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Jussi T. Eronen
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Socio-ecological systems, just transition, ecology, environment, natural resources, climate, paleo, anthropology.. | Prof. & Vice-Dean at FBES @helsinki.fi | History, Fantasy & sci-fi | Hopeful for better tomorrow. He/Him. Personal account. posts ENG/FIN .. more

Environmental science 38%
Geology 17%

Oh dear, we are in for a great start for 2026... not.
New: Trump admin officials tell Zeteo that Trump is “very interested” in secret plans drawn up last year to send US Special Forces into Mexico.

One official even says Trump recently asked for updates on preparations for a possible operation.
After Trump’s Venezuela Invasion, Mexico Could Be Next
Officials tell Zeteo that Trump remains ‘very interested’ in the idea of sending US Special Forces into Mexico, as the president threatens Colombia and Cuba, too.
zeteo.com

Yep...
I happen to know quite a bit about Venezuelan oil.

TL;DR it’s hard to extract, notoriously investor-endangering, isn’t needed (global crude is oversupplied to the tune of 3.3 min bpd) and isn’t easily refined (it’s too dense so always sold at a heavy discount)

www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
Venezuela has the world’s most oil: Why doesn’t it earn more from exports?
Venezuela holds the world's largest proven oil reserves, more than five times more than the United States.
www.aljazeera.com
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
New: Trump admin officials tell Zeteo that Trump is “very interested” in secret plans drawn up last year to send US Special Forces into Mexico.

One official even says Trump recently asked for updates on preparations for a possible operation.
After Trump’s Venezuela Invasion, Mexico Could Be Next
Officials tell Zeteo that Trump remains ‘very interested’ in the idea of sending US Special Forces into Mexico, as the president threatens Colombia and Cuba, too.
zeteo.com

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I happen to know quite a bit about Venezuelan oil.

TL;DR it’s hard to extract, notoriously investor-endangering, isn’t needed (global crude is oversupplied to the tune of 3.3 min bpd) and isn’t easily refined (it’s too dense so always sold at a heavy discount)

www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
Venezuela has the world’s most oil: Why doesn’t it earn more from exports?
Venezuela holds the world's largest proven oil reserves, more than five times more than the United States.
www.aljazeera.com

Interesting how this will develop.. it is clear that it will be a huge mess (even before talking about the geopolitics).
This is a pretty stark contrast to Iraq & for good reason.

Venezuelan oil is only good after it is refined, the best facilities for doing that are in Venezuela, & need to be operational to do that.

Otherwise all you've got is a bunch of heavy, sour crude that costs a ton to refine.
#EnergySky
US oil giants silent on Trump claim they will spend billions on Venezuelan oil industry
US president says oil majors primed to invest in rebuilding infrastructure following Maduro ouster
www.theguardian.com

Interesting thread that might make sense...
A very long and important THREAD -

The real reason the US is invading Venezuela goes back to a deal Henry Kissinger made with Saudi Arabia in 1974.

And I'm going to explain why this is actually about the SURVIVAL of the US dollar itself.

Not drugs. Not terrorism. Not "democracy." 1/

This is going to be a mess.
Trump evidently *wants* US companies to take Venezuelan oil.

The big question is whether they actually want it: it’s horrible quality, needs billions of investment, the US has loads of domestic oil and gas now, and global oil prices are low. Plus imagine trying to secure operations in Venezuela.
I don't think any US company is going to go near it unless they have some idea of political stability, security guarantees but most of all govt subsidies to rebuild its entire oil sector.

Trump stated yesterday that companies will only be reimbursed after investing billions first (lol, right)

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Expect signs of procurement activity regarding air defence and anti-ship missile systems across Latin America in the coming months. Activity that will benefit arms manufacturers in China, Russia, Iran, Türkiye, Germany, France, South Korea and even Ukraine. But certainly not the United States.

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Trump evidently *wants* US companies to take Venezuelan oil.

The big question is whether they actually want it: it’s horrible quality, needs billions of investment, the US has loads of domestic oil and gas now, and global oil prices are low. Plus imagine trying to secure operations in Venezuela.
I don't think any US company is going to go near it unless they have some idea of political stability, security guarantees but most of all govt subsidies to rebuild its entire oil sector.

Trump stated yesterday that companies will only be reimbursed after investing billions first (lol, right)
A very long and important THREAD -

The real reason the US is invading Venezuela goes back to a deal Henry Kissinger made with Saudi Arabia in 1974.

And I'm going to explain why this is actually about the SURVIVAL of the US dollar itself.

Not drugs. Not terrorism. Not "democracy." 1/

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This is a pretty stark contrast to Iraq & for good reason.

Venezuelan oil is only good after it is refined, the best facilities for doing that are in Venezuela, & need to be operational to do that.

Otherwise all you've got is a bunch of heavy, sour crude that costs a ton to refine.
#EnergySky
US oil giants silent on Trump claim they will spend billions on Venezuelan oil industry
US president says oil majors primed to invest in rebuilding infrastructure following Maduro ouster
www.theguardian.com

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The ocean beneath ice shelves plays a critical role in their evolution and stability. Xiahou et al., describe a 4.5-year record of ocean measurements beneath the central Ross Ice Shelf to evaluate how the cavity seawater changes over time 🌊

agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

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Suomen ja Euroopan unionin johtajien kannattaa miettiä miten pitkälle laimeat kannanotot Yhdysvaltojen laittomaan hyökkäykseen Venezuelassa kantavat.

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E-books are reading.
Comics are reading.
Genre is reading.
Fanfic is reading.
Text-based games are reading.
Audiobooks are reading.
Braille books are reading.
Non-fiction is reading.
Picture books are reading.
There is no single way to read, nor is any reading style more worthy than another.
Trump isn’t predictable or consistent, but this particular action *would* be consistent with the emergence of a G2+1 order where Washington and Beijing, with Moscow as a junior partner, give each other free rein in their purported spheres of influence.
Genuinely wonder how European and Irish leaders do respond to this.

How are Denmark, Greenland or indeed the people of Ukraine and Taiwan feeling too?
A defining moment for Europe. If it endorses/fails to condemn this flagrant breach of international law, it will have surrendered its core justification for opposing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
JUST IN: Trump says the U.S. has captured Maduro and his wife and flown them out of the country.

Read the whole thread, extremely informative and to the point!
1/ MAGA want to set up a NEW EUROPE/OLD EUROPE divide. Then use US carrots+sticks to coerce european social democracy
Thread to collect how European politicians start to ape MAGA line of being against immigration,climate,feminism,taxes... Please share eg!
www.programmablemutter.com/p/america-ha...

Extremely cool study!
A study in Science reveals an extensive precolonial agricultural landscape in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, suggesting Indigenous American communities cultivated maize intensively between 1000 and 1600 CE, despite a cold climate and marginal growing conditions. https://scim.ag/49voBGO
Archaeological evidence of intensive indigenous farming in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, USA
We describe archaeological evidence of intensive ancestral Native American agriculture in the now heavily forested Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Recent LIDAR (light detection and ranging) and excavatio...
scim.ag

Basically providing the whole electrosystem as exports..
In an effort to win this contest, China is building hegemony by exporting not just its green products but also in a structural shift exporting its technology, engineering, supply chains, and financing.
phenomenalworld.org/analysis/bri...
www.ft.com/content/e517...
China is building 74% of all current solar and wind projects, report says
Beijing is dominating construction of renewable energy sources, according to Global Energy Monitor
www.ft.com
A study in Science reveals an extensive precolonial agricultural landscape in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, suggesting Indigenous American communities cultivated maize intensively between 1000 and 1600 CE, despite a cold climate and marginal growing conditions. https://scim.ag/49voBGO
Archaeological evidence of intensive indigenous farming in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, USA
We describe archaeological evidence of intensive ancestral Native American agriculture in the now heavily forested Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Recent LIDAR (light detection and ranging) and excavatio...
scim.ag

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A new analysis of ancient bone arrow points is shedding light on how prehistoric societies in Argentina structured their craft production.

phys.org/news/2025-12...

#fossils #paleontology
This is find -dot- gif

Towards the middle of the century, ~4000 glaciers worldwide will disappear every year.
Peak glacier extinction in the mid-twenty-first century - Nature Climate Change
Many mountain glaciers will disappear with warming. Here the authors assess how many glaciers will disappear per year under different warming scenarios, finding that a peak in glacier loss will happen...
www.nature.com

Not good for Europe ...
Could the political heirs of French WWII hero Charles de Gaulle partner with the far-right National Rally, whose founders included Nazi sympathizers?

Behind closed doors, and increasingly in public, they're acknowledging the possibility is now real.
Could France’s conservatives really work with Le Pen? It’s no longer unthinkable.
Could Charles de Gaulle’s political heirs really partner with a party whose founders included Nazi sympathizers?
www.politico.eu

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Could the political heirs of French WWII hero Charles de Gaulle partner with the far-right National Rally, whose founders included Nazi sympathizers?

Behind closed doors, and increasingly in public, they're acknowledging the possibility is now real.
Could France’s conservatives really work with Le Pen? It’s no longer unthinkable.
Could Charles de Gaulle’s political heirs really partner with a party whose founders included Nazi sympathizers?
www.politico.eu

Solar is quite a solution for Australia!
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative

electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co

Tänään on vuoden lyhin päivä pohjoisella pallonpuoliskolla. Klo 17 alkaen siirrytään taas kohti valoa!

(Toivottavasti kohti valoa myös yhteiskunnallisesti, ollut vähän synkkää joka puolella)