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Jooseppi Räikkönen @jooseppi.bsky.social · 1d

Putin has the political worldview of a 14yr old strategy game fan
on.ft.com/4nWtduE

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Jooseppi Räikkönen @jooseppi.bsky.social · 2d

Meikäpoika kun velkajarru

Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 2d

Now, I care not who maintains the contrary, but all this is both foolish and unnecessary.

Jooseppi Räikkönen @jooseppi.bsky.social · 8d

On muuten myös tosi outo journalistinen ratkaisu Hesarilta pitää tätä asiaa jotenkin "arkaluontoisena". Luulisi jengin uskaltavan käydä talouspoliittista keskustelua omalla nimellään ja journalististen standardien jopa vaativan tätä?

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Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 10d

The thing that throws off the normal wisdom of revealed preference here is that we (capitalist economies) like to act as though saving up money or even gold - spending power - is equivalent to saving up goods and services

William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 10d

I think the thing with the debate about ‘Pro-Natalism’ is that everyone kind of dances around saying explicitly is that revealed preferences show lots of people think having kids of sort of sucks for the parent but is clearly necessary for society.

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Jooseppi Räikkönen @jooseppi.bsky.social · 9d

Omg I love this, he is going to hate this SO much
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel prize in literature 2025

The author was announced as winner at a ceremony in Stockholm

www.theguardian.com

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Daniel James @schlawinerkreis.bsky.social · 10d

1/ I'm excited to share that Franz Knappik’s and my Cambridge Element on Hegel and Colonialism is finally out – open access below! We trace how Hegel defends European colonial rule, including transatlantic slavery, and how that defence runs through his entire philosophical system.

Thread below ⬇️

Hegel and Colonialism

Cambridge Core - Classical Philosophy - Hegel and Colonialism

www.cambridge.org

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Jooseppi Räikkönen @jooseppi.bsky.social · 11d

Why do I feel like this is Not Good™️

non-work use of ai has changed from 53% to 73% of all use

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Lottie @sellottie.bsky.social · 12d

It’s happened again

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Jooseppi Räikkönen @jooseppi.bsky.social · 17d

More and more people are saying this...

An excerpt from Hartog's essay on concept of time with the words "Bruno Latour, who is, in my mind, a singular prophet of doom" highlighted.

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Jooseppi Räikkönen @jooseppi.bsky.social · 17d

On the right side of ahistoricity

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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 18d

Coming this spring. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Against Money

A powerful deconstruction of humanity’s most influential invention, from the acclaimed economists J. W. Mason and Arjun Jayadev. Money is unavoidably fundamental to our daily lives. It lurks behind ...

press.uchicago.edu

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Lauri Holappa @lauriholappa.bsky.social · 24d

Björn Wahlroosin muistelmien uusin osa on dynamiittia suomalaiselle talouspoliittiselle keskustelulle. Meillä on hellitty kuvaa, että Etla on poliittisesti neutraali tutkimuslaitos eikä sen omistava elinkeinoelämä ohjaisi Etlan toimintaa aktiivisesti. Wahlroos osoittaa tämän olevan hölynpölyä. 1/x

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Nate Wolff @natewolff.bsky.social · 25d

[new Isaac Chotiner interview]

But he got your crewmates killed?

I don't recall the details. He was a very magnetic person. He taught me a lot about whales. I don’t know anyone who showed that level of curiosity.

Well, next time someone brings up a terrible anecdote about The Pequod I will definitely drop the "whale facts" thing to show that people have two sides.

Yeah.

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Jooseppi Räikkönen @jooseppi.bsky.social · 25d

Ehkä kaipaisimme "esseen" sijaan jotain uutta kirjallista muotoa, jonka nämä vapaa-assosioijat voisivat lunastaa omakseen. Kenties "mutuilu"? "Sepustus"?

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Jooseppi Räikkönen @jooseppi.bsky.social · 25d

We are only beginning to understand what these machine Gods are capable of

Zoe Drayson @zoedrayson.bsky.social · 26d

When a typo in your Google search leads to new and exciting philosophical positions

AI Overview: "Dental realism"refers to the philosophical debate about whether teeth exist independently of human perception, a concept rooted in metaphysical realism. While realism asserts an objective reality for teeth, idealist philosophies contend that teeth's existence is tied to our consciousness and perception. Philosophers use this idea, for example, to discuss the ethics of tooth extraction, examining whether a procedure impacts a real entity or merely a subjective experience.

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Jooseppi Räikkönen @jooseppi.bsky.social · 26d

”[Bessent] said that options for a support package “may include, but are not limited to, swap lines, direct currency purchases, and purchases of US dollar-denominated government debt from Treasury’s Exchange Stabilization Fund”. ”

The dollar system as public service, but only for fellow autocrats

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 26d

Breaking news: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said 'all options' are on the table for the Trump administration to support Argentina through a bout of severe market volatility on.ft.com/3W5D9W4

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DennisKBerlin @denniskberlin.bsky.social · 28d

Wie ich die AfD halbierte, indem ich ihr Politik kopierte.

Friedrich Merz
Öl auf Leinwand
2025

Sonntagsfrage Bundestagswahl
CDU CSU 25%
AFD 26%
SPD 15%
GRÜNE 11%
LINKE 11%
BSW 4%
FDP 3%

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Jooseppi Räikkönen @jooseppi.bsky.social · 27d

I do like the idea of university admins having to read all the 1000+ pages of History of Economic Analysis

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Jooseppi Räikkönen @jooseppi.bsky.social · Sep 18

Ah so asset stranding IS possible – just happening in the wrong place

Liam Denning @liamdenning.bsky.social · Sep 18

Trump aims to not just tear up clean tech, but also salt the soil. His crusade is having an impact, will do lasting damage - and is, in one sense, pathetic.
@opinion.bloomberg.com

www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Billions in Cleantech Investments Are Going Up in Smoke

Projects worth nearly $42 billion have been delayed, shrunk or canceled since Trump’s inauguration.

www.bloomberg.com

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · Sep 17

I love London so much. So much.

Did you know that London has the lowest level of ethnic violence of any city of comparable size in the world?

Multiculturalism has in fact worked here. They just don’t want it to be true because we happen to have a Muslim mayor.

Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · Sep 17

In London, hate will never win.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · Sep 14

Encountering the fascists outside Waterloo iandunt.substack.com/p/encounteri...

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Jooseppi Räikkönen @jooseppi.bsky.social · Sep 12

Yksi huomioni tästä Kirk-saagasta. Suomen mediat ovat tainneet uutisoida siitä enemmän kuin Ranskan hallituskriisistä ja USA:n Brasilialle uhittelusta yhteensä. Onko tässä mitään järkeä ja onko yksikielisyytemme vajottanut meidät näin syvälle?

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Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · Sep 12

I’m not the first person to make this observation, but this being the biggest story in the world at present really speaks to how much Twitter still serves as a universal assignments editor for English-language journalists.

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Timo Harjuniemi @timoharjuniemi.bsky.social · Sep 12

"Yhdysvaltain kanssa ajettu liittouma on osoittautunut nopeasti liian ennakoimattomaksi, jotta se voisi yksin taata turvan [Venäjän] uhalta."

@jooseppi.bsky.social ja Joel Pyykkönen peräävät ulkopolitiikkaan realistista asentoa. Golf ja hampparit eivät riitä.

www.ulkopolitist.fi/2025/09/12/m...

Miten Suomen arvot istuvat Naton pinnan alta löytyviin arvoihin? — The Ulkopolitist

www.ulkopolitist.fi

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Jooseppi Räikkönen @jooseppi.bsky.social · Sep 12

Ruodimme ystäväni Joelin kanssa Nato-Suomen tilaa Ulkopolitistin Suomi-toimitukselle.
www.ulkopolitist.fi/2025/09/12/m...

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