olavslettebo.bsky.social
@olavslettebo.bsky.social
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If Europeans (incl.🇪🇺), will not support 🇺🇦 at a substantial level, who will? If “no” to the Reparation Loan, what is a real alternative? If 🇺🇦 is left without our support & forced to surrender, how much will it cost Europeans to stop the inevitable Russian aggression against 🇪🇺?
This afternoon, we had a meeting of the Coalition of the Willing. I updated President Zelenskyy and leaders present on two key priorities - support for Ukraine and increasing European defence preparedness.
December 9, 2025 at 10:22 AM
If Europeans (incl.🇪🇺), will not support 🇺🇦 at a substantial level, who will? If “no” to the Reparation Loan, what is a real alternative? If 🇺🇦 is left without our support & forced to surrender, how much will it cost Europeans to stop the inevitable Russian aggression against 🇪🇺?
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Musk causing thousands of deaths by cutting USAID funding is not discussed enough
December 9, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Musk causing thousands of deaths by cutting USAID funding is not discussed enough
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🇬🇧 Britain is close to losing the Atlantic to Russia for the first time since the end of the Second World War, the first sea lord has warned, - The Times
General Sir Gwyn Jenkins said the Royal Navy would struggle to keep pace without rapid transformation and the support of Nato allies.
General Sir Gwyn Jenkins said the Royal Navy would struggle to keep pace without rapid transformation and the support of Nato allies.
December 9, 2025 at 9:42 AM
🇬🇧 Britain is close to losing the Atlantic to Russia for the first time since the end of the Second World War, the first sea lord has warned, - The Times
General Sir Gwyn Jenkins said the Royal Navy would struggle to keep pace without rapid transformation and the support of Nato allies.
General Sir Gwyn Jenkins said the Royal Navy would struggle to keep pace without rapid transformation and the support of Nato allies.
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And that's the truth for anyone who is fundamentally against the EU. It has kept unprecedented peace between rivals within, as well as been the only reason we have been able to safeguard (and improve!) our unique set of rights and freedoms. There simply is no real alternative to this.
December 8, 2025 at 12:31 PM
And that's the truth for anyone who is fundamentally against the EU. It has kept unprecedented peace between rivals within, as well as been the only reason we have been able to safeguard (and improve!) our unique set of rights and freedoms. There simply is no real alternative to this.
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Trumps nye sikkerhetsstrategi bryter med 150 år med utvikling av en regelbasert verdensorden, velferdsstat og internasjonalt samarbeid.
Der USA tidligere så autoritære stormakter som trusler, framstilles EU nå som problemet – mens Russland og autokratiske stater omtales som samarbeidspartnere. 1/
Der USA tidligere så autoritære stormakter som trusler, framstilles EU nå som problemet – mens Russland og autokratiske stater omtales som samarbeidspartnere. 1/
Verden vi kjente kan bli borte
Den nye sikkerhetsstrategien til USA viser hva som står på spill: En verdensorden der alle er like mye verdt, der stormakter respekterer de små og borgere kan stole på velferdsstaten.
www.dagsavisen.no
December 9, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Trumps nye sikkerhetsstrategi bryter med 150 år med utvikling av en regelbasert verdensorden, velferdsstat og internasjonalt samarbeid.
Der USA tidligere så autoritære stormakter som trusler, framstilles EU nå som problemet – mens Russland og autokratiske stater omtales som samarbeidspartnere. 1/
Der USA tidligere så autoritære stormakter som trusler, framstilles EU nå som problemet – mens Russland og autokratiske stater omtales som samarbeidspartnere. 1/
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China's massive surge in auto exports isn't about advanced economies (blue). It's primarily about emerging and frontier markets (red). This is where the battle for dominance in global autos is now being fought and where auto producers in Europe and Japan have the most to lose...
December 8, 2025 at 3:52 PM
China's massive surge in auto exports isn't about advanced economies (blue). It's primarily about emerging and frontier markets (red). This is where the battle for dominance in global autos is now being fought and where auto producers in Europe and Japan have the most to lose...
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What a strange coincidence
December 8, 2025 at 4:14 AM
What a strange coincidence
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Unhinged.
US National Park Service removes free entry on Martin Luther King and Juneteenth (celebrates end of slavery) Day. Replaces with free entry on Trump's birthday.
King Donald removes MLK & Juneteenth public holiday, replaces with flag day which is Trump's birthday.
US Congress asleep.
US National Park Service removes free entry on Martin Luther King and Juneteenth (celebrates end of slavery) Day. Replaces with free entry on Trump's birthday.
King Donald removes MLK & Juneteenth public holiday, replaces with flag day which is Trump's birthday.
US Congress asleep.
National Park Service removes free entry on Martin Luther King Jr Day and Juneteenth
The Trump administration is adding Flag Day, which is also President Trump's birthday, to its list of fee-free entry days at national parks.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Unhinged.
US National Park Service removes free entry on Martin Luther King and Juneteenth (celebrates end of slavery) Day. Replaces with free entry on Trump's birthday.
King Donald removes MLK & Juneteenth public holiday, replaces with flag day which is Trump's birthday.
US Congress asleep.
US National Park Service removes free entry on Martin Luther King and Juneteenth (celebrates end of slavery) Day. Replaces with free entry on Trump's birthday.
King Donald removes MLK & Juneteenth public holiday, replaces with flag day which is Trump's birthday.
US Congress asleep.
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To be very clear: Kennedy's team is messing with a vaccine which has led to a 99 percent drop in the incidence of hepatitis B, which kills, early and painfully, 25 percent of the children who get it.
RFK’s Anti-Vax Team Readies Its Next Moves
“Their game is, let’s really destabilize trust in the vaccine, and make people really anxious about it.”
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
To be very clear: Kennedy's team is messing with a vaccine which has led to a 99 percent drop in the incidence of hepatitis B, which kills, early and painfully, 25 percent of the children who get it.
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When far right authoritarians team up to “defend democracy” by dismantling multilateral institutions, you know it’s an absolute con job.
This is so perfect. No one have any doubts at this point about what Elon Musk really represents.
December 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
When far right authoritarians team up to “defend democracy” by dismantling multilateral institutions, you know it’s an absolute con job.
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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...
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
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...
open.substack.com/pub/independ...
Rapporten vår om Ukraina er i Financial Times idag. Vi anslår kostnadene ved 1) Å hjelpe Ukraina til en (del)seier og 2) Russisk (del)seier.
Vi viser i detalj hvorfor 2) vil bli mye dyrere for Norge og Europa. Med dagens støttenivå er vi på vei mot utfall 2.
www.ft.com/content/eb10...
Vi viser i detalj hvorfor 2) vil bli mye dyrere for Norge og Europa. Med dagens støttenivå er vi på vei mot utfall 2.
www.ft.com/content/eb10...
Should Europe fund Ukraine? It can’t easily afford not to
Funding Kyiv’s war effort is a better return on bloc’s buck than having to deter a victorious Moscow itself
www.ft.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Rapporten vår om Ukraina er i Financial Times idag. Vi anslår kostnadene ved 1) Å hjelpe Ukraina til en (del)seier og 2) Russisk (del)seier.
Vi viser i detalj hvorfor 2) vil bli mye dyrere for Norge og Europa. Med dagens støttenivå er vi på vei mot utfall 2.
www.ft.com/content/eb10...
Vi viser i detalj hvorfor 2) vil bli mye dyrere for Norge og Europa. Med dagens støttenivå er vi på vei mot utfall 2.
www.ft.com/content/eb10...
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We are much less safe with these people in charge.
This is abject incompetence and insanity, rejecting sound public health policy and science.
This is abject incompetence and insanity, rejecting sound public health policy and science.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisory panel voted Friday to end the longstanding guidance that all babies born in the United States be vaccinated against hepatitis B on the day of their birth.
December 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
We are much less safe with these people in charge.
This is abject incompetence and insanity, rejecting sound public health policy and science.
This is abject incompetence and insanity, rejecting sound public health policy and science.
«Enten har han gjort en ærlig feil, som igjen er greit, men bør i så fall rettes. Eller så har han fabrikkert data. Ingen andre enn Bech Holte vet fordi han nekter å legge frem dataene sine»
Meget godt fra @blomhoff.bsky.social
www.dn.no/innlegg/okon...
Meget godt fra @blomhoff.bsky.social
www.dn.no/innlegg/okon...
Bech Holte slår effektivt ben under sitt eget prosjekt
Martin Bech Holte forholder seg til data som fanden leser bibelen. Det er synd, fordi det ødelegger det som kunne vært en konstruktiv debatt om hvordan Norge bør se ut.
www.dn.no
December 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
«Enten har han gjort en ærlig feil, som igjen er greit, men bør i så fall rettes. Eller så har han fabrikkert data. Ingen andre enn Bech Holte vet fordi han nekter å legge frem dataene sine»
Meget godt fra @blomhoff.bsky.social
www.dn.no/innlegg/okon...
Meget godt fra @blomhoff.bsky.social
www.dn.no/innlegg/okon...
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As clear as it gets
Donald Trump is an enemy of Europe and of humanity.
Our leaders in Europe are forced to pretend otherwise for strategic reasons, but they all know it deep down
Our leaders in Europe are forced to pretend otherwise for strategic reasons, but they all know it deep down
December 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
As clear as it gets
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I've been sending chapters from my upcoming pop-sci book to expert fact-checkers and it's useful but also WAY more stressful than sharing work with the general public. It's like you go out to do karaoke with your friends and the original musician is in the front row telling you which notes are off.
December 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I've been sending chapters from my upcoming pop-sci book to expert fact-checkers and it's useful but also WAY more stressful than sharing work with the general public. It's like you go out to do karaoke with your friends and the original musician is in the front row telling you which notes are off.
Klokt fra Matlary. Vi kan ikke lenger stå utenfor og si «Alt går nok snart over» til oss selv. Det har vi forsøkt, og det funker ikke.
December 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Klokt fra Matlary. Vi kan ikke lenger stå utenfor og si «Alt går nok snart over» til oss selv. Det har vi forsøkt, og det funker ikke.
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Debattinnlegg:
«Reitangruppen, som i fjor hadde et overskudd på 4,4 milliarder kroner, skal gi bort 1 million kroner til trengende i julen. Ikke spesielt imponerende.»
«Reitangruppen, som i fjor hadde et overskudd på 4,4 milliarder kroner, skal gi bort 1 million kroner til trengende i julen. Ikke spesielt imponerende.»
Debatt: Dette er årets minst sympatiske julekampanje
Rema 1000 profitterer på nestekjærlighet, mener Oda Louise Toven.
www.aftenposten.no
December 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Debattinnlegg:
«Reitangruppen, som i fjor hadde et overskudd på 4,4 milliarder kroner, skal gi bort 1 million kroner til trengende i julen. Ikke spesielt imponerende.»
«Reitangruppen, som i fjor hadde et overskudd på 4,4 milliarder kroner, skal gi bort 1 million kroner til trengende i julen. Ikke spesielt imponerende.»
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US making the war longer and worse for Ukraine and the world, and hurting obvious US interests in the bargain. And for what?
Two days after Witkoff and Kushner met Putin, the Treasury Department partially suspended sanctions on Russia announced last October
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
Trump envoys press plan with Ukraine as sanctions eased on Russia
President Donald Trump's envoys were to meet Thursday with Ukrainian negotiators for the third time in two weeks to press his plan to end the war as his administration eased economic pressure on Russi...
www.france24.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
US making the war longer and worse for Ukraine and the world, and hurting obvious US interests in the bargain. And for what?
God artikkel av @aageb.bsky.social . Det er helt mulig for Norge og Europa å hjelpe Ukraina til en (del)seier. Det handler om vilje og evne til å tenke lenger frem enn egen nesetipp. Lar vi Ukraina tape, vil det bli kostbart, både økonomisk og sikkerhetsmessig.
www.morgenbladet.no/samfunn/sa-m...
www.morgenbladet.no/samfunn/sa-m...
(+) Så mye vil en russisk seier i Ukraina koste
Ukraina er ikke dømt til å tape krigen, men Europa trenger en plan, skriver Aage Borchgrevink.
www.morgenbladet.no
December 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
God artikkel av @aageb.bsky.social . Det er helt mulig for Norge og Europa å hjelpe Ukraina til en (del)seier. Det handler om vilje og evne til å tenke lenger frem enn egen nesetipp. Lar vi Ukraina tape, vil det bli kostbart, både økonomisk og sikkerhetsmessig.
www.morgenbladet.no/samfunn/sa-m...
www.morgenbladet.no/samfunn/sa-m...
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"Trump, in his way, is as much of a wolf as Putin. Europe has run out of excuses to pretend otherwise". My Swamp Notes with @martinsandbu.ft.com on why Europe must make those frozen Russian assets work for Ukraine. The time for that is now. as.ft.com/r/9144c41b-7...
Europe’s fateful moment
[FREE TO READ] The EU faces a historic choice: whether or not to unlock frozen Russian assets and save the Ukrainian war effort
as.ft.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
"Trump, in his way, is as much of a wolf as Putin. Europe has run out of excuses to pretend otherwise". My Swamp Notes with @martinsandbu.ft.com on why Europe must make those frozen Russian assets work for Ukraine. The time for that is now. as.ft.com/r/9144c41b-7...
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NOU 1990: 20 Forenklet folketrygdlov.
Ved siden av NOU 2019: 23 det mest omfattende arbeid med lovspråket. Har nourdene eksempler på andre omfattende prosesser med lovspråket i NOUer?
urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-n...
Ved siden av NOU 2019: 23 det mest omfattende arbeid med lovspråket. Har nourdene eksempler på andre omfattende prosesser med lovspråket i NOUer?
urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-n...
December 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
NOU 1990: 20 Forenklet folketrygdlov.
Ved siden av NOU 2019: 23 det mest omfattende arbeid med lovspråket. Har nourdene eksempler på andre omfattende prosesser med lovspråket i NOUer?
urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-n...
Ved siden av NOU 2019: 23 det mest omfattende arbeid med lovspråket. Har nourdene eksempler på andre omfattende prosesser med lovspråket i NOUer?
urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-n...
USA vil i praksis utslette EU. Ambisjonen er å hindre Europa i å være en global aktør. Det er vanskelig å skjønne at nordmenn ikke forstår hvor alvorlig dette er. Vi burde melde oss inn i EU umiddelbart, for å støtte opp om den demokratiske verden som stadig færre forsvarer.
US national security strategy.
Something sure is unrecognisable here, but it’s not Europe.
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
Something sure is unrecognisable here, but it’s not Europe.
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 10:27 AM
USA vil i praksis utslette EU. Ambisjonen er å hindre Europa i å være en global aktør. Det er vanskelig å skjønne at nordmenn ikke forstår hvor alvorlig dette er. Vi burde melde oss inn i EU umiddelbart, for å støtte opp om den demokratiske verden som stadig færre forsvarer.
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US national security strategy.
Something sure is unrecognisable here, but it’s not Europe.
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
Something sure is unrecognisable here, but it’s not Europe.
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 5:06 AM
US national security strategy.
Something sure is unrecognisable here, but it’s not Europe.
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
Something sure is unrecognisable here, but it’s not Europe.
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
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It sure looks like Russian intelligence attempted to use military drones to assassinate the President of Ukraine inside an EU country.
Looking forward to more thoughts from Belgium on why freezing Russian assets is an escalatory move that might compromise the peace process.
Looking forward to more thoughts from Belgium on why freezing Russian assets is an escalatory move that might compromise the peace process.
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 5, 2025 at 9:22 AM
It sure looks like Russian intelligence attempted to use military drones to assassinate the President of Ukraine inside an EU country.
Looking forward to more thoughts from Belgium on why freezing Russian assets is an escalatory move that might compromise the peace process.
Looking forward to more thoughts from Belgium on why freezing Russian assets is an escalatory move that might compromise the peace process.