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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 · 15m
Good question.
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 2h
The United States are not Europe's ally. Not Europe's friend. Not Europe's partner. Not even Europe's rival. They are Europe's enemy. At this point I don't even know why we still have American troops on European soil. It didn't have to be like this.
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 4h
More than traitors: plain enemies.
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 14h
All extra income from visas redirected to UA, obviously.
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 14h
Yes, that number must be reduced to a much much lower one. Russian tourists are sec risks, but they also come disguised as citizens of other countries, so problem runs deep. One possibility: increase visa fee to 150 euros per day, 1500 for state employees, and bar all known risk individuals/groups.
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 14h
And then there's this. This racist imbecile must be stopped now, and he must be punished.
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 16h
The thick president strikes again. Fear not - he can always say something even more stupid.
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"Dödligt läkemedel..." enligt artikelförfattaren. Är inte meningen med läkemedel att de ska läka?
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Was about time.
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Vad är det här för barbari?
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
How to lose the information war: immediately cave in to FIMI actors' requests.
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Sven Daniel Wolfe @sdwolfe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The USA doesn't invite OSCE election monitors, following only Russia and Belarus. Trump threatens annihilation of Los Angeles and/or San Diego. And promises a "major surprise" for the election. So what's the plan when he claims fraud, declares victory, seizes voting machines, and won't concede?
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Quite a philosophical question, in fact...
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Yesterday night in Kharkiv, a babusya asks: - Excuse me, young man [yes, that's me, younger than ever], are we far from Soviet Ukraine? - Uhm, not sure what you mean, is it an old department store or something? - No, no, I mean the metro station!
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Fantastic! Perfectly on time in Kharkiv!
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
On train to Kharkiv. High-risk business: if it gets seriously delayed (as do many trains these days) I'll be stuck in the Kharkiv train station until 5 AM. It's a beautiful building, but still.
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Yay!
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The stasi method as a matter of fact too.
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Leaked Zelensky phone call.
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The only reason I can think of is that it's a way of going straight to the russians without going straight to the russians. But Hungary was almost the same.
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Well, there are some seruous competitors, though... Hungary, Serbia, Belarus...
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
That's a good candidate!
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Maybe it's just an excuse to leave Kyiv after all of Russia's threats.
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I mean...the final destination must have been Moscow anyway, but certainly intriguing to find out who the intermediary was.
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Maybe Belarus?
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Trump's comment is dumb, as usual, but it IS actually called pneumonic plague.
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
För övrigt trodde jag Puhos låg i Uleåborgs län. Men det kanske var Muhos. Dagens trivia har lösts.
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Sist jag var där var stället rejält nedgånget... och otroligt charmigt, särskilt i jämförelse med Itäkeskusmonstret bredvid. Tämligen orört sedan 60-talet.
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Jag var inne på Puhos hur ofta som helst när jag bodde i intilliggande Kvarnbäcken. Överlevde med nöd och näppe varje gång, det var nära ögat!
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Regeln är lite sovjetisk, kan man säga. Men i stället för kolchosbönderna gäller den de asylsökande. Jag börjar ledsna på den här idiotin.
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God @thegodshow.com · 05/10/2026
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
To be honest I am more afraid of people like Havryshko and Ishchenko who are better at mobilizing the "peace" crowd.
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Dunno. I don't think it matters. The point is that Russia uses its own operatives as well as useful idiots and useful divas. I guess he would pertain to the latter category, but I haven't met him and he blocked me long ago, so...
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I agree with Maria: he's a quack in this field - and tendentious within his own. He can opine on such matters they way I can opine about dentistry. The whole point of such propaganda is not to convince us, but to generate distrust, and "debate." "Question more," as RT's motto goes...
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Who would have thought?
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I must admit that I'm a bit more sceptical about walking over the bridges these days. Hälsningar ifrån Zoloti Vorota, förresten.
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Indeed, or more like 24h from first symptoms. But they could treat all 200 with a prophylactic course since these are mere "potential exposures." If that really is the case. Something's definitely off.
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Can't they just be given a cure of antibiotics?
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is a good idea. Diesen has been hiding behind academic freedom to push what he knows are obvious lies and disinformation. Not sure about how this would work legally, though. His income from producing and distributing propaganda for an enemy state must be stopped.
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Did everyone survive?
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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Footage from a Russian FPV drone shows it diving toward a Ukrainian unmanned ground vehicle. Moments before impact, the UGV fires an anti-drone net from its rear section, catching and bringing down the attacking FPV.
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Asymmetrisk Organisk Synth @ebmgubben.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Inget valfusk men en jävla massa rasism.
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Not at all. But there aren't many such long interviews where the interviewer manages to keep him going without the whole thing descending into a maelström of presidential fury.
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It really is a must-read. The US president can't answer simple questions and seems to be clueless about the basics of economics (and of everything else). He also brags about his fictional wins, sounding like the utter imbecile he is.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 02/10/2026
Good times
Daniel Fried& @AmbDanFried
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Ah, KGB tactics I recall from my youth. The Finns, I suspect, will be apt to handle this well.
Petri Mäkelä @ @pmakela1 •14h
Several Finnish members of the Parliament have had recent break-ins where their houses "have been rearranged" a bit.
This is a very classic KGB/FSB/SVR move
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Also no BS, just a margherita!
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Michael Gentile @michaelgentile.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This guy's pizzeria is going to be doing good soon.
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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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