Lauri Hallila

A mathematician and a programmer. The account mainly used to follow the situation in Ukraine. Now also following Finnish politics from the leftist perspective.

[Vatnik Soup @P_Kallioniemi]

This actually aged pretty well.

[Vatnik Soup @P_Kallioniemi]

Now that SpaceX is preparing for its IPO, it's a good time to remind people who Elon Musk is. In addition to becoming the world's first trillionaire, he has publicly defended sex traffickers and pedophiles, even asking Epstein to be invited to his "wildest parties."

This tweet has since been deleted - let's not let people forget:

[Lauri Hallila @lhallila]

@P_Kallioniemi Russomaniacs?

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Here you can see the Kremlin’s interference machine in full force: 153k views, 1k shares, and 9k likes in just one hour.

This same machinery was activated when Orbán was campaigning on X in April, and when Tucker Carlson visited Moscow. It inorganically amplifies these accounts on a massive scale.

Since Candace is already a popular podcaster, these numbers may seem perfectly believable. In reality, however, a lot of automated bot farms, paid distribution networks, and influencer networks are sharing these tweets.

This will last until the end of her trip, after which her engagement will return to normal levels.

It all seems organic, but it isn’t.

[Lauri Hallila @lhallila]

@DjDjmoo @kestinen Laskiaispulla on vastlakukkel.

[Vatnik Soup @P_Kallioniemi]

The US has once again allowed Russia to sell oil.

The US Treasury Department has extended the permit for operations involving Russian oil already loaded onto tankers by 30 days.

Disgrace.

[Vatnik Soup @P_Kallioniemi]

People need to realize that even if his entire administration and the MAGA base supported Ukraine, Trump would not.

He admires Putin too much and has received so much help from the Kremlin that he will never betray them.

Russia helped him in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 elections.

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

It goes without saying that, just as Ukraine and Taiwan have already heard it, the Baltic states, Poland, South Korea, and Japan will hear the very same message of betrayal if their hour ever comes.

This man is capable of nothing beyond childish admiration for dictators, cheap empty rhetoric, self-obsession, and lining his own pockets.

But that does not mean the rest of us must sink together with this madness.

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

And for those who are particularly gullible and fall for empty clickbait headlines, I'd like to remind you that Yulia Mendel was disgracefully removed from her position as the presidential spokesperson as far back as in 2021, almost A FULL YEAR BEFORE Russia's full-scale invasion.

So all of her "insider knowledge" about Zelensky's plans in 2022 of "giving up Donbas to Russia" in the "Istabul talks" is nothing more than empty talk and attention craving from a nobody.

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

By the way, want to know where this idiotic “Zelensky snorts cocaine” narrative actually comes from?

Its roots go back to early 2019, when Ukraine’s presidential election campaign was in full swing. The claim that “Zelensky is a drug addict” was aggressively pushed at the time by then-president Petro Poroshenko, who was seeking reelection, along with his massive media machine.

The strategy of discrediting Zelensky and his presidential ambitions through drug allegations was widely attributed to political consultant Moshe Klughaft, known for running highly aggressive election campaigns in different countries, whom Poroshenko’s camp was reportedly bringing in to save his collapsing ratings.

The whole thing descended into completely absurd territory. As many remember, both leading presidential candidates publicly took urine tests in laboratories to prove they were not drug addicts, and Poroshenko then spent weeks almost literally waving around his test results on television. (In fact, that complete lack of restraint in black PR, hysterical self-promotion, and increasingly deranged campaigning was one of the reasons Poroshenko ultimately lost the presidency in 2019.)

Throughout all these years -- before and after 2019 -- there has never been a shred of actual evidence that the demonstrably athletic and health-conscious Zelensky uses drugs.

But after Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, Putin and Russian state propaganda eagerly adopted the old smear campaign for themselves (“…that bunch of drug addicts and neo-Nazis who seized power in Kiev…”)

And now Tucker Carlson is running around repeating it like a fool, unaware that he’s parroting a seven-year-old Ukrainian election dirty trick and making himself look like a moron in the process.

[Vatnik Soup @P_Kallioniemi]

The rats are fleeing the sinking Orbán ship.

[Sakari საქარი Kestinen 🇫🇮🇪🇺🌍🌻 @kestinen]

”Tärkeintä työttömänä on ollut todistaa, että istun kotona tekemättä mitään.”

https://t.co/pUKOLSYhWQ

[Roman Sheremeta 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @rshereme]

Russia is the first country in the world where fascists celebrate victory over fascism.

[Vatnik Soup @P_Kallioniemi]

The American Dream is dead, and that’s why Trump allies and parts of the US media are attacking the “europoor” with headlines like “What Happens When Europeans Find Out How Poor They Are?”

Life for the average American is becoming more and more difficult, with no meaningful societal safety net in place. Many people live paycheck to paycheck, and if you get sick, you’re screwed. Streets in major cities are filled with homeless encampments, and many people have to work two jobs just to get by.

That is why they need to create the illusion of someone being worse off: the “europoor,” who are supposedly overrun by immigrants and unable to afford basic necessities. But these pundits always fail to mention that wealth distribution in the US is extremely skewed. There are plenty of billionaires and soon-to-be trillionaires, while many Americans are drowning in debt and trapped in low-paying jobs.

Meanwhile, many Europeans have access to free or affordable healthcare, live longer, eat healthier, enjoy walkable cities, and are able to enjoy a better work-life balance.

[Darth Putin @DarthPutinKGB]

Day 1537 of my 3 day war. I had to beg Donald to plead with Zelensky to permit my 5th victory parade in a war in losing.

I remain a master strategist.

[Vatnik Soup @P_Kallioniemi]

Tesla’s inspection results in Finland are absolutely brutal.

According to new Finnish vehicle inspection data, 62,7% of 2021 Tesla Model Ys failed their first roadworthiness inspection. The Model 3 followed at 58,7%.

Meanwhile, Europe’s Volkswagen ID.4 had a failure rate of just 5.5%.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

An important step in relations with Hungary – today, the funds and valuables of Oschadbank that were seized by Hungarian special services in March of this year were returned. At the time, the Hungarian side unlawfully detained Ukrainian cash-in-transit officers. We brought our people back sooner, and now both the funds and the valuables are back on Ukrainian territory in full. I am grateful to Hungary for its constructive approach and civilized step. I thank everyone on Ukraine’s team who fought for a fair decision and defended the interests of our state and our people. Glory to Ukraine!

[Vatnik Soup @P_Kallioniemi]

Trump promised the 2026 FIFA World Cup would bring a $30 billion economic boom to the US, but foreign fans are reportedly staying away over visa delays, immigration fears, soaring costs and geopolitical tensions.

Turns out “America First” isn’t that great for tourism after all.

[Vatnik Soup @P_Kallioniemi]

Joe Rogan: "They'll pretend that Hillary Clinton didn't do multiple speeches where she said that the election was stolen, Russia stole the election, with no evidence. But when [Trump] questions the election, it's a threat to democracy."

Hillary's point was that Russia interfered in the elections on a massive scale - she's never claimed any voter fraud.

There is also strong evidence for the interference, mainly the Mueller Report. Even her and the DNC's emails were hacked by the Russians and spread on Wikileaks.

All this was even admitted by the late troll king Yevgeny Prigozhin, who said that "They [the Internet Research Agency] have interfered, are interfering and will interfere in the future."

And Rogan probably knows all this, but he gotta play his role in Trump's stupid game.

Also, Hillary's statements never led to violence and death, unlike Trump's during Jan 6.

[Vatnik Soup @P_Kallioniemi]

In Europe, it took less than a month for Orbán’s illiberal bloc to collapse, and both Fico and Babiš are now supporting Ukraine’s accession to the EU.

It is a clear example of how a cult of personality dissipates after the “great leader” is stripped of power. The same will happen to Trump.