Una Bergmane
@unabergmane.bsky.social
Historian working on Soviet collapse. Author of "Politics of Uncertainty: the United States, the Baltic Question and the Collapse of the Soviet Union." (OUP, 2023)
Researcher at Aleksanteri Institute (University of Helsinki)
From Latvia
Researcher at Aleksanteri Institute (University of Helsinki)
From Latvia
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A synthesis of denial and performative sadism.
This dancing is on top of the theater in Mariupol where hundreds of children were sheltered and killed by Russians. They rebuilt the theater and are hosting parties.
December 30, 2025 at 6:58 PM
A synthesis of denial and performative sadism.
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A 📹of Mariupol during the holidays in 2021,before Russia "liberated"the city
Look how beautiful it was.In a few months,a Russian bomb will hit Mariupol drama theater,killing hundreds
Thousands of Mariupol residents were killed by Russia,tens of thousands fled.The city is full of ghosts
📹SunVideo
Look how beautiful it was.In a few months,a Russian bomb will hit Mariupol drama theater,killing hundreds
Thousands of Mariupol residents were killed by Russia,tens of thousands fled.The city is full of ghosts
📹SunVideo
December 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
A 📹of Mariupol during the holidays in 2021,before Russia "liberated"the city
Look how beautiful it was.In a few months,a Russian bomb will hit Mariupol drama theater,killing hundreds
Thousands of Mariupol residents were killed by Russia,tens of thousands fled.The city is full of ghosts
📹SunVideo
Look how beautiful it was.In a few months,a Russian bomb will hit Mariupol drama theater,killing hundreds
Thousands of Mariupol residents were killed by Russia,tens of thousands fled.The city is full of ghosts
📹SunVideo
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We continue to stand in solidarity with Denmark and Greenland.
Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Kingdom of Denmark. Any changes to that status are for Greenlanders and Danes alone to decide. (1/2)
Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Kingdom of Denmark. Any changes to that status are for Greenlanders and Danes alone to decide. (1/2)
December 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
We continue to stand in solidarity with Denmark and Greenland.
Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Kingdom of Denmark. Any changes to that status are for Greenlanders and Danes alone to decide. (1/2)
Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Kingdom of Denmark. Any changes to that status are for Greenlanders and Danes alone to decide. (1/2)
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"After the funding cuts, cases in South Sudan spiked. It’s the worst cholera epidemic in the country’s history."
By late Feb., DOGE was "on track to wipe out 90% of USAID’s work."
"Publicly, the administration tried to temper international backlash by...
1/3
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
By late Feb., DOGE was "on track to wipe out 90% of USAID’s work."
"Publicly, the administration tried to temper international backlash by...
1/3
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 6:42 AM
"After the funding cuts, cases in South Sudan spiked. It’s the worst cholera epidemic in the country’s history."
By late Feb., DOGE was "on track to wipe out 90% of USAID’s work."
"Publicly, the administration tried to temper international backlash by...
1/3
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
By late Feb., DOGE was "on track to wipe out 90% of USAID’s work."
"Publicly, the administration tried to temper international backlash by...
1/3
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
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We will feast on the dead body of Darkness.
Happy Winter Solstice!
💛💙
Happy Winter Solstice!
💛💙
December 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
We will feast on the dead body of Darkness.
Happy Winter Solstice!
💛💙
Happy Winter Solstice!
💛💙
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Tänään on vuoden lyhin päivä pohjoisella pallonpuoliskolla. Klo 17 alkaen siirrytään taas kohti valoa!
(Toivottavasti kohti valoa myös yhteiskunnallisesti, ollut vähän synkkää joka puolella)
(Toivottavasti kohti valoa myös yhteiskunnallisesti, ollut vähän synkkää joka puolella)
December 21, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Tänään on vuoden lyhin päivä pohjoisella pallonpuoliskolla. Klo 17 alkaen siirrytään taas kohti valoa!
(Toivottavasti kohti valoa myös yhteiskunnallisesti, ollut vähän synkkää joka puolella)
(Toivottavasti kohti valoa myös yhteiskunnallisesti, ollut vähän synkkää joka puolella)
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Lietuva piedzīvo vēl līdz šim nepieredzētas protesta demonstrācijas. Viļņā cilvēki pulcējas pie parlamenta, lai protestētu pret valdības koalīcijas strauji virzītajiem grozījumiem sabiedriskā medija likumā, kas paredz atvieglot raidorganizācijas ģenerāldirektora atlaišanu.
🖥 youtu.be/eNKMPfITpuY
🖥 youtu.be/eNKMPfITpuY
December 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Lietuva piedzīvo vēl līdz šim nepieredzētas protesta demonstrācijas. Viļņā cilvēki pulcējas pie parlamenta, lai protestētu pret valdības koalīcijas strauji virzītajiem grozījumiem sabiedriskā medija likumā, kas paredz atvieglot raidorganizācijas ģenerāldirektora atlaišanu.
🖥 youtu.be/eNKMPfITpuY
🖥 youtu.be/eNKMPfITpuY
Ar lielu pārsteigumu atklāja, ka Latvija nav Teksasa vai Ungārija, un aizgāja.
Atnāca, publiskajā telpā iemeta pilnīgi bezjēdzīgu, vāji argumentētu ideju, saprata, ka de facto Latvijas demokrātijas izčakarēšanai nav atbalsta, un aizgāja. www.delfi.lv/193/politics...
Nesagaidot sabiedrības atbalstu, Hermanis pievienojas "bezcerīgo pulkam"
Hermanis liek noprast, ka pamet paša dibināto kustību "Bez partijām".
www.delfi.lv
December 18, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Ar lielu pārsteigumu atklāja, ka Latvija nav Teksasa vai Ungārija, un aizgāja.
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I've tried and failed a couple times to write a post explaining how serious this would be. NCAR is globally essential to our climate change response. This can't just be replaced. Every scientist in the world will be doing climate research with one hand tied behind their back for at least a decade
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I've tried and failed a couple times to write a post explaining how serious this would be. NCAR is globally essential to our climate change response. This can't just be replaced. Every scientist in the world will be doing climate research with one hand tied behind their back for at least a decade
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Only the Finns Party dismisses the idea of a state apology to the Sámi people, as called for by Prime Minister Petteri Orpo (NCP).
Nearly all parliamentary groups back formal apology to indigenous Sámi
Only the Finns Party dismisses the idea of a state apology to the Sámi people, as called for by Prime Minister Petteri Orpo (NCP).
yle.fi
December 14, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Only the Finns Party dismisses the idea of a state apology to the Sámi people, as called for by Prime Minister Petteri Orpo (NCP).
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Important essay by T. Hendl and S. Durdiyeva on the left's "emotionally charged and invested connection to the USSR and Soviet Utopia" and the continuing harm these phantasies cause progressive politics worldwide. @terezahendl.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
On Collateral Damage, Selective Anti-Imperialism and the Path to Liberation
Our paper explores the legacy of Angela Davis and its intersections with the liberation movements in Europe’s East, Baltic, Caucasus, Central and North Asia. via the re-visiting of Jiří Pelikán’s o...
www.tandfonline.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Important essay by T. Hendl and S. Durdiyeva on the left's "emotionally charged and invested connection to the USSR and Soviet Utopia" and the continuing harm these phantasies cause progressive politics worldwide. @terezahendl.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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With the new U.S. national security strategy (“NSC-88”), I think it is high time to ban Twitter in the EU altogether. At the very least, what the ever loving hell are our politicians doing there anymore?
They provide material for a system that will be used to attack us.
They provide material for a system that will be used to attack us.
December 7, 2025 at 11:32 AM
With the new U.S. national security strategy (“NSC-88”), I think it is high time to ban Twitter in the EU altogether. At the very least, what the ever loving hell are our politicians doing there anymore?
They provide material for a system that will be used to attack us.
They provide material for a system that will be used to attack us.
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Lietuvā attiecības starp varu un medijiem nokaitētas tiktāl, ka nākamjā nedēļā žurnālisti plāno iziet ielās protesta akcijā. Tā būs pirmā reize mūsdienu Lietuvas vēsturē, kad plašsaziņas līdzekļu pārstāvji, kas parasti protestus atspoguļo no malas, paši izies ielās.
🖥️ youtu.be/wprUqNvjEl4
🖥️ youtu.be/wprUqNvjEl4
December 6, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Lietuvā attiecības starp varu un medijiem nokaitētas tiktāl, ka nākamjā nedēļā žurnālisti plāno iziet ielās protesta akcijā. Tā būs pirmā reize mūsdienu Lietuvas vēsturē, kad plašsaziņas līdzekļu pārstāvji, kas parasti protestus atspoguļo no malas, paši izies ielās.
🖥️ youtu.be/wprUqNvjEl4
🖥️ youtu.be/wprUqNvjEl4
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Our next webinar will be a conversation among remarkable thinkers Adrian Ivakhiv, Kateryna Botanova, Kateryna Filyuk, Lesia Kulchynska, Taras Polataiko, Maria Sonevytsky, Oleksiy Vasyliuk and Olya Zikrata about reviving multispecies relations with the land
Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
December 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Our next webinar will be a conversation among remarkable thinkers Adrian Ivakhiv, Kateryna Botanova, Kateryna Filyuk, Lesia Kulchynska, Taras Polataiko, Maria Sonevytsky, Oleksiy Vasyliuk and Olya Zikrata about reviving multispecies relations with the land
Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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10 mēneši līdz vēlēšanām. Neaizmirstam novembra protestos teikto.
December 3, 2025 at 7:33 AM
10 mēneši līdz vēlēšanām. Neaizmirstam novembra protestos teikto.
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Whatever comes out of them, today's talks in Moscow are a diplomatic all-time low for the US. Incompetent, mercurial envoys trying to reset relations w one of the worst regimes in the world at the expense of the victim of unprovoked aggression and the security of America's best allies in Europe.
December 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Whatever comes out of them, today's talks in Moscow are a diplomatic all-time low for the US. Incompetent, mercurial envoys trying to reset relations w one of the worst regimes in the world at the expense of the victim of unprovoked aggression and the security of America's best allies in Europe.
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Saēdas drosmi, raugoties ASV administrācijas virzienā. Un desertiņu saņem no RU botiem sociālajos medijos.
Tikmēr Lietuvā Radio notiek klusuma minūtes, lai protestētu pret politiķu vēlmi mainīt noteikumus radio vadītāja iecelšanā, potenciāli pakļaujot to politiķu vēlmēm. Interesanti, ka Latvijā būtībā notiek tie paši procesi
December 2, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Saēdas drosmi, raugoties ASV administrācijas virzienā. Un desertiņu saņem no RU botiem sociālajos medijos.
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Tikmēr Lietuvā Radio notiek klusuma minūtes, lai protestētu pret politiķu vēlmi mainīt noteikumus radio vadītāja iecelšanā, potenciāli pakļaujot to politiķu vēlmēm. Interesanti, ka Latvijā būtībā notiek tie paši procesi
December 2, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Tikmēr Lietuvā Radio notiek klusuma minūtes, lai protestētu pret politiķu vēlmi mainīt noteikumus radio vadītāja iecelšanā, potenciāli pakļaujot to politiķu vēlmēm. Interesanti, ka Latvijā būtībā notiek tie paši procesi
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Projektos es esmu ieguvis daudz zināšanu, iestrāžu, ideju tālākai izpētei.....tikai tie pēc 3 gadiem nevienam nav vajadzīgi, kad tev, ja palaimējas, jāsāk rakt pavisam citā druvā. Piedevām slodze projektos spēj nodrošināt tikai maizi. Desai, sviestam un piparkūkām jāpelna savādāk.
Ekspertu diskusija: Zinātni nevar balstīt tikai projektos
Humanitāro nozaru pētnieki ceļ trauksmi par nepietiekamu finansējumu pētniecībai
www.diena.lv
December 2, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Projektos es esmu ieguvis daudz zināšanu, iestrāžu, ideju tālākai izpētei.....tikai tie pēc 3 gadiem nevienam nav vajadzīgi, kad tev, ja palaimējas, jāsāk rakt pavisam citā druvā. Piedevām slodze projektos spēj nodrošināt tikai maizi. Desai, sviestam un piparkūkām jāpelna savādāk.
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Arī lietuvieši uztraucas par aktīviem autoritāriem mēģinājumiem ierobežot mediju brīvību un neatkarību. 😬
Izskatās šis ir gads, kad demokrātijas atplūdi sasnieguši Baltiju.
www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas...
Izskatās šis ir gads, kad demokrātijas atplūdi sasnieguši Baltiju.
www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas...
December 2, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Arī lietuvieši uztraucas par aktīviem autoritāriem mēģinājumiem ierobežot mediju brīvību un neatkarību. 😬
Izskatās šis ir gads, kad demokrātijas atplūdi sasnieguši Baltiju.
www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas...
Izskatās šis ir gads, kad demokrātijas atplūdi sasnieguši Baltiju.
www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas...
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Doctors trying to save dozens of critically injured people in Dnipro after Russian bombed the city. attack . All surgeons and anesthesiologists are involved. Several people have severe limb injuries, some can’t breathe on their own and have been connected to ventilators
December 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Doctors trying to save dozens of critically injured people in Dnipro after Russian bombed the city. attack . All surgeons and anesthesiologists are involved. Several people have severe limb injuries, some can’t breathe on their own and have been connected to ventilators
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one reason "great power competition" is a bad description of the emerging order is that an interlinked global kleptocracy does not care about national interests or rivalries
Extraordinary WSJ reporting today that unveils the extent to which Trump, Witkoff, Kushner and US business executives are salivating over business deals with Russia while Putin’s forces kidnap Ukranian children and bomb civilians in their apartments.
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
🎁 www.wsj.com/world/russia...
November 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
one reason "great power competition" is a bad description of the emerging order is that an interlinked global kleptocracy does not care about national interests or rivalries
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🇺🇦🫂 Jamais ma famille n’a eu aussi peur que ce soir.
Ici, à 600m de notre maison.
Jamais une attaque n’avait eu lieu aussi près de chez nous.
Quasiment que des quartiers résidentiels, en feu, touchés par des drones, des débris de missiles.
La Russie est un État terroriste.
Ici, à 600m de notre maison.
Jamais une attaque n’avait eu lieu aussi près de chez nous.
Quasiment que des quartiers résidentiels, en feu, touchés par des drones, des débris de missiles.
La Russie est un État terroriste.
November 29, 2025 at 10:41 AM
🇺🇦🫂 Jamais ma famille n’a eu aussi peur que ce soir.
Ici, à 600m de notre maison.
Jamais une attaque n’avait eu lieu aussi près de chez nous.
Quasiment que des quartiers résidentiels, en feu, touchés par des drones, des débris de missiles.
La Russie est un État terroriste.
Ici, à 600m de notre maison.
Jamais une attaque n’avait eu lieu aussi près de chez nous.
Quasiment que des quartiers résidentiels, en feu, touchés par des drones, des débris de missiles.
La Russie est un État terroriste.
Reposted by Una Bergmane
Ja Jūsu draugu, paziņu lokā ir cilvēki, kas sākuši šaubīties par to, cik lietderīgi ir atbalstīt ukraiņus, iedodiet viņiem noklausīties šo reportāžu no Černihivas apgabala bērnu slimnīcas
www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas...
www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas...
Černihivas bērnu slimnīcā ļoti novērtē Latvijas sniegto atbalstu
"Paldies latviešiem, ka mums uztaisīja remontu!" šie vārdi daudz un dažādās variācijās šajās dienās izskanējuši Černihivā. Latvija šo apgabalu īpaši atbalsta kopš Krievijas pilnapmēra kara sākuma. Čer...
www.lsm.lv
November 29, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Ja Jūsu draugu, paziņu lokā ir cilvēki, kas sākuši šaubīties par to, cik lietderīgi ir atbalstīt ukraiņus, iedodiet viņiem noklausīties šo reportāžu no Černihivas apgabala bērnu slimnīcas
www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas...
www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas...
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Hundreds of residents of the city of Kyiv are still in the underground metro, seeking to protect their lives and get at least a little sleep before the next workday or school day. Meanwhile, russians continue their latest attacks on Ukraine.
November 25, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Hundreds of residents of the city of Kyiv are still in the underground metro, seeking to protect their lives and get at least a little sleep before the next workday or school day. Meanwhile, russians continue their latest attacks on Ukraine.