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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 4h

Yes ans the war children and all the economic and financial aid… it was really substantial

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Staffan Dahl @staffand.bsky.social · 6h

Very good post about Finland and Sweden’s closer defence relationship.

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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 4h

I can keep my calm as long as no one mentions Per Albin Hansson 😂

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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 6h

A short and sweet, good news only update tonight. We need that with the current news cycle, so here’s some Finnish-Swedish wholesomeness for you.

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A 100-Year Dream

The Gulf of Finland is protected by Swedes now.

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Keir Giles @keirgiles.bsky.social · 16h

Dusting off slides from a decade ago about Russian information warfare definitions including "physical" interventions against data centres and communications hubs. It seemed to generate some pretty blank looks at the time.

Screenshot of slide on "physical" as well as electronic information warfare

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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 16h

Richard Knighton, UK Chief of Defence Staff: ”Europe is defending … the eastern coast of America. Part of the reason I’m here [in the US] is that Gen Nick Perry tomorrow takes over as the first UK Commander of the JFC Norfolk … it is a really big deal and that is providing security for the US.”

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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

This time, the only dramatic incident while recording was the cleaning service that invaded my office with a vacuum cleaner… 🙃 Really a great discussion with two nuclear nerds !

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Karen-Anna Eggen @kaeggen.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

☢️ New episode of Mildly Alarmed is out! This week, @alanderminna.bsky.social and @frhoffmann.bsky.social sit down with @hfayet.bsky.social to discuss the impact of AI on nuclear weapons and how social media impact nuclear signalling. Needless to say: interesting stuff! youtu.be/S7-k61XUYvM?...

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Nuclear weapons and AI: How bad is it?

YouTube video by Mildly Alarmed

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Two possibilities 1. they have got AI psychosis and think that Claude is a sentient being. 2. it's a marketing thing to make Claude seem more sophisticated than it actually is [good for people who might think they can be friends with it]. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Anthropic bans users from being 'cruel' to its AI systems

The firm said users can no longer engage in "sustained and needless" abusive behaviour towards the tech.

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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Eher wohl nuklearer Schutzschild oder so ?

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Jorge Liboreiro @jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

High-level officials from Ukraine and Europe have flown to Miami to meet with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner for a new round of peace talks, hoping for a targeted ceasefire. The European Commission and NATO have sent representatives, @euronews.com can confirm.

euronews.com

Ukrainian and European officials fly to Miami for US-led peace talks

The US is hosting a round of peace talks in Miami with Ukrainian and European officials. President Zelenskyy aims to secure a targeted ceasefire that can cover either the Black Sea, energy facilities ...

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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Just gotta love Finland: Google illegally felled a large forest area to build a data centre, which caused a huge outrage. The construction project was halted by the authorities and now the criminal code will be changed to include provisions for even jail sentences in such cases

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Ympäristöministeri Sari Multala: Luvattomista metsähakkuista voi jatkossa seurata jopa vankilatuomio

Ympäristö- ja ilmastoministeri Sari Multala (kok.) sanoo, että datakeskuksilla ei ole vapauksia rikkoa lakia, vaikka sanktiot eivät nyt olekaan mahdollisia.

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Eric Adamson @eadamson91.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Sweden to participate in NATO's nuclear exercise Steadfast Noon with JAS 39 Gripens. Sweden will "contribute conventional support to NATO’s nuclear mission. It is a routine exercise that demonstrates NATO’s capability and readiness to protect all allies", said Minister for Defence Pål Jonson.

svt.se

Sverige deltar i Natos årliga kärnvapenövning

Svenska Gripen-plan och officerare kommer delta i Natos årliga kärnvapenövning Steadfast Noon. Övningen äger rum i oktober och inga verkliga kärnvapen kommer att finnas med i övningen.

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Janis Kluge @jakluge.de · 08/10/2026

Russia's military recruitment machine still produces enough men, but it is messy, decentralized and difficult to control. If Putin decides to launch another round of mobilization, it may be because "privatized coercion" is getting out of hand. janiskluge.substack.com/p/the-perils...

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The perils of privatized coercion

Russian regions and municipalities are increasingly turning to private recruitment agents to fulfil their quotas. This is leading to more aggressive and often criminal recruitment methods.

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Janis Kluge @jakluge.de · 08/10/2026

Russia still recruits around 1,000 men per day, according to the latest data from September. Under pressure to fulfil their quotas, Russian regions are very inventive. They try whatever works and copy what works elsewhere. The trend this year is payments to intermediaries.

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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Rescuers worked at the site of the Russian strike in Pryluky all night and day. Russia killed 22 people here for Putin's birthday, 5 of them were children. They celebrate like this, crashing apartment buildings onto sleeping residents. search and rescue operation continues.

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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 09/10/2026

Index by Taiwanese and German researchers finds Germany, France and UK among the countries most exposed to Chinese power and influence . giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

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UK and Germany among economies most exposed to China, new modelling shows

Study finds efforts to reduce reliance on Chinese investment, trade and other links have produced only ‘modest’ results

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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This is what a colleague‘s AI envisioned. 😂

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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Mein Beitrag im DLF Europa heute ist deshalb hörenswert, weil ich in der Live-Sendung vergessen habe, was „nuclear umbrella“ auf Deutsch heißt, und „Atomwaffen-Regenschirm“ gesagt habe. 😂😂😂😂

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Sicherheitslage im Baltikum - Interview mit Minna Alander, SCEEUS

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zauberberg.bsky.social @zauberberg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Minna Ålander 🌻 - 3/4 ”The railway cases show that Russia is operating on two levels simultaneously. It wants to disrupt the routes sustaining Ukraine, but it also wants every Ukrainian passport appearing in such an investigation to become a political problem between Warsaw and Kyiv.”

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Marcel Dirsus @marceldirsus.com · 06/10/2026

I'm rarely shocked by politics these days because everything is crazy all the time but this is legitimately insane. This could've been going on for more than a decade and they only really found out by accident. Just...wow.

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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Yet another blow for Germany’s reliability and reputation, as this ex-chief of BND seems to have been supplied with material from foreign partner agencies as well and used it to brief a foreign agency…

handelsblatt.com

August Hanning: Ex-Chef des BND wegen Spionageverdachts festgenommen

Hanning leitete den BND von 1998 bis 2005. Nun wurde er festgenommen.

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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Yes the AD situation remains bad until the end of the year, it seems. France has pledged a package but it’s due to arrive in early 2027. I’m hoping for Sweden to have a look at its Patriot inventory but no one really has enough to make a difference, given that the US pew pew pewed so much on Iran…

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Gesine Weber @gesineweber.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This is really big news for European China policy. (Guess who just thought she finished a long read, arguing that the lack of consensus on instruments limits Europe's possibility to act... This didn't age well I guess.) www.ft.com/content/4416...

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Germany and France agree on last-resort tool against trade threats

Berlin on board with ‘second-strike weapon’ to deter threats over key supplies such as exports of Chinese rare earths and magnets

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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Yes since 2025 European involvement in Ukraine’s defence effort has both deepened and widened. Trump’s return to the White House was a watershed moment. European countries now host Ukrainian production and logistics to the extent that Russia has started to consider Europe as Ukraine’s ”rear”.

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Marcel Dirsus @marceldirsus.com · 06/10/2026

The former boss of Germany's most important intelligence agency, the BND, has been arrested on suspicion of treason.

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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

”Poland, therefore, has to protect the railway network, disrupt recruitment before an operative reaches the target, and improve intelligence exchange with Ukraine. Otherwise, even an unsuccessful act of sabotage can still achieve one of Moscow’s objectives.”

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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

”The railway cases show that Russia is operating on two levels simultaneously. It wants to disrupt the routes sustaining Ukraine, but it also wants every Ukrainian passport appearing in such an investigation to become a political problem between Warsaw and Kyiv.”

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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

”Different tools are used, but essentially the same objective is pursued—to disrupt Ukraine’s connectivity with Europe and increase the costs of supporting Kyiv. This is why attacks on Ukrainian railways and Russian sabotage operations in Poland should not be analysed separately.”

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Karen-Anna Eggen @kaeggen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

New episode of Mildly Alarmed is out! This week with brilliant @drjademcglynn.bsky.social @alanderminna.bsky.social and @lapatina.bsky.social Check it out 👇

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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I wish I could say that it was an usually alarming recording session, but unfortunately explosions and nonstop air raid alarms are just everyday life now for residents of Kyiv. Listen to the episode on: Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/6mwH... Apple Podcasts podcasts.apple.com/se/podcast/m...

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Russia terrorizes Kyiv

Mildly Alarmed · Episode

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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This week on Mildly Alarmed, @drjademcglynn.bsky.social joined us to discuss occupied territories and what and how Russia, Ukraine and the west are learning from the war. While we were recording, @lapatina.bsky.social heard an explosion close by and had some 20 mins of pause between air raids…

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Russian terror campaign on Kyiv and an update on occupied territories

YouTube video by Mildly Alarmed

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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The curious thing about these break-ins is that it’s a well-known tactic to intimidate embassy staff stationed in Moscow. But it hasn’t usually been done to non-Russians outside of Russia.

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Oscar Jonsson @oajonsson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Det finns en populär, men ihålig, föreställning om att rysk upprustning drivs av västlig upprustning. Problemet är bara att väst rustade ned i 30 år till ~2020-22 och det gjorde inget för att påverka rysk upprustning. Om det och annat i P3 Dystopia: Om kriget kommer 2.

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AGF 🎧 poemproducer @poemproducer.eurosky.social · 01/10/2026

anyway Nokia is back

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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The Finnish companies Nokia and Iceye want to challenge Starlink and start producing communications satellite systems for governments. First satellites to be launched 2028. Great if they can make this happen on scale

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Teknologia | Nokia ja Iceye haastavat SpaceX:n Starlinkin

Nokia ja Iceye alkavat kehittää viestintäsatelliittijärjestelmää valtioiden tarpeisiin. Ensimmäiset satelliitit on tarkoitus laukaista jo 2028.

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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We're nearly at 50% for this appeal! If you can spare a buck or two, please send it this way! You'll be able to tell your grandchildren you helped fight fascism when it tried to rise again in Europe!

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Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Stubb would be happy to be the King of Sweden 😂😂

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Command & Couture @burnafterbriefing.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

With my former service academy asst prof hat on, the more interesting question here isn’t academic tenure. It’s force generation. The service academies aren’t merely universities. They’re statutory officer-accession pipelines that produce commissioned officers with multi-year service obligations.

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Max Bergmann @maxbergmann.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The UK-EU relationship is like a bad rom-com. The UK broke up with the EU. The EU was shocked and sad about it. But soon realized there was a lot about the UK that was annoying (opt outs, hostility to federalism, America’s poodle) and they moved on. 1/2

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Max Bergmann @maxbergmann.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The end of When Harry met Sally is the UK-EU relationship. Frank Sinatra playing "it had to be (EU)." Meg Ryan: "I know you're feeling lonely. But you can't just show up here, tell me you love me, and expect that to make everything alright. It doesn't work this way!" www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4OD...

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When Harry Met Sally Ending Scene

YouTube video by Anthony Rocco Amaru

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Dr Emma Salisbury @salisbot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If you could read only one book about the Pacific theatre of WWII - either an overview or about a specific campaign/operation/etc - what would it be? (And yes my TBR pile is fine please don't ask about my TBR pile thank you) M3A1 Satan for tax

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 30/09/2026

The China General Technology Research Institute has ‘very strong ties’ to Chinese intelligence, the UK agency said in an unusual espionage alert. ft.trib.al/Tjzwgni

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Vassili Golod @golod.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Was ist Frieden? Aus meiner Sicht: ein selbstbestimmtes Leben in Freiheit und Sicherheit. Jetzt ist der vielleicht entscheidendste Moment, die Ukraine mit allem zu unterstützen, was sie braucht, um Frieden zu erreichen. Hier geht’s zu #StabileZeitenlage: youtu.be/E5WISvHjee8?...

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