Reposted by Antti LamminenDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 27/06/2026It is core to the nature of reactionary politics that its adherents *always* conceive of themselves as aggrieved victims, no matter how much power they amass. It's a permission structure for their own lawlessness & violence. 342998638
Reposted by Antti LamminenTanja Suni @tanjasuni.bsky.social · 01/04/20261/ 🧵 Mika Niemelä kuvaa haastattelussa rooliaan pienenä ja että se rajautuu lähinnä tekniseksi talousanalyysiksi. Mutta kun lukee tarkasti, kyse on paljon syvemmästä: vallasta, kehystämisestä ja siitä, mitä pidetään ylipäätään mahdollisena.uusijuttu.fiVallan erikoismies. VM:n Mika Niemelä on paljon äänessä, mutta ei päätä mistään.Budjettipäällikkö Mika Niemelä kommentoi hyvinvointivaltiota usein korkeana virkamiehenä. Nyt hän saa kertoa, mitä itse oikein ajattelee. 513628
Reposted by Antti LamminenTuomas Leone @tuomasleone.eurosky.social · 07/01/2026If anyone wants a look or use the actual material (in English) you can find it here: mediataitokoulu.fi/en/home/mediataitokoulu.fiHome - Mediataitokoulu 1265
Reposted by Antti LamminenThomas Wiegold @wiegold.de · 11/12/2025Schau an. Von offizieller Stelle würde so was derzeit wohl kaum veröffentlicht. Dabei haben diese jungen Journalisten nur öffentlich zugängliche Informationen ausgewertet. #Drohnendigitaldigging.orgThey Droned BackYoung journalists expose Russian-linked vessels circling off the Dutch and German coast 16466206
Reposted by Antti LamminenLauri Holappa @lauriholappa.bsky.social · 05/12/2025Stop the press! Massiivinen uutinen – kenties koko vuoden merkittävin. Yhdysvaltojen uudessa kansallisen turvallisuuden strategiassa Eurooppa määritellään hyvin selvästi Yhdysvaltojen vastustajaksi ja Yhdysvallat kertoo ottavansa aktiivisen roolin vastarinnan organisoimisessa Euroopassa. 1/3ft.comUS national security strategy calls for ‘cultivating resistance’ in EuropePolicy document blasts traditional allies while failing to criticise Russia 17326113
Antti Lamminen @alamminen.bsky.social · 01/12/2025The very first federal execution was also for murder on high seas, in 1790. federaldeathpenaltyproject.org/2021/02/26/t...federaldeathpenaltyproject.orgThomas BirdThomas Bird was a sailor aboard Mary, a small British slave ship that carried newly-enslaved Africans to larger slave ships for transport to the Americas. For reasons that were never made clear, Bi… 020
Reposted by Antti LamminenJuliet Turner @juliet-turner.bsky.social · 17/11/2025POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success 3111201863198
Reposted by Antti LamminenAndrew Chakhoyan 🇺🇦 @andrewchak.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Let us not forget: every russian accusation is a confession. Day after day, the moscow-centered terrorist organization hurls absurd claims at others to mask its own crimes, a propaganda tactic so crude it would make Goebbels proud. Here are just a few examples 🧵👇 1/9 210941
Reposted by Antti LamminenMartin Sauerbrey @martinsauerbrey.bsky.social · 05/10/2025The Love for Authoritarianism - The Dark Side of Men Democracy is fighting a rearward battle. Even in previously stable democracies people have a tendency to vote for persons or parties who have strong authoritarian tendencies and goals. Why? 🧵 1/x P.S.: Read to end for funmedia.tenor.coma man with a mustache wearing a shirt and tieALT: a man with a mustache wearing a shirt and tie 23621
Reposted by Antti LamminenJari Taponen @jaritaponen.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Miten paljon meidän on siedettävä päättäjien meihin kohdistamaa vihaa, pilkkaa ja halveksuntaa? ”Suomalaiset eivät ole kuuroja. Miten paljon meitä, älyämme, se millaista “keskustelua” meitä pakotetaan seuraamaan, on mahdollista poliitikkojen taholta halveksia?” www.iltalehti.fi/politiikka/a...iltalehti.fiKolumni: Rasistit ulos hallituksestaHallitus on täysin menettänyt uskottavuutensa itse luomansa rasismikriisin ratkaisemisessa. Milloin kokoomus myöntää lopultakin, että perussuomalaisten ottaminen mukaan hallitukseen oli kammottava vir... 633062
Antti Lamminen @alamminen.bsky.social · 15/07/2025Millaista uutta tietoa odotettavissa viimeisimmästä tähtienvälisestä vierailijasta, joka havaittiin hiljattain? 130
Reposted by Antti LamminenRuth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 21/05/2025The framing of this otherwise good @nytimes article is frustrating. It's *always* been clear, since before his re-election, that Trump wouldn't impose new sanctions or use any other coercive instrument against Russia. He hasn't "backed off"; he was never on board. 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/u...nytimes.comTrump’s New Position on the War in Ukraine: Not My Problem 616050
Reposted by Antti LamminenAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 29/03/2025This, from Timothy Snyder, is definitive, on Greenland open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...open.substack.comThe Imperialism Has no ClothesJD Vance in Greenland 11233771227
Reposted by Antti LamminenBenjamin Tallis @bctallis.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Europe’s disarmed state is … (also) an advantage ✅… IF we use it right - by stepping up, NOW, to arm ourselves, for the ST, MT & LT future in a smart way ❌not slowly spending a fortune trying to replace US capabilities & arming ourselves to fight the last war, not the next one. 🧵media.tenor.coma tank is driving down a snowy road in the woodsALT: a tank is driving down a snowy road in the woods 25619183
Reposted by Antti LamminenBenjamin Tallis @bctallis.bsky.social · 28/02/2025It is essential that the London summit on Sunday delivers meaningful, tangible outcomes, No more talk, Europe, #JustDoIt - Plan (w money & weapons) to win in Ukraine - Seize Russian assets - Plan (& money) to rearm Europe. fast - Plan to defend Europe without US (incl. nukes) 27469150
Reposted by Antti LamminenEdward Hunter Christie @ehunterchristie.bsky.social · 16/02/20251-4 On the Trump Admin's approach to Ukraine: Here are the elements of US pressure against Kyiv we've seen: - Time pressure - No NATO prospect - No troops - Proposal to grab UA's minerals with nothing in exchange - No clarity on weapons - USAID support stopped 25623
Reposted by Antti LamminenPetter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com · 14/01/2025Misinformation isn't random - it's strategic. 🧵 In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians. We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties. with @julianachueri.bsky.social doi.org/10.1177/1940... 16163853355
Reposted by Antti LamminenTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 08/01/20252/5. All this stuff about borders not mattering, people secretly wanting to be ruled by us, the unreality of their countries – not very American, not even MAGA, but very Kremlin. 192202410
Reposted by Antti LamminenDietmar Pichler @dietmarpichler.bsky.social · 30/12/2024If you are a teacher or journalist (thread)🧵 There was never a "civil war" or "ethnic conflict" in Ukraine. There was never any kind of "Russian language ban." The founders of the "separatist republics" were Russian nationalists/warlords/agents from Moscow, not coal miners from Donbas. 6352153
Reposted by Antti LamminenPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Human rights are universal - if we start stripping away basic human rights from any section of society then none of us has rights – just privileges that can be taken away by people in power whenever they want. Please remember this 45918399
Reposted by Antti LamminenOula Silvennoinen @oula.bsky.social · 03/12/2024612-kulkue on ääriliikkeiden perustama projekti ääriajattelun normalisoimiseksi. Tämä on ollut avointa ja ilmeistä alusta saakka, ja sitä on julkisuuteen sanonut vuodesta toiseen minä ja moni muu aihepiirin tutkija ja tuntija. Mukaan lukien viranomainen, Suojelupoliisi. Jossien aika on ohi. 724951
Antti Lamminen @alamminen.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Indeed. They are not targeting you or me, or anyone who can recognize these scams for what they are soon enough. Instead, they are preying on your mom and dad who are easily confused and tend to trust in what they think are messages from authority. People who do this are the dregs of humanity. 040
Reposted by Antti LamminenTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Lesson 1: Do not obey in advance. Thread of lessons from my book #OnTyranny. Written in 2016. 31892033413
Antti Lamminen @alamminen.bsky.social · 27/11/2024 Not sure if it was Kuleba’s intention, but to me this almost sounds like in his opinion Zelensky was an obstacle to peace, when in fact it’s the Ukranian majority who wouldn’t accept these kinds of terms. 020
Reposted by Antti LamminenAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/11/2024Germany, France, Belgium and the EU should release the $300 billion in frozen Russian assets and give it to Ukraine, now. Don't wait. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...theatlantic.comPutin Isn’t Fighting for Land in UkraineAnd Biden has mere weeks to give the Ukrainians the resources they need to fight. 5238031011
Antti Lamminen @alamminen.bsky.social · 30/05/2023In Hanoi a guy was carrying a way-too-tall stack of boxes at the back of his moped while a second guy was riding alongside on another moped and supporting the stack with his other hand 😅 020