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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3h

Europe’s failure to condemn Trump’s illegal aggression in Venezuela isn’t just wrong – it’s stupid | Nathalie Tocci

The more European countries act as colonies, unable and unwilling to stand up to Trump, the more they’ll be treated as such, says Guardian Europe columnist Nathalie Tocci

www.theguardian.com

Markus Jäntti @mjantti.bsky.social · 21h

The answer appears to be yes he has, no he has not.

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

“Has the Prime Minister decided yet whether President Trump has breached international law?”
#BBCbreakfast

Markus Jäntti @mjantti.bsky.social · 21h

I'd like to write this defies belief but unfortunately, it does not.

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

Jeez. Greenland is in the NATO alliance. How hard can this be?

CRC Rationality & Competition @rationalitycrc.bsky.social · 21h

How Germany’s historical high mobility fell short of its reputation: Our data reveals that intergenerational income persistence sharply increased for recent cohorts, reaching levels comparable to the US and coinciding with increasingly class-dependent educational attainment.

Social Mobility in Germany: New Study Reveals a Steep Decline in Opportunity

Baarck, Bode & Peichl: "Rising Inequality, Declining Mobility: The Evolution of Intergenerational Mobility in Germany" CRC Discussion Paper No. 550

190researchblog.substack.com

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

Jeez. Greenland is in the NATO alliance. How hard can this be?

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

“Has the Prime Minister decided yet whether President Trump has breached international law?”
#BBCbreakfast

Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 1d

A year ago, I went to Copenhagen to write about the political crisis sparked by Trump over Greenland. Danes told me that the US can already do whatever it wants on the island.
Their conclusion: Trump just wants the U.S. to look larger on a map
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

Trump Triggers a Crisis in Denmark—And Europe

"Trump might forget about Greenland. But also, he might not. Nobody knows. He operates on whims," @anneapplebaum writes.

www.theatlantic.com

Markus Jäntti @mjantti.bsky.social · 1d

These usually don't. The "West" has stopped pretending international law has any meaning.

Markus Jäntti @mjantti.bsky.social · 1d

De jure they do, de facto not.

Markus Jäntti @mjantti.bsky.social · 1d

Anyone for sanctions on Trump, his family, their companies as well as Trump's cabinet for flagrant violations of international law? If not (as everyone expects), good luck with support next time Northern interests are violated.

Markus Jäntti @mjantti.bsky.social · 1d

They are out of their minds but as US allies accept anything they do, including seizing another country, under what logic can they protest seizing Greenland?

Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

These people are out of their minds. They are endangering the whole world. This has to stop. This is the wife of the man who is currently running foreign policy for the United States:

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 5d

Very hard to believe that Roberts actually thinks this. The crisis is apparent to anyone. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Chief justice says rule of law is strong at time of rising concerns

Chief Justice John Roberts said in his annual year-end report on the judiciary that the nation’s founding charters remain robust.

www.washingtonpost.com

The Economist @economist.com · 8d

The popular view of Adam Smith is that he celebrated self-interest. But if you read his work more closely, the caricature melts away

Adam Smith is misinterpreted and his influence overstated

The most famous book in economics is less revolutionary than you think

econ.st

Markus Jäntti @mjantti.bsky.social · 8d

This makes sense in this by now pretty senseless world.

Eric Adamson @eadamson91.bsky.social · 8d

Swedish New Year Resolution: Kalmar Union by 2028

Another feature article investigating the merits of a Nordic Union, potential forms of governance, and challenges.

And yes, in the presented scenario of unifying to deter a looming Russian invasion, Jens Stoltenberg is the Federal Chancellor.

2028-scenariot: Nordisk stat inväntar rysk attack

Allt fler talar om ett enat Norden. Men hur skulle en nordisk förbundsstat se ut? Monarki eller republik? Stormakt eller lilleputt? SvD utforskar en gammal tankelek som tycks bli allt mer verklig.

www.svd.se

Eric Adamson @eadamson91.bsky.social · 8d

Swedish New Year Resolution: Kalmar Union by 2028

Another feature article investigating the merits of a Nordic Union, potential forms of governance, and challenges.

And yes, in the presented scenario of unifying to deter a looming Russian invasion, Jens Stoltenberg is the Federal Chancellor.

2028-scenariot: Nordisk stat inväntar rysk attack

Allt fler talar om ett enat Norden. Men hur skulle en nordisk förbundsstat se ut? Monarki eller republik? Stormakt eller lilleputt? SvD utforskar en gammal tankelek som tycks bli allt mer verklig.

www.svd.se

Markus Jäntti @mjantti.bsky.social · 9d

When will EU realise that MAGA-US is now one of its main adversaries? And not only in trade wars (in which it is the main one)?

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 9d

Denmark lost more troops per capita in the post 9/11 war on Afghanistan. Saying they “are not a good ally” because they won’t surrender their territories to the US is lunacy. We are betraying our allies to satisfy the whims of a would-be Emperor for whom the US is not enough.

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 9d

They’re again advocating against Denmark when it comes to Greenland

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 9d

Denmark lost more troops per capita in the post 9/11 war on Afghanistan. Saying they “are not a good ally” because they won’t surrender their territories to the US is lunacy. We are betraying our allies to satisfy the whims of a would-be Emperor for whom the US is not enough.

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 9d

They’re again advocating against Denmark when it comes to Greenland

Dagens ETC @etc.se · 10d

Tidöregeringen har vid flera tillfällen valt att gå emot utredares rekommendationer.

– SD har ingen lojalitet med svensk förvaltningstradition, och den synen spiller över på regeringspartierna. Det är farligt, säger Göran Sundström, professor vid Stockholms universitet.

Regeringen ignorerar remisser och utredares expertis

Professorn: Det är farligt • ”Problemet är SD.”

www.etc.se

Lars Sund @lasse2.bsky.social · 14d

Bra av @karinp.bsky.social om regeringens inhumana och rasistiska utvisningspolitik. Eftersom de stora partierna, inklusive S, inte har några spärrar kvar mot denna kortdiktiga och dumms politik måste motståndet komma från annat håll. Från oss vanliga människor. Vi måste höja rösten.

Det är som om Satan, inte Jesus, fixat julen i år

Nästa år vill jag att den här högtiden ska kännas mindre grym

www.aftonbladet.se

Markus Jäntti @mjantti.bsky.social · 16d

Sharp column, as usual, on the contradictions in EU policies on migration. One hopes for the brave politician to take the lead on stopping the pandering to the anti-immigrant right.

Simon Kuper @simonkuper.bsky.social · 18d

European states need immigrants but don't want them. How to square that circle? Posture against immigrants while taking in more than ever before but treating them as a permanent second-class serving caste with few rights. Me @financialtimes.com on European kafala as.ft.com/r/7e2026f8-5...

Europe’s second-class citizens

[FREE TO READ] Countries that looked down on the Gulf’s ‘kafala’ system are edging closer to creating their own

as.ft.com

Markus Jäntti @mjantti.bsky.social · 17d

mikä vaikuttaa maaliin pääsemiseen ei ole oikein kenenkään tiedossa. Tarvitaan (paljon) lisää tutkimusta. 2/2

Markus Jäntti @mjantti.bsky.social · 17d

Kyse on osin myös siitä, että tutkimuksessa ei yleensä kiinnitetä huomiota tasapainoon sopeutumisen uraan eikä vaikutusten herkkyteen em suhdannetilanteeseen. Staattinen simulointi on lähellä sen alkupistettä ja työllisyysvaikutus teoreettista loppupistettä. Mitä välissä tapahtuu ja 1/2

Markus Jäntti @mjantti.bsky.social · 17d

Sos.turvaleikkausten tulonjako- ja työllisyysvaikutusten luonteet ovat päinvastaisista syistä fiktiivisiä. Em puuttuvat kaikki käyttäytymisvaikutukset ja jälk ne oletetaan täysimääräisesti pitkällä aikavälillä. En ihmettele, että näissä on selittämistä. Ehkä ne pitäisikin ennustaa?

Simon Kuper @simonkuper.bsky.social · 18d

European states need immigrants but don't want them. How to square that circle? Posture against immigrants while taking in more than ever before but treating them as a permanent second-class serving caste with few rights. Me @financialtimes.com on European kafala as.ft.com/r/7e2026f8-5...

Europe’s second-class citizens

[FREE TO READ] Countries that looked down on the Gulf’s ‘kafala’ system are edging closer to creating their own

as.ft.com

Mikko Tuomi @mustapipa.bsky.social · 20d

Riippumattomaan akateemiseen tutkimukseen kohdistuu yhä voimakkaampaa painetta ja monessa länsimaassa tiedevastaiset puolueet istuvat jo hallituksessa.

Yliopistojen ja kansalaisten on aika alkaa entistä määrätietoisemmin puolustaa tutkimusta demokratian tukipilarina.
www.helsinki.fi/fi/uutiset/d...

Tiedevastaisuuden nousua länsimaissa ei kannata enää ohittaa | Helsingin yliopisto

Riippumattomaan akateemiseen tutkimukseen kohdistuu yhä voimakkaampaa painetta, ja monessa länsimaassa tiedevastaiset puolueet istuvat jo hallituksessa. Yliopistojen ja kansalaisten on aika alkaa enti...

www.helsinki.fi

Markus Jäntti @mjantti.bsky.social · 20d

Tämä: "Useat hybridivaikuttamisen asiantuntijat ovat ottaneet kantaa siihen, että tässä kyse voi olla Kiinan hybridioperaatiosta." Kiinalaiset ovat saaneet kolme PS-kansanedustajaa ilmeilemään rasistisesti?

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 21d

He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and unassimilable. How far will Stephen Miller’s sadistic designs go? trib.al/qOmUC8i

Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State

He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and unassimilable. How far will Miller’s sadistic designs go?

trib.al

The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 23d

153 countries voted to protect international aid workers from violence. The US was the only country to vote 'no.' The stated reason by the State Department is that it is a ploy to advance 'radical gender ideology.' You cannot make this shit up.

opendemocracy.net @opendemocracy.net · 24d

Europe is paying Libya to torture migrants on its behalf

On a rescue ship in the Mediterranean, a survivor tells of their detainment in Libya, which the EU helped to fund

bit.ly

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