Generic Eccentric
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Trying to make sense of the world. Here for my daily OSINT fix.
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1/ Nobeldagen, till minne av Alfred Nobel som dog den 10 dec 1896. En av hans uppfinningar var dynamiten. Han hade en förhoppning att: "När det står klart vilken kraft det finns i sprängämnen och krut och vilken skada de kan åstadkomma kommer man avstå från att använda dem." Det blev tyvärr inte så.
December 10, 2025 at 6:29 AM
1/ Nobeldagen, till minne av Alfred Nobel som dog den 10 dec 1896. En av hans uppfinningar var dynamiten. Han hade en förhoppning att: "När det står klart vilken kraft det finns i sprängämnen och krut och vilken skada de kan åstadkomma kommer man avstå från att använda dem." Det blev tyvärr inte så.
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Finnish Earth observation data provider and satellite manufacturer ICEYE has secured €150 million in new funding.
europeanspaceflight.com/finlands-ice...
europeanspaceflight.com/finlands-ice...
Finland's ICEYE Closes €150 Million Series E Funding Round - European Spaceflight
Finnish Earth observation data provider and satellite manufacturer ICEYE has secured €150 million in new funding.
europeanspaceflight.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Finnish Earth observation data provider and satellite manufacturer ICEYE has secured €150 million in new funding.
europeanspaceflight.com/finlands-ice...
europeanspaceflight.com/finlands-ice...
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🇪🇺🤝🇨🇦 A new step for our Digital Partnership.
This week, we reinforced cooperation with Canada to boost competitiveness, innovation and economic resilience at the first Digital Partnership Council.
For a digital economy that works for all ↓
Link.europa.eu/HndTw4
This week, we reinforced cooperation with Canada to boost competitiveness, innovation and economic resilience at the first Digital Partnership Council.
For a digital economy that works for all ↓
Link.europa.eu/HndTw4
December 9, 2025 at 10:56 AM
🇪🇺🤝🇨🇦 A new step for our Digital Partnership.
This week, we reinforced cooperation with Canada to boost competitiveness, innovation and economic resilience at the first Digital Partnership Council.
For a digital economy that works for all ↓
Link.europa.eu/HndTw4
This week, we reinforced cooperation with Canada to boost competitiveness, innovation and economic resilience at the first Digital Partnership Council.
For a digital economy that works for all ↓
Link.europa.eu/HndTw4
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🛰️ All Galileo launches in one graphic.
Next week, two Galileo satellites will be launched on #Ariane6, the 14th launch of the programme. Europe's navigation system serves billions of users and has over 30 satellites in orbit.
🔎https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2025/12/Galileo_launch_history
Next week, two Galileo satellites will be launched on #Ariane6, the 14th launch of the programme. Europe's navigation system serves billions of users and has over 30 satellites in orbit.
🔎https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2025/12/Galileo_launch_history
December 8, 2025 at 4:34 PM
🛰️ All Galileo launches in one graphic.
Next week, two Galileo satellites will be launched on #Ariane6, the 14th launch of the programme. Europe's navigation system serves billions of users and has over 30 satellites in orbit.
🔎https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2025/12/Galileo_launch_history
Next week, two Galileo satellites will be launched on #Ariane6, the 14th launch of the programme. Europe's navigation system serves billions of users and has over 30 satellites in orbit.
🔎https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2025/12/Galileo_launch_history
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Admire this fantastic pic, dominated by the diffuse blue light of the M78 nebula.
Igor Chekalin, by processing the raw data for the original image uncovered in ESO's archives, claimed first prize in the ESO's Hidden Treasures 2010 contest with his final work.
➡️ www.eso.org/public/news/...
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Igor Chekalin, by processing the raw data for the original image uncovered in ESO's archives, claimed first prize in the ESO's Hidden Treasures 2010 contest with his final work.
➡️ www.eso.org/public/news/...
🔭 🧪 1/9
December 7, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Admire this fantastic pic, dominated by the diffuse blue light of the M78 nebula.
Igor Chekalin, by processing the raw data for the original image uncovered in ESO's archives, claimed first prize in the ESO's Hidden Treasures 2010 contest with his final work.
➡️ www.eso.org/public/news/...
🔭 🧪 1/9
Igor Chekalin, by processing the raw data for the original image uncovered in ESO's archives, claimed first prize in the ESO's Hidden Treasures 2010 contest with his final work.
➡️ www.eso.org/public/news/...
🔭 🧪 1/9
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So muvh for free speech
December 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
So muvh for free speech
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1/US stepping up attacks on the EU. This has left many in Europe scratching their heads but it is part of the neo-royalist agenda. The EU stands for the rules based order and stands in the way of a new order based not on rules but clique interests.
www.politico.eu/article/top-...
www.politico.eu/article/top-...
Top US official says EU regulation ‘undermines’ NATO ties
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau said Europe’s policy agenda was hurting its credibility in Washington.
www.politico.eu
December 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
1/US stepping up attacks on the EU. This has left many in Europe scratching their heads but it is part of the neo-royalist agenda. The EU stands for the rules based order and stands in the way of a new order based not on rules but clique interests.
www.politico.eu/article/top-...
www.politico.eu/article/top-...
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⚡️“His unit was a military special forces unit under the Kaliningrad Customs and Border Police, consisting of two combat units specializing in diving, among other things. He headed the unit until 2009, after which, according to records, he has no official work history.”
A former leader of a Kaliningrad Spetsnaz-unit suddenly appeared in an unmarked uniform on a shadow fleet vessel in Oresund.
Pilots have reported several sightings of these ‘little green men’ in the Danish straits, and now we’ve identified one of them.
Full story in Danish:
Pilots have reported several sightings of these ‘little green men’ in the Danish straits, and now we’ve identified one of them.
Full story in Danish:
Tidligere Spetsnaz-leder dukkede pludselig op på skyggeflådeskib i Øresund
En lods var ved at sejle et tankskib gennem danske farvande, da han pludselig blev mødt af russiske mænd i camouflageuniformer. Danwatch kan nu afsløre, at en a
danwatch.dk
December 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
⚡️“His unit was a military special forces unit under the Kaliningrad Customs and Border Police, consisting of two combat units specializing in diving, among other things. He headed the unit until 2009, after which, according to records, he has no official work history.”
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Nato's Forward Land Forces: Sweden is planning to store military equipment in Finland
yle.fi/a/74-20197938
yle.fi/a/74-20197938
Ruotsi aikoo varastoida sotilaskalustoa myös Suomeen – pieni pysyvä esikunta Rovaniemelle
Ruotsilla tulee olemaan myös pysyvästi pieni joukko esikuntaupseereita Suomessa, todennäköisesti Rovaniemellä. Valtaosa FLF-joukoista kävisi vain harjoittelemassa Lapissa.
yle.fi
December 7, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Nato's Forward Land Forces: Sweden is planning to store military equipment in Finland
yle.fi/a/74-20197938
yle.fi/a/74-20197938
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The new US National Security Strategy, in its predictable and characteristic ugliness, is a good occasion for Europe to finally let go of the time-consuming transatlantic crisis management efforts and start focusing on a proper and proactive own strategy instead.
Europe Needs A New Strategy Too
The new US National Security Strategy helps - or forces - European leaders to let go of the consuming transatlantic crisis management efforts and to focus on an own strategy instead.
open.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The new US National Security Strategy, in its predictable and characteristic ugliness, is a good occasion for Europe to finally let go of the time-consuming transatlantic crisis management efforts and start focusing on a proper and proactive own strategy instead.
US support for Ukraine has fizzled out completely under Trump.
And the US president keeps repeating the old lies about the US level of support vs. Europe.
The power-larping weaklings who surround him would do him a big service by occasionally interrupting and correcting him.
But, they dare not.
And the US president keeps repeating the old lies about the US level of support vs. Europe.
The power-larping weaklings who surround him would do him a big service by occasionally interrupting and correcting him.
But, they dare not.
December 6, 2025 at 8:42 AM
US support for Ukraine has fizzled out completely under Trump.
And the US president keeps repeating the old lies about the US level of support vs. Europe.
The power-larping weaklings who surround him would do him a big service by occasionally interrupting and correcting him.
But, they dare not.
And the US president keeps repeating the old lies about the US level of support vs. Europe.
The power-larping weaklings who surround him would do him a big service by occasionally interrupting and correcting him.
But, they dare not.
Interesting reading and time for reflection.
Raising my glass to the independent republics of California, Oregon and Washington. May the odds be ever in your favor.
Raising my glass to the independent republics of California, Oregon and Washington. May the odds be ever in your favor.
Just in: A new US national security strategy is calling for 'cultivating resistance' in Europe, warning that the continent is subverting democracy, blocking peace in Ukraine and facing 'civilisational erasure' from high migration and falling birth rates. on.ft.com/3Y7XP0G
December 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Interesting reading and time for reflection.
Raising my glass to the independent republics of California, Oregon and Washington. May the odds be ever in your favor.
Raising my glass to the independent republics of California, Oregon and Washington. May the odds be ever in your favor.
Do you feel lucky, punk?
December 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Do you feel lucky, punk?
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The owner of a major Chinese drone parts supplier has taken a stake in one of Russia’s leading drone companies, highlighting a deepening relationship between Moscow and Beijing’s military-industrial complexes.
on.ft.com/3MueoBn
on.ft.com/3MueoBn
November 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The owner of a major Chinese drone parts supplier has taken a stake in one of Russia’s leading drone companies, highlighting a deepening relationship between Moscow and Beijing’s military-industrial complexes.
on.ft.com/3MueoBn
on.ft.com/3MueoBn
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22.1 billion euros subscribed.
A record.
A first.
And a clear message that Europe is serious about space and that @esa.int is the agency it trusts to deliver.
A historic Ministerial. A united Europe. A stronger ESA.
www.esa.int/About_Us/Cor...
A record.
A first.
And a clear message that Europe is serious about space and that @esa.int is the agency it trusts to deliver.
A historic Ministerial. A united Europe. A stronger ESA.
www.esa.int/About_Us/Cor...
ESA Member States commit to largest contributions at Ministerial
The largest contributions in the history of the European Space Agency, €22.1 bn, have been approved at its Council meeting at Ministerial level in Bremen, ...
www.esa.int
November 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM
22.1 billion euros subscribed.
A record.
A first.
And a clear message that Europe is serious about space and that @esa.int is the agency it trusts to deliver.
A historic Ministerial. A united Europe. A stronger ESA.
www.esa.int/About_Us/Cor...
A record.
A first.
And a clear message that Europe is serious about space and that @esa.int is the agency it trusts to deliver.
A historic Ministerial. A united Europe. A stronger ESA.
www.esa.int/About_Us/Cor...
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🌎 The first #Copernicus Sentinel-1D images are in!
Check out the images featuring Tierra del Fuego, the Antarctic Peninsula, Thwaites Glacier and the Elbe River delta.
Check out the images featuring Tierra del Fuego, the Antarctic Peninsula, Thwaites Glacier and the Elbe River delta.
November 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
🌎 The first #Copernicus Sentinel-1D images are in!
Check out the images featuring Tierra del Fuego, the Antarctic Peninsula, Thwaites Glacier and the Elbe River delta.
Check out the images featuring Tierra del Fuego, the Antarctic Peninsula, Thwaites Glacier and the Elbe River delta.
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Just in! 👏
The last - but certainly not least - instrument on board Metop-SGA1 to share its 1st images has now delivered!
Data from #Sentinel5 was unveiled today at @esa.int's Ministerial Council where EUMETSAT joined ESA & @ec.europa.eu to showcase Earth's air quality from space: bit.ly/4rnIRBi 🧵
Data from #Sentinel5 was unveiled today at @esa.int's Ministerial Council where EUMETSAT joined ESA & @ec.europa.eu to showcase Earth's air quality from space: bit.ly/4rnIRBi 🧵
November 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Just in! 👏
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🇪🇺's most advanced governmental comms system to date is here.
Now that SpainSat NG II has joined its twin in orbit, the SpainSat NG programme will provide reliable governmental comms.
This is a major step for Europe's security, crisis-response capabilities and technological autonomy.
See comment 👇
Now that SpainSat NG II has joined its twin in orbit, the SpainSat NG programme will provide reliable governmental comms.
This is a major step for Europe's security, crisis-response capabilities and technological autonomy.
See comment 👇
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
🇪🇺's most advanced governmental comms system to date is here.
Now that SpainSat NG II has joined its twin in orbit, the SpainSat NG programme will provide reliable governmental comms.
This is a major step for Europe's security, crisis-response capabilities and technological autonomy.
See comment 👇
Now that SpainSat NG II has joined its twin in orbit, the SpainSat NG programme will provide reliable governmental comms.
This is a major step for Europe's security, crisis-response capabilities and technological autonomy.
See comment 👇
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A Polish consortium has successfully tested a three-stage suborbital rocket as part of an EU-funded project to develop a launch system capable of carrying payloads into space.
europeanspaceflight.com/polish-conso...
europeanspaceflight.com/polish-conso...
Polish Consortium Successfully Tests Three-Stage Suborbital Rocket
A Polish consortium has successfully tested a three-stage suborbital rocket as part of an EU-funded project.
europeanspaceflight.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:09 PM
A Polish consortium has successfully tested a three-stage suborbital rocket as part of an EU-funded project to develop a launch system capable of carrying payloads into space.
europeanspaceflight.com/polish-conso...
europeanspaceflight.com/polish-conso...
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This story should be covered waaaaayy more than it is.
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
Nicolas Guillou, French ICC judge sanctioned by the US: 'You are effectively blacklisted by much of the world's banking system'
Six judges and three prosecutors at the International Criminal Court have been sanctioned by the Trump administration. In an interview with Le Monde, Guillou discusses the impact of these measures on ...
www.lemonde.fr
November 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This story should be covered waaaaayy more than it is.
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
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For my Master's thesis, my most important finding was America's traditional asymmetric advantages enjoyed over China, being technological superiority and experience, will almost cease to exist over the next 15 years, but more impactful ones will endure!
Many reasons to hope.
Lets talk about it.
Many reasons to hope.
Lets talk about it.
November 24, 2025 at 2:52 AM
For my Master's thesis, my most important finding was America's traditional asymmetric advantages enjoyed over China, being technological superiority and experience, will almost cease to exist over the next 15 years, but more impactful ones will endure!
Many reasons to hope.
Lets talk about it.
Many reasons to hope.
Lets talk about it.
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🇸🇪 Flight hour costs #Gripen
From Armed Forces, with a simple calcuation on average air wing costs 2017-2019. Perhaps including a larger overall picture is helpful. $5-20K / h.
U.S. often talk about F-35 at ~$35–44K/hr.
www.forsvarsmakten.se/siteassets/2...
www.forsvarsmakten.se/siteassets/2...
From Armed Forces, with a simple calcuation on average air wing costs 2017-2019. Perhaps including a larger overall picture is helpful. $5-20K / h.
U.S. often talk about F-35 at ~$35–44K/hr.
www.forsvarsmakten.se/siteassets/2...
www.forsvarsmakten.se/siteassets/2...
November 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
🇸🇪 Flight hour costs #Gripen
From Armed Forces, with a simple calcuation on average air wing costs 2017-2019. Perhaps including a larger overall picture is helpful. $5-20K / h.
U.S. often talk about F-35 at ~$35–44K/hr.
www.forsvarsmakten.se/siteassets/2...
www.forsvarsmakten.se/siteassets/2...
From Armed Forces, with a simple calcuation on average air wing costs 2017-2019. Perhaps including a larger overall picture is helpful. $5-20K / h.
U.S. often talk about F-35 at ~$35–44K/hr.
www.forsvarsmakten.se/siteassets/2...
www.forsvarsmakten.se/siteassets/2...