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Olli Bäckström

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Researcher of the Thirty Years War 1618-1648 and Seventeenth Century Europe. Docent (General History) associated with the University of Eastern Finland. Author Military Revolution and the Thirty Years War: https://hup.fi/site/books/m/10.33134/HUP-21/

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Olli Bäckström @ollibackstrom.bsky.social · Mar 5

Syksyllä ilmestyvällä kirjallani on nyt kansi:

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Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

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Olli Bäckström @ollibackstrom.bsky.social · 5h

Dunno, is France ready for a Sixth Republic, where the powers of the president are more limited?

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Nepal’s leaderless Gen-Z revolution has changed the rules of power

Rising without a leader, Nepal’s youth broke a cycle of betrayal and showed where power truly lies.

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Olli Bäckström @ollibackstrom.bsky.social · 15h

Jos Kustaa II Aadolf olisi osallistunut 30-vuotiseen sotaan pelkästään omien alamaistensa voimin, hänen sotaretkensä ei olisi koskaan päässyt Pommerin rantaa pidemmälle.

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Armeijaan muitakin kuin Suomen kansalaisia? Tyrmäys kohualoitteelle | Verkkouutiset

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Olli Bäckström @ollibackstrom.bsky.social · 23h

Since 1948, the Palestinian people have had two mortal enemies: the ideologically racist Zionist state and their own callously nihilistic political elite.
Palestinians need to be freed from both.

Olli Bäckström @ollibackstrom.bsky.social · 23h

Looking back at 7 October 2023, one wonders what Hamas ever thought they would accomplish with their vile pogrom.

Statehood for a cemetery?

Olli Bäckström @ollibackstrom.bsky.social · 23h

Looking back at 7 October 2023, one wonders what Hamas ever thought they would accomplish with their vile pogrom.

Statehood for a cemetery?

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Olli Bäckström @ollibackstrom.bsky.social · 1d

Blowing up random small boats in the Caribbean is a mission US military invented for itself, because the generals and admirals are absolutely terrified of actual kinetic wars against peer foes like China. Therefore petty yet flamboyant distractions like these are vital for weak cowards.

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · Aug 28

This is Thanos. He has figured out how to rest and babysit at the same time. Very impressive, very Montessori. 13/10 (TT: thanosthesaint)

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Emilie K. M. Murphy @emiliekmmurphy.bsky.social · 1d

Exciting! Congrats @musicheritageplace.bsky.social #earlymodern 🗃️ www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...

‘Almost unheard of’: experts find more music by English composer Henry Purcell

Printed score and keyboard manuscript by Purcell, who died in 1695, unearthed in Worcestershire and Norfolk

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Ville Ranta @villeranta.bsky.social · 1d

EK: "Tuu nyt ulos sieltä!" @hs.fi

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Mourning and shock in Morocco after student killed in protests

Like many in Morocco, Abdelkabir Oubella had been watching videos of protests unfold across the country, but nothing could prepare him for the shock of discovering that his son was among three shot de...

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Olli Bäckström @ollibackstrom.bsky.social · 1d

two men wearing sunglasses are sitting at a table

ALT: two men wearing sunglasses are sitting at a table

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Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · 1d

This whole thread is absolutely peak Bluesky. Dear Americans, not everything is about you.

NYCNAFOFELLA. 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇭🇷🏳️‍🌈🇺🇲 Militant Centrist, Bill Maher aligned @nycnafofella.bsky.social · 1d

Announcing this on a board where Americans are in the fight of their lives against a fascist takeover may be a pointer....

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Insta Science @instascience.bsky.social · 1d

A Kagu bird on the brink of extinction meets its own kind.

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Olli Bäckström @ollibackstrom.bsky.social · 1d

Photo from 1992 LA Riots.

This is how media lies to you.

Believe nothing these worthless scumbags say or show.

CNN @cnn.com · 1d

"President Donald Trump and his top aides are using the word 'insurrection' more frequently to describe anti-ICE protests in places like Portland," writes Zachary B. Wolf. https://cnn.it/4pWYmzr

Olli Bäckström @ollibackstrom.bsky.social · 1d

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The ruin of Gaza: how Israel’s two-year assault has devastated the territory

IDF’s bombs and ground offensive have killed tens of thousands of people and reduced entire cities to rubble

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Olli Bäckström @ollibackstrom.bsky.social · 1d

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Israel’s genocide continues across Gaza two years since start of war

As talks are in progress in Egypt to discuss plan to end the war in Gaza, deadly Israeli attacks continue in Gaza.

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Olli Bäckström @ollibackstrom.bsky.social · 1d

Poliisin vertaaminen Bandidokseen oli minulta asiaton kommentti; pyydän sitä anteeksi kaikilta moottoripyöräjengiläisiltä.

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Olli Bäckström @ollibackstrom.bsky.social · 1d

Saatoin olla kohtuuton Bandidoseja kohtaan; tavan kansalaisen taitaa olla turvallisempi vierailla moottoripyöräjengin kerhotalolla kuin aarniolaitoksella.

Olli Bäckström @ollibackstrom.bsky.social · 1d

Paskalakkeja ei erota Bandidoksesta enää mikään muu kuin liivien väri.

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Yle: Potkut saaneen poliisin epäillään raiskanneen naisen kuulusteluhuoneessa

Poliisimiestä epäillään seksuaalirikoksesta ja virkarikoksesta. Ylen mukaan kyse on raiskauksesta.

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Olli Bäckström @ollibackstrom.bsky.social · 1d

Paskalakkeja ei erota Bandidoksesta enää mikään muu kuin liivien väri.

www.is.fi/kotimaa/art-...

Yle: Potkut saaneen poliisin epäillään raiskanneen naisen kuulusteluhuoneessa

Poliisimiestä epäillään seksuaalirikoksesta ja virkarikoksesta. Ylen mukaan kyse on raiskauksesta.

www.is.fi

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Olli Bäckström @ollibackstrom.bsky.social · 1d

It was an epiphany to realize that Ridley Scott's late brother Tony was the one with the more solid and watchable back catalogue.

Olli Bäckström @ollibackstrom.bsky.social · 1d

That's funny because 'mediocre' is a word that describes most of his own movies. (He also has two or three very good movies and several awful ones.)

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Ridley Scott Says Hollywood Is So “Drowning In Mediocrity” He’s Been Forced To Watch His Old Films

Ridley Scott has claimed that Hollywood is so "drowning in mediocrity" he's returned to his old films, including 'Black Hawk Down.'

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Olli Bäckström @ollibackstrom.bsky.social · 1d

That's funny because 'mediocre' is a word that describes most of his own movies. (He also has two or three very good movies and several awful ones.)

deadline.com/2025/10/ridl...

Ridley Scott Says Hollywood Is So “Drowning In Mediocrity” He’s Been Forced To Watch His Old Films

Ridley Scott has claimed that Hollywood is so "drowning in mediocrity" he's returned to his old films, including 'Black Hawk Down.'

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Olli Bäckström @ollibackstrom.bsky.social · 1d

Alan ymmärtää, miksi Teuvo Vähä-Jeppe alituiseen kehuu olevansa yksi maailman älykkäimmistä pikku pojista.