Björn Jåkøb

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[Björn Jåkøb @BenJacobMD]

I was just speaking to a guy in IT Services—his name is Ben and his brother's name is Jacob.

I didn't ask if there was a third brother with my middle name, because obviously that would break the matrix.

[Björn Jåkøb @BenJacobMD]

"Raisins might be the best part of a cake;
but a bag full of raisins is not better than a cake"
—Wittgenstein

[Björn Jåkøb @BenJacobMD]

The human race is believed to be petrified after an alien lifeform known as "Ryan Baird" was seen galloping freely near Lansdowne Road DART station this afternoon.

#IREvARG

[Björn Jåkøb @BenJacobMD]

Evidently Rassie Erasmus' main job as water boy was to continually remind Pollard to try to kick penalties over the bar. Sorely missed.

#ENGvRSA

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The problem with "social democrat" politicians is—somewhat ironically—their susceptibility to social authoritarianism.

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Cynical fouling by the tiring Italians to stifle counterattacks (esp. in the last 60mins) was ugly in the same way that racist abuse is ugly.

Both referees are liable for inaction.

Kuipers is guilty for pardoning Chiellini's chokeslam on Saka.
The FA must do better.

#Euro2020

[Björn Jåkøb @BenJacobMD]

My heart goes out to James Ryan missing out for the second time today.

Hoping he can shed his recent Sextonoid brittleness soon and go on to have an injury-free stretch.

#LionsRugby

[Björn Jåkøb @BenJacobMD]

Deepfakes are cool. Everyone worries about the potential for fraud. But now that we know deepfakes exist, we will simply stop trusting videos.

That might be a good thing.

We are now forced to develop better verification tools, so deepfakes may actually make the internet safer.

[Björn Jåkøb @BenJacobMD]

Gatland picking AW Jones + Itoje + Jonny Hill + Henderson + Lawes + Beirne but no James Ryan is a far greater injustice than O'Driscoll being dropped in 2013. It's a genuine injustice.

One of Hill/Henderson/Lawes has to go.

#Lions #LionsSquad

[Björn Jåkøb @BenJacobMD]

At the risk of seeming contrivedly unorthodox, let me assert that Long Wave Radio is an untapped resource.

[Björn Jåkøb @BenJacobMD]

Revolutionary activity without a consensus mega-majority is always ruinous, even if subjectively "glorious".

Energetic reform of existing institutions is the path of states wishing to maintain their civilised status.

(Subjects of despotic regimes, thus, have no "good" options.)

[Björn Jåkøb @BenJacobMD]

The amount of people lying to the pollsters has increased since 2016.

It seems that ~5% of the US population have committed to "vote Republican, but tell pollsters I'm a Democrat" on a consistent basis.

Republicans are increasingly scared to out themselves. That's significant.

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You want a flat white? A flat white what?

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Minorities deserve rights, not because they are minorities, but because they are human.

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@McGlackenByrne Haha, excellent Domhn.

[Björn Jåkøb @BenJacobMD]

When populists (Right & Left) occupy the premierships of all major Western countries, all progress stops.

Much "happens"; but no progress is made.

Make America Think Harder #MATH
Make Yourself Think Harder #MYTH

[Björn Jåkøb @BenJacobMD]

My faith in contemporary society has dipped so low, that it has restored my faith in humanity.

[Björn Jåkøb @BenJacobMD]

The Tories have courted nativist voters to win (multiple) elections, but it's a dangerous game.

The concerns of deprived nativists are important, but irrational/hate-filled sentiment must be refuted, or the Rightward pull will grow further and the party/nation will disintegrate.

[Björn Jåkøb @BenJacobMD]

University-educated Leftists must stop baying for the blood of every public figure less woke than they are.

It frustrates, and stokes the fervour of, socioeconomically-deprived nativist Whites.

Tory-bashing propagates neo-Nazism.

#MYTH #MakeYourselfThinkHarder

[Björn Jåkøb @BenJacobMD]

Ideology is a lens by which everything "makes sense". This is a #MYTH. Life is not that simple. Genuine insight requires intellectual effort.

Make Yourself Think Harder #MYTH