@petrasoderling.bsky.social
Author of Government and Innovation - the Economic Developer’s Guide to our Future. Host of Deep Pockets with Petra Soderling podcast. Finnish-American living in France. Wife of a wine maker. Petrasoderling.com
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American "free speech defenders" pressure other people not to exercise their right to free speech www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
EU drops sponsorship of disinformation conference at Trump officials’ request
Lithuania and Canada were also pressured to withdraw, and days before #Disinfo2026, logos were wiped off website
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2026 at 1:19 AM
American "free speech defenders" pressure other people not to exercise their right to free speech www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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The European Union's cybersecurity agency and in-house research center have each begun experimenting with open artificial intelligence models from China, three EU officials told POLITICO.
EU cyber and science researchers are testing Chinese AI models
The EU’s cyber agency ENISA and the Joint Research Centre confirm for the first time that they are testing Chinese open-source AI models.
www.politico.eu
October 9, 2026 at 7:14 AM
The European Union's cybersecurity agency and in-house research center have each begun experimenting with open artificial intelligence models from China, three EU officials told POLITICO.
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Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90
Her groundbreaking work included leading the team that programmed the first computers that took humans to the moon.
news.mit.edu/2026/margare...
#womeninstem
Her groundbreaking work included leading the team that programmed the first computers that took humans to the moon.
news.mit.edu/2026/margare...
#womeninstem
Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90
Margaret H. Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died at age 90.
news.mit.edu
October 8, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90
Her groundbreaking work included leading the team that programmed the first computers that took humans to the moon.
news.mit.edu/2026/margare...
#womeninstem
Her groundbreaking work included leading the team that programmed the first computers that took humans to the moon.
news.mit.edu/2026/margare...
#womeninstem
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It would be great to get clarity on why so many state level supporters pulled out of #Disinfo2026. There's a stink of US meddling about it. I guess US FIMI is the acceptable version of FIMI.
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A running theme of #Disinfo2026h this year is about the US as FIMI actor.
In a completely unrelated turn of events, a few sponsors pulled out at the last moment, including the @eudiplomacy.bsky.social (yet another case of our institutions making me ashamed to be European).
In a completely unrelated turn of events, a few sponsors pulled out at the last moment, including the @eudiplomacy.bsky.social (yet another case of our institutions making me ashamed to be European).
October 7, 2026 at 9:41 AM
It would be great to get clarity on why so many state level supporters pulled out of #Disinfo2026. There's a stink of US meddling about it. I guess US FIMI is the acceptable version of FIMI.
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This murder is when I realized the Soviet Union was alive and Putin is a dictator.
On this day 20 years ago, Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya was murdered in Moscow, on Putin’s 54th birthday.
She had spent years reporting on Putin’s Russia and exposing atrocities committed during Russia’s war in Chechnya.
Dozens of journalists have been killed for their work under Putin.
She had spent years reporting on Putin’s Russia and exposing atrocities committed during Russia’s war in Chechnya.
Dozens of journalists have been killed for their work under Putin.
October 7, 2026 at 6:39 AM
This murder is when I realized the Soviet Union was alive and Putin is a dictator.
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![One woman returns to the question at the very end of the conversation, wanting to share her puzzlement: “I now started to think—indeed, why are there now coalitions against Russia everywhere …? That did not use to be the case …” Almost no one connects the perceived European “antagonism” to Russia with Europe’s reaction to Putin’s invasion of Ukraine or any other actions by Russia. “I don’t know why the Finns are so antagonistic to us. Maybe they never got over the fact that we took over Karelia in 1940”, opines one respondent. Others complain about their positive attitude towards the Baltic states and these states’ negative attitude towards Russia: “I don’t know why they [the Baltic states] are so adversarial, most probably they were ordered to be like that”, concludes another participant. Confusion, propaganda, wilful ignorance and lack of curiosity probably all play their role in shaping Russians’ perceptions of their country and its external relations. And it also helps explain why the war in Ukraine still seems distant to many in Russia—and why Europe’s own reaction to the war is overwhelmingly seen as negative, almost unfair.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eycg47nc4kycvzgiq3r5h326/bafkreigxnw7m4fq7oqng5alwmsyti4vnotciakg3fkuaik63f5xmbjnhri)
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EXCLUSIVE: The EU will open its vast economy to countries waiting to join its ranks, provided they agree to stand with the bloc against hostile states and industrial rivals.
EU to offer single-market access to candidate countries
Economic benefits would be conditional and can be taken away if non-members backslide on democracy or share sensitive tech with unfriendly governments, the plan says.
www.politico.eu
September 30, 2026 at 8:52 AM
EXCLUSIVE: The EU will open its vast economy to countries waiting to join its ranks, provided they agree to stand with the bloc against hostile states and industrial rivals.
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The U.S. joins Russia and Belarus as it departs an international anti-corruption panel.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
US withdraws from European anti-corruption panel in latest shift away from global groups
The Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from a top European anti-corruption watchdog.
apnews.com
September 30, 2026 at 10:35 AM
The U.S. joins Russia and Belarus as it departs an international anti-corruption panel.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
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My @wsj.com colleagues put AI-related spending in context with America's earlier large infrastructure buildouts. It's massive. (Gift link.)
www.wsj.com/economy/the-...
www.wsj.com/economy/the-...
The AI Build-Out Is Becoming the Biggest Economic Bet in U.S. History
Data-center spending is greater than that for canals, railroads and grid combined—creating jobs and stock-market wealth, while boosting inflation and crowding out housing.
www.wsj.com
September 24, 2026 at 1:05 PM
My @wsj.com colleagues put AI-related spending in context with America's earlier large infrastructure buildouts. It's massive. (Gift link.)
www.wsj.com/economy/the-...
www.wsj.com/economy/the-...
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tl;dr: The US gets what it already has, Greenland and Denmark get to stop wasting their time on the US or meeting with half wits. Trump's goal was full control of Greenland: goal failed.
Greenland will remain part of Denmark under a planned US-Denmark-Greenland security deal, despite Trump claiming the US secured “permanent control.” The pact preserves access & rights US already held since 1951. Denmark retains sovereignty and Danish & Greenlandic parliament still need to approve.
Denmark & Greenland defeat Trump takeover bid. US settles for military access it largely already had
Greenland will remain part of Denmark under a planned US-Denmark-Greenland security deal, despite Trump claiming the US secured “permanent control.” The pact largely preserves or expands military acce...
www.yacnews.com
September 19, 2026 at 6:22 AM
tl;dr: The US gets what it already has, Greenland and Denmark get to stop wasting their time on the US or meeting with half wits. Trump's goal was full control of Greenland: goal failed.
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This is the most counterintuitive part of NATO cooperation for the US to stay out of, because hunting these subs has always been about US homeland security - the Russian idea used to be to sneak through the GIUK gap and continue towards US East Coast. Try to find them in the Atlantic, good luck
NATO races to guard against Russian nuclear subs without the US
Allied forces gathered near Iceland to practice hunting for Russian submarines, with a key member missing.
www.politico.com
September 10, 2026 at 8:59 AM
This is the most counterintuitive part of NATO cooperation for the US to stay out of, because hunting these subs has always been about US homeland security - the Russian idea used to be to sneak through the GIUK gap and continue towards US East Coast. Try to find them in the Atlantic, good luck
Gloria Steinem was a secret anti- soviet CIA operative in Helsinki in the early 1960s www.hs.fi/popkulttuuri...
Historia | Feministi-ikoni Gloria Steinem johti Helsingissä CIA:n salaista operaatiota
Tällä viikolla kuollut maailmankuulu feministivaikuttaja Gloria Steinem johti 1960-luvun alussa Helsingissä CIA:n rahoittamaa peiteoperaatiota, jonka tehtävänä oli torjua Neuvostoliiton propagandaa.
www.hs.fi
September 6, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Gloria Steinem was a secret anti- soviet CIA operative in Helsinki in the early 1960s www.hs.fi/popkulttuuri...
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The feminist movement was never a threat to men.
Secure men have always understood that. They stood beside women, fought for equality, and some proudly called themselves feminists too.
If women having equal power feels like oppression to you, feminism isn’t the problem.
Secure men have always understood that. They stood beside women, fought for equality, and some proudly called themselves feminists too.
If women having equal power feels like oppression to you, feminism isn’t the problem.
September 3, 2026 at 1:13 PM
The feminist movement was never a threat to men.
Secure men have always understood that. They stood beside women, fought for equality, and some proudly called themselves feminists too.
If women having equal power feels like oppression to you, feminism isn’t the problem.
Secure men have always understood that. They stood beside women, fought for equality, and some proudly called themselves feminists too.
If women having equal power feels like oppression to you, feminism isn’t the problem.
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Reposting this since Trump said today that Putin is not going to attack NATO territory. Well, he already is.
Map of suspected Russian attacks (or attempted attacks) on 7 different NATO countries in August alone. Targets include arms factories & an airport, plus 2 attempted assassinations, a drone incursion, and an arms cache hidden in a forest.
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September 4, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Reposting this since Trump said today that Putin is not going to attack NATO territory. Well, he already is.
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Wage growth in immigrant-heavy sectors has not increased with immigration enforcement.
States with more ICE arrests have instead seen slower wage growth in construction and hospitality.
States with more ICE arrests have instead seen slower wage growth in construction and hospitality.
September 1, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Wage growth in immigrant-heavy sectors has not increased with immigration enforcement.
States with more ICE arrests have instead seen slower wage growth in construction and hospitality.
States with more ICE arrests have instead seen slower wage growth in construction and hospitality.
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Inexplicably, Western journalists continue to perpetuate outdated imperialist stereotypes when reporting on 'Eastern Europe', despite knowing better.
Bad Baltic Takes has therefore compiled a much-needed style guide to address this issue.
www.badbaltic.com/if-eastern-e...
Bad Baltic Takes has therefore compiled a much-needed style guide to address this issue.
www.badbaltic.com/if-eastern-e...
If Eastern Europeans reported the world like the world reports Eastern Europe
Here’s what those tropes, clichés, and stereotypes sound like in reverse.
www.badbaltic.com
August 24, 2026 at 5:59 AM
Inexplicably, Western journalists continue to perpetuate outdated imperialist stereotypes when reporting on 'Eastern Europe', despite knowing better.
Bad Baltic Takes has therefore compiled a much-needed style guide to address this issue.
www.badbaltic.com/if-eastern-e...
Bad Baltic Takes has therefore compiled a much-needed style guide to address this issue.
www.badbaltic.com/if-eastern-e...
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It's not food for people
August 18, 2026 at 3:58 AM
It's not food for people
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Will the Americans also get Russia to stop striking Ukrainian ports? Or is it only trade into Russian ports that gets to continue like normal?
Again Washington insists that Ukraine fight this war with one hand tied behind their back
Again Washington insists that Ukraine fight this war with one hand tied behind their back
Scoop: Ukraine halted an intense campaign of drone strikes on oil tankers using the Caspian Pipeline Consortium terminal in the Russian port of Novorossiysk after a request from US vice-president JD Vance in a call with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
@financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/725b...
@financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/725b...
JD Vance asked Ukraine to halt strikes on tankers using Russian port
Washington alarmed by Kyiv’s campaign on vessels collecting Kazakh oil from Novorossiysk
www.ft.com
August 12, 2026 at 5:33 AM
Will the Americans also get Russia to stop striking Ukrainian ports? Or is it only trade into Russian ports that gets to continue like normal?
Again Washington insists that Ukraine fight this war with one hand tied behind their back
Again Washington insists that Ukraine fight this war with one hand tied behind their back
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"Women accounted for 100 percent of the decline in the labor force in July, according to a National Women’s Law Center analysis of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’s latest dismal jobs report.
Overall, the economy lost 23,000 jobs in July: Women lost 32,000 jobs, while men gained 9,000."
Overall, the economy lost 23,000 jobs in July: Women lost 32,000 jobs, while men gained 9,000."
Trump’s Terrible July Jobs Numbers Only Hurt Women
And the number of women who have left the workforce since January is more than double the number of men.
newrepublic.com
August 7, 2026 at 9:16 PM
"Women accounted for 100 percent of the decline in the labor force in July, according to a National Women’s Law Center analysis of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’s latest dismal jobs report.
Overall, the economy lost 23,000 jobs in July: Women lost 32,000 jobs, while men gained 9,000."
Overall, the economy lost 23,000 jobs in July: Women lost 32,000 jobs, while men gained 9,000."
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"Canadian hockey team Medicine Hat Tigers recruited Denis Pasler Jr, son of Putin mafia member and governor of Sverdlovsk region.
As governor, Denis Pasler sent tens of thousands of Russians to murder Ukrainians since 2022. Sanctioned by the US and UK."
(Igor Shushko)
As governor, Denis Pasler sent tens of thousands of Russians to murder Ukrainians since 2022. Sanctioned by the US and UK."
(Igor Shushko)
August 2, 2026 at 6:28 AM
"Canadian hockey team Medicine Hat Tigers recruited Denis Pasler Jr, son of Putin mafia member and governor of Sverdlovsk region.
As governor, Denis Pasler sent tens of thousands of Russians to murder Ukrainians since 2022. Sanctioned by the US and UK."
(Igor Shushko)
As governor, Denis Pasler sent tens of thousands of Russians to murder Ukrainians since 2022. Sanctioned by the US and UK."
(Igor Shushko)
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Poland must invoke Article 4 again immediately. The crash of a russian cruise missile in NATO territory is an absolute red line and should lead to devastating consequences for the russians.
Inaction by the alliance will be seen as an invitation to continue and escalate the attacks.
Inaction by the alliance will be seen as an invitation to continue and escalate the attacks.
Russian Kh-101 Cruise Missile Crashes in Poland During Massive Overnight Attack on Ukraine
WARSAW — A Russian Kh-101 cruise missile entered Polish airspace and crashed in eastern Poland early Thursday during one of Russia's largest overnigh
www.thedefensenews.com
August 1, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Poland must invoke Article 4 again immediately. The crash of a russian cruise missile in NATO territory is an absolute red line and should lead to devastating consequences for the russians.
Inaction by the alliance will be seen as an invitation to continue and escalate the attacks.
Inaction by the alliance will be seen as an invitation to continue and escalate the attacks.
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The military exercise 'Baltic Trust 26' will take place at the Sēlija military range in southern Latvia from 3rd to 14th August. The NATO exercise aims to strengthen the integration of unmanned and anti-drone defence systems in combat operations with the Latvian National Armed Forces (NBS).
International drone defence exercise to take place in Latvia
From August 3rd to 14th, the military exercise “Baltic Trust 26” (BATT26), jointly organized by the Latvian National Armed Forces (NBS) and the NATO Communications and Information Agency, will be held...
eng.lsm.lv
August 1, 2026 at 6:19 AM
The military exercise 'Baltic Trust 26' will take place at the Sēlija military range in southern Latvia from 3rd to 14th August. The NATO exercise aims to strengthen the integration of unmanned and anti-drone defence systems in combat operations with the Latvian National Armed Forces (NBS).
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" #Nordic Minilateralism: How #Finland and #Sweden Are Quietly Redefining #EU - #NATO Cooperation in the North" - #Arctic #NORDEFCO
www.thearcticinstitute.org/nordic-minil...
www.thearcticinstitute.org/nordic-minil...
Nordic Minilateralism: How Finland and Sweden Are Quietly Redefining EU-NATO Cooperation in the North
Nordic minilateralism is reshaping EU–NATO cooperation in the Arctic by bridging institutional divides through NORDEFCO and the JEF.
www.thearcticinstitute.org
July 18, 2026 at 6:39 AM
Hey y’all everyones just posting how they feel so we had a big party in France for 14th July - Bastille day - and it was completely ruined by soccer. Just thought I would put it out here in BS cause ur friendly ppl. Im thinking this could be the outlet for honest situational awareness.
July 15, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Hey y’all everyones just posting how they feel so we had a big party in France for 14th July - Bastille day - and it was completely ruined by soccer. Just thought I would put it out here in BS cause ur friendly ppl. Im thinking this could be the outlet for honest situational awareness.