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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 3h

After two weeks off recovering from her injury, the dog is back having afternoon adventures with her #koirajengi friends, getting muddy, swimming, exploring and then coming home to sleep soundly for hours!

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 11h

It's unseasonably balmy today with overnight temperatures still quite high at +17°C and feeling almost tropical on our morning walk!🌤🐾🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇫🇮🌲🌳

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 11h

There's prizes for fatting up for winter? Interest level exceeded...

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

@monkemma.bsky.social Not me out here cutting & pasting parts of your recent email debunking a standard "no security checks are done we just let in loads of criminals" post on my local FB group... Many thanks!

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It is nice weather for 🦆 ducks today bit we managed to get an early swim accomplished!

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Good morning, huomenta, god morgon! The dog is out of house arrest, fully healed from her injury, and enjoying the first proper walk and swim for two weeks! 🌤🐾🌲🌳🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇫🇮🌊😊

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

@corporalfrisk.com @charlyjsp.bsky.social I spotted a rare one in the wild at Euronews. Standards have slipped there since I left. "In the wake of Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Sweden and Finland both dropped decades of military non-alignment and joined NATO."

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Our game last weekend (and the margin of victory!) made it into the local newspaper. Love to see their coverage of grassroots sport! www.dunfermlinepress.com/sport/265739...

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Sharks show their teeth in Waid rout

Rosyth Sharks were in ruthless form on Saturday as they blew away opponents Waid Academy in Caledonia Midlands Region League Division Three.

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

@seanferrick.bsky.social Top tier. Top f-ing tier. Why couldn't the whole season have been written like that, with character development, and really intriguing hard core sci-fi like that? Instead we got puppets and children's fairytales, dressing up and prancing around. So many wasted episodes 😥

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Good morning, huomenta, god morgon! ☀️🐾 It's Thursday. Or "Friday Eve" as I like to think of it...

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

So is it SI now, not AI? It's confusing these days.

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Because she has wealthy benefactors and a grudge?

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

🧵Thread/Lanka: In the Helsingin Sanomat @hs.fi media column this week, the question was whether theatre or documentaries about Gaza are doing better work than straight-up news journalism at revealing the situation there. 📸 Kuva: Mahmoud Issa

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Shayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Thread: Two different versions of this AI-generated image purporting to show President Trump and his assistant Natalie Harp kissing went viral this week, generating millions of views across multiple platforms. Despite being fake, this wasn't a straightforward AI image to debunk. I'll explain why.

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Saturday is a rugby day... Rosyth Sharks vs Waid Academy FP from Anstruther. Sharks win 82-0.

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Good morning, huomenta, god morgon! The dog is on the road to recovery with her strained muscle. Still limping a bit, but the anti-inflammatories and pain meds definitely seem to be working.

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A new delivery of Finnish dark rye bread (ruispalo) arrived this week and it is so good! I'm waiting for the rest of Scotland to wake up and discover it!

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The good thing about friends visiting from Finland is that they always bring Fazer chocolate. The bad thing about friends visiting from Finland is that they always bring Fazer chocolate.

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The dog is on drugs and under house arrest for a while, after injuring herself on a recent #koirajengi adventure. This should help reduce inflammation and provide some pain relief and she'll be back to normal next week 🐾🫶

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Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

“Westminster’s time is coming to an end,” the first ministers of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland said. “We believe that constitutional change is coming. ... We believe the future of our nations belongs in the European Union. … No Westminster government has the right to block democracy"

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Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland join in Celtic independence push

President Donald Trump said Saturday he would “love to see” Irish reunification.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 14/09/2026

EU states to raise game as Arctic becomes strategic geopolitical frontier aje.news/bh5fc1

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

@seanferrick.bsky.social This week is a fairytale episode? Come on man. Are the show runners getting bonuses for every gimmick the can shoehorn into the episides?

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

It's that time of year, getting the Karhus ready for rainy weather with a new waterproof coating! 🇫🇮🌧

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Definitely need help with this one today. I have never before said (or even considered) the word "looksmaxxers" in Finnish. I'm not even sure I've said the word out loud in English before, I've only typed it! Does "looksmaxxereiden" work?

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Corporal Frisk @corporalfrisk.com · 08/09/2026

The Swedish election promises to be a nail-biter, but the even more exciting period may well be the months after the election. If parties stick to their current red lines, there are three or four different coalitions that *may* work - some with significant strain - of which none poll high enough.

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Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Important read 👇 (Plus my 2p on how the issue of immigration is playing out in the Swedidh election)

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Sweden heads to the polls next week for an election that could see the return of the left-wing Social Democrats to power, or entrench the far-right as part of the government for the next four years. Here's my latest for @euractiv.com with all the twists and turns: www.euractiv.com/news/swedish...

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Swedish election tests a blurred left-right divide | Euractiv

Recent polls show Sweden’s right closing the gap as the Social Democrats court conservative voters

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Good morning, huomenta, god morgon! By 8am I had already tripped over the dog three times after we came back from our early walk. Of all the places she could lay down, it's always the most inconvenient for humans! 😂🤦‍♂️🌦🐾🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇫🇮

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Essential reading this morning to give context to American and Russian glee at the far-right AfD party winning the most seats in a German regional election over the weekend. @davekeating.substack.com consistently leads with this sort of analysis. davekeating.substack.com/p/the-german...

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The German far right is coming to power – with US and Russian support

The AfD’s win in Saxony-Anhalt could give the far right seats in the national Bundesrat for the first time since the federal republic’s creation.

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

🧵 In the Helsingin Sanomat media column this week, we looked at the Finnish government's (perhaps surprising) decision not to ban social media for kids, unlike in some other countries. My take? Finally, the government did something right! www.hs.fi/nakemys/art-...

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Media | Aikuiset haluavat maksattaa nuorilla omat somevirheensä

Hallitus päätti, ettei nuorten sosiaalisen median käyttöön puututa lailla. Median tuntijat miettivät, kenellä on ongelmia somen kanssa – lapsilla vai aikuisilla?

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Good morning, huomenta, god morgon! Sunday began with a swim in the rain! 🌧🌲🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇫🇮🐾🌦🏉

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Good morning, huomenta, god morgon! What better way to start Saturday than with a swim before breakfast?

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Good morning, huomenta, god morgon! How did my Friday become so hectic? Walk the dog, finish writing Sunday's column for Helsingin Sanomat, interview a political analyst in Stockholm, and pick up a parcel from the post office all by 9am 😵🥴

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

@seanferrick.bsky.social After 9 minutes and 45 seconds into the latest SNW episode when Pike says "this is not happening" I felt he was speaking for me and millions of other fans...

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Did anyone in #Finland notice this? It must be the most paranoid job description I've ever read, and raises so many red flags about the role at the US Embassy in Helsinki. This reads like they think there's media plots against them in every Finnish newspaper and TV station!

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

In Finland this is called "doing a Sanna". Maybe he'll also go to work for Tony Blair, and their clients who we must never mention! Shhh!

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Estonia's parliament has just elected a new president. Chancellor of Justice Ülle Madise received 71 out of 77 votes. Here's a piece I wrote about the process, the role, and what Ülle Madise might bring to it, for @euractiv.com www.euractiv.com/news/meet-th...

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This Paavo Väyrynen 80th birthday interview by Petja Pelli is something else! I have had my run-ins with Paavo over the years, on television and in the newspapers, but I don't think he strayed so far into pro-Russian talking points as he does here. www.hs.fi/politiikka/a...

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80-vuotias | Paavo Väyrysen haastattelu oli karata käsistä: ”Sotapropagandaa”

Politiikan voimahahmo kuudelta vuosikymmeneltä myöntää 80-vuotishaastattelussaan yhden suuren virheen: kun hän luopui vallasta.

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

A policy proposal from Persut / Basic Finns which I don't hate. I rather like the sound of this. You have my attention... www.iltalehti.fi/politiikka/a...

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Kansanedustajalta raju ehdotus: Yle jaettava kahtia

Kaisa Garedew (ps) ehdottaa, että osa Ylestä jatkaisi markkinarahoitteisesti.

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Finnish authorities impose maritime restrictions as a precaution, as Ukrainian drones hit Russian targets in the Gulf of Finland.

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Sandwiched in between the Iceland EU talks refendum, and the Swedish general election... is the Estonian presidential election. It's not so high profile, but still interesting I think. Here's what I wrote for @euractiv.com www.euractiv.com/news/meet-th...

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Meet the (very likely) new Estonian president | Euractiv

Although Estonian presidents have little executive power, successive officeholders have shaped the office around their own priorities

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David Mac Dougall @davidmacdougall.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I'm not saying that treats are the only way to get the dog and her friend Archie to both look at the camera at the same time. But I'm also not saying it's not... 🐾🌦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇫🇮🤷‍♂️🌲

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Discovering Finland @discoverfinland.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Hyvää Itämeripäivää! Happy Baltic Sea Day, a day of celebration for the Baltic Sea which takes place on the last Thursday of August annually with the goal of encouraging people to enjoy our unique sea and to take concrete actions for its benefit: balticseaday.com

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Baltic Sea Day

The Baltic Sea Day is celebrated annually on the last Thursday of August with various activities and events. Join in!

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