Liselotte Willer
@liselottewiller.dk
I'm a theologian interested in philosophy, history of ideas and in political economics and history.
My life is complete with a camera in one hand and a cup of coffee in the other.
My life is complete with a camera in one hand and a cup of coffee in the other.
The send off committee 🐈
January 22, 2026 at 10:14 AM
The send off committee 🐈
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And we're back. The moment the danger passes, people rush to pretend everything is alright again. It isn't and will not be.
DAVOS - GERMANY'S MERZ: DESPITE FRUSTRATION, ANGER OF RECENT MONTHS, LET US NOT BE TOO QUICK TO WRITE OFF THE TRANSATLANTIC PARTNERSHIP
January 22, 2026 at 8:58 AM
And we're back. The moment the danger passes, people rush to pretend everything is alright again. It isn't and will not be.
Gavelink: www.information.dk/kultur/2026/...
January 22, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Gavelink: www.information.dk/kultur/2026/...
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And chapeau DB’s George Saravelos. Because:
January 22, 2026 at 7:44 AM
And chapeau DB’s George Saravelos. Because:
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‘The power of the less powerful begins with sincerity.’ Canadian PM calls for unity among smaller countries, quotes Václav Havel.
He appealed to middle-sized powers like Canada to stand united.
“Individually we are one drop. Together we are an ocean.” Ryunosuke Satoro
#UnitedAgainstTyranny 🌊
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He appealed to middle-sized powers like Canada to stand united.
“Individually we are one drop. Together we are an ocean.” Ryunosuke Satoro
#UnitedAgainstTyranny 🌊
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January 21, 2026 at 6:36 PM
‘The power of the less powerful begins with sincerity.’ Canadian PM calls for unity among smaller countries, quotes Václav Havel.
He appealed to middle-sized powers like Canada to stand united.
“Individually we are one drop. Together we are an ocean.” Ryunosuke Satoro
#UnitedAgainstTyranny 🌊
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He appealed to middle-sized powers like Canada to stand united.
“Individually we are one drop. Together we are an ocean.” Ryunosuke Satoro
#UnitedAgainstTyranny 🌊
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“There is a strong chance that — within a month — Trump will have moved on from Greenland and will be indulging another obsession or looking for another victim to pick off. But Europeans, Canadians and other American allies will not forget the Greenland episode.”
@gideonrachman.bsky.social
@gideonrachman.bsky.social
January 22, 2026 at 6:05 AM
“There is a strong chance that — within a month — Trump will have moved on from Greenland and will be indulging another obsession or looking for another victim to pick off. But Europeans, Canadians and other American allies will not forget the Greenland episode.”
@gideonrachman.bsky.social
@gideonrachman.bsky.social
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There is such huge opportunity cost to each Trump tantrum. So many people with critical jobs have lost another week when they could have been doing something useful.
January 21, 2026 at 9:25 PM
There is such huge opportunity cost to each Trump tantrum. So many people with critical jobs have lost another week when they could have been doing something useful.
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I understand the logic of providing Trump an off-ramp so he can back out with some dignity, but I think it's dangerous to do so. Each time these issues are resolved this way, he will be tempted to conduct himself this way again. What he needs is a public spanking.
January 21, 2026 at 8:17 PM
I understand the logic of providing Trump an off-ramp so he can back out with some dignity, but I think it's dangerous to do so. Each time these issues are resolved this way, he will be tempted to conduct himself this way again. What he needs is a public spanking.
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How many fingers, Winston?
Trump repeatedly said "Iceland" when he meant Greenland in his Davos rant. But his press secretary is just blatantly lying about it.
January 21, 2026 at 6:41 PM
How many fingers, Winston?
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I cannot watch the second series of The Night Manager.
I am sure it is brilliant.
But I just can‘t cope with any more excitement/ scary stuff.
Reality is too much already.
I am sure it is brilliant.
But I just can‘t cope with any more excitement/ scary stuff.
Reality is too much already.
January 21, 2026 at 6:42 PM
I cannot watch the second series of The Night Manager.
I am sure it is brilliant.
But I just can‘t cope with any more excitement/ scary stuff.
Reality is too much already.
I am sure it is brilliant.
But I just can‘t cope with any more excitement/ scary stuff.
Reality is too much already.
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The last couple of weeks feel like a breaking point for our foreign allies, where they have just given up on the US
ECB President Christine Lagarde walked out of a dinner at the World Economic Forum during a speech critical of Europe by US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and the hosts called off the event before dessert, sources familiar with the matter said reut.rs/4pTlI7M
Lagarde walks out of Lutnick speech in Davos critical of Europe, sources say
ECB President Christine Lagarde walked out of a dinner at the World Economic Forum during a speech critical of Europe by U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, and the hosts called off the event befo...
reut.rs
January 21, 2026 at 5:07 PM
The last couple of weeks feel like a breaking point for our foreign allies, where they have just given up on the US
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The #Danish pension fund AkademikerPension is planning to exit UST by the end of the month, amid concerns that the policies of President Trump have created credit risks too big to ignore, chart @markets
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
January 21, 2026 at 7:04 AM
The #Danish pension fund AkademikerPension is planning to exit UST by the end of the month, amid concerns that the policies of President Trump have created credit risks too big to ignore, chart @markets
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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We ran a progressive slate for the Akademikerpension board elections 10 years ago (and won), because we wanted fossil fuel divestment. I don’t think we ever imagined we might one day help trigger a margin call on U.S. Treasuries.
Well well well. The Danes are weaponising firesales.
January 20, 2026 at 8:29 PM
We ran a progressive slate for the Akademikerpension board elections 10 years ago (and won), because we wanted fossil fuel divestment. I don’t think we ever imagined we might one day help trigger a margin call on U.S. Treasuries.
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Take your time, no rush.
www.ft.com/content/2091... Republicans begin to push back against Donald Trump’s pursuit of Greenland
www.ft.com/content/2091... Republicans begin to push back against Donald Trump’s pursuit of Greenland
January 21, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Take your time, no rush.
www.ft.com/content/2091... Republicans begin to push back against Donald Trump’s pursuit of Greenland
www.ft.com/content/2091... Republicans begin to push back against Donald Trump’s pursuit of Greenland
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Sætter amerikanerne grænsen for Trump?
Trumps har sagt, at kun hans egen moral begrænser hans ekspansive udenrigspolitik. Men vil og kan amerikanerne sætte en stopper for deres præsident? Hvilken modstand kan Kongressen mobilisere, og kan midtvejsvalget stække præsidenten? #Deadline @diis.dk
Trumps har sagt, at kun hans egen moral begrænser hans ekspansive udenrigspolitik. Men vil og kan amerikanerne sætte en stopper for deres præsident? Hvilken modstand kan Kongressen mobilisere, og kan midtvejsvalget stække præsidenten? #Deadline @diis.dk
January 21, 2026 at 8:10 AM
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"This is the tragedy of the people of Greenland: when they finally get the leverage to assert their dignity and demand recognition from their old master, they are confronted with a new, much stronger and more ruthless colonial master."
Nuanced, from one of Denmark's leading journalists:
Nuanced, from one of Denmark's leading journalists:
Greenland’s tragedy: the dream of independence now looks like a trap laid by Donald Trump | Rune Lykkeberg
Denmark and its former colony have a complex relationship, but for now they must speak with one voice against US colonial ambitions, says Rune Lykkeberg, editor-in-chief of the Danish newspaper Inform...
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:51 AM
"This is the tragedy of the people of Greenland: when they finally get the leverage to assert their dignity and demand recognition from their old master, they are confronted with a new, much stronger and more ruthless colonial master."
Nuanced, from one of Denmark's leading journalists:
Nuanced, from one of Denmark's leading journalists:
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It pains me to inform you that the $100 million of U.S. Treasuries the Danish teachers and academics pension fund has announced it will sell are about all the U.S. bonds held by the country’s pension fund sector.
Turns out Denmark’s pension funds have been staying away from U.S. bonds all along.
Turns out Denmark’s pension funds have been staying away from U.S. bonds all along.
January 20, 2026 at 10:30 PM
It pains me to inform you that the $100 million of U.S. Treasuries the Danish teachers and academics pension fund has announced it will sell are about all the U.S. bonds held by the country’s pension fund sector.
Turns out Denmark’s pension funds have been staying away from U.S. bonds all along.
Turns out Denmark’s pension funds have been staying away from U.S. bonds all along.
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
January 20, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
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'It’s about submission,' the director of Rome’s Institute for International Affairs said. 'You make people submit through coercion and through mockery and belittling.' ft.trib.al/izdr1os
January 20, 2026 at 5:15 PM
'It’s about submission,' the director of Rome’s Institute for International Affairs said. 'You make people submit through coercion and through mockery and belittling.' ft.trib.al/izdr1os
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This is a very good thread
A great speech by Carney in Davos on the transformation of the international system, which is primarily if not exclusively driven by the radical remaking of America grand strategy. The United States over the post-War and post-Cold War period pursued an overarching grand strategy of liberal hegemony.
LIVE: Canadian PM Mark Carney addresses World Economic Forum in Davos youtube.com/live/WIEHAhf...
January 20, 2026 at 5:38 PM
This is a very good thread
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Some perspective: The S&P opened down -1.3% on Trump's Greenland saber-rattling. That's $750 billion of wealth destroyed -- roughly equal to estimates of the value of Greenland.
And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
January 20, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Some perspective: The S&P opened down -1.3% on Trump's Greenland saber-rattling. That's $750 billion of wealth destroyed -- roughly equal to estimates of the value of Greenland.
And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
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Trump has been encouraged to think everyone will roll over whenever he makes a threat, so not surprising he's freaking out over Europe's sudden discovery of a spine. Scary though it is pretty sure it's the right approach, and we should maybe have started much earlier
January 20, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Trump has been encouraged to think everyone will roll over whenever he makes a threat, so not surprising he's freaking out over Europe's sudden discovery of a spine. Scary though it is pretty sure it's the right approach, and we should maybe have started much earlier
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This is quite the step.
*DANISH PENSION FUND AKADEMIKERPENSION TO EXIT US TREASURIES
January 20, 2026 at 1:53 PM
This is quite the step.
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Does someone have access to old (1985) issues of the British Journal of Social Psychology and could send me a copy of this article?
My library only has access to issues from 1997 onward.
Sci-hub, Anna's Archive and Libgen did not yield results.
doi.org/10.1111/j.20...
My library only has access to issues from 1997 onward.
Sci-hub, Anna's Archive and Libgen did not yield results.
doi.org/10.1111/j.20...
<em>British Journal of Social Psychology</em> | Wiley Online Library
The role of interpersonal attraction in psychological group formation is discussed. For the social cohesion model attraction and group formation are isomorphic, while the social identity approach ide...
doi.org
January 20, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Does someone have access to old (1985) issues of the British Journal of Social Psychology and could send me a copy of this article?
My library only has access to issues from 1997 onward.
Sci-hub, Anna's Archive and Libgen did not yield results.
doi.org/10.1111/j.20...
My library only has access to issues from 1997 onward.
Sci-hub, Anna's Archive and Libgen did not yield results.
doi.org/10.1111/j.20...