City of the future

“The state is that great fiction by which everyone tries to live at the expense of everyone else.” --Frédéric Bastiat

[City of the future @FTerje]

"Listen to many, speak to a few."
William Shakespeare

[City of the future @FTerje]

@NaessRobert Kanskje europeisk utvikling og produksjon er en bedre løsning enn regulering og byråkratisering…https://t.co/AdfaIusHwu

[Zia Yusuf @ZiaYusufUK]

I’ve warned for months that America would soon restrict access to state of the art frontier AI models for national security reasons.

THIS HAS NOW HAPPENED.

Thanks to the catastrophic energy policies pursued by the Tories and Labour, Britain has virtually ZERO sovereign AI capability.

Now we will be cut off from the most powerful AI models, and will soon end up being TOTALLY AT THE MERCY of China America and others who will be able bring to bear intelligence capable of defeating all our security systems in short order.

WE MUST CHANGE COURSE NOW

[City of the future @FTerje]

@RodneyMarsh10 All the best to both of you! Greetings from Norwgian doctor who has worked as an orthopedic surgeon. 😎👍

[City of the future @FTerje]

@RodneyMarsh10 Based on your tweets, you two have more than playing for Man City in common: https://t.co/Et9XoJSZcg
Here he is with me in Oslo in 2012 meeting the Norwegian Man City supporters club.

[Once A Blue Man City Former Players Club @mancityfpc]

Best of luck to our wonderful colleague Tommy Booth with his recovery from a full knee replacement operation last Thursday. Tommy was home on Saturday and promises to be back in action asap

Recover well Tommy 💪🏻🩵

[City of the future @FTerje]

@MauriceK1421 @existantmcfc @ManCity ‘…play speeded up’ as you said is the clue here. We was with Guardiola always building up our attacks slowly. That way it will tend to always be against a low block and organised defence. If you don’t believe me, watch Mancini’s City beat FergieUnited 6-1 at Old Trafford.

[City of the future @FTerje]

@phillynorway @jonasgahrstore @EspenBarthEide

[City of the future @FTerje]

@Finansnerden @aksjefokus Kan være en hedge mot inflasjon og også hedge mot valuta. Råvarer prises ofte i dollar - alt annet likt - faller dollar, går prisen på olje eller kobber opp og vice versa.

[City of the future @FTerje]

@KarlOStrom Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.

Ronald Reagan, 1986.

[City of the future @FTerje]

@espenteigen Her fra pressen i USA. https://t.co/FESWuGgoOL

[New York Post @nypost]

Hamas forced sexual torture between family members on Oct. 7, investigation finds: 'You hear the screams and then silence' https://t.co/Yjsfwbgz8V

[City of the future @FTerje]

@espenteigen Fra engelsk presse(uten betaling) etter ny rapport. Å være tilhenger av dette er ikke spesielt sivilisert. https://t.co/Ebx5foP3fg

[Daily Mail @DailyMail]

Full depravity of Hamas during October 7 revealed for the first time: New report details how terrorists performed almost unimaginable horrors upon Israeli families https://t.co/14KfEBq7jV

[City of the future @FTerje]

@Finansnerden Forrige gang det var analogt rabalder i den persiske gulf(eller er det den arabiske gulf - de krangler om det også): 10-dobling av oljeprisen på 10 år. Mer info? https://t.co/PT1s7wINnm
Politikk? «Tro aldri på noe i politikken før det er offisielt benektet.�� Otto von Bismarck

[City of the future @FTerje]

@KEEilertsen Hvordan skape angst hos den gjengen? Det er bare å vise denne, så kommer hatet og misunnelsen frem: https://t.co/1R6RPK1LR3

[Nile Gardiner @NileGardiner]

The most consequential British leader since Margaret Thatcher. Britain can throw off the shackles of socialism once again.

[City of the future @FTerje]

@KEEilertsen På denne Frigjøringsdagen minner jeg også om Winston Churchill. Her er barnebarnet til en av hans søsken.🇬🇧
https://t.co/F5LOzSSQZN

[Nigel Farage MP @Nigel_Farage]

Delighted to have the support of Winston Churchill’s great nephew, the Duke of Marlborough. 🇬🇧

[City of the future @FTerje]

@KEEilertsen Valg i Storbritannia i går. Reform knuste Labour, det britiske arbeiderpartiet. Så det er håp om bedre tider.
https://t.co/eKTrGr5ywM

[Zia Yusuf @ZiaYusufUK]

Historic results for Reform UK!

[City of the future @FTerje]

@EndreRsj https://t.co/5F8aBU8eR3

[UN Watch @UNWatch]

Outrage at UN: Democracies Enable Iran, China, Cuba to Oversee Human Rights Bodies

GENEVA, April 10, 2026 — UN Watch, the independent Geneva-based non-governmental organization that monitors the United Nations, today called on Canada, France, Spain, Norway, the Netherlands, Australia, the UK, and other democracies to explain why they joined in the election of serial abusers of human rights to key UN bodies that oversee human rights.

[Links here: https://t.co/NDO8IiVYVu]

On Wednesday, the UN’s 54-nation Economic and Social Council nominated the Islamic Republic of Iran to the UN’s Committee for Program and Coordination, which meets next month to shape policy on women's rights, human rights, disarmament, and terrorism prevention. ECOSOC’s nomination is effectively decisive, as the UN General Assembly customarily rubber-stamps such nominations without a vote.

In addition, ECOSOC by acclamation elected China, Cuba, Nicaragua, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan to the influential Committee on NGOs, which oversees the work, accreditation and UN access of thousands of human rights and civil society groups that enjoy consulative status at the world body.

The United States was the only ECOSOC member to object, saying that Iran, Cuba and Nicaragua were “unfit.”

UN Watch today called on all democratic ECOSOC member states — Canada, France, Spain, Norway, the Netherlands, Australia, the UK, Finland, Switzerland, Austria, and Finland — to explain why they joined in the election of serial abusers of human rights to key UN bodies that oversee human rights.

“Appointing China, Cuba, and Saudi Arabia to oversee the work of human rights activists is like putting Al Capone in charge of fighting organized crime,” said Hillel Neuer, executive director of UN Watch. “It’s truly indefensible, and puts lives at risk.”

“As an organization accredited with special NGO consultative status at the United Nations, and which regularly gives a platform to dissidents from China, Cuba, Sudan, Saudi Arabia and Nicaragua, we are gravely concerned that brutal dictatorships were elected to oversee our work and credentials — and it is scandalous that Western democracies put them there.”

“This means dictatorships will have a majority on the committee in order to deny United Nations accreditation to independent organizations that call out their human rights violations, and to accredit more fake front groups created by the regimes,” Neuer said.

“It harms the ability of pro-democracy dissidents to protect the most vulnerable victims and to advocate for human rights inside the United Nations.”

“By their cynical actions at the UN, major Western states have betrayed their own human rights principles, severely undermining the ruled-based international order that they claim to support.”

“We note that Western states did take action in recent years to stop Russia from getting elected to similar ECOSOC bodies, and we deeply regret that they failed to do the same now to stop the election of serial violators such as Iran, China, China, Cuba, Nicaragua, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan,” said Neuer.

Activists Issued Warning Before ECOSOC Election

Ahead of the election, 70 civil society and human rights groups warned that countries with poor records were at risk of being elected. The group International Service for Human Rights gave a failing grade to China, Cuba, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Nicaragua and others. Yet their warning was ignored.

Key Documents and Sources

• Video showing ECOSOC’s nomination without objection of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the UN’s Committee for Program and Coordination: https://t.co/ifSZ0Yc4jX

• UN document listing election by acclamation of China, Cuba, Nicaragua, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan to the Committee on NGOs:
https://t.co/lry9zCw75R

• UN website showing that ECOSOC members currently include Canada, France, Spain, Norway, the Netherlands, Australia, the UK, Finland, Switzerland, Austria, and Finland: https://t.co/H8jWwxMnue

• U.S. statement dissociating itself from ECOSOC decisions, the only one of 54 ECOSOC members to do so: https://t.co/kkOThVsdEy

About UN Watch

United Nations Watch is a non-governmental organization based in Geneva whose mission is to monitor the performance of the United Nations by the yardstick of its own Charter. UN Watch holds the UN accountable to its founding principles by exposing hypocrisy, bias, and abuses. For more information, visit https://t.co/KEQu83sVMS.

[City of the future @FTerje]

Quality and reflected thoughts on the Strait of Hormuz.

[Ray Dalio @RayDalio]

https://t.co/p6JrkCnXZG

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@bifana_bifana @71Season @jslovechild @TerraceUltra @BillEdgarTimes @GaryJamesWriter @elltells79 @insidewrite1957 @GotNotGot @ChrisJo93299298 Ged Keegan, Stewart Barrowclough and Steve Whitworth played together for Mansfield Town.

[City of the future @FTerje]

@PepsiGro Tuberkulose øker i forekomst der og her en rapport om det første dødsfallet på 125 år grunnet cholera. https://t.co/suNGYEwb4g

[City of the future @FTerje]

@bifana_bifana @Danmjoo John Sheridan, City player ’81 but left for Leeds in ‘82. No games for City.

[City of the future @FTerje]

@mcfcman66 @Doug_mcfc Pic of Peter Barnes and me.On one of my trips to Platt Lane and Maine Road his father Ken Barnes told me about his scouting trip to Molde, ‘around the corner’ from you now,when Man City bought Åge Hareide back in 1981. Nice part of Norway on your cruise and hope you enjoy it! 2/2