Olli Bäckström
@ollibackstrom.bsky.social
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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So...Trump doesn't in fact want regime change in Venezuela, because the opposition leader slighted him by accepting the Nobel Peace Prize, which by birthright belongs to Trump himself.
January 5, 2026 at 7:17 AM
So...Trump doesn't in fact want regime change in Venezuela, because the opposition leader slighted him by accepting the Nobel Peace Prize, which by birthright belongs to Trump himself.
Suomen Atlantti-Seura voisi alkaa pitämään kokouksiaan Grönlannissa.
January 5, 2026 at 5:21 AM
Suomen Atlantti-Seura voisi alkaa pitämään kokouksiaan Grönlannissa.
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Yes, hello? I don’t think 2026 is working properly. I’d like to cancel my free 5 day trial please.
January 4, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Yes, hello? I don’t think 2026 is working properly. I’d like to cancel my free 5 day trial please.
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Derelict Ship concept art (1977-78) for Alien by Jean ‘Moebius’ Giraud
January 4, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Derelict Ship concept art (1977-78) for Alien by Jean ‘Moebius’ Giraud
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🇸🇪🇩🇰🇬🇱 PM of Sweden:
Only Denmark and Greenland have the right to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland. Sweden fully stands up for our neighboring country.
Only Denmark and Greenland have the right to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland. Sweden fully stands up for our neighboring country.
January 4, 2026 at 8:32 PM
🇸🇪🇩🇰🇬🇱 PM of Sweden:
Only Denmark and Greenland have the right to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland. Sweden fully stands up for our neighboring country.
Only Denmark and Greenland have the right to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland. Sweden fully stands up for our neighboring country.
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Spain breaks ranks with EU countries to explicitly and categorically reject Trump’s military intervention in Venezuela, considering it breaches fundamental principles of international law.
January 4, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Spain breaks ranks with EU countries to explicitly and categorically reject Trump’s military intervention in Venezuela, considering it breaches fundamental principles of international law.
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Denmark PM urges Trump to stop threats to take over Greenland reut.rs/4aFAXNP
Denmark PM urges Trump to stop threats to take over Greenland
Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Sunday urged U.S. President Donald Trump to stop threatening to take over Greenland, after he reiterated his wish to do so in an interview with The Atlantic magazine.
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January 4, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Denmark PM urges Trump to stop threats to take over Greenland reut.rs/4aFAXNP
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the trump administration is living inside a social media dreamworld where the US is literally all-powerful and can do anything it wants to anyone it wants, and the US media, rather than pointing out this is deranged madness, is trying to demonstrate its neutrality by dignifying the fantasy
January 4, 2026 at 3:22 AM
the trump administration is living inside a social media dreamworld where the US is literally all-powerful and can do anything it wants to anyone it wants, and the US media, rather than pointing out this is deranged madness, is trying to demonstrate its neutrality by dignifying the fantasy
Danish PM Mette Frederiksen has more spine than the sniveling little shit who calls himself the president of Finland.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Danish PM tells Trump to stop 'threats' against Greenland
Mette Frederiksen said the "US has no right to annex any of the three nations in the Danish kingdom".
www.bbc.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Danish PM Mette Frederiksen has more spine than the sniveling little shit who calls himself the president of Finland.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Schwarznasenschafe
Valais in der Schweiz
Valais in der Schweiz
January 4, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Schwarznasenschafe
Valais in der Schweiz
Valais in der Schweiz
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Leader of Greenlandic government 🇬🇱:
January 4, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Leader of Greenlandic government 🇬🇱:
Asiat, joita poliitikkomme pelkäävät suoranaisen hysterian vallassa: merikaapelit ja sudet.
Asiat, jotka eivät huoleta heitä pätkääkään: massatyöttömyys ja kansantalouden tuhoutuminen.
Asiat, jotka eivät huoleta heitä pätkääkään: massatyöttömyys ja kansantalouden tuhoutuminen.
January 4, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Asiat, joita poliitikkomme pelkäävät suoranaisen hysterian vallassa: merikaapelit ja sudet.
Asiat, jotka eivät huoleta heitä pätkääkään: massatyöttömyys ja kansantalouden tuhoutuminen.
Asiat, jotka eivät huoleta heitä pätkääkään: massatyöttömyys ja kansantalouden tuhoutuminen.
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January (detail), Castello del Buonconsiglio (Trento, Italy), c. 1400
January 4, 2026 at 1:03 AM
January (detail), Castello del Buonconsiglio (Trento, Italy), c. 1400
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Monet tuntuvat aidosti kuvittelevan, että yhteiskuntaa pitävät pystyssä vain ns. nettoveronmaksajat. Nyt näemme käytännössä sen olevan silkkaa puppua, kun harhaa on käytetty poliittisten päätösten pohjana. Valtionvelka räjähtää, firmoja menee ennätystahtiin nurin, työttömyys lähtee käsistä jne.
a man and a woman are blowing bubbles in front of a sign that says " ydan o real "
ALT: a man and a woman are blowing bubbles in front of a sign that says " ydan o real "
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January 4, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Monet tuntuvat aidosti kuvittelevan, että yhteiskuntaa pitävät pystyssä vain ns. nettoveronmaksajat. Nyt näemme käytännössä sen olevan silkkaa puppua, kun harhaa on käytetty poliittisten päätösten pohjana. Valtionvelka räjähtää, firmoja menee ennätystahtiin nurin, työttömyys lähtee käsistä jne.
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This silver groat of James III of Scotland (1484-1488) was one of the 1st coins minted in Northern Europe with a realistic portrait in the Renaissance style. This example from the Lord Stewartby Collection is one of the best preserved I've ever seen.
January 4, 2026 at 5:00 PM
This silver groat of James III of Scotland (1484-1488) was one of the 1st coins minted in Northern Europe with a realistic portrait in the Renaissance style. This example from the Lord Stewartby Collection is one of the best preserved I've ever seen.
"Nobles resent finding people of inferior condition obtaining equality with them simply through the expenditure of money, to the consequent disparagement of nobility."
Cortes of Castile to Philip II in 1592.
Cortes of Castile to Philip II in 1592.
January 4, 2026 at 5:01 PM
"Nobles resent finding people of inferior condition obtaining equality with them simply through the expenditure of money, to the consequent disparagement of nobility."
Cortes of Castile to Philip II in 1592.
Cortes of Castile to Philip II in 1592.
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💯. Just because Trump is convinced this is all about oil doesn’t mean it actually is. Apparently a lot of people need reminding that the President is not, in fact, very bright.
The amount of “this is clearly about oil” posting across all platforms as story after story comes out where the oil industry is saying that the oil isn’t worth extracting is making me feel a little insane
January 4, 2026 at 4:03 PM
💯. Just because Trump is convinced this is all about oil doesn’t mean it actually is. Apparently a lot of people need reminding that the President is not, in fact, very bright.
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The ethical and legal damage will be with us forever but it’s the raging incompetence that will strike first, within the next few days.
Director of the CIA is in the room but you have OSINTdefender's twitter page up on the screen
January 4, 2026 at 3:52 PM
The ethical and legal damage will be with us forever but it’s the raging incompetence that will strike first, within the next few days.
Entä jäikö kukaan kaipaamaan pommituksessa kuolleita neljääkymmentä siviiliä, Antti?
www.iltalehti.fi/politiikka/a...
www.iltalehti.fi/politiikka/a...
Antti Lindtmanilta suorat sanat: ”Vain harva jää kaipaamaan”
Suurimman oppositiopuolueen SDP:n puheenjohtaja Antti Lindtman ottaa kantaa Suomen ulkopoliittisen johdon viestintään Venezuelan tilanteesta.
www.iltalehti.fi
January 4, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Entä jäikö kukaan kaipaamaan pommituksessa kuolleita neljääkymmentä siviiliä, Antti?
www.iltalehti.fi/politiikka/a...
www.iltalehti.fi/politiikka/a...
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Well, today – of course! – is the 79th anniversary of L Ron Hubbard trying to summon Baby Satan. Apparently, it was this very day in 1946 when the founder of Scientology teamed up with a rocket engineer called Jack Parsons to create a ‘moonchild’
January 4, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Well, today – of course! – is the 79th anniversary of L Ron Hubbard trying to summon Baby Satan. Apparently, it was this very day in 1946 when the founder of Scientology teamed up with a rocket engineer called Jack Parsons to create a ‘moonchild’
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So clever of US, UK and European universities, with ample encouragement from their governments, to have been closing down Area Studies, History, Languages and Politics & International Relations programmes, so clearly irrelevant to the world in the second half of the 21st century.
A key question is ‘whether Trump’s appetite for military adventurism will continue to spread. He has advertised designs on Canada, Panama, Greenland and the Gaza Strip. On Saturday, he implied Mexico was also in his sights’
Quick insight from @edwardluce.bsky.social
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Quick insight from @edwardluce.bsky.social
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Trump now owns Venezuela
[FREE TO READ] The US president has a growing appetite for military adventure
as.ft.com
January 4, 2026 at 11:52 AM
So clever of US, UK and European universities, with ample encouragement from their governments, to have been closing down Area Studies, History, Languages and Politics & International Relations programmes, so clearly irrelevant to the world in the second half of the 21st century.