Sven-Erik Volberg
@volberg.bsky.social
Politics, economics, info-sec(from the outside), history, climate, occasional joke/meme 25% 🇪🇪 75% 🇬🇧 (War time switch)
Finnish military excerise hits different
More than 2,200 🇫🇮 Finnish soldiers are taking part in a major artillery exercise in Lapland 💥
The exercise focuses on integrating dispersed artillery units and ensuring they can deliver precise, coordinated fire in harsh northern conditions 🥶 #Nato
More than 2,200 🇫🇮 Finnish soldiers are taking part in a major artillery exercise in Lapland 💥
The exercise focuses on integrating dispersed artillery units and ensuring they can deliver precise, coordinated fire in harsh northern conditions 🥶 #Nato
November 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Finnish military excerise hits different
More than 2,200 🇫🇮 Finnish soldiers are taking part in a major artillery exercise in Lapland 💥
The exercise focuses on integrating dispersed artillery units and ensuring they can deliver precise, coordinated fire in harsh northern conditions 🥶 #Nato
More than 2,200 🇫🇮 Finnish soldiers are taking part in a major artillery exercise in Lapland 💥
The exercise focuses on integrating dispersed artillery units and ensuring they can deliver precise, coordinated fire in harsh northern conditions 🥶 #Nato
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1/12 Why Trump keeps failing to end the war, and why it will keep happening until he stops ignoring this 👇
November 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
1/12 Why Trump keeps failing to end the war, and why it will keep happening until he stops ignoring this 👇
Korraks tundus et äkki jama aga Metsoja lahendas juba ära "oleme uurinud ka varasemalt erakonna esimehelt ja peasekretärilt, nemad samuti ei ole kursis nende teenustega" Keegi ei tea, seega on ok
November 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Korraks tundus et äkki jama aga Metsoja lahendas juba ära "oleme uurinud ka varasemalt erakonna esimehelt ja peasekretärilt, nemad samuti ei ole kursis nende teenustega" Keegi ei tea, seega on ok
Trump's S.Dep has designated 24 groups as foreign terrorist organizations this year - more than the US designated in the previous 10 years.
Including Mexican drug cartels, and gangs from Haiti, Venezuela, and Ecuador, under the category of "narcoterrorism,"
www.vox.com/politics/470...
Including Mexican drug cartels, and gangs from Haiti, Venezuela, and Ecuador, under the category of "narcoterrorism,"
www.vox.com/politics/470...
How Trump changed what “terrorism” means
Venezuela and the new war on terror, explained.
www.vox.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Trump's S.Dep has designated 24 groups as foreign terrorist organizations this year - more than the US designated in the previous 10 years.
Including Mexican drug cartels, and gangs from Haiti, Venezuela, and Ecuador, under the category of "narcoterrorism,"
www.vox.com/politics/470...
Including Mexican drug cartels, and gangs from Haiti, Venezuela, and Ecuador, under the category of "narcoterrorism,"
www.vox.com/politics/470...
And russians play into it. Current blaming GB for "sabotaging the great peace"
November 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
And russians play into it. Current blaming GB for "sabotaging the great peace"
When busses feel stressed and under attack from cars the form an empty square for protection
www.vg.no/nyheter/i/3p...
www.vg.no/nyheter/i/3p...
November 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
When busses feel stressed and under attack from cars the form an empty square for protection
www.vg.no/nyheter/i/3p...
www.vg.no/nyheter/i/3p...
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Ukraine's Air Force reported on the overnight drone and missile attack.
Shot down:
438/464 Shahed and other type drones
1/4 Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles
5/7 Iskander-K cruise missiles
5/8 Kalibr cruise missiles
3/3 Iskander-M ballistic missiles
Shot down:
438/464 Shahed and other type drones
1/4 Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles
5/7 Iskander-K cruise missiles
5/8 Kalibr cruise missiles
3/3 Iskander-M ballistic missiles
November 25, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Ukraine's Air Force reported on the overnight drone and missile attack.
Shot down:
438/464 Shahed and other type drones
1/4 Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles
5/7 Iskander-K cruise missiles
5/8 Kalibr cruise missiles
3/3 Iskander-M ballistic missiles
Shot down:
438/464 Shahed and other type drones
1/4 Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles
5/7 Iskander-K cruise missiles
5/8 Kalibr cruise missiles
3/3 Iskander-M ballistic missiles
David "russian ball.." Sacks went from "no bailout to AI" to "think of the billionaires" right quike. If there was any doubt before about the bubble
November 25, 2025 at 9:52 AM
David "russian ball.." Sacks went from "no bailout to AI" to "think of the billionaires" right quike. If there was any doubt before about the bubble
November 25, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The Defense Forces, using «Bars» jet UAVs and «Neptune» cruise missiles, hit several strategic targets:
— In Taganrog, damage was recorded at the Aircraft Repair Plant "TANTK named after G.M. Beriev" and the UAV manufacturing enterprise "Molniya" - "Atlant Aero"
m.facebook.com/story.php?st...
— In Taganrog, damage was recorded at the Aircraft Repair Plant "TANTK named after G.M. Beriev" and the UAV manufacturing enterprise "Molniya" - "Atlant Aero"
m.facebook.com/story.php?st...
November 25, 2025 at 9:33 AM
The Defense Forces, using «Bars» jet UAVs and «Neptune» cruise missiles, hit several strategic targets:
— In Taganrog, damage was recorded at the Aircraft Repair Plant "TANTK named after G.M. Beriev" and the UAV manufacturing enterprise "Molniya" - "Atlant Aero"
m.facebook.com/story.php?st...
— In Taganrog, damage was recorded at the Aircraft Repair Plant "TANTK named after G.M. Beriev" and the UAV manufacturing enterprise "Molniya" - "Atlant Aero"
m.facebook.com/story.php?st...
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One of my absolute favourite publication on German foreign policy of the year, the Berlin Pulse, is out. Congrats @koerber-ip.bsky.social, Julia Ganter & team for getting this out!
Baseline: yes to more Europe, no trust in US, China no major threat
My top 3:
koerber-stiftung.de/projekte/the...
Baseline: yes to more Europe, no trust in US, China no major threat
My top 3:
koerber-stiftung.de/projekte/the...
The Berlin Pulse
The Berlin Pulse ist unsere außenpolitische Jahrespublikation. Sie stellt Beiträge hochrangiger internationaler Autorinnen und Autoren einer aktuellen Meinungsumfrage zu den außenpolitischen Positione...
koerber-stiftung.de
November 25, 2025 at 8:48 AM
One of my absolute favourite publication on German foreign policy of the year, the Berlin Pulse, is out. Congrats @koerber-ip.bsky.social, Julia Ganter & team for getting this out!
Baseline: yes to more Europe, no trust in US, China no major threat
My top 3:
koerber-stiftung.de/projekte/the...
Baseline: yes to more Europe, no trust in US, China no major threat
My top 3:
koerber-stiftung.de/projekte/the...
Good summary on why a anti-Maduro coup or mutiny in Venezuela 🇻🇪 is hard to pull off.
And why corruption can work for its favor
Venezuelan military has around 2K generals and admirals that's more than all of NATO combined. But means they are invested
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/13/a...
And why corruption can work for its favor
Venezuelan military has around 2K generals and admirals that's more than all of NATO combined. But means they are invested
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/13/a...
How Venezuela’s aging Soviet-era military stacks up next to US forces in the Caribbean | CNN
The arrival near Latin America of the US Navy’s “most lethal combat platform” has put the spotlight on a fighting force that has a tough image but has been weakened by years of economic crisis.
edition.cnn.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Good summary on why a anti-Maduro coup or mutiny in Venezuela 🇻🇪 is hard to pull off.
And why corruption can work for its favor
Venezuelan military has around 2K generals and admirals that's more than all of NATO combined. But means they are invested
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/13/a...
And why corruption can work for its favor
Venezuelan military has around 2K generals and admirals that's more than all of NATO combined. But means they are invested
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/13/a...
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According to Oxford professor of energy Jan Rosenow, rapid electrification of Europe's industry, not rolling back the EU's Green Deal, will save European industry.
Why electrification, not repealing green laws, will save Europe's industry
According to Oxford professor of energy Jan Rosenow, rapid electrification of Europe's industry, not rolling back the EU's Green Deal, will save European industry.
euobserver.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:00 AM
According to Oxford professor of energy Jan Rosenow, rapid electrification of Europe's industry, not rolling back the EU's Green Deal, will save European industry.
November 25, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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This is useful recent research on how the “bot” category breaks down into people and actual bots - “inauthentic participation” is the unifier www.kcl.ac.uk/orchestrated...
Orchestrated Crowds: Rethinking Inauthentic Participation in Digital…
What is driving online communication today?
www.kcl.ac.uk
November 24, 2025 at 8:37 PM
This is useful recent research on how the “bot” category breaks down into people and actual bots - “inauthentic participation” is the unifier www.kcl.ac.uk/orchestrated...
Chaos Theory, developed primarily by experts associated with the Valdai Discussion Club, it is regularly elaborated in their reports, which underline both the concept’s evolution and its critical importance for russia’s current strategy.
ridl.io/witnesses-of...
ridl.io/witnesses-of...
Witnesses of Chaos – Riddle Russia
Anton Barbashin on the Five Postulates of Russia’s «Chaos Theory»
ridl.io
November 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Chaos Theory, developed primarily by experts associated with the Valdai Discussion Club, it is regularly elaborated in their reports, which underline both the concept’s evolution and its critical importance for russia’s current strategy.
ridl.io/witnesses-of...
ridl.io/witnesses-of...
Baker is Vances nat sec guy and described unequivocally pro-russia. He blamed the invasion on NATO expansion and refused to fault russia for anything.
Looking at this photo of the US-Ukraine Geneva meeting, I wondered who was in the delegation. ABC has the list:
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
No Russia or Ukraine experts (although US Ambassador to Ukraine Davis & SACEUR Grynkewich were there).
Who is the guy with the notebook? Andy Baker. 1/2
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
No Russia or Ukraine experts (although US Ambassador to Ukraine Davis & SACEUR Grynkewich were there).
Who is the guy with the notebook? Andy Baker. 1/2
November 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Baker is Vances nat sec guy and described unequivocally pro-russia. He blamed the invasion on NATO expansion and refused to fault russia for anything.
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This is as close as the lawyers at the Journal allow reporters to get to "fraudulent fraudsters sighted wearing fraud pants and doing a fraud." www.wsj.com/tech/meta-ai...
AI Meets Aggressive Accounting at Meta’s Gigantic New Data Center
Favorable treatment off the balance sheet hinges on some convenient assumptions.
www.wsj.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This is as close as the lawyers at the Journal allow reporters to get to "fraudulent fraudsters sighted wearing fraud pants and doing a fraud." www.wsj.com/tech/meta-ai...
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Remember when the Russians called in bomb threats to polling locations in Georgia on election day and a bunch of people (all of whom we now know aren't based out of the US) cried "Russiagate" and then they did it again in Moldova?
It isn't always the Russians but it's really weird how often it's the Russians
Before Germany’s last elections, hundreds of combustion-engine cars had been vandalised, combined with pro-Green flyers left on site. State investigators now assume a Russian influence operation:
#fossilwarfare
www.n-tv.de/politik/Ermi...
#fossilwarfare
www.n-tv.de/politik/Ermi...
November 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Remember when the Russians called in bomb threats to polling locations in Georgia on election day and a bunch of people (all of whom we now know aren't based out of the US) cried "Russiagate" and then they did it again in Moldova?
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What? A 10 500 old human DNA in Estonia? Where the oldest human bones found are 8500 years old? Where did they find it, in Pulli? And not a single piece of news in Estonian?
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/nov/23/dna-reveals-stone-age-teenager-as-chewer-of-10500-year-old-gum
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/nov/23/dna-reveals-stone-age-teenager-as-chewer-of-10500-year-old-gum
DNA reveals stone age teenager as chewer of 10,500-year-old ‘gum’
The prehistoric birch tar found in Estonia contained traces of saliva that were analysed by genetics experts
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:02 PM
What? A 10 500 old human DNA in Estonia? Where the oldest human bones found are 8500 years old? Where did they find it, in Pulli? And not a single piece of news in Estonian?
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/nov/23/dna-reveals-stone-age-teenager-as-chewer-of-10500-year-old-gum
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/nov/23/dna-reveals-stone-age-teenager-as-chewer-of-10500-year-old-gum
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This is a hugely important story. I wrote about its consequences already in "Road to Unfreedom" and we know much more now. If we want to be a democracy we have to create structures of factuality rather than selling our future to the loudest yeller in another country.
Although the scale of this is still to be assessed, this is the inevitable outcome of the monetization of the algorithm. Rage-bait becomes a personal revenue model. Nothing about this should be a surprise.
NEWS: I spent the past 24 hours going through major MAGA accounts on Twitter, and a bombshell development has become clear: most of the right-wing ecosphere is being fed propaganda from foreign actors.
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:
November 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This is a hugely important story. I wrote about its consequences already in "Road to Unfreedom" and we know much more now. If we want to be a democracy we have to create structures of factuality rather than selling our future to the loudest yeller in another country.
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🇺🇦 Ukraine's Fire Point is developing FP‑7 (200 km) & FP‑9 (855 km) ballistic missiles for service by end‑2025. Based on Russia's 48N6 SAM, Fire Point admits it cloned the aerodynamic layout but uses a composite build for lighter weight and longer range.
November 24, 2025 at 11:36 AM
🇺🇦 Ukraine's Fire Point is developing FP‑7 (200 km) & FP‑9 (855 km) ballistic missiles for service by end‑2025. Based on Russia's 48N6 SAM, Fire Point admits it cloned the aerodynamic layout but uses a composite build for lighter weight and longer range.
Rheinmetall currently has the capacity to produce ~600 AFVs/year, with current utilization of ~400/year. RM plans to meet and satisfy an expected demand of ~1000/year by 2030
#ReArmEU
www.hartpunkt.de/rheinmetall-...
#ReArmEU
www.hartpunkt.de/rheinmetall-...
Rheinmetall will in Kassel mehr als 500 Boxer pro Jahr fertigen
Die Bundeswehr beabsichtigt alleine im Rahmen des Vorhabens „Arminius“, in der kommenden Dekade rund 1.850 neue Boxer in unterschiedlichen Varianten – unter Umständen sogar deutlich mehr – zu beschaff...
www.hartpunkt.de
November 24, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Rheinmetall currently has the capacity to produce ~600 AFVs/year, with current utilization of ~400/year. RM plans to meet and satisfy an expected demand of ~1000/year by 2030
#ReArmEU
www.hartpunkt.de/rheinmetall-...
#ReArmEU
www.hartpunkt.de/rheinmetall-...
“You tell him, ‘I’m going to try to get a deal.’ Trump will say, ‘Great, go see what you can do.’ And that’s the level of detail he has.
It’s been absolute chaos all day because even different parts of the WH don’t know what’s going on. It’s embarrassing.”
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
It’s been absolute chaos all day because even different parts of the WH don’t know what’s going on. It’s embarrassing.”
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
U.S., Ukraine agree to change draft of peace plan that appeased Russia
Negotiators had been working off an early proposal that bipartisan lawmakers say would further destabilize global security and reward Russia after its 2022 invasion.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:16 AM
“You tell him, ‘I’m going to try to get a deal.’ Trump will say, ‘Great, go see what you can do.’ And that’s the level of detail he has.
It’s been absolute chaos all day because even different parts of the WH don’t know what’s going on. It’s embarrassing.”
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
It’s been absolute chaos all day because even different parts of the WH don’t know what’s going on. It’s embarrassing.”
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...