Pasi Vaaranmaa
@vaaranpa.um.fi
Ambassador of #Finland to the #OECD and #Unesco. Interests include trade, economy and foreign policy. On the wallpaper Chateau de la Muette, home of the OECD in Paris.
Good morning Bluesky ☀️ My grandad told me he saw the Titanic - from the outset he warned all the people that the ship would sink, but nobody listened to him. He knew he was right and didn't give up. He warned them again & again, until eventually they kicked him out of the cinema.
Russia pummelled Kyiv and the surrounding region overnight with ballistic missiles and drones; more than 14 people killed; several dozen reported wounded. (Ukraine is desperate for interceptors for its Patriot missile defenses).
This article calmly deconstructs yet another russian information warfare attack on the Western media sphere, reminding us that Ukrainian intellectuals are entitled to demand editorial consistency from The Economist when it publishes narratives from russian state media disguised as journalism.
Why Did ‘The Economist’ Platform a Russian Oligarch?
The magazine’s recent interview discussing the future of Russia merely restated Vladimir Putin’s talking points.
nationalinterest.org
A senior official at the European Central Bank "said it was clear the rising frequency of natural disasters linked to global heating posed a threat to financial stability... more work needed to be done to assess the risk from the collapse of ecosystem services" www.theguardian.com/business/202...
ECB official warns climate crisis poses growing threat to ‘core financial stability’
Exclusive: As wildfires rage across Europe, Frank Elderson tells the Guardian nature loss poses a growing risk to the global economy
theguardian.com
@simonlester.com offers some further food for thought on the issue of #trade #imbalances
WorldTradeLaw.net@worldtradelaw.bsky.social · 3d agoWhere To Focus with the Issue of Trade Imbalances: Exchange Rates vs. Domestic Economic Policies
Where To Focus with the Issue of Trade Imbalances: Exchange Rates vs. Domestic Economic Policies
Where To Focus with the Issue of Trade Imbalances: Exchange Rates vs. Domestic Economic Policies
The Economist has a piece by a group of economists on trade imbalances, explaining that there is too much focus on the undervalued yuan. In my view, lots of people are getting things on wrong on trade imbalances, and it's nice to see these folks getting things right.
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Hey up people of Twitter! The Missus Wife @gailmyerscough.co.uk has had a bit of a slow old week so on this payday weekend if you’d be so kind enough to visit her site you’ll find a whole host of lovely things. Thank you! www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
Gail Myerscough@gailmyerscough.co.uk · 2w agoJust sat here waiting for architecture lovers, music fans and mid-century design enthusiasts to find me... www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
Ich drehe einen Film über Menschen, die bei diesen Temperaturen nicht mehr vom Ledersofa abgehen. Das Kleben der Anderen.
I’m hoping to go to Uganda and I went to see the nurse at my GP practice just now. He recommended eight vaccines in four jabs and I said yes to every single one. 💉💉💉💉 Vaccines work and they save ✌️ ✌️✌️✌️
Sobre Eumeo, el porquero de Ítaca «Comprender que los mayores vaivenes de la suerte caben en cualquier vida, que la adversidad puede irrumpir en un hogar seguro y que todos dependemos de la bondad ajena». Publicado en Heraldo de Aragón
OECD:n Responsible Business Outlook -raportin mukaan yritysten vastuullisen liiketoiminnan sitoumusten ja toteuttamisen välillä on suuri kuilu. OECD korostaa tarvetta vahvemmille kannustimille ja johdonmukaisemmalle politiikalle. Lue lisää: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... @tem.fi @vaaranpa.um.fi
Including the former Paimio tuberculosis sanitarium. I wrote about it a few years ago. www.theguardian.com/travel/2023/...
‘A delirious deco dream’: former TB sanatorium is now Finland’s most unusual holiday let
For a limited period, architecture lovers can spend the night in a modernist masterpiece designed by Alvar Aalto
theguardian.com
A bunch of modernist buildings in Finland have been added to the world heritage list. www.reuters.com/world/finnis...
Finnish architects' humanist take on modernism recognised by UNESCO
A sanatorium designed to foster a soothing environment to help tuberculosis patients recover was among a series of sites by Finnish architect Alvar Aalto to join UNESCO's World Heritage List on Sund...
reuters.com
So it is ok for Iran to supply Russia with thousands of Shahed drones against Ukraine and other equipment and supplies, but is not Ok for Ukraine to defend itself?
Reuters@reuters.com · last wk.Iran foreign minister says Ukraine's attack on Iranian vessel 'cannot go unanswered' reut.rs/4wjkuXq
A state supreme court justice accusing the federal Supreme Court from the bench of reviving Dred Scott and Plessy strikes me as important. Together with our new law to defang Citizens United, my pride in Hawaii is stronger than ever. We’re doing our best to save the country.
Stunning Hawaiʻi Supreme Court Opinion Was The Right Thing To Do
A sitting judge putting his own reputation and his court’s credibility on the line to publicly challenge the nation’s highest court is a big deal.
civilbeat.org
Bellingcat has built an incredible set of free online resources. Their wildfire tools are the ones I use the most at the moment: Want to see how these tools fit together? Our latest video shows how Bellingcat researchers use open source tools and data to reconstruct the timeline of a wildfire.
Monitoring Wildfires Using Open Source Tools
YouTube video by Bellingcat
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Bellingcat@bellingcat.com · 2w agoOpen source tools can help track every stage of a wildfire, from the first reports through to assessing the damage once the flames are out. Throughout July, the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service helped researchers monitor how wildfire smoke spread across Canada and the US.
🔴 Incendies : les flammes se rapprochent de Bordeaux, Lecornu demande à l’armée d’utiliser l’avion A400M dès aujourd’hui Suivre le direct ➡️ https://l.liberation.fr/GJl
It’s official: starting today you can enjoy unlimited bus and tram journeys every weekend for the price of a single daily journey.
Näin keskikesällä näyttäytyy kuu täydenkuun tienoilla vain matalalla etelätaivaalla lähes vaakasuoraan liikkuen.Eilen perjantaina 80-prosenttinen kuu nousi Helsingissä klo 19.30 ja laski jo klo 23.30. Tämä video on otettu Pihlajamäestä, 6 km päästä Kalasataman torneista eilen illalla klo 23 aikaan.🌙
"How to Win a Trade War" made it to number 1 in the "Business Economics" Amazon bestsellers list! Very exciting! And if you want the Kindle edition for 99p ***today only*** then here's the link: www.amazon.co.uk/How-Win-Trad...
US trade expert Alan Wolff thinks new Trump tariffs would lose a legal challenge. But others disagree. Come on trade law mavens. This is what Bluesky is so good at. www.piie.com/blogs/realti...
Trump's new tariffs over forced labor are unlikely to survive a court challenge
The Trump administration is again shifting its stated rationale for placing comprehensive tariffs on imports of nearly all goods from virtually all countries. After originally presenting such measures...
piie.com
Please share! A rare PhD studentship @kingshistory.bsky.social *fully* funded by @slaveryinwar.bsky.social to work with myself and Maeve Ryan, supported by a broader community of experts in Caribbean history, transatlantic slavery, and the history of war. www.kcl.ac.uk/study/fundin... 🗃️
AHRC Studentship: Slavery and the Seven Years’ War within and across the Caribbean Archipelago | King's College London
The Leverhulme Centre for Research on Slavery in War (CRSW) is pleased to announce the availability of a fully funded AHRC doctoral studentship, to be jointly supervised across History and War Studies
kcl.ac.uk
Tanker von Piraten bei Somalia entführt - Seeleute als Geiseln. Es sollen acht Deutsche darunter sein 🙏🏻 www.deutschlandfunk.de/berichte-som...
Horn von Afrika - Berichte: Somalische Piraten halten Tanker fest - acht deutsche Seeleute an Bord
Somalische Piraten haben ein Handelsschiff in ihrer Gewalt.
deutschlandfunk.de
Komissio julkaisi vuosittaisen oikeusvaltiokertomuksensa heinäkuussa. Tuore raportti korostaa oikeusvaltion yhteyttä sisämarkkinoiden menestykseen. Eurooppalainen oikeusvaltio on sekä kansalaisten että yritysten etu, kirjoittaa @siirivalkama.bsky.social
Siiri Valkama-Gasparotti: Eurooppalainen oikeusvaltio on sekä kansalaisten että yritysten etu - Elinkeinoelämän keskusliitto
Euroopan oikeusvaltiokehitys ei ole vain poliitikkojen ja perustuslakijuristien asia, vaan siitä kantaa huolta myös elinkeinoelämä. Demokratia ja oikeusvaltio ovat edellytys yritysten kestävälle toimi...
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