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Finnish MP convicted for saying homosexuality is ‘developmental disorder’ Christian Democrat Päivi Räsänen, who was fined €1,800, was supported by conservative US group Alliance Defending Freedom

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I had a dream about JD in the Port of Helsinki monitoring Russian oil vessel traffic on Gulf of Finland - wild - read on my profile (I dont know how to link here).

So that’s how I spent last night - maybe I should take a break from OSINT on BlueSky 😂

The marines and Finnish coast guard but up the real Finnish vessel tracking system in secret and told JD this was U.S. technology, so he calmed down and the operation was able to continue.

They asked the port staff to print their grainy pics as large posters on the wall and use them to track traffic. When the U.S. marines could not properly monitor the Russians because the posters were so bad, JD threw a fit and tore all of the posters down and blamed the Finns, shouting red faced.

🧵Last night I had a dream that JD Vance & team were in the Port of Helsinki building, in the Vessel Monitoring Room tracking Russian oil ships on Gulf of Finland. They didn’t trust Finnish technology so they had their Motorola flip phones take pics and video of the ships’ movements.

Chinese planes rerouted over Finland due to Ukrainian drone strikes Chinese airliners scheduled to fly via Russia were rerouted to a more northern route through Finland amid drone attacks on St Petersburg's airport.

Chinese airliners scheduled to fly via Russia were rerouted to a more northern route through Finland amid drone attacks on St Petersburg's airport.

Innovation’s Biggest Challenge Is a Systems Problem Why the technologies that win are the ones that fit into shared systems

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The New Security Mandate for Global Finance Financial systems today face a new reality: security is no longer just a technical issue, but a strategic, regulatory, and economic mandate.

The New Security Mandate for Global Finance
Financial systems today face a new reality: security is no longer just a technical issue, but a strategic, regulatory, and economic mandate. Listen to my Deep Pockets episode with Joe Ghalbouni petrasoderling.substack.com/p/the-new-se...

This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.

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Petra Soderling (@petrasoderling) I wrote about my experiences growing up next to the Soviet Union, what it was like to visit Leningrad, and how one Finnish hybrid warfare expert and retired military intelligence officer describes Ru...

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Petra Soderling (@petrasoderling) Is American Democratic Socialism the same as Nordic Social Democracy?

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Lolz have you been there? I have.

Exactly.

Russian Civil War - Wikipedia

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$200 billion a year would enable a universal basic income of about $500/mo. That would essentially abolish severe poverty in America. Poverty would drop by about a third, and because the downstream costs of poverty are about $3 TRILLION a year, that would be a return on investment of $800B a year.

One of Government’s Oldest Innovation Tools Is Back at Center Stage: War A look at how AI, drones, materials science, biotech, and quantum are becoming the new engines of state‑driven innovation.

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« Parrot drones will become among the most secure in the world thanks to post-quantum cryptography »

J’adore!

”Russia / According to preliminary data from the Russian Ministry of Finance in January-February alone, the Treasury has already spent 91% of the deficit planned for the whole year!!”

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Gen Z men twice as likely as baby boomers to believe wives should obey husbands Global survey shows young men hold more traditional views about gender roles than older generations Almost a third of generation Z men think a wife should obey her husband, according to a global survey of 23,000 people that found young men hold more traditional views about gender roles than older generations. A third (33%) of gen Z men also said a husband should have the final word on important decisions, according to the 29-country survey which included Great Britain, the US, Brazil, Australia and India. Almost a quarter (24%) of gen Z men think women should not appear too independent or self-sufficient, compared with 12% of baby boomer men. Attitudes toward sexual norms also differed sharply across generations, with 21% of gen Z men thinking a “real woman” should never initiate sex, compared with only 7% of baby boomer men. More than half (59%) of gen Z men said men were expected to do too much to support equality, compared with 45% of baby boomer men. For women, the proportions were 41% and 30% respectively. Thirty percent of gen Z men believed men should not say “I love you” to their friends, compared with 20% of baby boomer men and 21% of gen Z women. Twenty-one percent of gen Z men believed that men who took part in caregiving for children were less masculine than those who did not, compared with 8% of baby boomer men and 14% of gen Z women. Both genders felt women had more choice in dating and relationships (22%), household roles (24%) and the clothes they can wear (34%), while men were considered to have more choice in hobbies (18%) and jobs (39%). Continue reading...

Gen Z men twice as likely as baby boomers to believe wives should obey husbands

Dual-Use, Dual-Continent: A New Strategy for Quantum Firms How I Left the U.S. and Why Deeptech Companies Might Follow

In my latest newsletter, I explore why U.S. deeptech firms should consider establishing a presence in Europe: navigating export controls, accessing global markets, and positioning for long-term growth.

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How to talk about Women and Technology A different kind of World Map

In 1984, women earned 37% of U.S. computer science degrees. By 2011, that number had fallen to 17.6%. When Silicon Valley’s social and political influence expands far beyond its share of GDP or workforce size, we need to talk about the role of women.
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This is the kind of thing white supremacists have been doing to Emmett Till’s memorial for decades.

It’s wild to see them do this to a white woman who the entire world saw extrajudicially murdered.

So funny to see some Americans acknowledging for the first time that there can be music with lyrics in a foreign language.