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Michael Gentile
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Professor in human geography at the University of Oslo. My current research interests surround the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. Putin belongs behind bars.

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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 4h
It is. But it might backfire. Starlink is still needed in Ukraine. Unfortunately the russians use it too.

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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 19h
Yay...

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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 19h
Trump is bringing together a dream team. Now do Berdymukhammedov, lil' rocket man and the guy in Equatorial Guinea (can't remember his name) and it'll be perfection.
torkilsoerensen.bsky.social Torkil Sørensen @torkilsoerensen.bsky.social · 20h
Big success for Trumps Peace Council…
antongerashchenko.bsky.social Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 20h
Lukashenko has signed a document on Belarus joining the "Peace Council."

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · 20h
Beautiful

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Torkil Sørensen @torkilsoerensen.bsky.social · 20h
Big success for Trumps Peace Council…
antongerashchenko.bsky.social Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 20h
Lukashenko has signed a document on Belarus joining the "Peace Council."

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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 23h
At least he's not hiding it.
kyledcheney.bsky.social Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 23h
Trump amplifies post that says NATO — not China or Russia — is part of the “real threat” to America.

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 23h
Trump amplifies post that says NATO — not China or Russia — is part of the “real threat” to America.

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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 1d
Musk wants to buy Ryanair. I can think of no better way to make the airline lose its passengers and go bankrupt. www.di.se/live/elon-mu...
Elon Musk vill köpa Ryanair – och sparka vd:n
Två av affärsvärldens mest frispråkiga herrar har hamnat i luven på varandra. Förolämpningarna haglar mellan tech-miljardären Elon Musk och Ryanairs vd…
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 1d
Indeed. Go for the tech companies. And forbid X across EU and EES.

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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 1d
One more idea for US hybrid op against Canada: Demand an end to all forms of "discrimination of whites", launch special military operation to seize Ontario panhandle because this is where whites have been repressed for eight years. Organize secession referendum and ensure 93% approval.
michaelgentile.bsky.social Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 1d
While the crisis is about Greenland, Canada must be wondering if they're next, considering trump's already made a point about the country's not deserving to exist (a bit like putin re: Ukraine). But it isn't an easy task to occupy Canada. What trump needs is a plausibly deniable hybrid op. (1)

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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 1d
"Let things play out" = let us just occupy Greenland and you keep quiet. A bit like Russia, in other words. What a disgrace.

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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 1d
Would hope more then 75-80%.

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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 1d
In fact I was thinking about a Transrockiesian People's Republic too! You read my mind. Of course the oil obsession in the Krem...White House makes the Alberta scenario more than thinkable. But unilaterally... with some help.

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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 1d
Any other ideas? (8)

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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 1d
(f) Stage series of sabotage attacks in US and blame Antifa. Reveal irrefutable evidence that Antifa headquarters are located in Hamilton, ON. Dangerously close to US border. Initiate a special law-enforcement operation to fight Antifa. Invade area between Lake Erie and Ontario and stay there. (7)

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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 1d
(e) Blow up an oil refinery, e.g., the US-owned Burnaby refinery in British Columbia. Blame climate activists. Demand that action be taken against them; when Canada accuses the US of creating a false flag, deny first, and then invade Vancouver "to protect vital US interests in the region." (6)

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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 1d
(d) Same as the above, but use the white supremacists to stoke unrest in two or three cities, say, Thunder Bay and Halifax (it can't be too obvious, so not Toronto and Montreal). Then invoke R2P and send in little brown men. (5)

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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 1d
(c) Find & fund a sufficiently large group of far-right white supremacists and send them to "liberate" Moose Jaw from Canada's oppressive rule. Declare that the US stands behind all those who fight against the discrimination of whites. Send little brown-shirted men across the border. (4)

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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 1d
(b) Fund an underground separatist movement among Iniuts. Stage a coup in Iqaluit by taking over town hall, police station, etc. Throw your support the separatists because Canada hasn't respected their rights, etc., and then land US troops to offer temporary protection (following R2P principle) (3)

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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 1d
Here are a few suggestions: (a) Regina People's Republic (a pro-Washington separatist entity in southern Saskatchewan + that it's a nice oxymoron (Regina, people's...) (2)

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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 1d
While the crisis is about Greenland, Canada must be wondering if they're next, considering trump's already made a point about the country's not deserving to exist (a bit like putin re: Ukraine). But it isn't an easy task to occupy Canada. What trump needs is a plausibly deniable hybrid op. (1)

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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 1d
That's a different matter. But I would prefer if they reported the real problems. Frozen water at the store, staged or not, is not the same thing as frozen pipes or ice-cold apartments. But if you're gonna stage something, do it properly!

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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 1d
So technically not necessarily staged, but presenting it as frozen indoors is misleading.

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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 1d
I think the water was most likely stored outside and brought in.

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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 1d
Was my thought at first too. But then why just that particular brand? Why no traces of freezing in water beliw and above? (And it is water, I recognize the bottles)

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 1d
This is staged. The water on the shelves above and under is not frozen. Also the still-liquid water should be in middle of bottle. That being said, the Ru strategy of freezing people is a crime of immense proportions.

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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 2d
Well, he did say that it's because he wasn't awarded the Nobel peace prize.

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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 2d
So Trump basically just told Norwegian PM that he wants Greenland because they didn't give him a Nobel prize. Impeach him now, please. This is the most moronic casus belli in the history of mankind.

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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 2d
Should be an easy choice now.