Closed shop and moved on to bluer pastures. For now. Or for good. Time will tell. Join me on Bluesky. It'll be fun. My handle: @wintersparv.com.

Det finns på riktigt, @torehammar! Sportboll ftw. (Förresten tycker jag att det är dags att du gör entré på Bluesky. Du blir bättre där. Lovar.)

In the attempt to tease out ALL aspects of how modern people are losing focus in a fast-paced world, Hari makes the mistake of covering everything for everyone everywhere at once—and ends up losing focus in the narrative. The irony. #StolenFocus #JohannHari #BookChat #booktwitter

While Hari does his utmost to explicitly distance himself from simplistic solutions and self-help books, there is no denying that this is exactly what it is. #StolenFocus #JohannHari #BookChat #booktwitter.

Dear @on_lothianbuses, 25 minutes ago, my bus was going to come in 20 minutes. 25 minutes later, I’m told that it will be here in 9. Please introduce more doors on your buses. This is not what your customers are paying for. #LothianBuses #PublicTransport.

While it may seem like a step forward that #PopeFrancis suggests same-sex unions could be blessed, let's make it very clear that he insists matrimony is a union between a man and a woman. We're not equal until we're equal. #catholicism #LGBTQRights

Do we send kids to school to learn or do we send them there to look what archaic conventions deem proper? If it's the former, then let's focus on aspects of the school day that are actually educational. #education #learning #SchoolUniform

In a field where men are the default and female aspects under-researched it’s no surprise that #PostpartumDepression—happening to 1 in 7 women—hasn’t been treatable with a pill. Until now. Progress happens. #FeministFriday #GenderEquality #PPD #zuranolone #zurzuvae #research

Using legislation to silence critics is only one of the ways the far-right clings to power. If the EU is going to stay relevant as a democratic institution, now is the time to speak up. #ViktorOrban #hungary #EU

The #NHS is overworked, school buildings are falling apart, #teachers are underpaid, and the transport sector is in acute crisis. The government's' response to that is further funding cuts by lowered taxes. #TaxCut #AutumnBudget #JeremyHunt

With two raging wars, an incoming far-right populist president in #Argentina, and a surging far-right movement in #Germany, #TheNetherlands decided that another far-right leader is what the world needs. We're all doomed. #GeertWilders #PVV

A large proportion of men sticks to non-fiction when reading. While this expands their knowledge it doesn’t have the empathy-expanding effect reading fiction does. With the proportion of men in leading positions, we should worry. #StolenFocus #JohannHari #BookChat #booktwitter.

What are progressive liberals doing wrong for country after country to put far-right populists in office? #JavierMilei #argentina.

It’s merely performative if you don’t actually do something to improve the situation for trans people. So @UKLabour, what are you going to do? #TransgenderDayOfRemembrance #TransRights.

”You just have to flood the system with more information. The more information you pump in, the less time people can focus on any individual piece of it.” Seems like the Trump campaign took this literally. #StolenFocus #JohannHari #BookChat #booktwitter.

The writers of #TheMorningShow should be having a moment right about now. #SpaceX #ElonMusk

It’s always problematic when the author’s ego gets in the way of the text. #StolenFocus #JohannHari #BookChat #booktwitter.

Parents need to have conversations with their kids about sex at an early age and defuse the tension, or they will have lost them by the time they are teens. It's not about THE talk. It's about a million little talks. #ItsJustSex #AMillionLittleTalks

“When I went to Moscow to interview the most important philosopher of attention in the world today …” The most important? According to? Where was the editor when phrases like this could still be stopped from being printed? #StolenFocus #JohannHari #BookChat #booktwitter.

I haven’t even gotten through the first chapter and I’m already exhausted by the mix of self-pity, self-sacrifice, and self-righteousness. #StolenFocus #JohannHari #BookChat #booktwitter.