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Magnus Fiskesjö

@magnusfiskesjoe.bsky.social
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I teach Anthropology & Asian studies @ Cornell University. Formerly Director, Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, in Stockholm; Cultural Attaché, Swedish Embassy in Beijing; 2nd secretary Swedish embassy in Tokyo. Views my own.

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Christophe Kopp @chkopp.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"Whilst the subsidiaries of Western companies still operating in Russia are being plundered, it is high time to seize the Russian state’s financial assets that are frozen in Europe (in Belgium, but also in France)." @umland.eurosky.social @shekhovtsov.substack.com @antongerashchenko.bsky.social
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Jean-Sylvestre Mongrenier : il est temps de saisir les actifs financiers de l’État russe bloqués en Europe ! • desk russie
L’affaiblissement économique de la Russie ne suffira pas à arrêter la guerre. Le soutien chinois reste décisif, tandis que l’Europe devrait saisir les avoirs russes gelés.
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Magnus Fiskesjö @magnusfiskesjoe.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Mycket bra om Palantir från Svenska Nyheter. Mitt i prick, www.youtube.com/watch?v=5teg...
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Palantir – Svenska nyheter (S18 EP6)
YouTube video by SVT Humor
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Magnus Fiskesjö @magnusfiskesjoe.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Fears & speculation abounds over Palantir billionaire Karp's mysterious purchase of a huge chunk of Sweden. Various theories include: Securing presence & control of Sweden, on top of Palantir's existing contracts; palladium mining; hideout for the coming apocalypse www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/zO...
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”Fullständig sekretess” vid miljardärens byggprojekt
– vi besöker Alex Karps hemliga hus Han pratar om hur man ska förbereda sig för ”framtida krig.” Nu har Alex Karp, AI-miljardären bakom kontroversiella bolaget
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Magnus Fiskesjö @magnusfiskesjoe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Tucker Carlson is the new Hasan Piker. Here gets destroyed on his own show: British Conservative Rees-Mogg calls him out on Ukraine attacked by Putin; TC obfuscates, even lying brazenly about the solemn US-UK-Russian Budapest guarantees. There goes another amoral propagandist. x.com/JoshEakle/st...
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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 (@JoshEakle) on X
Tucker got called out to his face on the "NATO expansion" myth, in real time, and starting squirming. It is simultaneously satisfying and embarrassing to watch. Tucker might be the most repulsive figure in American public life.
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Magnus Fiskesjö @magnusfiskesjoe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Left- & rightwingers are converging on supporting China's genocide, like they love Putin the mass murderer and war criminal, and others in the same gang. UK Reform's propaganda minister Ray Addison is a new illustration of the horseshow theory of this ugly alliance: theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform’s media presenter worked for Chinese state propaganda channel
Party podcast and social media host Ray Addison fronted films about province where China is accused of genocide
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Magnus Fiskesjö @magnusfiskesjoe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Updated bibliography on the Chinese government's mass atrocities against #Uyghur, #Kazakh & other peoples in #EastTurkistan/#Xinjiang since 2017: uhrp.org/bibliography/ Now updated to Oct. 2, 2026. Updates posted periodically. Free to use. Send me missing items! Thanks
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Bibliography - Uyghur Human Rights Project
For an extensive bibliography of many of the relevant new reports and academic works on the Uyghur issue, please see below or download the document. Compiled by Magnus Fiskesjö [nf42@cornell.edu]. Las...
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Magnus Fiskesjö @magnusfiskesjoe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Avslöjat idag: Skarpt nedläggningshot verkställs 2027: SFV och SMVK lägger ner Östasiatiska och Medelhavsmuseet. Talar om "sammanslagning" mm för att vilseleda opinionen. De agerar antagligen nu för att Sverige är politiskt paralyserat, inkl. Parisa Liljestrand... 1/n www.svt.se/kultur/varld...
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Världskulturmuseerna förordar stängning av museer
Världskulturmuseerna förordnar stängning av Medelhavsmuseet och Östasiatiska museet. Det framgår av en utredning som överlämnas till regeringen.
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Magnus Fiskesjö @magnusfiskesjoe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Academics succumbing to CCP flatter, money, seductive moves ... www.bbc.com/news/article...
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China funding UK research and sending it to Beijing's spies, MI5 warns
British universities are being urged to sever ties with China General Technology Research Institute which is linked to the Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS).
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Magnus Fiskesjö @magnusfiskesjoe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Starbucks loves genocide so much, they opened stores in Chinese-controlled Urumqi & roll out “Xinjiang” menu @ 41 Chn cities: kozet.org/starbucks-op... China’s state media reported it; Starbucks itself stays silent. They are betting that nobody cares/notices. @sbworkersunited.org
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Starbucks opens first stores in Urumqi, rolls out “Xinjiang” menu in 41 Chinese Cities – Közet
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Magnus Fiskesjö @magnusfiskesjoe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
michaelkovrig.substack.com/p/five-years... The forced disappearances keep coming: Min Zin, American scholar; Youlin Chen, American seismologist; Aleš K., Czech businessman; others: Huseyin Celil, Canadian activist; Gui Minhai, Swedish publisher seized in Thailand in 2015; Minnie Chan, journalist ..
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​​Five years of freedom, and the PRC is still taking hostages
As Trump hosts Xi, Huawei goes on trial, and Beijing keeps arbitrarily detaining other countries’ citizens, the geopolitical tensions of the Meng-Michaels crisis are still with us
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Magnus Fiskesjö @magnusfiskesjoe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Left out: Hasan Piker’s praise for today's genocide China, and for Mao the mass murderer. Awful to read how the Guardian completely leaves out how Hasan Piker even went to China and willingly played their political parrot on their totalitarian state TV. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Most Americans don’t know Hasan Piker. The rest say he is changing this year’s elections
The popular Twitch streamer has been vilified by Republicans, but the socialist commentator has a large audience that some Democrats have courted
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 26/09/2026
Peter Thiel praises evil. Peter Thiel hates democracy. Peter Thiel founded Palantir. Peter Thiel owns JD Vance. Peter Thiel is the most powerful billionaire in the United States. Peter Thiel can’t stop talking about the “Antichrist.” Find out why. Read “The Nerd Reich”
Perfect with photos of teal and Judy Vance. Quote from Peter Teal if you’re evil, you’re actually kind of good because at least you’re getting something done.
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Magnus Fiskesjö @magnusfiskesjoe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Pertinent commentary on the Xi visit to the US capital: x.com/YalkunUluyol...
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Yalkun Uluyol (@YalkunUluyol) on X
Both Xi & Trump are complicit in egregious atrocities w/ global implications. Holding Xi accountable for crimes against humanity targeting Uyghurs is critical; it’s a matter of principle to do the...
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Magnus Fiskesjö @magnusfiskesjoe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
US quickly turning into China, and people don't seem to care; meanwhile the media is being concentrated in the authorities' hands. Not sure the country can get its democracy back. Is it fitting that this happens while China's dictator is visiting? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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White House ‘repeatedly violated’ order to return press access, say three news outlets
CNN, MS Now and Politico say reporters barred from entering on Thursday despite temporary lifting of ban
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 24/09/2026
NEW: Emergency motion asks First Circuit if its decision overturning DHS's third-country removal policy is effective immediately or not. They cite my reporting, and reveal tomorrow's ICE flight to make TCR stops in Central African Republic, Rwanda and Burundi. www.courtlistener.com/docket/72347...
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Motion (other) – #00108513219 in D.V.D. v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security (1st Cir., 26-1212) – CourtListener.com
EMERGENCY MOTION to Clarify the Effectiveness of this Court's Decision or, In the Alternative, Confirm the Stay is Lifted or Issue the Mandate filed by Appellees D.V.D., E.F.D., M.M. and O.C.G.. Serve...
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Magnus Fiskesjö @magnusfiskesjoe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The US more and more turning into China: Government-aligned media monopoly like in China + algorithms to squeeze anyone not obeying, the dominance will be total. So it looks like the end of free speech and democracy in America. Dictators around the world are cheering. nypost.com/2026/09/23/m...
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David Ellison reportedly eyes Elon Musk for Paramount equity investment — sparking fears at CNN: ‘Really scary’
David Ellison is looking to build up Paramount’s finances ahead of the mega merger, and has been mulling over several wealthy individuals who could back the deal, according to a report.
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Magnus Fiskesjö @magnusfiskesjoe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
China: Human Rights Defender Shi Tingfu Dies in Prison www.nchrd.org/2026/09/chin...
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China: Human Rights Defender Shi Tingfu Dies in Prison - Chinese Human Rights Defenders
(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders — September 23, 2026)Human rights defender Shi Tingfu has died in prison, less than four months before his expected January 2027 release.
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Magnus Fiskesjö @magnusfiskesjoe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Looking forward to hearing Professor Frank Dikötter here at Cornell on October 27, 2026: "Red Dawn over China: How Communism Conquered a Quarter of Humanity." events.cornell.edu/event/red-da...
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Red Dawn over China: How Communism Conquered a Quarter of Humanity
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Magnus Fiskesjö @magnusfiskesjoe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
TIbetans cannot sing Tibetan songs. But I am sure all the pro-dictatorship tankie freaks will cheer on this, too, including Barry Sautman, Vijay Prashad and all the other regime parrots. thetibetpost.com/news/tibet/c...
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China Shuts Down Livestream After Tibetan Woman Singing a Tibetan Song - Tibet Post International
Tibet post International
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Magnus Fiskesjö @magnusfiskesjoe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Amazing stuff. Not a joke. Official video from the CCP-state newspaper China Daily, which currently employs this guy as a "journalist." He's a brainwashed young American, here performing a confession of loyalty to the Party. An AI-scripted self-debasement: www.facebook.com/chinadaily/v...
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9.3K views · 397 reactions | "We should listen to the Party, follow the Party and integrate ourselves into the collective," Dylan Walker, a young communist from the United States at Beijing Language and Culture University said at the #VisionChina event. | China Daily
"We should listen to the Party, follow the Party and integrate ourselves into the collective," Dylan Walker, a young communist from the United States at Beijing Language and Culture University said...
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Magnus Fiskesjö @magnusfiskesjoe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Latest, on China's settler colonialism in Tibet journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Joel Halldorf @joelhalldorf.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Avgjorde besvikna, kristna KD-väljare valet? Medan SD skyller på muslimerna visar Valu att antalet gudstjänstbesökare som bytt block motsvarar Magdalena Anderssons marginal mot Tidö. Och bland Tidöpartierna är det bara KD som tappar gudstjänstfolk vitrok.substack.com/p/avgjorde-b...
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Avgjorde besvikna, kristna KD-väljare valet?
Att gudstjäntsfirarna gick vänsterut gav Magdalena Andersson majoritet
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Magnus Fiskesjö @magnusfiskesjoe.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Donald Trump is the new Hasan Piker.
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Magnus Fiskesjö @magnusfiskesjoe.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Anyone speaking for the Chinese regime --> AI bots "... hundreds of A.I. agents were let loose.. autonomously opened networks of fake accounts on platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, X & TikTok, ... then... rapidly seeded the fake accounts with false posts ..." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/t...
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Iran and China Create First-of-Their-Kind Autonomous A.I. Influence Campaigns
The countries, along with Israeli firms, combined Chinese open-source A.I. models and A.I. agents for the campaigns, foreshadowing future online manipulation.
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Magnus Fiskesjö @magnusfiskesjoe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
KOLONIALISMEN LEVER PÅ ÖSTASIATISKA MUSEET Mårten Arndtzén www.100.se/artiklar/med... + x.com/olawong/stat...
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Kolonialismen lever på Östasiatiska museet - 100.se
Varför ekar salarna tomma på Östasiatiska museet? Ett taiwanesiskt konstverk om kolonisering fick Kina att stoppa sin utställning. Läs om konstbråket här.
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Magnus Fiskesjö @magnusfiskesjoe.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
China’s secret lifeline to Russia’s killer drone producer www.politico.eu/article/chin...
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China’s secret lifeline to Russia’s killer drone producer
New documents obtained by POLITICO provide the clearest evidence yet of a Chinese state firm supplying the Kremlin’s military industrial complex.
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Magnus Fiskesjö @magnusfiskesjoe.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Here is the full playbook on the Chinese surveillance operation mentioned in Anthropic's latest bomb shell report netaskari.substack.com/p/anthropic-...
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Anthropic + Chinese online surveillance = BABEL
Anthropic's latest bomb shell report mentioned a Chinese surveillance operation that by coincidence matched a project we have been following for weeks. Here is the full playbook.
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Magnus Fiskesjö @magnusfiskesjoe.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Eastern Donbas today, Russian-occupied territory of Ukraine, is at the bottom of the list of the world's most unfree places. All the more reason why Ukrainians are fighting NOT to be occupied by today's fascistoid Russia--and why we ALL should support them. freedomhouse.org/country/east...
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Eastern Donbas: Country Profile
Access Freedom House reports on Eastern Donbas, see recent news and perspectives, and learn about our work in the country.
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Magnus Fiskesjö @magnusfiskesjoe.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Svart på vitt om hur svenska SD går i Trumps ledband. klagget.nu/2026/09/09/a... Groteskt. Man undrar om "ungsvenskarna" diskuterade USAs planer att invadera Grönland. Hjälper de till med den eller? Det vore...osvenskt. Men SD har ju *tackat* Trump (*efter* det att han började hota Danmark).
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Åkesson och smutskastande MAGA-lobbyist på valupptakt
Sverigedemokraternas ungdomsförbund hade en ledande strateg från den amerikanska MAGA-rörelsen som föreläsare på valupptakten i våras. Jimmie Åkesson var också med på samma möte.
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Magnus Fiskesjö @magnusfiskesjoe.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Anthropic Researcher Quits As AI Learns To Hack Phones. Two researchers still working at Anthropic backed him the same day, one of them putting the odds that AI kills every human on earth at better than one in ten.
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Magnus Fiskesjö @magnusfiskesjoe.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Kina förser Ryssland med material till tusentals självmordsdrönare. kinamedia.se/2026/09/09/k... = China is feeding Russia killer drone supplies to murder more Europeans.
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Kina förser Ryssland med material till tusentals självmordsdrönare
Kina framställer sig alltjämt som en neutral part i kriget om Ukraina, och får ibland även lovord från omvärlden som någon sorts modererande kraft som
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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Of everyone who ought to know what Tolkien wrote so many words that he invented new languages meant when he wrote the Under No Circumstances Allow Evil to Consolidate into a Literal Oozing Panopticon Hellworld series, it's the English lol but no lol they gave £21M & their power to Sweaty Sauron
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Palantir tightens grip on UK infrastructure with no-bid grid operator deal
State-owned Neso cites technical reasons for awarding Palantir a £21m contract without competition, deepening concern over the company’s role in critical UK systems.
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Magnus Fiskesjö @magnusfiskesjoe.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Génocide ouïghour - Trajectoire d'un projet colonial chinois Dilnur Reyhan Paris: La découverte. 15 Octobre 2026. 9782348071669 www.placedeslibraires.fr/listeliv.php...
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Magnus Fiskesjö @magnusfiskesjoe.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
@narativ.bsky.social "Gibney Films the Musk-Russia Story Narativ Reported First" - www.narativ.org/p/0908-musk But, no mention of China ... which Musk and his chinamaxxer mom keep praising, incessantly, despite its ongoing genocide
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Gibney Films the Musk-Russia Story Narativ Reported First
Four hours at Venice ask who is behind Elon Musk. Narativ answered in November 2024: Putin's calls, the oligarch money, the satellites.
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Magnus Fiskesjö @magnusfiskesjoe.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This is correct from @genocidewatch.bsky.social China's Uyghur genocide is proceeding brutally, not least against the hundreds of thousands of kidnapped children zombified in the pretend-"boarding school" Gulag for kids. genocidewatch.com/de/tenstages
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Magnus Fiskesjö @magnusfiskesjoe.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
[ESSAY] “I Reported Myself to China’s Ministry of State Security” by William Grice. chajournal.com/2026/09/07/s... Don't forget that from the perspective of the anaconda in the chandelier, many dissidents don't even need to be killed/imprisoned or censored/deleted, just neutered by algorithm.
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[ESSAY] “I Reported Myself to China’s Ministry of State Security”
[ESSAY] “I Reported Myself to China’s Ministry of State Security” by William Grice Photograph by the author, Hekou, China. After his acquaintance ran afoul of China’s security app…
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
SEN. KENNEDY: Putin’s got blood under his fingernails. He doesn’t care about pretty talk. You don’t get any credit for kissing his ass. You’ve got to show him you mean business. We should pass that Russia sanctions bill, that’s what he understands, and we’ve got to help Ukraine.
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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
NEW: Russian President Vladimir Putin reiterated Russia’s unwillingness to make any meaningful compromises in the peace negotiations process to end the war in Ukraine. 🧵(1/9) Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar090626
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Magnus Fiskesjö @magnusfiskesjoe.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Det trumpistiska med SD & tyvärr M blev ännu tydligare idag i @SRs Valspecial AI-debatt. Båda vägrade ens erkänna hotet från USA. Erika Mårtensson kunde pressat båda om det hemliga Palantiravtalet som knyter Sverige till Thiel & Co, som enda enskilda EU-land. www.sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/vals...
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Magnus Fiskesjö @magnusfiskesjoe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
x.com/fccchina/sta... It's typical for genocide China, Covid China, Mao's China: NO real journalists are allowed on the scene.
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Foreign Correspondents' Club of China (@fccchina) on X
FCCC STATEMENT ON REPORTING ON THE TIBET FLOODS September 4, 2026 A recent sounding of our members found that more than a dozen had applied for access to the Tibet Autonomous Region in order to cover...
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Magnus Fiskesjö @magnusfiskesjoe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Who Does TikTok Really Answer to? chinauncensored.substack.com/p/who-does-t... China owns 20% plus the app algorithms which control things like global information on China, Iceland's EU vote, & the Swedish election next week...observers there said it will be decided on Tiktok and by AI summaries..
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Who Does TikTok Really Answer to?
Definitely NOT the US government, it turns out
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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The U.S. ambassador to Canada reposted this
Repost by American ambassador to Canada Pete Hoeskstra of a Whitehouse post of an AI-generated photo of an eagle killing a Canada goose.
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Magnus Fiskesjö @magnusfiskesjoe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Tja, vi visste ju redan att SD inte är patrioter. Efter att Trump hotade med att invadera Europa TACKADE deras Europadelegation Trump för hans fina politik. Har SD bett om ursäkt? De är nog som trump och hans ryska allierade: "be aldrig om ursäkt"
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Magnus Fiskesjö @magnusfiskesjoe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Propagandascope under attack! soyonbo.substack.com/p/propaganda...
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Propagandascope under attack!
But who did this?
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Magnus Fiskesjö @magnusfiskesjoe.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I Taught a Short Story. My College Fired Me For It. www.persuasion.community/p/i-taught-a...
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I Taught a Short Story. My College Fired Me For It.
Academic censorship is very real.
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Magnus Fiskesjö @magnusfiskesjoe.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The Nepal-Tibet Catastrophe: What Is China Hiding? Nepal counted its dead and opened its data; Tibet’s losses vanished behind China’s digital erasure. By Lopsang Gurung bitterwinter.org/the-nepal-ti...
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The Nepal-Tibet Catastrophe: What Is China Hiding?
Nepal counted its dead and opened its data; Tibet’s losses vanished behind China’s digital erasure.
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Magnus Fiskesjö @magnusfiskesjoe.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Here, about some of the 100s of thousands of people imprisoned as China assaults the Uyghur nation. Many killed inside. blog.shahit.biz/2026/09/01/l... All freedom of expression extinguished, the regime invited in tourist vultures like Arnaud Bertrand, Barry Sautman, et al, to help deny, deny, deny.
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Life after prison? What we know about prisoner fates in Xinjiang, in 2026
With the vast majority sentenced to at least 5 years, the average prison term approaching 10 years, no mass pardons or releases, and no real international pressure regarding the issue, it would be a l...
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Magnus Fiskesjö @magnusfiskesjoe.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
@theatlantic.com Bill Gates Changes His Mind on AI www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4zG... Regulating? under a dysfunctional government? Isn't this a bit like ret'd Google CEO Eric Schmidt who says we'll need a kill switch when the super-agents start talking to each other over our heads. Surely too late?
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Bill Gates Changes His Mind on AI
YouTube video by The Atlantic
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Sam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Very tiring how it's closing in on 5 years of the full scale invasion and people still insist this is about "legitimate security concerns" when the Russians will just tell you what their goals are and why they're doing what they're doing
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Tereza Hendl @terezahendl.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Here’s a paper of interest that speaks of a hypocrisy experienced far beyond its scope. It resonates deeply with our work with Selbi Durdiyeva on the selective anti-imperialism of much of the Western left in its treatment of Europe’s East & Central Asia. Glad to have come across Dibyesh Anand’s work
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