Thomas Rickne

1/ After 4 years of war, there are finally signs that RU is preparing to lose this war.
The last couple of months there has been some things happening that doesn’t make sense unless you look at them through the eyes of a dictator that is afraid the war might end, and not in a good way.

Ukraine is the biggest and most consequential of all the American betrayals | Simon Tisdall As the war enters its fifth year, it’s time for Europe to take the fight to Putin on its own terms and tell Trump to get lost, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall

Ukraine is the biggest and most consequential of all the American betrayals | Simon Tisdall www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Sweden’s main paper dn.se is suggesting Nordics with Sweden in the lead revisit the thought of getting nuclear weapons.

This comes in light of last years deteriorating security situation in general and Trump’s actions in particular.

www.dn.se/ledare/ingen...

Uruguay’s Renewable Charge: A Small Nation, A Big Lesson For The World Uruguay built a power grid that runs 99% on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. Here’s how its bold energy overhaul became a global model.

Uruguay producerar i dag 99% av sin el med förnybara källor - till halva priset jämfört med fossil el. Den här modellen kan fungera också på andra håll enligt fysikern som ledde omställningen av Uruguays elsystem. Raka och förutsägbara regelverk gör omställningen möjlig.

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Bojkottar X

Well written!

YouTube video by WION French President Macron Speaks at German Unity Day Ceremony | WION LIVE

President Macron:
“We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MggN...

HIROAKI NEVER MISSES!!!!

legendary Japanese illustrator Hiroaki Hashimoto did the character design for SUDA51 and SWERY's new game HOTEL BARCELONA. dude worked on God Hand, The King of Fighters, Tekken, Street Fighter. serious video game royalty 🫡

A mid-century family sitting on the porch steps. The man is wearing a camp collar shirt with a flapped pocket (collar and flap have a distinctive shape). he pairs them with fuller cut pants and leather shoes.

Some people standing around. Photo is from the mid-century. Man has a knitted polo and full legged, pleated pants.

Have you ever noticed that people dressed better in the past? Even in the summer, when it was scorching hot?

Why is this? 🧵

New game from Johns company CULT Games! Something for "single cat ladies" perhaps? And the rest off us who likes cute cats! :) #kattensåkul #sågulligakatter #densomjamarmestvinner

”Låt oss vara ärliga. Vi fuckade upp big time” | Dagens Arena Patrik Oksanens bok handlar om Rysslands hybridkrig med desinformation och sabotage.

Längre intervju med mig med anledning av boken Rysslands hemliga krig mot Sverige i Dagens Arena:
"Låt oss vara ärliga. Vi fuckade upp – big time."

www.dagensarena.se/innehall/lat...

Jaha ja…. Den här månaden ska jag alltså fylla 60 år. Då är man gammal! Känns konstigt för jag känner mig verkligen inte som en gammal person. Säreget detta. Men det är väl bara att omfamna förändringen.

Kanske skulle skaffa mig ett intresse eller hobby... vad skulle det kunna vara?

Which occupations carry the highest risk of sexual harassment—and who is doing the harassing?

Our new study finds two distinct patterns depending on whether harassment comes from inside or outside the workplace.

CEPR WP: cepr.org/publications...
Ungated: drive.google.com/file/d/1jPOV...

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Ukraine will win — with or without our permission If we’re really standing with Ukrainians, our role is to support their choices. None of us may claim the right or authority to tell them when and what to surrender.

Good words from Gabrielius Landsbergis:

www.politico.eu/article/ukra...

We are proud to announce the launch of Evident — a nonprofit news organization producing documentary journalism for the public good — here on Bluesky.

Evident is building a new kind of newsroom powered by a team of journalists that is covering crucial stories for public good.

Respekt! Helt rätt beslut.

Finally some good news from USA! Soooo exited about the new book from Alison Bechdel. Great literature that will live for many generations. And you probably know the Bechdel test for movies?

Kära vänner!

Vill önska er alla en skön jul och även ett gott nytt år.

Jag har varit ganska så introvert det här året och kanske har ni inte sett så mycket av mig. Har jobbat en del med ett eget projekt vars utfall är högst osäkert. Men kul!

Kram!
Och julkram!
Och även nyårskram då...

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This is a good day for the EU and our partners in Latin America.

The historic EU-Mercosur agreement will create the world's biggest trade zone – leading to more jobs, more choices and more opportunities for Europeans.

Some new names for me. Interesting article to widen knowledge about what’s going on now.

Ni som vill följa mig får gärna bli mina vänner här eller på Facebook och Instagram.

Hej BlueSky :)
Lämnar nu Twitter pga ägaren Elon Musk som använder Twitter för politiska syften. Eftersom Twitter nu tydligt tar ställning för vissa politiska åsikter så tycker jag att det inte är acceptabelt att stödja verksamheten genom att ha ett konto där.

Fantastic news! Look forward to following your coming research, always interesting to follow you both.

Happy recipients of the Assar Lindbeck Medal, a career award for the best Swedish economist(s) under 45. 🥂 🎉

Grattis! Det var stort!