Budtz

@budtz.net

DK, PhD physics.

The brilliance of Carney's "Sign in the Window" speech was that he was not attacking totalitarianism, but the hypocrisy of liberal democracies. It's about how we pretended to believe the fiction of a rules-based international order because it was convenient—and that time has come to be honest.

Andrew Chakhoyan 🇺🇦@andrewchak.bsky.social · 7mo ago

“The system’s power comes not from its truth but from everyone’s willingness to perform as if it were true.” Mark Carney explains how totalitarianism works. The lesson couldn’t be more clear: do not obey in advance. That is how freedom erodes and dignity disappears.

There is a lot of speculation about whether Denmark would fight the US over Greenland. This misses the point that the biggest opposition to a US invasion will clearly come from the Greenlanders themselves. Is the U.S. willing to repeat Wounded Knee to get the locals under control?

It's New Year, so time to look back and forward. These are 10 things I think we need to recognise in 2026. It’s a response to what I think are profoundly damaging mistaken assumptions I’ve heard and read from practitioners, journalists, and analysts in 2025. Warning: very long🧵

Vi er på vej mod et Folketingsvalg, og det store spørgsmål er: Vil danske politikere fortsætte med at benytte Twitter/X til deres valgkampagne, vel vidende at Elon Musk støtter, at USA overtager Grønland?

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Switching from Google Chrome takes less time than making another coffee. 😉 Leave Big Tech behind and continue where you left off in just a few clicks. ✅

Der er lang vej til en troværdig europæisk atomparaply, men det er en diskussion vi er nødt til at have. Det er ganske enkelt uholdbart hvis autokratierne i verden har atomvåben, mens demokratierne ikke har denne beskyttelse. Og det er konsekvensen af at vi ikke længere kan stole på USA.

Selv tyskerne ønsker sig en europæisk atomparaply – og der er grund til at handle, for vi er »i alvorlige problemer«

Europa skal selv have et robust atomforsvar i en tid, hvor gamle sikkerhedsgarantier ikke kan tages for givet. Den idé har på kort tid vundet indpas på kontinentet. Men hvad vil det kræve? Vi dykker n...

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It's possible this is the perspective in some capitals, but where I am, the commitment to higher defense spending is not about pleasing Trump. It's a realization that Europe needs rapid rearmament to replace the US in European security.

Max Bergmann@maxbergmann.bsky.social · last yr.

The great irony is Euros are agreeing to these spending targets to appease Trump and keep America in. But by agreeing in principle to radically increase def spending (even though it’s all fake) it allows the US to walk away.

11-year-old Jens from Denmark has raised more than 34,000 Danish kroner (about €4,500) for children from Ukraine who lost their homes. Jens creates Easter beaded decorations in blue and yellow colors with his own hands, sells them, and donates all the proceeds to charity.

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