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Finnish CSOs receive government grants for development cooperation and humanitarian work - Ministry for Foreign Affairs The Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs has awarded approximately EUR 311 million to Finnish civil society...

The Finnish government cuts development cooperation funds but excludes CSOs from the scope of these cuts - except the one linked to trade unions, @sask.fi, that is subjected to drastic cuts.

This is unprecedented in Finnish development policy. A political revenge.

um.fi/current-affa... @sak.fi

For First Time in Decades, Child Deaths Will Rise This Year Almost a quarter of a million more children around the world are projected to die in 2025 than in 2024.

This fetid landmark, this historical stain on humanity is primarily due to the stunningly reckless obliteration of America's foreign assistance agency earlier this year.

Led by the richest man on earth. In secret, on a weekend. With zero analysis or discussion of its catastrophic impacts.

🚨 BREAKING: Former EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and top diplomat Stefano Sannino are in custody after Belgian police launched raids as part of a fraud probe.

Read the story: politi.co/4pORFPb

That scene with the Death Star rising over Scarif in Rogue One, except this time it's Saturn's icy moon Mimas

Sanna Marin ajaa Ukrainan asiaa – Suomessa kukaan ei tunnu tietävän, mitä hän tekee Sanna Marin edistää työkseen Ukrainan EU-jäsenyyttä, mutta Suomessa kukaan ei tunnu tietävän, mitä hän tekee. Yle selvitti Marinin toimenkuvaa.

Näin lobbauksen ja ulkopolitiikan parissa pitkään työskennelleenä, tämä Marin -artikkeli on ihan hyvä, mutta kaipaa hieman kontekstia Tony Blair Instituutin (TBI) kaltaisten organisaatioiden toimintamallista.

Pari lisäystä, jotka eivät oikeastaan liity Sanna Mariniin:

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D&D disappointment. This hobbit-vampire encounter really wasn't very challenging. Low stakes.

Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88 A theatrical sensation since the 1960s, whose dramas included Arcadia, The Real Thing and Leopoldstadt, Stoppard also had huge success as a screenwriter

RIP to one of the best to ever do it. Absolute powerhouse and a legend.

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Statement of the “Former JAGs Working Group” on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes

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Hiski Haukkala: Miksi sota on turvallisuusuhka, johon reagoidaan – toisin kuin luontokato? Venäjä sai Nato-maat investoimaan jättisumman puolustukseensa. Luonnon kestävyyskriisin kohdalla vastaavaa ei tapahdu, kirjoittaa Hiski Haukkala.

Ulkopoliittisen instituutin johtaja @haukkala.bsky.social esittää tärkeän kysymyksen
"Venäjän uhka on johtanut konkreettisiin toimiin turvallisuuden parantamiseksi. Miksei niin näytä käyvän #ilmastonmuutos ja #luontokato kohdalla?"
suomenkuvalehti.fi/mielipide/hi...
@suomenkuvalehti.fi #turvallisuus

Why Europe Should Be Serious About Transparency on Pay The EU's Pay Transparency Directive offers a powerful tool for equality, but only if member states implement it with rigour and ambition.

Why Europe Should Be Serious About Transparency on Pay

EU watchdog slams Commission over red-tape cutting workflow European Ombudsman hits the executive for “procedural shortcomings” in its attempt to quickly pass legislative amendments to simplify rules for business.

The European Commission failed to follow proper lawmaking procedure when drafting its plan to cut red tape, the EU ombudsman said in a damaging assessment released today.

 

Unsettling Horror Game Horses Banned From Steam, Leaving Studio With 'High Risk' of Closure - IGN Indie horror game Horses is preparing to launch on December 2, on the Epic Games Store, GOG, Itch.io, and the Humble Store. But one place it won't be is on Steam, because Steam has banned the game for...

Really wild situation here: a celebrated and well-regarded indie dev and publisher is facing shutdown because Valve banned their game from Steam and won't talk to them about it, at all.

www.ign.com/articles/uns...

Hey.

Wanna see what it looks like to fly past your home planet?

THEN LOOK AT THIS

This is the OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft's view as it swung by Earth on Tuesday, 23 September 2025 from an altitude of 3,500 km.

Look how beautiful that big blue marble is ❤️

S-ryhmä on ollut kohun keskellä lopetettuaan muutaman Israelista tulevan tuotteen myynnin. Valikoimaa koskevia ihmisoikeuspäätöksiä tehdään yrityksissä joka päivä, ja päätöksiä ohjaavat YK:ssa sovitut yritysvastuun säännöt, kirjoittaa @sonjafiner.bsky.social www.finnwatch.org/fi/blogi/kee...

Landmark win at the EU’s top court! ⚖️🇪🇺 The CJEU has ruled that Member States must recognise same-sex marriages concluded in another EU country when couples exercise free movement. A crucial step for equality and for all families denied recognition.

Top EU court mandates same-sex marriage recognition across borders The Luxembourg-based court said a decision by Polish authorities infringed on a same-sex couple’s freedom of movement.

The EU’s top court ruled today that when a same-sex couple is legally married in one member country, any other member country where they move or reside must recognize that marriage.

Kokoomuksen kansanedustaja Tere Sammallahti sanoi eilen Facebookissa, että "Gaza sai sitä mitä tilasi". Gazassa on tapettu kymmeniä tuhansia siviilejä, joista vähintään 20 000 on lapsia. Keskosia jätettiin kuolemaan sairaaloihin, lapsia on ammuttu tarkkuuskivääreillä päähän, vauvoja on näännytetty nälkään. Tere Sammallahden mukaan tämä on oikeudenmukaista, Gaza sai mitä se tilasi. Onkohan kukaan suomalaispoliitikko vielä tähän mennessä antanut näin avointa tukeaan palestiinalaisten massamurhaamiselle?

Suomen poliittinen todellisuus on nykyään sitä, että hallituspuolueen edustaja voi peukuttaa kansanmurhaa ilman, että siitä tulee hänelle minkäänlaisia ongelmia.

Tässä on Trumpin rauhansuunnitelma Ukrainalle – lue sanasta sanaan Ukrainalle lupaillaan turvatakuita Yhdysvalloilta mutta ei jäsenyyttä Natoon.

Trumpin ns. rauhansuunnitelma on Tuomas Forsbergin sanoin katastrofi.

Mutta miksi se tarkalleen ottaen on niin kammottavan huono?

Tässä suunnitelma purettuna kohta kohdalta 🧵

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Gayming Icon and LGBTQ+ games pioneer, Rebecca Heineman, has died - Gayming Magazine Rebecca Heineman, a trailblazing figure in the video game industry and a celebrated icon within the LGBTQ+ gaming community, has died.

"I code so others can dream."

Gayming Icon and LGBTQ+ video game pioneer, Rebecca Heineman, has sadly passed away after a short, tough fight with aggressive cancer.

Read our obituary to this true industry trailblazer: gaymingmag.com/2025/11/gaym...

I was reading this apple-based TTRPG and found it pretty indigestible, but then I realised it was the core set.

Image of the progress pride flag flying at our ESAC site in Spain.

Image of the progress pride flag flying at our ESRIN site in Frascati, Italy.

Image of the progress pride flag flying at our ESEC site in Belgium.

Image of the progress pride flag flying at our ESOC site in Darmstadt, Germany.

Today is #LGBTQinSTEMDay 🌈

ESA proudly joins the STEM community in celebrating the unique contributions of LGBTQ+ individuals.

The Pride Flag will fly across ESA sites as a reminder of how far we’ve come, and how much more there is to do.

#SpaceForAll

"The options presented in this note are stark, both in their design and in their implications. Clearly, there are no easy options," von der Leyen warns. "Europe cannot afford paralysis, either by hesitation or by the search for perfect or simple solutions which do not exist."

At the same time, this means that I will be available for new projects.

So if you have an exciting idea that requires the expertise of someone specialising in supranational democracy, EU institutional reform, and the why and wherefore of European integration in general: please get in touch!

A key difference between Trek and Wars that can get lost easily. One is submarines, the other is fighter jets.

Eduskuntatalo alhaalta päin ja yllä teksti "20 järjestön vaatimukset tulevalle hallitukselle: Suomi sitoutuu ihmisoikeussopimuksiin, vahvistaa oikeusvaltiota ja edistää ihmisoikeuksia ja yhdenvertaisuutta."

Yhteensä 20 ihmisoikeusjärjestöä on julkaissut ehdotuksensa hallitusohjelmakirjauksiksi vuodelle 2027. Järjestöt vaativat, että ihmisoikeudet ja oikeusvaltio ovat tulevan hallitusohjelman ytimessä konkreettisina toimina.

Lue järjestöjen ehdotukset kokonaisuudessaan 👇
www.amnesty.fi/ihmisoikeusj...

🔥 @oxfaminternational.bsky.social latest report exposes how billionaires are fuelling the climate crisis — hoarding profits, polluting at extreme levels, and blocking progress. As #COP30 begins, we need bold action to stop this climate plunder & put people before profit.

🔗 Report: buff.ly/BrKIiCS

Omnibus I: EU sustainability and Due diligence legislation The Greens/EFA Group did not support the omnibus I package which completely dilutes the EU's sustainability and due diligence legislation.

The Christian Democrat EPP just collaborated with the far right to dismantle child labour prevention and nature protection.

This is a bad day for Europe and the values that we all stand for.

First reaction by our co-presidents @terryreintke.bsky.social and @baseickhout.bsky.social 👇

Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in Gaza since ceasefire Entire neighbourhoods controlled by Israel have been levelled in less than a month, the images show.

Israel has destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in areas of Gaza that have remained under its control since the ceasefire with Hamas started on 10 October, satellite images reviewed by BBC Verify show.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Wolt co-founder Miki Kuusi tops Finland's tax-paying charts for third consecutive year Tax payments are a matter of public record in Finland, and the Finnish Tax Administration publishes a list of the top earners every year.

Tax payments are a matter of public record in Finland, and the Finnish Tax Administration publishes a list of the top earners every year.