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Michael Gentile

@michaelgentile.bsky.social
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Professor in human geography at the University of Oslo (here as a private person). My current research interests surround the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. Putin belongs behind bars. Lazio-Latina, er derby s'avvicina!

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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 11h
Madonna laziale! Apparently yesterday was international blasphemy day!
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Har blandade känslor om det här, men i grunden tycker jag att folk ska klä sig stilfullt, och det råkar sammanfalla med det Vindelns kommun anser vara anständigt. Shorts på jobbet är inte oanständigt, utan enbart barbariskt dålig smak. Gympadojor likaså!
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Ulf Bjereld @ulfbjereld.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Att de fyra oppositionspartierna inte lyckas enas om en gemensam talmanskandidat är förstås ett misslyckande och ett svaghetstecken. Vänsterpartiets agerande innebär också att partiets plats i en regering blir allt mer osannolik.
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
F*ing uncivilized worthless barbarians.
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Kanske bör V ingå i regeringsförhandlingar med KD, M och SD i stället. Som förhandlingstaktik gentemot S låter det här riktigt märkligt: www.dn.se/sverige/tidi...
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Tidigare statssekreteraren: V:s besked upplevs som en krigsförklaring
Vänsterpartiets vice ordförande Ida Gabrielsson meddelade i SVT:s Agenda på söndagskvällen att de ställer sig bakom Andreas Norlén i måndagens
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I don't know why Russia targeted a McD warehouse, but I suspect they want the chain to shut down. The re-opening of McD - even in Mykolayiv - signals strength, resilience, global connectivity. Russia without the golden arches means isolation and irrelevance. news.liga.net/en/war/video...
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A McDonald's warehouse in the Kyiv region burned down following a Russian strike – video
The head of the Kyiv Regional State Administration showed the aftermath of the Russian Federation's attack on a food warehouse
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Except that Russia has had its Putins both before and after shoch therapy capitalism. If anything, he emerged despite shock therapy, not because of. Poland, Baltics somehow didn't produce an imperialist maniac. Also: gradualism in Belarus produced Lukashenko, probably stronger causality there.
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Verkligen extremt dåligt. Förutom den strategiska betydelsen kan följden vara en djup kris för den stora staden Kryvyy Rih.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
For just a moment, the world saw their true nature. This is a real photo. F*cking chilling.
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Everyone else should boycott the event. Let the two of them enjoy a Big Mac and a diet coke at Donnie's.
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This woman is nuttier than a fruitcake. She's like a caricature of the group she belongs to. Extra credit for the unique pronunciation of "Kiév".
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Yes. But still more than two years to go... things could and will probably get even worse.
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Very much like the Carlo Masala scenario in "if Russia wins". But without the winning part.
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Sven Daniel Wolfe @sdwolfe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Mark your conference calendars: the 12th International Urban Geographies of Post-Communist States is coming to Yerevan in one year: 20-26 September, 2027. Call for panels and papers coming soon. It's going to be a good one! catference.am
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Cities After Transition — CATference 2027
Yerevan · 20—26 September 2027
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Det här kommer lite väl lägligt för Tidöpartierna; jag kan naturligtvis ha fel, men det är något fuffens med denna fuffensanmälan. Ska någon alltså ha skjutsat folk till förtidsomröstningslokalerna? Låter rätt osannolikt. Förkryssade valsedlar innebär att fusket främst gäller personröstningen.
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I thought the symbol of Ukraine was the Trident, not the smoke dragon.
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
So much for keeping secrets...
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
My Kremlin insiders are hinting at rather close vote in this round of russian elections. Here are the pictures of the frontrunners
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, denies its a duck but insists it's a giant pterodactyl that will destroy you in 3 days, its a Kremlin duck. 🦆
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Det stämmer. Precis lika mycket som alla andra medborgare.
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Finland should have some old Soviet-built locomotives that could be used. Ukraine needs them urgently.
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
He's slightly alive!
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Day 1665 of my 3 day war. We will defeat Poland in 3 days.... I remain a master strategist.
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Att rödbrune Markus Allard skulle klaga på valsabotage, fusk etc. var i praktiken redan hugget i sten: www.dn.se/sverige/valf...
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Valfunktionärer anklagas för sabotage av Örebropartiet: ”Vill ha ursäkt av Allard”
Örebropartiet anklagar fem namngivna vallokaler för valsabotage.
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Trump (Krasnov) sucking up to Putin, as usual.
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
So Kushner and Witkoff went to Moscow and Kyiv with the only outcome being their furthering Russian demands.
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Caturday.
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
They've reached gas stations in Kyiv too. Well, blowing up port infrastructure in Sochi and Makhachkala is way more efficient.
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Man kan faktiskt vara kritisk mot SN utan att för den skull påstå att de föredrar fascism. Hellre en nykter samhällsdebatt än onödigt polariserande retorik. Spara fascistanklagelserna åt SD, Örebropartiet osv. Men tänk först på vad de konkret betyder.
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Attempted drone attack on Zelensky's plane in Moldova, apparently. www.unian.ua/politics/lit....
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Літак Зеленського ледь не зіткнувся з дроном, - прем'єр Норвегії
Інцидент відбувся напередодні в аеропорту Кишинева.
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Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The public glorification afforded to a convicted war criminal in Belgrade is an affront to the memory of the victims, their families, and all those who suffered during the conflicts in the Western Balkans. (1/2)
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The probable cause of the collapse of the Swedish Pisa test results is likely linked to the use of AI. Kids are no longer able to read and process information. I suspect something similar is happening at the university level. www.dn.se/sverige/pisa...
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Pisachefen: Läskrisen är Sveriges grundproblem
Sveriges resultat i Pisa backar och uppgången efter 2012 är borta AI-användning i skolarbetet pekas också ut som en risk
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
That's what you get when you send incompetent people.
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
They should have served them something from the canteen of the Kryvyy Rih steelworks. With compote, of course.
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The American quackistocratic (TM) duo's failure to achieve anything was more predictable than the effect of gravity.
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
You maybe cool but are you Czech President Petr Pavel high-fiveing while riding a motorcycle cool? 😎
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Unbelievable. And unbelievably pathetic. "We'll have all these great memories!" Great? Great memories? Oh yeah, it was so fun that time in moscow! What a disgrace.
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I bet that's the 38% of republicans who actually like Trump. Not the ones who merely tolerate him.
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Hoppsan. Men så är det med SD: när det väl kommer till kritan är deras Sverigekärlek svalare än hos de flesta.
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Om inget annat så är det därför jag ska tillbaka till Kramatorsk!
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I agree. This excerpt stands out as truly idiotic.
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The optics of this are not good.
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
So these are the dumbest 7%. The next 26% who are still satisfied with Trump are the ones who are very dumb, but not quite Lake 'murica-level.
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Among the many reasons he has to be prevented from conquering the Donbas.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/08/2026
Pathetic -- Google is now referring to Lake Ontario as "Lake America"
screencap of Google Maps showing "Lake America"
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Such a missed opportunity, Iceland: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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Definitely no or maybe yes: what tipped the Icelandic referendum | Miranda Bryant
The no campaign was well-funded and accused of scaremongering, but the wording of the question may also have made a difference
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
South Korea, please cut it out.
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Caturday.
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Bad news. Massive detonation at a Ukrainian ammunition depot in Kyiv Oblast following russian strikes. Worse news, by the color of the fire, rocket propellant, so likley AD missiles. Worst news 4th depo in so many days, looks like serious intelligence breach, nobody is just that lucky.
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Dumb scum.
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