Jesper Padkær Petersen
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Jesper Padkær Petersen
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Neonatologist based in Aarhus.
Focused on quality improvement and evidence-informed health policy.
Engaged in Nordic and European collaboration.
Personal views only.
Pinned
Came to bluesky with firm intentions of discussing neonatology, perinatal epidemiology and nothing else.

Well that's out the window.
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Vis mig den kommunikationsrådgiver, der stadig anbefaler politikere at bruge Meta, X og TikTok til kommunikation med det danske folk, og jeg skal vise dig en naiv idiot, der intet forstår af geopolitik, algoritmestyrede medier og påvirkningsmekanismer.
December 7, 2025 at 10:27 AM
No, really ?
December 8, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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The baroque corruption schemes playing out in America and Russia completely outclass the kickback scandal in Ukraine.

www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Trumpian Corruption Is Worse Than Ukrainian Corruption
The people of Ukraine want an honest government, even as American and Russian kleptocrats circle their country.
www.theatlantic.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Et spørgsmål danske institutioner, politikere og medier også skylder et svar på ?
December 8, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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Ho ho ho! Så blev det sørme’ det sandt’ december!
Så nu kommer der sgu lige en tegneseriejulekalender, med 24 tegneserier i bør læse.
Jeg har en meget bred smag, så har forsøgt at gøre listen så varieret som muligt.
December 1, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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Europe is about to step up in security matters, starting with the main to Ukraine, but Commission President has been distracted from her job leading the economic reform agenda. Three recent reports illustrate the wilderness she is in.

open.substack.com/pub/independ...
Europe is finding its feet again
Europe is about to agree an era-defining support package for Ukraine, supported by the European Commission. In economic policy matters, however, the Commission president seems to have lost her way.
open.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I have long thought the EU simplification fervour was a side show.

Happy to see Jeromin Zettelmeyer and Erik Nielsen forcefully agree.

Where’s the overwhelming evidence that EU red tape is thé key barrier to economic growth in the EU or Germany?

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December 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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I have long thought the EU simplification fervour was a side show.

Happy to see Jeromin Zettelmeyer and Erik Nielsen forcefully agree.

Where’s the overwhelming evidence that EU red tape is thé key barrier to economic growth in the EU or Germany?

1/
December 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Det er en forkert og farlig vej, Venstre truer med at betræde, når man foreslår, at Danmark skal forlade statsborgerskabskonvertionen til næste år #dkpol
December 7, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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This reaction should be seen as proof of a confident European Commission that is doing its job well by enforcing rules that protect its citizens.
December 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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2018, Russia: "Fuck this, I'm not watching a World Cup in a fascist country. I'll just wait four years."

2022, Qatar: "Fuck this, I'm not watching a World Cup in a fascist country. I guess I'll wait another four years..."

2026: So I guess the joke is on me.
December 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Underrated post
December 6, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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What a traitor looks like. No surprise, though, as Geert is in the same group as Orban and other traitors in the EU
December 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Bland dig udenom.
December 6, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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In terms of what’s understood to be socially acceptable behavior, normalizing the filming/taking pictures of people in public who are minding their own business (and putting it online) is one of the worst developments of the past 15 years.
Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man's Meta Smart Glasses on Subway
A New York subway rider has accused a woman of breaking his Meta smart glasses. She was later hailed as a hero.
futurism.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Become a social pariah in one easy step!

Seriously. Nobody wearing these things around the other humans will know a moments peace.
cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · Sep 15
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has told analysts that people without smart glasses may one day be at a "significant cognitive disadvantage" compared to those who do use the tech: https://cnn.it/47L2Y5a
September 15, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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November bød på vilde elbilsalgstal i Europa: Over 20% elbilsalg i Tyskland, Frankrig & Storbritannien. Italien >10% & Spanien næsten 10%. Alle sammen pga nye eller eksisterende støtteordninger. Når de brugte elbiler rammer markedet, kan flere ende i 🇩🇰 pga. høj efterspørgsel og betalingsvillighed
December 6, 2025 at 7:57 AM
We’ve known that line since Vance’s Munich speech in February. EU leaders have clearly tried to keep the ball rolling until the U.S. midterms. Not necessarily foolish: Trump’s room for maneuver may be sharply curtailed. Whether the plan is reconciliation or confrontation, wiser to wait.
‘Cultivate resistance’: policy paper lays bare Trump support for Europe’s far right
Text signed by president seems to echo ‘great replacement’ theory, saying Europe faces ‘civilisational erasure’
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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Exactly. The new U.S. National Security Strategy is much worse for Europe than most people had imagined. Europe is described as a bigger threat than both China and Russia, and they outline the need for regime change in Western European countries as part of a civilizational struggle.
I assumed the NSS would just ignore/deprioritize Europe (It did that on defense/NATO).

But the actual message was: Europe matters to us, we must save it from itself, the EU and its wokeness. Thus, the USG is going all in on foreign interference to help the far-right win a civilizational war.
a man with a mustache is wearing a white shirt and a blue sweater .
ALT: a man with a mustache is wearing a white shirt and a blue sweater .
media.tenor.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Merz throws his full weight behind the EU & Belgium to share the risk burden & is going to Brussels to press @Bart_DeWever to let Europe use frozen Russian assets for Ukraine’s defense.
It’s refreshing to see a 🇩🇪@bundeskanzler step up, even if Belgium seems unlikely to budge.
December 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Holy moly, do people still think the U.S. is an ally of Europe? It is now an officially stated foreign policy goal to undermine the EU and centrist European governments that don't ideologically align with MAGA.
Europeans are waking up this morning to find the new US National Security Strategy (quietly) released. And what it has to say on Europe could not be clearer. On the „stark prospect of civilizations erasure“ for example. 👇
December 5, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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Selvfølgelig gør USA det. Det var jo for fanden ikke meningen, at Europa skulle gøre sig fra af USA ift de 3,5/5,0% forsvarsudgifter ift BNP. Vi skulle bare købe deres våben.
US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau today slammed European NATO allies for prioritizing their own defense industry over American arms suppliers, according to three NATO diplomats.
Top US official berates Europe over cutting American industry out of defense buildup
Washington is unhappy that some European arms programs limit U.S. participation.
www.politico.eu
December 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Hvis jeg køber en tromle bladan, kan jeg så få 5 millioner for ikke at hælde den i Limfjorden omkring Løgstør? Og så 5 millioner mere til næste år for heller ikke at hælde den i Limfjorden der? #dkpol
December 4, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Nu er der flere elbiler end dieselbiler på de norske veje 🚗🔌
I går rundede Norge 918.000 elbiler – og elbilen er nu det mest udbredte drivmiddel i landet. Sidste år overhalede elbilerne benzinbilerne, og nu er dieselbilerne også passeret.

Tillykke til Norge med milepælen 🇳🇴🔌
December 4, 2025 at 7:52 AM