Tapani P
@tapanipo.bsky.social
Retired. Living in a motorhome, traveling around Europe.
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En Finlande, le premier ministre présente ses excuses à trois pays asiatiques après la publication de selfies de députés plissant les yeux
En Finlande, le premier ministre présente ses excuses à trois pays asiatiques après la publication de selfies de députés plissant les yeux
Plusieurs élus du Parti des Finlandais, une formation de droite populiste anti-immigration membre de la coalition au pouvoir, ont publié des photos les montrant se plissant les yeux, déclenchant l’indignation dans le pays nordique.
www.lemonde.fr
December 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
En Finlande, le premier ministre présente ses excuses à trois pays asiatiques après la publication de selfies de députés plissant les yeux
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The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
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Luen tällä hetkellä kirjaa nimeltä Kaput, joka kertoo, miksi Saksan talous on epäonnistunut viime aikoina ja siinä on paljon ajankohtaista asiaa.
October 20, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Luen tällä hetkellä kirjaa nimeltä Kaput, joka kertoo, miksi Saksan talous on epäonnistunut viime aikoina ja siinä on paljon ajankohtaista asiaa.
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I read the news today oh boy
October 14, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I read the news today oh boy
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Mites se nyt menikään, jotenki niin et ”vasemmisto velkaannutti Suomen!!”
October 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Mites se nyt menikään, jotenki niin et ”vasemmisto velkaannutti Suomen!!”
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Suomalainen erityinen luontosuhde on vähän luonnontilaisia metsiä ja eurooppalaisittain vähän suurpetoja. Metsät ovat puupeltoja ja suot ojitettu. Verovaroin tuetaan laillistettua eläinrääkkäystä turkistarhoilla. Ne ovat "sulka" hallituksen hatussa
Sudenmetsästys on muuttumassa ensi vuonna – ministeri: ”Iso sulka hallituksen hattuun”
Ministerin mukaan suden kannanhoidollinen metsästys pyritään aloittamaan jo heti ensi vuoden alussa.
yle.fi
August 30, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Suomalainen erityinen luontosuhde on vähän luonnontilaisia metsiä ja eurooppalaisittain vähän suurpetoja. Metsät ovat puupeltoja ja suot ojitettu. Verovaroin tuetaan laillistettua eläinrääkkäystä turkistarhoilla. Ne ovat "sulka" hallituksen hatussa
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Israel does not care about Syrian suffering, but rather interested in a spread of chaos within the country in order to instrumentalise such dynamics for its own interests, writes Joseph Daher ⬇
Free Syria scares Israel, that’s why it sows hatred and occupies
Israel has a vested interest in keeping Syria weak and fragmented, especially now that the people can openly show support for Palestine, says Joseph Daher.
www.newarab.com
March 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Israel does not care about Syrian suffering, but rather interested in a spread of chaos within the country in order to instrumentalise such dynamics for its own interests, writes Joseph Daher ⬇
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I spent more than a decade working on human rights issues. I always understood that many friends and colleagues - and certainly all government officials - were selective in their outrage.
Still, I'm stunned by what they are willing to turn a blind eye to.
Still, I'm stunned by what they are willing to turn a blind eye to.
August 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I spent more than a decade working on human rights issues. I always understood that many friends and colleagues - and certainly all government officials - were selective in their outrage.
Still, I'm stunned by what they are willing to turn a blind eye to.
Still, I'm stunned by what they are willing to turn a blind eye to.
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The Israelis assassinated AJ journalists Anas Al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqa along with their team in Gaza after bombing an AJ tent in front of Al-Shifa hospital
Absolute monsters
www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
Absolute monsters
www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
Israel murders four Al Jazeera staff in Gaza, including Anas al-Sharif
Al-Sharif was killed along with Mohammed Qreiqeh two cameramen in an Israeli attack on Gaza City.
www.aljazeera.com
August 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The Israelis assassinated AJ journalists Anas Al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqa along with their team in Gaza after bombing an AJ tent in front of Al-Shifa hospital
Absolute monsters
www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
Absolute monsters
www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
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Mural of Statue of Liberty in shame unveiled in France the day before 4th of July
July 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Mural of Statue of Liberty in shame unveiled in France the day before 4th of July
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In Turkey, we're watching, over the past few months, probably the most dramatic degradation of democracy and civil liberties that we've seen since the purges directly after the attempted coup attempt in 2016.
It deserves more attention than it is getting.
It deserves more attention than it is getting.
#Turquie Nouvelle vague d’arrestations contre le principal parti de l’opposition www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
Turquie : nouvelle vague d’arrestations contre le principal parti de l’opposition
Le maire d’Izmir, bastion de l’opposition au président Erdogan, ainsi que 109 membres de la municipalité appartenant au Parti républicain du peuple ont été arrêtés le 1ᵉʳ juillet pour corruption et ir...
www.lemonde.fr
July 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
In Turkey, we're watching, over the past few months, probably the most dramatic degradation of democracy and civil liberties that we've seen since the purges directly after the attempted coup attempt in 2016.
It deserves more attention than it is getting.
It deserves more attention than it is getting.
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Russia struck a village in Sumy region overnight with a massive drone attack—3 killed, including an 8-year-old boy. Six more injured, among them 3 children. Around 30 homes damaged.
June 24, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Russia struck a village in Sumy region overnight with a massive drone attack—3 killed, including an 8-year-old boy. Six more injured, among them 3 children. Around 30 homes damaged.
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The rest of the world be like….
June 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The rest of the world be like….
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The real question that European states now face is not whether Ukraine will be in NATO as presently constructed. It’s whether Europe needs a new alliance structure with the US out and Ukraine in. Right now the US is a stalking horse for Russian dictatorship.
April 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
The real question that European states now face is not whether Ukraine will be in NATO as presently constructed. It’s whether Europe needs a new alliance structure with the US out and Ukraine in. Right now the US is a stalking horse for Russian dictatorship.
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Canada, Lewis Powell and China are all showing that standing up to Trump leads him to fold like a cheap chair--while praising him, "building bridges" and trying to be agreeable gets you nothing but humiliation and degradation. Europe has not learned this yet.
April 23, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Canada, Lewis Powell and China are all showing that standing up to Trump leads him to fold like a cheap chair--while praising him, "building bridges" and trying to be agreeable gets you nothing but humiliation and degradation. Europe has not learned this yet.
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You would think Trump, who is obsessed with the US's trade deficit with Europe, would want to do everything possible to encourage Europeans to buy expensive & sophisticated US military hardware. So this is a surprising sales pitch for customers already made nervous by what the US did to Ukraine.
There is virtually no better commercial you can run for the European defense industry than these two sentences uttered by Trump.
No matter with whom I’m talking about this on this side of the pond, the common understanding is that this is going to severely damage the US industry.
No matter with whom I’m talking about this on this side of the pond, the common understanding is that this is going to severely damage the US industry.
March 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
You would think Trump, who is obsessed with the US's trade deficit with Europe, would want to do everything possible to encourage Europeans to buy expensive & sophisticated US military hardware. So this is a surprising sales pitch for customers already made nervous by what the US did to Ukraine.
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Three factors are at play behind today‘s events in TR: i) Akp+mhp have reached the limits to garnering popular support through elections, 2) yet, they are determined to consolidate the regime, and 3) geopolitical imperatives reshuffling priorities of external actors widen space for manuevor.
March 19, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Three factors are at play behind today‘s events in TR: i) Akp+mhp have reached the limits to garnering popular support through elections, 2) yet, they are determined to consolidate the regime, and 3) geopolitical imperatives reshuffling priorities of external actors widen space for manuevor.
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La Syrie n’est plus sous Assad et c’est une différence de taille. D’abord en termes d’accès à l’info. Ensuite en termes de moyens de pression/influence pour faire cesser les violences et garantir la Justice. On a désormais un levier en Syrie qu’on avait pas depuis des décennies, ne pas oublier ça.
March 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
La Syrie n’est plus sous Assad et c’est une différence de taille. D’abord en termes d’accès à l’info. Ensuite en termes de moyens de pression/influence pour faire cesser les violences et garantir la Justice. On a désormais un levier en Syrie qu’on avait pas depuis des décennies, ne pas oublier ça.
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Perintöveron puolustajat ilmeisesti soluttautuneet The Economistiin!
February 28, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Perintöveron puolustajat ilmeisesti soluttautuneet The Economistiin!
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[email protected] osoittaa taas olevansa poikkeuksellisen terävä strateginen ajattelija.
Tässä on kaikki johtopäätökset parhaan ymmärrykseni mukaan sellaisia, että jos Euroopassa näin toimittaisiin, niin oltaisiin aika hyvässä turvassa ja hyvinvoivia.
www.ku.fi/artikkeli/51...
Tässä on kaikki johtopäätökset parhaan ymmärrykseni mukaan sellaisia, että jos Euroopassa näin toimittaisiin, niin oltaisiin aika hyvässä turvassa ja hyvinvoivia.
www.ku.fi/artikkeli/51...
Trumpin ja Putinin yhteistyössä on kyse autoritaaristen voimien liittoutumisesta, ja se on vaaraksi meille kaikille, kirjoitta
Li Andersson esittää kansainvälistä politiikkaa käsittelevässä esseessään seitsemän poliittista johtopäätöstä, joista yksi on rakentaa Euroopan turvallisuusratkaisut Euroopan varaan. Viime viikonloppu...
www.ku.fi
March 4, 2025 at 5:02 PM
[email protected] osoittaa taas olevansa poikkeuksellisen terävä strateginen ajattelija.
Tässä on kaikki johtopäätökset parhaan ymmärrykseni mukaan sellaisia, että jos Euroopassa näin toimittaisiin, niin oltaisiin aika hyvässä turvassa ja hyvinvoivia.
www.ku.fi/artikkeli/51...
Tässä on kaikki johtopäätökset parhaan ymmärrykseni mukaan sellaisia, että jos Euroopassa näin toimittaisiin, niin oltaisiin aika hyvässä turvassa ja hyvinvoivia.
www.ku.fi/artikkeli/51...
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Astonishing speech by Danish Prime Minister. #3E #StandWithUkraine
Astonishing speech by Danish Prime Minister.
YouTube video by Dylan Burrill
youtu.be
March 3, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Astonishing speech by Danish Prime Minister. #3E #StandWithUkraine
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Aged like milk
“If you’re running in fear of your own voters, there is nothing America can do for you.” - JD Vance, Munich, February 2024.
March 3, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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