A piece of good news for once. Electric vehicle adoption is exploding in many emerging markets. ember-energy.org/latest-insig...

*Nods in Baudrillard*

Poland will purchase 3 submarines from Saab. A crucial investment for Sweden and Saab as the previous production line stood at a measly 2. Poland is the first buyer outside Sweden, and carrying the development cost alone has been an increasing burden for Swedish defense. www.svt.se/nyheter/utri...

*Taps the sign*

When a Swedish minister gets this sassy, it means that they’re furious. And rightly so. It’s amazing that the small ones have punched so far above their weight, but inexcusable that the bigger ones haven’t followed suit. There simply are capacity limits for the small ones.

Superintressant artikel om sexarbete och gränsdragningen mellan arbete och fritid. www.ottar.se/amanda-fick-...

Fascinating reading the new Malaysia-US trade agreement. The countries have agreed to "economic security alignment", which effectively means that Malaysia lets the US set its trade policies in strategic sectors. If the US introduces a tariff or export restriction, Malaysia promises to follow suit.

I you had asked me 10 years ago, I would have said first past the post democracies like the UK were immune to challenges from third parties. The collapse of both the traditional left and right is honestly shocking.

In the future, there is going to be some quality theater on the life of Elon Musk. The world's richest man, and yet his mind is overtaken by the very app he bought, slowly devolving into right wing madness. The tragedy writes itself.

Vi behöver en tillväxtpositiv klimatrörelse. Skrev om boken Abundance och miljörörelsens problem. progressiv.substack.com/p/abundance-...

Nah, feeling mad is what X is for. Bsky is for dread.

Detta kommer från och med nu vara exempel 1A på varför "vandel" är problematiskt som grund för utvisning.

Landslide win for pro-EU Turkish Cypriot candidate raises hopes for peace www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Jag tror det här är en strid MP bara kan förlora på. Stödet för kärnkraft är rekordstort i Sverige. Det är retoriskt hopplöst att å ena sidan hävda att klimatet är vår tids stora ödesfråga och å andra sidan förklara att man kämpar emot klimatsmart energiförsörjning.

”Totalt granskades 49 549 inlägg i sociala medier, 11 671 hemsidestexter och 55 603 nyhetstexter.” Gissa resultatet.

Weird news of the day: An islamist living in Sweden claims he was pressured by security services to leave the country and join the war in Ukraine. Secrurity services deny any involvement, but Ukrainians confirm that Swedes helped facilitate the transfer. www.svt.se/nyheter/gran...

Nice to see that Western countries aren't the only ones conducting acts of foreign policy self sabotage for ideological reasons. cepa.org/article/russ...

Nokia & Ericsson get squeezed out of the few crumbs they still had on Chinese market. All the while, Huawei & ZTE have retained 30 to 35 per cent of the European mobile infrastructure market. Huawei 50%+ of German 5G access network. Absolute economic security folly. www.ft.com/content/7d08...

The unfamiliar feeling of good news. The people of Moldova defends its pro EU path against unprecedented levels of attempted Russian election interference. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Är detta ens lagligt? Jag är absolut inte jurist, men fick lära mig en gång i tiden att gynnande beslut inte kan återkallas enligt förvaltningslagen?

Moldovan special services and police have detained 74 individuals suspected of preparing riots and attempting to destabilize the country. politia.md/ro/politia-a...

Everywhere, cowardice and narrow self interest

Detta är riktigt bra www.dn.se/kultur/johan...

Wtf does "transgender and antifascist ideology" even mean, and how would you engrave it on a bullet?

En underdiskuterad fråga just nu är hur många av de anonyma konton som jublar över politiskt våld är påverkansoperationer, och risken för att spela med i deras spel om vi ger sådana konton utrymme och legitimitet.

On SOTEU. Von der Leyen said it was "crystal clear" that the EU sets its own rules and regulations. Clearly aimed at the US administration who have threatened to restart the trade war over the "discrimination" of american tech companies. Glad that the EU isn't backing down on this one.

Vet att ni är upptagna med att bråka om Bohlin nu, men jag kan inte släppa petningen av Acko. Mitt intryck är att hon har åtnjutit stor respekt långt utan de kristdemokratiska leden för sin sakkunskap och engagemang i sjukvårdsfrågorna. Från utsidan ser petning väldigt märklig ut.

All respekt till Dagens ETC som granskar de här bluffmakarna www.etc.se/story/underc...

Man får ändå ge kanonen att den är mer liberal än jag väntat mig. Regeringsformen, viggen, riksbanken. Allt kan vara kulturkanon.

Europakonventionen som svensk kulturkanon. Peak folkpartism.

Idag är det äntligen dags för dagen då alla berättar hur många böcker i kanonen de har läst.

This but based on Confucius understanding of rituals. Being rude to LLMs builds bad habits and undermines your character, which will shape the way you approach other situations in your life.

Veckans Medierna i P1 är nästan jobbigt att lyssna på, så katastrofala är svaren från Ekot efter att de avslöjats med att använda feltolkad eller irrelevant statistik för att påstå att antalet svenska judar som flyttar till Israel har ökat.

Absolutely terrible for science and for students. And a once in a lifetime opportunity for the EU to reclaim the lion share of the top talent pool, if it makes the appropriate moves.

Full resignation letter from Demetre C. Daskalakis, a CDC leader, does not hold back. "The recent shooting at CDC is not why I am resigning. My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece and lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him and his legacy proud."

Alternativet kommer gå såhär: Om nån månad kickar de igång ett "folkligt socialistiskt alternativ med ryggrad och stadigt förankrade i civilsamhället." Kanske har de två talespersoner, men det blir mest Riazat som syns i media. > www.expressen.se/nyheter/poli...

A double-tap strike on a hospital. An abomination.

Fascinerande att Riazat lyckas bli utesluten, inte för något han själv har gjort, utan för att han om och om igen går i opposition mot sin egen partiledning i media.

Det första folk måste lära sig om LLMs är att de är just språkmodeller, inte tänkande maskiner. Det andra folk måste lära sig om LLMs är att den ger dig vad den tror du vill ha. >

I valrörelsen tävlar Magda och Uffe om att förstöra så mycket som möjligt för de här människorna. www.svt.se/nyheter/loka...

Haha, bold proposal from a Norwegian Business School professor! "Norway should seize this historic opportunity by using the Oil Fund to buy Harvard, construct a state-of-the-art facility near Oslo, and relocate much of its faculty and students to Norway." www.dn.no/innlegg/norw...

In 2016, I figured it would probably take 20 years for Britain to rejoin. I still feel like that timeline is somewhat plausible.

We need a term for people who use performative outrage to gain clout on social media. It's an absolutely toxic thing for our discourse, but due to the algorithms its still widely exercised by pundits of all political stripes.

Seems like a good idea to have some experienced people work on delivering this aid. Maybe they could be organized as a government agency? We could call it USAID.

Two hacker groups, Silent Crow and Cyber Partisans BY, have shut down the tech infrastructure of Russia’s Aeroflot in a months-long operation. Flights are grounded and the cost runs into tens of millions of dollars, according to Russian Telegram channels.

I think most policy wonks grossly overestimate how much the average person pays attention to politics, and in particular international politics.

Hard to say what is a good deal for those of us that weren't in the room. The deal looks embarrassing for the EU. But given the geopolitical situation, the US holds escalation dominance since we need them to protect Ukraine.

I usually agree with Higgins, but I'm not convinced he's right in this case. Was the historical period before neoliberalism really more democratic? And what if the increased managerial logic is a response to pressure from the electorate?

Cautiously positive towards this. The starting point for any democrat should be that suffrage should be as universal as possible. It's on the people who want to limit suffrage to provide solid evidence as to why it is warranted. www.bbc.com/news/live/c9...