Mjolners

Automation engineer - Father - Liberal

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

I needed to move a sofa.

I mentioned this to an American. He said, "You know anybody with a truck?"

I did not know anybody with a truck.

He looked at me with real concern. Not pity. Concern. The way you look at a man who has told you he does not have a name.

"You gotta know somebody with a truck."

I asked how one acquires such a person.

He said, "You just do."

This is the third time I have received that answer in this country. It is the answer to everything here. You just do. There is no process. There is only the eventual fact of having.

He said, "Ask Kevin."

I do not know a Kevin. He said Kevin like I should. He said it the way you say a shared uncle.

I met Kevin four days later. Kevin owns a truck. Kevin does not own a truck for himself. Nobody owns a truck for themselves. Kevin owns a truck for a fifteen mile radius.

Inside I said: THIS MAN HAS TAKEN A VOW. HE DID NOT ANNOUNCE IT. HE SIMPLY PURCHASED A BED AND ACCEPTED THE CONSEQUENCES.

Kevin arrived on Saturday. He brought the truck. He also brought a second man.

I had not asked for a second man.

The second man's name is Tony. Tony came because Kevin came. Tony did not know me. Tony did not ask what we were moving. Tony brought gloves.

They moved the sofa in eleven minutes.

I offered them money. Both of them laughed at the same time, which felt rehearsed and was not.

I asked what I owed them.

Kevin said, "Buy the pizza."

That is the price. That is the entire economy. The truck costs one pizza and the pizza is not negotiable and the pizza is also not expensive and everyone knows what size.

Inside I said: THE FEE IS FIXED ACROSS THE ENTIRE NATION AND WAS SET BY NO ONE.

We ate on the floor because the sofa was against the wall and none of us wanted to be the first to sit on it.

Tony told me his daughter plays soccer. I asked if she is good. He said, "She's aggressive."

I still think about that.

Three weeks later, Kevin texted me.

"You free Sunday? Helping Tony move a fridge."

He did not ask if I wanted to. He informed me of a fridge.

Inside I said: I HAVE BEEN CALLED UP. I DID NOT ENLIST. THE PAPERS WERE FILED ON MY BEHALF.

I went. I moved the fridge. I have no truck. I contributed only arms.

Afterward, a man I had never met asked me if I knew anybody with a truck.

I said, "Yeah, I got a guy."

I have a guy.

I am somebody's guy now, too. Tony has told two people about me.

He describes me as "the guy who's strong for his size."

I have never been prouder of a sentence in my life.

[Mjolners @Mjolners]

@wholemars 100p that’s why FSD has been pushed back for so long 1 + 1 = 2
Europe + car industry = lobbyisme from the German/French car industry

[Mjolners @Mjolners]

@underwoodbrent Hey Brent!

Glad to find you on X - been a follower on your YouTube since you started the channel.

You’re always a positive inspiration and have created such a relaxing journey to follow.

I wish to come visit when I’m in California next time.

All the best
Martin Denmark 🇩🇰

[Alex Vanopslagh @AlexVanopslagh]

Spaniens venstreekstreme regering har skabt en ny migrantkrise

Stillet over for et voldsomt asylpres erklærede Tysklands daværende kansler Angela Merkel i 2015, at “Wir schaffen das”. Det sendte et klart signal og accelererede indvandringen af flere millioner mennesker til Vesteuropa over få år.

Det var en af de mest uansvarlige og destruktive politiske beslutninger i nyere tid.

Nu har Spaniens regeringsleder, Pedro Sánchez, gentaget fejlen. Ved at stille mere end en million illegale indvandrere opholdstilladelse i udsigt har han også sendt et klart signal:
Kommer du ulovligt ind i Spanien, kan du forvente ophold, hvis bare du er tålmodig nok.

Og nu er Spaniens ydre grænse ved eksklaven Ceuta reelt brudt sammen. De spanske myndigheder anslår, at næsten 50.000 mennesker er kommet ind fra Marokko på blot ét døgn.

Et fuldstændigt absurd tal.

Det viser desværre, hvor skrøbelig Europas migrationspolitik er. Hvis blot ét land fører en uansvarlig politik eller mister kontrollen med EU’s ydre grænse, bliver det hurtigt et problem for resten af Europa på grund af de åbne indre grænser.

Det er totalt uacceptabelt.

Hvis spanierne - hvad jeg tvivler meget på - faktisk ønsker at tillade en indvandring, der permanent kommer til at forandre deres land, så er det deres valg. Men den uansvarlighed skal naturligvis aldrig blive hverken Danmarks eller Europas problem.

Jeg er derfor åben over for ekstraordinære Schengen-foranstaltninger og skærpet kontrol med indrejser fra Spanien, som bl.a. Italiens premierminister Giorgia Meloni nu har foreslået.

Mere end noget andet understreger situationen, at vi har brug for et radikalt opgør med den hidtidige asylpolitik.

Det vigtigste er at indføre et stop for spontan asyl, så de allerede omfattende integrations- og indvandringsproblemer ikke vokser sig endnu større.

[Wall Street Mav @WallStreetMav]

Thank you Germany 🇩🇪, for sacrificing your economy to save the planet.

[Matthias Schmidt @eurofounder]

Morocco's best engineers arrived in Europe to build "the first AI continent"

[Fidias Panayiotou @Fidias0]

I Caught Politicians Not Doing Their Job

[Lars Valentin Jensen @lavjdk]

Da jeg var i Irak fra 1993-1995, var jeg Chief Communication Officer Northern Iraq for FN. Vi stillede et radionetværk til rådighed for godkendte NGO'er og FN organisationer. Der blev postet en del penge og nødhjælp til kurderne, (som i den grad havde brug for det). Men meget af nødhjælpen blev stjålet, og de steder den blev solgt havde tyvene ikke engang gidet at bytte sækkene med WFP logoet ud. Det var en stor stikke-i-lommen mission for rigtig mange såkaldte NGO'er og internationale organisationer. Grunden til at det alligevel gjorde en forskel var de meget små NGO'er, altså virkelige idealister, som knoklede med at bore brønde og lægge vandledninger, skaffe byggematerialer til en rimelig pris til dem, som havde mest brug for dem, rydde miner, (hyldest til MAG fra Australien), rådgive om primitiv kloakering og basal lægehjælp. De små NGO'er var hyret af de store NGO'er og internationale organisationer, som så kunne sende "projektledere" og observatører ned, tage billeder af projekterne, skrive rapporter og hylde sig selv. Min barnetro på FN og ulandsbistand forsvandt for alvor, da EU betalte for opførelsen af et posthus i Suleimaniya området. Ved receptionen til indvielsen kom jeg til at gøre opmærksom på, at der ikke fandtes et postvæsen i Nordirak, (hvorefter min chef sagde, at jeg nok hellere måtte kalde det en dag og køre tilbage til HQ), da det var ret irriterende for de der EU VIP'er at høre på. Heldigvis endte den i øvrigt udmærkede bygning som en skole. Det næste var i Dohuk, hvor den lokale chef for UNHCR forsvandt i løbet af en nat, og hvor der lige pludselig gik skumle mænd med AK 47'ere rundt og ledte efter ham. En forespørgsel i lokalområdet ledte til oplysninger om, at han havde været for grådig og solgt for mange erklæringer om godkendelse af kvoteflygtninge. Så mange, at FN - trods alt - ikke kunne stå ved det. Så forsvandt min sidste tiltro til det internationale system, og jeg har siden fået lange sorte hår på ryggen, når jeg hører begrebet "kvoteflygtninge". Det mest forfærdelige var, at de mennesker, som virkelig var forfulgt og havde brug for at komme væk og få hjælp, ikke havde råd til det. De måtte blive, hvor de var og rådne op. De, som kunne komme væk og søge til vesten, var de, der havde penge nok, og dem som havde skaffet sig pengene på ulovlig vis. Afskaf ulandsbistanden, fyr alle medarbejderne både lokalt og internationalt. Brug midler på afgrænsede projekter, lægehjælp, akutte situationer, (ebolaudbrud og lign), uddannelse, uddannelse og uddannelse. Men en uddannelse som ikke kan bruges internationalt, så de uddannede rejser væk, men som samtidig er god nok til at gøre en forskel lokalt. Hovedløs ulandsbistand betyder bare, at det modtagende regime kan bruge flere penge på militær, våben og luksus.

[Malte Larsen @MalteLarsen_]

Ifølge @pelledragsted kan lande ikke være kristne. Til gengæld kan lande være muslimske, må vi forstå.

[NXT EU @NXT4EU]

Chat Control has been passed, even though a majority voted against.

This is because @EPPGroup used an urgent procedure that would require an absolute majority to reject it.

What a disgusting way of politics. Europeans will remember, and vote the EPP out in the next election.

[Anders Bæk @andersbaek1]

Hvad i hele hule helvede er det der sker? Den berygtede masse-overvågningslov “Chat kontrol 1” er flere gange blevet nedstemt, men nu forsøger EU igen via smuthuller og en hasteafstemning at få den igennem.

Loven er blevet dybt kritiseret af både højre og venstrefløjen for at være anti-demokratisk og et brud på vores privatliv.

Hvorfor dækkes det her ikke massivt af vores medier @MBrgger @JoachimBOlsen
Og hvor er vores politikeres opråb?

[Fidias Panayiotou @Fidias0]

CHAT CONTROL IS COMING

Even though most Members of the European Parliament have voted to REJECT Chat Control, we have not been able to reach the absolute majority that was needed (361 Members).

This is a sad day for Europeans.

[Henrik Dahl @SociologenHD]

This is a press release from the Danish government. For those unfamiliar with Danish politics, the Danish government is a coalition government. It is led - I almost wrote: as always - by Social Democrat Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen.

The press release is in Danish. I am sure you can find a translation tool that will read it for you.

But the headline reads: "Denmark and a majority of EU countries push for return hubs and reception centres outside Europe."

I come from a Danish opposition party. But now I am going to do something rather unusual. It is in the service of a higher cause.

The truth that the centre-left and left in the European Parliament cannot bear to hear - and instead label racist - is one that the Danish Social Democrats have understood. That is why they are Europe's most sensible Social Democrats. Nobody else even comes close.

The Danish Social Democrats have understood that the welfare state breaks down if a country accepts uncontrolled or near-uncontrolled immigration. They have understood that we are not merely talking about economic collapse. We are also talking about the breakdown of the social contract.

Why, ask the Danish Social Democrats, should people who have worked and paid taxes all their lives accept that people who arrived the day before yesterday can immediately draw on all the benefits that we have collectively insured ourselves against? No normal person can understand that - and nor should they be expected to.

The Danish Social Democrats also know - and vote accordingly - that it is immigrants who have a duty to integrate themselves (and preferably assimilate). They dare to say it out loud: we do not need "counter-citizens". We need fellow citizens.

And the Danish Social Democrats also dare to say openly that it is a major problem that the Muslim Brotherhood is infiltrating society. And that there are too few moderate Muslims willing to speak out against it (although, fortunately, they do exist).

My three Social Democratic colleagues in the European Parliament are among the very few normal people in Crazyville.

To all the social liberals, socialists, communists and Islamists on the Left who have cried themselves to sleep every night since we voted for the Return Regulation, I say this:

Be more like the Danish Social Democrats.

They are working for socially, economically and politically sustainable countries.

The rest of you are working for the opposite.

[Mjolners @Mjolners]

@jonasholmdk @SvarreAgger “Vi har fejlet for 10 år siden, lad os… ikke gøre noget overhovedet…”

Vores børn kommer til at stå med den her lort.

Prøv at dyk lidt i Copenhagen atomics, jeg tror måske at de har knækket koden.

Energy = prosperity
@CphAtomics

[Mjolners @Mjolners]

@ItakGol Taxes!

[Mjolners @Mjolners]

@StephanieAus67 Love that thought

[Mjolners @Mjolners]

@WallStreetMav And we all love it 💪

[Mjolners @Mjolners]

@liamflannery56 That’s so cool 🤟

[Mjolners @Mjolners]

@JeffBezos @blueorigin Well done 👏

[Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions @mynamesnotgordy]

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