Viktor Heikel
@vheikel.bsky.social
World News Editor, Svenska Yle. Mostly lurking, reposting and shamelessly promoting the work of our brilliant reporters in Swedish. Posts in English, Swedish and Finnish.
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I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
November 18, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
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NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites
The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war
The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war
October 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites
The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war
The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war
Dan Helenius reportage från militärsjukhus i #Charkiv och från fronten med fältsjukvårdare ur #Khartija-kåren. Drönarna innebär att fronten i #Ukraina är ofarbar annat än nattetid. Skadade evakueras med markdrönare, men oftast bärandes och släpandes i upp till tio kilometer. yle.fi/a/7-10084807
Sårade soldater i Ukraina tvingas vänta i dagar på evakuering: ”Vi släpar de skadade tio kilometer genom skogen”
Frontlinjen i Ukraina har varit mer eller mindre frusen i år, men förhållandena vid de främre linjerna har förändrats.
yle.fi
September 26, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Dan Helenius reportage från militärsjukhus i #Charkiv och från fronten med fältsjukvårdare ur #Khartija-kåren. Drönarna innebär att fronten i #Ukraina är ofarbar annat än nattetid. Skadade evakueras med markdrönare, men oftast bärandes och släpandes i upp till tio kilometer. yle.fi/a/7-10084807
Vår reporter Lotte Krank-van de Burgt bevittnade hur katastrofal #USAID :s nedläggning redan har blivit vid lägren för flyktingar från Sudan. En långsam tortyr, så beskriver en biståndsarbetare läget. yle.fi/a/7-10083160
Trumps avveckling av biståndet är en katastrof för flyktingarna i Tchad – ”Vi har inte fått vatten på fem dagar”
”Vi har ingenting, inte ens vatten att dricka. Vi har inte fått någonstans att bo, jag sover på mina kläder.”
yle.fi
September 1, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Vår reporter Lotte Krank-van de Burgt bevittnade hur katastrofal #USAID :s nedläggning redan har blivit vid lägren för flyktingar från Sudan. En långsam tortyr, så beskriver en biståndsarbetare läget. yle.fi/a/7-10083160
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From Hunter S. Thompson’s ESPN page 2 column one week after 9/11.
June 22, 2025 at 12:29 AM
From Hunter S. Thompson’s ESPN page 2 column one week after 9/11.
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To be fair, he probably can't remember any of these tweets.
June 19, 2025 at 3:07 AM
To be fair, he probably can't remember any of these tweets.
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LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 1:39 AM
LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social
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We finally revealed Russia's use of non-existing journalists in francophone Africa as part of an influence campaign that has impacted over a dozen countries. A fee of about $80 per article was paid to the local media in West Africa for publication of disinformation
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qnez...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qnez...
Africa's Ghost Reporters I Al Jazeera Investigations
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
www.youtube.com
May 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
We finally revealed Russia's use of non-existing journalists in francophone Africa as part of an influence campaign that has impacted over a dozen countries. A fee of about $80 per article was paid to the local media in West Africa for publication of disinformation
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qnez...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qnez...
Ryska krigsekonomin blir allt mer trängd ju lägre priset på olja sjunker. Putin har dragit in privata banksektorn i finansiering av invasionen av #Ukraina och bankernas likviditet är usel. Risken för en bankkris är hög: yle.fi/a/7-10076208
Risken för en rysk bankkris har ökat
Rysslands ekonomi ställs inför tuffa utmaningar när globala tullkonflikter och fallande oljepriser slår hårt mot landets finanser.
yle.fi
April 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Ryska krigsekonomin blir allt mer trängd ju lägre priset på olja sjunker. Putin har dragit in privata banksektorn i finansiering av invasionen av #Ukraina och bankernas likviditet är usel. Risken för en bankkris är hög: yle.fi/a/7-10076208
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More in No, Other People:
New poll:
“America would be better off if more people worked in manufacturing.”
• 80% of Americans agree
• 20% disagree
“I would be better off if I worked in a factory.”
• 25% of Americans agree
• 73% disagree
• 2% currently work in a factory
New poll:
“America would be better off if more people worked in manufacturing.”
• 80% of Americans agree
• 20% disagree
“I would be better off if I worked in a factory.”
• 25% of Americans agree
• 73% disagree
• 2% currently work in a factory
April 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
More in No, Other People:
New poll:
“America would be better off if more people worked in manufacturing.”
• 80% of Americans agree
• 20% disagree
“I would be better off if I worked in a factory.”
• 25% of Americans agree
• 73% disagree
• 2% currently work in a factory
New poll:
“America would be better off if more people worked in manufacturing.”
• 80% of Americans agree
• 20% disagree
“I would be better off if I worked in a factory.”
• 25% of Americans agree
• 73% disagree
• 2% currently work in a factory
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just what you want to be doing right now, telling the world that US capital ratios don't include leverage on a class of securities where many of them have large unrealised mark to market losses.
Bessent repeats plans to pull Treasuries out of bank leverage ration calculations. We will create a new buyer for treasuries, he says.
April 9, 2025 at 11:59 AM
just what you want to be doing right now, telling the world that US capital ratios don't include leverage on a class of securities where many of them have large unrealised mark to market losses.
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For veterans of the Eurozone crisis, this is quite incredible - today Greece has a lower borrowing cost than both the UK and the US for their 10 year bonds.
I had to check, all of the previous so called 'PIIGS' (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Spain) have lower borrowing costs than the US today.
I had to check, all of the previous so called 'PIIGS' (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Spain) have lower borrowing costs than the US today.
April 9, 2025 at 11:31 AM
For veterans of the Eurozone crisis, this is quite incredible - today Greece has a lower borrowing cost than both the UK and the US for their 10 year bonds.
I had to check, all of the previous so called 'PIIGS' (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Spain) have lower borrowing costs than the US today.
I had to check, all of the previous so called 'PIIGS' (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Spain) have lower borrowing costs than the US today.
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What an epic journey! Still, at least he got paid at every stage of his trek along Hypocrisy Way...
April 9, 2025 at 10:45 AM
What an epic journey! Still, at least he got paid at every stage of his trek along Hypocrisy Way...
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🇺🇦🇷🇺🇺🇸White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett: Russia has not been imposed a tariff because it is in peace talks.
What about Ukraine, which we got 10% tariff?
What about Ukraine, which we got 10% tariff?
April 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
🇺🇦🇷🇺🇺🇸White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett: Russia has not been imposed a tariff because it is in peace talks.
What about Ukraine, which we got 10% tariff?
What about Ukraine, which we got 10% tariff?
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Support for the European Union has reached unprecedented levels, with 74% of citizens across member states believing that EU membership benefits their countries, according to the latest Eurobarometer survey. It is the highest support since 1983.
April 6, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Support for the European Union has reached unprecedented levels, with 74% of citizens across member states believing that EU membership benefits their countries, according to the latest Eurobarometer survey. It is the highest support since 1983.
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Maybe it’s because I spent the weekend in Chicago, but I’ve been thinking a lot about how the exact same qualities that made Al Capone a folk hero in the Roaring Twenties—wealth, excess, ruthlessness, flagrant lawbreaking—made the American public turn on him after the 1929 stock market crash. 🗃️🧵
April 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Maybe it’s because I spent the weekend in Chicago, but I’ve been thinking a lot about how the exact same qualities that made Al Capone a folk hero in the Roaring Twenties—wealth, excess, ruthlessness, flagrant lawbreaking—made the American public turn on him after the 1929 stock market crash. 🗃️🧵
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I’m confused as to how the design and execution of this tariff policy wasn’t flawless. 🇺🇸
April 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I’m confused as to how the design and execution of this tariff policy wasn’t flawless. 🇺🇸
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Important story that might be buried under another day of Trump induced market turmoil - there is mounting evidence that Russian actors had at least knowledge of some of the terror attacks that heavily influenced Germany‘s election campaign before they happened:
Anschläge in Deutschland: Hinweise auf russisches Täterwissen.
Anschläge in Deutschland: Auffällige russische Suchanfragen
Vor Europa- und Bundestagswahl gab es mehrere tödliche Anschläge in Deutschland. Auffällige russische Suchanfragen im Netz werfen nun Fragen auf.
www.zdf.de
April 7, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Important story that might be buried under another day of Trump induced market turmoil - there is mounting evidence that Russian actors had at least knowledge of some of the terror attacks that heavily influenced Germany‘s election campaign before they happened:
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“Forgive me, mother. This is the path I chose — to help people.” Among the last words of the Palestinian paramedic who was found in a mass grave, shot in the head. If these are not war crimes, I don’t know what is.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...
Video Shows Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Under Gunfire Barrage, With Ambulance Lights On (Gift Article)
The U.N. has said Israel killed the workers. The video appears to contradict Israel’s version of events, which said the vehicles were “advancing suspiciously” without headlights or emergency signals.
www.nytimes.com
April 5, 2025 at 10:13 AM
“Forgive me, mother. This is the path I chose — to help people.” Among the last words of the Palestinian paramedic who was found in a mass grave, shot in the head. If these are not war crimes, I don’t know what is.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...
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This is the thing.
Manufacturing jobs 100 years ago were dangerous, precarious, and poorly paid.
Manufacturing jobs 70 years ago were a golden ticket to the middle class.
The jobs didn't change. What changed was the New Deal and unions.
Manufacturing jobs 100 years ago were dangerous, precarious, and poorly paid.
Manufacturing jobs 70 years ago were a golden ticket to the middle class.
The jobs didn't change. What changed was the New Deal and unions.
The problem is: they've mistaken correlation for causation. They think their parents and grandparents had a good life *because* of manufacturing jobs. When, in reality, their parents and grandparents had a good life *despite* manufacturing jobs, because of unions, high taxes, and social policies.
April 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
This is the thing.
Manufacturing jobs 100 years ago were dangerous, precarious, and poorly paid.
Manufacturing jobs 70 years ago were a golden ticket to the middle class.
The jobs didn't change. What changed was the New Deal and unions.
Manufacturing jobs 100 years ago were dangerous, precarious, and poorly paid.
Manufacturing jobs 70 years ago were a golden ticket to the middle class.
The jobs didn't change. What changed was the New Deal and unions.
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a strange fatality pervades the whole career of these events, as if verily mapped out before the world itself was charted
April 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
a strange fatality pervades the whole career of these events, as if verily mapped out before the world itself was charted
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I'm watching CNBC. These anchors are so angry. They really didn't believe he'd do it. They're actually just now, 10 years into this shit, realizing he's a maniac hellbent on revenge and there's no grand plan for the markets. Better late than never but holy shit.
April 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I'm watching CNBC. These anchors are so angry. They really didn't believe he'd do it. They're actually just now, 10 years into this shit, realizing he's a maniac hellbent on revenge and there's no grand plan for the markets. Better late than never but holy shit.
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Markets check: everything is getting killed. US futures are down over 3%, high yield spreads are blowing out, crude is down almost 6% (thanks to OPEC+ for adding more supply than expected this AM), dollar down 1.5%, yield curve bull-steepening. Full-blown recession pricing for the US across assets.
April 3, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Markets check: everything is getting killed. US futures are down over 3%, high yield spreads are blowing out, crude is down almost 6% (thanks to OPEC+ for adding more supply than expected this AM), dollar down 1.5%, yield curve bull-steepening. Full-blown recession pricing for the US across assets.