Political commentator.
Watch me on https://youtube.com/@randahlfink
Increasingly I see companies which succeed in establishing a monopoly, use their position to worsen their products to make more money.
Take Apple for instance: First they advertised an iPhone for being much more durable because it had a titanium chassis, but then in their latest generation, they reversed to anodized aluminum which easily gets scratches.
Another example is Sony with their new FX5 that reboots constantly.
Is it just me, or are you also seeing many examples of this?
This is today’s absolutely best news:
With Orbán out of power, the EUR 90 billion loan to Ukraine was unblocked today, securing the Ukrainian economy until the end of 2027 — both the military budget and state finances.
In US currency that is $105 billion (with a B).
The Trump regime has so far donated $0. And while Trump is lifting oil sanctions on Russia, the EU is now sanctioning Russia further.
Guardian has the full story:
Is the #Mastodon 500 character post length limit still meaningful in 2025?
Originally, Twitter introduced a 140 character length limit in 2006 because of the technical limitations of old school SMS texts which were used by the Twitter system back in the day.
But is there still a real technical advantage to the limit now, two decades later?
Because if not, I would certainly prefer not having to split my posts into multiple posts.
New people are joining Mastodon. Here is my #mastohelp:
1. Write a meaningful bio text — no one follows the unknown.
2. A profile photo of yourself is helpful — again, no one follows the unknown.
3. Start replying to other people's posts. Eventually you will get noticed.
4. If you get stuck, ask questions — people are really helpful here.
5. Follow at least 200, so you get an interesting feed.
6. Search hashtags of topics you like. If you like politics, try #eupol or #uspol.
Welcome! 
If you have not yet seen John Oliver’s takedown of the billionaires who keep buying news media to replace our news with their opinions, you most definitely should. He really hits the nail on the head. 
I feared this day would come:
Trump puts human rights organisations on sanctions list and forces YouTube to delete their accounts, thereby erasing 700 videos documenting Israeli war crimes.
As a political commentator on YouTube, this news is profoundly troubling for me. And yes, I clearly need a plan B.
https://theintercept.com/2025/11/04/youtube-google-israel-palestine-human-rights-censorship/
One day this social media exchange will be presented as evidence in a court room, and I cannot wait.
As a kid, I learned English from English language cartoons on FilmNet. I learned from German TV shows. My passion for Swedish crime series taught me Swedish.
But now, the largest tv medium of our time, YouTube, has begun auto-translating everything. Future generations will not be exposed to foreign languages and be inspired to take an interest.
There was no public review of this, no democratic vote. One company just decided to turn foreign cultures off and make the world dumber.
For profit.
Trump announces he has solved the very bad war between Cambodia and Armenia…
Which is quite impressive, since Armenia is a country in West Asia, just short of 7000 km from Cambodia, which is a country in South East Asia.
This video exposes how we are all being poisoned with dangerous PFAS chemicals, that cause diseases — even cancer.
It is not hyperbole — it is scientific findings, and I warmly recommend everyone watch the video, because we definitely need to prevent this.