William Johnsen

Data, politics and the sea. Manager, analytics and strategy @OffshoreNorge. Atlanticist.

[William Johnsen @Williamjs]

@Chieftain_armor Mustache?

[William Johnsen @Williamjs]

@eurofounder Be fair. It’s decent pay for someone who can’t spell “monthly.”

[William Johnsen @Williamjs]

@RepAbeHamadeh @SenateGOP @HouseGOP Great, but that looks like an A, and you’re preserving Ds

[William Johnsen @Williamjs]

@skrue_onkel @Finansdep skattetrykk.

Vi har kunnet være den trygge investeringen i en portefølje. Det har ikke UK, I det siste spesielt grunnet @UKLabour skadelige politikk, men før det også Toryene.

[William Johnsen @Williamjs]

@skrue_onkel Elendig artikkel og potensielt skuffende av @Finansdep (bare lest artikkelen, så de kan ha dekket det annetsteds).

De nevner ikke den viktigste forskjellen: Ved å tilby ekstrem politisk stabilitet (i motsetning til UK) har NCS kunnet være attraktiv til tross for høyt 🧵

[William Johnsen @Williamjs]

@nqa1972 @Mr_Andrew_Fox @TheCinesthetic When Cunningham said that he did it to evacuate as many as possible. With ships that is done with presence.
With planes it’s done with sorties. As soon as a plane is close to bingo or Winchester, it should replenish. Thats how planes stay in the fight.

[George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway3d]

nice job @realDonaldTrump

[William Johnsen @Williamjs]

Blind høne finner også korn.

[Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump]

Iran never won a war, but never lost a negotiation!

[William Johnsen @Williamjs]

@BuzzPatterson Nice? Seems like they went below minimums without seeing?

[Øystein Sjølie @Anduril100]

Ulltveit-Moe har mast om at Norge må avvikle oljeutvinningen (ikke i morgen™) i minst 13 år. At han fremdeles skriver slikt på side 3 i DN, og tas seriøst på det, sier mye mer om ham, DN og norsk offentlighet, enn om behovet for olje og gass om 5, 10 og 50 år.

[William Johnsen @Williamjs]

@Anduril100 Tenk hvor lønnsomt olje kunne ha vært om ikke SV mobbet oljenæringen.

[William Johnsen @Williamjs]

«In Columbia, 95% of the Y chromosomes are European, 95% of the mitochondrial DNA are Native American, we know what happened there»

Tunstads kommentar er fra 2006, og står seg stadig bedre

https://t.co/KZCSo4s3JO

[Dwarkesh Patel @dwarkesh_sp]

David Reich on how much ancient DNA evidence has overturned so much consensus thinking how ancient cultures spread.

"It wasn't peaceful, it wasn't friendly, it wasn't nice.

Some of our archaeologist co-authors were just really distressed."

[William Johnsen @Williamjs]

Kemi har potensial til å bli en utmerket statsminister. Synd hennes forgjengere langt på vei har ødelagt partiet hennes.

[Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch]

You may not agree with me, but you will always know where you stand with me.

Today in Billericay, a heckler tried to shout me down as I spoke about the normalisation of hatred towards Jews. I did not back down, because it needs to be said. British Jews are being targeted and too many people are pretending this is the same experience of other minorities. This lady implied Muslims are being similarly targeted. This is simply not true.

Let's be honest about what is happening. Certain groups (in particular but not solely Islamic Extremists) are creating a climate of fear and intimidation that is normalising Jew hatred. I will never stand for that. Governments have spent too long hand-wringing, making excuses and hoping it would go away. It is time to call this what it is: a national emergency in our attitude, our urgency and our response.

I will always engage with people who disagree with me. That is politics. But there is a difference between argument and intimidation. Shouting does not make a bad case good. It's done to silence others. And it certainly does not change the truth.

The truth is that British Jews have been made to feel less safe in their own country. Our country. They are being singled out, threatened and harassed in ways that should shame everyone in public life. If we do not stand up now and stop this rise in antisemitism, then why bother saying "Never Again" at Holocaust Memorial Day? Because this is how it starts.

I am not prepared to play along with the pretence that this is normal, or manageable, or just another example of tension between groups. It really is not. It is targeted hatred and it is getting worse.

So my message is simple. Not here. Not in Britain. And not on our watch. We need to stop the hand-wringing and start doing the right thing. That means standing with British Jews openly, unapologetically and without fear.

[William Johnsen @Williamjs]

Hvis @Arbeiderpartiet får gjennomført fullt ut politikken for mindre sosiale medier og telefoner for barn og unge vil det være det beste som har skjedd unge dette tiåret.

[Karen Vaites @karenvaites]

One year into cell phone bans, Dallas schools see 24% increase in library book checkouts.

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"Public school districts in Texas are almost one school year into the first statewide cellphone ban, and a North Texas school district is seeing positive impacts.

Dallas ISD officials said that, district-wide, they have seen a significant increase in library book checkouts, which they largely attribute to students no longer having cellphones with them during the school day.

"I started hearing, 'Oh, I'm so bored. I can't get on my phone after I do my work or during lunchtime,'" Hillcrest High School librarian Nina Canales said. "Once they lock into these stories, they don't seem to care about their phones at all."

From the first day of school to March 31, 2026, the district reported an increase of more than 200,000 additional books checked out compared to the previous year.

A look at the library checkouts for the previous year:

2025-2026 Total Circulation (1st day of school to March 31, 2026) – 1,084,837
2024-2025 Total circulation (1st day of school to March 31, 2025) – 872,430

Total library book checkout increase: 24.35%

At Dallas ISD's Hillcrest High, students are following this trend.

Canales said there were roughly 500 books checked out in the first nine weeks of the 2024-2025 school year. This school year, that number spiked to about 1,800 books.

"That floored me," Canales said. "I had to re-do the report again because I was like, 'What, are you kidding me?'"

Students felt the impact too.

"Now that I'm busy with a bunch of work and college, I don't find myself missing my phone that much, even at home," said Yamilet Jimenez, 9th grader."

By @laceybeasnews.

@JonHaidt @safe_screens

[William Johnsen @Williamjs]

Fint. Men litt spesielt å velge det året.

[Globe Eye News @GlobeEyeNews]

Germany plans to build Europe’s strongest military force by 2039.

[William Johnsen @Williamjs]

@RSE_VB But this looks like a B?

[Velina Tchakarova @vtchakarova]

May I politely ask why Europe hasn‘t managed to start producing weapon systems for Ukraine & itself after 4 years of the worst war on the continent? Or is this also the fault of the Americans?

Are we Europeans that kind of infantile and with zero skin in the game? Embarrassing.

[Lesia Dubenko 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇮🇱 @LesiaLVD]

Oh my, some Russians suddenly woke up and discovered that they’re living in a dictatorship where social media is banned and people are being thrown into jail

How very very awful

[William Johnsen @Williamjs]

@ick_real Check out PG Wodehouse, his writings are full of them:
Honoria, Dhalia, Florence, Gwladys,
Constance, Georgiana, Hermione

[William Johnsen @Williamjs]

@GamewithDave https://t.co/2ntMj4T9Hm