Christoffer Carstens
@iltenore.bsky.social
Chef i staten. Tenor. Hobbymiljöpartist. Månskensbonde i södra Norrlands finnmarker. Cyklist som vilar sig i form. Här privat, såklart.
Pinned
Nästan 650 mil och 100 h körning från södra Norrland till Toscana ToR med elbil.
1 like = 1 tips hur du får det att funka
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Rutte måste gå
Thank you Max, you're 100% right. Ukraine, a country of 39 million, manages to hold back Russia since four years (and counting). But the EU, with it's 450 million citizens and all it's economic power cannot? Complete and utter bogus. It's a question of determination and willpower, not of capacity!
Please. This is absurd. Europe can certainly deter Russia and defend itself if its focused and determined. Perpetuating a sense of European helplessness may help Rutte bureaucratically but its 1. wrong 2. prevents action. 3. willfully blind: the US ain't coming to defend Europe.
January 27, 2026 at 6:53 AM
Rutte måste gå
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You can’t tell me we have a functioning economic system when the richest man in human history is one of the most profoundly stupid people in human history
January 27, 2026 at 2:11 AM
You can’t tell me we have a functioning economic system when the richest man in human history is one of the most profoundly stupid people in human history
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Thank you Max, you're 100% right. Ukraine, a country of 39 million, manages to hold back Russia since four years (and counting). But the EU, with it's 450 million citizens and all it's economic power cannot? Complete and utter bogus. It's a question of determination and willpower, not of capacity!
Please. This is absurd. Europe can certainly deter Russia and defend itself if its focused and determined. Perpetuating a sense of European helplessness may help Rutte bureaucratically but its 1. wrong 2. prevents action. 3. willfully blind: the US ain't coming to defend Europe.
“If anyone thinks here… that the European Union or Europe as a whole can defend itself without the US, keep on dreaming,” Nato SecGen Mark Rutte told the European Parliament. “You can’t.”
“It will make things more complicated. I think Putin will love it. So think again.”
as.ft.com/r/25718b02-2...
“It will make things more complicated. I think Putin will love it. So think again.”
as.ft.com/r/25718b02-2...
January 26, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Thank you Max, you're 100% right. Ukraine, a country of 39 million, manages to hold back Russia since four years (and counting). But the EU, with it's 450 million citizens and all it's economic power cannot? Complete and utter bogus. It's a question of determination and willpower, not of capacity!
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Please. This is absurd. Europe can certainly deter Russia and defend itself if its focused and determined. Perpetuating a sense of European helplessness may help Rutte bureaucratically but its 1. wrong 2. prevents action. 3. willfully blind: the US ain't coming to defend Europe.
“If anyone thinks here… that the European Union or Europe as a whole can defend itself without the US, keep on dreaming,” Nato SecGen Mark Rutte told the European Parliament. “You can’t.”
“It will make things more complicated. I think Putin will love it. So think again.”
as.ft.com/r/25718b02-2...
“It will make things more complicated. I think Putin will love it. So think again.”
as.ft.com/r/25718b02-2...
Europe must stop ‘dreaming’ about defence without US, Rutte warns
[FREE TO READ] Nato chief says continent cannot afford to replace American security umbrella
as.ft.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Please. This is absurd. Europe can certainly deter Russia and defend itself if its focused and determined. Perpetuating a sense of European helplessness may help Rutte bureaucratically but its 1. wrong 2. prevents action. 3. willfully blind: the US ain't coming to defend Europe.
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Note how in Abu Dhabi, Russia again rejected the ceasefire Ukraine agreed to almost a year ago. Ru doesn’t want peace. Journalists need to always front load this main point instead of talking about how the sides are still far apart as if they are equidistant and peace is in the middle.
January 27, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Note how in Abu Dhabi, Russia again rejected the ceasefire Ukraine agreed to almost a year ago. Ru doesn’t want peace. Journalists need to always front load this main point instead of talking about how the sides are still far apart as if they are equidistant and peace is in the middle.
Rutte måste gå
Det är ju inte huvudsak Trump som är ursprunget till "the issue"
Det är ju inte huvudsak Trump som är ursprunget till "the issue"
🇺🇸🧊 Rutte on the Arctic: I really feel Trump deserves some defense; he was the one during Trump 45 who said there was an issue with Arctic security.
And he said it again when he came back into office in January. I think he is right; there is an issue with security.
And he said it again when he came back into office in January. I think he is right; there is an issue with security.
January 26, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Rutte måste gå
Det är ju inte huvudsak Trump som är ursprunget till "the issue"
Det är ju inte huvudsak Trump som är ursprunget till "the issue"
Hög tid
France launches bid to cut Europe’s tech dependence
France launches bid to cut Europe’s tech dependence
Le Hénanff unveils observatory to map reliance on non-EU tech
dlvr.it
January 26, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Hög tid
Iofs inte alls otänkbart att det för personer med JÅs historia kan frammana kraftiga mardrömmar i närheten av Mossad?
Detta kunde vara en historia uppdiktad av en fantasifull elev. 😁
January 26, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Iofs inte alls otänkbart att det för personer med JÅs historia kan frammana kraftiga mardrömmar i närheten av Mossad?
Det här är ju en så meningslöst fråga som bara spär på människors hopplöshetskänsla.
Det kan ju gå åt fel håll i exakt 360 graders riktningar
Det kan ju gå åt fel håll i exakt 360 graders riktningar
A new survey has found that Europeans are feeling downbeat about the state of the world.
Overall, 65 percent of those polled think their country is heading in the wrong direction. Check out where your country sits in the ranking 👇
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/euro...
Overall, 65 percent of those polled think their country is heading in the wrong direction. Check out where your country sits in the ranking 👇
🔗 www.politico.eu/article/euro...
January 26, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Det här är ju en så meningslöst fråga som bara spär på människors hopplöshetskänsla.
Det kan ju gå åt fel håll i exakt 360 graders riktningar
Det kan ju gå åt fel håll i exakt 360 graders riktningar
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Bra tid att vara direktör. En topp-VD har nu inkomster som 77 industriarbetare (mot 71 förra året). Eller om du så vill 103(!) barnskötare för en topp-VD. www.lo.se/lo-fakta/mak...
January 26, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Bra tid att vara direktör. En topp-VD har nu inkomster som 77 industriarbetare (mot 71 förra året). Eller om du så vill 103(!) barnskötare för en topp-VD. www.lo.se/lo-fakta/mak...
Lokala småbutiken kör kampanj denna vecka. Apelsinjuice för 26 kr/l och smör 39 kr per förpackning.
Det är ändå ett trendbrott
Det är ändå ett trendbrott
January 26, 2026 at 6:26 AM
Lokala småbutiken kör kampanj denna vecka. Apelsinjuice för 26 kr/l och smör 39 kr per förpackning.
Det är ändå ett trendbrott
Det är ändå ett trendbrott
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If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
January 24, 2026 at 8:29 PM
If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
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Alltså. Släpp undergångsscrollandet en stund och uppskatta detta
New milestone for the energy transition in the EU: For the first time, wind and solar power generated more electricity (30%) than fossil fuels (29%).
via @ember-energy.org
via @ember-energy.org
January 23, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Alltså. Släpp undergångsscrollandet en stund och uppskatta detta
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The TACO cycle:
Markets want to price in TACO. But TACO only works if Trump sees stocks tank.
So we get a loop: Trump does things → nothing happens (markets already priced in TACO) → that emboldens him to do more → until markets start to think he might not TACO → stocks fall → TACO is restored.
Markets want to price in TACO. But TACO only works if Trump sees stocks tank.
So we get a loop: Trump does things → nothing happens (markets already priced in TACO) → that emboldens him to do more → until markets start to think he might not TACO → stocks fall → TACO is restored.
January 21, 2026 at 7:48 PM
The TACO cycle:
Markets want to price in TACO. But TACO only works if Trump sees stocks tank.
So we get a loop: Trump does things → nothing happens (markets already priced in TACO) → that emboldens him to do more → until markets start to think he might not TACO → stocks fall → TACO is restored.
Markets want to price in TACO. But TACO only works if Trump sees stocks tank.
So we get a loop: Trump does things → nothing happens (markets already priced in TACO) → that emboldens him to do more → until markets start to think he might not TACO → stocks fall → TACO is restored.
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Den samtida marknadsekonomin är en ekonomi där kapitalstarka aktörer kan planmässigt allokera resurser utefter vad de själva tycker vore ball
The division has lost over $77 billion since its inception in 2020.
Meta Lays Off Thousands of VR Workers as Zuckerberg's Vision Fails
The company has laid off some 1,500 virtual reality developers as part of a broader shift toward AI wearable devices.
trib.al
January 23, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Den samtida marknadsekonomin är en ekonomi där kapitalstarka aktörer kan planmässigt allokera resurser utefter vad de själva tycker vore ball
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If this chart doesn't terrify the oil industry, I don't know what will. India’s peak road-oil consumption per person will never reach Chinese peak levels.
🥁 India Is Electrifying Faster Than China 🥁
Read our story on @ember-energy.org's analysis. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Read our story on @ember-energy.org's analysis. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
January 22, 2026 at 3:18 PM
If this chart doesn't terrify the oil industry, I don't know what will. India’s peak road-oil consumption per person will never reach Chinese peak levels.
Haha. Jag trodde allvarligt att bilden var ett inlägg MOT ai
This is an excellent analogy, because my recollection from grade school is that the pen on the right looks fun and exciting, and then you play with it for a few minutes and realize it's not actually useful for anything and in fact makes some tasks more cumbersome, and never think about it again.
yeah, just out of interest, how many people choose the pen on the right for real work or art? See a lot of them in professional workplaces, do you?
January 22, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Haha. Jag trodde allvarligt att bilden var ett inlägg MOT ai
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New milestone for the energy transition in the EU: For the first time, wind and solar power generated more electricity (30%) than fossil fuels (29%).
via @ember-energy.org
via @ember-energy.org
January 22, 2026 at 9:10 AM
New milestone for the energy transition in the EU: For the first time, wind and solar power generated more electricity (30%) than fossil fuels (29%).
via @ember-energy.org
via @ember-energy.org
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Ska utvisas ensam efter att ha levt i Sverige sedan hon var fyra år - det enda liv hon rimligen har något minne av.
Så här får inte ett land behandla människor som utan egen förskyllan är utelämnade till dess makt.
www.mitti.se/nyheter/joma...
Så här får inte ett land behandla människor som utan egen förskyllan är utelämnade till dess makt.
www.mitti.se/nyheter/joma...
Jomana, 18, skulle ta studenten i vår – nu utvisas hon
Jomana Gad bor i Upplands Väsby och utvisas från Sverige: Kompisar kämpar för att stoppa
www.mitti.se
January 22, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Ska utvisas ensam efter att ha levt i Sverige sedan hon var fyra år - det enda liv hon rimligen har något minne av.
Så här får inte ett land behandla människor som utan egen förskyllan är utelämnade till dess makt.
www.mitti.se/nyheter/joma...
Så här får inte ett land behandla människor som utan egen förskyllan är utelämnade till dess makt.
www.mitti.se/nyheter/joma...
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Some Europeans will be reassured by this, and wind down the (cautious) assertiveness of recent days.
But it shows that displays of European resolve move Trump in ways that the misguided sycophancy of previous 12 months never did. It's a reason to press forward, not pull back.
But it shows that displays of European resolve move Trump in ways that the misguided sycophancy of previous 12 months never did. It's a reason to press forward, not pull back.
Trump on NATO: "We never ask for anything, and we never got anything. We probably won't get anything unless I decide to use excessive strength and force, where we would be frankly unstoppable. But I won't do that. Okay?"
January 21, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Some Europeans will be reassured by this, and wind down the (cautious) assertiveness of recent days.
But it shows that displays of European resolve move Trump in ways that the misguided sycophancy of previous 12 months never did. It's a reason to press forward, not pull back.
But it shows that displays of European resolve move Trump in ways that the misguided sycophancy of previous 12 months never did. It's a reason to press forward, not pull back.
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He’s stopped saying Greenland and is now calling it Iceland.
Lost it.
Lost it.
January 21, 2026 at 2:25 PM
He’s stopped saying Greenland and is now calling it Iceland.
Lost it.
Lost it.
Pinga Uffe
Mark Carney is a fantastic demonstration of why having a coherent political and economic worldview is so important for a politician.
When you encounter something out of the scope of what you’ve previously experienced, you can derive your approach from first principles.
Labour: take notes.
When you encounter something out of the scope of what you’ve previously experienced, you can derive your approach from first principles.
Labour: take notes.
January 20, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Pinga Uffe
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Ta en minut och lyssna på detta.
Han vet vad han talar om.
Han vet vad han talar om.
Newsom commenting on EU approach to dealing with Trump (in Davos): “This is not diplomacy, this is stupidity”
January 20, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Ta en minut och lyssna på detta.
Han vet vad han talar om.
Han vet vad han talar om.
Det här är en möjlighet, inte ett hot
Fertility rates across East Asia are comically low. Look to these nations to see the demographic future of the Western nations. We will need to reimagine work, retirement, and healthcare.
January 20, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Det här är en möjlighet, inte ett hot