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H. Karpén 🔵
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PhD researcher in Uni Helsinki. Legal philosophy, constitutional theory, (deconstructing) state sovereignty.
I like dogs and other funny stuff. My world is Lynchian.
Also, I'm a left-leaning liberal and support 🇺🇦.
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Russia promised multiple times, in writing, that it would never invade Ukraine.

Russia denied invading Ukraine *after* it had invaded and occupied Crimea and Donbas in 2014.

Russia promised not to invade Ukraine just days before launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Putin:

Russia has no intention of attacking Europe.We can write it down. Maybe that makes sense, meaning, if we want to talk about it together…We do realize that we need to sit down and discuss it seriously…

(AG:good thing that Russia always honors its written commitments.Oh, wait...)
November 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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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.
November 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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This story should be covered waaaaayy more than it is.

The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.

www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
Nicolas Guillou, French ICC judge sanctioned by the US: 'You are effectively blacklisted by much of the world's banking system'
Six judges and three prosecutors at the International Criminal Court have been sanctioned by the Trump administration. In an interview with Le Monde, Guillou discusses the impact of these measures on ...
www.lemonde.fr
November 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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I already have a counterproposal:

Russia pulls forces/proxies out of Ukraine—all of it—and removes offensive weapons from regions bordering Ukraine.

Pays for all war damage—and reconstruction.

All Russians engaged in war crimes stand trial.

And Ukraine can join any alliance it damn well pleases.
November 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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We need to stop calling it a ‘peace plan,’ even with sarcastic quotes around it. Call it the US-Kremlin plan or similar.
‘US-Kremlin plan’ shames the US and makes it sound deeply unappealing to the broader US and European publics.
November 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Saako näin sanoa?

”Samalla kun Venäjä jatkaa ukrainalaisten murhaamista, ylläpidetään Suomessa lentoasemaa venäläisille turisteille. Haluaako Suomi todella olla turvallinen maa kansanmurhaa suorittavan valtion kansalaisille matkustaa?"
November 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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The proposed ‘peace plan’ is essentially a Kremlin wish list with amateurishly formulated attempts at Trumpian grift sprinkled on top.
November 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
What the hell Scotland? Not losing it on the last minute, but the full opposite. This simulation is getting weirder every day.
Anyway, congrats to Scotland! 🫡
November 18, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Can we go back to the days when politicians said that they really wanted to help people but it’s very hard and takes time, rather than saying that they want to hurt people and can do it quickly?
November 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Mitä sanoo päivystävä hakaristiasiantuntija @teivo.bsky.social, mikä on tämän hakaristin natsahtavuusaste? Formalisti voisi sanoa että matala, mutta kontekstuaalisesti ajateltuna korkea?

(Noin muuten olen sitä mieltä, että neukkujen metkuja, ja en aio provosoitua.)
Helsinki | Joku töhri Haagan sankarihautausmaan muistomerkin hakaristillä
Helsingin poliisista kerrotaan, että alustava rikosnimike on vahingonteko.
www.hs.fi
November 13, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Me reading this as being pessimistic about the future, optimistic about Finnish defence forces:
"This won't be the last time I see this headline."
November 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Kiinnostavaa Helsingin sanomilta lopultakin kutsua asiaa kuten se onkin.
En kyllä usko että tässä on linjamuutoksesta kyse, vaan jatkossakin ainoastaan nämä Willit Heimolaiset tappavat eläimiä, kun Suomessa niitä ainoastaan metsästetään, pyydetään tai teurastetaan.

www.hs.fi/maailma/art-...
Yhdysvallat | Reservaattien heimot alkoivat tappaa biisoneita, koska hallinnon sulku vei ruoka-avun
Heimoneuvostoilla on täysi valta myöntää kaatolupia reservaateissa. Biisoni ei ole enää uhanalainen.
www.hs.fi
November 13, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Olenko kertonut täydellisestä eläkemallistani, jolla pelastetaan Suomen kansantalous, kestävyysvaje ja velkasuhde?
Lainapainoitteinen eläke!
Eläke on alussa (esim 65v) 100 % lainaa, mutta jonka lainaosuus vähenee vuosittain 5 %-yksikköä. Eli (tässä):
75v = 50 % lainaa, 50 tukea.
85v -> 100 % tukea.
November 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Aah, taas se on täällä, nimittäin Hesarin Jari Saario -seuranta. Tiedän että merellä otetut kuvat on aika tylsiä, koska niissä näkyy aina pelkästään tosi paljon vettä, joten nämä kasvoselfiet ovat varmasti parasta mitä seurannassa voidaan tehdä. Ja niitä voi ottaa varastoon vaikka Keravanjoella.
Soutu | Jari Saario teki heti historiaa: souti yksin Kap Hornin ympäri
Jari Saario aloitti tiistaiaamuna soutu-urakkansa Chilestä Etelä-Afrikan Kapkaupunkiin.
www.hs.fi
November 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Apparently some stabbing just happened in Berlin Alexanderplatz, but cannot find any information, so probably some traditional U8 Friday night hobo fight. 🤷
November 7, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Why can men hug only if they first slap their hands?

Also, how are you supposed slap? Hands in the arm wrestling or handshaking position?

Furthermore, why is it more common with casual friends, whereas between best friends, you likely just share an insult?

Finally, could we just nod? To everyone.
August 8, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Quite a cynical view of dating.
To date, Andrew Otazo has collected, bagged, and hauled more than 17 tons of trash in an effort to help preserve Florida habitats.

“The trash will come back, but I’m stubborn,” he said. “I’ll keep doing this until I keel over.”
He’s cleared 35,000 pounds of trash from Miami’s mangroves and isn’t done yet
We accompanied Andrew Otazo on a trip to the mangroves. To date, the Miami man has cleared more than 17 tons of trash, mostly from the islands around Biscayne Bay.
wapo.st
October 31, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I used to be a member of D66's youth organisation some 20 years ago. Meaning: before it got mainstream. 🥸
Netherlands, National parliament election:

Electoral history of liberal D66 (RE)

1967: 4.4%
1971: 6.7%
1972: 4.1%
1977: 5.4%
1981: 11.0%
1982: 4.3%
1986: 6.1%
1989: 7.9%
1994: 15.5%
1998: 9.0%
2002: 5.1%
2003: 4.0%
2006: 2.0%
2010: 6.9%
2012: 8.0%
2017: 12.2%
...

➤ europeelects.eu/netherlands
October 31, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Vaikka koenkin olevani jonkin sortin feministi, niin täältä viemäristä katsottuna tilaston toimitusjohtajien sukupuolijakaumista tai eliittiklubien jäsenehdoista tuntuu aika turhanpäiväisestä ongelmalta.
Toki mukava huomata, että verkostoissani on vielä ihmisiä joille tällaiset aiheet ovat tärkeitä.
October 31, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Greetings for Germany, you know the next step will be wearing a visible sign on your clothes, right?
It will get much, much worse.
This morning federal agents arrested two hard working immigrants on my street because they didn’t have their papers on them, and tried to arrest my neighbor because his green card was in his house rather than on his person.

We are now a “show me your papers” state, and it is outrageous. Get angry.
October 29, 2025 at 9:10 AM
🙋‍♂️ täällä olisi kyllä yksi. Nämä olisi pitänyt saada helvettiin jo vuosia sitten.
HS Siilinjärvellä | Teboil-asema ilmoitti lopettamisesta, ja nyt ketään ei hymyilytä
Siilinjärven Vuorelassa toimiva Teboil Siilinhovi ilmoitti lopettavansa toimintansa marraskuussa.
www.hs.fi
October 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Update on this. As predicted, Germany (Rewe) is now 1.09/l. :/
Forget the bic mac -index, I'm interested in the price for San Pellegrino in your location!
Here in Berlin, it's 0,99e/l in my closest grocery store, and I find it really cheap. So cheap that I'm afraid they will realise it soon.
October 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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A British judge sentences five men for their roles in an arson attack in London that authorities say was masterminded by Russian intelligence as part of a wider campaign of sabotage and disruption.
U.K. judge sentences 5 men for roles in Russia-linked arson attack in London
British prosecutors said that the arson — organized on behalf of the Wagner paramilitary group — was intimately connected to the Russian state
nbcnews.to
October 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The day when everyone (me included) learned about AWS.

And that Amazon is not huge because of selling books and low quality home decor.
October 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Suomi oli ensimmäinen maa koko maailmassa, joka osti Daavidin lingon 2023. Mikään muu maa ei ole toistaiseksi ostanut sitä.

Ainakin somea lukemalla voisi tulla siihen tulokseen, että millään muulla maalla ei siis ole lainkaan ilmatorjuntaa.
October 19, 2025 at 7:41 PM