Krister
@kri5ter.bsky.social
Retired Finn living in rural France. Double nationality.
News addict. Fan of our two wire-haired dachshunds. Suomeksi sama. Och samma på svenska.
News addict. Fan of our two wire-haired dachshunds. Suomeksi sama. Och samma på svenska.
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Norjalaisen ajatuspajan laskelma:
Ukrainan auttaminen voittoon maksaa EU:lle 200 miljardia vuodessa (eli noin 1% BKT:sta) 3-4 vuoden ajan.
Mutta Ukrainan häviö maksaa EU:lle kaksi kertaa enemmän koko EU:n kasvavina puolustusmenoina.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/03/b...
Ukrainan auttaminen voittoon maksaa EU:lle 200 miljardia vuodessa (eli noin 1% BKT:sta) 3-4 vuoden ajan.
Mutta Ukrainan häviö maksaa EU:lle kaksi kertaa enemmän koko EU:n kasvavina puolustusmenoina.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/03/b...
Norway did the math: Arm Ukraine to win, or pay double when Russia does
A new study finds Europe faces a simple choice: back Ukraine now for half the price, or pay far more later to deter a stronger Russia.
euromaidanpress.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Norjalaisen ajatuspajan laskelma:
Ukrainan auttaminen voittoon maksaa EU:lle 200 miljardia vuodessa (eli noin 1% BKT:sta) 3-4 vuoden ajan.
Mutta Ukrainan häviö maksaa EU:lle kaksi kertaa enemmän koko EU:n kasvavina puolustusmenoina.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/03/b...
Ukrainan auttaminen voittoon maksaa EU:lle 200 miljardia vuodessa (eli noin 1% BKT:sta) 3-4 vuoden ajan.
Mutta Ukrainan häviö maksaa EU:lle kaksi kertaa enemmän koko EU:n kasvavina puolustusmenoina.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/03/b...
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The US view is that Europe is breaking from immigration and, deep down, wants peace with Russia at all costs.
It is at best delusional but Europe still needs to act on it. As @alanderminna.bsky.social says, we need a new strategy.
(And Americans needs to see how costly it is to cut off friends)
It is at best delusional but Europe still needs to act on it. As @alanderminna.bsky.social says, we need a new strategy.
(And Americans needs to see how costly it is to cut off friends)
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 3:04 PM
The US view is that Europe is breaking from immigration and, deep down, wants peace with Russia at all costs.
It is at best delusional but Europe still needs to act on it. As @alanderminna.bsky.social says, we need a new strategy.
(And Americans needs to see how costly it is to cut off friends)
It is at best delusional but Europe still needs to act on it. As @alanderminna.bsky.social says, we need a new strategy.
(And Americans needs to see how costly it is to cut off friends)
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When the 20-somethings that wrote the US National Security Strategy had to first ask AI what a ”strategy” is:
December 7, 2025 at 1:10 PM
When the 20-somethings that wrote the US National Security Strategy had to first ask AI what a ”strategy” is:
Esti EU:n mainostilit?
Jos EU olisi lopettanut mainostamisen, Musk olisi haukkunut boikotoijaa.
Niin tai näin, seurauksena vähemmän tuloja X:lle.
Jos EU olisi lopettanut mainostamisen, Musk olisi haukkunut boikotoijaa.
Niin tai näin, seurauksena vähemmän tuloja X:lle.
EU lätkäisi Twitterille (nyk. X) 120 miljoonan euron sakot DSA-lain rikkomisesta
Elon Musk pillastui päätöksestä täysin ja vaatii EU:n hajottamista. Lisäksi Musk esti EU:n viralliset mainostilit palvelustaan päätöksen jälkeen.
dawn.fi/uutiset/2025...
#uutiset
Elon Musk pillastui päätöksestä täysin ja vaatii EU:n hajottamista. Lisäksi Musk esti EU:n viralliset mainostilit palvelustaan päätöksen jälkeen.
dawn.fi/uutiset/2025...
#uutiset
EU lätkäisi X:lle 120 miljoonan sakot - Musk pillastui täysin: vaatii EU:n hajoamista, esti EU:n mainokset
Euroopan Unioni on langettanut Twitterille 120 miljoonan euron sakot EU:n digilainsäädännön rikkomisesta. Elon Musk vaatii EU:n hajottamista ja esti EU:n mainostilit.
dawn.fi
December 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Esti EU:n mainostilit?
Jos EU olisi lopettanut mainostamisen, Musk olisi haukkunut boikotoijaa.
Niin tai näin, seurauksena vähemmän tuloja X:lle.
Jos EU olisi lopettanut mainostamisen, Musk olisi haukkunut boikotoijaa.
Niin tai näin, seurauksena vähemmän tuloja X:lle.
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On some level, we have all known that these crimes are performative. They are meant to entertain. Which makes people who defend this so depraved. They know.
Damn. It gets worse & worse. Bradley told lawmakers the destroyed boat was to meet a 2nd boat...
"which the military was unable to locate. This second vessel was heading for the South American country of Suriname, two sources with direct knowledge of Bradley’s remarks told CNN."
🧾 is.gd/ecPKQZ
"which the military was unable to locate. This second vessel was heading for the South American country of Suriname, two sources with direct knowledge of Bradley’s remarks told CNN."
🧾 is.gd/ecPKQZ
NEW: Alleged Drug Boat U.S. Bombed Twice Reportedly Wasn’t Even Heading to the States
The alleged drug boat hit with two American airstrikes in September was not bound for the United States.
www.mediaite.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
On some level, we have all known that these crimes are performative. They are meant to entertain. Which makes people who defend this so depraved. They know.
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A South African oligarch and a Russian politician are trying to decide Europe’s future.
Fortunately, all smart Europeans understand that they don’t have our best interests in mind
Fortunately, all smart Europeans understand that they don’t have our best interests in mind
December 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A South African oligarch and a Russian politician are trying to decide Europe’s future.
Fortunately, all smart Europeans understand that they don’t have our best interests in mind
Fortunately, all smart Europeans understand that they don’t have our best interests in mind
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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.
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This, in a nutshell. Unsure of who created for credit, but it’s spot on.
December 5, 2025 at 10:37 AM
This, in a nutshell. Unsure of who created for credit, but it’s spot on.
Opin uuden sanan tänään: kokemusasiantuntija.
Asiantuntijoita on siis kahta sorttia: asiantuntija ja kokemusasiantuntija. Arvaan että jälkimmäinen aloittaa lausumansa "Minä koen että ..."
Asiantuntijoita on siis kahta sorttia: asiantuntija ja kokemusasiantuntija. Arvaan että jälkimmäinen aloittaa lausumansa "Minä koen että ..."
December 6, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Opin uuden sanan tänään: kokemusasiantuntija.
Asiantuntijoita on siis kahta sorttia: asiantuntija ja kokemusasiantuntija. Arvaan että jälkimmäinen aloittaa lausumansa "Minä koen että ..."
Asiantuntijoita on siis kahta sorttia: asiantuntija ja kokemusasiantuntija. Arvaan että jälkimmäinen aloittaa lausumansa "Minä koen että ..."
Tuon strategian teksti Euroopan osalta antaa vaikutelman että se on kirjoitettu Kremlissä. Ensin Kreml tuhoaa USAn yhteiskunnan sisältä päin ja sitten käyttää USAa Euroopan tuhoamiseen.
Stop the press! Massiivinen uutinen – kenties koko vuoden merkittävin. Yhdysvaltojen uudessa kansallisen turvallisuuden strategiassa Eurooppa määritellään hyvin selvästi Yhdysvaltojen vastustajaksi ja Yhdysvallat kertoo ottavansa aktiivisen roolin vastarinnan organisoimisessa Euroopassa. 1/3
US national security strategy calls for ‘cultivating resistance’ in Europe
Policy document blasts traditional allies while failing to criticise Russia
www.ft.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Tuon strategian teksti Euroopan osalta antaa vaikutelman että se on kirjoitettu Kremlissä. Ensin Kreml tuhoaa USAn yhteiskunnan sisältä päin ja sitten käyttää USAa Euroopan tuhoamiseen.
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“Censorship” is a thought-terminating cliché. These people want you to believe that:
- labeling is censorship
- fact-checking is censorship
- transparency is censorship
- research is censorship
What they’re doing is redefining anything that might inconvenience a hard-right populist as censorship.
- labeling is censorship
- fact-checking is censorship
- transparency is censorship
- research is censorship
What they’re doing is redefining anything that might inconvenience a hard-right populist as censorship.
american reporters, you've got to call bullshit on this. vance, purveyor of hate/propaganda, wants the public to believe rules on, for instance, transparency in advertising and forms of deception on X are censorship.
don't fall for it.
don't fall for it.
December 5, 2025 at 12:31 AM
“Censorship” is a thought-terminating cliché. These people want you to believe that:
- labeling is censorship
- fact-checking is censorship
- transparency is censorship
- research is censorship
What they’re doing is redefining anything that might inconvenience a hard-right populist as censorship.
- labeling is censorship
- fact-checking is censorship
- transparency is censorship
- research is censorship
What they’re doing is redefining anything that might inconvenience a hard-right populist as censorship.
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I may be overdoing it with the optimism, but I think it’s good to have if black on white. Makes it easier for (or forces) European politicians to adjust.
Also, the policy spelled out in the strategy to interfere in European affairs for the benefit of the far right hopefully backfires.
Also, the policy spelled out in the strategy to interfere in European affairs for the benefit of the far right hopefully backfires.
The headline, the main takeaway from a European viewpoint is this:
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
December 5, 2025 at 10:14 AM
I may be overdoing it with the optimism, but I think it’s good to have if black on white. Makes it easier for (or forces) European politicians to adjust.
Also, the policy spelled out in the strategy to interfere in European affairs for the benefit of the far right hopefully backfires.
Also, the policy spelled out in the strategy to interfere in European affairs for the benefit of the far right hopefully backfires.
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Datakeskukset on internetin paskavatkaamoja. Niihin ei pidä kaataa senttiäkään suomalaisten veronmaksajien rahaa.
December 5, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Datakeskukset on internetin paskavatkaamoja. Niihin ei pidä kaataa senttiäkään suomalaisten veronmaksajien rahaa.
"These national-level results found no increased risk of 4-year all-cause mortality in individuals aged 18 to 59 years vaccinated against COVID-19, further supporting the safety of the mRNA vaccines that are being widely used worldwide."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
December 5, 2025 at 1:32 PM
"These national-level results found no increased risk of 4-year all-cause mortality in individuals aged 18 to 59 years vaccinated against COVID-19, further supporting the safety of the mRNA vaccines that are being widely used worldwide."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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The US National Security Strategy seems to be—at least in part—written/edited by AI.
There are hallmark AI em dashes in nearly every other paragraph — shocking but unsurprising.
There are hallmark AI em dashes in nearly every other paragraph — shocking but unsurprising.
December 5, 2025 at 7:47 AM
The US National Security Strategy seems to be—at least in part—written/edited by AI.
There are hallmark AI em dashes in nearly every other paragraph — shocking but unsurprising.
There are hallmark AI em dashes in nearly every other paragraph — shocking but unsurprising.
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The United States Of America was never founded on so called Christian or Judeo-Christian values.
August 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The United States Of America was never founded on so called Christian or Judeo-Christian values.
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I have rejected my own proposals for peace that I had Donald present to me.
December 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I have rejected my own proposals for peace that I had Donald present to me.
Ei koske Suomea. Koska #hyvähallitusohjelma
Euro zone business activity expands at fastest pace in 30 months in November, PMI shows reut.rs/3KwRf0B
Euro zone business activity expands at fastest pace in 30 months in November, PMI shows
Business activity in the euro zone expanded at its fastest pace in two-and-a-half years in November as a robust service sector more than offset manufacturing weakness, a survey showed on Wednesday.
reut.rs
December 3, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Ei koske Suomea. Koska #hyvähallitusohjelma
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Great. Now do something to actually make a real difference and defeat Putin before there is literally nothing left of the Ukrainian people or their culture.
December 3, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Great. Now do something to actually make a real difference and defeat Putin before there is literally nothing left of the Ukrainian people or their culture.
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People get extremely annoyed when I point it out (I think they think I’m endorsing the other guy, cause we don’t do nuance) but if this was Biden, it would be the cover image of literally every American newspaper tomorrow.
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
People get extremely annoyed when I point it out (I think they think I’m endorsing the other guy, cause we don’t do nuance) but if this was Biden, it would be the cover image of literally every American newspaper tomorrow.
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Suomalaisten erityinen viinasuhde.
December 1, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Suomalaisten erityinen viinasuhde.
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While "peace" negotiations continue, remember that Russia could simply stop the war at any time.
December 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
While "peace" negotiations continue, remember that Russia could simply stop the war at any time.
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This exposé is breathtaking. Witkoff and Kushner do not just have conflicts of interest - thy are deeply woven into a web of Russian influence peddling by "investments". Money, personal ties and geopolitics have become indistinguishable.
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/01/t...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/01/t...
December 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
This exposé is breathtaking. Witkoff and Kushner do not just have conflicts of interest - thy are deeply woven into a web of Russian influence peddling by "investments". Money, personal ties and geopolitics have become indistinguishable.
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/01/t...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/01/t...