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Dodging 3 Bullets - reflections about the impact of current geopolitical threats on European businesses.

#geopolitics #wargaming

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DODGING THREE BULLETS
The limit of our imagination is being tested Four years ago, in early February 2022, the Russian preparations for a full-scale invasion of Ukraine were widely documented, and most foreign affairs and ...
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February 5, 2026 at 7:22 AM
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This is a really incredible piece. Share it widely 🎁https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/minneapolis-uprising/685755/?gift=C-rzmQ8PsUHt15odxTKJDn7xrpPNxSpotkNz_P27oI0
Welcome to the American Winter
In the frozen streets of Minneapolis, something profound is happening.
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January 26, 2026 at 5:29 AM
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White House posts digitally altered image of woman arrested after ICE protest
White House posts digitally altered image of woman arrested after ICE protest
Guardian analysis shows images are the same, with Nekima Levy Armstrong looking composed in original but sobbing after alteration The White House posted a digitally altered image of a woman who was arrested on Thursday in a case touted by attorney general Pam Bondi, to make it seem as if she was dramatically crying, a Guardian analysis of the image has found. The woman, Nekima Levy Armstrong, also appears to have darker skin in the altered image. Armstrong was one of three people arrested on Thursday in connection to a demonstration that disrupted church services in St Paul, Minnesota, on Sunday. Demonstrators alleged that one of the pastors, David Easterwood, was the acting field director of the St Paul ICE office. Bondi announced the arrests on social media Thursday morning. Continue reading...
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January 22, 2026 at 9:17 PM
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Danish pension fund to dump US treasuries
"The US is basically not a good credit and long-term the US government finances are not sustainable," says chief investment officer

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Danish pension fund AkademikerPension to exit US Treasuries By Investing.com
Danish pension fund AkademikerPension to exit US Treasuries
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January 20, 2026 at 2:46 PM
askagger.bsky.social
Amazing support for Greenland across Denmark!
January 17, 2026 at 1:52 PM
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garyandover.bsky.social
Very short take by Krugman and he does not mince words. Fascism is here.

Day of Infamy
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Day of Infamy
Unfortunately, this isn’t a bad dream
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January 6, 2026 at 12:13 PM
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joegross.bsky.social
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
January 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
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information.dk
»Verden bevæger sig i det store billede imod Israel. Den største trussel mod Israel kommer ikke udefra. Fascismen, totalitarismen, apartheiden i landet og de højreekstreme ministre i koalitionen – de er Israels virkelige udfordring,« siger irakisk-israelske historiker Avi Shlaim.

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Den israelske historiker Avi Shlaim: »Trumps fredsplan er klassisk kolonialisme«
Håbet for palæstinenserne kommer ikke fra de vestlige regeringer, men fra civilsamfundet, mener den kendte irakisk-israelske historiker Avi Shlaim. Han er ikke i tvivl om, at Israel har begået…
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January 2, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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portlandken.bsky.social
I worked with Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) in multiple countries to bring medical care to refugees and other populations at risk. There are a 100% committed, professional, non-political organization.

Netanyahu banning them from Gaza is an unspeakable outrage. People will die.
December 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year
December 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Syltning af færdig rapport om Afghanistan-krigen har karakter af skandale
Som forsvarsminister havde Søren Gade i flere år det politiske ansvar for Danmarks krig i Afghanistan. Nu står han i vejen for at få offentliggjort den rapport om krigen, som Folketinget har bestilt
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December 7, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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Interesting read.
jimmyrushton.bsky.social Jimmy Rushton @jimmyrushton.bsky.social · Nov 21
NEW: One of Ukraine's most famous soldiers, Bohdan Krotevych, tells me why Commander in Chief Syrskyi must be replaced for Ukraine to win the war, why Azov still has a waiting list to join, and why the suggestion drones can replace infantry is "so stupid".
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"I Know We Can Win": Ukraine's Most Famous Soldier on the State of War - OffBeat Research
Jimmy Rushton sits down with Bohdan Krotevych, the decorated former commander of the Ukrainian National Guard’s elite Azov Brigade, for a wide-ranging interview on the current state of Ukraine’s leade...
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November 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
askagger.bsky.social
Halloween movie night with the colleagues at Workz. Rewatching Scream, better than I remembered :-)
November 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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September 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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It's seeming likelier and likelier that AI really could eliminate a lot of jobs very soon. Just not in the way boosters have suggested. www.theatlantic.com/economy/arch...
Just How Bad Would an AI Bubble Be? The entire U.S. economy is being propped up by the promise of productivity gains that seem very far from materializing. By Rogé Karma The capability-reliability gap might explain why generative AI has so far failed to deliver tangible results for businesses that use it. When researchers at MIT recently tracked the results of 300 publicly disclosed AI initiatives, they found that 95 percent of projects failed to deliver any boost to profits. A March report from McKinsey & Company found that 71 percent of companies reported using generative AI, and more than 80 percent of them reported that the technology had no “tangible impact” on earnings. In light of these trends, Gartner, a tech-consulting firm, recently declared that AI has entered the “trough of disillusionment” phase of technological development. By one estimate, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Tesla will by the end of this year have collectively spent $560 billion on AI-related capital expenditures since the beginning of 2024 and have brought in just $35 billion in AI-related revenue. OpenAI and Anthropic are bringing in lots of revenue and are growing fast, but they are still nowhere near profitable. Their valuations—roughly $300 billion and $183 billion, respectively, and rising—are many multiples higher than their current revenues. (OpenAI projects about $13 billion in revenues this year; Anthropic, $2 billion to $4 billion.) Investors are betting heavily on the prospect that all of this spending will soon generate record-breaking profits. If that belief collapses, however, investors might start to sell en masse, causing the market to experience a large and painful correction. The dot-com crash was bad, but it did not trigger a crisis. An AI-bubble crash could be different. AI-related investments have already surpassed the level that telecom hit at the peak of the dot-com boom as a share of the economy. In the first half of this year, business spending on AI added more to GDP growth than all consumer spending combined. Many experts believe that a major reason the U.S. economy has been able to weather tariffs and mass deportations without a recession is because all of this AI spending is acting, in the words of one economist, as a “massive private sector stimulus program.” An AI crash could lead broadly to less spending, fewer jobs, and slower growth, potentially dragging the economy into a recession. The economist Noah Smith argues that it could even lead to a financial crisis if the unregulated “private credit” loans funding much of the industry’s expansion all go bust at once.
September 7, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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information.dk
Der har ikke været meget omtale af iltsvind i år. Men fra Nationalt Center for Miljø og Energi, der laver de årlige iltsvindsrapporter, lyder det, at iltsvindet i år tegner lige så slemt som rekordåret 2024.
August 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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August 3, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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August 3, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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I nominate my mother-in-law to work the fields.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jul 8
Brooke Rollins on farm laborers: "There will be no amnesty. The mass deportations continue, but in a strategic way. And we move the workforce toward automation and 100% American participation, which with 34 million able-bodied on Medicaid we should be able to do fairly quickly."
July 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
One of the biggest disappointments of this era has been the cowardice of our business leaders in the face of fascist tyranny.
July 6, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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June 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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bradmossesq.bsky.social
At least Bush pretended to have intelligence on WMDs.
rollingstone.com Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · Jun 22
Trump’s attacks on Iran were based on vibes, not new intel, two administration officials tell Rolling Stone. “There is no intel,” one of the sources says. “The intelligence assessments have not really changed”
'There Is No Intel': Trump's Attacks on Iran Were Based on Vibes, Sources Say
Trump’s decision to strike three Iranian nuclear facilities was not based on new intelligence, administration officials say.
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June 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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June 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
askagger.bsky.social
A must read…
June 8, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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johnsipher.bsky.social
“The United States is seemingly becoming just another country with a corrupt strongman personalizing and profiting from power.”

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Opinion | Corruption Has Flooded America. The Dams Are Breaking.
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June 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM