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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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Finland is paired with Monaghan.

Maybe because:
"In February 1919, the first self-consciously proclaimed soviet in the United Kingdom was established at Monaghan Lunatic Asylum."
Now we need an official justification of the pairings
Each Irish county has been paired with an EU member state for Ireland’s presidency of the European Council
January 17, 2026 at 12:20 PM
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Hah. En löytäny valmiina, ni tein tästä kv-version
January 16, 2026 at 9:29 AM
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Remember that time political philosophers spent decades talking about John Rawls non-stop? That was soooo boring.
January 14, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Nämä syytökset siitä kuka osallistuu Iranin kansan tukemiseen ja kuka ei tuntuu jälleen kerran tulevan tuontitavarana Yhdysvalloista, ja ne soveltuvat aika huonosti Suomen poliittiseen karttaan.

Mutta mitäpä väliä silläkään on, antaa mennä vaan! 🫡
January 12, 2026 at 7:44 PM
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January 12, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Which ones of my colleagues feel more silly now, researchers of the international law or US constitutional law?
January 3, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Suomi mainittu! Torille!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/w...

(meanwhile, right now in the parliament they agreed that it was not, in fact, a racist gesture 🤷)
Finland Apologizes to China, Japan and South Korea for Racist Gesture
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
It only took me 1.5 years to open the file with reviewers' comments on my article.
Talk about insecurities.
December 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Uusi liputuspäivä on evakkojen päivä (kiva!).
Sitä vaan mietin, että onkohan tuo 20. huhtikuuta ihan sattumaa sisäministeriltä (pers.)?
No joka tapauksessa, jatkossa sitten (hakaristi-?)liput salkoon huhtikuun 20. päivä. Onnea myös silloin syntymäpäiväänsä juhliville.
Suomeen uusi liputuspäivä
Sisäministerin mukaan evakkojen päivä muistuttaa sitkeydestä ja toivosta.
www.is.fi
December 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Aina tämä uudestaan.
"Jos toi peli ei nyt lopu, niin se saa jatkua"
December 16, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Tolkku valaisee sakeimmankin pimeyden vain mukavaksi ja hieman unettavaksi hämäräksi.
December 8, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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December 8, 2025 at 10:28 AM
"Kukaan tuntemani ranskalainen ei syö eineksiä, paitsi vähäosaiset." Tää on ihana kirjoitus. niin chic, niin vogue 😍

www.hs.fi/mielipide/ar...
Lukijan mielipide | Kukaan tuntemani ranskalainen ei syö eineksiä
Miksi ranskalaiset eivät liho? Syy ei ole ruoka, vaan elämäntapa, arvot ja arjen valinnat.
www.hs.fi
December 8, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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fam our government is a fucking fascist wax museum
I see Stallone sent a cardboard standee instead
December 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
December 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Sinä, suomalainen optimisti: Noin 20 päivän päästä päivät jo alkaa pidentyä.
Minä, kainuulainen pessimisti: Eli seuraavat 40 päivää on vielä pimeämpää kuin tänään.
December 3, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Keksin yöllä vitsin jonka nyt muistin:
Kyllä menee vaikeaksi kun on Eurooppa-neuvosto, Euroopan neuvosto, Euroopan union neuvosto ja nyt vielä eurooppaneuvos Erkki Liikanen.

Ja jos niitä valitaan useampia, niin onko ne yhdessä sitten eurooppaneuvosto?
December 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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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