Mikko Manka 🇫🇮💙💛
@ajanmies.fi
Steamboats, Interrail & other history&tourism research, Nordic skating to name a few interesting topics. Author of “Interrail-muistoja” (2022). A Tamperite. ”Un autore boreale” according to my Italian friend.
Yhdysvallat tuhoaa kaiken muun lisäksi myös matkailusektorinsa. Vahvaa tekemistä.
It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
December 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Yhdysvallat tuhoaa kaiken muun lisäksi myös matkailusektorinsa. Vahvaa tekemistä.
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Awesome 2025 Saimaa steam regatta film. Voyage from Lappeenranta to Savonlinna (~70nm, 130km) and back. Includes good selection of Finnish historic steamships.
Note English subtitles. Mikko's channel is awesome source for steam.
#steamship #saimaa #puumala #savonlinna #lappeenranta #shps #regatta
Note English subtitles. Mikko's channel is awesome source for steam.
#steamship #saimaa #puumala #savonlinna #lappeenranta #shps #regatta
Jäitä odotellessa jatkoin kesän höyrytunnelmien uudelleentyöstöä ”dokumentaarisempaan” tyyliin: ei hissimusiikkeja ja hitaammat leikkaukset. Hurman regattamatka venyi kahteenkymmeneen minuuttiin. Tässä siis todellista ”hidasta matkailua”.
#höyrylaiva #Hurma #Saimaa #höyrylaivaregatta
#höyrylaiva #Hurma #Saimaa #höyrylaivaregatta
Höyrylaiva Hurma (1902) Saimaan höyrylaivaregatassa Savonlinnassa 2025 (4K; CC: EN/IT/SV/FI)
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December 11, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Awesome 2025 Saimaa steam regatta film. Voyage from Lappeenranta to Savonlinna (~70nm, 130km) and back. Includes good selection of Finnish historic steamships.
Note English subtitles. Mikko's channel is awesome source for steam.
#steamship #saimaa #puumala #savonlinna #lappeenranta #shps #regatta
Note English subtitles. Mikko's channel is awesome source for steam.
#steamship #saimaa #puumala #savonlinna #lappeenranta #shps #regatta
Jäitä odotellessa jatkoin kesän höyrytunnelmien uudelleentyöstöä ”dokumentaarisempaan” tyyliin: ei hissimusiikkeja ja hitaammat leikkaukset. Hurman regattamatka venyi kahteenkymmeneen minuuttiin. Tässä siis todellista ”hidasta matkailua”.
#höyrylaiva #Hurma #Saimaa #höyrylaivaregatta
#höyrylaiva #Hurma #Saimaa #höyrylaivaregatta
Höyrylaiva Hurma (1902) Saimaan höyrylaivaregatassa Savonlinnassa 2025 (4K; CC: EN/IT/SV/FI)
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December 10, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Jäitä odotellessa jatkoin kesän höyrytunnelmien uudelleentyöstöä ”dokumentaarisempaan” tyyliin: ei hissimusiikkeja ja hitaammat leikkaukset. Hurman regattamatka venyi kahteenkymmeneen minuuttiin. Tässä siis todellista ”hidasta matkailua”.
#höyrylaiva #Hurma #Saimaa #höyrylaivaregatta
#höyrylaiva #Hurma #Saimaa #höyrylaivaregatta
Do read.
"The USA is now the enemy of freedom and democracy in Europe, and that needs to be understood."
"The USA is now the enemy of freedom and democracy in Europe, and that needs to be understood."
Just sent out my free weekend update. Though the reporting this week made it crystal clear that the Trump administration is with Putin, that was not a bad thing for Ukraine. Accepting the truth is the first step to recovery-and the truth cannot now be denied. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Weekend Update #161: Not A Bad Week For Ukraine
Truth, Democracy and Corruption, Possible High Command Changes, Are European Gloves Coming Off?
open.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Do read.
"The USA is now the enemy of freedom and democracy in Europe, and that needs to be understood."
"The USA is now the enemy of freedom and democracy in Europe, and that needs to be understood."
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Though one should always be wary, the last few days have actually been better for Ukraine. Moves against corruption, possible changes mooted in Ukrainian high command, and signs that in Europe, ever so slightly, the gloves are coming off.
November 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Though one should always be wary, the last few days have actually been better for Ukraine. Moves against corruption, possible changes mooted in Ukrainian high command, and signs that in Europe, ever so slightly, the gloves are coming off.
Retkiluistelun toinen (ja kauden viimeinen) tulokaskurssi Pirkanmaalla aukesi äsken (etäopiskeluversio):
www.skrinnari.fi/skridskonet/...
#retkiluistelu
www.skrinnari.fi/skridskonet/...
#retkiluistelu
Visa Artikel
www.skrinnari.fi
November 28, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Retkiluistelun toinen (ja kauden viimeinen) tulokaskurssi Pirkanmaalla aukesi äsken (etäopiskeluversio):
www.skrinnari.fi/skridskonet/...
#retkiluistelu
www.skrinnari.fi/skridskonet/...
#retkiluistelu
The Walk of Fame Finland™️ valaisee tämänkin marraskuisen työpäivän. #tähtikatu #vaintamperejutut #glamour #nyrillataan
November 28, 2025 at 5:08 AM
The Walk of Fame Finland™️ valaisee tämänkin marraskuisen työpäivän. #tähtikatu #vaintamperejutut #glamour #nyrillataan
Jussi tiivistää erinomaisesti tämän sekoilun.
Ukraina: neljä vuotta sotaa, länsimaiden hallitusten laiminlyöntejä ja viimeisimpänä suurvaltojen petturuutta tulitaukoneuvotteluissa.
Hesari: vitun Sanna Marin.
Hesari: vitun Sanna Marin.
Ukrainan kohtalo | Sanna Marin heitti hyvän läpän, ja nyt näyttää pahalta
Toiveajattelu on ohjannut länsimaita vuodesta toiseen realismin sijaan. Nyt Ukraina on selkä seinää vasten, kirjoittaa toimittaja Ville Similä.
www.hs.fi
November 27, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Jussi tiivistää erinomaisesti tämän sekoilun.
Onneksi iltapäivällä pääsi hetkeksi jäälle. #retkiluistelu
Retkiluistelu: rantajään armoilla (4K; CC: EN/IT/SV/FI)
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November 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Onneksi iltapäivällä pääsi hetkeksi jäälle. #retkiluistelu
Milloin tällaisesta tuli normaalia?
[Q]:
Do you remember this audio that Bloomberg has of Witkoff coaching the Russians on how to appeal to you?
[President Trump]:
Well, I haven't heard it, but that's a standard thing. He's got to sell this to Ukraine, he's got to sell Ukraine to Russia. That's what a dealmaker does.
Do you remember this audio that Bloomberg has of Witkoff coaching the Russians on how to appeal to you?
[President Trump]:
Well, I haven't heard it, but that's a standard thing. He's got to sell this to Ukraine, he's got to sell Ukraine to Russia. That's what a dealmaker does.
November 26, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Milloin tällaisesta tuli normaalia?
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Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukra...
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Seriously, what are we doing, America? We’re helping Russia destroy a democratic country it illegally invaded, one amateur phone call at a time.
Someone (Rubio?) is MEGA pissed at the Ukraine peace plan situation if they leaked a full on *recording* of this Witkoff call (with transcript, lol).
November 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Seriously, what are we doing, America? We’re helping Russia destroy a democratic country it illegally invaded, one amateur phone call at a time.
Onneksi nää on meidän parhaita liittolaisia. #eiku
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Onneksi nää on meidän parhaita liittolaisia. #eiku
Gileadista kajahtaa.
Countries with state subsidies for abortion, transgender-friendly policies for children, hate speech laws, and affirmative action will now be considered to be violating human rights under rules imposed at Trump’s State Department. That impacts how the agency conducts its annual Human Rights Report.
Abortion And DEI Policies Now Considered Violations Of Human Rights, U.S. Says
The Trump administration has overhauled how the State Department conducts its annual Human Rights Report.
www.forbes.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Gileadista kajahtaa.
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If this is true, European states are inviting their own failures and embracing the end of what brought peace to Europe for 80 years. Welcoming Putin back into the G8, where he can team up with Trump to humiliate Europe invites disaster. www.newsweek.com/europe-russi...
Europe offers G8 return to Russia for Ukraine peace deal
Ukraine did not react positively to the peace deal brokered through the U.S., prompting European leaders to craft a counter-offer.
www.newsweek.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
If this is true, European states are inviting their own failures and embracing the end of what brought peace to Europe for 80 years. Welcoming Putin back into the G8, where he can team up with Trump to humiliate Europe invites disaster. www.newsweek.com/europe-russi...
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Hi All, just sent out this (mostly free). The Long Con of the Trump administration came to an end yesterday, as it was always going to do. We are back in the Oval Office with Trump and Vance ambushing Zelensky. The whole pivot to Ukraine was a sham to help Putin. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
The Long Con Comes To An End
The Trump Administration Takes Off The Mask (Again)
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Hi All, just sent out this (mostly free). The Long Con of the Trump administration came to an end yesterday, as it was always going to do. We are back in the Oval Office with Trump and Vance ambushing Zelensky. The whole pivot to Ukraine was a sham to help Putin. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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Excellent thread. Do read. Paleography & recycling discarded charters. #skyhistorians #Sweden #Finland #medieval
A parchment letter from 1386 was until recently the oldest evidence for the earliest ancestor of the Swedish-Finnish noble families Svinhufvud. The letter is a deed of sale through which a man called "Jønis Swinshwow" buys the manor Höjen with an adjacent farm. The upper right corner is damaged. 1/
November 22, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Excellent thread. Do read. Paleography & recycling discarded charters. #skyhistorians #Sweden #Finland #medieval
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Jos vaikuttaa siltä, että Trumpin ns. rauhansuunnitelma on venäläisten kirjoittama, se voi johtua siitä, että se on sitä.
Trump’s Ukraine Peace Deal Appears to Be Translated From Russian
Certain phrases in Trump’s proposed deal seem to be using Russian language.
newrepublic.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Jos vaikuttaa siltä, että Trumpin ns. rauhansuunnitelma on venäläisten kirjoittama, se voi johtua siitä, että se on sitä.
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the US isolationists want to subjugate and pillage the western hemisphere leaving the rest for whoever has balls to grab.
see: Greenland, Canada and South America openings.
see: Greenland, Canada and South America openings.
The Moscow Times: „The very emergence of such a U.S. initiative signals, in Putin’s view, that Washington is capitulating. And capitulating not because it has suffered losses — it has lost neither tanks nor aircraft nor soldiers — but because it is tired,frightened and eager to avoid involvement.“
November 22, 2025 at 6:24 AM
the US isolationists want to subjugate and pillage the western hemisphere leaving the rest for whoever has balls to grab.
see: Greenland, Canada and South America openings.
see: Greenland, Canada and South America openings.
Onko Suomessa virallisia, julkisia toimijoita X:ssä? Ei pitäisi olla yhtään kappaletta.
If you're trying to convince your friends to spend time on Bluesky rather than X, maybe show them this. X is not "the public town square" or about "free speech." It's "just what Elon Musk wants you to see." If you see stuff he doesn't like he'll step in to make sure you don't see it for long.
If you scroll on X, you are only being shown what Elon wants you to see. If you create content on X, no one will see it unless Elon wants them to.
November 21, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Onko Suomessa virallisia, julkisia toimijoita X:ssä? Ei pitäisi olla yhtään kappaletta.
Jos maailmanpolitiikka onkin perseestä, niin onneksi eilen oli sentään kivaa jäällä. Äänet päälle!
#retkiluistelu
#retkiluistelu
Rampe ja Naukkis: ensijäiden metsästys (4K, CC: EN, SV, IT, FI) | Retkiluistelua ensijäillä
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November 20, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Jos maailmanpolitiikka onkin perseestä, niin onneksi eilen oli sentään kivaa jäällä. Äänet päälle!
#retkiluistelu
#retkiluistelu
Tää on aivan karmea suunnitelma. Brutuksen Caesarin puukotus oli pientä tähän verrattuna.
❗️🇺🇸🇺🇦 28 points of the US peace plan have become known - Ukrainian media publish the main details
1. Security and political status of Ukraine
- Confirmation of Ukraine's sovereignty.
- Ukraine receives security guarantees from the US, but with conditions.
1. Security and political status of Ukraine
- Confirmation of Ukraine's sovereignty.
- Ukraine receives security guarantees from the US, but with conditions.
November 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Tää on aivan karmea suunnitelma. Brutuksen Caesarin puukotus oli pientä tähän verrattuna.
Miten pihalla nämä kaverit ovat, jos tällaiselle tavan tallaajallekin on ollut selvää, kenen puolella Trump on ja on koko ajan ollut? Edes Mietaa ei olisi yllättynyt tästä.
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Petteri Orpo yllättyi: ”Emme olleet tietoisia”
Orpon mukaan rauhansuunnitelman luonnos näyttää olevan kirjoitettu Venäjän näkökulmasta.
www.iltalehti.fi
November 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Miten pihalla nämä kaverit ovat, jos tällaiselle tavan tallaajallekin on ollut selvää, kenen puolella Trump on ja on koko ajan ollut? Edes Mietaa ei olisi yllättynyt tästä.
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I know the world's moved past irony by this stage but the COP30 conference venue is literally on fire.
November 20, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I know the world's moved past irony by this stage but the COP30 conference venue is literally on fire.
Nyt kun katselee ulos tuota pyrytystä, oli hyvä, että eilen ehdittiin lähteä retkelle. Ohessa pieni tunnelmapala ”äänistä”. #retkiluistelu
November 20, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Nyt kun katselee ulos tuota pyrytystä, oli hyvä, että eilen ehdittiin lähteä retkelle. Ohessa pieni tunnelmapala ”äänistä”. #retkiluistelu