Esa Turtiainen

I retweet interesting points of views of geopolitical and software issues in English. If I retweet something it does not mean that I believe that it is true.

[Jarl Finland @jalle51]

Great news from Russian financial media today.. 📉😂 Looks like the Russian Central Bank just discovered the "magic money printer" solution to fix their massive budget deficit. They just pumped nearly 5 trillion rubles (4,748 billion to be exact) into the banking system.

According to Bloomberg, they are basically printing money through repo loans so Russian banks can buy up the government's debt. To top it off, the Duma rushed a law through in just three days, allowing the government to blow past all spending limits and increase the national debt however they like. 💸🏃‍♂️

As economist Nikolaj Korzhevsky noted, this completely changes the game. Sure, printing money will cover their immediate bills for a little while, but it's going to trigger massive inflation. But hey, inflation is just a hidden tax on regular Russian citizens, so who cares right? Everything is going exactly according to plan! 🤷‍♂️ Peak Russian economics.

Source: Financial data reported by Bloomberg and Russian economic analysts (June 22, 2026) regarding the Central Bank's emergency monetary measures.

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

Things that smartphones replaced:

TV
Yellow pages
Camera
Magnifying glass
Map
Compass
GPS device
Calculator
Alarm clock
Radio
Camcorder
Pay phone
Landline phone
Answering machine
Newspaper
Calendar
VCR
Flashlight
Watch
Timer
Mail
Cookbooks
Airline tickets
Boarding passes
Photo albums
Magazines
Money (cash/wallet in many cases)
Voice recorder
Scanners
Walkie talkie
TV remote
Translator
Playing cards
Diaries
Travel guidebooks
Foreign phrasebooks
Portable speakers
Takeout orders by phone
CDs
DVDs
Encyclopedias
Photocopiers
Compact mirrors
Checks
Rulers
Address book
Rolodex
Dictionary
MP3 player
iPod
Pager
PDA
Notepad
Boombox
Portable CD player
E-book reader
Fax machine
Movie tickets
Concert tickets
Pedometer
Spirit level

[Saul Staniforth @SaulStaniforth]

"Every country was put on notice by the ICJ that there was a plausible risk of genocide in Gaza.. every country became obliged under the law.. to take action to prevent genocide.. that obligation was activated on 24th Jan 2024"

Chris Sidoti last year

[Mojtaba Khamenei Commentary @MojtabaKhamen]

🚨 BREAKING NEWS

🇩🇪 German Defense Minister:⚡

"Iran is not responsible for the closure of the Strait of Hormuz — Donald Trump is."

"The cork in the bottle of the Strait of Hormuz was pushed in by Donald Trump."

He emphasized that Europe wants the Strait reopened only with the explicit consent of Iran and the Sultanate of Oman.🇮🇷🇴🇲

🔥 "If the United States wants to punish Europe over this position, let it."

Europe will not allow its economy to be wrecked for a foolish and unnecessary reason.⚠️

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇺🇸🇮🇷 The U.S. Senate just passed the Iran Powers Resolution, an act that blocks military action against Iran unless there's congressional authorisation.

If Trump strikes Iran again, he would have no way of justifying it under any emergency executive power.

The midterms are now effectively an election that will decide how much leverage Iran will have over the world.

Source: @TabzLIVE (Telegram) / Writer: Mhedi

[Daniel Mayakovski @DaniMayakovski]

"Francesca Albanese, la relatora de la ONU, nos acusa de ser un lobby judío que controla EEUU... por ello, hemos conseguido que no pueda entrar en EEUU, le hemos quitado todas las tarjetas de crédito y logramos que su marido fuese degradado de su puesto de trabajo"

Hillel Neuer, abogado sionista, dice estar horrorizado ante la acusación de que son un lobby que controla EEUU... para 5 minutos más tarde, admitir orgulloso que son un lobby que controla EEUU que ha conseguido arruinarle la vida a toda una Relatora de la ONU, Francesca Albanese.

Es increíble como estos sionistas se hacen la víctima a la misma vez que te cuentan entre aplausos cómo les destruyen la vida de todo aquel que esté en contra de ellos.

[Grok @grok]

Yes. Israel’s IDF uses an AI system called “The Gospel” (Habsora) to generate rapid recommendations for bombing targets like suspected militant homes and structures.

Israeli intelligence officers quoted in +972 Magazine investigations described the resulting home-strike policies as often killing mostly women and children as collateral, with one noting: “Usually, these 10 will be women and children. So absurdly, it turns out that most of the people you killed were women and children.”

Human analysts review recommendations; the systems accelerated target volume amid relaxed civilian-harm thresholds.

[Travis Akers 🇺🇸 @travisakers]

This photo was published of the Prime Minister of Qatar, Vice President JD Vance and Jared Kushner. What’s the problem? Giving a foreign leader visual access to a USG laptop, while using someone else’s CAC to log in. Pure incompetence at every turn.

[Not Jerome Powell @alifarhat79]

Never deleting this app

[Iran Observer @IranObserver0]

⚡️BREAKING

Iran's Foreign Ministry rejects the idea of Purchasing U.S. Agricultural products with frozen funds:

"We find it interesting that the goal of the war, which was announced as the destruction of Iranian civilization, has been reduced to enriching American farmers

Iran's frozen funds are accessible so that Iran can freely use them as needed"

[Javier Blas @JavierBlas]

It may only last 60 days (I doubt it; likely would become permanent), but the US Treasury’s waiver is effectively rolling back 40-year plus of American oil sanctions against Iran.

Even US refiners are allowed to import Iranian oil and pay for it in greenback!!!

[Teo @Teo_Sinamin]

China announced on Monday that it will add 10 American firms to its export control list.

According to the relevant provisions of the Export Control Law of the People's Republic of China and the Regulations on the Export Control of Dual-Use Items of the People's Republic of China, in order to safeguard national security and interests, and to fulfill international obligations such as non-proliferation, it has been decided to include 10 U.S. entities including Aveox in the export control list, and take the following measures:

1. Exporters are prohibited from exporting dual-use items to the above 10 entities, and organizations and individuals from any country or region are prohibited from transferring or providing dual-use items originating from China to these entities; Ongoing related export activities should be stopped immediately.

2. In special circumstances, if export is necessary, the exporter shall apply to the Ministry of Commerce.

FULL LIST.

1. Aveox, Inc.

Address: 2265A Ward Ave., Simi Valley, CA, USA

Postal Code: 93065

Common name: AVEOX

2. Red Cat Holdings, Inc.

Address: 2800 S West Temple St., Unite 2, South Salt Lake, UT, USA

Postal code: 84115

Common name: Red Cat

3. Teal Drones, Inc.

Address: 2800 S West Temple St., Unite 2, South Salt Lake, UT, USA

Postal code: 84115

Common names: Teal Drones, iDrone

4. IMSAR, LLC (IMSAR, LLC)

Address: 940 S 2000 W#140 Springville, UT, USA

Postal code: 84663

Common name: IMSAR

5. Jaia Robotics, Inc.

Address：22 Burnside St Bristol, RI, USA

Postal Code: 02809

Common name：Jaia Robotics

6. Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.

Address：10 Longs Peak Drive, Broomfield, CO, USA

Postal Code: 80301

Common name：Ball Aerospace, Space & Mission Systems business of BAE Systems

7. Oshkosh Defense, LLC

Address：2307 Oregon Street, Oshkosh, WI, USA

Postal Code: 54902

Common Name：Oshkosh Defense

8. L3哈里斯海事服务公司(L3Harris Maritime Services, Inc.)

地 址：3835 E Princess Anne Rd, Norfolk, VA, USA

Postal Code: 23502

Common Name:L3Harris Maritime

9. 芒廷帕斯材料公司（MP Materials Corp.）

Address：1700 S Pavilion Center Drive Eighth Floor, Las Vegas, NV, USA

Postal code: 89135

Common Name：MP Materials

10. USA Rare Earth, Inc.

Address：100 W Airport Rd, Stillwater, OK, USA

Postal code: 74075

Common names: USAR, USARE

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

Step 1: Remove filters in Reflecting Pool because Obama put them in.
Step 2: Give your criminal neighbor who runs "Greenwater Services" a $20 million no-bid contract to paint the pool.
Step 3: Fill the pool with water from the Potomac River, the phosphates from which cause algae blooms.
Step 4: Freshly sealed pool and extreme heat result in a super scum event
Step 5: Direct National Park Service to dump hydrogen peroxide into the pool which causes the paint to peel.
Step 5: Deploy US National Guard to stop people from taking photos of the swamp as a perfect metaphor for the administration.
Step 6: Blame someone else.

[Cuckturd @CattardSlim]

The Vice President of the United States says he doesn't understand international diplomacy like Jared (Trumps son in law) & Steve (Real estate guy)

We're being led by fucking idiots.
The Iran war is never ending.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Lindsey Graham: "I spent 4.5 hours with President Trump on Friday. Here's what I think will happen next. If this deal fails, President Trump is gonna take the Strait of Hormuz over by force. We'll charge a fee for all those who go through to pay for the operation ... if Iran contests control of the Strait of Hormuz by the United States we'll obliterate them."

[Megatron @Megatron_ron]

BREAKING: 🇺🇸🇮🇱 The Iranian pressure has succeeded; Trump instructed Netanyahu to order a partial withdrawal from southern Lebanon, per Israel Army Radio

[(((Tendar))) @Tendar]

Ukrainian drones are methodically wiping out ferries connecting Russia with the occupied peninsula of Crimea. In this footage three ferries are burning.

Absolutely impressive!

[Megatron @Megatron_ron]

JUST IN:🇺🇸🇮🇷Trump has threatened the Iranian officials in Switzerland that they won’t make it back to Iran if they close the Strait of Hormuz while Netanyahu bombs Lebanon, per Fox News

Trump says he spoke with Iranian officials and told them, "You close the Strait of Hormuz and you won't have a country."

He also told them, "You won't even make it back to your f*cking country."

Despite this claim Iran has closed the Strait of Hormuz

[(((Tendar))) @Tendar]

Dramatic events are unfolding in the Russian-occupied peninsula of Crimea, Ukraine.

Local Russian regime authorities announced that all fuel deliveries to civilians are suspended. The remaining fuel resources are distributed to government (military) forces and emergency only.

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

Eric Schmidt saying the quiet part out loud: "What I don't like about [China's AI] is that it's all open source which means it's largely uncontrolled and not controlled in any way by us."

He adds, "if that makes you feel any better," that only 2 or 3 countries can be independent AI powers.

In other words, it's all about hegemony: the ideal scenario is a world where AI is controlled by the US - and the fewer countries that can resist that, the better.

Src for the video: https://t.co/Gk5iAMtBqa