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Arho Suominen @arhosuominen.bsky.social · Mar 25

Still interesting that this is a suprise. A country with decades of systemic policies to leverage tech and to become the tech leader of the world will actually then also benefit from it.

Futurism @futurism.com · Mar 25

BYD farewell to frontrunner status, Tesla. futurism.com/byd-crushing...

Headline: BYD Is Suddenly Crushing Tesla
Image of BYD vehicles

Futurism @futurism.com · Mar 25

BYD farewell to frontrunner status, Tesla. futurism.com/byd-crushing...

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Arho Suominen @arhosuominen.bsky.social · Mar 17

Form follows function applies to #foresight too

How organizations structure their foresight activities determines how effectively they anticipate change and drive innovation.

Check out the blog from my @vtt.fi colleagues @mattipihlaj.bsky.social and Pauli Komonen

VTT @vtt.fi · Mar 17

Successful companies like KONE, ABB and Metsä Group often use one of these models to organise their foresight activities 🧭🔮

VTT's @mattipihlaj.bsky.social and Pauli Komonen introduce the four approaches to organising foresight 👇
www.vttresearch.com/en/news-and-...

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VTT @vtt.fi · Mar 17

Successful companies like KONE, ABB and Metsä Group often use one of these models to organise their foresight activities 🧭🔮

VTT's @mattipihlaj.bsky.social and Pauli Komonen introduce the four approaches to organising foresight 👇
www.vttresearch.com/en/news-and-...

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Arho Suominen @arhosuominen.bsky.social · Mar 16

Seems like #future scenarios where Trump creates more permanent changes everywhere else than the US is closer. Hungary protests, German/European rearming, Portugal on F-35s, Canada...the list goes on.

www.gmfus.org/news/hungary...

Hungary’s Sudden Protests Punch a Hole in Orbán’s Legitimization Narrative

A new wind of political protest has been blowing in A new wind of political protest has been blowing in

www.gmfus.org

Matti Pihlajamaa @mattipihlaj.bsky.social · Mar 14

Miten tki-politiikka tukee kestävyysmurrosta – vai tukeeko?

ORSI-konsortiomme kuusivuotinen matka alkaa tulla päätökseen ja päätimme toteuttaa vielä yhden tuotantokauden Kristallipallo-podcastia.

🔗https://www.ecowelfare.fi/2025/03/14/kristallipallo-k5-vastuullinen-innovaatio/

@ecowelfare.fi

Kristallipallo-podcast: Vastuullinen innovaatio
Hanna Entsalo
Mika Nieminen
Matti Pihlajamaa

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Arho Suominen @arhosuominen.bsky.social · Mar 11

Well, this was handy. Quite a big entry barrier to build up all the interesting people I want to follow in the #futures space on Bluesky. This starter pack made it a bit easier

Peter Madden @thepmadden.bsky.social · Mar 11

Hi @soifutures.bsky.social Thanks for following. Here's a list of people that will of interest to you: go.bsky.app/TPpFWs1

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Peter Madden @thepmadden.bsky.social · Mar 11

Hi @soifutures.bsky.social Thanks for following. Here's a list of people that will of interest to you: go.bsky.app/TPpFWs1

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Arho Suominen @arhosuominen.bsky.social · Feb 28

Just wondering, with the US losing to China on trade partners, allies and influence e.g. In Africa, how can they actively try to sabotage the remaining alliances?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Feb 28

ZELENSKYY: Putin broke the ceasefire. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about?

VANCE: I think it's disrespectful to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Feb 28

ZELENSKYY: Putin broke the ceasefire. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about?

VANCE: I think it's disrespectful to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media

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Arho Suominen @arhosuominen.bsky.social · Feb 1

Well this is alarming!

Unsure what is gained by scrubbing data. Also, does the below mean changing data ex-post and basically making it unusable in science

" Removing some identifiers from years of data would make it impossible to study certain communities and prevent any analysis in the future"

Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social · Feb 1

“Agency [CDC] staff were also sent an email Friday directing them to contact scientific journals to pull back manuscripts that had been accepted, but not yet published, that did not comply with the executive order on gender ideology” www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

CDC removes gender, equity references in public health material

Large sets of data are being scrubbed of references to transgender and LGBTQ+ people, among others, which could compromise their use in research.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social · Feb 1

“Agency [CDC] staff were also sent an email Friday directing them to contact scientific journals to pull back manuscripts that had been accepted, but not yet published, that did not comply with the executive order on gender ideology” www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

CDC removes gender, equity references in public health material

Large sets of data are being scrubbed of references to transgender and LGBTQ+ people, among others, which could compromise their use in research.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Arho Suominen @arhosuominen.bsky.social · Dec 29

Met President Jimmy Carter in Feb of 2017 while a Fulbright scholar. Still remember his talk, focusing on what binds us together. Inspiring talk that still resonates.

By the way, #Carter was a tech visionary — pioneered data automation in government and installed solar panels on the White House.

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Arho Suominen @arhosuominen.bsky.social · Dec 27

Corporate Research is Back: A Strategic Imperative

A recent TFSC paper by Ko & Kwon shows #QuantumTech thrives on corporate R&D bridging science and applications. Are science-driven labs returning? Deep tech calls for bold strategies beyond short-term goals.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

www.sciencedirect.com

VTT @vtt.fi · Dec 27

Suomen huoltovarmuustoimijoilla olisi jo kiire siirtyä kvanttiturvalliseen salaukseen 🏃‍♂️🔐

Lue lisää Huoltovarmuuskeskuksen kanssa tekemästämme varautumistiekartasta, joka näyttää miten ja missä järjestyksessä kannattaa edetä
👉 www.vttresearch.com/fi/uutiset-j...

Two people standing in a modern server room with illuminated server racks

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Arho Suominen @arhosuominen.bsky.social · Dec 26

Not sure if its "very telling" of anything, but rather very Finnish.

Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · Dec 26

A very telling conversation at the press conference between a journalist and Director General of Finland's police Ilkka Koskimaki

"Have you contacted the Russian authorities about this [damaged Estlink-2 power cable]?"

"No."

"When will you be?"

"We will not."

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · Dec 26

A very telling conversation at the press conference between a journalist and Director General of Finland's police Ilkka Koskimaki

"Have you contacted the Russian authorities about this [damaged Estlink-2 power cable]?"

"No."

"When will you be?"

"We will not."

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Arho Suominen @arhosuominen.bsky.social · Feb 6

@vttfinland.bsky.social organized a morning coffee on strategic foresight. While we know that foresight has impact, how to make it more actionable sparked a interesting discussion.

Arho Suominen @arhosuominen.bsky.social · Dec 26

I imported 28 friends from Twitter to Bluesky

Import your Twitter follows to Bluesky

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