Sweden voted on 13 September 2026. The four parties that said they wanted Magdalena Andersson as prime minister took 176 seats. The sitting bloc took 173. A majority is 175. Neither side can form a government. On 18 April, at the Left Party congress in Örebro, the party wrote into its platform that if its … Continue reading Left Party Demands Cabinet After 109 Years
Nuclear Baseload Meets the AI Demand Shock
The environmental movement is about to face the compounding invoice of its own legacy. For the past decade, Western political campaigns successfully lobbied for the premature dismantling of stable, clean baseload power. According to the latest data from the World Nuclear Industry Status Report, there are now approximately 224 permanently shut-down reactors globally. Outside of … Continue reading Nuclear Baseload Meets the AI Demand Shock
The Personal Banker is a Sales Bot in a Suit
Morgan Stanley doubled its forecast. European banks could cut up to 20 percent of staff by 2030. That is roughly 400,000 jobs. The cuts sit in back-office, risk and compliance. Lenders want the 30 percent productivity gains so the cost-to-income ratio falls. The last technology shift worked differently. When the branches closed and banking went … Continue reading The Personal Banker is a Sales Bot in a Suit
Sweden’s public bill is 297 000 kr per person. Our household pays over 910 000.
Sweden’s total public expenditure reached SEK 3,148 billion in 2024. That is roughly SEK 297,000 per inhabitant on a population of 10.59 million. The average is not the amount a working-age person must pay to be a net contributor. It is the cost of the entire population, children, pensioners and the unemployed included. A person … Continue reading Sweden’s public bill is 297 000 kr per person. Our household pays over 910 000.
Hitting the Bypass: The Yanbu Missile Was Not a Surprise
The structural vulnerability of the global energy architecture just had its leverage tested. On 16 October 2026, the Saudi-led coalition announced it had intercepted a ballistic missile targeted directly at the Yanbu Red Sea terminal, alongside two cruise missiles over the Red Sea and three drones over the southern and Riyadh regions. The attacks are … Continue reading Hitting the Bypass: The Yanbu Missile Was Not a Surprise
The 25-Day Verdict: GrokBot vs. the 19-Year-Old
My trading bot’s fiercest competitor is my 19-year-old son. His strategy is one line. He takes 1,500 SEK out of his 4,120 SEK CSN grant — that is the 2026 full-time grant for four study weeks, not a calendar month — and buys the US market only on red days and red weeks. To him, … Continue reading The 25-Day Verdict: GrokBot vs. the 19-Year-Old
I will never know if a single person cloned the bot I entered. There is no public counter.
The Grok Bot Sharing Contest closed on September 29. Unique clones are counted for 14 days from the date an entry is submitted. If more than 500 eligible entries exist, only the 500 with the most unique clones advance to judging. Judging runs from October 14 to October 20. The score is four criteria at … Continue reading I will never know if a single person cloned the bot I entered. There is no public counter.
Sweden’s September CPIF rose from 0.7 percent to 1.5 percent. That is more than a doubling. Energy prices did most of the work.
Today's report from Statistics Sweden showed CPIF-XE, the measure that strips out energy, still sitting at 0.5 percent. The lift came from electricity and fuel. Part of that lift was global. On 10–11 September drones launched from Iraqi territory hit pumping stations on Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline, the route that can move up to seven … Continue reading Sweden’s September CPIF rose from 0.7 percent to 1.5 percent. That is more than a doubling. Energy prices did most of the work.
New times, new ways
Sweden spent a decade making cash feel optional. Then it passed a law saying some shops cannot treat it as optional. Act (2026:769) took effect on 1 July 2026. Grocery stores and pharmacies with staffed checkouts must accept cash for purchases up to 0.1 price base amount (5,920 kronor in 2026) and no more than … Continue reading New times, new ways
The Climate Sermon vs. The Energy Balance Sheet
I have said it before and I will say it again: the environmental movement bears significant responsibility for the fact that large parts of the Western world are struggling with unstable power grids. They lobbied for, and got, the premature dismantling of stable, clean baseload power that kept the lights on when the weather did … Continue reading The Climate Sermon vs. The Energy Balance Sheet