#Such as Netherlands and the nordics who are not Denmark

[someone-you-do-not-know]

52, 42 hehehe, 35, 22 (all of them, I'd say), and 4! <3

52. What is the biggest obstacle you find you have to overcome when writing These days, it's having the time. But usually, it's finding out when I have done enough research to start writing. Like, just yesterday, I was looking up if phones make a sound when you're hung up on (they don't), which I really should know as a person who has owned phones for 16 years. So I get into these deep holes on checking and double checking information, instead of just letting the words flow. It's silly. No one's going to correct me if I get the presence of air conditioning in Italy 2007 wrong. But I've still spent hours trying to find any concrete numbers about it.

42. What appeals to you about the characters you write and 35. What makes your characterisation different than others (they're connected to me) Now we're asking the hard questions. That they are assholes. Hear me out, please. To me, the characters I write are all kinda bad people. Specifically hotheaded assholes with good intentions. And by being a nation, that in itself means Hetalia characters are going to be kind of... bad as people. But that in itself, the struggle between being not-good yet wanting to be good in some way, that appeals to me – that's probably why I love tsunderes and cocky assholes the most. And it's probably also what's different... Because when I start writing a story, I already decided everyone involved is a bastard of a person from the beginning, so....... And that's also why I focus so much on two of the most asshole-ish characters in Hetalia.

22. What fic of yours deserves more love You charmer, you. 😊 Probably the one Nyotalia fanfic I've written. It has the secondleast amount of hits out of all my stories, but like, I really love it. It's not perfect but it's the closest to a Historical Hetalia I can go with my current amount of knowledge, and it's also the fastest 4k words I've ever written (I wrote it in a day) – it's not sloppy though, it just spawned itself fully formed in my brain, and I was possessed by a demon until it was done.

4. What character do you want to write but haven't Cuba. I want to write Cuba so bad. I've always really liked how huggable he is. He'll get his turn.

[doueverwonder]

Dumbest HWS HC Dump

Germany is the UN's premier pen thief

Belgium plays accordion bc vibes

Whenever the rest of the Nordics are being particularly annoying Iceland says stuff like "I wish my population was still completely Irish monks >:\"

Greece is one of those ppl who sleeps through every meeting but if u wake him up and ask him to repeat what you just said he'll repeat it Word For Word.

Scotland rlly likes deep fried oreos, it's like his darkest secret.

Lithuania has a toothbrush at 97% of Eastern/Central Europe's houses.

Denmark tried to jump on the cold plunge trend and just ended up giving himself hypothermia

Netherlands & Sweden always have random bumps & bruises on their heads bc they're rlly tall and rlly bad at ducking in time.

Hand in Hand Bel & Lux and Dan & Nor have had entire conversations that could be summed up in "Dumbest things our really tall brothers have hit their heads on"

Monaco on paper is Italian just so she can gamble in her own country, she's Italian instead of French out of spite towards France.

that's all i can think of rn, i'll be back with more eventually.

[picturesdarkpurple-69]

What are your thoughts on Denmark in general?? I ship him unconventionally a lot, especially with Germany or America, sometimes with Prussia or Netherlands 🫣 I understand why DenNor is the most popular shipping but there's something about him that screams "I'm loud and obnoxious in public bc I want you to shut me up in bed" like very bratty energy, very kinky, much more submissive than he lets on, ultimately he just wants an equally buff dude he can be vulnerable with and then have hot switch sex with idk what are your thoughts? 👀

I think Denmark is a funny lil guy with too much confidence and it's really funny to me that canonically, he sees himself as the leader of the nordics while they're apathetic to his declarations.

I do love dennor a hell of a lot, but I also enjoy pairing him up with all sorts of characters like America, Prussia, Belarus, any of the other noridics, and more. I often find myself putting him in polycules; the awesome trio (DenAmePru) is funny bc it's just a bunch of frat/military bros seeing who can be the most selfish in bed; dennorbela is hot bc we now get a sexy apathetic femdom to put both men in their place; the nordics all together make for some great plot/character dynamics, especially if it's messy~

I've never checked out Germany or Netherlands x Denmark, but I can see the vision. Built hardasses, strict in their demeanors who can put up a good fight against the Dane is always an A+ to me.

In any pairing with Denmark, I see him as someone who enjoys rough sex with lots of biting and scratching. He loves any excuse for him and his partner(s) to roughhouse, building up adrenaline and sweat before anyone's put any dick in any hole. I think his overconfidence in himself and his abilities is what pushes his partner(s) to want to shut his stupid mouth up and fuck him into such a stupor.

[shonpota]

These countries? They don't care about humanity in Palestine and that's enough as a reason not eagerly help their government

Don't support their govt. Just shadow banned their govt from any industry.

THOSE WHO ARE AGAINST:

UNITED STATES (very shameless)

AUSTRIA

HUNGARY

CROATIA

CZECH Republic

ISRAEL (this terrorist country, I swear)

Fiji

Guatemala

Marshall Islands

Micronesia

Nauriu

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

Tonga

Those who are neutral (also useless) :

Albania

Australia (fuck you Aussie, I don't even wanna go there anymore)

Bulgaria (is your brain made of yoghurt??)

Cabo Verde

Cameroon

Canada (begone Canada)

Cyprus (you are a rich country and can't afford humanity?? Even a poor people can afford having humanity.)

Denmark (shame on you)

Estonia (may your internet perish)

Ethiopia

Finland (shame on you 2)

Georgia

Germany (shame on you, you have control in Europe but you are too stupid to use it)

Greece (shame on you)

Haiti

Iceland (are Nordics all war criminals supporter or doesn't have heart???)

India

Italy (I hope their blood is clotted like tomato sauce)

Japan (shame on you, Japan)

Kiribati

Latvia (Baltic countries are stupid)

Lithuania (see? They are stupid)

Monaco (shame on you. May those gamblings facilities in your place never make you prosperous)

Netherland (may your country drown)

North Macedonia

Palau

Panama

Republic of Korea (shame on you)

Republic of Molossia

Romania (may blood epidemic hits you)

San Marino

Serbia

Slovakia (shame on you)

South Sudan

Sweden (all Nordic countries are awful!)

Tunisia (I guess your dates aren't worth buying. Let's just ban dates from Tunisia)

Ukraine (you are actually under similar but better situation with being supported by the West)

Uruguay

Zambia

[grimm-the-tiger]

If you're into SatW still, what are your headcanons on any character? If at all?

I'll do you one better and give you several!

Iceland and Norway are not full brothers. Iceland's mother is Sister Ireland, who booked it as soon as her kids were born, and he was raised by Norway because their father refused to take responsibility.

Iceland is buddy-buddies with the entire bureaucracy of Hell.

The cat demons' meows sound like old laugh tracks.

Wales and New Zealand's kid can switch between human and sheep forms at will.

Sister Japan can kick ass if she really wants to.

No one knows where Sweden came from. As far as anyone's concerned, he appeared out of the blue one day. He's probably related to the other Nordics somehow, but no one knows how. He's like that cousin who pops up out of nowhere at family reunions and keeps changing his story about how he's related to you.

Sweden is absolutely terrified of Scania turning out like Denmark. It's bad enough he already has to deal with Denmark and Christiania, he doesn't need to deal with a third one who also lives in his house.

Iceland didn't kill his children. He just has a really sick sense of humor and likes using their ashes to terrorize the kids he babysits.

Norway, Sister Norway, and Svalbard are triplets. (This one might be canon, idk.) There was a fourth sibling once. No one knows what happened to her.

Christiania is Denmark's kid with Sister Netherlands.

Norway likes to sew. This one's probably also canon.

[jamtlandsarkiv]

🌸 & 🏛️?

Hetalia Emoji Asks

🌸 - Let's start off easy. Who are your top three favorite characters?

"Never ask a man his salary, a woman her age, and a Scandinavia stan his 3 favorite characters" — Eleanor Roosevelt

I'll spare the extremely predictable answer and choose only from canon characters that aren't part of the Nordics: Estonia, Singapore and the Netherlands.

🏛 - If you could pick one historical event to be adapted into Hetalia, what would it be?

I might be overthinking this one because "adapted into Hetalia" sounds like it has to fit into a 5-minute or shorter episode without the potential for severe misinterpretation and it should be lighthearted so the characters can crack unfunny jokes about it. With these limitations, I'd choose to focus on an invention or something culturally significant. Maybe Sweden working under Linné to develop biological taxonomy or summarizing the history of Swedish traditions like Midsummer or Lucia and how he does things differently from the rest of Scandinavia. A surströmming episode that explains how the dish was developed and how it's actually consumed (hint: not straight out the can) would genuinely be greatly educational for the average internet user.

As for more serious options, assuming that this dream episode can approach the historical events maturely, I'd want something that corrects the historical misconceptions of previous episodes (the Denmark-Norway and Sweden-Finland relationships, basically). The Denmark-Norway episode needs to show that Norway and Denmark weren't on equal standing in the union and Norway wasn't upset to gain independence from Denmark at all. The Sweden-Finland one should be set during the Finnish wars for independence and show that Finland can fight for himself and isn't scared of Sweden. There's free SuFin bait as well because Sweden offered a lot of military aid to Finland during that time.

Thanks for the ask!

[fireandspiceland]

ok so my friends been talking about this fanfic that was deleted a little while ago where there’s a spell gone wrong and it turned into a girl and the Nordics and some other nations get pretty flustered(also this takes place during a world meeting so the meetings take place over a week and the spell was put on Iceland a day before they left for the meeting) and Iceland decides to have a bit of fun with the spell so he purposely tries to fluster some nations throughout the meetings and eventually at some point after the meeting they end up going to Icelands hotel room and Iceland pegs some of the nations I think it included Norway,Denmark,Finland,Sweden,Kong kong,Korea,Netherlands and a few other I think it wasn’t a massive orgy it happened at different times except for once chapter where Iceland fucks both Norway and Denmark and when everyone’s leaving to go home after the world meetings are over the male nations who got fucked are just shook cause they didn’t expect icey to top and honestly they didn’t kind it and I wish the fanfic wasn’t deleted and I can’t stop thinking about it I love the idea

Now I, too, wish the fanfic wasn't deleted. And can I say this has huge like trans girl Iceland vibes? As a boy (or while he's perceived as a boy) he's all shy and isn't noticed much but then she's a girl and suddenly she's confident, flirtatious , and topping some guys like twice as big as her (*caugh* netherlands *caugh*). Either way I love it.

[lietpolski]

Denmark, 0! (I'm so glad they added an all option!)

!!! ok here we go :D

1) what would their social media page/activity be like: i've discussed this w/ a friend but i think denmark is the most technologically capable after sweden! i think on twitter he's a little more professional (but he loves rting feel-good stuff) BUT he shines on insta. it's full of artsy pictures of the danish countryside and embarrassing videos of him and his friends on his stories :,)

2) what animal they remind me of: i don't care that it's predictable that man is a puppy!!!! manga denmark is a golden retriever but anime denmark is a yippy chihuahua with that fucking voice

3) my thoughts on their design/aesthetic alone: LOVE!! i think his canon outfit is really nice compared to.... whatever the other four are doing!! his hair is dumb but it's dumb /affectionate /i love him

4) physical headcanons: i got a few! he's an early bird!! and a light sleeper. physique-wise he's the second tallest nordic and he has BIG ass arms (an axe was his main weapon so!! makes sense to me!) he has a huge sweet tooth + he loves pastries!! but his favourite is whatever norway bakes because he's a softie :) as for actual food.... this man survives on sandwiches hot dogs and beer. get well soon x

5) social headcanons: denmark is the nordic with the most friends outside of the group!! finland comes close, because everyone loves finland and he has estonia & hungary, but i think denmark's outside friendships are more involved! a strip that really stuck with me is one during the denmark-norway period, where he goes to the netherlands and asks him to give him the buddy price on weaponry and ned agrees despite how he usually is :,) within the group, i see him as having an older-brother-but-kinda-dad relationship with iceland. sweden and him are close now and they're just the brothers who had a fallout but now r coping by insulting themselves jokingly (only when they're a few drinks in sometimes it's not a joke). he and fin only became close in later centuries but their personalities are super compatible so they're great friends!! and he and norway... oughghhg you're talking to dennor lover #1 here HAH to me they've been basically on-and-off in love for 1100 years or so :,) i'll go more into it in a future post so i'll stop here but!! yeah!!

6) psychological headcanons: i feel like i covered most of this in my denmark analysis!! but hm yeah for me his greateast fear is for sure isolating his family again. and despite how carefree he acts, i think he weighs his decisions very carefully because of what happened in the past when he didn't. i think he's actually really good with dealing with anger in modern day (he's had a lot of practice) but he regrets how he used to be before. speaking of before!! i love to think abt him from the viking era to approximately the late 1500s just... cocky bloodthirsty denmark is really fun to explore and i think people should play it up more instead of making him p much as sweet as in modern times! i dont think he wouldve been anything like that to anyone but his family and own people (also animals btw this guy loves animals 100%)

7) ship(s) with them that i like or at least consider: in terms of like... my version of canon i'm a dennor soloshipper i think :,) BUT i find denmark/norway/finland/sweden fun to think about!! also denmark/estonia is a rarepair i think is veryvery cute. and some classic nedden never hurt anyone!

8) made-up connections with other characters that weren't in the canon (friends, enemies, whatever): yes!! estonia as i just mentioned! he was danish land once and he's a nordic fanboy now so they have to have some kind of relationship! also prussia; i know they do have the whole awesome trio thing going on, BUT i think historical denmark & prussia is not spoken about enough. the 2 were on the same side all the time back then!! finally i find it really funny if he and poland get on each others nerves HAH again because of historical reasons!

9) headcanons about their past: again covered a lot of these already but!! here's one that's a little different. denmark was the first to become christian, and i think he would've annoyed the fuck out of norway and sweden (who were still norse pagan) about it! sometimes it just got him exasperated eye rolls, sometimes it got him beheaded, yk how it goes

10) content about them I'd like to see more of: anything i love denmark sosososo much more iceland & denmark content!!! i adore norway & iceland don't get me wrong but they for sure overshadow ice & dan when it comes to familial dynamics and it's a shame! also i think a lot of the historical content focuses on the viking era, the fall of the kalmar union or 1814, and i'd like to see more of him in the 1500s-1700s!! he was up to interesting stuff!!

[mariacallous]

This story is part of a joint investigation between Lighthouse Reports and WIRED. To read other stories from the series, click here.

In a sparsely decorated corner office of the Danish Public Benefits Administration sits one of Denmark’s most quietly influential people. Annika Jacobsen is the head of the agency’s data mining unit, which, over the past eight years, has conducted a vast experiment in automated bureaucracy. Blunt, and with a habit of completing others’ sentences, Jacobsen is clear about her mission: “I’m here to catch cheaters.”

Denmark’s Public Benefits Administration employs hundreds of people who oversee one of the world's most well-funded welfare states. The country spends 26 percent of its GDP on benefits—more than Sweden, the United States, and the United Kingdom. It’s been hailed as a leading example of how governments can support their most vulnerable citizens. Bernie Sanders, the US senator, called the Nordic nation of 6 million people a model for how countries should approach welfare.

But over the past decade, the scale of Denmark’s benefits spending has come under intense scrutiny, and the perceived scourge of welfare fraud is now at the top of the country’s political agenda. Armed with questionable data on the amount of benefits fraud taking place, conservative politicians have turned Denmark’s famed safety net into a polarizing political battleground. 

It has become an article of faith among the country’s right-wing politicians that Denmark is losing hundreds of millions of euros to benefits fraud each year. In 2011, KMD, one of Denmark’s largest IT companies, estimated that up to 5 percent of all welfare payments in the country were fraudulent. KMD’s estimates would make the Nordic nation an outlier, and its findings have been criticized by some academics. In France, it’s estimated that fraud amounts to 0.39 percent of all benefits paid. A similar estimate made in the Netherlands in 2016 by broadcaster RTL found the average amount of fraud per benefit payment was €‎17 ($18), or just 0.2 percent of total benefits payments. The perception of widespread welfare fraud has empowered Jacobsen to establish one of the most sophisticated and far-reaching fraud detection systems in the world. She has tripled the number of state databases her agency can access from three to nine, compiling information on people’s taxes, homes, cars, relationships, employers, travel, and citizenship. Her agency has developed an array of machine learning models to analyze this data and predict who may be cheating the system.

Documents obtained by Lighthouse Reports and WIRED through freedom-of-information requests show how Denmark is building algorithms to profile benefits recipients based on everything from their nationality to whom they may be sleeping next to at night. They reveal a system where technology and political agendas have become entwined, with potentially dangerous consequences.

Danish human rights groups such as Justitia describe the agency’s expansion as “systematic surveillance” and disproportionate to the scale of welfare fraud. Denmark's system has yet to be challenged under EU law. Whether the country’s experiments with machine learning cross a legal line is a question that could be answered by the European Union’s landmark Artificial Intelligence Act, proposed legislation that aims to safeguard human rights against emerging technologies.

The debate about welfare in Denmark changed in October 2012, when officials asked residents to send in photos of suspected welfare cheats in their local area. The call led some left-leaning commentators to warn of a “war on welfare,” and arrived as the far-right Danish People’s Party—which criticized the government for “luring” immigrants with welfare benefits—rose up in opinion polls. 

Within a year, consulting firm Deloitte released an audit of welfare fraud controls in Denmark, finding them inadequate to detect fraud in an increasingly digitized welfare system. The auditors, commissioned by the Danish finance ministry, estimated the “short-term savings” of a new “risk-scoring infrastructure” to be €126 million.

Deloitte’s vision was realized in February 2015 with a bill that overhauled the Danish welfare state. It proposed a massive expansion of the Public Benefit Administration’s powers, including the ability to store and collect data on millions of people, access other authorities’ databases, and even request data from foreign governments. Largely unnoticed at the time, it also called for the creation of a “data mining unit” to “control for social benefits fraud.”

The bill was backed by all of the major political parties in Denmark and became law in April 2015. That month, Jacobsen left an IT job in the financial sector to become Denmark’s first head of data mining and fraud detection. 

As Jacobsen got to work, conservative politician Troels Lund Poulsen took office in June 2015 as Denmark’s new employment minister. He implemented random airport checks to catch welfare recipients taking undeclared vacations, and proposed giving the new data mining unit access to welfare recipients’ electricity and water bills in order to detect where they were living. He was joined by a growing chorus of supporters, with one municipality reportedly asking for data from cell towers to track where welfare recipients were staying. “It’s about politics,” Poulsen said in March 2018. “It is important for me to send a clear signal that we will not accept social cheating and fraud.”

Jacobsen’s critics have accused her unit of conducting mass surveillance, but she argues that there are clear safeguards that prevent overreach. Jacobsen says her algorithms don’t actually cancel benefits—they only flag people as suspicious. Ultimately, it is up to a human fraud investigator to make the final call, and citizens have the right to appeal their decisions. “You are not guilty just because we point you out. There will always be a person that looks into your data,” she says.

The majority of Danish residents flagged for investigation are found innocent. Of the nearly 50,000 cases selected by the data mining unit in 2022, 4,000, or 8 percent, resulted in some form of punishment. In the cases where wrongdoing was found, the data mining unit has managed to recover €‎23.1 million—a significant return on its annual budget of €‎3.1 million.

But the scale and reach of Denmark's data collection has been criticized by the Danish Institute of Human Rights, an independent human rights watchdog, and the Danish Data Protection Authority, a public body that enforces privacy regulations. Justitia has compared the Public Benefits Administration to the National Security Agency in the US, and claimed that its digital monitoring of millions of Danish residents violates their privacy rights.

Jacobsen says the agency’s use of data is proportional under European data protection laws, and that preventing error and fraud is important to maintain trust in the welfare state. The Public Benefits Administration is also looking to have its algorithms check citizens earlier in the process, when they first apply for benefits, to avoid situations where they have to repay large sums of money. “Most citizens are honest; however, there will always be some citizens who try to get welfare benefits that they are not entitled to,” Jacobsen says. 

Jacobsen also argues that machine learning is fairer than analog methods. Anonymous tips about potential welfare cheats are unreliable, she claims. In 2017, they made up 14 percent of the cases selected for investigation by local fraud officials, whereas cases from her data unit amounted to 26 percent. That means her unit is more effective than anonymous tips, but nearly half of the cases local investigators decide to take on come from their own leads. Random selection is also unfair, she claims, because it means burdening people when there are no grounds for suspicion. “[Critics] say that when the machine is looking at data, it is violating the citizen, [whereas] I might think it’s very violating looking at random citizens,” Jacobsen says. “What is a violation of the citizen, really? Is it a violation that you are in the stomach of the machine, running around in there?”

Denmark isn’t alone in turning to algorithms amid political pressure to crack down on welfare fraud. France adopted the technology in 2010, the Netherlands in 2013, Ireland in 2016, Spain in 2018, Poland in 2021, and Italy in 2022. But it’s the Netherlands that has provided the clearest warning against technological overreach. In 2021, a childcare benefits scandal, in which 20,000 families were wrongly accused of fraud, led to the resignation of the entire Dutch government. It came after officials interpreted small errors, such as a missing signature, as evidence of fraud, and forced welfare recipients to pay back thousands of euros they’d received as benefits payments.

As details of the Dutch scandal emerged, it was found that an algorithm had selected thousands of parents—nearly 70 percent of whom were first or second generation migrants—for investigation. The system was abandoned after the Dutch Data Protection Authority found that it had illegally used nationality as a variable, which Amnesty International later compared to “digital ethnic profiling.” 

The EU’s AI Act would ban any system covered by the legislation that “exploits the vulnerabilities of a specific group,” including those who are vulnerable because of their financial situation. Systems like Jacobsen’s, which affect citizens’ access to essential public services, would also likely be labeled as “high risk” and subject to stringent requirements, including transparency obligations and a requirement for “high levels of accuracy.”

The documents obtained by Lighthouse Reports and WIRED appear to show that Denmark’s system goes beyond the one that brought down the Dutch government. They reveal how Denmark’s algorithms use variables like nationality, whose use has been equated with ethnic profiling.

One of Denmark's fraud detection algorithms attempts to work out how someone might be connected to a non-EU country. Heavily redacted documents show that, in order to do this, the system tracks whether a welfare recipient or their “family relations” have ever emigrated from Denmark. Two other variables record their nationality and whether they have ever been a citizen of any country other than Denmark.

Jacobsen says that nationality is only one of many variables used by the algorithm, and that a welfare recipient will not be flagged unless they live at a “suspicious address” and the system isn’t able to find a connection to Denmark.  The documents also show that Denmark’s data mining unit tracks welfare recipients’ marital status, the length of their marriage, who they live with, the size of their house, their income, whether they’ve ever lived outside Denmark, their call history with the Public Benefits Administration, and whether their children are Danish residents.

Another variable, “presumed partner,” is used to determine whether someone has a concealed relationship, since single people receive more benefits. This involves searching data for connections between welfare recipients and other Danish residents, such as whether they have lived at the same address or raised children together. 

“The ideology that underlies these algorithmic systems, and [the] very intrusive surveillance and monitoring of people who receive welfare, is a deep suspicion of the poor,” says Victoria Adelmant, director of the Digital Welfare and Human Rights Project. 

For all the complexity of machine learning models, and all the data amassed and processed, there is still a person with a decision to make at the hard end of fraud controls. This is the fail-safe, Jacobsen argues, but it’s also the first place where these systems collide with reality.

Morten Bruun Jonassen is one of these fail-safes. A former police officer, he leads Copenhagen's control team, a group of officials tasked with ensuring that the city’s residents are registered at the correct address and receive the correct benefits payments. He's been working for the city’s social services department for 14 years, long enough to remember a time before algorithms assumed such importance—and long enough to have observed the change of tone in the national conversation on welfare.

While the war on welfare fraud remains politically popular in Denmark, Jonassen says only a “very small” number of the cases he encounters involve actual fraud. For all the investment in it, the data mining unit is not his best source of leads, and cases flagged by Jacobsen’s system make up just 13 percent of the cases his team investigates—half the national average. Since 2018, Jonassen and his unit have softened their approach compared to other units in Denmark, which tend to be tougher on fraud, he says. In a case documented in 2019 by DR, Denmark’s public broadcaster, a welfare recipient said that investigators had trawled her social media to see whether she was in a relationship before wrongfully accusing her of welfare fraud.

While he gives credit to Jacobsen’s data mining unit for trying to improve its algorithms, Jonassen has yet to see significant improvement for the cases he handles. “Basically, it’s not been better,” he says. In a 2022 survey of Denmark’s towns and cities conducted by the unit, officials scored their satisfaction with it, on average, between 4 and 5 out of 7.

Jonassen says people claiming benefits should get what they’re due—no more, no less. And despite the scale of Jacobsen’s automated bureaucracy, he starts more investigations based on tips from schools and social workers than machine-flagged cases. And, crucially, he says, he works hard to understand the people claiming benefits and the difficult situations they find themselves in. “If you look at statistics and just look at the screen,” he says, “you don’t see that there are people behind it.” 

Additional reporting by Daniel Howden, Soizic Penicaud, Pablo Jiménez Arandia, and Htet Aung. Reporting was supported by the Pulitzer Center’s AI Accountability Fellowship and the Center for Artistic Inquiry and Reporting.

[hws-lceland]

19, 20, 42, and 46 for the Hetalia Ask

-ArthurHonda

19. Who has the shittiest phone by choice?

Francis 100% but I was originally gonna say Tolys or Yao

20. Favorite hetalia relationship dynamic?

I assume this does not necessarily mean romantic in which case (gestures to the Nordics) but that is probably the obvious answer sorry. I also really love the relationship between Prussia and Germany and Prussia/Holy Rome. At least character wise I don't know much on their irl history

42. Any Hetalia merch (official or fan made) rave-worthy?

I don't know if I understand this question properly but I will just use this opportunity to say @/tejennnn 's drink Keychains/stickers are SOOO CUTE i love them so much I have the Denmark and Estonia ones but I really want the rest of the Nordics and also Netherlands. They bring me so much joy.

For official merch I don't know there is a lot I want but the only Hetalia merch I currently own is the Veneziano pop up parade

46. Who gives the warmest hugs?

SWEDEN!!!! I also think Denmark, Hungary, Finland, and Turkey also give very warm hugs

[masked-disciple]

It's been a longass time since I've actually looked at a map of Europe in detail, so I decided to take a shot at it? (I'm from Canada if that helps.)

I am very confident in the order of the Nordic countries. I am... incredibly not confident in the exact order of Netherlands / Lithuania / Latvia. I blanked in most of the Alps / Balkans area because it's all just mountains, I'm not so sure anyone actually lives there. I know that northwest country to Greece starts with an A and my mind is supplying "Alberquerque" but that is a town in Nowhere, Midwest America where I have friends so that's not right.

At this point I'm more amused by the fact I know many of the smaller islands (Faroese, Cyprus, Sicily, Crete which I didn't label but it's the horizontal one under Greece, and the Azores west of Portugal) and yet the entire mountainy centre is a giant shrug.

Unsure what the country between Switzerland and Austria is, assuming that Switzerland is the one that shares a border with France and not the one directly east of it, placing some country I don't know between Switzerland and France. Austria and Hungary might be backwards, idk, I only remember they share a border with Germany because that kickstarted WWI.

I'm gonna go look up an actual map now and see how I did. Probably badly. xD; Any Europeans who are mad at my solid attempt should get a map of Canada and correctly place all the maritime provinces. They're about the same size as most of the Balkan countries. Don't forget the French islands.

edit: ...I forgot about Poland. (Shameful, I have multiple friends in Poland.) And Czech Republic. And Slovenia. Completely fucked up the Nordic countries, absolutely shameful. The name I couldn't remember northwest of Greece was Albania, and I got Belarus mixed up with Bulgaria. (Remembered it started with a B and is Russia's little sibling, but that was about it.) Also forgot Macedonia and Estonia, and wildly misplaced Denmark. (I knew Denmark was a bridge over water away from the other Nordic countries, and it wasn't marked separate from Germany which would've tipped me off, so that's on me. Sorry, Danes.) I did get Montenegro correct, which makes me happy, because I know actually nothing about it other than the name so I'm glad I didn't wholly fuck up the Balkans. Oops.

In the continuing map wars, it turns out Americans don’t know anything about Europe. 

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Pneumonia Testing Market Size: Regional Outlook and Analysis 2024-2036

Research Nester has released a report titled "Pneumonia Testing Market: Global Demand Analysis and Opportunity Outlook 2036". The report provides a detailed overview of the global pneumonia testing market in terms of type, method, end-user, and market segmentation by region.

Moreover, for in-depth analysis, the report includes an in-depth discussion on the current and future market trends related to the growth of the industry, restraints, supply and demand risks, and market growth.

Market Overview

The pneumonia testing market size is expected to reach USD 3 billion by the end of 2033, growing at a CAGR of 6% during the forecast period 2023~2033. The size of the pneumonia testing industry in 2022 exceeded USD 608 million.

Market Segmentation

The market is segmented by end-user into hospitals, diagnostic labs, home care, and others. Out of these segments, the hospitals segment is anticipated to hold the largest share by the end of 2031. The surge in the number of hospitals and the cutting-edge technologies offered by hospitals are some of the major factors anticipated to drive the growth of this segment during the forecast period.

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Market Growth Factors and Challenges

The global pneumonia testing market is estimated to garner a revenue of USD 3 Billion by the end of 2033, up from a revenue of around USD 607.5 Million in the year 2022. Ans: Increasing incidences of pneumonia, increasing COVID19 cases, and rising geriatric population are some of the major factors anticipated to drive the market growth.

Regional Overview

Geographically, the global pneumonia testing market is segmented into five major regions including North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America and Middle East & Africa. Out of which, the North America pneumonia testing market is projected to hold the largest market share by the end of 2033. The increasing prevalence of pneumonia in the region, along with the presence of significant market players in the region, are some of the major factors anticipated to drive the growth of the Asia-Pacific pneumonia testing market.

The survey was conducted on a global scale and was conducted in North America (United States, Canada), Europe (United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Hungary, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Nordic (Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark), Poland, Turkey, Russia, and other European countries), Latin America (Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Rest of Latin America), Asia Pacific (China, India, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand and Rest of Asia Pacific), Middle East & Africa (Israel, GCC (Saudi Arabia, UAE), Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and Oman), North Africa, South Africa, and Rest of the Middle East and Africa) market is covered. In addition, the analysis, which includes market size, Y-O-Y growth & Opportunity Analysis, competitive studies of market players, investment opportunities, demand for future prospects, etc., is also covered and displayed in the research report.

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Increasing Number of COVID-19 Infections to Boost the Market Growth

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced that as of September 26, 2022, 612,236,677 cases of COVID-19 infection were confirmed worldwide.

COVID19 is known to take many lives around the world. Some of those who suffered from the disease had pneumonia in both lungs. This condition, also known as COVID-associated pneumonia (NCIP), was reported in 2020 with 8,385,450 cases of COVID-19 (COVID19) pneumonia reported worldwide and recorded 450,690 deaths.

However, the widespread use of X-rays for the detection of pneumonia, the high cost of testing equipment, and the high tendency to utilize conventional methods to identify the pathogen that causes pneumonia are expected to be the major restraints for the growth of the global pneumonia testing market over the forecast period.

Key Players in the Market

The report also provides the current competitive landscape of the key players in the global pneumonia testing market, including Abbott, Quidel Corporation, and Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., bioMérieux SA, INTEC, OpGen, BD (Becton, Dickinson, and Company), Meridian Bioscience, Inc., Luminex Corporation (DiaSorin S.p.A.), F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.It includes company profiling such as: Profiling includes important information about a company, such as business overview, products and services, key financial position, and recent news and developments. Overall, the report provides a detailed overview of the global pneumonia testing market, helping industry consultants, equipment manufacturers, existing players looking for expansion opportunities, new players looking for potential, and other stakeholders to align their market-centric strategies according to current and future projected trends.

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Endoscopic Closure Systems Market By Product, Growth and Research 2024-2032

The Reports and Insights, a leading market research company, has recently releases report titled “Endoscopic Closure Systems Market: Global Industry Trends, Share, Size, Growth, Opportunity and Forecast 2024-2032.” The study provides a detailed analysis of the industry, including the global Endoscopic Closure Systems Market Research share, size, trends, and growth forecasts. The report also includes competitor and regional analysis and highlights the latest advancements in the market.

Report Highlights:

How big is the Endoscopic Closure Systems Market?

The endoscopic closure systems market size reached US$ 304.6 Million in 2023. Looking forward, Reports and Insights expects the market to reach US$ 444.9 Million by 2032, exhibiting a growth rate (CAGR) of 4.3% during 2024-2032.

What are Endoscopic Closure Systems?

Endoscopic closure systems are medical tools employed during endoscopic procedures to seal incisions or perforations within the gastrointestinal tract. These systems usually comprise a delivery device and closure mechanism, such as clips or sutures, utilized to secure the wound. By preventing complications like bleeding or infection, endoscopic closure systems aid in the healing process. They are frequently employed in procedures like endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) and endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) to guarantee the procedure's safety and efficacy.

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What are the growth prospects and trends in the Endoscopic Closure Systems industry?

The endoscopic closure systems market growth is driven by various factors. The endoscopic closure systems market is experiencing substantial growth due to the increasing global prevalence of gastrointestinal disorders and a rising number of endoscopic procedures. These systems are essential for ensuring procedure safety and effectiveness by enabling the closure of gastrointestinal tract incisions or perforations. Moreover, technological advancements that result in the creation of more sophisticated and user-friendly closure systems are driving market expansion. The market is also impacted by the growing preference for minimally invasive procedures and the escalating demand for enhanced patient outcomes. Hence, all these factors contribute to endoscopic closure systems market growth.

What is included in market segmentation?

The report has segmented the market into the following categories:

By Product Type:

Trocar Closure Devices

Clip Appliers

Suturing Devices

Ligating Loop Appliers

Hemostasis Devices

Others

By Application:

Gastrointestinal Surgeries

Cardiovascular Surgeries

Gynecological Surgeries

Urological Surgeries

Orthopedic Surgeries

Others

By End-User:

Hospitals

Ambulatory Surgical Centers

Specialty Clinics

Academic and Research Institutes

By Technology:

Mechanical Closure Systems

Absorbable Closure Systems

Barbed Closure Systems

Adhesive Closure Systems

Segmentation By Region:

North America:

United States

Canada

Asia Pacific:

China

India

Japan

Australia & New Zealand

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

Rest of Asia Pacific

Europe:

Germany

The U.K.

France

Spain

Italy

Russia

Poland

BENELUX (Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg)

NORDIC (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark)

Rest of Europe

Latin America:

Brazil

Mexico

Argentina

Rest of Latin America

The Middle East & Africa:

Saudi Arabia

United Arab Emirates

South Africa

Egypt

Israel

Rest of MEA (Middle East & Africa)

Who are the key players operating in the industry?

The report covers the major market players including:

Medtronic

Ethicon (Johnson & Johnson)

Boston Scientific

Olympus Corporation

Teleflex Incorporated

CONMED Corporation

Applied Medical Resources Corporation

Meril Life Sciences

Frankenman Medical Equipment Co., Ltd.

Braun Melsungen AG

Apollo Endosurgery, Inc.

EndoChoice Holdings, Inc. (now part of Boston Scientific)

Grena Ltd.

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you, elizabeta and gilbert go on a roadtrip! Where do you guys go?who is the most calm? The most reckless?the best at planning?what happens on the trip?do you guys get lost?who wants constant snack breaks?

Oh wow this is a great one!

Let’s see…

Well I know Elizabeta and Prussia actually would be the ones who plan because surprisingly both can be pretty tactical when it comes to planning things.

As for where we are going… I think we would travel parts of the Nordic countries, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, Finland and few more~ it would be fun areas and taking breaks in between driving, we would be on boats/ferries.

As for getting lost, the only person getting lost would be me, and maybe elizabeta if I had accidentally gotten too lost and she was out looking for me like the worried sweetheart she is. Meanwhile Gilbert would come to our aid and then brag about it later about how women get lost too easily, which results me and her lightly smacking him and arguing.

The most reckless, when it comes to wanting to take dangerous more risky routes, I’d say Prussia… he’s the type to want to also speed, which would cause me and Elizi some panic 😱. But as for reckless in other things, probably me in that I’m the clumsy and the one who has to be babied for things and protected.

Who wants constant snack breaks? All three of us. If one is hungry, the other two want food as well! We are a foodie trio~ we love food and will probably hit the food places like fifty freaking times in a course of two days haha.

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New Champions League format

UEFA Champions League - 48 domestic League champions (16 highest ranked teams qualify for knockout rounds, competing in 3 league groups of 16 teams over 6 games in a Swiss model). Reigning Champions League, Europa League & 4 regional cup winners are eligible to enter

UEFA Europa League - 16 regional cup group winners progress to Europa League knockout rounds. UEFA Conference League winner will automatically qualify for their regional cup group stage. 16 teams enter every regional cup group stages (64 teams in total)

UEFA Conference League - 8 Conference League group winners (+8 UCL League Round dropouts who finish 17th to 24th) progress to knockout rounds. 32 teams enter Conference League group stage

UEFA Intertoto Cup - 64+ teams who failed to qualify for their regional cups & UEFA Conference League will play home-and-away knockout games. Some of the 64+ teams may enter a pre-qualifying play-off against champions who lost in UEFA Champions League play-offs. 64 teams will then enter 3 play-off rounds. 8 play-off winners will compete against 8 UCL League Round dropouts (who finished 25th to 32nd) in the last 16.

Regional Cup - 3 highest ranked regional group cup winners & 1 highest ranked Champions League club. 4 teams will play one leg semi-finals and final at a neutral venue during July or August

BFN (British French Nordic) Cup- England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Northern Ireland ✋️ Republic of Ireland 🇮🇪 Iceland 🇮🇸 France 🇫🇷 Faroe Islands 🇫🇴 Norway 🇳🇴 Finland 🇫🇮 Sweden 🇸🇪 Estonia 🇪🇪 Latvia 🇱🇻 Lithuania 🇱🇹

SPBA Iberian Cup- Portugal 🇵🇹 Andorra 🇦🇩 Malta 🇲🇹 Gibraltar 🇬🇮 Cyprus 🇨🇾 Slovenia 🇸🇮 Switzerland 🇨🇭 Spain 🇪🇸 Kosovo 🇽🇰 Albania 🇦🇱 Belgium 🇧🇪 Bosnia 🇧🇦 Austria 🇦🇹 Liechtenstein 🇱🇮

Mittel Europa Cup- Netherlands 🇳🇱 Luxembourg 🇱🇺 Montenegro 🇲🇪 San Marino 🇸🇲 Denmark 🇩🇰 Germany 🇩🇪 Belarus 🇧🇾 Moldova 🇲🇩 Hungary 🇭🇺 Poland 🇵🇱 Serbia 🇷🇸 Czech Republic 🇨🇿 Slovakia 🇸🇰

DuoCon Cup- Italy 🇮🇹 North Macedonia 🇲🇰 Armenia 🇦🇲 Greece 🇬🇷 Bulgaria 🇧🇬 Croatia 🇭🇷 Turkey 🇹🇷 Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 Israel 🇮🇱 Georgia 🇬🇪 Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 Ukraine 🇺🇦 Romania 🇷🇴

Foreign players quota (+foreigners of native descent) Only 1 non-UEFA affiliated player permitted for 3 (+2) leagues and only 2 non-UEFA affiliated players permitted for lower leagues

3 (+2) England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 France 🇫🇷 Spain 🇪🇸 Italy 🇮🇹 Germany 🇩🇪 Turkey 🇹🇷 Russia 🇷🇺

6 (+4) Sweden 🇸🇪 Portugal 🇵🇹 Croatia 🇭🇷 Switzerland 🇨🇭 Belgium 🇧🇪 Austria 🇦🇹 Netherlands 🇳🇱 Norway 🇳🇴 Denmark 🇩🇰 Poland 🇵🇱 Serbia 🇷🇸 Czech Republic 🇨🇿 Greece 🇬🇷 Ukraine 🇺🇦 Romania 🇷🇴 Hungary 🇭🇺 Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Israel 🇮🇱

8 (+4) Rep of Ireland 🇮🇪 Finland 🇫🇮 Slovenia 🇸🇮 Kosovo 🇽🇰 Bosnia 🇧🇦 Belarus 🇧🇾 Moldova 🇲🇩 Slovakia 🇸🇰 Bulgaria 🇧🇬 Cyprus 🇨🇾 Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 Azerbaijan 🇦🇿

10 (+4) Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Northern Ireland ✋️ Iceland 🇮🇸 Faroe Islands 🇫🇴 Estonia 🇪🇪 Latvia 🇱🇻 Lithuania 🇱🇹 Andorra 🇦🇩 Malta 🇲🇹 Gibraltar 🇬🇮 Albania 🇦🇱 Liechtenstein 🇱🇮 Luxembourg 🇱🇺 Montenegro 🇲🇪 San Marino 🇸🇲 North Macedonia 🇲🇰 Armenia 🇦🇲 Georgia 🇬🇪

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Business daily Kauppalehti spoke with Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen (NCP) about Finland's ongoing negotiations with Ukraine for a security deal.

The prospective bilateral deal between Helsinki and Kyiv would solidify long-term defence aid for Ukraine.

Reuters reported a similar deal between Denmark and Ukraine, which will ensure 10 years of Danish support for Ukraine. At the same time, Denmark sent Ukraine an aid package totalling 230 million euros and including 15,000 artillery shells.

The deal followed an agreement among the Nordic countries late last year to formalise military assistance to Ukraine.

"It was agreed then [in December] that each country would make these security commitments with Ukraine," Valtonen said.

The United Kingdom, Germany and France have also already signed security agreements with Ukraine following a statement by G7 countries committing to provide long-term military support.

The Danish deal could serve as the precedent for the Finnish deal, with some minor differences.

"It is clear that the existing [security] agreements are also relevant for us, because it is also in Ukraine's interest to a certain extent that these agreements partly define how much aid they receive. Of course, there are also national variations, depending on what Ukraine wants and what can be supplied and where the strengths of each country lie," Valtonen said.

Ukraine announced the ongoing negotiations on Wednesday, but there has been no announcement so far in the process from the Finnish side.

According to Ukraine, the negotiations are led by Andriy Yermak, Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine and representatives from Finland's Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

"Of course, we may have a slightly different communication line, but we have generally started from the point of view that we will communicate when we are further along or when the deal is ready. Then we can give details when there's a deal ready. Of course, we were aware that Ukraine will inform and they have their own information policy, that yes, this is done in full coordination," Valtonen told KL.

Valtonen added that the deal was likely to be completed this spring.

Tampere bike hangar

Tampere-based newspaper Aamulehti covered a pilot programme for bicycle parking the city hopes to implement by partnering with local housing associations.

Tampere's new solution is to use what is called a bicycle hangar, a method of bicycle parking already seen on the streets of the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.

The project's manager Sanna Ovaska from the City of Tampere said that there is a clear need for seamless bicycle parking in the centre of the city.

"New buildings often have slightly better access to cycle parking, but the current situation is very variable, especially in older buildings. Bike cellars can be in awkward places and expensive bikes may not be properly locked," Ovaska told AL.

While the Dutch and British variations have been successful, the demanding Finnish climate will put bicycle hangars to the test, Ovaska added.

Eat your breakfast before it gets cold

Newspaper Helsingin Sanomat highlighted a local Helsinki man who eats breakfast every day in a hole in the ice.

Entrepreneur and chef Miki Puikkonen has been attempting a month-long challenge of the peculiar diet at Helsinki's island park Mustikkamaa.

Wearing neoprene gloves, he has shovelled Finnish staples like berries and porridge into his mouth, along with the more North American pancakes and maple syrup.

To up the ante, the chef has hinted that he might even start trying to make his breakfast while in the freezing water. He said his tolerance for cold water has increased to the point where he might be able to make scrambled eggs.

Puikkonen has found it difficult to regularly ice swim, since finding a suitable place and swimming partners in Helsinki can be tough. Similarly, finding a place to change clothes has proved to be a challenge for ice swimmers in the urban environment.