Jooseppi Räikkönen
@jooseppi.bsky.social
MRes/PhD student @lsegovernment.bsky.social in Political Theory
All things climate / German idealism / political ecology / environmental history / EU Politics
Owned by my views
All things climate / German idealism / political ecology / environmental history / EU Politics
Owned by my views
The EPP well on the way to scrapping its achievements from VDL 1.0 in climate policy by allying itself with even the most unseemly elements of the far right.
Utter idiocy and irresponsibility.
Utter idiocy and irresponsibility.
Sustainability reporting and due diligence: MEPs back simplification changes | News | European Parliament
On Thursday, Parliament endorsed reduced reporting duties and due diligence requirements for companies.
www.europarl.europa.eu
November 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The EPP well on the way to scrapping its achievements from VDL 1.0 in climate policy by allying itself with even the most unseemly elements of the far right.
Utter idiocy and irresponsibility.
Utter idiocy and irresponsibility.
”If the data is accurate — which we can't guarantee, to reiterate, but we’re writing this post after giving both companies every opportunity to tell us that it isn’t — then it would call into question the business model of OpenAI and nearly every other general-purpose LLM vendor.”
How high are OpenAI’s compute costs? Possibly a lot higher than we thought
Inference inferred, revenue reconstructed, cash burn quantified
on.ft.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
”If the data is accurate — which we can't guarantee, to reiterate, but we’re writing this post after giving both companies every opportunity to tell us that it isn’t — then it would call into question the business model of OpenAI and nearly every other general-purpose LLM vendor.”
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For the latest episode of @the-breakdown.bsky.social podcast (we're back!), I spoke to @sabrinafernandes.bsky.social about Brazilian ecological politics, developmentalism and her essay "Lula's Dilemma"
Listen below / wherever you get your podcasts 🌳🍃
www.break-down.org/lulas-dilemm...
Listen below / wherever you get your podcasts 🌳🍃
www.break-down.org/lulas-dilemm...
Lula’s Dilemmas and COP30
Adrienne speaks to Sabrina Fernandes about the complexities of Brazilian ecological politics at the start of the COP30 climate conference.
www.break-down.org
November 11, 2025 at 11:14 AM
For the latest episode of @the-breakdown.bsky.social podcast (we're back!), I spoke to @sabrinafernandes.bsky.social about Brazilian ecological politics, developmentalism and her essay "Lula's Dilemma"
Listen below / wherever you get your podcasts 🌳🍃
www.break-down.org/lulas-dilemm...
Listen below / wherever you get your podcasts 🌳🍃
www.break-down.org/lulas-dilemm...
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Here’s the same data, but with trust broken down by political views (circles are trust among people on the left, +s the right).
It’s not just that the BBC is widely consumed — it also has solid trust on both left & right, whereas trust in the biggest US media brands is hugely polarised.
It’s not just that the BBC is widely consumed — it also has solid trust on both left & right, whereas trust in the biggest US media brands is hugely polarised.
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Here’s the same data, but with trust broken down by political views (circles are trust among people on the left, +s the right).
It’s not just that the BBC is widely consumed — it also has solid trust on both left & right, whereas trust in the biggest US media brands is hugely polarised.
It’s not just that the BBC is widely consumed — it also has solid trust on both left & right, whereas trust in the biggest US media brands is hugely polarised.
What can I say, I live for the stage 💅
November 10, 2025 at 11:47 AM
What can I say, I live for the stage 💅
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"On hyvä tunnistaa, että sota ja rauha ovat sosiaalisesti rakennettuja olotiloja. Ne mahdollistavat, estävät ja määräävät tiettyjä toimintatapoja – joista äärimmäisin on organisoitu väkivalta."
yle.fi/a/74-20192393
yle.fi/a/74-20192393
Ilmari Käihkön kolumni: Sodasta kohkaaminen on riski – siitä voi tulla itseään toteuttava ennustus
Suomi ei ole sodassa. Siksi on vaikea ymmärtää, miksi sotaretoriikka vain vahvistuu. Nykyisiin turvallisuusuhkiin voidaan varautua ilmankin, Käihkö kirjoittaa.
yle.fi
November 9, 2025 at 5:11 AM
"On hyvä tunnistaa, että sota ja rauha ovat sosiaalisesti rakennettuja olotiloja. Ne mahdollistavat, estävät ja määräävät tiettyjä toimintatapoja – joista äärimmäisin on organisoitu väkivalta."
yle.fi/a/74-20192393
yle.fi/a/74-20192393
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That this is populist guff shouldn't obscure the significance of Le Pen's RN shifting from total rejection of the EU and Euro to making policy demands within the EU system that accepts it is there to stay
Bardella wants the ECB (read: Banque de France and other Eurosystem banks) to buy an unlimited amount of French debt.
Other eurozone countries will be delighted at the opportunity to co-finance one of the most generous pension systems in Europe.
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
Other eurozone countries will be delighted at the opportunity to co-finance one of the most generous pension systems in Europe.
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
Jordan Bardella starts to lay out his plans
The 30-year-old French populist who is preparing for power
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:44 AM
That this is populist guff shouldn't obscure the significance of Le Pen's RN shifting from total rejection of the EU and Euro to making policy demands within the EU system that accepts it is there to stay
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Our very own Bruno @brunoleipold.com wins an ERC Synergy Grant! We are thrilled!! Huge boost for political theory @lsegovernment.bsky.social.
Congratulations to @brunoleipold.com for securing a Synergy Grant from @erc.europa.eu! 👏🏽
Bruno will collaborate on a 6-year project titled the Popular Government in Global Perspective project, which seeks to challenge the way we think about #democracy.
www.lse.ac.uk/news/lse-aca...
Bruno will collaborate on a 6-year project titled the Popular Government in Global Perspective project, which seeks to challenge the way we think about #democracy.
www.lse.ac.uk/news/lse-aca...
Research | ERC Synergy Grant | Democracy | Government
Dr Bruno Leipold is one of four principal investigators on the Popular Government in Global Perspective project, an ambitious six-year research endeavour which argues that the world's dominant form of...
www.lse.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Our very own Bruno @brunoleipold.com wins an ERC Synergy Grant! We are thrilled!! Huge boost for political theory @lsegovernment.bsky.social.
"The intimidation included approaching country officials during coffee breaks to warn them they might not be able to transit via the US, or that they and their families could face restrictions on entering the country if they acted against American interests"
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US accused of ‘bully-boy’ tactics to sink climate deal
Officials say ‘threats’ used to derail net zero deal for shipping industry ripped up rules of global diplomacy
on.ft.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
"The intimidation included approaching country officials during coffee breaks to warn them they might not be able to transit via the US, or that they and their families could face restrictions on entering the country if they acted against American interests"
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on.ft.com/3WBh428
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📢 As the EU's deregulation agenda rolls out the red carpet for corporate interests, our new study shows that the tech industry has ramped up its lobby power:
💰 Lobby spending hits a record €151 million
🕴 Almost 900 tech lobbyists
🤝 Big Tech has lobby 3 meetings a day
@lobbycontrol.bsky.social
💰 Lobby spending hits a record €151 million
🕴 Almost 900 tech lobbyists
🤝 Big Tech has lobby 3 meetings a day
@lobbycontrol.bsky.social
Big Tech lobby budgets hit record levels | Corporate Europe Observatory
New figures show that the digital industry as a whole is now spending €151 million a year on lobbying the EU, a major increase to what was already considerable firepower.
corporateeurope.org
October 29, 2025 at 7:58 AM
📢 As the EU's deregulation agenda rolls out the red carpet for corporate interests, our new study shows that the tech industry has ramped up its lobby power:
💰 Lobby spending hits a record €151 million
🕴 Almost 900 tech lobbyists
🤝 Big Tech has lobby 3 meetings a day
@lobbycontrol.bsky.social
💰 Lobby spending hits a record €151 million
🕴 Almost 900 tech lobbyists
🤝 Big Tech has lobby 3 meetings a day
@lobbycontrol.bsky.social
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Big polling shifts in the last days in the Netherlands 🇳🇱
- far-right PVV (and JA21) trending down.
- Christian democratic CDA trending down
- center-right D66 trending up
- race for biggest party seems to affect “strategic” voters
BUT: one third of voters has not decided yet!
- far-right PVV (and JA21) trending down.
- Christian democratic CDA trending down
- center-right D66 trending up
- race for biggest party seems to affect “strategic” voters
BUT: one third of voters has not decided yet!
October 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Big polling shifts in the last days in the Netherlands 🇳🇱
- far-right PVV (and JA21) trending down.
- Christian democratic CDA trending down
- center-right D66 trending up
- race for biggest party seems to affect “strategic” voters
BUT: one third of voters has not decided yet!
- far-right PVV (and JA21) trending down.
- Christian democratic CDA trending down
- center-right D66 trending up
- race for biggest party seems to affect “strategic” voters
BUT: one third of voters has not decided yet!
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China, India and Indonesia used 73% of the world's coal in 2024. Without their emissions growth, global energy sector CO2 would have peaked before 2020. Coal use grew 15% in China, 42% in India, and 150% in Indonesia 2015-2024, while consumption in the rest of the world fell 23%.
October 28, 2025 at 6:09 AM
China, India and Indonesia used 73% of the world's coal in 2024. Without their emissions growth, global energy sector CO2 would have peaked before 2020. Coal use grew 15% in China, 42% in India, and 150% in Indonesia 2015-2024, while consumption in the rest of the world fell 23%.
October 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Iso juttu, ja etenkin iso saavutus Lakiasiaintoimisto maailman tyypeiltä!
October 25, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Iso juttu, ja etenkin iso saavutus Lakiasiaintoimisto maailman tyypeiltä!
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Die Frageformulierung ist so natürlich schon komplett bodenlos. Aber es dann so verkürzt darzustellen ist schlicht Irreführung. Vollkommen inakzeptabel.
Überraschend, dass das ZDF-Politbarometer diese Umfrage so verzerrt darstellt: Statt nach der Originalaussage von Merz zu fragen, die tagelang diskutiert wurde, wird in der Umfrage seine späte Rechtfertigung ergänzt. In der Grafik wird das aber gar nicht erwähnt. So geht Framing.
October 24, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Die Frageformulierung ist so natürlich schon komplett bodenlos. Aber es dann so verkürzt darzustellen ist schlicht Irreführung. Vollkommen inakzeptabel.
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NEW: The startup Stardust Solutions has raised $60M to develop the “technological building blocks” of solar geoengineering by 2030.
The for-profit firm, which hopes to patent its proprietary particle, says it won’t deploy until governments authorize it.
My exclusive: heatmap.news/climate-tech...
The for-profit firm, which hopes to patent its proprietary particle, says it won’t deploy until governments authorize it.
My exclusive: heatmap.news/climate-tech...
Exclusive: Stardust Solutions Raises $60 Million to Build a Solar Geoengineering System by 2030
A U.S. firm led by former Israeli government physicists, Stardust seeks to patent its proprietary sunlight-scattering particle — but it won’t deploy its technology until global governments authorize s...
heatmap.news
October 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
NEW: The startup Stardust Solutions has raised $60M to develop the “technological building blocks” of solar geoengineering by 2030.
The for-profit firm, which hopes to patent its proprietary particle, says it won’t deploy until governments authorize it.
My exclusive: heatmap.news/climate-tech...
The for-profit firm, which hopes to patent its proprietary particle, says it won’t deploy until governments authorize it.
My exclusive: heatmap.news/climate-tech...
Just going to plug this here.
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October 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Just going to plug this here.
jacobin.com/2025/08/colo...
jacobin.com/2025/08/colo...
Remember how in 2022 Russia was going to be defeated with European ”War Ecology” – pursuing strategic autonomy with renewables and decoupling from Russian hydrocarbons?
This ain’t that timeline.
This ain’t that timeline.
Oil supply glut paves way for Trump to tighten screws on Russia on.ft.com/4oxMwtZ
Oil supply glut paves way for Trump to tighten screws on Russia
Low energy prices prove influential in Washington’s pivot to sanctions on Moscow’s two biggest producers
on.ft.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Remember how in 2022 Russia was going to be defeated with European ”War Ecology” – pursuing strategic autonomy with renewables and decoupling from Russian hydrocarbons?
This ain’t that timeline.
This ain’t that timeline.
My submission to the ”most Andreas Malm thing Andreas Malm ever wrote” -competition.
October 23, 2025 at 10:16 PM
My submission to the ”most Andreas Malm thing Andreas Malm ever wrote” -competition.
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Excuse me
” In a US buffeted by extreme weather, disaster spending is becoming a key driver of the economy.”
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
” In a US buffeted by extreme weather, disaster spending is becoming a key driver of the economy.”
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
October 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Excuse me
” In a US buffeted by extreme weather, disaster spending is becoming a key driver of the economy.”
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
” In a US buffeted by extreme weather, disaster spending is becoming a key driver of the economy.”
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Shaking my head at my Chinese homework so the other people on the bus know I disagree with it
October 22, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Shaking my head at my Chinese homework so the other people on the bus know I disagree with it
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Time for 2025 updates to my annual “opinions about solar” thread. If you like these, you might like the second edition of my book, Solar Power Finance Without The Jargon. A 30% discount code WSQ0437 is valid on publisher website until end of November 2025.
www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook...
www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook...
Solar Power Finance Without the Jargon
www.worldscientific.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Time for 2025 updates to my annual “opinions about solar” thread. If you like these, you might like the second edition of my book, Solar Power Finance Without The Jargon. A 30% discount code WSQ0437 is valid on publisher website until end of November 2025.
www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook...
www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook...
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‼️ Viime viikolla päätettiin kotimaisesta velkajarrusta ja siihen liittyvästä parlamentaarisesta menettelystä. Toiminnanjohtajamme @laurifinest.bsky.social käy blogissaan läpi esityksen. Mistä todellisuudessa sovittiin? Miten talouspolitiikka muuttuu?
Lue blogi ➡️: sorsafoundation.fi/katsaus-velk...
Lue blogi ➡️: sorsafoundation.fi/katsaus-velk...
Katsaus velkajarrun konepellin alle – miten talouspolitiikka muuttuu? · Kalevi Sorsa -säätiö
Verotuloja voitaisiin kerätä vuodessa yli kolme miljardia siten, että eriarvoisuus vähenee ja siirtymä fossiilittomaan talouteen etenee. Tällaisista veronkorotuksista huolimatta verotuksen taso suhtee...
sorsafoundation.fi
October 21, 2025 at 11:45 AM
‼️ Viime viikolla päätettiin kotimaisesta velkajarrusta ja siihen liittyvästä parlamentaarisesta menettelystä. Toiminnanjohtajamme @laurifinest.bsky.social käy blogissaan läpi esityksen. Mistä todellisuudessa sovittiin? Miten talouspolitiikka muuttuu?
Lue blogi ➡️: sorsafoundation.fi/katsaus-velk...
Lue blogi ➡️: sorsafoundation.fi/katsaus-velk...
Putin has the political worldview of a 14yr old strategy game fan
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October 17, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Putin has the political worldview of a 14yr old strategy game fan
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