutos estando adaptado para exercer a técnica #Certificado #Drift #CursoOnline

Hinduskie kino w pełnej krasie czyli...driftujące MiGi-21. Tego nie da się odzobaczyć. https://t.co/2XyWHXQioK #HinduCinema #MiG21 #Drift

Jeg driller Den Uafhængige Politiklagemyndighed lidt Jeg har nemlig sendt dem en mail, hvor jeg spørger dem, hvad videoen fra min lejlighed giver anledning til fra myndighedens side. Sagen er jo, at det ikke er lovligt for politiet at forhindre folk i at dokumentere deres møde med politiet på video. Det er en overtrædelse af straffelovens paragraf 125 stk. 1 nr. 2 og desuden straffelovens bestemmelser om tjenestemisbrug. DUP har derfor pligt til at efterforske den slags, når de får kendskab til det - men i virkeligheden kunne de aldrig finde på at tage sagen op af egen drift. Ja, faktisk gider de ikke engang at tage sig af det, når man anmelder det. Sagerne bliver hurtigt vasket og afvist - uagtet at politiets kriminalitet er fuldt videodokumenteret. Derfor synes jeg det er lidt sjovt at udstille, at de til trods for en lovmæssig forpligtelse til at efterforske politiets lovbrud, ikke vil løfte en finger. De burde droppe U'et og skifte navn til PVE - Politiets Vaske Enhed. Gad vide hvad de svarer 😄 #Politi #Retssikkerhed #Demokrati

Die CDU driftet "zu weit nach links"? 😂😂😂 Kaum 20 Jahre, Millionen Illegaler und Billionen Schulden später merkt man es? #Lächerlich https://t.co/6l7ax5Smc5 #CDU #Politik #Deutschland

Skoldebatten fastnar för mycket i frågan om driftsformer. Vi menar att innehållet i skolundervisningen och hur vardagen i klassrummen fungerar som  är det avgörande. Vi behöver sätta läraren - inte skärmar - i centrum av undervisningen och ge rektorer möjlighet att upprätthålla en lugn skolmiljö.  Det är dags att låta skolan bli skola igen. Lyssna gärna på hela intervjun i Ekot här: https://t.co/unyrpwEYXN #Skola #Utbildning #Lärande

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Berlin verkommt, Berlin driftet ab. Die Hauptstadt wird von Jahr zu Jahr schmutziger, lauter und gefährlicher. An vielen Stellen ähnelt sie einer öffentlichen Müllhalde, an anderen einer Freiluftpsychiatrie. Im September könnte der Absturz sich mit neuen Köpfen und neuem Schwung fortsetzen. Auf den gescheiterten Tennisspieler im Roten Rathaus, Herrn Wegner von der CDU, könnte eine radikal linke Landesregierung unter dem Vorsitz der umbenannten SED folgen. Dann hieße die Regierende Bürgermeisterin Elif Eralp. Auf Berlin kämen noch düstere Zeiten zu. Aber die Hauptstädter sind offenbar fest entschlossen, das Experiment zu wagen und den Ruin Berlins zu vollenden. https://t.co/dJUvdgbilP „Kissler Kompakt“ vom 10. August sehen Sie hier: #Berlin #Politik #Gesellschaft

"Once a field becomes protected from criticism on moral grounds, it completely loses its “self-correcting” empirical anchor and begins to drift further from reality." <--> https://www.realityslaststand.com/p/steven-pinkers-the-blank-slate-was?fbclid=IwY2xjawTiuM9wZG9mBWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAGJyaWQRMHd2OEpCbDZaUzhoSmtSelpzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeFbWraI_6eDD8pvoZLyx9_XRgK8viiJ-JomRi_Ujywmdq0BqT0HQzw8DvA80_aem_NBgZAiQ6qWmqhMDkMyOjhA <--- !

Steven Pinker’s ‘The Blank Slate’ Was a Warning We Ignored