I have no sauna at home. But I do have a piano. So here is my piano version of Sweden’s 2025 Eurovision entry Bara bada bastu (‘“Just take a sauna”). Congratulations to KAJ for placing 4th.

Trump is almost back in the White House, and China wants everybody to lose.
My latest newsletter has more details on this historic moment, you will find the link below.👇

Mystery solved aka the origin of the russian fairytale about Baba Yaga the evil witch that lives in the woods in a hut on chicken legs.
Actually these are real Sami people’s storage huts. Russians probably tried to steal from the Sami people and got kicked in the nuts, and then invented Baba Yaga

No one listens anymore. I don't mean you, dear fellow traveller in the bubble. I mean the public, politicians, 'ordinary' people.

Climate change. Geologic threats. Geopolitical tectonics. Threats to freedoms and democracy. Descent into war.

No one listens to strategic warnings or advice anymore.

🧵There are five illusions about Ukraine that lead to flawed “peace” plans that are doomed to fail. I have listed the illusions here in the hope that reality-based discussions can soon become the norm.👇
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So it begins

Another underwater cable between Sweden and Lithuania has also been damaged.

Article 5 moment?

It's started.

People are talking about fascism. I've heard from people who are baffled that we haven't been speaking of fascism more and earlier, and from people who want to know what it means – and from people who want me to explain why fascism is bad.
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