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heepst

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Finnish architect rants about geopolitics, politics, and culture Russia's war in Ukraine as seen from the frontline states The future of Europe and global democracy 🇪🇺🇫🇮🇪🇪🇱🇻🇱🇹🇵🇱🇺🇦

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heepst @heepst.bsky.social · 1h

Don't underestimate the level of ignorance -

54% of Americans between the ages of 16 and 74 read below the equivalent of a sixth-grade level.

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heepst @heepst.bsky.social · 1h

If I was in the USA right now, I would insist on calling Antifa antifascist.

Un-tee-fah sounds foreign - like Al-Qaeda - and that's enough for the uneducated half of the population to believe that they are in fact a terrorist organization.

'Antifascist' forces people to think at least a little.

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 1d

Think about how for decades, one of the ingredients of a crackpot was: retired engineer.

Retired engineers, for *generations* have been a fertile ground for crackpot theories in everything.

They get that golden watch and bam, incoherent manifesto about quantum archeology inbound.

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Ryan W Enslow @ryanwenslow.bsky.social · 13h

The purpose of government is not to maximize earnings to investors

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En Buen Ora - "Hell Çid" 😈 @enbuenora.bsky.social · 19h

There's some sort of thing where people imagine that however things were from, I dunno, around the 1940s to the 1960s is "how things are", rigidly, and forever.

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Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 21h

Defy in advance.

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heepst @heepst.bsky.social · 14h

She's not a dictator

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heepst @heepst.bsky.social · 15h

Why would anyone put music in that video?

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.

Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.

Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.

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heepst @heepst.bsky.social · 15h

Finland ordered 64 fighter jets in 2021. If we cancel now, we're stuck with old kit for another 3-5 years. That's just not acceptable in the current climate.

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heepst @heepst.bsky.social · 15h

Yes. The rage baiting is intentional

heepst @heepst.bsky.social · 15h

I mean...

Do I even have to say it?

The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 16h

⚡️Hungary launches petition against EU's Ukraine war funding, Orban says.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Oct. 11 that Budapest has launched a nationwide petition drive to collect signatures in opposition to the European Union's "war plan" to finance Ukraine's war effort.

Hungary launches petition against EU's Ukraine war funding, Orban says

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Oct. 11 that Budapest has launched a nationwide petition drive to collect signatures in opposition to the European Union's "war plan" to finance Ukraine's...

kyivindependent.com

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heepst @heepst.bsky.social · 16h

My map on pro-Russian parties gaining popularity -

based on election results, not polls.

I haven't categorized the populist far-right as Putinist, but as you can see, there is some overlap.

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Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 19h

Afghanistan has launched an attack on Pakistan from 7 different border locations, the Afghan Ministry of Defense says.-Al Jazeera

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jmikaelk.bsky.social @jmikaelk.bsky.social · 17h

Jos tarkastelee asioita tarpeeksi kaukaa, näyttää kaikki silloin samalta. Silloin on syytä tulla vähän lähemmäksi.

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heepst @heepst.bsky.social · 16h

The UK and the Troubles but what happened in 2013?

heepst @heepst.bsky.social · 16h

a man standing in front of a candle with the words our list of allies grows thin on the bottom

ALT: a man standing in front of a candle with the words our list of allies grows thin on the bottom

media.tenor.com

heepst @heepst.bsky.social · 16h

Largest political parties in Europe according to polls

⚫ Far-right
🔵 Center-right
🟡 Center-liberal
🔴 Left

Antti Metsänkylä @antmetsa.bsky.social · 1d

Ei hyvältä näytä.

yle.fi/a/74-20186913

Yksi kuva näyttää, kuinka laitaoikeistosta tuli Euroopan suurin voima

Ääriliikkeet kasvavat sosiaalisessa mediassa ja digialustoilla. Niiden kautta amerikkalaiset kulttuurisodat siirtyvät Eurooppaankin.

yle.fi

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Teresa Ribera @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu · 1d

In turbulent times, we may see some trying to move from European ideals of values and a well performing social market based economy towards a race to the bottom short-term-profits-oriented model.
It is important not to mistake. We have the strenghts and the passion to keep building a better Europe!🇪🇺

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heepst @heepst.bsky.social · 18h

Fennoscandia is an island.
Almost.

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Schnorkles O'Bork @schnorkles.bsky.social · 19h

Really kinda wish we could stop living in interesting times.

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Wolf-man main bastard Nafo @wolf-man.bsky.social · 1d

On 20 March 2025, Russian leader Vladimir Putin issued a particularly cynical decree, according to which Ukrainians in occupied Ukraine without Russian citizenship can, from 10 September 2025 be labelled ‘foreigners’ and deported.
khpg.org/en/160881516...

Russia uses citizenship as a new weapon against dissidents in occupied Crimea

Russia’s stripping of citizenship was first used in Soviet times, but is now even more cynical, as an invading power is banning Crimean Tatars and other Ukrainians from their own homeland

khpg.org

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heepst @heepst.bsky.social · 18h

Luulin, että patja, mutta olikin sähköhieroma-aparaatti 😂

heepst @heepst.bsky.social · 18h

Killing doesn't stop under Russian occupation

UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 19h

⚡️A new investigation by Їne Back Їversen exposes Russia’s expanding mass graves in occupied Mariupol.

The growing burial sites reveal thousands of civilians killed as the city was turned to rubble.

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Its rider’s name was Death... @kittyonunicorn.bsky.social · 1d

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