Dr Ville Jansson
@villejansson.bsky.social
Physicist and private investor from Helsingfors; trying to understand the world through science, economics and history | President of the Physical Society in Finland | swe/eng/fi/fr/ger | https://sites.google.com/site/villebcjansson/
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Russia is losing billions of dollars each month because of oil sanctions... Discounts on Russian oil have risen to 30% and in some cases over 50% (!) relative to Brent.
Source: www.hellenicshippingnews.com/sanctions-dr...
Source: www.hellenicshippingnews.com/sanctions-dr...
December 18, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Russia is losing billions of dollars each month because of oil sanctions... Discounts on Russian oil have risen to 30% and in some cases over 50% (!) relative to Brent.
Source: www.hellenicshippingnews.com/sanctions-dr...
Source: www.hellenicshippingnews.com/sanctions-dr...
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But this report may understate inflation a bit.
Here's why: Usually the BLS collects prices all through November. But the shutdown kept it closed for the first half of November.
So more prices than usual were collected in the middle of "Black Friday" sales.
Here's why: Usually the BLS collects prices all through November. But the shutdown kept it closed for the first half of November.
So more prices than usual were collected in the middle of "Black Friday" sales.
December 18, 2025 at 1:35 PM
But this report may understate inflation a bit.
Here's why: Usually the BLS collects prices all through November. But the shutdown kept it closed for the first half of November.
So more prices than usual were collected in the middle of "Black Friday" sales.
Here's why: Usually the BLS collects prices all through November. But the shutdown kept it closed for the first half of November.
So more prices than usual were collected in the middle of "Black Friday" sales.
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US inflation unexpectedly falls to 2.7% ft.trib.al/70EDvbR
US inflation unexpectedly falls to 2.7%
Data will fuel boost calls for Fed to keep cutting rates
ft.trib.al
December 18, 2025 at 1:39 PM
US inflation unexpectedly falls to 2.7% ft.trib.al/70EDvbR
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The Fed just cut rates by a quarter of a percentage point.
The revised statement is remarkably buttoned down, probably due to the shutdown-inflicted data blackout.
And we are now up to three dissents - one for lower rates, and two for no change. But the committee is more deeply divided than that.
The revised statement is remarkably buttoned down, probably due to the shutdown-inflicted data blackout.
And we are now up to three dissents - one for lower rates, and two for no change. But the committee is more deeply divided than that.
December 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The Fed just cut rates by a quarter of a percentage point.
The revised statement is remarkably buttoned down, probably due to the shutdown-inflicted data blackout.
And we are now up to three dissents - one for lower rates, and two for no change. But the committee is more deeply divided than that.
The revised statement is remarkably buttoned down, probably due to the shutdown-inflicted data blackout.
And we are now up to three dissents - one for lower rates, and two for no change. But the committee is more deeply divided than that.
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It appears that Ukraine has declared open season for Russian shadow fleet oilers.
November 28, 2025 at 9:12 PM
It appears that Ukraine has declared open season for Russian shadow fleet oilers.
Now @FT is writing about the real Finnish treasures 🙂
The booming Moomin mug mania - on.ft.com/4iga44R
The booming Moomin mug mania - on.ft.com/4iga44R
The booming Moomin mug mania
How Tove Jansson’s quirky creatures conquered the kitchen cupboard
on.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Now @FT is writing about the real Finnish treasures 🙂
The booming Moomin mug mania - on.ft.com/4iga44R
The booming Moomin mug mania - on.ft.com/4iga44R
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Are we winning yet?
November 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Are we winning yet?
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A relief, and good news: September's jobs report was (finally!) released, and it shows a relatively healthy labor market.
Payrolls +119k, a bit stronger than expected, and definitely well above recession territory.
The unemployment rate rose a tick to 4.4%, continuing a slow but worrying trend.
Payrolls +119k, a bit stronger than expected, and definitely well above recession territory.
The unemployment rate rose a tick to 4.4%, continuing a slow but worrying trend.
November 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
A relief, and good news: September's jobs report was (finally!) released, and it shows a relatively healthy labor market.
Payrolls +119k, a bit stronger than expected, and definitely well above recession territory.
The unemployment rate rose a tick to 4.4%, continuing a slow but worrying trend.
Payrolls +119k, a bit stronger than expected, and definitely well above recession territory.
The unemployment rate rose a tick to 4.4%, continuing a slow but worrying trend.
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‘AI is going everywhere, doing everything:’ Nvidia beats Wall Street estimates amid market selloff and AI bubble fears
‘AI is going everywhere, doing everything:’ Nvidia beats Wall Street estimates amid market selloff and AI bubble fears
The $5tn firm handily beat expectations, but analysts are awaiting projections for future demand for firm’s AI chips
Nvidia shares are rising in after-market trading after the company posted third quarter earnings that beat Wall Street estimates. All eyes were on Nvidia, the bellwether for the AI industry and the most valuable publicly traded company in the world, as analysts and investors hoped the chipmaker’s third-quarter earnings would assuage concerns about whether the high-flying valuations of AI firms have peaked.
“Blackwell sales are off the charts, and cloud GPUs are sold out,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of Nvidia in a press release. “Compute demand keeps accelerating and compounding across training and inference – each growing exponentially. We’ve entered the virtuous cycle of AI. The AI ecosystem is scaling fast – with more new foundation model makers, more AI startups, across more industries, and in more countries. AI is going everywhere, doing everything, all at once.” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:16 PM
‘AI is going everywhere, doing everything:’ Nvidia beats Wall Street estimates amid market selloff and AI bubble fears
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We kept our key interest rates unchanged.
We did this because inflation is settling around our 2% target.
Read today’s monetary policy decisions www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/dat...
We did this because inflation is settling around our 2% target.
Read today’s monetary policy decisions www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/dat...
October 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
We kept our key interest rates unchanged.
We did this because inflation is settling around our 2% target.
Read today’s monetary policy decisions www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/dat...
We did this because inflation is settling around our 2% target.
Read today’s monetary policy decisions www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/dat...
My choir Muntra Musikanter is going on tour to Osaka and Tokyo in Japan 31th October to 9th November. We will sing classical a cappella works by the Nordic masters like Sibelius, Grieg and Tormis. Tickets to the concerts can be found here: music-partners.jp/concert/794/
October 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
My choir Muntra Musikanter is going on tour to Osaka and Tokyo in Japan 31th October to 9th November. We will sing classical a cappella works by the Nordic masters like Sibelius, Grieg and Tormis. Tickets to the concerts can be found here: music-partners.jp/concert/794/
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Well this is symbolic af
October 20, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Well this is symbolic af
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Chicago ‘Splatatouille’ was probably a squirrel, say researchers
Chicago ‘Splatatouille’ was probably a squirrel, say researchers
Scientists from University of Tennessee, Knoxville, look at 37 species to identify cause of ‘rat hole’ in pavement
With a front paw outstretched and its tail at an angle, the creature that fell on to wet concrete in Chicago left quite the memento mori.
Now, researchers say they have unmasked the identity of the victim, revealing the famous “rat hole” was most probably made by a squirrel. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Chicago ‘Splatatouille’ was probably a squirrel, say researchers
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Årets Nobelpris gick till utvecklingen av kvantdatorer.
Vill man lära sig mer om kvantdatorer, så ordnar vi ett seminarium om bl.a. annat det ämne i morgon 8.10. Man hinner ännu med. www.fysikersamfundet.fi/hostseminari...
#nobelprize
Vill man lära sig mer om kvantdatorer, så ordnar vi ett seminarium om bl.a. annat det ämne i morgon 8.10. Man hinner ännu med. www.fysikersamfundet.fi/hostseminari...
#nobelprize
FSF & FKS Höstseminarium 2025 – Fysikersamfundet i Finland
www.fysikersamfundet.fi
October 7, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Årets Nobelpris gick till utvecklingen av kvantdatorer.
Vill man lära sig mer om kvantdatorer, så ordnar vi ett seminarium om bl.a. annat det ämne i morgon 8.10. Man hinner ännu med. www.fysikersamfundet.fi/hostseminari...
#nobelprize
Vill man lära sig mer om kvantdatorer, så ordnar vi ett seminarium om bl.a. annat det ämne i morgon 8.10. Man hinner ännu med. www.fysikersamfundet.fi/hostseminari...
#nobelprize
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Marinka, Donetsk region, destroyed by Russian occupiers.
October 4, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Marinka, Donetsk region, destroyed by Russian occupiers.
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Drone attacks on Russian oil refineries have led to a gasoline shortage in Russia and Russian-occupied Ukrainian territories. Fuel supply disruptions caused the number of gas stations selling gasoline to drop by 360 locations (roughly every 50th station)🔽
October 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Drone attacks on Russian oil refineries have led to a gasoline shortage in Russia and Russian-occupied Ukrainian territories. Fuel supply disruptions caused the number of gas stations selling gasoline to drop by 360 locations (roughly every 50th station)🔽
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Om man är nyfiken på kvantdatorer och vad de kan leda till i framtiden, eller vad syntesgas eller power-to-X-teknologi kan användas till är man ännu välkommen med på Höstseminariet 8.10. Det är för sent att beställa ätbart, men man är ändå välkommen att ännu registrera sig.
FSF och Finska Kemistsamfundet rf ordnar ons 8.10.2025 kl 17-20 ett Höstseminarium i Vetenskapernas hus, Kyrkogatan 6, 00170 Helsingfors. Syftet är att ge inbjudna talare en möjlighet att på en allmän nivå ge en överblick över några av de hetaste forskningsområden inom fysiken och kemin just nu.
October 1, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Om man är nyfiken på kvantdatorer och vad de kan leda till i framtiden, eller vad syntesgas eller power-to-X-teknologi kan användas till är man ännu välkommen med på Höstseminariet 8.10. Det är för sent att beställa ätbart, men man är ändå välkommen att ännu registrera sig.
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Väldigt gärna skulle jag delta i detta seminarium men tyvärr är jag just då på arbetsresa så det går inte. Men den som är intresserad av vetenskapshistoria och fysik ska inte missa detta! Gustaf Gabriel Hällström råkar dessutom vara min farfars farfars far. Seminariet är tvåspråkigt.
Gustaf Gabriel Hällström 250 år – Den tidiga perioden av autonomi, vetenskapens historia och civiltjänstadeln - Finska Vetenskaps-Societeten
Finska Vetenskaps-Societeten anordnar i samarbete med Finska Litteratursällskapet och Släktföreningen af Hällström ett symposium tillägnat Gustaf Gabriel Hällström fredagen den 24 oktober 2025 kl. 13....
scientiarum.fi
October 1, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Väldigt gärna skulle jag delta i detta seminarium men tyvärr är jag just då på arbetsresa så det går inte. Men den som är intresserad av vetenskapshistoria och fysik ska inte missa detta! Gustaf Gabriel Hällström råkar dessutom vara min farfars farfars far. Seminariet är tvåspråkigt.
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🚨 Fuel crisis in Russia:
- 38% of refining capacity offline - 2.5 million barrels/day.
- Ukrainian strikes directly responsible for 1.7 million barrels/day - 70% of offline capacity - 25% of total refining capacity in Russia.
- Supply is now just 80% of domestic fuel demand.
- 38% of refining capacity offline - 2.5 million barrels/day.
- Ukrainian strikes directly responsible for 1.7 million barrels/day - 70% of offline capacity - 25% of total refining capacity in Russia.
- Supply is now just 80% of domestic fuel demand.
💥 Russia: Ukraine struck the Yaroslavl Oil Refinery.
Refining capacity: 300,000 barrels per day, 15 million tons per year.
The 5th largest refinery in Russia accounts for 5% of total refining capacity.
Refining capacity: 300,000 barrels per day, 15 million tons per year.
The 5th largest refinery in Russia accounts for 5% of total refining capacity.
October 1, 2025 at 9:45 AM
🚨 Fuel crisis in Russia:
- 38% of refining capacity offline - 2.5 million barrels/day.
- Ukrainian strikes directly responsible for 1.7 million barrels/day - 70% of offline capacity - 25% of total refining capacity in Russia.
- Supply is now just 80% of domestic fuel demand.
- 38% of refining capacity offline - 2.5 million barrels/day.
- Ukrainian strikes directly responsible for 1.7 million barrels/day - 70% of offline capacity - 25% of total refining capacity in Russia.
- Supply is now just 80% of domestic fuel demand.
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Hegseth is putting all of the American generals and admirals from around the world into a single room. Why might Hegseth do such an extraordinary thing? Here I discuss four possible reasons.
snyder.substack.com/p/hegseth-pu...
snyder.substack.com/p/hegseth-pu...
Hegseth puts us all at risk
Why put all the American commanders in one room?
snyder.substack.com
September 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Hegseth is putting all of the American generals and admirals from around the world into a single room. Why might Hegseth do such an extraordinary thing? Here I discuss four possible reasons.
snyder.substack.com/p/hegseth-pu...
snyder.substack.com/p/hegseth-pu...
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Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night TV show will return to the air less than a week after the Disney-owned ABC network suspended him 'indefinitely' over remarks about the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. on.ft.com/4mnbkDr
September 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night TV show will return to the air less than a week after the Disney-owned ABC network suspended him 'indefinitely' over remarks about the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. on.ft.com/4mnbkDr
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Lemme spell it out. Trump's only leverage over Jimmy Kimmel and ABC came from FCC regulation. His direct power over H1-B visas gives him similar leverage over tech, higher ed, and others.
Critical part of the President's new $100,000 charge for H1-B visas: The Administration can also offer a $100,000 discount to any person, company, or industry that it wants. Replacing rules with arbitrary discretion.
Want visas? You know who to call and who to flatter.
Want visas? You know who to call and who to flatter.
September 20, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Lemme spell it out. Trump's only leverage over Jimmy Kimmel and ABC came from FCC regulation. His direct power over H1-B visas gives him similar leverage over tech, higher ed, and others.