Markus the Swiss Finn

There's always a risk using proprietary solutions. That's why one should use free alternatives, like Signal, the World Wide Web, Mastodon... Not sure about Bluesky, to be honest but this Wikipedi page should be a help.

YouTube video by BBC News Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity | BBC News

A good start!

#politics #economics

There are so many good songs out there! Why listen to something mixed from hell by a sick motherfucking murderer? All my love to good music and good people like Lana Clarkson. ❤️

Why would the Norvegian oil fund people be so much smarter than others? If they were, Norway could stop drilling and that would be a good thing, wouldn't it?

Kontinental Hockey League - Wikipedia

I had no idea! But there are still Europeans and North Americans playing in the Russian hockey league KHL. Is there any way to justify that?

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How two duelling history influencers explain South Korea’s polarised politics The country’s recent brush with martial law has deep roots

The far-right is not at war only in USA and Europe. This brilliant piece is about their lies in South Korea.
Notice the wise words about the far-right fools:

"Rather than seeing them as enemies we must work hard to awaken them by letting them know the correct truth, the true history.”

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YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Trump Uses The Shutdown To Punish Dems | Vance: We're Having A Good Time | Catching The A.I. Bug

What goes around comes around! :D

#CushionPushinJDVance
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This Hegseth dude is a pure nazi...

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Student-Loan Debt Is Strangling Gen X For many in the “forgotten generation,” the promise of higher education has become an albatross of debt and regret. And it’s only getting more burdensome.

I'm also part of this generation of losers. Luckily I studied in Sweden and that debt is very soon gone but what shocked me was what I'm not even close to the "seven times one’s salary Fidelity Investments recommends workers have [saved] by 55". 7 times! Do you agree?

#economics #politics

Stubb talks about UN reform in his General Assembly speech Finnish President Alexander Stubb told the UN General Assembly that Russia has no right to continue its war in Ukraine and called for sweeping reforms of the United Nations, including an end to Securi...

The world needs more politicians like Stubb!

#politcs #suomi #finland

Another fact quoted in the Swedish program: The fishmeal from Africa that now feeds animals feeding fat people could feed 30 million Africans...

How China’s Expanding Fishing Fleet Is Depleting the World’s Oceans After exhausting areas close to home, China’s vast fishing fleet has moved into the waters of other nations, depleting fish stocks. More than seafood is at stake, as China looks to assert itself on th...

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YouTube video by The France 24 Observers Unseen menace: tracking China’s elusive fishing fleets

Please, do not eat anything fed on fishmeal! The problem is much larger but that would be a good start.
This post was triggered by a program on Swedish television about how the EU started stealing the fish outside Senegal. Today China is the biggest problem. Quelle surprise...

#economics #politics

YouTube video by National Capital Area Skeptics (NCAS) 1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Eric Cline, PhD)

This clip triggered the post above about Quinn's eminent book. The clip is quite good but he's stuck in a patriarchal, civilisational thinking. Quinn's analysis is better, I think, focused as she is on the people living there and then. A "civilisation" ending is often a good thing for the people.

How the World Made the West: A 4,000 Year History An award-winning Oxford history professor overturns the…

A "collapse" is coming! But don't worry! Unless you are among the 1%. This happened around 1200 BCE also, as Quinn writes in chapter 6. But it's rather a big change, no disaster. And better times will come. Just make sure to take care of your fellow humans meanwhile! ❤️

#economics #history

2025 Moldovan parliamentary election - Wikipedia

Evil won't prevail. Thank you, Moldovians! ❤️

Seven years ago today, America lost a hero, Georgia lost a great supporter, and Russia — one of its fiercest adversaries. I will never forget Senator John McCain's powerful speech in August 2008, and I know I speak for all Georgians when I say: Thank you, Senator.

This segment is 8 yo; but definitely fills in some worrying context about Sinclair and their demand for Kimmel to be fired

I just realised how I despise consumption. I don't consume. I enjoy, I learn, I grow! But never do I consume.

#philosophy #economics #life

Finland activates world’s largest sand battery to store renewable heat Finland has activated the world's largest sand battery in Pornainen, storing excess renewable energy as heat to power an entire town’s heating needs. The system cuts heating emissions by nearly 70%, u...

The Finns have the largest one.

Thanks! Yeah, once you start it just rolls. :)

First day! The bed was just too nice to leave. But after having started my coffee routine I could conclude that the theory works.
Once I started cleaning one thing lead to another and suddenly floors were wiped, paintings were hanging on the wall, furniture moved and cables organised! Feels good. :)

Thanks! Could this be one reason it is better to do anything, anything at all, rather than nothing? That that anything still gives you a bit of energy, even if the action itself had no meaning...

I can’t bear to get out of bed Ode to a mattress

A lovely little bagatelle. I tend to stay far too long in my bed, waiting for motivation that seldom erupts...

Action Before Motivation: How Your Brain Rewards Effort We often believe that motivation is the spark that ignites action—that we must first feel inspired before we can begin working toward a goal. Neuroscience, however, challenges this conventional wis…

Not really science per se, but one of the first hits on a search.

I need to realise this! And act upon it. I'm stuck in a pattern of waiting, just following a daily routine, thinking about all the things I should do waiting for the day inspiration will strike...

#psychology #motivation

When politics is about hating the other side, democracy suffers Our study of worldwide data shows where negative partisanship is on the rise, and why

An interesting read about anti-politics, why it works in the short run but can be a threat to democracy in the long run. Let's stop the black-and-white thinking and come together and talk! Democracy and freedom are great, after all.

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Gosh, I was worried there for a while...