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Much fuss about basically nothing ? The Ceuta situation once again showed that if European leaders could have waited a day or so before reacting, the whole thing could’ve basically been solved amicably. The real-time outrage loops and need to react to everything IMMEDIATELY is a huge issue

AI does have some great trolling potential

Oslo airport the first two things you see in a souvenir shop are Moomin mugs and Marimekko homeware. I was like wait I thought I just left Helsinki

Now they’ve done it… Mark Carney and Alex Stubb actually wrote ”middle powers of the world, unite!” 😅 Also, it should give Americans some pause that they basically suggest that Canada’s geographical predicament with its border with the US compares to Finland’s with Russia…

Denna bok var kul sommarläsning på semester i Skåne, för att Skåne har en kortare historia som en del av det svenska riket än Finland 😄

After soon 2 years living in Sweden as a Finn, two profound insights: 1. Swedes are as awkward as Finns, just better dressed 2. Both suck at smalltalk, but in Sweden being silent isn’t as socially accepted as in Finland, so Swedes sometimes pretend not to have seen you to avoid awkward smalltalk

Current timeline: Finnish internet never getting over the Kesko truck at Ayatollah Khamenei’s funeral and Norwegians enjoying a mass rowing psychosis (I’m so here for it !). What a time to be online

The Funeral Cameo No Brand Team Asked For: A Grocer At Khamenei’s FuneralA grocery truck at Khamenei’s funeral became a viral lesson in modern brand risk, resale, and crisis stewardship.www.forbes.com

Gang

Frankrike bidrar med trupp i NordenFrankrike kommer att bidra med 150–200 soldater, experter samt utrustning till FLF Finland.www.dn.se

In this slightly longer summer read, I make the case for how Norway could change the game in Ukraine’s EU accession by joining the EU in the same enlargement round. If ever there was a win-win-win situation, this would be it ! (Worth reading to see a meme I made about Norway’s EU policy)

(Northern) European Integration…and why Norway should join the EU together with Ukraine.open.substack.com

Always good to make it to the Arctic circle before the sun sets (before 8 July, that is). Pic taken at midnight a couple sunny nights ago