Kristjan 🇪🇪
@kristjan17.bsky.social
Baltic Finnic 40+ male. A liberal to conservatives, a conservative to liberals, i.e. a centrist. Here for rallying, politics, history. I speak 🇪🇪🇫🇮🇬🇧
Views:
- Si vis pacem, para bellum. ⚔️
- Europe should federalise. 🇪🇺
Views:
- Si vis pacem, para bellum. ⚔️
- Europe should federalise. 🇪🇺
"E pluribus unum" ("One from the many") was the unofficial motto of the USA until 1956 when an act of Congress established "In God we trust" as the official motto. 🇺🇸
So "e pluribus unum" isn't occupied now and the EU should adopt it. 🇪🇺
So "e pluribus unum" isn't occupied now and the EU should adopt it. 🇪🇺
November 18, 2025 at 6:14 AM
"E pluribus unum" ("One from the many") was the unofficial motto of the USA until 1956 when an act of Congress established "In God we trust" as the official motto. 🇺🇸
So "e pluribus unum" isn't occupied now and the EU should adopt it. 🇪🇺
So "e pluribus unum" isn't occupied now and the EU should adopt it. 🇪🇺
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🇺🇸🇪🇪🇺🇦 Former US Ambassador to Estonia George Kent raised over $100,000 in support of Ukraine, and then, with the help of his wife, purchased and delivered 37 vehicles for Ukrainian units.
November 17, 2025 at 7:37 PM
🇺🇸🇪🇪🇺🇦 Former US Ambassador to Estonia George Kent raised over $100,000 in support of Ukraine, and then, with the help of his wife, purchased and delivered 37 vehicles for Ukrainian units.
Veidemanni suurim viga oli võib-olla hoopis see, et ta rääkis nii nagu meil oleks ühtne kultuuriruum.
Aga üheski demokraatlikus riigis seda ei ole, nii et ei ole mõtet arutada, mis sinna kuulub või ei kuulu.
Aga üheski demokraatlikus riigis seda ei ole, nii et ei ole mõtet arutada, mis sinna kuulub või ei kuulu.
November 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Veidemanni suurim viga oli võib-olla hoopis see, et ta rääkis nii nagu meil oleks ühtne kultuuriruum.
Aga üheski demokraatlikus riigis seda ei ole, nii et ei ole mõtet arutada, mis sinna kuulub või ei kuulu.
Aga üheski demokraatlikus riigis seda ei ole, nii et ei ole mõtet arutada, mis sinna kuulub või ei kuulu.
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Kherson streets covered with anti-drone nets.
November 16, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Kherson streets covered with anti-drone nets.
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As NATO is so aggressive, we have moved our border guards from where NATO *is* on our Estonian border, and sent them to die in Ukraine, where NATO *is not*
November 16, 2025 at 12:18 PM
As NATO is so aggressive, we have moved our border guards from where NATO *is* on our Estonian border, and sent them to die in Ukraine, where NATO *is not*
The common trait was that everyone was grim and miserable.
good a place as any to post the old Soviet Ethnicity Chart
November 16, 2025 at 8:02 AM
The common trait was that everyone was grim and miserable.
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The multinational tank force trained under conditions intended to simulate early stage Article 5 operations during an enemy invasion of NATO.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/nato-tanks-c...
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/nato-tanks-c...
NATO tanks conduct combat drills near Russian border
The multinational tank force trained under conditions intended to simulate early stage Article 5 operations during an enemy invasion of NATO.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The multinational tank force trained under conditions intended to simulate early stage Article 5 operations during an enemy invasion of NATO.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/nato-tanks-c...
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/nato-tanks-c...
I maintain that Estonia is a Finnic state, not a Baltic state.
November 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I maintain that Estonia is a Finnic state, not a Baltic state.
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Marge Konsa introduced results of the #excavation which started 17 years ago. Despite its discovery nearly two decades ago, new analyses are constantly changing our perception of the #Vendel period (Pre-Viking Age) in the region. TIL one of the swords was encrusted with Sri Lankan garnets! 2/4
November 14, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Marge Konsa introduced results of the #excavation which started 17 years ago. Despite its discovery nearly two decades ago, new analyses are constantly changing our perception of the #Vendel period (Pre-Viking Age) in the region. TIL one of the swords was encrusted with Sri Lankan garnets! 2/4
russians have developed a drunk robot, apparently.
Analogov nyet.
Analogov nyet.
Russia unveiled its new humanoid robot, AIdol, in Moscow and it immediately collapsed👏🏼
November 12, 2025 at 10:53 AM
russians have developed a drunk robot, apparently.
Analogov nyet.
Analogov nyet.
Koalitsioonierakondade summaarne toetus on 12,3%... Kui mitte maailmarekord, siis Eesti rekord on see kindlasti.
www.err.ee/1609855689/k...
www.err.ee/1609855689/k...
Koalitsiooniparteide summaarne toetus langeb järjest madalamale
Koalitsioonierakondi toetab kokku 12,3 protsenti ning riigikogu opositsioonierakondi 79,5 protsenti vastajatest. Koalitsioonierakondade summaarne toetus ei ole Ühiskonnauuringute Instituudi tellitud N...
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November 12, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Koalitsioonierakondade summaarne toetus on 12,3%... Kui mitte maailmarekord, siis Eesti rekord on see kindlasti.
www.err.ee/1609855689/k...
www.err.ee/1609855689/k...
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Ernst Jaakson served in Estonia's foreign service for more than 79 years, from 1919 to 1998, news.err.ee/1609854870/n...
NYC's 34th Street block to be named for longtime Estonian diplomat
A block of Manhattan's 34th Street will be renamed Ernst Jaakson Way next week, honoring the diplomat in exile key to preserving Estonian sovereignty during Soviet rule.
news.err.ee
November 12, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Ernst Jaakson served in Estonia's foreign service for more than 79 years, from 1919 to 1998, news.err.ee/1609854870/n...
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I don't know if this is of interest to anyone but myself but I'm sharing it anyway.
I've been on a genealogy journey since I spat in a test tube almost ten years ago.
And since the test result was an uninspiring 100% Finnish, I've been on a 'where did Finns come from' and 'who are we' journey.
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I've been on a genealogy journey since I spat in a test tube almost ten years ago.
And since the test result was an uninspiring 100% Finnish, I've been on a 'where did Finns come from' and 'who are we' journey.
👇🏻
November 9, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I don't know if this is of interest to anyone but myself but I'm sharing it anyway.
I've been on a genealogy journey since I spat in a test tube almost ten years ago.
And since the test result was an uninspiring 100% Finnish, I've been on a 'where did Finns come from' and 'who are we' journey.
👇🏻
I've been on a genealogy journey since I spat in a test tube almost ten years ago.
And since the test result was an uninspiring 100% Finnish, I've been on a 'where did Finns come from' and 'who are we' journey.
👇🏻
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Last night we were hit.
I’d been saying for a while that an attack on Dnipro City, where I live, was imminent. It came. It always starts the same way: that accelerated scream of a drone dive-bombing in the distance, the first wave testing the city’s air defences before the main attraction arrives.
I’d been saying for a while that an attack on Dnipro City, where I live, was imminent. It came. It always starts the same way: that accelerated scream of a drone dive-bombing in the distance, the first wave testing the city’s air defences before the main attraction arrives.
November 8, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Last night we were hit.
I’d been saying for a while that an attack on Dnipro City, where I live, was imminent. It came. It always starts the same way: that accelerated scream of a drone dive-bombing in the distance, the first wave testing the city’s air defences before the main attraction arrives.
I’d been saying for a while that an attack on Dnipro City, where I live, was imminent. It came. It always starts the same way: that accelerated scream of a drone dive-bombing in the distance, the first wave testing the city’s air defences before the main attraction arrives.
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As the situation in Pokrovsk becomes critical, and AFU reinforces the pocket to stabilize the flanks, there's considerable attention now to how this battle is unfolding. A few thoughts on the situation. 1/ (DeepStateMap)
November 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
As the situation in Pokrovsk becomes critical, and AFU reinforces the pocket to stabilize the flanks, there's considerable attention now to how this battle is unfolding. A few thoughts on the situation. 1/ (DeepStateMap)
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This is not the country we should be.
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This is not the country we should be.
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7 minutes on Asia: Europe’s struggle for relevance in the age of China and Trump’s ‘G2’
My long read on the EU's drift to the margins on China - and almost everything else
My long read on the EU's drift to the margins on China - and almost everything else
7 minutes on Asia: Europe’s struggle for relevance in the age of Trump’s ‘G2’
A brief discussion on the Indo-Pacific suggests a union that is increasingly peripheral – on China and arguably almost everything else.
www.scmp.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:14 AM
7 minutes on Asia: Europe’s struggle for relevance in the age of China and Trump’s ‘G2’
My long read on the EU's drift to the margins on China - and almost everything else
My long read on the EU's drift to the margins on China - and almost everything else
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I completely agree with this, but - for the bazillionth time - that doesn't mean I think America is a fascist state or that Trump can somehow magically make the local election board in Bumblefuck County suddenly decide to rip up the votes of their neighbors
It’s also a good time to recall that, save for one ethical Republican (Pence), the 2020 election could easily have turned into a constitutional crisis and could have quite plausibly been decided by the US Congress: effectively a coup d’etat.
November 7, 2025 at 5:20 AM
I completely agree with this, but - for the bazillionth time - that doesn't mean I think America is a fascist state or that Trump can somehow magically make the local election board in Bumblefuck County suddenly decide to rip up the votes of their neighbors
How boring. The Estonian government coalition has lived with 15-20% support for a year already, no problem.
The combined support for the four government parties is at 41 percent, down slightly from October, but up from a low of 38.8 percent in August.
Yle survey: SDP holds onto lead, most parties lose support
The combined support for the four government parties is at 41 percent, down slightly from October, but up from a low of 38.8 percent in August.
yle.fi
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 AM
How boring. The Estonian government coalition has lived with 15-20% support for a year already, no problem.
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We live in an absurd world where Russia, the aggressor, talks about providing security guarantees to Ukraine, the victim of its aggression. Now, Belarus (the country from which Ukraine was attacked by Russia) says it's ready to deploy peacekeepers to Ukraine.
November 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
We live in an absurd world where Russia, the aggressor, talks about providing security guarantees to Ukraine, the victim of its aggression. Now, Belarus (the country from which Ukraine was attacked by Russia) says it's ready to deploy peacekeepers to Ukraine.
A former Finnish MP has moved to moscow and dreams of Finland becoming a part of russia again. 🤡 Meanwhile the Finnish Parliament is trying to collect 30K from him for misuse of public funds.
Originally in the Basic Finns party, he was excluded from there for racism.
www.is.fi/politiikka/a...
Originally in the Basic Finns party, he was excluded from there for racism.
www.is.fi/politiikka/a...
Ano Turtiainen muutti Moskovaan – eduskunta karhuaa jättisummaa
Eduskunta siirsi asian perintätoimistolle, kun Ano Turtiainen ei toimittanut vaadittua selvitystä.
www.is.fi
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
A former Finnish MP has moved to moscow and dreams of Finland becoming a part of russia again. 🤡 Meanwhile the Finnish Parliament is trying to collect 30K from him for misuse of public funds.
Originally in the Basic Finns party, he was excluded from there for racism.
www.is.fi/politiikka/a...
Originally in the Basic Finns party, he was excluded from there for racism.
www.is.fi/politiikka/a...
Täiesti nõus. Michal käitus ebaadekvaatselt. Somes trollimine ei ole üldsegi see, mida peaministrilt oodatakse.
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Urmet Kook: seisus kohustab, härra peaminister
Isegi kui Kristen Michali eesmärk oli teha ära oma peamisele poliitilisele oponendile, siis sildistada neljandik Eesti elanikke ebausaldusväärseks on peaministrist vastutustundetu, leiab ajakirjanik U...
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November 5, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Täiesti nõus. Michal käitus ebaadekvaatselt. Somes trollimine ei ole üldsegi see, mida peaministrilt oodatakse.
www.err.ee/1609848612/u...
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The Latvian Parliament scored an amazing own goal by deciding to leave the Istanbul Convention.
The Latvian President @edgarsrinkevics.bsky.social pushed back and now civil society is pushing back.
The Latvian President @edgarsrinkevics.bsky.social pushed back and now civil society is pushing back.
November 5, 2025 at 7:54 AM
The Latvian Parliament scored an amazing own goal by deciding to leave the Istanbul Convention.
The Latvian President @edgarsrinkevics.bsky.social pushed back and now civil society is pushing back.
The Latvian President @edgarsrinkevics.bsky.social pushed back and now civil society is pushing back.
Michal on somes tegija. Hästi trollib! Kahjuks on ta aga samas ka peaminister ja selles rollis tunduvalt nõrgem, mis vähendab RE toetust ja avab tee EKREIKE koalitsioonile peale 2027. a. valimisi.
Seda eriti siis, kui Tallinna koalitsioon osutub hästi toimivaks, mis mulle tundub tõenäoline.
Seda eriti siis, kui Tallinna koalitsioon osutub hästi toimivaks, mis mulle tundub tõenäoline.
Tallinn saab, mida inimesed tahtsid!
Leppige sellega, leppige Isake-sega!
Leppige sellega, leppige Isake-sega!
November 5, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Michal on somes tegija. Hästi trollib! Kahjuks on ta aga samas ka peaminister ja selles rollis tunduvalt nõrgem, mis vähendab RE toetust ja avab tee EKREIKE koalitsioonile peale 2027. a. valimisi.
Seda eriti siis, kui Tallinna koalitsioon osutub hästi toimivaks, mis mulle tundub tõenäoline.
Seda eriti siis, kui Tallinna koalitsioon osutub hästi toimivaks, mis mulle tundub tõenäoline.