Jörg Ritter
@joergritter2.bsky.social
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SF&F maniac | BlueSky is my tool for all thinks (geo)politic incl. military aspects/medical/scientific/SF&F etc.; don't expect kittens!
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Jörg Ritter
@joergritter2.bsky.social
· Mar 17
My Account - Paul Krugman
paulkrugman.substack.com
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Politics, Economy
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heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/account
www.muellershewrote.com
Military Strategy
missilematters.substack.com/account
mickryan.substack.com/account
xxtomcooperxx.substack.com/account
+ @carlomasala1.bsky.social et al.
Politics, Economy
paulkrugman.substack.com/account
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/account
www.muellershewrote.com
Military Strategy
missilematters.substack.com/account
mickryan.substack.com/account
xxtomcooperxx.substack.com/account
+ @carlomasala1.bsky.social et al.
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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“We are taking the sign out of the window. The old order is not coming back. We should not mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy. But from the fracture, we can build something better, stronger, and more just. This is the task of the middle powers.”
globalnews.ca/news/1162087...
globalnews.ca/news/1162087...
Read the full transcript of Carney’s speech to World Economic Forum - National | Globalnews.ca
Prime Minister Mark Carney gave a forceful speech in Davos, Switzerland, on the 'new world order' and how middle powers like Canada can benefit by working together.
globalnews.ca
January 20, 2026 at 7:50 PM
“We are taking the sign out of the window. The old order is not coming back. We should not mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy. But from the fracture, we can build something better, stronger, and more just. This is the task of the middle powers.”
globalnews.ca/news/1162087...
globalnews.ca/news/1162087...
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Some perspective: The S&P opened down -1.3% on Trump's Greenland saber-rattling. That's $750 billion of wealth destroyed -- roughly equal to estimates of the value of Greenland.
And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
January 20, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Some perspective: The S&P opened down -1.3% on Trump's Greenland saber-rattling. That's $750 billion of wealth destroyed -- roughly equal to estimates of the value of Greenland.
And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
And so ~in dollar terms~ his shenanigans have already cost the US one Greenland, and we've got nothing to show for it.
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Footage shows Danish troops arriving in Greenland as part of a new military deployment. Among the personnel who landed on the island is Major General Peter H. Boysen, Chief of the Danish Army Command. #Greenland
January 19, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Footage shows Danish troops arriving in Greenland as part of a new military deployment. Among the personnel who landed on the island is Major General Peter H. Boysen, Chief of the Danish Army Command. #Greenland
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I think they will hate it, and it will brainlock their minds, but if the senior command tells them to do it, they'll do it
ps. to explain my confusion, the blurb you put in the bsky comment sounds like "don't worry, they won't do it," but the text of your article says something COMPLETELY different, to my mind
January 19, 2026 at 9:13 PM
I think they will hate it, and it will brainlock their minds, but if the senior command tells them to do it, they'll do it
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🇺🇸🇬🇱🇬🇧 Trump conceded to Starmer in their Sunday phone call that he may have been misinformed about the motivation for deploying European troops to Greenland, - Sky News
The apparent concession by the American president might provide an avenue to de-escalate the tension over Greenland.
The apparent concession by the American president might provide an avenue to de-escalate the tension over Greenland.
January 19, 2026 at 8:13 PM
🇺🇸🇬🇱🇬🇧 Trump conceded to Starmer in their Sunday phone call that he may have been misinformed about the motivation for deploying European troops to Greenland, - Sky News
The apparent concession by the American president might provide an avenue to de-escalate the tension over Greenland.
The apparent concession by the American president might provide an avenue to de-escalate the tension over Greenland.
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Canada Is Walking Away from the F-35, Begins Preparing for Trump’s Arctic War With NATO Allies
open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...
open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...
BREAKING: Canada Is Walking Away from the F-35, Begins Preparing for Trump’s Arctic War With NATO Allies
As Trump escalates threats toward Greenland/NATO, Canada signals a historic pivot—72 Gripen fighters, GlobalEye surveillance aircraft, and a decisive break from U.S.
open.substack.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Canada Is Walking Away from the F-35, Begins Preparing for Trump’s Arctic War With NATO Allies
open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...
open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...
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Jetzt verstehe ich: bei sexueller Übergriffigkeit am Arbeitsplatz geht‘s für Nius um den Fortbestand der weißen Rasse.
January 19, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Jetzt verstehe ich: bei sexueller Übergriffigkeit am Arbeitsplatz geht‘s für Nius um den Fortbestand der weißen Rasse.
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January 19, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Komisch. Die Marktschreier von der anderen Seite erregen sich (und "idealerweise" ihr Publikum) mit der Behauptung, D würde Appeasement betreiben bzw. sich den Realitäten verschließen.
Um die Wahrheit und/oder Realität geht es dabei wohl keiner der beiden Seiten.
Um die Wahrheit und/oder Realität geht es dabei wohl keiner der beiden Seiten.
🇭🇺🇩🇪 Orbán: Today Europe is run by a German war troika.
President of the Commission is a German woman. The German Chancellor, obviously. And the leader of the largest faction in the European Parliament, the EPP, is also a German man.
These 3 people are the ones shaping Europe’s war policy today.
President of the Commission is a German woman. The German Chancellor, obviously. And the leader of the largest faction in the European Parliament, the EPP, is also a German man.
These 3 people are the ones shaping Europe’s war policy today.
January 19, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Komisch. Die Marktschreier von der anderen Seite erregen sich (und "idealerweise" ihr Publikum) mit der Behauptung, D würde Appeasement betreiben bzw. sich den Realitäten verschließen.
Um die Wahrheit und/oder Realität geht es dabei wohl keiner der beiden Seiten.
Um die Wahrheit und/oder Realität geht es dabei wohl keiner der beiden Seiten.
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Not the sort of letter committed to paper by a well man. "Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"
January 19, 2026 at 7:04 AM
Not the sort of letter committed to paper by a well man. "Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"
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Official confirmation that the widely quoted letter from Trump to the Norwegian Prime Minister is indeed as reported earlier today.
www.politico.eu/article/norw...
www.politico.eu/article/norw...
Norway’s PM says Trump sent letter tying Nobel prize snub to Greenland ambitions
American president says his failure to win the Nobel Peace Prize has shifted his focus, as he ramps up bid to take over huge Arctic island.
www.politico.eu
January 19, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Official confirmation that the widely quoted letter from Trump to the Norwegian Prime Minister is indeed as reported earlier today.
www.politico.eu/article/norw...
www.politico.eu/article/norw...
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Don't be too late to the party. Btw, J.D. Vance is blocked by 178k of us!
January 17, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Don't be too late to the party. Btw, J.D. Vance is blocked by 178k of us!
Justin was really sassy today. Kudos!!!!!
An 823-word health insurance plan that forgets pre-existing conditions is like a fire insurance policy that doesn’t mention fire. Bold choice.
January 16, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Justin was really sassy today. Kudos!!!!!
Spoiler: It doesn't go particularly well for the 'muricans.
"Would this be a simple operation to intimidate the locals? Or would we have to fight – to fight the soldiers of a nation I had served with on operations, trained with at school, & are our allies?" A fiction story of a U.S. military operation in #Greenland. mickryan.substack.com/p/the-greenl...
The Greenland Expedition
A fictional account of an American military expedition to Greenland. I hope this situation will be resolved short of military operations. But to prevent the worst, we need to imagine it.
mickryan.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Spoiler: It doesn't go particularly well for the 'muricans.
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Iran’s merciless rulers have nowhere to turn and nothing to offer their people but violence. The days ahead are fraught with uncertainty and danger. This is what the collapse of the regime would mean: econ.st/3LNM4tQ
January 15, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Iran’s merciless rulers have nowhere to turn and nothing to offer their people but violence. The days ahead are fraught with uncertainty and danger. This is what the collapse of the regime would mean: econ.st/3LNM4tQ
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Gunboat capitalism is back. It will make the world poorer, and Donald Trump’s use of companies as a tool of state will make it less safe, too econ.st/49CaLS5
January 15, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Gunboat capitalism is back. It will make the world poorer, and Donald Trump’s use of companies as a tool of state will make it less safe, too econ.st/49CaLS5
Humor ist, wenn man trotzdem lacht.
Wiener Kunstakademie bietet Donald Trump Studienplatz an www.der-postillon.com/2026/01/wien...
Wiener Kunstakademie bietet Donald Trump Studienplatz an
Wien (dpo) - Die renommierte Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien hat Donald Trump heute überraschend einen Studienplatz für Malerei angeboten. Obwohl e
www.der-postillon.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Humor ist, wenn man trotzdem lacht.
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We are suing the US Gov for their deeply disturbing obsession with any island except the Epstein Island.
Waiting to announce if @muellershewrote.com or @marcelias.bsky.social will perform as Amicus Curiae or Co-Counsel.
Waiting to announce if @muellershewrote.com or @marcelias.bsky.social will perform as Amicus Curiae or Co-Counsel.
January 15, 2026 at 4:07 PM
We are suing the US Gov for their deeply disturbing obsession with any island except the Epstein Island.
Waiting to announce if @muellershewrote.com or @marcelias.bsky.social will perform as Amicus Curiae or Co-Counsel.
Waiting to announce if @muellershewrote.com or @marcelias.bsky.social will perform as Amicus Curiae or Co-Counsel.
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The flopsweat desperation of an administration that can feel the walls closing in, just smashing and grabbing everything they can before the reckoning comes.
And it's coming in one form or another -- the Epstein Files, Trump's death spiral, maybe just the midterm elections. And they all know it.
And it's coming in one form or another -- the Epstein Files, Trump's death spiral, maybe just the midterm elections. And they all know it.
I don't know about all of you, but I am finding it difficult to process Venezuela, Greenland, Minneapolis, and the Fed all at once.
January 15, 2026 at 1:01 AM
The flopsweat desperation of an administration that can feel the walls closing in, just smashing and grabbing everything they can before the reckoning comes.
And it's coming in one form or another -- the Epstein Files, Trump's death spiral, maybe just the midterm elections. And they all know it.
And it's coming in one form or another -- the Epstein Files, Trump's death spiral, maybe just the midterm elections. And they all know it.
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Yes, against Russia & China. Sure.
'UK Defence Secretary John Healey says a British military officer is supporting a Danish "reconnaissance group" in Greenland ... to bolster security in the region against Russian "aggression" & "any Chinese activity". .' uk.news.yahoo.com/healey-uk-as...
'UK Defence Secretary John Healey says a British military officer is supporting a Danish "reconnaissance group" in Greenland ... to bolster security in the region against Russian "aggression" & "any Chinese activity". .' uk.news.yahoo.com/healey-uk-as...
Healey: UK assisting Danish military in Greenland
At a press conference alongside his Swedish counterpart, UK Defence Secretary John Healey says a British military officer is supporting a Danish "reconaissance group" in Greenland intended to bolster ...
uk.news.yahoo.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Yes, against Russia & China. Sure.
'UK Defence Secretary John Healey says a British military officer is supporting a Danish "reconnaissance group" in Greenland ... to bolster security in the region against Russian "aggression" & "any Chinese activity". .' uk.news.yahoo.com/healey-uk-as...
'UK Defence Secretary John Healey says a British military officer is supporting a Danish "reconnaissance group" in Greenland ... to bolster security in the region against Russian "aggression" & "any Chinese activity". .' uk.news.yahoo.com/healey-uk-as...
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Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan and President Lee Jae Myung of South Korea jammed to BTS and “KPop Demon Hunters,” in a display meant to show warming ties between their countries at a time of deep geopolitical and economic uncertainty.
Watch the Leaders of Japan and South Korea Jam to K-pop on the Drums
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan and President Lee Jae Myung of South Korea played along to BTS and “KPop Demon Hunters,” in a display meant to show warming ties.
trib.al
January 14, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan and President Lee Jae Myung of South Korea jammed to BTS and “KPop Demon Hunters,” in a display meant to show warming ties between their countries at a time of deep geopolitical and economic uncertainty.
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January 13, 2026 at 6:34 PM