Ben Holder

Finland is the Happiest country in the World for the 9th year running. We also climbed up the world brand index from 7th to 5th. I am often asked why we do well in these rankings. I do not think there is a magic potion, but it helps to have a society which strives towards freedom, equality and justice. The basis of it all is a welfare society, a robust education system, a sense of security and a close attachment to nature. There is no such thing as a perfectly happy society, but providing some building blocks that give us a chance to live a meaningful life, to help others, will nudge us in the right direction during the journey of life.

@ArthurCDent thanks!

@apiari I’ve made it lots of times so I don’t really follow a recipe — but it’s pretty much the standard one you’ll find on lots of YT videos. I just use a lot of different kinds of whole dried chilli, plus some extra ancho paste

OK so the algorithm keeps showing me birria taco videos and I keep making them and eating them & thinking about them all the time and then watching more taco videos and

@ArthurCDent recipe?

This isn’t just a bit just so you know

@ryankatzrosene nor will we be able to, for 10,000 years or more

Don’t know who needs to hear this but, the objective of climate change governance is NOT to return to some “pre-Industrial” climate. The objective is to avoid departing too far and too quickly from the climatic conditions which persisted when our civilization came into being. The international community has agreed (not long ago) that 2C of warming by 2100 constitutes the upper boundary of what is presently considered “too far and too quickly”. That definition, I believe, will likely evolve as we approach (and/or surpass) 2C of warming in the coming decades. But again, there is no one (serious) out there claiming that we need to return to the climate of the 18th or 19th Centuries…

A group of Israeli soldiers filmed themselves looting homes in Lebanon – like they did in Gaza. Israel’s assault on Lebanon has forcibly displaced over 1 million Lebanese people in less than 3 weeks.

This👇

To report this catastrophe without mentioning its cause – the US-imposed siege – in the headline is propaganda by omission and deeply shameful (as should be expected from AP).

@redpillb0t Steve Cutts youtube.com/watch?v=e9dZQe…

This video helped change my life.

@TorontoStar "An unexpected issue is irritating Line 5 riders." Why were irritating line 5 riders unexpected?

There’s a blaring problem with the Eglinton Crosstown LRT. This is what’s bothering commuters trib.al/QqRben7

@PhillipsPOBrien Seems like Israel convinced Trump to start a war in Iran for the strategic aim of doing a Gaza in Lebanon while the world news focuses on Trump's ineptitude.

Let me see if I get this right. Trump starts a war with no clear strategic aims Trump fails to anticipate Iran choking off the gulf Trump bombs in such a way that the Iranian people are keeping their head down. And Trump apologists say the problem is that Trump critics are mean.

@MikeNellis why is news suddenly being propagated by the "polymarket" twitter account

Shut it all down

@__Poisonivyyy Meet a dog named Cleo today and she was my mnemonic (i met a lot of dogs today)

Kids today will never know the original scammer

NEWS: The Trump administration confirmed it bombed a girl’s school in Iran. It's one of the most devastating military errors in decades. Trump lied about it. Pete Hegseth gutted the office preventing civilian casualties. 175 are dead. Most were kids. Hegseth should be fired.

@LeighGiangreco Oh my. If you’re not up on the 2004 New Hampshire democratic primary results … i don’t know what to tell you. “I came in first [of the also rans after Kerry and Dean]. I’ve got Joe-Mentum”

Idk who came up with the idea of adding “-mentum” to the end of a politician’s last name to connote an upward trajectory, but it has to stop.

the war crimes committed here are unreal. bombing the civilian energy facilities and releasing all these carcinogens onto 10 million people. just untold health impacts on its populace for decade to come. fuck everyone who brought the iran war to reality.

gavin newsom agreed w ben shapiro *six weeks ago* that israel “is not committing a genocide.” today he called israel an apartheid state. i’m happy that his consultants told him supporting israel is no longer a popular position, and blown away by his belief in absolutely nothing

@m_crouton Beth, can you access these funds at gofundme before you reach the posted goal? Would another method of donation get you funds quicker, or is this available to you immediately?

I've posted a heartbreaking update to the GofundMe. I'm at a loss. You have all been there for me in the past. I hate this news for all of us. gofund.me/966bfb70e

@AaronRegunberg aside from everything else, isn't that pull quote simply a paraphrase of Hegseth's idiotic puffing the other day?

Hi, I’m an absolute fucking idiot who’s been consistently wrong on every major question for the last decade or more. Here’s my shit-for-brains, literally dumb-as-bricks take on Iran, published as always in the leading paper of repute, because, as always, nothing fucking matters.

@thehowie Wow brave. Chills.

One can simultaneously... 1) question the timing and rationale for this new war; as well as the lack of direct consent of Congress.... 2) and still support our troops... 3) and pray for the safety of the innocent people in MANY countries who are now in harms way.

BREAKING — 40 Iranian children are dead after a strike hits Minab girls elementary school in Iran, Tasnim reports