Bjorn Edlund

Former teacher, journalist, business communicator. Writing stuff.

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Shit happens. At this level, with the what passes for intellectual commentary, only in Germany.

He Smeared Feces on a Critic, and Lost a Job. Now, He Wants to Be Heard. https://t.co/5ATgNcyybN

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It's a mad world, bonking mad.

Inclusive or Alienating? The Language Wars Go On https://t.co/e3sEpD5OMk

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@NobelPrize Albert Camus

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@DavidBrain @elonmusk Surely. I don't know Elon Musk but I know Richard, and he's a stand up guy, and a good friend.

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Kenneth Williams telling *that* story about Bertrand Russell and the taxi driver

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A sad report of things the way they are.

[Nieman Reports @NiemanReports]

A Decade of Failed Efforts to Protect Journalists in Latin America
https://t.co/i3AU1cCNOi

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Devastatingly clear. Trump attempted a coup d'etat.

June 9, 2022 https://t.co/ukYs27EzYP

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This is how the coup attempt on Jan 6, 2020, was engineered by POTUS 45 and his henchmen.

March 28, 2022 https://t.co/Y15qs1ICYl

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No shit. Terrible.

CPJ: ‘Putin has plunged Russia into an information dark age’: https://t.co/6RlWR84a2b

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Wise words. A warning to be heeded.

Jimmy Carter: I Fear for Our Democracy https://t.co/Wt0DPS1nnK

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A chilling reminder of how little it would have taken to push the USA into totalitarianism. Let's hope this parliamentarian roll-up doesn't get stuck in the DC quagmire.

December 14, 2021 https://t.co/6F3qcA0t2l

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GATT was known in journalist circles as the General Agreement to Talk and Talk. There's hope, it seems, that WTO won't stand for We'll Talk it Over.

[Sweden in Geneva @SwedenGeneva]

Today, 67 WTO-members, representing 90% of services trade, finalized & concluded the services domestic regulations negotiations in the #wto. Important step & sign that the WTO can deliver on trade negotiations.

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Giving Bob Dylan the Nobel Prize was like pinning a medal on Mount Everest for being the highest mountain, said Leonard Cohen - himself a mighty peak.

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"Christmas party in the test center." A Neue Zürcher Zeitung cartoon displays rare silliness. The words "it's got to stink just a little" are a Coop slogan, and what Swiss Germans say about ripe cheese.

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Kinda sums up COP26

https://t.co/wUgMOtQ9PT

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Summers makes great points. Global corporate tax helps halt globalization's race to the bottom.

https://t.co/w7MUavnkUS

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Great insights and guidance from my friend @saliltripathi . He spoke at the Launch of Reporting Business and Human Rights – A Handbook | https://t.co/QI61oxOvCj

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I'm going to give Twitter a miss for a while. It's restful to open the door and see how the light shifts, and listen to and talk to people. And to read and think, on my own.