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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 2h

Dolly's sister causing all sorts of panic!!

David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 5h

Skills you need to learn as a journalist: begging editors not to cut your work because you love it so much and they'll rip the soul out of it if they so much as touch one single carefully-crafted word. I've just told an editor at Hesari that I will cry if they cut my column for this Sunday's paper!

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 8h

Dolly Parton's sister 'didn't mean to scare anyone' with call for prayers. Well you did scare us, Dolly Parton's sister, you definitely did!
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Dolly Parton's sister 'didn't mean to scare anyone' with call for prayers

The singer's sister had asked fans to pray for her after the star postponed gigs due to health issues.

www.bbc.com

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 9h

The referee at Saturday's game didn't so much need an eye test, I think he needed a guide dog!

www.dunfermlinepress.com/sport/255267...

Sharks coach rues 'poor' ref calls in 'harsh' defeat

Rosyth Sharks fell to their second league defeat of the season against Bannockburn on Saturday.

www.dunfermlinepress.com

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 12h

Another angle I found interesting is that maybe the ongoing revenues which the Russian money generates do more to fund support for Ukraine over the long term. It's certainly not black and white, cut and dried.

David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 12h

From what I understand it's not about "wasting time". Belgium has some legitimate and understandable concerns about its own safety/security and potential legal liabilities.

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 22h

Auts!

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 1d

Chasing tennis balls is fun until you find a stick. Then nothing else matters except the stick!

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 1d

Vad gör du, Moderata ungdom? 🤦‍♂️🇸🇪

The Local Sweden @thelocalsweden.bsky.social · 1d

Swedish Moderate youth party members under investigation for racist song

Members of MUF, the Moderate Party's youth wing, are being investigated after singing a right-wing extremist version of the song 'L'amour toujours' at a party.

www.thelocal.se

David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 1d

There's one more new book on my list, by Veli-Pekka Lehtola, called "Whose country, whose voice?" I've yet to have the pleasure of meeting Veli-Pekka, but he writes about many of the same Indigenous / Sámi issues that I've been focused on this year.

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 1d

Not that I'm friends with Sanna Marin or anything.

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 1d

Some friends of mine have new books out, and it will take me an eternity to ever get through them. My Finnish read-rate is a million times slower than in English: @charlyjsp.bsky.social - Tuntematon tulevaisuus; Paavo Teittinen Pitkä Vuoro. Thank goodness Sanna Marin is releasing hers in English!

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 2d

Good morning, huomenta, god morgon! Out nice an early woth the dog on Monday and tiring her out already makes the day seem productive! How's your week getting started?

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 3d

It's a blue sky Sunday but the remnants of Storm Amy are still being felt with blustery winds.

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 4d

I know, it's my story in The Times! I was just expanding on it here and using more quotes and pictures than I was able for The Times.

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 4d

Jim sadly passed away a few years after I wrote that article, but he did publish a fourth book in the series and they are very dark Nordic noir!

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks for reading and for the comments. The first book of James Thompson's Inspector Kari Vaara series is set in Ivalo so I recommend that as excellent English-language Nordic noir if you want to get the books! Here's an old thing I wrote about it.

globalnews.ca/news/321910/...

In US author James Thompson’s Finland, no subject is off limits for Nordic Noir treatment | Globalnews.ca

HELSINKI - In the doorway of a Helsinki bar on a snowy December afternoon, American author James Thompson is being offered a pair of Russian army night vision goggles that may — or may not — have fall...

globalnews.ca

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 4d

If you made it all the way to the end, thanks for reading. I salute your indefatigability! If you liked this story, please share! Or you can read a version at @thetimes.com website here: www.thetimes.com/world/europe...

Far from the front line, Putin’s war unleashes a pack of killers

Mass conscription of the Russian hunters who live along the border with Finland has left reindeer herders fearing for the lives of their animals

www.thetimes.com

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 4d

Many herders also want to see large carnivore numbers reduced to the levels before Finland joined the EU in 1995.

“Money cannot compensate for years of work that is completely wasted if predators kill breeding reindeer,” says Nilla Hirvasvuopio.

“Hunting is one solution to the problem."

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 4d

Herders are entitled to claim compensation for their losses. There’s an EU fund of €10 million, but they say it’s not nearly enough, and are calling for the amount to be doubled.

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 4d

🐻 Aslak says a bear “finishes what it starts, and you can see there’s not so much left.”

Wolverines will bite the reindeer's neck between the shoulder blades. Sometimes they drink the animal’s blood, but leave meat on the carcass for later.

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 4d

🐺 "But usually when they kill they grab by the neck, suffocate it and crack the windpipe so then they can’t breathe. If they are hungry, the wolves open up the stomach, and eat from the chest, but many times they just kill the reindeer then move on to kill another.”

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 4d

Sámi reindeer herder and filmmaker Aslak Paltto from Lemmenjoki told me (a lot!) more about predator kill methods: 🐺 “Wolves can attack from behind and they grab the back leg. Sometimes you find a reindeer and the wolf has taken pieces out of the rump but the reindeer is still alive."

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 4d

“It takes about three years for a reindeer to start producing calves. When the female reindeer are killed by predators, there will be no new calves to keep the herd vibrant and productive,” says Juho. 📸 Juho Seppänen

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 4d

“The amount of killed reindeer frustrates me, because my source of livelihood goes down with them. It makes me angry when I see reindeer killed by wolves but not being eaten.” 📸 Juho Seppänen

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