If Liz Truss was a lettuce, Sebastien Lecornu was, what, a gently simmering pint of unpasteurised milk?

Jussi is a Finnish Left Alliance MEP. And speaks truly. Give #Ukraine more and better weapons.

A lonesome corvette way up North

Something that has received less attention than the suspected drones in Karlskrona is the actual drone in Sundsvall where the operator was arrested on various charges. Just a local guy who thought it was a great idea to fly a drone over the airport while high on drugs. www.svt.se/nyheter/loka...

a long, proud, unrelenting history of The Economist adoration of all thing airships. We are like the Sputnik News of the hot-air lobby, I tell you. (I love these pieces)

New 15 minute electricity price info in Finland reveals how Finns all start boiling potatoes at 4.45 PM. And turn on saunas at 5.45 PM.

Breaking information about Squadron 2020 and the Pohjanmaa-class - it will have not just one, but *TWO*, saunas 😎 ruotuvaki.fi/-/huippuunsa...

A regular reminder of what’s important and what’s not: 👇

Mom is hooked on Candy Crush, kids on Minecraft. Dad listens to Joe Rogan on Spotify while ordering Meat Bonanza Burrito with a Klarna payment plan. Swedes control America on a level few comprehend.

Shocker in Latvia! Finland knocks off Serbia. Likely the biggest win in Finnish international basketball history. #EuroBasket

Exasperated Brazilian leftist urging sheepish German conservative to get a damn move on and do some neoliberalism.

Just think for a moment a democrat comes into office who is entirely fair and knowledgeable. Can he afford to sign deals with partners that do not look like Trump's? Can we afford to say "you are more sympathetic, so you'll get less"? We are building a trap for ourselves. /2

Vähän ajallista kontekstia päivään. Jos olet 40v tai enemmän, niin syntymäsi on lähempänä toisen maailmansodan päättymistä kuin tätä päivää. fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toinen_...

The thing to understand about Americans is, other countries aren't real places to them. America is an idea, and the rest of the world exists purely as words to contrast America with, symbolizing a timeless tradition. Italy, for example, is a place of timeless food, not model anti-corruption laws.

My social media holiday is now over and I just want to go on record and state that, while I've been fairly dovish on negotiating tariffs with the Trump administration, the EU should absolutely draw a hard line againt US pressure to change EU laws - some things are worth the fight

Happy Independence Day to Ukraine ! 🇺🇦 What a nice present from Norway and Germany.

Just like that, I live in a country where the government is the largest shareholder of a major semiconductor company. I literally emigrated from Finland to live in a capitalist country. And here we are.

If you think climate change has gotten worse during your lifetime, you're right and there's a good reason. If you're Gen X like me, more than 3/4 of fossil fuel CO₂ emissions have occurred in your lifetime. Even if you're a Millennial, it's at least half. 📊: @neilrkaye.bsky.social

Aloitan blogillani neljän kirjoituksen sarjan Risto Murron avauksesta hoitopommin kaatumisesta päälle. Sanonpa vain, että älkää ampuko viestintuojaa. Aloitan siitä, mistä hoitopommi johtuu. Hoivapommi (1/4) Miksi vanhustenhoidon menot kasvavat? www.soininvaara.fi/2025/08/18/h...

This is Finland’s greatest hour since 2001 when Nokia’s global mobile phone market share reached 51%.

Ja vielä, olisi ihan hyvä keskustella, että onko hienoa vai huonoa, että nuoret ovat päässeet entistä paremmin korkeakouluun kiintiöiden jälkeen.

Meinaa ihan tosissaan vituttaa nämä rauhanneuvottelut joissa venäjä saa kaiken haluamansa. Jos vituttaa sinuakin, laita meidän kautta Ukrainaan neuvottelueuro! IBAN: FI08 1544 3000 3795 24 SAAJA: UkrainApu VIESTI: Neuvottelueuro --- Mobilepay: 21061 --- RA/2024/2026

Norway reportedly joining CAVS (Patria 6x6, aka XA-300), making it the new wheeled standard APC for the Nordics with Sweden, Denmark, and Finland having bought it already earlier.

New post at EU Analytics - in which I try to tackle the question on who decides EU policy on Gaza. The question led me to more issues I could cover in one post, so this one starts with EU statements, positions in international organsations and sanctions (with a QMV twist):

You can listen to Mervyn King on Risto Ryti here www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

📢SMA Mineral will build a zero-emission lime plant in Norway (Mo i Rana) using Electric Arc Calciner technology from Swedish company SaltX, which uses an electric plasma torch to generate the high temperatures necessary. Completion planned for 2027. This will be the first of its kind in the world.

What are EU citizens' priorities? Inflation, Poverty, EU defence, Jobs, Public health.... Virtually ALL policy areas where EU governments - not the EU - remain on the driving seat.

#Finland bubble I need your help. My bike has been stolen 30 minutes ago in #Tampere. Between Korkinmäki and Turtola. If you see it please report to the police. Can be easily spotted by the red cable ties. Please repost.

National Bank of Slovakia staff were randomly assigned GPT-4o access. AI improved output quality by up to 44% & cut completion time by 21%, with the largest gains on non-routine work. Lower-skill staff saw biggest quality boosts, while higher-skill colleagues saved most time cepr.org/voxeu/column...

This explains so much of the UK electricity price discussion that I've sometimes struggled to follow

HUGE NEWS FROM HELSINKI, FINLAND Helsinki, a city of 690 000 people, has now had a full year without any traffic fatalities. None. No pedestrian, cyclist, scooter user or car deaths. This is a huge achievement for a city of our size. 💪🏻 A little background 🧵 1/ yle.fi/a/74-20174831

This is the correct take. I went to see a modern wind turbine close up in the Netherlands almost 20 years ago and was as fascinated by it as with windmills in Kinderdijk. At the time they were very rare in Finland and I had seen them only from a distance in Germany.

I loved it so much I bought Shinkansen-themed merch for myself and a few loved ones after the ride. Exhibit A - my Shinkansen cutlery.

Swedish Armed Forces campaign for Stockholm Pride Week: ”For us, it’s our everyday. Defending your right to be who you are.”

It always feels a bit weird to read outsiders praising Helsinki or Finland as there is still so much that could be improved. It's been a long journey to get here. Stats can be found here: kaupunkitieto.hel.fi/fi/liikenne/...

Voluntary action produces just about enough change (tiniest) that it persists as a distraction to the only true driver of climate action: regulation. Market forces can work without regulations but regulations must shape those forces to exist first. www.ft.com/content/765c... #ClimateCapitalism

Based on comments, this seems like a great use of LLMs. I wish I could have something similar for a tedious documentation task I have at work.

The long-end of the curve is tighter than *2021*. Just madness out there in credit land. History strongly suggests you do not get paid chasing the market at these levels, and the decompression is often pretty violent.

Re: the EU-China summit and some other things. Volume of China's exports is now 50% above 2019 level, and its imports are up 10%. This kind of growth is not sustainable. Something has to give.

CO₂ removal (CDR) deployments require materials and energy, which emit CO₂. That’s why we talk about net CDR. Even if CDR affects ecosystems, it’s likely minor compared to the significant negative impacts of climate change on ecosystems. So we should focus on the net ecosystem benefits of CDR.

Good Macrons file US lawsuit over claims France’s first lady was born male on.ft.com/3GP9H2T

Replication Crisis xkcd.com/3117/

I mean look at this madness.

Japan has more than doubled its foreign aid budget, putting the country among the world’s top donors. In 2023, Japan gave $19.3 billion in foreign aid, more than double its budget in 2018. Japan’s aid budget is now 0.44% of its gross national income. buff.ly/wSpSlER #ShareGoodNewsToo

Did you know that the bilateral current account between the EU and the US is roughly zero? You thought the EU had a massive surplus, didn't you, just like Donald Trump does? on.ft.com/4eW25Ik

The Orient Express is one of history's most famous train journeys. Different routes were taken. I for one would love the purple route. Source: buff.ly/XrpuWsd

Heat stroked reindeer gather on beaches of Rovaniemi to vainly seek cooler temperatures.

BUT do Italian 2yr and 5yr benchmark bonds trade through French 2yr and 5yr benchmark bonds? Absolutely. (Partly — okay MOSTLY because the Italian so-called 2yr is more than a whole year shorter than the French so-called 2yr tenor; and the 5yr is shorter too.)

For once, Lunch with the FT is with someone truly inspiring and heroic. You might, if you can get through the tears, think that David Nott deserves rather more than seabass and chips in Sloane Square on us, but it's a start. (Link free 300x) on.ft.com/410ARdR

Want mass heat pump adoption? Fix the running costs. The electricity-to-gas price ratio is key. When policy makes electricity artificially expensive, the cleaner choice isn't the cheaper one. It's time to rebalance energy taxes, as this @thecccuk.bsky.social chart highlights.