@jawanaka.bsky.social
Mediocre fan writer, lapsed historian, occasional bureaucrat. Reply guy on Swedish Bluesky.
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My "I don't have Alzheimer's" shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.
I just...
January 26, 2026 at 4:14 PM
My "I don't have Alzheimer's" shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.
If you have the time and energy to do this you have the time and energy to clean your own bloody apartment.
A couple hid 100 mini plastic ducks around their apartment for a cleaner to find to "ensure a job well done." bit.ly/4qEKWrz
January 26, 2026 at 3:49 PM
If you have the time and energy to do this you have the time and energy to clean your own bloody apartment.
Now we only need Trump to arrest half his cabinet on corruption charges and we’ll be really doing Chinese governance with American characteristics.
TikTok is already cracking down on opinions and images that diverge from the Trump regime narrative.
This morning, I recorded a video on TikTok about why DHS’s arguments for the power to enter homes without judicial warrants in immigration cases are bunk.
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
January 26, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Now we only need Trump to arrest half his cabinet on corruption charges and we’ll be really doing Chinese governance with American characteristics.
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As I wrote regarding the threats to Greenland, Republicans say these deranged things because that’s how they get their kicks.
open.substack.com/pub/deadcarl...
open.substack.com/pub/deadcarl...
January 24, 2026 at 8:36 PM
As I wrote regarding the threats to Greenland, Republicans say these deranged things because that’s how they get their kicks.
open.substack.com/pub/deadcarl...
open.substack.com/pub/deadcarl...
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A note on 21st century sources: While Twitter itself was completely lost in 2030, large portions of it can be reconstructed based on references and screenshots in later works
January 24, 2026 at 10:10 AM
A note on 21st century sources: While Twitter itself was completely lost in 2030, large portions of it can be reconstructed based on references and screenshots in later works
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It’s one thing being told (politely or rudely) to do more for your own security - or even being abandoned by the US.
It’s a completely different thing that the US is now actively acting in ways that threaten or decrease European security, not only on Greenland but also by accommodating Russia
It’s a completely different thing that the US is now actively acting in ways that threaten or decrease European security, not only on Greenland but also by accommodating Russia
January 23, 2026 at 7:33 PM
It’s one thing being told (politely or rudely) to do more for your own security - or even being abandoned by the US.
It’s a completely different thing that the US is now actively acting in ways that threaten or decrease European security, not only on Greenland but also by accommodating Russia
It’s a completely different thing that the US is now actively acting in ways that threaten or decrease European security, not only on Greenland but also by accommodating Russia
This reminds me of the Swedish officer I saw on the bad place saying he didn’t worry about the US invading Greenland because he’d “seen American soldiers trying to ski”
Miller: Nobody can stand against us. Your little ice nation will be ours.
US army: *sees snow* we’re all gonna die
taskandpurpose.com/news/militar...
US army: *sees snow* we’re all gonna die
taskandpurpose.com/news/militar...
101st Airborne 'pauses' major exercise as bases brace for possible snowpocalypse
Expected to hit Sunday, the storm could bring up to a foot of snow in the mid-South with several major military bases directly in its path.
taskandpurpose.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:37 PM
This reminds me of the Swedish officer I saw on the bad place saying he didn’t worry about the US invading Greenland because he’d “seen American soldiers trying to ski”
Interesting episode thought it would have been even better if it had not ended in the terminally America brained opinion that Europeans should not be allowed to invest in their defence sector. Not sure when this was recorded but it is a spicy take less than a week from the US threading to invade.
NEW EPISODE: Prof. Austin McCoy @austinmccoy.bsky.social and I sit down to talk Bill Clinton, betrayal, and the good ol’ boys club. Yuck.
January 23, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Interesting episode thought it would have been even better if it had not ended in the terminally America brained opinion that Europeans should not be allowed to invest in their defence sector. Not sure when this was recorded but it is a spicy take less than a week from the US threading to invade.
Organized Chaos agents- what is this, a bad Black Library novel?
Emmer: "The people you're seeing in these videos, the vast majority of them I do not believe are from Minnesota. These are organized chaos agents, paid agitators. The vast majority of Minnesotans that are talking to me appreciate that law enforcement has arrived, and they are happy they're there."
January 22, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Organized Chaos agents- what is this, a bad Black Library novel?
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Tapping my “‘This isn’t us’ is a normative rhetorical move not a literal claim of historical fact’ sign a lot today
January 22, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Tapping my “‘This isn’t us’ is a normative rhetorical move not a literal claim of historical fact’ sign a lot today
Tuchmans histories are fascinating, not because they are good but because they both actively harmed great power relations and also arguably helped prevent WWIII. True historian as a historical actor without even aiming for that.
A lot of good ones but not one that has actively harmed relations with the RoC.
January 22, 2026 at 10:19 AM
Tuchmans histories are fascinating, not because they are good but because they both actively harmed great power relations and also arguably helped prevent WWIII. True historian as a historical actor without even aiming for that.
When someone tries telling me I must not be a real Star Trek fan.
January 21, 2026 at 10:32 AM
When someone tries telling me I must not be a real Star Trek fan.
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In the 2010s, the Icelandic tv station Channel 2 accidentally added subtitles from a gritty crime drama to an episode of Teletubbies.
I have translated some of the highlights
I have translated some of the highlights
January 20, 2026 at 12:30 AM
In the 2010s, the Icelandic tv station Channel 2 accidentally added subtitles from a gritty crime drama to an episode of Teletubbies.
I have translated some of the highlights
I have translated some of the highlights
Guys I’m Swedish so I’m an expert in weird faux neutrality but I still have to tell you this makes no sense
Ok, this made me chuckle.
58% of Swiss say: “I would like neutrality to be interpreted in such a way that Switzerland can join a defence alliance such as NATO if the threat increases.”
Which is a hilarious question & position as joining NATO is the end of neutrality.
58% of Swiss say: “I would like neutrality to be interpreted in such a way that Switzerland can join a defence alliance such as NATO if the threat increases.”
Which is a hilarious question & position as joining NATO is the end of neutrality.
January 21, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Guys I’m Swedish so I’m an expert in weird faux neutrality but I still have to tell you this makes no sense
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Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
January 20, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
Deal with it
International rules based order collapsing and its Macron giving a speech like this - inexplicably wearing sunglasses - that has truly sent me over the edge
January 20, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Deal with it
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he can't keep getting away with this
January 18, 2026 at 5:07 PM
he can't keep getting away with this
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Nicholas Meyer, writing Wrath of Khan:
How to Make a Good Movie:
Use one of the following hooks
Ship hunting submarine
Submarine hunting ship
Submarine hunting other submarine
If your movie is not set on a submarine, ask yourself why you hate good movies, change to submarine
Use one of the following hooks
Ship hunting submarine
Submarine hunting ship
Submarine hunting other submarine
If your movie is not set on a submarine, ask yourself why you hate good movies, change to submarine
January 18, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Nicholas Meyer, writing Wrath of Khan:
The virgin leftist poaster: I don’t know, I don’t want to show up to demonstrations because they have American flags instead of signs saying Amerikkka and also they don’t follow Opsec and also they are cringe and also-
The Chad Stancil: MY EYES HAVE SEEN THE GLORY OF THE COMING OF THE LORD
The Chad Stancil: MY EYES HAVE SEEN THE GLORY OF THE COMING OF THE LORD
the Stancil thing really does drive home how much greater import some people place on having a completely correct billfold of opinions than actually doing something worthwhile in real life
January 18, 2026 at 11:52 AM
The virgin leftist poaster: I don’t know, I don’t want to show up to demonstrations because they have American flags instead of signs saying Amerikkka and also they don’t follow Opsec and also they are cringe and also-
The Chad Stancil: MY EYES HAVE SEEN THE GLORY OF THE COMING OF THE LORD
The Chad Stancil: MY EYES HAVE SEEN THE GLORY OF THE COMING OF THE LORD
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A key point here in an excellent thread by @maxbergmann.bsky.social:
Continuing with the grovelling strategy, distasteful to the European publics from the start, would likely have a domestic political cost to European leaders. It’s time for a strong response now. Enough is enough.
Continuing with the grovelling strategy, distasteful to the European publics from the start, would likely have a domestic political cost to European leaders. It’s time for a strong response now. Enough is enough.
Trump tariffing countries over Greenland is a test. If Europe just swallows it and tries to move on, it increases the odds of the WH thinking it can seize Greenland without consequences. Europe therefore has to respond.
Euro publics have had enough and want their leaders to push back 2/
Euro publics have had enough and want their leaders to push back 2/
January 18, 2026 at 11:23 AM
A key point here in an excellent thread by @maxbergmann.bsky.social:
Continuing with the grovelling strategy, distasteful to the European publics from the start, would likely have a domestic political cost to European leaders. It’s time for a strong response now. Enough is enough.
Continuing with the grovelling strategy, distasteful to the European publics from the start, would likely have a domestic political cost to European leaders. It’s time for a strong response now. Enough is enough.
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Last summer, the EU (the Commission) was held back from retaliating by weak member states. The Commission is likely going to be unleashed now. And they have been doing a lot of thinking about how to retaliate. The question is how far are they willing to go. 3/
January 18, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Last summer, the EU (the Commission) was held back from retaliating by weak member states. The Commission is likely going to be unleashed now. And they have been doing a lot of thinking about how to retaliate. The question is how far are they willing to go. 3/
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There is a precedent for a person getting someone else's Nobel Prize. In 1943, the Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun, gave his Nobel Prize in literature to Joseph Goebbels uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...
Knut Hamsun
Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1920, Knut Hamsun (1859–1952) was a towering figure of Norwegian letters. He was also a Nazi sympathizer and supp...
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January 16, 2026 at 1:41 PM
There is a precedent for a person getting someone else's Nobel Prize. In 1943, the Norwegian writer Knut Hamsun, gave his Nobel Prize in literature to Joseph Goebbels uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295...
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Incredible piece of Search Engine Optimisation
January 16, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Incredible piece of Search Engine Optimisation
Know the historian rule
January 15, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Know the historian rule