Laura R.
@laurarantanen.bsky.social
Interested in law, international affairs, environment, climate and transport 💚 ⚖️ 🌍 🚲 🌻 🚉 Work in government 🇫🇮
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Since Bluesky now has over 40 million users, and since a lot of those 40 million are really interested in better cities & how we get around them, I’m resharing one of my first STARTER PACKS full of people and orgs working hard to make cities work better for everyone.
Please share. #UrbanistShoutOut
Please share. #UrbanistShoutOut
November 1, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Since Bluesky now has over 40 million users, and since a lot of those 40 million are really interested in better cities & how we get around them, I’m resharing one of my first STARTER PACKS full of people and orgs working hard to make cities work better for everyone.
Please share. #UrbanistShoutOut
Please share. #UrbanistShoutOut
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Hello Bluesky. I'm here because Meta doesn't want me. Looking forward to post unfiltered, unhinged and un-whatever stuff here. Tell your friends!
October 19, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Hello Bluesky. I'm here because Meta doesn't want me. Looking forward to post unfiltered, unhinged and un-whatever stuff here. Tell your friends!
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Kirjoitin DDR:än vakoilujärjestelmästä ja miten nykyiset kapitalistiset yhteiskunnat ovat onnistuneet ylittämään DDR:än salaisen poliisin villeimmät unelmat totaalisesta valvonnasta:
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Unelma totaalisesta valvonnasta
Kun Edward Snowden paljasti vuonna 2013 Yhdysvaltojen signaalitiedusteluvirasto NSA:n maailmanlaajuisen verkkovakoilun, entinen Stasin agentti Wolfgang Schmidt sanoi haastattelussa, että NSA:n vako…
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October 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Kirjoitin DDR:än vakoilujärjestelmästä ja miten nykyiset kapitalistiset yhteiskunnat ovat onnistuneet ylittämään DDR:än salaisen poliisin villeimmät unelmat totaalisesta valvonnasta:
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Labeling Humanitarian Aid as terrorism sounds a lot like labeling Antifa (Anti-fascism) as terrorism.
In other words: they threaten your evil.
You only criminalize food if it threatens your plan for starvation.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
In other words: they threaten your evil.
You only criminalize food if it threatens your plan for starvation.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
October 4, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Labeling Humanitarian Aid as terrorism sounds a lot like labeling Antifa (Anti-fascism) as terrorism.
In other words: they threaten your evil.
You only criminalize food if it threatens your plan for starvation.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
In other words: they threaten your evil.
You only criminalize food if it threatens your plan for starvation.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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STARTER PACK: I’ve got packs with different approaches, but ICYMI this one is specifically about those accounts that are good at changing the commmunication & conversation about better cities. Obvious people like @tomflood.bsky.social & less obvious like @dieworkwear.bsky.social. go.bsky.app/7iNmiCU
September 1, 2025 at 2:32 AM
STARTER PACK: I’ve got packs with different approaches, but ICYMI this one is specifically about those accounts that are good at changing the commmunication & conversation about better cities. Obvious people like @tomflood.bsky.social & less obvious like @dieworkwear.bsky.social. go.bsky.app/7iNmiCU
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Automobile dependence erodes public health in many ways: blunt force trauma (#1 cause for children and young adults), air pollution (CVD, asthma), noise pollution (QoL, dementia) but perhaps the most pernicious is that it has almost completely displaced walking. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/201...
Less than 25 percent of Americans walk for more than ten minutes continuously in a typical week
Many people in the U.S. do not walk, bike or engage in other forms of active transportation, missing an important opportunity to improve their cardiovascular health, concludes a new study.
www.sciencedaily.com
April 29, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Automobile dependence erodes public health in many ways: blunt force trauma (#1 cause for children and young adults), air pollution (CVD, asthma), noise pollution (QoL, dementia) but perhaps the most pernicious is that it has almost completely displaced walking. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/201...
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How many lifetimes' worth of work is being destroyed by all this? And to what end?? www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Trump plan would eliminate NOAA climate research, slash agency budget
The plan would cut NOAA’s budget by 27 percent overall and eliminate a research branch of the agency studying the world’s weather, climate and oceans.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
How many lifetimes' worth of work is being destroyed by all this? And to what end?? www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Kansalaisaloite on nyt julkaistu! Vaadimme aloitteessa, että pyöräilijän ja jalankulkijan minimiohitusetäisyydeksi säädetään 1,5 metriä
Jos haluat tukea aloitetta, käy allekirjoittamassa! Ja yhtä paljon auttaa myös se, että kerrot kaverille 🙏
www.kansalaisaloite.fi/fi/aloite/15...
Jos haluat tukea aloitetta, käy allekirjoittamassa! Ja yhtä paljon auttaa myös se, että kerrot kaverille 🙏
www.kansalaisaloite.fi/fi/aloite/15...
www.kansalaisaloite.fi
April 1, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Kansalaisaloite on nyt julkaistu! Vaadimme aloitteessa, että pyöräilijän ja jalankulkijan minimiohitusetäisyydeksi säädetään 1,5 metriä
Jos haluat tukea aloitetta, käy allekirjoittamassa! Ja yhtä paljon auttaa myös se, että kerrot kaverille 🙏
www.kansalaisaloite.fi/fi/aloite/15...
Jos haluat tukea aloitetta, käy allekirjoittamassa! Ja yhtä paljon auttaa myös se, että kerrot kaverille 🙏
www.kansalaisaloite.fi/fi/aloite/15...
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Your weekend read:
„I was an independent observer in the #Greenpeace trial. What I saw was shocking“
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Kelcy Warren, the founder and CEO of Energy Transfer, once said activists “should be removed from the gene pool”.
„I was an independent observer in the #Greenpeace trial. What I saw was shocking“
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Kelcy Warren, the founder and CEO of Energy Transfer, once said activists “should be removed from the gene pool”.
I was an independent observer in the Greenpeace trial. What I saw was shocking | Steven Donziger
Greenpeace lost – not because it did something wrong but because it was denied a fair trial
www.theguardian.com
March 29, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Your weekend read:
„I was an independent observer in the #Greenpeace trial. What I saw was shocking“
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Kelcy Warren, the founder and CEO of Energy Transfer, once said activists “should be removed from the gene pool”.
„I was an independent observer in the #Greenpeace trial. What I saw was shocking“
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Kelcy Warren, the founder and CEO of Energy Transfer, once said activists “should be removed from the gene pool”.
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I'm a researcher primarily in adaptation. We are not even adapted to where the climate is today.
If you think you can seawall your way through a 4°C planet, you are straight up dreaming.
Mitigation AND adaptation, or you end up with way more of option 3 for dealing with climate change: suffering.
If you think you can seawall your way through a 4°C planet, you are straight up dreaming.
Mitigation AND adaptation, or you end up with way more of option 3 for dealing with climate change: suffering.
I’m am adaptation scientist and here’s what I had to say about this—many years ago already.
March 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I'm a researcher primarily in adaptation. We are not even adapted to where the climate is today.
If you think you can seawall your way through a 4°C planet, you are straight up dreaming.
Mitigation AND adaptation, or you end up with way more of option 3 for dealing with climate change: suffering.
If you think you can seawall your way through a 4°C planet, you are straight up dreaming.
Mitigation AND adaptation, or you end up with way more of option 3 for dealing with climate change: suffering.
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Perintöveron poistaminen muka räjäyttää kasvun Ruotsin tasolle. Miehekäs puhe rikkaiden verohelpotuksista myös ärsyttää vasemmistoa, mikä on tietenkin pääasia, kirjoittaa ekonomisti Heikki Pursiainen.
Media nosti tärkeäksi oikeistolaisen kulttuurisotien meemin, joka on oikeasti täysin toisarvoinen
suomenkuvalehti.fi
March 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Perintöveron poistaminen muka räjäyttää kasvun Ruotsin tasolle. Miehekäs puhe rikkaiden verohelpotuksista myös ärsyttää vasemmistoa, mikä on tietenkin pääasia, kirjoittaa ekonomisti Heikki Pursiainen.
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One of the world's most respected consultancies calculates climate change could knock a third off projected GDP, while acknowledging it could easily be a lot higher. It also explains why political and business leaders continue to ignore such obvious warnings. www.businessgreen.com/news-analysi...
How failing to invest in climate action today could cost the world a third of its GDP
Boston Consulting Group highlights the 'massive opportunity for humanity' from accelerating climate action today to avoid future catastrophe
www.businessgreen.com
March 12, 2025 at 6:40 PM
One of the world's most respected consultancies calculates climate change could knock a third off projected GDP, while acknowledging it could easily be a lot higher. It also explains why political and business leaders continue to ignore such obvious warnings. www.businessgreen.com/news-analysi...
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How do you say The Onion in Portuguese?
Amazon rainforest cut down to build highway for COP climate summit
The infrastructure required to host climate talks in Belém is undermining the cause, campaigners say.
www.bbc.com
March 12, 2025 at 8:16 AM
How do you say The Onion in Portuguese?
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⚡️ 14 killed, 29 injured in Russian attacks against Ukraine over past day.
Four Syrian crew members of a Barbados-flagged civilian vessel were killed during a Russian missile strike against Odesa, authorities said.
Four Syrian crew members of a Barbados-flagged civilian vessel were killed during a Russian missile strike against Odesa, authorities said.
14 killed, 29 injured in Russian attacks against Ukraine over past day
Russian attacks across Ukraine killed at least 14 civilians and injured at least 29 over the past day, regional authorities reported on March 12. The casualties included children and Syrian crew membe...
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March 12, 2025 at 7:17 AM
⚡️ 14 killed, 29 injured in Russian attacks against Ukraine over past day.
Four Syrian crew members of a Barbados-flagged civilian vessel were killed during a Russian missile strike against Odesa, authorities said.
Four Syrian crew members of a Barbados-flagged civilian vessel were killed during a Russian missile strike against Odesa, authorities said.
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The Trump Administration is eliminating the Office of the Chief Scientist at NASA.
The current head of that office is Dr. Katherine Calvin, an expert on climate change, global modeling, and international scientific negotiations.
www.science.org/content/arti...
The current head of that office is Dr. Katherine Calvin, an expert on climate change, global modeling, and international scientific negotiations.
www.science.org/content/arti...
NASA to eliminate chief scientist position
Long-running advisory role cut along with two dozen others in agencywide reduction
www.science.org
March 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The Trump Administration is eliminating the Office of the Chief Scientist at NASA.
The current head of that office is Dr. Katherine Calvin, an expert on climate change, global modeling, and international scientific negotiations.
www.science.org/content/arti...
The current head of that office is Dr. Katherine Calvin, an expert on climate change, global modeling, and international scientific negotiations.
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Helsinkiläisten on hyvä ymmärtää, että kokoomuksen tarkoitus on kääntää liikennepolitiikan suunta Helsingissä. Kun autoille annetaan lisää tilaa keskustassa, se on otetaan pois jalankulkijoilta. Tämä on iso suunnanmuutos.
www.hs.fi/helsinki/art...
www.hs.fi/helsinki/art...
Kuntavaalit | Kokoomuksen kuntavaaliehdokas puolustaa autoilua keskisormi pystyssä – ”Vihervasuripolitiikkaa vastaan”
Mervi Kärkkäisen mukaan keskustan asukkaita ja yrittäjiä on syyllistetty autoilusta pitkään.
www.hs.fi
March 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Helsinkiläisten on hyvä ymmärtää, että kokoomuksen tarkoitus on kääntää liikennepolitiikan suunta Helsingissä. Kun autoille annetaan lisää tilaa keskustassa, se on otetaan pois jalankulkijoilta. Tämä on iso suunnanmuutos.
www.hs.fi/helsinki/art...
www.hs.fi/helsinki/art...
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As expected, public approval of congestion pricing in New York is following the same trajectory it followed in London, Stockholm and everywhere else it was tried. One would hope we could learn a lesson from such things!
"More NYC residents now support the program than oppose it. About 42% said the toll should remain while 35% want it eliminated, according to Siena’s latest poll. That’s a reversal from December, when only 32% supported the $9 fee while 56% were against it."
🔌🚗
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
🔌🚗
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
NYC Congestion Pricing Toll Gains Support Among City Residents
New York City’s controversial congestion pricing initiative is gradually gaining support, although the new toll has yet to win over a majority of voters.
www.bloomberg.com
March 10, 2025 at 11:38 AM
As expected, public approval of congestion pricing in New York is following the same trajectory it followed in London, Stockholm and everywhere else it was tried. One would hope we could learn a lesson from such things!
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🦊 Jätin hallitukselle kirjallisen kysymyksen turkistarhauksen hallitusta alasajosta Ruotsin mallin mukaisesti, ja turkisasetuksen avoimesta ja tutkimustietoon pohjaavasta valmistelusta.
❌ Vastaus on karua luettavaa häkeissä kärsivien turkiseläinten näkökulmasta.
www.keski-uusimaa.fi/uutissuomala...
❌ Vastaus on karua luettavaa häkeissä kärsivien turkiseläinten näkökulmasta.
www.keski-uusimaa.fi/uutissuomala...
Ministeri Essayah: Tarhakettu ei pääse jatkossakaan kaivamaan maata – tässä syy
Maa- ja metsätalousministeriössä valmistellaan valtioneuvoston asetusta turkiseläinten hyvinvoinnista.
www.keski-uusimaa.fi
March 10, 2025 at 8:56 AM
🦊 Jätin hallitukselle kirjallisen kysymyksen turkistarhauksen hallitusta alasajosta Ruotsin mallin mukaisesti, ja turkisasetuksen avoimesta ja tutkimustietoon pohjaavasta valmistelusta.
❌ Vastaus on karua luettavaa häkeissä kärsivien turkiseläinten näkökulmasta.
www.keski-uusimaa.fi/uutissuomala...
❌ Vastaus on karua luettavaa häkeissä kärsivien turkiseläinten näkökulmasta.
www.keski-uusimaa.fi/uutissuomala...
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A typical European car is parked 92% of the time. It spends 1/5th of its driving time looking for parking. Its 5 seats only move 1.5 people. 86% of its fuel never reaches the wheels, and most of the energy that does, moves the car, not the people.
Sound efficient?
HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social
Sound efficient?
HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social
March 10, 2025 at 7:36 AM
A typical European car is parked 92% of the time. It spends 1/5th of its driving time looking for parking. Its 5 seats only move 1.5 people. 86% of its fuel never reaches the wheels, and most of the energy that does, moves the car, not the people.
Sound efficient?
HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social
Sound efficient?
HT @ellenmacarthurfdn.bsky.social
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Unelected kleptocrat Musk trying to belittle the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland (which pays for Ukraine's Starlink).
Correction; I hope they cancel their deal with Musk asap.
March 9, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Unelected kleptocrat Musk trying to belittle the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland (which pays for Ukraine's Starlink).
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💸 “Julkisen sektorin pitää pienentyä!” – mutta valtion pitää silti tukea yksityistä terveydenhuoltoa ja yrityksiä. Eli markkinatalous toimii, kunnes se ei toimikaan – ja silloin julkinen raha pelastaa. Pääoman sosialismia parhaimmillaan! 5/7
March 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
💸 “Julkisen sektorin pitää pienentyä!” – mutta valtion pitää silti tukea yksityistä terveydenhuoltoa ja yrityksiä. Eli markkinatalous toimii, kunnes se ei toimikaan – ja silloin julkinen raha pelastaa. Pääoman sosialismia parhaimmillaan! 5/7
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Tom Friedman on point here, though he understated the case. Either Trump is the worse negotiator in all the universes of truth and fiction, or he is beginning an alliance with Russia with a joint attempt to subjugate Ukraine (and then much else).
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/o...
Opinion | Trump Is Hiding Something on Ukraine
When you don’t call things by their real name, there is usually a reason.
www.nytimes.com
March 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Tom Friedman on point here, though he understated the case. Either Trump is the worse negotiator in all the universes of truth and fiction, or he is beginning an alliance with Russia with a joint attempt to subjugate Ukraine (and then much else).
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/o...
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literally nothing can prepare you for this EPA press release www.epa.gov/newsreleases...
EPA Press Office Fact Checks the Washington Post’s Coverage of Waste & Abuse of Taxpayer Dollars | US EPA
EPA News Release: EPA Press Office Fact Checks the Washington Post’s Coverage of Waste & Abuse of Taxpayer Dollars
www.epa.gov
March 7, 2025 at 1:44 AM
literally nothing can prepare you for this EPA press release www.epa.gov/newsreleases...
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We Finns should have learned this already from the Winter War. Without the social policies of the 20's-30s, the war would have most likely ended differently. But thanks to those policies, even the poor felt like 🇫🇮 was worth defending, unlike in 1918.
Read the whole thread, but summarised:
Part of defending your country is seeing to it that everyone feels they have something worth defending. Overwhelming firepower is useless if people won't fight.
Welfare state = (also) defence policy
Part of defending your country is seeing to it that everyone feels they have something worth defending. Overwhelming firepower is useless if people won't fight.
Welfare state = (also) defence policy
Sure, history and location matter.
But do you really believe we would be willing to spend months in the snow and sleet to train to fight and possibly die to defend a society that caters only for the wealthy?
We have a SOCIAL CONTRACT, even if our own bozos don't want to understand that either.
But do you really believe we would be willing to spend months in the snow and sleet to train to fight and possibly die to defend a society that caters only for the wealthy?
We have a SOCIAL CONTRACT, even if our own bozos don't want to understand that either.
March 6, 2025 at 12:37 PM
We Finns should have learned this already from the Winter War. Without the social policies of the 20's-30s, the war would have most likely ended differently. But thanks to those policies, even the poor felt like 🇫🇮 was worth defending, unlike in 1918.
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Indeed the large increase in defence spending in WWII was funded at least in part by high income taxes on the rich
This is the most dangerous, irresponsible framing imaginable. Not to mention it is bollocks.
The big big winners from positioning Ukrainian security against poor British people & our public services are the far right.
TAX THE RICH TO PAY FOR DEFENSE. PROTECT OUR WELFARE STATE.
The big big winners from positioning Ukrainian security against poor British people & our public services are the far right.
TAX THE RICH TO PAY FOR DEFENSE. PROTECT OUR WELFARE STATE.
March 6, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Indeed the large increase in defence spending in WWII was funded at least in part by high income taxes on the rich