If I was the US government and I was serious about regime change, finding ways to arm the Iranian opposition would be pretty high on my list. Something to look for as the campaign moves on to the next stage.

Absolutely not an Iran expert, but is there any viable path to regime change here? Even if the top leadership is killed, the regime is robust enough to just elect new leaders, no?

Not a lot of companies have stood up to the Trump government when they actually had something to lose. Gotta respect Anthropic for sticking by their principles.

Why is every AI take either "it's all a grift" or "all jobs will be automated in 2027 and the robot overlords may end up murdering us". Surely the reasonable take is "AI will be useful and speed up growth but not more than other general purpose technologies."

Sjukt ändå att pulkaåkning är en olympisk sport

China is now bankrolling Russia’s war in Ukraine by providing 60% of the funds needed by Moscow to continue fighting, MPs on the Commons Defence Committee were told today. The aim is to gain an advantage over the West.

Minneapolis police chief Brian O'Hara says that the victim was a 37-year-old white man and US citizen with no criminal record and that he was a legally permitted gun owner.

"The gentleman I was standing next to was focused on helping people who were coming into Nicollet Avenue understand that they needed to take it slow and helping them get through. ... "Next thing I knew, they shot him." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Didn't grasp just how bad the Minneapolis murder was until I watched it with sound. Hearing how he empties his magazine into a guy already lying lifeless on the ground...

Okay, we need to talk about Carney's Havel reference. 🧵

"It is very important for us that we continue our partnerships. I value the friendships of the three Army chiefs in Norway, Sweden, and Finland." Major General Brian Eifler of the 11th airborne division in 2024. With the relations the 11th have with the Nordics, would they act if given the order?

Swedish prime minister Ulf Kristersson published a response on X to Trump's tariff threat. "We will nåt be extorted. I will always stand up for my country and our allies. Currently there are intense discussions with other EU countries, the UK and Norway regarding a joint response."

The next chance for the Supreme Court to rule that these kind of tariffs are illegal and that the law Trump is using was never meant for this kind of thing will be on Tuesday, when the justices said new decisions will be announced.

I don't see how the EU could back down here. There will be a conflict over this. Best case it stays in the economic realm before Trump blinks or congress pulls him back. www.ft.com/content/6055...

A US-Danish working group is great. It wastes time, which takes us nearer the US midterms and a potential balance on the executive.

Denmark sending reinforcements to Greenland. Seems reasonable, at least this avoids a fait accompli. Hopefully, the Danish forces will be joined by other EU nations. www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...

What is the arguments against stationing a French and/or British led tripwire force in Greenland? Seems like the only option at this point if we're serious about protecting some kind of rules based order in our own region.

EU decides not to make geopolitical laughing stock of itself by a considerably-less-than-overwhelming majority. (And I'm the person who generally says trade deals don't have much to do with geopolitics, but I'd submit that this one does.)

The one silver lining here is that no one cares about government dietary guidelines anyway. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Assuming they really did take Maduro, I still don't see what the end game is? Do they expect the rest of the regime to just crumble now?

Mycket som var jobbigt förra året, men tillväxten i förnybart är en sak att glädjas över. Jag har skrivit lite om vikten av optimism inom klimatrörelsen. progressiv.substack.com/p/vi-kan-kla...

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...