The US of A is in a state of abasement, a self-inflicted humiliation. Their president is kowtowing to his Russian peer. Both are criminals, one of them a murderer. Anne Applebaum summarises the sorry state of American diplomacy: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Today in 1945, George Orwell published a devastating critique of Communism. Animal Farm reveals why every communist revolution follows the same tragic pattern: liberation to corruption to oppression. Here are 10 truths from Animal Farm Orwell warned us never to forget 🧵👇🏼

Aloittelijan virstanpylväs saavutettu tänään Hangon Lintuaseman kierroksella, 100 lintulajia bongattu tänä vuonna Suomessa. Hippiäisen ja merikotkan väliin mahtuu kaikenlaista! Heidi Björklund 🌻 Arno Hakkarainen

CNN reports from the USA: "The prices of Halloween costumes, props and accessories have risen due to a series of tariffs imposed on most goods imported from China". I don't support Trump's tariffs but it is hard to muster any pity on the poor Americans in this case.

Ruotsalaisraportti: Putin teki historiasta aseen Suomea vastaan – ”Voi tasoittaa tietä aseelliselle hyökkäykselle” is.fi/ulkomaat/art-2… Kiitos, tack, Patrik Oksanen & Arja Paananen

Myndigheten för psykologiskt försvar har publicerat en rapport om hur Ryssland förvrider historien för sin egna syften. Jag har gjort en flerfallsstudie av 40 händelser under 2025 riktade mot Finland. En del av förstärkningen sker här på X. mpf.se/publikationer/…

Russia spent this weekend blowing up ships in Odesa filled with food to feed the world. The USSR used famine as a weapon and 🇷🇺 are doing it still. Every single organisation that tackles world hunger needs to call out Russians a terrorist state today.

Premier of Greenland statement today; “Dear fellow citizens 🇬🇱 Once again, we have woken up to a new statement from the American president, who has now appointed a special envoy to Greenland. It may sound significant, but it does not change anything for us here at home. We

Statement from the Premier of Greenland 🇬🇱 6:55pm local time: “🇬🇱 We have been a close and loyal friend of the United States for generations. We have stood shoulder to shoulder in difficult times. We have taken responsibility for security in the North Atlantic — and not least

Två veckor till release av Nylands brigad 400 års historik utgiven av NylandsBrigadsGille

Lukemisen arvoinen kolumni ajattelemisen tärkeydestä. Luku- ja kirjoitustaito ovat demokratian edellytyksiä. hs.fi/paakirjoitukse…

Tänä vuonna Nylands brigad täyttää 400 vuotta. Juhlavuoden kunniaksi Sininen Reservi ry jäsenyhdistys NylandsBrigadsGille julkaisee prikaatin historiikin, eversti evp Anders Gardberg 🇫🇮 🇪🇺 kirjoittamana. Kilta on myös lahjoittanut kirjan prikaatin koko henkilökunnalle. Ohessa tuore arvostelu.

Den finlandssvenska försvarsdagen ordnas i år i Obbnäs. På programmet Ukraina, Europas försvarsindustri och Autonoma vapensystem. #Marinreserven är medarrangör. Över 230 deltagare!

Suomenruotsalainen puolustuspäivä järjestetään tänään Upinniemessä, Rannikkoprikaati’ssa. Sininen Reservi ry on yksi järjestäjätaho. Osallistujia yli 230.

The Nordic countries—none of them major military powers individually—have built something that rivals the air power of nations with five times their population and ten times their defence budgets.

Peter Thiel destroyed Gawker. The Lebedevs bought the Evening Standard. Elon ruined Twitter. Bezos has gutted the Washington Post. Billionaires are destroying our media. So l've just launched my own platform that can't and won't be bought. Ever. caolan.report/billionaires-b…

🇪🇪 Estonia's Foreign Intelligence Service knows its stuff and russia well They have published their 2026 yearbook. Always an interesting read Here are the top findings:

Someone send this to JD Vance before he goes on another rant about 'mismanaged' European allies. Alexander Stubb just reminded the world that the Nordics own the Top 10 lists for justice, clean government free from corruption and equality. While Trump and JD Vance are busy

Grundad av Gustav II Adolf 1626 fyller Nylands brigad i dag 400 år. NylandsBrigadsGille har gett ut en historik, författad av Anders Gardberg 🇫🇮 🇪🇺. Läs om historiken och brigaden i min understreckare i Svenska Dagbladet: svd.se/a/0pKjVJ/nylan…

The U.S. will never fully recover from this. Eighty years of carefully built branding as the anchor of the free world just went up in smoke in a single vote. When you’re in the same pen as Russia and North Korea, and you still won’t stand with Ukraine and your European allies.