Esa T. Juntura

Here is the whole Trump, Brexit, Russia story neatly summed up for you

The battle started about Ukraine, now it’s about big tech monopoly power

When authoritarian regimes limit free speech and control social media, the "free speech" broligarchs are quiet.

When democratic countries enforce their laws, they cry and demand retaliation.

Funny how that works.

We reject the disastrous "climate change" and "Net Zero" ideologies that have so greatly harmed Europe, threaten the United States, and subsidize our adversaries.

This is how we all die.

But this economic decline is eclipsed by the real and more stark prospect of civilizational erasure. The larger issues facing Europe include activities of the European Union and other transnational bodies that undermine political liberty and sovereignty, migration policies that are transforming the continent and creating strife, censorship of free speech and suppression of political opposition, cratering birthrates, and loss of national identities and self-confidence. Should present trends continue, the continent will be unrecognizable in 20 years or less. As such, it is far from obvious whether certain European countries will have economies and militaries strong enough to remain reliable allies. Many of these nations are currently doubling down on their present path. We want Europe to remain European, to regain its civilizational self-confidence, and to abandon its failed focus on regulatory suffocation

US national security strategy.
Something sure is unrecognisable here, but it’s not Europe.

www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...

I was waiting to hear from folks like Stop Rosebank and @tessakhan.bsky.social before commenting on this but it really seems like the real deal.

Norwegian conservatives are using it to claim it makes Norwegian oil and gas supply EVEN MORE heroic and brave

www.nrk.no/klima/storbr...

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

Anecdotally, while I was looking for a source to refer to for this article with the search words ”Russia rejects US peace plan”, I found media articles on that topic from November 2024, February, May, June, September, and October 2025.

It should be obvious by now that we cannot make the future of human civilisation dependent on whether the fossil fuel vendors vote for ending fossil fuel use.
Rather, it is up to those who buy fossil fuels to end their lethal addiction fast, before it is too late.

US tells EU to 'roll back' digital rules against US tech companies | Euractiv US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick dangled the "carrot" of US giants investing in EU data centres in exchange for "reasonable" laws – and the "stick" of tariffs

Thanks, but no thanks. We don't want Amazon, Microsoft and Google to invest a trillion dollars in datacenters in Europe that will bring data of EU citizens within reach of Trump and will lock-in our digital dependence for decades to come.

We need to start building our own digital infrastructure.

The situation these judges are being put in for doing their work is unbelievable. They can’t use any US services - and not just for work, in their private lives too.

Will BigTech and their bosses one day be viewed as the heads of BigOil, who knew the negative impact their products had on humans, but not only chose to ignore it but actively work against any remedial action?

Also, I wonder why most of them don't want their kids to use their services?

Valtiovarainministeriö valmistelee jo vaaleja – vastaa nyt kritiikkiin Viime vaaleja ennen ministeriöllä oli takataskussa monia käyttämättömiä sopeutustoimia, mutta nyt tilanne on toinen.

Taas yksi artikkeli, jossa ei edes sivuta sitä, että talous pitäisi saada kasvuun. Leikkaukset sitä ja leikkaukset tätä. Yksikään talousteoria ei tue sitä, että talous saataisiin leikkaamalla nousuun. Ei yksikään. Eli ei tarvi ihmetellä, miksi Suomi sakkaa.

www.is.fi/politiikka/a...

It’s evening in Europe, I know.

But I just cannot comprehend anymore how people believe NATO security guarantees for Poland, the Baltics, Finland, Germany etc will work and are our security backbone, when they have read the U.S. „peace plan“.

Are you serious you still believe in any of that? 🤯

Big Ag is investing heavily in greenwashing at #COP30, with lobbyists, pavilions, PR – the whole works.⁣

And while they pour money into protecting their image, we’re landed with the climate bill. See through the spin. Demand real action ✊⁣

👉 #RespectTheAmazon & #StopBigAg 👉 act.gp/3LpWWxy

I haven’t seen this get covered in English yet so let me translate.

Grok is saying that the crematories at Auschwitz’s were conceived as disinfectant chambers, not mass execution and that the law has made it taboo to acknowledge that this is what they were

X is a Nazi site. Get off the Nazi site.

I am really interested to learn how, practically speaking, they plan on making the ICC indictments just go away. And if not, how Putin, readmitted to G-8 (another part of the plans) is going to travel to all those summits

Agree. Coalition of the Willing has to stop deluding itself that after a ceasefire on reasonable terms it will send symbolic forces to Ukraine w US backing. UK, France, Germany, Poland &c must invest whatever it takes to defeat RU in UA, or they will have to fight it, without US help, further West.

A photo of a man lounging next to sacks of money while a robot serves him.

A photo of a hog, smiling in a suit.

I only remember a handful of Tweets from over the years. But one that will stick with me forever is when someone once said:

We have enough money in this world to feed every man, woman, and child.

But we'll never have enough money on this planet to satiate the insatiable appetite of billionaires.

Pimeyden kääretorttu. (2020)
#faksiarkistoista

Älykaupungit, NEET-nuoret ja lihankulutus – tulevaisuudentutkija listaa 10 megatrendiä, jotka ovat jo täällä Tulevaisuudentutkija Elina Hiltunen listaa kymmenen megatrendiä, joilla on suurin vaikutus elämäämme seuraavien vuosikymmenten aikana.

Puhun megatrendeistä YLEn jutussa:
yle.fi/a/74-20189402

‘They have total impunity’: West Bank settler violence surges after Gaza ceasefire UN logs 260 attacks in October alone, its highest monthly tally, as settlers attack farmers and burn olive trees

‘They have total impunity’: West Bank settler violence surges after Gaza ceasefire

Thanks for the heads up for potholer54's new video, which makes some excellent points. Of course, we can adapt to climate change, because we'll have no choice. I'm going to be even more forthright, humanity could adapt to food shortages, by starving.
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This was clearly my favourite read of the week.

@ilketoygur.bsky.social and @catherinedevries.bsky.social paint a gloomy picture without being alarmist, and suggest clear yet bold steps without being too idealistic.

Graphic that reads: Fossil fuel lobbyists outnumber delegates from countries currently experiencing climate disasters. Philippines: 50 to 1; Jamaica: 40 to 1. Total fossil fuel lobbyists: 1600+. #KickBigPollutersOut #KickOutTheSuits #COP30. Learn more: KickBigPollutersOut.org

NEW: More than 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists on the ground in Brazil for U.N. climate talks.

The Philippines is facing devastating typhoons. Jamaica is still reeling from Hurricane Melissa. But it’s #BigPolluters that have direct access to #COP30.

Naamiot on nyt riisuttu ja kokoomuksen europuolue EPP on aivan avoimesti yhdistänyt voimansa äärioikeiston kanssa tuhotakseen ympäristö- ja ihmisoikeuslainsäädäntöä EU:ssa. Yritysvastuulainsäädäntö jäi tämän valtapelin jalkoihin. 1/8

1.2.2 Temperature outcomes in the scenarios The long-term global average rise in temperatures above pre-industrial levels was around 1.4 °C in 2024 and since 1980 has been increasing by around 0.2 °C per decade. All scenarios exceed warming of 1.5 °C by around 2030, but differences in climate outcomes between the WEO scenarios begin to emerge after 2035. In the CPS, warming exceeds 2 °C around 2050, reaches 2.9 °C in 2100, and is set to keep rising from there (Figure 1.5). Figure 1.5 ▷ Global average temperature rise, and annual emissions reductions from peak to 2035 in past NZE Scenario editions Temperature rise (°C) Annual emissions reductions (Gt) 3.0 CPS STEPS 0.5 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 NZE 1.5 1.0 2.0 0.5 2.5 NZE NZE NZE NZE NZE 2000 2020 2040 2060 2080 2100 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 IEA. CC BY 4.0. The average temperature rise reaches 2.9 °C in 2100 in the CPS, 2.5 °C in the STEPS, and in the NZE Scenario it peaks at around 1.65 °C in 2050 and falls below 1.5 °C in 2100 Notes: Gt gigatonnes. CPS = Current Policies Scenario; STEPS = Stated Policies Scenario; NZE = Net Zero Emissions by 2050 Scenario; NZE 20xx = NZE Scenario in the World Energy Outlook of the specified year. The figure shows median long-term average global temperature anomaly relative to 1850-1900 and matches the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Sixth Assessment Report definition of warming of 0.85 °C between 1995-2014. 2 Sources: IEA analysis based on MAGICC 7.5.3 and IPCC (2022). Chapter 1 | Overview and key findings 37

Every single company, government or individual celebrating the IEA's new fossil-explosion scenario is also celebrating the heating of earth by three bloody degrees:

Ministeriö salaa tietoja hallituksen ilmastotoimista ja valittaa yhä julkisuuspäätöksestä Uutiset nopeasti ja luotettavasti.

Hallitus menee korkeimpaan hallinto-oikeuteen asti estääkseen kansalaisia saamasta tietoja ilmastopolitiikan valmistelusta.

Tämä on kaukana julkisuuslain kirjaimesta - hengestä nyt puhumattakaan.

It's astounding how much CO₂ we put into the atmosphere each year by burning fossil fuels.

For comparison, we all agree that plastic pollution is bad, but the mass of ALL THE PLASTIC humanity has ever produced is only 25% of the CO₂ we emitted into the atmosphere in 2025.

Another record year for fossil fuel emissions Global CO₂ emissions from fossil fuels are projected to be 1.1 % higher in 2025.

🧪🌊 The Global Carbon Budget 2025 is released

Global CO₂ emissions from fossil fuels are projected to be 1.1 % higher in 2025.

The ocean CO₂ uptake was re-evaluated based on stronger evidence and new understanding.
👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Full story here:
bjerknes.uib.no/en/news/sper...

📢Global Carbon Budget 2025📢

Fossil CO2 emissions continue to rise in 2025 while the terrestrial carbon sink recovers to pre-El Niño strength.

The key findings are covered in two reports this year:
* ESSDD (preprint): essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es...
* Nature: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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