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Casper M.

@profmellifluous.bsky.social
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😎 Interesseret i økonomi, tech og autoritærpolitik

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I don’t think the roman helmet guys on musk’s csam emporium know this one (from josephine quinn’s how the world made the West)
By now the Roman imperial economy depended heavily on African agriculture, manufacturing, and trade, much of which was in the hands of Africans themselves. At the same time, local landowners attained great power and status in Rome: by the 180s CE nearly a third of Roman senators were of African origin.[33] These were men like Septimius Severus,
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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
12/ "It's not for nothing that the comparison between the Ji and the Kzhi [the two rival enslaved classes in Ivan Efremov's classic 1968 Soviet science fiction novel, 'The Bull's Hour'] is being made.
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Max Bergmann @maxbergmann.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The State of the European Union feels like some bizarro future Sci-fi world. Modern space-age parliament, a leader that shuffles between three languages, and a speech that sanely and astutely assesses issues, lays out ideas and weirdly acknowledges climate change and supports democracy. Terrifying!
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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 12/09/2026
no but seriously the joke of the joke, the killing joke of the whole deliverance of economic history, is that *what we can measure* is measurably not the cause of economic growth
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
You will read a lot about the youth voting disproportionately for the far right again. But the data do not support this generational stereotyping and moral panic. Also not in Saxony-Anhalt.
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Where are all Western leftist critics when russia officially confirms its policy to settler colonize Ukraine? "Only russia can save this country. In fact, we already did this once: when these lands were incorporated into russia under Potemkin and Catherine, we resettled our population in Ukraine."
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Ustinische Femisee @ustinoff.eurosky.social · 01/03/2026
seid nicht so streng miteinander es ist für die meisten ihr erster weltkrieg
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ℳatt @matttomic.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Italian voice actor Carlo Bononi was the voice of all of the characters on Pingu. A trained clown by trade, he used a theater technique called grammelot, which consists of "speaking" in a mix of babbled gibberish noises. He improvised all the voices live and unscripted.
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Antonio Bruno @antoniobruno.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Amazing moment on French TV. A French judge explains how Trump sent people from the US Embassy basically trying to intimidate her during Le Pen's trial for embezzlement - something they've done to other judges around the world.
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Paul Frame @paulframe85.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
A routine surprise goodwill visit.
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Elisabeth Braw @elisabethbraw.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
While we're all watching Venezuela and Greenland: In late December there was a massive attack on Poland's energy infrastructure - an attempt to cause a blackout in the middle of the winter. And it turns out - Russia was behind it. Greyzone aggression in action, again. tvpworld.com/91021372/pol...
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Russian cyberattacks tried to cause blackout in Poland, minister says
The attacks in late December were “intended to destabilize” Poland, officials said.
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Quantian @quantian.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
If I was advising the EU—and I 100% should be—my advice is that you prepare three sets of sanction packages: 1. Deliberate targeting of personal/corporate assets of Trump, Musk, Andressen, Sacks, etc like they’re Russian oligarchs by doing stuff like seizing Gigafactory Berlin. This gets used first.
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brasidas @brasidas.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Here's the question nobody wants to answer: how do you know the order is illegal?
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404 Media @404media.co · 02/01/2026
From Meta to Google to xAI, a team of researchers are using open-source intelligence to map the growth of America’s AI datacenters. @evystadium.bsky.social breaks down how Epoch AI’s map works. Full story by @mjgault.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/researchers-...
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Seeadler @seeadler.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Anyway, any Brit wishing to escape all the international news today can settle down with BBC2 at 3.20pm, when "The Eagle Has Landed" is showing. It's a film about a group of soldiers attempting to kidnap another country's head of state. I'm not kidding. It really is on today.
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Gavril Ducu 🇷🇴 🇩🇪 🇺🇸 🇳🇱 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @ducugavril.nafoforum.org · 26/12/2025
How Pre-Emptive Narrative Control Works? From time to time, public figures comment on scandals before new information becomes public. These messages often look emotional, defensive, or exaggerated.
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Jacob Kaarsbo @jkaarsbo.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
The least we can do is much more material support, training, forces in support roles and partake fully in air defence. None of these would make us warring parties. When NATO breaks down fully, Europeans need to include 🇺🇦 in European collective defence. That would mean combat roles as well
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UNITED24 @u24.gov.ua · 25/12/2025
"It's just an unpleasant sound. It will end soon." A boy explains to his newborn sister what an air alert is, as if it were a normal part of life. Living under constant threat, Ukrainian children are forced to grow up fast. But they also grow up strong and resilient.
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Even more interesting. Putiv vs Bush on Ukraine and NATO. It was in 2008!
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Mike (1 of many) @chicagomike.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
I'm not sure if people realize the murder strikes are taking place across a large region. It's quite staggering. www.newsweek.com/map-us-strik...
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Russia wants to reset Finland's #NATO membership - #Lavrov addressed his words directly to Valtonen A telling grin appeared on Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's face as he sent chilling greetings to Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen 🇫🇮 www.is.fi/ulkomaat/art...
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Kommentti: Venäjä haluaa nollata Suomen Nato-jäsenyyden – Lavrov osoitti sanansa suoraan Valtoselle
Ulkoministeri Sergei Lavrovin kasvoille ilmestyi paljonpuhuva virne, kun hän lähetti hyytäviä terveisiä ulkoministeri Elina Valtoselle, Arja Paananen kirjoittaa.
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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Trying to do some synthesis on the perpetually ongoing EU-US growth discourse here: 1) Undeniable at this point that the US economy is growing faster than the EU— ~5% more on a per-capita basis since pre-COVID. But importantly, this is mostly a recent phenomenon; pre-COVID growth was basically even
A graph of EU vs US growth, showing a recent postcovid divergence
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Seva @seva.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
learning about how Nazarbaev prepared for his famous drinking bouts with yeltsin. he would line his stomach with olive oil and step away occasionally to throw up. rinse repeat. this is the president of Kazakhstan btw yeltsin would just slam the vodka and pass out like a simple soul
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Extensive and detailed investigation about russian drone intrusion into Germany and Netherlands. The full scope might supprise you, including civilian lead counter drone operation www.digitaldigging.org/p/they-drone...
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Sander Tordoir @sandertordoir.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Faced with China's distortions, US tariffs, and the IRA rollback, should the EU stay in the clean tech race or throw in the towel? A hugely important paper - with a lot of novel data - tackles that question. By Elisabetta, @imlucascarvalho.bsky.social @etiennehoera.d-64.social and Philipp Jäger
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Sander Tordoir @sandertordoir.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
I hope the German Chancellor catches up - a 1990s deregulation agenda isn’t going to cut it against a wildly undervalued Chinese exchange rate. I think Europe should consider broader China tariffs - either to slow down the shock directly or as a tool to pressure China to revalue. 1/
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Abe Newman @abenewman.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
1/Quick thoughts of implications of US National Security Strategy for Europe -- weaponized interdependence meets nationalist international. The US will use its tools (economic, technology, and financial dominance) to press for far right agenda. www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
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Max Bergmann @maxbergmann.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
I would not discount the impact of the NSS "civilizational" language. Political meddling in Europe to back far-right nationalists is now a core part of America's national strategy. This isn't just a speech from a novice VP weeks into a new term. It is US policy and they will try to implement it. 1/
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Anders Puck Nielsen @anderspucknielsen.dk · 05/12/2025
Holy moly, do people still think the U.S. is an ally of Europe? It is now an officially stated foreign policy goal to undermine the EU and centrist European governments that don't ideologically align with MAGA.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 21/11/2025
specifically, if I see one more article that doesn’t seem to grasp that Ukrainian FPV drone pilots are almost always on the frontline, in *extreme* danger, and are very regularly killed because their controller signals are easily detectable via electronic warfare methods
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Kasper Villum Jensen @villum.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Hvis der rent faktisk er noget, der "gik galt", så tror jeg @mikkelbolesen.bsky.social kan finde svaret i spejlet... Som mange andre politikere og medie-fiduser, så oprettede han en profil for et år siden - og ghostede den i samme sekund.
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respectful huff @alexqarbuckle.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
PALPATINE HOLOGRAM: 𝑨𝑹𝑬 𝑾𝑬 𝑶𝑵 𝑻𝑹𝑨𝑪𝑲 𝑻𝑶 𝑴𝑬𝑬𝑻 𝑶𝑼𝑹 𝑸𝑼𝑨𝑹𝑻𝑬𝑹𝑳𝒀 𝑲𝑷𝑰𝑺? IMPERIAL BUREAUCRAT: Y-yes my lord. PALPATINE: 𝒀𝑶𝑼’𝑹𝑬 𝑨 𝑹𝑶𝑪𝑲𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑹. 𝑳𝑬𝑻’𝑺 𝑻𝑶𝑼𝑪𝑯 𝑩𝑨𝑺𝑬 𝑳𝑨𝑻𝑬𝑹.
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Anders Puck Nielsen @anderspucknielsen.dk · 12/10/2025
Nu gør vi det igen. Snart udkommer Krigens Politik – en ny bog, jeg har skrevet sammen med @veterandrusianer.dk. Vi beskriver de politiske drivere til krig, som man bør kende for at forstå verden omkring os, og hvorfor alting virker til at gå i den forkerte retning for tiden.
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Få Krigens politik af Anders Puck Nielsen som Indbundet bog på dansk
Få Krigens politik af Anders Puck Nielsen som bog på dansk - 9788773393758 - Bøger rummer alle sider af livet. Læs Lyt Lev blandt millioner af bøger på Saxo.com.
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Philip Obaji Jr. @philipobaji.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
For months, the Russian army has secretly recruited hundreds, if not thousands, of jobless migrant workers in Qatar to fight on the frontline against Ukraine. Many of the recruits are Africans. josimarfootball.com/2025/09/25/t...
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The migrant soldiers - josimarfootball.com
For months, the Russian army has secretly recruited hundreds, if not thousands, of jobless migrant workers in Qatar to fight on the frontline against Ukraine.
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Casper M. @profmellifluous.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Jeg fatter stadig ikke, hvad "åndelig oprustning" er. Men hvis der er andre der vil skærpe deres kritiske sans i disse lidt for spændende tider, kan jeg varmt anbefale sidste års DEFCON præsentation om, hvordan man spotter bedrag og beskytter sig selv i en verden fuld af løgne #dkpol #dkforsvar
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Nessa Ní Chasaide @nessanichasaide.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Fantastic paper. Data by sector, geography, investor entity & distributional impact (in terms of wealth, race, education). @gregorsemieniuk.bsky.social's conclusion below: "taxing incremental 2022 US profits as excess could've doubled clean energy investments or paid each US household $1,715".
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Patrick Iber @patrickiber.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
It was a true honor to talk to legendary political scientist Adam Przeworski about how he understands the present crisis, what he learned from Chile and Poland, and how to move forward from here www.dissentmagazine.org/article/how-...
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How Democracies Fall Apart - Dissent Magazine
An interview with Adam Przeworski.
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Hans Tino Hansen @hanstino.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
#OTD 9 April 1940 Colonel Bennike, commander of the 🇩🇰Danish 4th Regiment refused to follow the order to surrender. To him the only correct decision was to go to Elsinore and board ships to transport his men to Helsingborg, 🇸🇪Sweden to continue the fight against the Germans 1/5
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Sander Tordoir @sandertordoir.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
One of the most important charts in the world - from Rush Doshi in the New York Times. Without its allies, the United States is woefully behind China in metrics of raw economic power. Too bad the US president does not seem to get it. 1/
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Thomas Wittenburg @wittenburg.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Jeg er ved at blive idiot af "hvorfor skyder militæret dem ikke bare ned?", så her følger en hurtig forklaring, som du kan tage med til din mor: DET ER IKKE SÅ SKIDE ENKELT! Her er den lidt længere 👇
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Annika Brockschmidt @ardenthistorian.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Vor 4 Jahren erschien übrigens mein Buch, „Amerikas Gotteskrieger“. Was gab es damals Empörung wegen des Titels (und Inhalts) - die Warnung vor christlichem Nationalismus & Theokratie (noch dazu von einer jungen Frau!) wurde als hysterisch abgetan. Jetzt titelt der Spiegel genau das: „Gotteskrieger“
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Alex Wellerstein @wellerstein.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
For many years — until some kind of mandated clean-up removed all unauthorized postings — I kept a poster on my office door titled "Understanding nuclear weapons," from the webcomic Subnormality. Here's why I love it: doomsdaymachines.net/p/understand...
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"Understanding nuclear weapons"
Techno-political nuclear graphic design in the 21st century
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
If you have an extra $10 a month to spare, here's a list of worker-owned cooperative news sites you might want to support: • 404 Media • Defector • The Flytrap • Flaming Hydra • The Appeal • Aftermath • Racket • Hell Gate • The 51st • The Colorado Sun • Range Media • Discourse Blog • Pop Heist
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C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) @cenmag.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
"I view chemistry not only as a scientific discipline but as a tool to serve people," says Artur Mylin, one of C&EN's Trailblazers. cen.acs.org/physical-che... #chemsky 🧪
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Artur Mylin uses science to help Ukraine in wartime
This physical chemist shifted from catalysis to combat to defense research
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Michael Thrower Chowdhury @bevansadvocate.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Some recommendations in economic history
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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Very useful discussion on the perils of using micro/cross-sectional parameter estimates in inferring the aggregate effects of policies/shocks. This is pervasive in Economics, yet the two effects can even have the opposite signs. (Example in next post.) voxdev.org/topic/method...
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The ‘missing intercept’ problem with going from micro to macro
Many applied microeconomics papers conclude with a back-of-the-envelope calculation that scales their cross-sectional estimates to the aggregate level. These types of aggregate estimates are only vali...
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Matthew Gault @mjgault.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
This is a man who maintained a list of professors he called on followers to actively harass. I do not feel that is "practicing politics the right way"
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
It may not be the paper we want, but it’s the paper we need.
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 11/09/2025
Still the best explanation of Russian tactics and the difficulty of deterrence. From: Yes, Prime Minister.
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Kasper Junge Wester @veterandrusianer.dk · 10/09/2025
Rusland føler Polen (og Nato) på tænderne. Polakkerne har temmelig dårlige erfaringer med russerne, så der er ikke noget at sige til, at de har lagt sig klart i front, hvad angår Europas udgifter til forsvar og sikkerhed.
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