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Kristjan 🇪🇪
@kristjan17.bsky.social
Baltic Finnic 40+ male. A liberal to conservatives, a conservative to liberals, i.e. a centrist. Here for rallying, politics, history. I speak 🇪🇪🇫🇮🇬🇧

Views:
- Si vis pacem, para bellum. ⚔️
- Europe should federalise. 🇪🇺
russians have developed a drunk robot, apparently.

Analogov nyet.
Russia unveiled its new humanoid robot, AIdol, in Moscow and it immediately collapsed👏🏼
November 12, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Koalitsioonierakondade summaarne toetus on 12,3%... Kui mitte maailmarekord, siis Eesti rekord on see kindlasti.

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Koalitsiooniparteide summaarne toetus langeb järjest madalamale
Koalitsioonierakondi toetab kokku 12,3 protsenti ning riigikogu opositsioonierakondi 79,5 protsenti vastajatest. Koalitsioonierakondade summaarne toetus ei ole Ühiskonnauuringute Instituudi tellitud N...
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November 12, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Ernst Jaakson served in Estonia's foreign service for more than 79 years, from 1919 to 1998, news.err.ee/1609854870/n...
NYC's 34th Street block to be named for longtime Estonian diplomat
A block of Manhattan's 34th Street will be renamed Ernst Jaakson Way next week, honoring the diplomat in exile key to preserving Estonian sovereignty during Soviet rule.
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November 12, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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I don't know if this is of interest to anyone but myself but I'm sharing it anyway.

I've been on a genealogy journey since I spat in a test tube almost ten years ago.

And since the test result was an uninspiring 100% Finnish, I've been on a 'where did Finns come from' and 'who are we' journey.

👇🏻
November 9, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Last night we were hit.

I’d been saying for a while that an attack on Dnipro City, where I live, was imminent. It came. It always starts the same way: that accelerated scream of a drone dive-bombing in the distance, the first wave testing the city’s air defences before the main attraction arrives.
November 8, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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As the situation in Pokrovsk becomes critical, and AFU reinforces the pocket to stabilize the flanks, there's considerable attention now to how this battle is unfolding. A few thoughts on the situation. 1/ (DeepStateMap)
November 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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This is not the country we should be.
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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7 minutes on Asia: Europe’s struggle for relevance in the age of China and Trump’s ‘G2’

My long read on the EU's drift to the margins on China - and almost everything else
7 minutes on Asia: Europe’s struggle for relevance in the age of Trump’s ‘G2’
A brief discussion on the Indo-Pacific suggests a union that is increasingly peripheral – on China and arguably almost everything else.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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I completely agree with this, but - for the bazillionth time - that doesn't mean I think America is a fascist state or that Trump can somehow magically make the local election board in Bumblefuck County suddenly decide to rip up the votes of their neighbors
It’s also a good time to recall that, save for one ethical Republican (Pence), the 2020 election could easily have turned into a constitutional crisis and could have quite plausibly been decided by the US Congress: effectively a coup d’etat.
November 7, 2025 at 5:20 AM
How boring. The Estonian government coalition has lived with 15-20% support for a year already, no problem.
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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We live in an absurd world where Russia, the aggressor, talks about providing security guarantees to Ukraine, the victim of its aggression. Now, Belarus (the country from which Ukraine was attacked by Russia) says it's ready to deploy peacekeepers to Ukraine.
November 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
A former Finnish MP has moved to moscow and dreams of Finland becoming a part of russia again. 🤡 Meanwhile the Finnish Parliament is trying to collect 30K from him for misuse of public funds.

Originally in the Basic Finns party, he was excluded from there for racism.

www.is.fi/politiikka/a...
Ano Turtiainen muutti Moskovaan – eduskunta karhuaa jättisummaa
Eduskunta siirsi asian perintätoimistolle, kun Ano Turtiainen ei toimittanut vaadittua selvitystä.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Täiesti nõus. Michal käitus ebaadekvaatselt. Somes trollimine ei ole üldsegi see, mida peaministrilt oodatakse.

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Urmet Kook: seisus kohustab, härra peaminister
Isegi kui Kristen Michali eesmärk oli teha ära oma peamisele poliitilisele oponendile, siis sildistada neljandik Eesti elanikke ebausaldusväärseks on peaministrist vastutustundetu, leiab ajakirjanik U...
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November 5, 2025 at 8:42 AM
The Latvian Parliament scored an amazing own goal by deciding to leave the Istanbul Convention.

The Latvian President @edgarsrinkevics.bsky.social pushed back and now civil society is pushing back.
Defending democracy, activism matters!
November 5, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Michal on somes tegija. Hästi trollib! Kahjuks on ta aga samas ka peaminister ja selles rollis tunduvalt nõrgem, mis vähendab RE toetust ja avab tee EKREIKE koalitsioonile peale 2027. a. valimisi.

Seda eriti siis, kui Tallinna koalitsioon osutub hästi toimivaks, mis mulle tundub tõenäoline.
Tallinn saab, mida inimesed tahtsid!
Leppige sellega, leppige Isake-sega!
November 5, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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Olen nüüd endamisi mõtiskelnud natuke veel selle Riigikogu "komisjoni” seni veel avaldamata rapordi üle. Mitte niivõrd sisu üle, kuna ma pole kogu asja lugenud (ega oskakski kommenteerida, kui see peaks olema peaasjalikult tehnilistest hädadest), vaid kuidas rapordiga toimiti. (1)
November 4, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Isamaad on muidugi kerge kritiseerida, sest Paulusest on peale valimisi saanud Saulus.

Aga nelikliit oli enne valimisi tragikoomiliselt ebatoimiv ja küllap oleks seda olnud ka nüüd. Mina arvan, et Isamaa valis õigesti.
November 4, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Can confirm.
November 2, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Finnic cooperation to increase inter-Finnic tourism, at least in one direction. 🇪🇪🤝🇫🇮

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Finnish comic Ismo Leikola the face of Visit Estonia campaign
A new online campaign promoting tourism to Estonia featuring well-known Finnish comedian Ismo Leikola aims to bring more visitors from Estonia's northern neighbor.
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November 2, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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@developers.google.com
rejecting Estonian government digital signatures (RSA-2048, literally uncrackable) but accepting pen scribbles on paper (forgeable by anyone with a pen) is peak 2025 tech company logic. Your system won't even let me upload .asice files. #GooglePlay #Estonia #eIDAS
October 31, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Some Baltic solidarity magic and my FB post on Latvian withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention can be read on the Estonian Feministeerium website.

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What's Really Behind Latvia's Rejection of the Istanbul Convention? - Feministeerium
Latvia's Parliament voted to denounce the Istanbul Convention on violence against women. Explore the political manoeuvring, populist trends, and potential Russian interference behind this controversia...
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October 31, 2025 at 2:06 PM
russians are a "culture" where cruelty is considered a virtue.
russians show how they tape live mice to FPV kamikaze drones for fun.

Do you understand the difference now?
October 31, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Russian Officers in Ukraine Killing Their Own Soldiers and Moscow is Suppressing Investigations of These Crimes windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2025/10/russian-officers-in-ukraine-killing.html
October 31, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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🤦‍♂️

#NAFO
October 31, 2025 at 10:08 AM