Joakim Sjöroos
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Europe desperately wants the US to be Normal Again so it doesn’t actually have to engage with any of the hard work (and spending) that engaging with reality actually involves.
So if Rubio gives a speech with ~better vibes~ it gets lapped up, even if it’s meaningless on substance.
So if Rubio gives a speech with ~better vibes~ it gets lapped up, even if it’s meaningless on substance.
Jesus Christ, a standing ovation? For an apologist for a regime which is buying warehouses to build concentration camps and murdering protesters on the street?
February 14, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Europe desperately wants the US to be Normal Again so it doesn’t actually have to engage with any of the hard work (and spending) that engaging with reality actually involves.
So if Rubio gives a speech with ~better vibes~ it gets lapped up, even if it’s meaningless on substance.
So if Rubio gives a speech with ~better vibes~ it gets lapped up, even if it’s meaningless on substance.
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A staple of authoritarian states: using their executive power to arbitrarily revoke privileges & selectively punish political opponents, in this case for peaceful and lawful behaviour. The courts are failing under this broad assault on the rule of law.
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:29 PM
A staple of authoritarian states: using their executive power to arbitrarily revoke privileges & selectively punish political opponents, in this case for peaceful and lawful behaviour. The courts are failing under this broad assault on the rule of law.
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Verification (establishing truth), Deliberation (arguing about it), and Accountability (binding power to it). When these work, you have substance. When they break, you slide into performance, and eventually, simulation, and people recognise this, even if they don't use a shared terminology.
January 23, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Verification (establishing truth), Deliberation (arguing about it), and Accountability (binding power to it). When these work, you have substance. When they break, you slide into performance, and eventually, simulation, and people recognise this, even if they don't use a shared terminology.
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From Carney's Davos speech: "A country that cannot feed itself, fuel itself or defend itself has few options. When the rules no longer protect you, you must protect yourself" www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
'The old order is not coming back,' Carney says in provocative speech at Davos | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a frank assessment of how he views the world in a provocative speech in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, where he said the longstanding U.S.-led, rules-based international...
www.cbc.ca
January 20, 2026 at 4:05 PM
From Carney's Davos speech: "A country that cannot feed itself, fuel itself or defend itself has few options. When the rules no longer protect you, you must protect yourself" www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Moss managing to be lush, vibrant and green even as we approach the winter solstice.
Good work moss 🌱
#MacroMonday #MossyMonday #EastCoastKin #Bryophytes #Nature
Good work moss 🌱
#MacroMonday #MossyMonday #EastCoastKin #Bryophytes #Nature
December 15, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Moss managing to be lush, vibrant and green even as we approach the winter solstice.
Good work moss 🌱
#MacroMonday #MossyMonday #EastCoastKin #Bryophytes #Nature
Good work moss 🌱
#MacroMonday #MossyMonday #EastCoastKin #Bryophytes #Nature
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…or behind billionaires and/or iron cages of orthodox economic policy
I think the whole traditional concept of European power should be thought through. Like money is power, sure, but seems like money without hard steel to back it up only goes so far.
GDP power is hollow if that GDP is locked to status quo or behind infinite negotiations.
GDP power is hollow if that GDP is locked to status quo or behind infinite negotiations.
November 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
…or behind billionaires and/or iron cages of orthodox economic policy
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I BEG YOU ALL, PLEASE UNDERSTAND THIS: Russia is *not* an existential threat to the vast majority of the citizens of West Europe, or its great powers.
They have reached an understanding with Russia and divided Europe many times before. They can do so again.
www.france24.com/en/france/20...
They have reached an understanding with Russia and divided Europe many times before. They can do so again.
www.france24.com/en/france/20...
France's top general under fire after saying country must be 'prepared to lose children'
Chief of the Defence Staff General Fabien Mandon has been roundly condemned in France for telling local mayors that the country needed to be prepared to accept the death of its children if it was goin...
www.france24.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I BEG YOU ALL, PLEASE UNDERSTAND THIS: Russia is *not* an existential threat to the vast majority of the citizens of West Europe, or its great powers.
They have reached an understanding with Russia and divided Europe many times before. They can do so again.
www.france24.com/en/france/20...
They have reached an understanding with Russia and divided Europe many times before. They can do so again.
www.france24.com/en/france/20...
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Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Behavioral #plasticity: First documentation of systematic predation on #bats by #rats.
Gloza-Rausch et al 2025 Global Ecology and Conservation. Active predation by brown #rats on #bats at urban mass hibernacula in Northern #Germany: Conservation and one health implications
doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
Gloza-Rausch et al 2025 Global Ecology and Conservation. Active predation by brown #rats on #bats at urban mass hibernacula in Northern #Germany: Conservation and one health implications
doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
November 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Behavioral #plasticity: First documentation of systematic predation on #bats by #rats.
Gloza-Rausch et al 2025 Global Ecology and Conservation. Active predation by brown #rats on #bats at urban mass hibernacula in Northern #Germany: Conservation and one health implications
doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
Gloza-Rausch et al 2025 Global Ecology and Conservation. Active predation by brown #rats on #bats at urban mass hibernacula in Northern #Germany: Conservation and one health implications
doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
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Fun beaver/fish interaction: When I approached this pond, I startled brown trout preparing to spawn below it (beavs filter sediment & keep downstream substrate clean). The fish dashed to the dam & hid in its base. Beavers created perfect spawning grounds: pristine gravel adjacent to dense cover! 🤯🦫🐟
October 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Fun beaver/fish interaction: When I approached this pond, I startled brown trout preparing to spawn below it (beavs filter sediment & keep downstream substrate clean). The fish dashed to the dam & hid in its base. Beavers created perfect spawning grounds: pristine gravel adjacent to dense cover! 🤯🦫🐟
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New Article -
China seeks a strategic advantage in underwater drone technology. What The World Is About To Learn About China’s Extra-Large Underwater Drones
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
China seeks a strategic advantage in underwater drone technology. What The World Is About To Learn About China’s Extra-Large Underwater Drones
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
What The World Is About To Learn About China's Extra-Large Underwater Drones - Naval News
China's naval expansion continues to surprise onlookers. Less visible, until now, have been developments in underwater drones. That is about to change with an upcoming military parade in Beijing in Se...
www.navalnews.com
August 16, 2025 at 8:50 PM
New Article -
China seeks a strategic advantage in underwater drone technology. What The World Is About To Learn About China’s Extra-Large Underwater Drones
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
China seeks a strategic advantage in underwater drone technology. What The World Is About To Learn About China’s Extra-Large Underwater Drones
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
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Ok, for each retweet I’ll provide one insight, fact, or opinion on unconventional naval warfare, like submarines, explosive boats, special forces or crazy ideas
0/n 🧵
0/n 🧵
August 7, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Ok, for each retweet I’ll provide one insight, fact, or opinion on unconventional naval warfare, like submarines, explosive boats, special forces or crazy ideas
0/n 🧵
0/n 🧵
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It is not only that the President has far-reaching immunity; he now claims the right to bestow immunity, i.e. tell those breaking laws that nothing will happen to them.
The implications are breathtaking. the line between a normal legal state and exceptions/prerogative state can be shifted at will.
The implications are breathtaking. the line between a normal legal state and exceptions/prerogative state can be shifted at will.
Trump Claims Sweeping Power to Nullify Laws, Letters on TikTok Ban Show
www.nytimes.com
July 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
It is not only that the President has far-reaching immunity; he now claims the right to bestow immunity, i.e. tell those breaking laws that nothing will happen to them.
The implications are breathtaking. the line between a normal legal state and exceptions/prerogative state can be shifted at will.
The implications are breathtaking. the line between a normal legal state and exceptions/prerogative state can be shifted at will.
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Once again wondering how on Earth there aren't any movies, not even Finnish ones, about Finnish WW2 long-range patrols.
The story of Aimo Koivunen and his week with methamphetamine is probably not even the craziest one.
There's plenty to choose from. (A Thread.)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aimo_Ko...
The story of Aimo Koivunen and his week with methamphetamine is probably not even the craziest one.
There's plenty to choose from. (A Thread.)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aimo_Ko...
![A screenshot of Aimo Koivunen's Wikipedia page.
"
Koivunen was a Finnish soldier, assigned to a ski patrol on 15 March 1944 along with several other Finnish soldiers. Three days into their mission on 18 March, the group was attacked and surrounded by Soviet forces, from whom they were able to escape.[3] Koivunen became fatigued after skiing for a long distance but could not stop. He was carrying his patrol's entire supply of army-issued Pervitin, or methamphetamine, a stimulant used to remain awake while on duty.[4] He consumed the entire supply of Pervitin, and had a short burst of energy, but soon entered a state of delirium and eventually lost consciousness. Koivunen later recalled waking up the following morning, separated from his patrol and having no supplies.[5]
In the following days, Koivunen escaped Soviet forces once again, was injured by a land mine, and stayed in a ditch for a week, waiting for help.[5][4] In the week that he was gone, he subsisted only on pine buds and a single Siberian jay that he caught and ate raw.[5][4] Having skied more than 400 km (248.5 mi), he was later found and admitted to a nearby hospital, where his heart rate was measured at 200 beats per minute, and he weighed only 43 kg (94.8 lbs).[5][4]"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:l5qgtdxd462q6cz5hbt25edk/bafkreiaoljarpo7yame7ddc3tcnhr7xxxegn6x3jgxckikbj2vka7bypka@jpeg)
June 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Once again wondering how on Earth there aren't any movies, not even Finnish ones, about Finnish WW2 long-range patrols.
The story of Aimo Koivunen and his week with methamphetamine is probably not even the craziest one.
There's plenty to choose from. (A Thread.)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aimo_Ko...
The story of Aimo Koivunen and his week with methamphetamine is probably not even the craziest one.
There's plenty to choose from. (A Thread.)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aimo_Ko...
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Great story from @nytimes.com on how the Musk Boys and company killed USAID. Whatever you think of the organization's work and waste, the way this shutdown was executed is insane. Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/u...
Missteps, Confusion and ‘Viral Waste’: The 14 Days That Doomed U.S.A.I.D.
www.nytimes.com
June 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Great story from @nytimes.com on how the Musk Boys and company killed USAID. Whatever you think of the organization's work and waste, the way this shutdown was executed is insane. Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/u...
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Folks the vibes are downright awful. We are at VIBESINT 2.
June 17, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Folks the vibes are downright awful. We are at VIBESINT 2.
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Even though the US, UK and EU have now sanctioned 508 shadow fleet ships, there's only 43 ships that are currently sanctioned jointly by all three. That just makes no sense. Sanctions are much more powerful when they're coordinated. Today's substack piece:
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/western-sa...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/western-sa...
Western Sanctions on the Shadow Fleet
Better coordination of shadow fleet sanctions is needed across the EU, UK and US
robinjbrooks.substack.com
May 28, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Even though the US, UK and EU have now sanctioned 508 shadow fleet ships, there's only 43 ships that are currently sanctioned jointly by all three. That just makes no sense. Sanctions are much more powerful when they're coordinated. Today's substack piece:
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/western-sa...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/western-sa...
There is quite a lot of skewed self-centered thinking around LLMs' usefulness.
Like for example, there is so much potential for LLMs to help ordinary people navigate the ever-increasing bureaucracy.
For me it has been writing descriptions of my disabled sons needs for variety of different forms.
Like for example, there is so much potential for LLMs to help ordinary people navigate the ever-increasing bureaucracy.
For me it has been writing descriptions of my disabled sons needs for variety of different forms.
This weekend I discovered yet another very valuable use case for LLMs. The idea they’re useless simply doesn’t hold water.
I’m VERY concerned about them becoming yet another way for economic power to concentrate. So I’d like criticism to hold water.
I’m VERY concerned about them becoming yet another way for economic power to concentrate. So I’d like criticism to hold water.
There are a lot of critiques of LLMs that I agree with but "they suck and aren't useful" doesn't really hold water.
I understand people not using them because of social, economic, and environmental concerns. And I also understand people using them because they can be very useful.
Thoughts?
I understand people not using them because of social, economic, and environmental concerns. And I also understand people using them because they can be very useful.
Thoughts?
April 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
There is quite a lot of skewed self-centered thinking around LLMs' usefulness.
Like for example, there is so much potential for LLMs to help ordinary people navigate the ever-increasing bureaucracy.
For me it has been writing descriptions of my disabled sons needs for variety of different forms.
Like for example, there is so much potential for LLMs to help ordinary people navigate the ever-increasing bureaucracy.
For me it has been writing descriptions of my disabled sons needs for variety of different forms.
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April 27, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Therefore it's great to see that there is now published evidence of heavy rainfall becoming more extreme in Finland.
Utriainen et al. (2025): Less frequent but more intense summertime precipitation in Finland: results from a convection-permitting climate model
PDF: www.borenv.net/BER/archive/...
Utriainen et al. (2025): Less frequent but more intense summertime precipitation in Finland: results from a convection-permitting climate model
PDF: www.borenv.net/BER/archive/...
April 11, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Therefore it's great to see that there is now published evidence of heavy rainfall becoming more extreme in Finland.
Utriainen et al. (2025): Less frequent but more intense summertime precipitation in Finland: results from a convection-permitting climate model
PDF: www.borenv.net/BER/archive/...
Utriainen et al. (2025): Less frequent but more intense summertime precipitation in Finland: results from a convection-permitting climate model
PDF: www.borenv.net/BER/archive/...
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‘Profiting from misery’: how TikTok makes money from child begging livestreams
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘Profiting from misery’: how TikTok makes money from child begging livestreams
Exploitation fears as people in extreme poverty perform stunts and beg for virtual gifts
www.theguardian.com
April 6, 2025 at 11:21 AM
‘Profiting from misery’: how TikTok makes money from child begging livestreams
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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After using ChatGPT for over a year, my lukewarm take is that if you think of generative AIs like you ought to think of me - a well-read but overconfident diletantte - and have conversations with it rather than asking it to do your own homework, it can be very useful.
A Janne-in-a-box.
A Janne-in-a-box.
April 2, 2025 at 4:08 AM
After using ChatGPT for over a year, my lukewarm take is that if you think of generative AIs like you ought to think of me - a well-read but overconfident diletantte - and have conversations with it rather than asking it to do your own homework, it can be very useful.
A Janne-in-a-box.
A Janne-in-a-box.
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You probably won't believe how desperate Starliner's flight to the space station got last summer ...
arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
April 1, 2025 at 5:53 PM
You probably won't believe how desperate Starliner's flight to the space station got last summer ...
arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
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Miten Suomi turvataan? Uusi FIIA Research Paper pyrkii vastaamaan tähän kysymykseen.
Vaikka Suomen kansainvälinen asema on nyt vahva ja sen kansallisen turvallisuuden työkalut hyvässä kunnossa, saattaa maa elää historiallisen hyvän asemansa huippukohtaa.
Lue julkaisu ➡️ fiia.fi/julkaisu/mit...
Vaikka Suomen kansainvälinen asema on nyt vahva ja sen kansallisen turvallisuuden työkalut hyvässä kunnossa, saattaa maa elää historiallisen hyvän asemansa huippukohtaa.
Lue julkaisu ➡️ fiia.fi/julkaisu/mit...
April 1, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Miten Suomi turvataan? Uusi FIIA Research Paper pyrkii vastaamaan tähän kysymykseen.
Vaikka Suomen kansainvälinen asema on nyt vahva ja sen kansallisen turvallisuuden työkalut hyvässä kunnossa, saattaa maa elää historiallisen hyvän asemansa huippukohtaa.
Lue julkaisu ➡️ fiia.fi/julkaisu/mit...
Vaikka Suomen kansainvälinen asema on nyt vahva ja sen kansallisen turvallisuuden työkalut hyvässä kunnossa, saattaa maa elää historiallisen hyvän asemansa huippukohtaa.
Lue julkaisu ➡️ fiia.fi/julkaisu/mit...
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Note that this decision in itself is not Trump’s fault as such, although his reign of error surely doesn’t help.
The decision was expected, as the threat against Finland is these days less “a short war against heavily mechanized enemy” and more “a long conflict against human waves.”
The decision was expected, as the threat against Finland is these days less “a short war against heavily mechanized enemy” and more “a long conflict against human waves.”
Finland will withdraw from the international agreement banning antipersonnel mines and spend 3 percent of GDP on defense, the country's President Alexander Stubb said Tuesday.
Finland will exit global land mine treaty as Russia fears grow
President Alexander Stubb also announces major ramp up of defense spending to 3 percent of GDP.
www.politico.eu
April 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Note that this decision in itself is not Trump’s fault as such, although his reign of error surely doesn’t help.
The decision was expected, as the threat against Finland is these days less “a short war against heavily mechanized enemy” and more “a long conflict against human waves.”
The decision was expected, as the threat against Finland is these days less “a short war against heavily mechanized enemy” and more “a long conflict against human waves.”