Aleksi Roinila 🇫🇮🇪🇺🇺🇦
aleroi.bsky.social
Aleksi Roinila 🇫🇮🇪🇺🇺🇦
@aleroi.bsky.social
Analyst of War, Politics, and Humanity. Posts in Finnish and English. Opinions personal. Repost ≠ endorsement.
The US now has two companies - SpaceX and Blue Origin - that can land orbital boosters back on Earth for reuse. Next year that will likely increase to three companies with Rocket Lab.

Europe has 0 reusable rockets and hasn't even started developing one.
#Escapade - Second time is the charm, Congrats to Blue Origin, they have become the second commercial launch company to return a 1st stage booster.
November 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Move along. No Russian trade to see here…
Serbia's export miracle... to Kyrgyzstan.
November 14, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Bulgaria's exports to Kyrgyzstan. Might be something for @atanaspekanov.bsky.social to look into...
November 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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This just keeps happening that when a wealth tax is introduced, 1, the rich don't actually move out and 2, they are hoarding more wealth than people know. Tax the rich.
November 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Shaming is a way for the society police amoral and antisocial behaviour.

A society that tolerates everything and shames nothing will not last long as a functioning society.
A Conservative view of mine: Hume was spot on to criticize the Stoics for disregarding reputation.

We need to bring back shame, fear for reputation.

Like: giving a public speech to defend promoting a proud, sneering NAZI—then mumbling “I don’t know much about him”—is craven and filthy.
In Explaining His Gaffe, Heritage Foundation Leader Pleads Ignorance
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Nearly a month before President Donald Trump met Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Helsinki in 2018, Jeffrey Epstein attempted to pass a message to Russia’s top diplomat: “I think you might suggest to putin that lavrov can get insight on talking to me,” Epstein wrote in a June 24, 2018.
Jeffrey Epstein claimed he gave Russians insight into Trump
Newly released emails show the late convicted sex offender’s extensive network of foreign contacts, whom he corresponded with about Trump’s policy decisions.
www.politico.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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Tapping the XKCD sign again to explain that no, I won't be seeing an aurora tonight. Or at least I really hope not. That would be bad. :)
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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Rikas: "Hyvinvointia lisätään laskemalla veroja."

Köyhä: Tutkimusten mukaan ei...

Rikas: "On leikattava julkista sektoria, jotta on varaa yhteiskunnan ylläpitoon."

Köyhä: [kirjoitus jätettiin julkaisematta]

Rikas: "Leikkaukset ovat ainoa vaihtoehto, ei ole esitetty muita mahdollisuuksia."
November 10, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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Yeah so several major Ukrainian cities are in a complete blackout right now. 0 generation from thermal plants and 0 idea when the power will be back. Just please don’t forget us
November 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Why is Elon Musk so dangerous?

Because he is an unstable, extremely ambitious man with far too much money and power who overestimates his grasp of societal issues, has unresolved issues affecting his views, and still craves more influence.

That mix breeds death and chaos, just like with DOGE
November 9, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Vaihtoehtoiskustannukset siitä kun terveydenhuoltoa ei hoideta kunnolla ne vasta kauheita ovatkin.

Mutta sen ajattelu vaatisi vähän muutakin kuin velkapelottelua.
November 9, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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16. One thing that new Star Wars got right is that the nazis just keep coming back.
November 8, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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'Small-scale fishermen using low-impact methods are...forced out by industrial vessels "that take more in a day than we can in a season...we are not asking for special treatment, only for rules that protect the ocean, reward those who fish responsibly, + give our communities a chance to survive"'.
November 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Avoiding escalation was not essential. It only encouraged Russia to escalate more.

The entire war could have been avoided had the US or Nato signalled Putin that they were ready to intervene.
Stoltenberg described ending the call as “extremely painful,” fearing it could be Zelensky’s last, but said avoiding escalation was essential.

He added that U.S. President Joe Biden agreed, saying the United States would not risk World War III for Ukraine.
November 9, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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So many lives would have been saved if NATO did destroy russian air defenses in belarus and russia, and russian aircraft, right as the invasion started in earnest.

Being cowardly didn't avert WW3, it only made it more likely to happen.

threadreaderapp.com/thread/14986...
Thread by @kamilkazani on Thread Reader App
@kamilkazani: The War in Ukraine in American context In such a polarised country as the U.S., Russian invasion of Ukraine was immediately weaponised by the opposing political forces and became a basis...
threadreaderapp.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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I'm not opposed to people being able to earn a lot of money by working hard and taking risks, but being worth a trillion or more gives someone an absolutely excessive amount of power, far beyond what anyone, especially someone as dangerous as Musk, should ever have
November 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Russia could have been defeated in 2 years even without a direct intervention had we given Ukraine all the aid and training they needed.

Instead we delayed and dithered, and continue to withhold aid even to this day.

This has only made the final cost of the war much more expensive for everyone.
Russia is declining but so are we. We've given up on the best case scenario. We never even tried.

We will come out on top in the end because we started from a much better place than Russia, but we're allowing an awful lot of destruction, decay, and decline to occur in the meantime.

Why?
November 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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oh thank god someone solved the hidden posts mystery. Go upwards in this thread to find out how to unhide the perfectly normal replies you've been kept from seeing.

bluesky is hiding benign comments like "I agree, that TV show sucks"
This means if you are in the habit of saying things like "fuck Trump" or "I hope Cheney burns in hell", probably a good amount of your feed isn't seeing those posts because, unbeknownst to them, Bsky has shielded grown adults from "rude" "threats" like this.
November 7, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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"Why American-style polarisation is spreading across the West"

Two words: algorithms and incentives. Mostly incentives. Until we modify or eliminate incentives, all we can do is watch as the fabric of society is pulled apart, strand by strand. www.ft.com/content/5060...
November 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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You know what? There's actually a tested solution to this! it is brilliantly simple, and it WORKS.

I would love to see @bsky.app and @support.bsky.team test this out.

www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2023/ju...
November 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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In DK we pay income tax on social security. And VAT is 25%. But the crux of the matter is that the large middle class, low to high income, sees that that their high taxes get them free health care, free tuition, social services, etc., etc., functioning welfare across the board. That's the deal.
November 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.

Here's how to turn it off.

First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
PSA: Bluesky now filters "rude" posts by default unless you turn it off.
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.

Here's how to turn it off.

First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 7:34 PM