Petri Burtsoff
@pburtsoff.bsky.social
Helsinki Correspondent x Monocle. Interested in design, urbanism, arts, politics and jazz. Trying to master the perfect pull on the La Pavoni. Now in 🇫🇮, previously in 🇮🇹🇬🇧🇺🇬🇺🇸.
I joined Monocle’s founder and editorial director Tyler Brûlé on Monocle Radio’s Sunday show to talk about the latest news from the Nordics.
monocle.com/radio/shows/...
monocle.com/radio/shows/...
This week’s news and the latest from Helsinki - Monocle
Tyler Brûlé is joined by Nico Luchsinger, Chris Luebkeman and Chandra Kurt to review the week’s news, with updates from...
monocle.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I joined Monocle’s founder and editorial director Tyler Brûlé on Monocle Radio’s Sunday show to talk about the latest news from the Nordics.
monocle.com/radio/shows/...
monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Reposted by Petri Burtsoff
Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @charleshecker.bsky.social and Carole Walker on the US-Russia "peace plan" for Ukraine, and the day's other stuff, plus @pburtsoff.bsky.social reports from Hanaholmen. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Zelensky’s meeting with top US army delegation in Kyiv - Monocle
Volodymyr Zelensky prepares to meet with a US army delegation in Kyiv after American and Russian officials draft a plan...
monocle.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @charleshecker.bsky.social and Carole Walker on the US-Russia "peace plan" for Ukraine, and the day's other stuff, plus @pburtsoff.bsky.social reports from Hanaholmen. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Par for the course
Here is Gregory Bovino, the man in charge of ICE agents in Chicago.
October 29, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Par for the course
When you politicise science and education, it’s a damn slippery slope.
“How Politics Is Changing the Way History Is Taught”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/u...
“How Politics Is Changing the Way History Is Taught”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/u...
How Politics Is Changing the Way History Is Taught
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:34 AM
When you politicise science and education, it’s a damn slippery slope.
“How Politics Is Changing the Way History Is Taught”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/u...
“How Politics Is Changing the Way History Is Taught”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/u...
Reposted by Petri Burtsoff
It is to the shame of all the male reporters in the room that they do not immediately leave
Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."
October 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
It is to the shame of all the male reporters in the room that they do not immediately leave
Reposted by Petri Burtsoff
They changed the link. Now here: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
September 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
They changed the link. Now here: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Reposted by Petri Burtsoff
What’s more astonishing: 1) that the president clearly believes, and repeatedly suggests, that asylum seekers are people from mental asylums, or 2) that no journalist has ever challenged him on this and no mainstream media outlets have done any deep dives on this story?
September 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
What’s more astonishing: 1) that the president clearly believes, and repeatedly suggests, that asylum seekers are people from mental asylums, or 2) that no journalist has ever challenged him on this and no mainstream media outlets have done any deep dives on this story?
Reposted by Petri Burtsoff
If a president wanted to become effectively a dictator, he’d likely:
1. Purge govt of non loyalists
2. Weaponize law against opponents
3. Use military to police opposition strongholds
4. Threaten media, schools, businesses w penalties to get them to heel
5. Change election rules in his favor.
1. Purge govt of non loyalists
2. Weaponize law against opponents
3. Use military to police opposition strongholds
4. Threaten media, schools, businesses w penalties to get them to heel
5. Change election rules in his favor.
August 24, 2025 at 2:34 AM
If a president wanted to become effectively a dictator, he’d likely:
1. Purge govt of non loyalists
2. Weaponize law against opponents
3. Use military to police opposition strongholds
4. Threaten media, schools, businesses w penalties to get them to heel
5. Change election rules in his favor.
1. Purge govt of non loyalists
2. Weaponize law against opponents
3. Use military to police opposition strongholds
4. Threaten media, schools, businesses w penalties to get them to heel
5. Change election rules in his favor.
Reposted by Petri Burtsoff
Neil deGrass Tyson: "How sad it must be believing that scientists, historians, scholars, economists, journalists devoted their entire lives to deceiving you, but a reality-TV star proven in court to be a lying felon is your beacon of truth & honesty"
August 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Neil deGrass Tyson: "How sad it must be believing that scientists, historians, scholars, economists, journalists devoted their entire lives to deceiving you, but a reality-TV star proven in court to be a lying felon is your beacon of truth & honesty"
Weaponising the Justice Department for personal vendettas. SAD!
Reframing Jan. 6: After the Pardons, the Purge
www.nytimes.com
August 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Weaponising the Justice Department for personal vendettas. SAD!
What’s that line about not shooting the messenger?
on.ft.com/4odo0PD Donald Trump to fire US labour statistics boss after weak jobs report
on.ft.com/4odo0PD Donald Trump to fire US labour statistics boss after weak jobs report
Client Challenge
Please enable JavaScript to proceed.
on.ft.com
August 1, 2025 at 6:50 PM
What’s that line about not shooting the messenger?
on.ft.com/4odo0PD Donald Trump to fire US labour statistics boss after weak jobs report
on.ft.com/4odo0PD Donald Trump to fire US labour statistics boss after weak jobs report
”People often become what they scorn. Donald Trump has become the deep state.
He is the keeper of the secrets. He is the one stealing away people’s liberties. He is the one weaponizing government and protecting the ruling class.”
He is the keeper of the secrets. He is the one stealing away people’s liberties. He is the one weaponizing government and protecting the ruling class.”
Opinion | MAGA’s New Target: Trump
www.nytimes.com
July 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
”People often become what they scorn. Donald Trump has become the deep state.
He is the keeper of the secrets. He is the one stealing away people’s liberties. He is the one weaponizing government and protecting the ruling class.”
He is the keeper of the secrets. He is the one stealing away people’s liberties. He is the one weaponizing government and protecting the ruling class.”
Reposted by Petri Burtsoff
Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @lynneodonnell.bsky.social and @pburtsoff.bsky.social on Trump's Nobel Peace Prize prospects and other matters, plus Ali Watkins on her new book "The Next One Is For You", about 70s-era IRA gun-runners the Philadelphia Five. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Does Donald Trump deserve a Nobel Peace Prize? - Monocle
Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks continue following Netanyahu’s trip to Washington. Then: Ukraine and Russia’s neighbours withdraw from the Ottawa Treaty banning...
monocle.com
July 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Latest Daily on Monocle Radio. @lynneodonnell.bsky.social and @pburtsoff.bsky.social on Trump's Nobel Peace Prize prospects and other matters, plus Ali Watkins on her new book "The Next One Is For You", about 70s-era IRA gun-runners the Philadelphia Five. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Yes, he is that dumb.
Trump to the President of Liberia: "Such good English. Where did you learn to speak so beautifully?"
English is the official language of Liberia...
English is the official language of Liberia...
July 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Yes, he is that dumb.
Reposted by Petri Burtsoff
“Without cooperation in this area between European and national authorities, and industry, to define the terms of technological cooperation, location, and value sharing, European defense will be stillborn. This begins with industry, not structures.” @nicolastenzer.bsky.social
De-Americanizing NATO: Could We?
The US administration’s diminishing interest in the NATO alliance means Europe needs an alternative, and quickly.
buff.ly
June 29, 2025 at 12:54 AM
“Without cooperation in this area between European and national authorities, and industry, to define the terms of technological cooperation, location, and value sharing, European defense will be stillborn. This begins with industry, not structures.” @nicolastenzer.bsky.social
Reposted by Petri Burtsoff
A must read.
New in PN: ABC is too cowed to state the obvious about Stephen Miller
"Miller and Trump are hateful bigots. Independent journalists can still say that. Journalists at ABC can’t, because the president gets a veto over their coverage. That’s not democracy and it’s not a free press. It’s fascism."
"Miller and Trump are hateful bigots. Independent journalists can still say that. Journalists at ABC can’t, because the president gets a veto over their coverage. That’s not democracy and it’s not a free press. It’s fascism."
ABC is too cowed to state the obvious about Stephen Miller
The road to fascism is paved with "objectivity" and "civility."
www.publicnotice.co
June 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
A must read.
Reposted by Petri Burtsoff
As of today, Elon Musk is thought to be responsible for the death of 300,000 adults and kids due to the illegal closure of USAID (source: www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...)
That's a 103 deaths per hour, each day. And it will get worse.
His legacy is one of death, destruction, and failure.
That's a 103 deaths per hour, each day. And it will get worse.
His legacy is one of death, destruction, and failure.
May 30, 2025 at 1:57 AM
As of today, Elon Musk is thought to be responsible for the death of 300,000 adults and kids due to the illegal closure of USAID (source: www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...)
That's a 103 deaths per hour, each day. And it will get worse.
His legacy is one of death, destruction, and failure.
That's a 103 deaths per hour, each day. And it will get worse.
His legacy is one of death, destruction, and failure.
”Trumpism can be seen as a giant attempt to amputate the highest aspirations of the human spirit and to reduce us to our most primitive, atavistic tendencies.”
Opinion | I’m Normally a Mild Guy. Here’s What’s Pushed Me Over the Edge.
www.nytimes.com
May 30, 2025 at 4:06 AM
”Trumpism can be seen as a giant attempt to amputate the highest aspirations of the human spirit and to reduce us to our most primitive, atavistic tendencies.”
”The crucial divide in our politics is not defined by income levels; it’s defined by educational attainment, with more educated people swinging left and the less educated swinging right.”
Opinion | Can We Please Stop Lying About Obama?
www.nytimes.com
May 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
”The crucial divide in our politics is not defined by income levels; it’s defined by educational attainment, with more educated people swinging left and the less educated swinging right.”
Reposted by Petri Burtsoff
Latest Briefing on Monocle Radio. @burcuozcelik.bsky.social on Iran talks, @pburtsoff.bsky.social on Germany's Lithuania deployment, @tomgrundy.hongkongfp.com on difficulties facing Hong Kong's independent media, and @feap.bsky.social on Brazil's bumper year in cinema. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Iran and the US meet in Rome for high-stakes nuclear talks - Monocle
As US and Iranian representatives meet in Rome, Burcu Özçelik joins to discuss. Plus: Germany’s biggest troop deployment since the...
monocle.com
May 23, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Latest Briefing on Monocle Radio. @burcuozcelik.bsky.social on Iran talks, @pburtsoff.bsky.social on Germany's Lithuania deployment, @tomgrundy.hongkongfp.com on difficulties facing Hong Kong's independent media, and @feap.bsky.social on Brazil's bumper year in cinema. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Reposted by Petri Burtsoff
I failed to post this last week, but it’s one of the best op-eds you’ll read all year. Two politicians with *wildly* different orientations but a common thread of belief in the nature of citizenship and nationality. (They’re also 100% right obvs.)
on.ft.com/3GS1rPl
on.ft.com/3GS1rPl
Alf Dubs and Jacob Rees-Mogg: citizenship stripping is fundamentally unBritish
Shamima Begum made grave mistakes. But she is our responsibility and no one else’s
on.ft.com
May 19, 2025 at 9:09 AM
I failed to post this last week, but it’s one of the best op-eds you’ll read all year. Two politicians with *wildly* different orientations but a common thread of belief in the nature of citizenship and nationality. (They’re also 100% right obvs.)
on.ft.com/3GS1rPl
on.ft.com/3GS1rPl