NYT will sanewash the Trump administration into authoritarianism. Obviously, this is not a "standoff", it is a shakedown. Also, any European politicians who still thinks the current U.S. is an "ally" is delusional and incompetent. The Trump administration is an adversary at best, an enemy at worst.

“In 1943, the Norwegian author Knut Hamsun travelled to Germany and met with Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels. After returning to Norway, he sent his Nobel medal to Goebbels as a gesture of thanks for the meeting.” Things I did not know. www.nobelpeaceprize.org/press/press-...

Are you writing about #Greenland and looking for expertise on the tense geopolitical situation? (unless you trust US AI chatbots to do the trick, of course 🙃) The University of Southern Denmark @sdu.dk has a team of experts ready to help 🔽

Time to stop writing articles about the "security" or "economic" reasons to capture Greenland, they are irrelevant

The orange man in the White House and his dwarf friend in the Kremlin make me depressed, yet this joyful song always uplifts my spirit youtu.be/XSiaG9MOLUM?...

Whenever Trump does something crazy, people try to rationalize it. Now, they're saying it was Venezuela's "heavy, sour crude" that made him kidnap Maduro. I think the truth is much scarier and less strategic: He simply enjoys the feeling of power and humiliating his opponents.

Medieval ship discovered off Copenhagen may be the world’s largest cog www.medievalists.net/2025/12/medi... #medieval #Denmark #archaeology

Not sure people are getting the real importance of the Russians fooling Trump about the Ukrainians attacking Putin's house. It was to demonstrate just how much they control his thinking--how much he is in their pocket. And it worked.

University of Southern Denmark, 3-year postdoc in Medieval Studies memorients.com/news/univers...

Trump commissioning the battle ships, although they are apparently outdated as a type of ships, reminds me of the movie Dictator where the supreme leader demanded pointy rockets

skat, kas "Eiropas patriotu" vai drīzāk Kremļa draugu bildes kreisajā augšējā stūrī stāv.

Hermaņa demise, saskaroties ar gaidītā masveida atbalsta trūkumu, droši vien ir socmediju burbuļu rezultāts. Tā iekšienē šķiet, ka atbalsts paša idejām ir milzīgs. Socioloģiskie mērījumi, kas apgalvo pretējo, šķiet uzpirkti un tikai nostiprina pārliecību. Bet tad nāk realitāte...

Atgriežos pie šī...

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...

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We don’t talk enough about how the English are a people of the Baltic - the Angeln region from which they originated borders the Baltic Sea

A PhD is a great idea if you want to work your ass off for a few years and then somehow feel like a failure when you finish it successfully

A very good question- why democratic politicians are still on x/ex-twitter?

I have to say that I genuinely love the United States of America. I have been there 3 times, visited 14 states, been to Yellowstone and Rocky Mountains, enjoyed wilderness and cities. I never thought that a day will come when I will say that the USA are not our friends. Not our enemy yet..

In 2024 Americans decided that they wanted cheaper eggs and elected a president who has decided that we in the Baltics and eastern Europe in general belong to the Russian sphere of influence. So I hope that at least the eggs in the US are cheap now…

The Ukrainian is the 10th language for this book, Russia against Modernity —and, for me, extremely important one. Thank you Folio publishing house in Kharkiv — you are doing the work of enlightenment under shells of the barbarians

The new National Security Strategy is a propaganda document, designed to be widely read. It is also a performative suicide. Hard to think of another great power ever abdicating its influence so quickly and so publicly. It will be worth following the reactions around the world, not just in Europe.

The US National Security Strategy seems to be—at least in part—written/edited by AI. There are hallmark AI em dashes in nearly every other paragraph — shocking but unsurprising.

The headline, the main takeaway from a European viewpoint is this: The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.

Interesants ieskats tajā, kā uz valsts aizsardzības dienestu raugās latviešu diaspora Lielbritānijā. Principā diasporas politika šķiet ir tikai kultūras saites saglabāšanas mehānisms. youtu.be/CX1FiZd4X84?...

Post-Doc Position at Freiburg University within RTG 2571 "Empires" - not only for historians... uni-freiburg.de/empires/jobs...

"Tartu University is analysing other historic artefacts ... including an 800-year-old cross depicting genitalia that makes a sound when worn. The metal cross has a hinged piece in the shape of a vulva that covers and knocks against an engraved penis design when moved around." #MedievalSky

This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

Alvja Hermaņa atklāsmes par ukraiņiem katastrofālo un mums vienkārši ļoti kaitīgo Trampa "miera plānu" liek man pievienoties sazvērestības teorijai, ka "Bez partijām" ir ietekmes operācija. 1. plāna punkts ir sačakarēt Latvijas demokrātiju. 2. Ir pievienoties Fico/Orbāna blokam.

“Glühwein, Plätzchen, Weihnachtsmarkt? Nach meiner Kenntnis ist das sofort - unverzüglich.”

All the rape, torture, and murder will be brushed under the carpet, a great lesson for any future war criminals.

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Fantastisks cilvēks. Lai viegli... youtu.be/40_U6qTW2Ls?...

Now available as podcast: my lecture for the @ghilondon.bsky.social on nuns' letters, Reformation pamphlets and the development of the German language #nuntastic www.ghil.ac.uk/publications...

Vispirms sagrābs medijus, pēc tam – demokrātiju. www.lsm.lv/raksts/arpus...

Atriebība par protestu. ZZS grib sodīt tos, kuri aizstāvēja sieviešu tiesības - kancelēt pilsonisko sabiedrību kopā ar medijiem. Tas ir tiešs uzbrukums Latvijas demokrātijai. IDENTISKI Gruzijai, Ungārijai, Krievijai, Trampam.

24/7 cake vending machine in the middle of nowhere. Maximum Poland.

3-year postdoc with CODICUM project for a medievalist placed in Odense, Denmark! Special focus on Latin, palaeography & Dominican text and book history 📖😍🕵️ tinyurl.com/yrt4x8y3

Ar @unabergmane.bsky.social uzrakstījām rakstu par to kā latvieši atsakās no savas zemes pagātnes. Vēsture Latvijā kā pētniecības nozarē lēnām mirst. Tā tam nevajadzētu būt. www.delfi.lv/898102/versi...

According to the police, around 10,000 people took to the streets of Riga tonight to protest against the (so far unsuccessful) attempts to withdraw Latvia from the Istanbul Convention.

Piekrītu mūsu rektoram: "Deputāti rāda piemēru, kā ar trulu politisku aprēķinu izrīkoties ar sabiedrību un valsti tā, kā ienāk prātā." www.lsm.lv/raksts/kultu...

Kad konservatīvie politiķi sadusmo 400+ folkloristus: drive.google.com/file/d/1ciQY...

Aicinu 7. novembrī 16:00 uz Gēteborgas Universitātes profesora Vojteka Ježerska lekciju par viesmīlību viduslaikos. Lekcija notiks LKA Gara mājā (Miera iela 58a) ikgadējās LKA konferences "Kultūras krustpunkti" ietvaros. www.lka.edu.lv/lv/aktuali/j...

Kamēr citi denonsētāji to vairās atzīt, šleserists Krištopans nekautrējas atklāt konvencijas denonsēšanas ģeopolitiskos mērķus. Viņi padzīs no LV Rietumu investorus, kas, protams, pavērs telpu Krievijas naudai.

"Ja citas valstis brīvi lauž līgumus un izstājas no jebkādām organizācijām, kas tām nav izdevīgas, kāpēc mēs nevaram? Un atbilde ir vienkārša. Latvija nav lielvara, un tai kā nevienai citai ir vajadzīgs, lai visas valstis pret līgumiem izturētos nopietni." satori.lv/article/spek...

Ir izveidots publisks Whatsapp kanāls, kur sekot līdzi informācijai par protestu. Īpaši svarīgi tas būs tieši pirms protesta un protesta laikā - saukļiem, koordinācijai, aktuālākajai drošības informācijai uz vietas utt. Ja nāksi uz protestu, noteikti pievienojies: ej.uz/nke4

Pašlaik cīņa nav par konvenciju, bet vienkārši ceļu par kuru izvēlamies nākotnē soļot. Ar tiem, kas grib doties Pliskavas virzienā, man nav pa ceļam. Man kkā skumji, ka tik acīmredzamas lietas, es pat teiktu banalitātes, ir jāatkārto vēlreiz un vēlreiz.

"Vislakoniskāk uz jautājumu, kāpēc jāizstājas no Stambulas konvencijas, atbildēja deputāts Ingmārs Līdaka (AS): "Tāpēc, ka man tā gribas."" Ciniski, cietsirdīgi, ļauni. www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas...

More than 50,000 people have signed the petition urging President Rinkēvičs @edgarsrinkevics.bsky.social not to sign the law on Latvia's withdrawal from Istanbul Convention. It seems our populists politicians have completely misunderstood the society they claim to represent and try to manipulate