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Cold War Historian, PhD. Copenhagen / Stockholm She / Her Profile pic: white woman with glasses. Banner pic: “The Institute of Unfinished Research has concluded that 6 out of […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ zirk.us/@ibenb, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Iben Bjørnsson @ibenb.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026
Friends, does anyone know of a good alarm clock app that plays podcasts, alternatively radio? I’ve searched through the App Store and downloaded a few and they all turn out to be crap, so I need a recommendation that you actually have experience with. I used to use Podcast Alarm but it had an […]
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Iben Bjørnsson @ibenb.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 16/08/2026
#silentsunday Cph
A woman with freckles is smiling in a selfie while sitting on wooden bleachers. A sleeping dog lies beside her.
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Iben Bjørnsson @ibenb.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 02/08/2026
#silentsunday in Stockholm
A close-up view of bare feet with red nail polish resting on a rocky shore, overlooking a calm body of water. In the background, there is a dock and trees, with city buildings and cranes visible on the far side.
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Iben Bjørnsson @ibenb.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 25/07/2026
RE: zirk.us/@ibenb/116727697493351435 Pearls before swine 😤
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myrmepropagandist @futurebird.sauropods.win.ap.brid.gy · 03/07/2026
One of my big pet peeves is when people say "people used to ..." and they describe something well-off or only wealthy people did in the past. "but nowadays people just..." and they describe something poor and broke people do today. We don't have as much documentation of how poor people lived in […]
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Iben Bjørnsson @ibenb.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 10/06/2026
So pleased with myself rn
“Gimme kiss” scene from Heated Rivalry, with Brezhnev’s head on Ilya’s body and Honecker’s on Shane’s.
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Iben Bjørnsson @ibenb.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 03/06/2026
Not my spell check wanting to replace Barsebäck with Bareback 🫠
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Iben Bjørnsson @ibenb.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 20/05/2026
Jeg og andre taler om dansk atomvåbenpolitik i København senere i dag. Det er gratis, men kræver tilmelding: events.ruc.dk/danskatomvabenpolitik…
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Dansk atomvåbenpolitik: Skal vi gå nye veje?
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Iben Bjørnsson @ibenb.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 18/05/2026
Ulriiik 😭
“Det er lidt svært at blive gode venner med nogle, man først har sparket i bollerne, konstaterer Ulrik Pram Gad, der er seniorforsker i arktisk politik ved Dansk Institut for Internationale Studier, DIIS.”
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Iben Bjørnsson @ibenb.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 17/05/2026
Calling this work “The Actual Audacity”
A bird is pecking at a plate with leftover food at an outdoor café table.
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Iben Bjørnsson @ibenb.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 17/05/2026
#silentsunday after week-long work trip
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Iben Bjørnsson @ibenb.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 28/04/2026
Sweden's PM Olof Palme getting murdered and the Chernobyl accident were seminal events from my childhood that I remember vividly. My grandmother took me to the Swedish embassy to leave flowers in early March, and in late April we weren't allowed to play outside […]
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Iben Bjørnsson @ibenb.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 27/04/2026
Not to mention the detail about the “parts list” font, which is on every weapons part, nuclear fallout measurement scale and defence architecture document I have seen in the archives!
An image of a folder containing a parts list for a typeface called "Parts List." The folder is golden with text introducing the typeface by Beth Mathews. A pink sheet inside details two items with descriptions, required quantities, and materials.
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Iben Bjørnsson @ibenb.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 27/04/2026
“Why So Many Control Rooms Were Seafoam Green”. Fantastic piece. Thanks to @sinebastian for finding it. open.substack.com/pub/bethmathews/p…
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Why So Many Control Rooms Were Seafoam Green
The Color Theory Behind Industrial Seafoam Green
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Iben Bjørnsson @ibenb.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 14/04/2026
Y’all it’s Anthony Beevor
A discussion event at the Swedish Defence University featuring Sir Antony Beevor and professor Gunnar Åselius, with a presentation slide about Beevor's book "Rasputin and the Downfall of the Romanovs." Two speakers are seated.
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Iben Bjørnsson @ibenb.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 19/03/2026
Hvis jeg havde en krone for hver gang jeg havde hørt en journalist kalde noget for "vildt" som ikke er specielt vildt. Case in point: så er det altså hellere ikke vildere at Danmark taler om at indgå i et nukleart samarbejde med Frankrig […]
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Iben Bjørnsson @ibenb.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 29/01/2026
A LOT of claims have been made about the historic relation of Denmark to Kalaallit Nunaat/Greenland, and how the US figures into the equation. I have written this historical backgrounder in an attempt to set some of them straight. Not that I particularly think that facts matter to certain of […]
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Iben Bjørnsson @ibenb.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 26/01/2026
Maybe we should start thinking security without the US? Ian Davis of NATO Watch (where I am also a trustee) has some suggestions about where to start: natowatch.org/default/2026/how-euro…
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Verifying connection
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Iben Bjørnsson @ibenb.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 25/01/2026
#silentsunday in Stockholm 🤍
A snow-covered path leads through a winter forest, flanked by trees with bare branches and a few evergreens. The sky appears overcast, creating a tranquil, serene atmosphere. The picture doesn’t show it, but it snows.
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Iben Bjørnsson @ibenb.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 24/01/2026
Sure. Go to Antarctica and do that.
A post from the White House with an AI-illustration of Trump in a coat walking alongside a penguin on snow, with a U.S. flag. Snowy mountains are visible in the background. The caption reads, “Embrace the penguin”. In the background, the Kalaallit Nunaat/Greenland flag
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Iben Bjørnsson @ibenb.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 20/01/2026
What we see crumbling right now is not the rules-based international order. It’s the Western security order. They are two different things. The former never existed.
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Iben Bjørnsson @ibenb.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 15/01/2026
I also think it’s unwise. Offer him all the access he already has, but frame it like it’s something brand new. He’ll be too dumb to know the difference and think he made a great deal. With a little luck, his officials won’t tell him because they also just want this nonsense to end.
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Iben Bjørnsson @ibenb.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 15/01/2026
‘The US can already get what it wants under the current arrangement’ people keep saying as if facts and logic has anything to do with this. It’s big and shiny and he wants it. And he got angry that the Danish PM, a woman no less, called it ‘absurd’ the first time he aired it. So he dug himself […]
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Iben Bjørnsson @ibenb.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 14/01/2026
This is not good
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Iben Bjørnsson @ibenb.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 14/01/2026
Damn. Motzfeldt looks pressed 😓
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Iben Bjørnsson @ibenb.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 14/01/2026
@SuneAuken @maaikeverbruggen.bsky.social I think the concept of a Lego defence is promising. For instance, we could scatter little Lego pieces on the most invasion-vulnerable sites. Everyone knows they’re a nightmare to step on.
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Iben Bjørnsson @ibenb.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 14/01/2026
… dude, I… Everything is wrong. Everything.
A social media post from the White House with an illustration featuring sled dogs facing a signpost in a snowy landscape. On the left, the American flag and the White House under a shining sun, while on the right, the flags of China and Russia are present against a stormy backdrop. The text reads “Which way Greenland man?”
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Sune Auken @suneauken.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy · 07/01/2026
RE: mastodon.world/@SuneAuken/115847266… I haven't the foggiest idea what the [redacted] US government is going to break today to distract from the Epstein files. But can I just say that talking about the Epstein files is a great thing to do today?
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Iben Bjørnsson @ibenb.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 07/01/2026
RE: journa.host/@videnskabdk/1158533726… Dette her er SÅDAN et skidt take. Handel med territorier skete mellem kolonimagter i strid med alt hvad vi idag ville kalde for ordentlig eller lovlig praksis. Hvorfor skal vi spekulere i et sådant scenarie?
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Iben Bjørnsson @ibenb.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 07/01/2026
@Ruth_Mottram But yeah. It’s really not good. As in not good at all.
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Iben Bjørnsson @ibenb.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 07/01/2026
@Ruth_Mottram @Ruth_Mottram I think that goes for all of us 😂 Alasd, here we are.
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Iben Bjørnsson @ibenb.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 06/01/2026
@mok0 @nerdd Please don’t lecture me. It is besides the point.
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Iben Bjørnsson @ibenb.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 06/01/2026
Apologies for my language. But things are extremely concerning and this is not the time to play “gotcha” when literally no one cares.
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Iben Bjørnsson @ibenb.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 06/01/2026
1) Some shitty colonial back alley deal is not a flex 2) Does Trump strike you as a man who would consider himself restrained by this?
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Iben Bjørnsson @ibenb.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 06/01/2026
Danes going “well ACTUALLY, in 1917 when we sold the West Indies, the US promised to not oppose our sovereignty over Greenland!” as if anyone gives a shit.
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DoktorZjivago @doktorzjivago.se · 06/01/2026
Fraser som ”Sverige ska bli ledande på digitalisering” eller ”i framkant med AI”, är som att säga ”Sverige ska ha FLEST bildskärmar på arbetsplatserna”. Dvs det finns ingen tanke bakom vilket mål man har, man tittar bara på medlet […] [Original post on mastodonsweden.se]
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Iben Bjørnsson @ibenb.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 04/01/2026
RE: mastodon.social/@Motorod/1158351987… They forgot Grenada. Or are all-out invasions on another list?
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Iben Bjørnsson @ibenb.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 03/01/2026
Oh look the US’ 80s Latin America policy is back
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Iben Bjørnsson @ibenb.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 03/01/2026
RE: newsie.social/@Tendar/1158304637772… WTF?
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Iben Bjørnsson @ibenb.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 02/01/2026
This book is from 1979. The accuracy with which it describes a reality still present is excruciating. (Edward Said: The Question of Palestine)
A page from The Question of Palestine by Edward Said, discussing the treatment of Arabs in Israel, including issues of torture, illegal detention, and media coverage. It references various reports and criticises the lack of acknowledgment in American media.
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Iben Bjørnsson @ibenb.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 31/12/2025
Finished a book. Cracked open a new one. This NYE is shaping up!
An open book displaying the title page of "The Question of Palestine" by Edward W. Said. The page includes publication details, edition information, and copyright notices.
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Iben Bjørnsson @ibenb.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 06/12/2025
RE: flipboard.com/@aljazeera/europe-new… Chernobyl perfectly illustrates the problem of nuclear power, namely the aftermath. The waste outlives states and sarcophagi. It goes through wars and natural disasters. Safe storage is an […]
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Iben Bjørnsson @ibenb.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 02/12/2025
Swedish media: same quote.
Screenshot of Instagram story from Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter. The image features a Putin with clenched fists. Headline: “If Europe wants war, we are ready”
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Iben Bjørnsson @ibenb.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 02/12/2025
Headline from Danish public service media: “Putin: If Europe wants war, Russia is ready”. The article goes on to explain that this statement was prefaced by him saying that Russia does not want war. Imagine if they chose to go with the other option for a headline […] [Original post on zirk.us]
A mobile phone screen displays a news article in Danish titled "Putin: 'If Europe Wants War, Russia is Ready'." The article discusses Russian President Vladimir Putin's statements regarding Russia's position on potential conflict with European powers and eBay he finds to be unacceptable demands from EU countries
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Iben Bjørnsson @ibenb.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 28/11/2025
RE: mastodon.world/@DarthPutinKGB/11562… Worked so well in Gaza 🤷🏼‍♀️
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Iben Bjørnsson @ibenb.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 28/11/2025
90 exam papers graded this week. Ninety. Halvfems. Nittio.
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Iben Bjørnsson @ibenb.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 18/11/2025
@kallekn Indeed, dated the 25th.
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Iben Bjørnsson @ibenb.zirk.us.ap.brid.gy · 18/11/2025
@kallekn Perfect 😃 Thank you so much!
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