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Fredrika Larsson
@ikapika.bsky.social
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Historian (PhD) at Sweden’s National Defence University. Dabbles in Memory/Intelligence Analysis/Peace and Conflict Studies but would much rather be an Unspeakable at the Department of Mysteries.
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jfb1066.bsky.social
Anyone interested in pursuing doctoral study in military history (broadly defined) and especially in tje strategy snd economic statecraft of tge two world wars: please drop me a line
www.birmingham.ac.uk/study/schola...
College of Arts and Law Doctoral Scholarships - University of Birmingham
Fully-funded and partially-funded scholarships for doctoral research students studying in the College of Arts of Law in the 2026/27 academic year onwards
www.birmingham.ac.uk
November 5, 2025 at 9:54 AM
ikapika.bsky.social
On my way to #show! One of the highlights of the Academic year @sochistorywar.bsky.social @hayleybrabazon.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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petebuttigieg.bsky.social
Post from Pete Buttigieg that reads: As a military officer, I was repeatedly trained on the law concerning illegal orders. Now, veterans citing this law have been targeted by the president with threats of prosecution and death - because they oppose him politically. If the government acts against them, it will further display President Trump's thirst for the one thing our Republic cannot abide: tyranny.
November 26, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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karolina.mastodonsweden.se.ap.brid.gy
Julmustens dag! Nu är det jag som hämtar musten…
https://svenskahogtider.com/2025/11/12/varfor-ar-julmustens-dag-24-november/
Varför är ”julmustens dag” 24 november?
**_Kort svar:_**_Sveriges bryggerier valde att ha ”julmustens dag” 24 november eftersom det då är exakt en månad kvar till julafton._ Julmust har varit en populär dryck till jul under hundra år. Från början lanserades den som ett alkoholfritt alternativ till julöl och såldes under december månad. Men genom årtiondena har julmustsäsongen flyttats längre och längre från själva julhelgen och numera kan man hitta julmust i butiker redan i september. _Sveriges bryggerier_ valde 2025 att lansera ”julmustens dag” som ”en ny årlig högtid som hyllar en av Sveriges mest älskade drycker”. Att man valde just 24 november motiverar man med: > Lanseringen den 24 november markerar också att det är precis en månad kvar till julafton – och att julmustsäsongen därmed drar igång på riktigt. Datumet är alltså valt för att det just 24 november är exakt en månad kvar till julafton. _Skrivet av Mattias Axelsson (författare och gymnasielärare i historia och samhällskunskap) 2025-11-12_ **Källa:** Julmusten får egen dag – nu blir 24 november startskottet för julen | Sveriges Bryggerier ### Dela detta: * Klicka för att dela på Facebook (Öppnas i ett nytt fönster) Facebook * Klicka för utskrift (Öppnas i ett nytt fönster) Skriv ut * Klicka för att dela på Reddit (Öppnas i ett nytt fönster) Reddit * Klicka för att dela på WhatsApp (Öppnas i ett nytt fönster) WhatsApp * Gilla Laddar in … ### _Relaterade_
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November 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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anneapplebaum.bsky.social
Do I understand correctly that there is now a dispute within the administration about whether this "peace plan" was written by Russians or Americans?
November 23, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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mhafhs.bsky.social
On Wednesday 26 November, Matti Tokola (PhD Student, University of Eastern Finland, Finland) will give us a presentation on

"My first reaction was shame - and I ejected" Experiences of Swedish Air Force pilots during Cold War”

Date: 26 Nov 2025
Time: 15:00 CET
Location: Raab or Zoom, DM for link
November 21, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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misswalsingham.bsky.social
📢Here's a fully funded 4-year PhD position at Leiden within the ERC project LangPro led by Dr Alisa van de Haar, and co-supervised by yours truly, on professional opportunities for women in the early modern language sector bit.ly/47Y3hYI

Apply by 15 Feb. 2026; starting date 1 Aug. 2026
PhD position, project: LangPro Women in the Early Modern Language Sector
PhD position, project: LangPro Women in the Early Modern Language Sector
careers.universiteitleiden.nl
November 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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secretsandspies.bsky.social
Three hundred fifteen students and teachers kidnapped in Nigeria in second school abduction this week

www.lemonde.fr/en/le-monde-...
Three hundred fifteen students and teachers kidnapped in Nigeria in second school abduction this week
A mass abduction at a Christian school in Niger state has pushed authorities to close schools and escalate security measures as armed gangs and jihadist groups expand their operations.
www.lemonde.fr
November 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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secretsandspies.bsky.social
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered a stark address to the nation today, drawing deliberate parallels with his wartime speech on the morning of Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022.

ukdefencejournal.org.uk/ukraine-face...
Ukraine faces ‘loss of dignity or loss of a partner’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered a stark address to the nation today, drawing deliberate parallels with his wartime speech on the morning of Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 20...
ukdefencejournal.org.uk
November 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
ikapika.bsky.social
Lämnar inte hemmet förrän våren.
November 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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hendov.bsky.social
as a bosnian, i cannot accept this depoliticization of the mass murder that was directed against us. to brazenly claim that the violence has "no political or religious motivation" is beneath common sense. it harms any understanding of what happened in sarajevo and bosnia
okwonga.bsky.social Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 14d
“There were no political or religious motivations. They were rich people who went there for fun and personal satisfaction. We are talking about people who love guns who perhaps go to shooting ranges or on safari in Africa.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Prosecutors in Milan have opened an investigation into Italians who allegedly paid members of the Bosnian Serb army for trips to Sarajevo so that they could kill citizens during the four-year siege of the city in the 1990s. More than 10,000 people were killed in Sarajevo by constant shelling and sniper fire between 1992 and 1996 in what was the longest siege in modern history, after Bosnia and Herzegovina declared independence from Yugoslavia.
November 12, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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tumadre.bsky.social
Skrattade åt denna liknelse
November 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
ikapika.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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mhafhs.bsky.social
On 12 Nov, Dr Daniel Stridh (DMF Postdoctoral Scholar, @forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social) will present his paper:

Conscription in the Periphery: Privileges, Distinctions, and Military Recruitment in the Swedish Lappmark, 1812-1853.
 
Date: 12 Nov
Time: 15:00CET
Location: RAAB or Zoom (DM for link)
November 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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taniel.bsky.social
Democrats have flipped 2 seats in the Mississippi senate, and in so doing they've broken the GOP's supermajority in the chamber.
November 5, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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elisabeth-piller.bsky.social
I m advertising a PhD position as part of our ERC project BLOCKADE. The PhD cand. should focus on myth/narratives of the hunger blockade in Germany, Austria in the era of the World Wars. 4 years of funding, wonderful team, amazing city (evidence attached)! Pls share! www.hsozkult.de/opportunity/...
October 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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phineas.bsky.social
New awareness campaign
A digital poster in the style of a World War II propaganda piece. Isolaed on a yellow background, a normal, squarish, 20-something guy with glasses is sitting working on a laptop. A ghostly figure of Hitler has his arm around the guy and is grinning and shaking a fist triumphantly looking at the laptop screen. On the lid of the laptop where an apple might otherwise be is an openAI logo, bright green, and dripping green ooze down the lid. Text on the poster, in combinations of sans-serif type and brush script reads: Using Generative AI? You’re prompting with Hitler! GenAI is a Fascist Project! Try using your brain instead Don’t surrender your creativity to the tech billionaire’s control
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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lynseyblack.bsky.social
Looking forward to speaking at this Dublin County Council event 'Borders & Boundaries', although mostly looking forward to hearing these people speak: @cormacmoorehist.bsky.social @pduffy1.bsky.social, Kieran Rankin, Niamh Brennan, Liam Campbell and Jim McBride: www.donegalcoco.ie/en/news/2025...
Commemorative Conference - 'Borders & Boundaries'
Commemorative Conference - 'Borders & Boundaries'
www.donegalcoco.ie
November 3, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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anniecroona.bsky.social
Livet är kort och julmustsäsongen lika så. Drick julmust i oktober.
October 28, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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mhafhs.bsky.social
On 29 October, prof @misswalsingham.bsky.social will be giving a talk titled:

”Spycraft: Early Modern espionage” at the IMH seminar series.

Details here: www.linkedin.com/posts/instit...
October 25, 2025 at 8:59 AM
ikapika.bsky.social
Now our watch is over for this time around. The source material has been reviewed and the article has been started. Bonnie Larsson et al have been productive researchers.

Then we have also managed the farm.
October 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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resistlist.bsky.social
[Thread] There's been a flurry of defections across society this week showing the breadth of actors and institutions that have defied and defected from the Trump regime this week.

1) Military commander leading Southern Command steps down rather than oversee attacks on boats in Caribbean:
Head of the U.S. Military’s Southern Command Is Stepping Down, Officials Say
www.nytimes.com
October 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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thegreatbarbossa.bsky.social
oh you asked chatgpt? well I got high on paint fumes and asked the fae in the woods and they think you're lame as hell for that.
October 14, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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secretsandspies.bsky.social
Questions After Quantico

www.thebulwark.com/p/questions-...
Questions After Quantico
U.S. military commanders around the world will be working to provide steady leadership after Hegseth’s bravado and Trump’s bluster.
www.thebulwark.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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mhafhs.bsky.social
On 1 October, We host Dr Nicola Martin from @uhihistory.bsky.social who will discuss:

“The British Army and interpretations of the Laws of War in the eighteenth century”

Details here:
www.linkedin.com/posts/instit...

#Skystorians #EarlyModern #17thC #MilHist #LAW
@forsvarshogskolan.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM