Sebastian Merlöv
@sebweb.bsky.social
"A delightful blend of serious insights and cheeky humor, like a war correspondent who moonlights as a stand-up comedian." -AI
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🇺🇸👀 The US Congress is demanding an investigation into the American military's attack on a ship in the Caribbean.
The Washington Post reports that Pentagon Secretary Pete Hegseth allegedly gave a verbal order to "kill everyone" on board.
The Washington Post reports that Pentagon Secretary Pete Hegseth allegedly gave a verbal order to "kill everyone" on board.
November 30, 2025 at 11:56 AM
🇺🇸👀 The US Congress is demanding an investigation into the American military's attack on a ship in the Caribbean.
The Washington Post reports that Pentagon Secretary Pete Hegseth allegedly gave a verbal order to "kill everyone" on board.
The Washington Post reports that Pentagon Secretary Pete Hegseth allegedly gave a verbal order to "kill everyone" on board.
Journalister, debattörer och även sk experter går helt bort sig i det senaste surret kring Ukraina. Nedan översikt från ISW ger en tydlig bild från såväl Rysslands egentliga hållning till vad som händer på slagfältet.
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 28, 2025
The frontline in Ukraine is not facing imminent collapse despite recent Russian gains and Kremlin assertions.
understandingwar.org
November 30, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Journalister, debattörer och även sk experter går helt bort sig i det senaste surret kring Ukraina. Nedan översikt från ISW ger en tydlig bild från såväl Rysslands egentliga hållning till vad som händer på slagfältet.
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
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If true, this is a war crime. And anyone, from Pete Hegseth to senior military staff, who authorized a war crime should be held accountable.
If a naval vessel is sunk, survivors are "protected persons" per the Geneva convention, like a pilot who ejects after being shot down.
If a naval vessel is sunk, survivors are "protected persons" per the Geneva convention, like a pilot who ejects after being shot down.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
If true, this is a war crime. And anyone, from Pete Hegseth to senior military staff, who authorized a war crime should be held accountable.
If a naval vessel is sunk, survivors are "protected persons" per the Geneva convention, like a pilot who ejects after being shot down.
If a naval vessel is sunk, survivors are "protected persons" per the Geneva convention, like a pilot who ejects after being shot down.
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Comey: "I'm grateful the court ended the case against me, which was a prosecution based on malevolence & incompetence... I was inspired by the career people who refused to be part of this travesty. It cost some of them their jobs, but it preserved their integrity, which is beyond price"
November 24, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Comey: "I'm grateful the court ended the case against me, which was a prosecution based on malevolence & incompetence... I was inspired by the career people who refused to be part of this travesty. It cost some of them their jobs, but it preserved their integrity, which is beyond price"
Mycket bra!!
As ISW's Nataliya Bugayova writes, NATO is both behind the curve of the Russian threat and also underutilizing the opportunity to contest Russian initiative at a relatively low risk and cost compared with the challenge it will face when the rate of the Russian attacks can grow exponentially (1/5)
November 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Mycket bra!!
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Min kolumn i Sydsvenskan, om ukrainska soldater med amputationer som får nya chanser tack vare stöd, ny teknik och en hel del egen kamp. (Även prenumeranter på DN och Bonnier News-tidningar kan läsa) >
OPINION: ”Det är som att hjärnan inte förstår att kroppsdelen är borta.”
Fantomkänsla. Det är en förnimmelse av en arm eller ett ben som har förlorats. Det kan även hugga, sticka eller bränna…
www.sydsvenskan.se
November 20, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Min kolumn i Sydsvenskan, om ukrainska soldater med amputationer som får nya chanser tack vare stöd, ny teknik och en hel del egen kamp. (Även prenumeranter på DN och Bonnier News-tidningar kan läsa) >
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The GOP got blown out in special elections coast to coast, but still people look for reasons not to vote
Oh that's cute. Given all the efforts Trump and his GOP henchmen are going to, you think there will still be fair elections. I guess then that it will be a prerequisite that he succeeds in stealing an election before his government can be call fascist.
November 20, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The GOP got blown out in special elections coast to coast, but still people look for reasons not to vote
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Fun conversation just now with one of my favourite journalists.
She: "Can we talk about the new Trump plan for forcing Ukraine to surrender?"
Me: "What makes you think this is a Trump plan and not a Russian info op that Western media have all fallen for?"
She: "Hold on. [clickey click] Ohhh..."
She: "Can we talk about the new Trump plan for forcing Ukraine to surrender?"
Me: "What makes you think this is a Trump plan and not a Russian info op that Western media have all fallen for?"
She: "Hold on. [clickey click] Ohhh..."
November 20, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Fun conversation just now with one of my favourite journalists.
She: "Can we talk about the new Trump plan for forcing Ukraine to surrender?"
Me: "What makes you think this is a Trump plan and not a Russian info op that Western media have all fallen for?"
She: "Hold on. [clickey click] Ohhh..."
She: "Can we talk about the new Trump plan for forcing Ukraine to surrender?"
Me: "What makes you think this is a Trump plan and not a Russian info op that Western media have all fallen for?"
She: "Hold on. [clickey click] Ohhh..."
Vi kan nu göra det officiellt att Sweden Dynamics tillsammans med NOTE tagit ett första steg för att etablera massproduktion av taktiska drönare i Sverige, Finland och Estland och övriga länder där NOTE är representerade.
www.nordicdefencesector.com/sv/article/s...
www.nordicdefencesector.com/sv/article/s...
Sweden Dynamics bygger upp drönarproduktion med NOTE
Sweden Dynamics och NOTE har tecknat en avsiktsförklaring om strategiskt samarbete för produktion av drönarsystem med europeisk försörjningstrygghet. NOTE blir prioriterad tillverkare av elektronik oc...
www.nordicdefencesector.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Vi kan nu göra det officiellt att Sweden Dynamics tillsammans med NOTE tagit ett första steg för att etablera massproduktion av taktiska drönare i Sverige, Finland och Estland och övriga länder där NOTE är representerade.
www.nordicdefencesector.com/sv/article/s...
www.nordicdefencesector.com/sv/article/s...
När man inte tror dagen har mer positiva upplevelser så kommer Arméchefen förbi. Och efter genomgång och olika bra frågor trycker han denna i min och min kollegas hand. #pergite
November 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
När man inte tror dagen har mer positiva upplevelser så kommer Arméchefen förbi. Och efter genomgång och olika bra frågor trycker han denna i min och min kollegas hand. #pergite
Och sen blev dagen ännu bättre. Svårslaget 🇸🇪❤️
November 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Och sen blev dagen ännu bättre. Svårslaget 🇸🇪❤️
Probably the best defence minister in the world 🇸🇪
November 18, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Probably the best defence minister in the world 🇸🇪
Då kör vi igång Berlin Security Conference 25. Dags att premiärvisa taktiska drönare som har design och komponenter till 50% från Sverige, resten non-China (EU/Nato). Bara det gör oss unika. Sen råkar den flyga bättre än allt annat på jordklotet. Och kan massproduceras enkelt. Och bärs integrerat.
November 18, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Då kör vi igång Berlin Security Conference 25. Dags att premiärvisa taktiska drönare som har design och komponenter till 50% från Sverige, resten non-China (EU/Nato). Bara det gör oss unika. Sen råkar den flyga bättre än allt annat på jordklotet. Och kan massproduceras enkelt. Och bärs integrerat.
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Round 3 of the Marjorie Taylor Greene and Donald Trump Divorce.
November 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Round 3 of the Marjorie Taylor Greene and Donald Trump Divorce.
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Protection that worked against Russian strikes wasn't replicated across Ukraine's grid.
Why? Surveillance tapes caught Energoatom officials demanding kickbacks. The executive who built 60 successful shelters? Prosecuted. Western funding? Collapsed.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/14/u...
Why? Surveillance tapes caught Energoatom officials demanding kickbacks. The executive who built 60 successful shelters? Prosecuted. Western funding? Collapsed.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/14/u...
Ukraine’s blackouts were avoidable. Energoatom corruption and political vendetta made them inevitable.
The blueprint existed. The funding existed. What happened instead reveals an institutional collapse more damaging than Russian missiles alone.
euromaidanpress.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Protection that worked against Russian strikes wasn't replicated across Ukraine's grid.
Why? Surveillance tapes caught Energoatom officials demanding kickbacks. The executive who built 60 successful shelters? Prosecuted. Western funding? Collapsed.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/14/u...
Why? Surveillance tapes caught Energoatom officials demanding kickbacks. The executive who built 60 successful shelters? Prosecuted. Western funding? Collapsed.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/14/u...
En mycket bättre ide att lägga pengar på att läka ihop Skåne med järnväg än en Metro i Malmö
Vad det gäller återuppbyggnad av järnvägar kan man ta en titt på Skåne. Skåne hade ett av landets tätaste nät av lokala banor. Många av dessa lades ned redan under mellankrigstiden och de flesta andra fram till nån gång på 80-talet.🧵
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November 15, 2025 at 10:14 PM
En mycket bättre ide att lägga pengar på att läka ihop Skåne med järnväg än en Metro i Malmö
Guillou har blivit lite sym i skallen på gamla dar. Som många äldre blir. Och ska då hållas från debattsidor och sociala medier.
Så sjukt att Jan Guillou från sin jätteplattform i Aftonbladet kallar en hederlig nyhetsjournalist för ”muslimjägare”.
Att se någon som ”muslimjägare” för att denne granskar terrorvurmare och antidemokratiska krafter är ärligt talat att anamma muslimhatarnas logik.
Att se någon som ”muslimjägare” för att denne granskar terrorvurmare och antidemokratiska krafter är ärligt talat att anamma muslimhatarnas logik.
November 15, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Guillou har blivit lite sym i skallen på gamla dar. Som många äldre blir. Och ska då hållas från debattsidor och sociala medier.
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Talked to a small business owner in PA just before the election in '24. "Oh, he's not going to do tariffs," she said.
He did it the last time, I said.
"I don't remember that."
You own a small business and you don't remember tariffs?
"Oh, Tom, you're funny."
It's impossible to get through.
He did it the last time, I said.
"I don't remember that."
You own a small business and you don't remember tariffs?
"Oh, Tom, you're funny."
It's impossible to get through.
Farmers in the Midwest kept their hands on the stove in 2024, even tho they had to be bailed out by subsidies in the First Reign of Terror.
And once again, he sold them out again with the tariffs.
Surprise! Surprise!
Smh
And once again, he sold them out again with the tariffs.
Surprise! Surprise!
Smh
November 15, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Talked to a small business owner in PA just before the election in '24. "Oh, he's not going to do tariffs," she said.
He did it the last time, I said.
"I don't remember that."
You own a small business and you don't remember tariffs?
"Oh, Tom, you're funny."
It's impossible to get through.
He did it the last time, I said.
"I don't remember that."
You own a small business and you don't remember tariffs?
"Oh, Tom, you're funny."
It's impossible to get through.
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Joke of the day from Moscow: Russia tried to unveil its first humanoid AI robot, Aidol. Key word: tried. The robot collapsed during its debut, forcing organizers to cut the presentation short. Their rushed attempt to lift the prop only made things worse.
November 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Äntligen landat hemma efter en intensiv vecka som avslutades med vad man skulle kunna kalla en rejäl "tweetup". Jag har aldrig varit på tweetups förr men inga andra kommer slå denna. Mycket inspirerande och lärorikt. Pergite!
November 7, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Äntligen landat hemma efter en intensiv vecka som avslutades med vad man skulle kunna kalla en rejäl "tweetup". Jag har aldrig varit på tweetups förr men inga andra kommer slå denna. Mycket inspirerande och lärorikt. Pergite!
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Det är skönt att alltfler vaknar.
Tidigare M-minister sågar Bildts nya CIA
Tidigare försvarsminister Mikael Odenberg är kritisk mot regeringens planer på en ny underrättelsetjänst. Nu uppmanar han Ulf Kristersson att ”ta ett djupt andetag och pausa”.
www.svd.se
November 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Det är skönt att alltfler vaknar.