Sampsa Sihvola

Finland invests in research excellence – new funding call by Research Council of Finland to support recruitment of international talents The Research Council of Finland (RCF) has launched a funding call to improve universities’ ability to recruit international experts to Finland. In line with the RCF’s strategy, the call wi...

Are you a professor or assistant professor level researcher in the US or elsewhere outside of Finland? Looking for new opportunities in an inspiring and well-connected research environment? Finland might be just the place for you.

Reach out to Finnish universities to explore what’s possible.

Tällainen luento allekirjoittaneelta olisi nähtävissä verkossa pari viikkoa.

Luento: Mitä ovat verkkoviha ja digitaalinen väkivalta?

Major nations agree on first-ever global tax on greenhouse gases with plan that targets shipping Many of the world’s largest shipping nations decided on Friday to impose a minimum tax of $100 for every ton of carbon dioxide emitted by ships, if their planet-heating emissions are not already accou...

"Many of the world’s largest shipping nations decided on Friday to impose a minimum tax of $100 for every ton of carbon dioxide emitted by ships...effectively the first global tax on greenhouse gas emissions."

apnews.com/article/ship...

Hyvä!

Infrakorvausmalli romukoppaan.

Lipun hinta alas, niin ettei tarvitse miettiä ja lähteä autolla (sähkö) kun se tulee (näennäisesti) edullisemmaksi.

Faktantarkistajien avoin vetoomus suomalaisille mediataloille Alkuperäinen versio tehty 11.09.2023. Vetoomusta päivitetty 2.4.2025.

Suomalaiset faktantarkistajat ja tiedon varmentamisen ammattilaiset julkaisivat päivitetyn vetoomuksen mediatalojen toimituksellisen osaamisen ja yhteistyön vahvistamiseksi.
Suomeen tarvitaan "Faktapooli" seuraamaan disinformaatiota ja digivaltaa. faktabaari.fi/fakta/faktan...

Loistava tiivistys @jarmokoponen.bsky.social 'lta suurimmasta epäpätevyyden osoituksesta suurvallan johdossa vuosikymmeniin.

#signalgate

www.jarmokoponen.fi/2025/03/27/s...

Mardan thinks Germany has two options:

"Either to remain an occupied, rights-defeated, politically non-subjective Germany,or to become an economic partner, maybe even an ally of Russia, once again divide not Poland, but the whole Europe. Because the rest of Europe simply has no other future"

Got this from a friend, hilarious!

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If folk are wondering about whether to visit America this year, we'd like to remind you Scotland is open for business! And the same goes for our American pals needing a break from the madness...you'll be very welcome!

#VisitScotland
#HasteYeBack

More than five years ago, I wrote about the American conservatives who admire Russia dictatorship. Now they run America www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

#GVerse #FuckMusk bought #FuckTrump

I used to read The Handmaid's Tale and think, "There's no way a militia could overthrow the government by killing the President and Congress" and I'm proud to say that I was right, inasmuch that the President and Congress are overthrowing the government themselves. Checkmate, *Margaret Atwood*

Opinion | What Autocrats Want From Academics: Servility In 1931, Italian scholars were made to take loyalty oaths. Will that happen to us?

"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...

Zelensky in Finland 🇫🇮 :)

Ahead of Germany’s election, with anti-immigrant sentiment rising, they released viral videos showing life without immigrants.

History proves that when a country starts erasing certain people, it doesn’t end well.
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The Adaptation Battle Intensifies In my latest for the Lowy Institute, I examine how learning and adaptation has accelerated in the last year in Ukraine through the lens of drone warfare.

In my latest article, I explore how learning and adaptation has accelerated in the Ukraine war, and examine how this has manifested in drone, and counter drone, warfare.
open.substack.com/pub/mickryan...

Meridrone alustana FPV-droneille! Hatunnosto Ukrainan kekseliäisyydelle. Toivottavasti suomalaiset ovat hereillä ja kehittävät vastaavia (Suomenlahti ja Kuola) ja kehiteltyjä ideoita vastaisuuden varalle.

"We have always been told since childhood that Russians don't start wars, that we don't hurt old people, women and children, that we don't abandon our own people. And all these points collapsed in this war. We attacked Ukraine. I'm complicit that I didn't speak out loud sooner."

❗️Putin: we agree with the suggestions to stop combat but we believe this ceasefire must lead to long-term peace and eliminate the reasons for the "crisis".

The reason for the "crisis" is Russia attacking a sovereign country...

‘Rhythm’ has two h’s and no vowels.

Just remember:

Rhythm
Helps
Your
Two
Hips
Move

Rhythm is also a dancer and a soul’s companion.

HISTORY

KEEPS

REPEATING......

Shortly before he died, Terry Pratchett assured me that, if there is an afterlife, he would give me a ring and let me know. That was ten years ago - and still no call. From which, incidentally, I draw no firm conclusions. What if there was an afterlife, but with no phone signal? But of course there is one place where Terry indisputably lives on: in the pages of his books and in the minds of the millions of readers around the world who turn those pages and continue to find them funny and true. For, while his words live on, so does Terry, and that will be the case, no question, not just for this one decade so quickly gone, but for many further decades to come. So let me join Lyn and Rhianna in raising a glass today to the magical persistence of books and to Sir Terry; gone but still so very firmly with us. Rob Wilkins

It's time for Russia to think about mobilizing a couple of million men for war against Europe, –Apti Alaudinov, commander of the Chechen special forces unit Akhmat

He said that the war could move to a new stage,which would lead "to the final victory over Europe&the collapse of NATO."

Yesterday, France confirmed that Ukrainian Mirage 2000-5Fs would be equipped with AASM guided bombs, giving the Ukrainian Air Force another capable strike platform.

France has previously tested the AASM on the 5F, seen here with a massive loadout of six AASM-250s.

We have updated the map to reflect the emerging situation in the Kursk salient, where recent Russian offensive have forced the Ukrainians to withdraw from large areas.

The northern part of the salient has been abandoned, with Russians capturing Malaya Lokanaya.

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NEW: Russian forces are collapsing the northern part of the Ukrainian salient in Kursk Oblast following several days of intensified Russian activity in the area.

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 9, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar030925

Definitely ruling the USA right now!!!

Can the US switch off Europe’s weapons? Long hooked on American defence exports, allies feel buyers’ remorse over hardware dependent on Washington support

US defense companies might never be trusted again

on.ft.com/3DtQQZs

He has just made it very likely that no military organisation will allow themselves to be placed in such a situation again. Why would Starlink ever be seen as an assured, trusted service?

Yhdysvallat irtautuu YK:n Kestävän kehityksen tavoitteista Yhdysvaltain perustelujen mukaan kestävän kehityksen ohjelma on vastoin Yhdysvaltain etuja.

Ei kai tämä enää yllätä🤔