Karsten Kallesøe Nielsen
@karstenknielsen.bsky.social
Humanist, engaged citizen, pro democracy, pro science, systems engineer & safety risk manager, active within climate change / climate science
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The NYT about Europe’s growing dependency on US gas.
Time to transition much, much faster.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/b...
Time to transition much, much faster.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/b...
January 26, 2026 at 6:33 AM
The NYT about Europe’s growing dependency on US gas.
Time to transition much, much faster.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/b...
Time to transition much, much faster.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/b...
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Gavin Newsom over Europese leiders.
‘They look pathetic.’
‘They look pathetic.’
January 21, 2026 at 6:26 AM
Gavin Newsom over Europese leiders.
‘They look pathetic.’
‘They look pathetic.’
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"You always look at the worst case scenario whenever you're doing good risk management." Luke Kemp in this important PBS Weathered episode. Why do we do so little of this when it comes to climate? Worth watching!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wugk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wugk...
This Is How the World Ends According to Science
YouTube video by PBS Terra
www.youtube.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:22 PM
"You always look at the worst case scenario whenever you're doing good risk management." Luke Kemp in this important PBS Weathered episode. Why do we do so little of this when it comes to climate? Worth watching!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wugk...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wugk...
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In my opinion, Kevin Anderson's framing of the climate crisis, is the most important framing for not just climate policy, but for the whole of our societies, and politics.
There are no non-radical futures, and we are faced with a stark choice.
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There are no non-radical futures, and we are faced with a stark choice.
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Speaking tomorrow evening (Thursday 22nd January) in Shrewsbury. Details here: greenshropshire.org.uk/news/shrewsb...
January 22, 2026 at 1:08 AM
In my opinion, Kevin Anderson's framing of the climate crisis, is the most important framing for not just climate policy, but for the whole of our societies, and politics.
There are no non-radical futures, and we are faced with a stark choice.
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There are no non-radical futures, and we are faced with a stark choice.
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Scott Bessent is becoming the Comical Ali of the Trump administration. Going out to the world and saying trade deals with the US provide “great certainty”, when Trump is spewing tariffs out the wazoo every day, requires an uncommon ability to suspend disbelief.
January 20, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Scott Bessent is becoming the Comical Ali of the Trump administration. Going out to the world and saying trade deals with the US provide “great certainty”, when Trump is spewing tariffs out the wazoo every day, requires an uncommon ability to suspend disbelief.
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No longer world's most insane Prez.
January 20, 2026 at 10:42 AM
No longer world's most insane Prez.
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"Donald Trump now genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him. Also, he really is maniacally, unhealthily obsessive about the Nobel Prize."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:21 PM
"Donald Trump now genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him. Also, he really is maniacally, unhealthily obsessive about the Nobel Prize."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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These so-called "patriotic" 🇬🇧newspapers who brought you Brexit were never really patriotic at all.
They are driven by a disdain for Britain's European neighbours, and a fawning obsession with America.
They do not really want 🇬🇧 to be sovereign. They're content being a 🇺🇸vassal.
They are driven by a disdain for Britain's European neighbours, and a fawning obsession with America.
They do not really want 🇬🇧 to be sovereign. They're content being a 🇺🇸vassal.
January 18, 2026 at 7:59 AM
These so-called "patriotic" 🇬🇧newspapers who brought you Brexit were never really patriotic at all.
They are driven by a disdain for Britain's European neighbours, and a fawning obsession with America.
They do not really want 🇬🇧 to be sovereign. They're content being a 🇺🇸vassal.
They are driven by a disdain for Britain's European neighbours, and a fawning obsession with America.
They do not really want 🇬🇧 to be sovereign. They're content being a 🇺🇸vassal.
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It’s been on Putin’s To Do List for Trump for a long time and they talk about it every time they speak to each other.
January 17, 2026 at 10:39 PM
It’s been on Putin’s To Do List for Trump for a long time and they talk about it every time they speak to each other.
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We don't need Greenland. We need healthcare. We need living wages. We need democracy. We need equality and a real justice system. We need freedom from Russian influence. We need a president who isn't a felon rapist determined to watch his opponents burn.
January 17, 2026 at 9:03 PM
We don't need Greenland. We need healthcare. We need living wages. We need democracy. We need equality and a real justice system. We need freedom from Russian influence. We need a president who isn't a felon rapist determined to watch his opponents burn.
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MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump’s court filing arguing that federal courts don’t have the authority to make rulings on the Epstein Transparency Act and thus there is no way to enforce the law at all...
youtu.be/dr7NgcV7T8M?...
youtu.be/dr7NgcV7T8M?...
🚨Trump makes EMERGENCY FILING to BLOCK EPSTEIN LAW!!
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
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January 17, 2026 at 8:50 PM
MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump’s court filing arguing that federal courts don’t have the authority to make rulings on the Epstein Transparency Act and thus there is no way to enforce the law at all...
youtu.be/dr7NgcV7T8M?...
youtu.be/dr7NgcV7T8M?...
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January 17, 2026 at 1:11 PM
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Nuclear defense is why we built a base on Greenland in 1951. We had this idea 75 years ago. The base has been there since then. You don’t have to invade a country where you already have everything. Invasion just destroys what you have and much else besides.
January 17, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Nuclear defense is why we built a base on Greenland in 1951. We had this idea 75 years ago. The base has been there since then. You don’t have to invade a country where you already have everything. Invasion just destroys what you have and much else besides.
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It’s amazing watching the U.S. cede the global auto market to China. We’re 24–36 months away from utter devastation in U.S. vehicle exports, because both automakers and the U.S. are scared of EVs, because a dozen petroleum executives have a whole political party at their beck and call.
December 31, 2024 at 7:29 PM
It’s amazing watching the U.S. cede the global auto market to China. We’re 24–36 months away from utter devastation in U.S. vehicle exports, because both automakers and the U.S. are scared of EVs, because a dozen petroleum executives have a whole political party at their beck and call.
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It’s like ICE stealing that kid’s phone and selling it. No responsibility, no law, just greedy violence. But on a massive scale. As though McKremlin consultants were explaining how to do it.
The main bank account holding revenue from the Venezuelan oil sales is located in Qatar.
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
Exclusive: US gets first $500 million Venezuelan oil deal, holding some proceeds in Qatar
The details shared with Semafor mark an initial milestone in the administration’s plan following the ouster of Nicolás Maduro.
www.semafor.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:26 AM
It’s like ICE stealing that kid’s phone and selling it. No responsibility, no law, just greedy violence. But on a massive scale. As though McKremlin consultants were explaining how to do it.
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Beautifully done. 👌
January 15, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Beautifully done. 👌
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We hear a lot of talk about “freedom” from my Republican colleagues. And yet these same Republicans are working overtime to deny tens of millions of women the basic freedom to control their own bodies.
That is wrong, and it represents a fundamental betrayal of what freedom is about.
That is wrong, and it represents a fundamental betrayal of what freedom is about.
January 15, 2026 at 12:13 AM
We hear a lot of talk about “freedom” from my Republican colleagues. And yet these same Republicans are working overtime to deny tens of millions of women the basic freedom to control their own bodies.
That is wrong, and it represents a fundamental betrayal of what freedom is about.
That is wrong, and it represents a fundamental betrayal of what freedom is about.
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This is something I have been wondering about as well - not only putting NATO to the edge, but also the short attention span and threat of military action across the world (Venezuela, Greenland, Cuba, Colombia, Iran...) must overstretch even US military forces.
“As the US military chases Trump’s ever-changing Sharpie lines across the world’s maps, the West’s enemies will be tempted to take advantage of the fact that the US has obliterated the most powerful alliance in history while scattering American forces around the globe in showpiece operations.”
Trump’s Most Dangerous Obsession
His irrational fixation with Greenland could lead to global conflict.
www.theatlantic.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:56 PM
This is something I have been wondering about as well - not only putting NATO to the edge, but also the short attention span and threat of military action across the world (Venezuela, Greenland, Cuba, Colombia, Iran...) must overstretch even US military forces.
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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Time to stop writing articles about the "security" or "economic" reasons to capture Greenland, they are irrelevant
Not everyone believed me when I wrote that Trump wants Greenland becuase it would make him feel important, but that's what he told the NYT:
When asked why he needed to possess the territory, he said: “Because that’s what I feel is psychologically needed for success"
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
When asked why he needed to possess the territory, he said: “Because that’s what I feel is psychologically needed for success"
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality’
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Time to stop writing articles about the "security" or "economic" reasons to capture Greenland, they are irrelevant
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Some thoughts about the murder by ICE in Minnesota.
This is the time for all of us to demand much better and to show what’s right.
This is the time for all of us to demand much better and to show what’s right.
January 8, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Some thoughts about the murder by ICE in Minnesota.
This is the time for all of us to demand much better and to show what’s right.
This is the time for all of us to demand much better and to show what’s right.