Jan-Erik Støstad

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The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.

The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.

Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.

The list goes on and on.

Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.

Stanford president and provost back Harvard in funding fight The president and provost said Harvard’s rejection of government demands was “rooted in the American tradition of liberty.”

Universities should support each other across the US! Good to see the solidarity with Harvard here: Stanford president and provost back Harvard in funding fight ↘️ stanforddaily.com/2025/04/15/l...

Trump seeks to end climate research at premier U.S. climate agency White House aims to end NOAA’s research office; NASA also targeted

Climate research, storm warnings, astrophysics, you name it: down the drain. www.science.org/content/arti...

Canada, pollofpolls. What a chart.

Strong voter reaction on right-wing govt policies in Finland’s local elections.

So Musk’s people, who misread $8 million as $8 billion, who counted the same contracts multiple times and counted as savings programs that ended last year, claim that their AI is finding lots of Social Security fraud.

Why should anyone worry?

Handlingsregelen må ikke stå i veien for en kraftig økning av Norges støtte til Ukraina Ved å gi Ukraina det landet trenger, gjør vi nettopp det handlingsregelen var ment å gjøre.

www.aftenposten.no/meninger/deb...

At labour movement summit in Oslo today Nordic trade union presidents discuss the Nordic model. samak.info/wp-content/u...

- Europe, Europe, Europe, Europe! Mette Frederiksen at Nordic social democratic summit in Oslo today, with other labour prime ministers and party leaders.

Generative AI at Work* Abstract. We study the staggered introduction of a generative AI–based conversational assistant using data from 5,172 customer-support agents. Access to AI

Recently accepted by #QJE, “Generative AI at Work,” by Brynjolfsson (@erikbryn.bsky.social), Li, and Raymond (@lindseyraymond.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...

Perhaps VP Vance speech in Munich is best understood as his using that event - more or less only - to promote AfD. Not VP but party politician. Expect Trump, Musk adm to keep on blurring roles as political tool.

This is important.

Større og godt skrevet oppslag i svenske Dagens Nyheter om utvalget jeg ledet. www.regjeringen.no/no/dokumente...

Utredning om skattefinansierte velferdstjenester overlevert – Hvordan vi organiserer velferdstjenestene våre er sentralt for den norske samfunnsmodellen. Denne rapporten og den påfølgende høringen vil gi et bredt grunnlag for det videre arbeidet med å sikre st...

Ny på Bluesky. Ledet Støstad-utvalget/Avkommersialiseringsutvalget som lanserte NOU 2024: 17 29. august. www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/u... Mye debatt, sist i dagens Aftenposten.

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