Erlingur
@rlingur.bsky.social
Defense & Tech Policy consulting. Senior Visiting Fellow at IIA Univ. of Iceland. Former Facebook/Meta, Icelandic Diplo, SAIS Fellow, UN, NATO/ISAF, UNICEF. Oxon ABD on WWI tanks. “Basically a modern day viking”
How about this bathroom art at Arlington restaurant in London 😉
April 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
How about this bathroom art at Arlington restaurant in London 😉
The US “peace plan” is a capitulation that rubbishes the UN Charter. Europe has to reject this American collusion with Russia. Full stop.
April 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The US “peace plan” is a capitulation that rubbishes the UN Charter. Europe has to reject this American collusion with Russia. Full stop.
Tomorrow marks 250 years since the "shot heard round the world" as Emerson described it.
It was a good run, but this bold experiment might have run its course.
At least John Winthrop’s “city on a hill” is no more. No matter what. The way that idea has been broken it cannot be put together again.
It was a good run, but this bold experiment might have run its course.
At least John Winthrop’s “city on a hill” is no more. No matter what. The way that idea has been broken it cannot be put together again.
April 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Tomorrow marks 250 years since the "shot heard round the world" as Emerson described it.
It was a good run, but this bold experiment might have run its course.
At least John Winthrop’s “city on a hill” is no more. No matter what. The way that idea has been broken it cannot be put together again.
It was a good run, but this bold experiment might have run its course.
At least John Winthrop’s “city on a hill” is no more. No matter what. The way that idea has been broken it cannot be put together again.
Ogdensburg Journal, 1 July 1868
March 29, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Ogdensburg Journal, 1 July 1868
I like how the Guardian mixed up the 1960s and 1860s. VVP did not however.
March 29, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I like how the Guardian mixed up the 1960s and 1860s. VVP did not however.
This is my favorite remote one - tucked away on the south coast
March 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM
This is my favorite remote one - tucked away on the south coast
pretty much the same reason we in Iceland are third, every town has an open air geothermal-heated pool that many of us use year round.
It's what I miss most about Iceland when abroad. We have 163 such pools in Iceland, which works out to 1 per 2400 Icelanders.
It's what I miss most about Iceland when abroad. We have 163 such pools in Iceland, which works out to 1 per 2400 Icelanders.
March 24, 2025 at 9:55 AM
pretty much the same reason we in Iceland are third, every town has an open air geothermal-heated pool that many of us use year round.
It's what I miss most about Iceland when abroad. We have 163 such pools in Iceland, which works out to 1 per 2400 Icelanders.
It's what I miss most about Iceland when abroad. We have 163 such pools in Iceland, which works out to 1 per 2400 Icelanders.
So today the real estate swindler will try to sell out Ukraine. It will be down to Europe to stop it from happening - for Ukraine’s sake and our own.
March 18, 2025 at 7:04 AM
So today the real estate swindler will try to sell out Ukraine. It will be down to Europe to stop it from happening - for Ukraine’s sake and our own.
Said it to Hannity 3 days ago
March 16, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Said it to Hannity 3 days ago
Been saying for a couple of months that this admin is gonna slow walk into a full blown Mexican conflict. I’m naming it MexiCOIN
March 16, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Been saying for a couple of months that this admin is gonna slow walk into a full blown Mexican conflict. I’m naming it MexiCOIN
Just gonna leave this here…
March 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Just gonna leave this here…
It’s Europe now. Only Europe.
February 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
It’s Europe now. Only Europe.
This, it turns out, was a documentary…
February 23, 2025 at 10:19 PM
This, it turns out, was a documentary…
and then with the Russian modification:
February 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
and then with the Russian modification:
February 23, 2025 at 3:08 PM
