It might even get easier on the fish considering the fact that the UK no longer is a member of the EU this time around.
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It might even get easier on the fish considering the fact that the UK no longer is a member of the EU this time around.
”I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe … attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion …”
A still from a gif from the movie The Dead Zone, where actor Martin Sheen, playing the president of the USA, is telling his Cabinet that ”the missiles are flying. Hallelujah”
That’s good, but I sure hope they’ll integrate the feature in the current early warning app. Or vice versa.
![A picture from the local daily newspaper Sydsvenskan in Malmö depicting a report featuring electricians in yellow clothing and the headline "They were forced to Skåne [county] to save electricity in war".](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ud7jdfltk6mwnrdl3fiykyle/bafkreidsr4fvswcpv7ewiibpd473n6ye6rb7wgfq6ztvy2zcda2qydm23y@jpeg)
A picture from the local daily newspaper Sydsvenskan in Malmö depicting a report featuring electricians in yellow clothing and the headline "They were forced to Skåne [county] to save electricity in war".
Last year, the Swedish government decided to reintroduce civil defence service for rescue services and grid maintenance. Now, my local newspaper is reporting that the first "conscripts" for grid maintenance has arrived in my county for training.
“A Thousand Heroes for a Bright Sweden” -- The civil defence initiative to educate 1,000 electricians in wartime maintenance and repairs.
"Going out to fight on the battlefield isn't really my thing," said a conscript. "On the other hand, I’ve always been interested in electricity and high voltage"
My previous thread about the scheme bsky.app/profile/thon...
An article about the Swedish civil defence duty scheme in English:
Anyway, he's also dubbed "God of War" by Krigshistoriepodden (Swedish History of War podcast), as he was prime minister when Sweden raised the world's fourth largest air force, and started to project a nuclear arms production program. krigshistoriepodden.myshopify.com/products/erl...
You know what they say; long pants, a long mandate
Photo of the Swedish prime minister Tage Erlander from the 1960ies. He was a tall man and on this photo he wears long grey trousers with an extremely high waist.
Tage Erlander, prime minister of Sweden between 1946 and 1969, winner of the elections of 1948, 1952, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1964, and 1968 in a parliamentary system with proportional representation, would like to join the discussion.
When I did my conscription in the final days of the Cold War, 1991, I was rather impressed with the Swedish Armed Forces. We had brand new networked computers for our communications. But when I went to return training in 1996, the equipment was a joke. No computers, just handwritten fax ...
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“The Count … His face was a strong—a very strong—aquiline, with high bridge of the thin nose and peculiarly arched nostrils; with lofty domed forehead, and hair growing scantily round the temples but profusely elsewhere."
Please notice the flag of Sweden, because the regime lashed out at Sweden today. Protesters in Georgia always display flags of partner countries, and especially when they feature prominently in latest events / are targeted by the regime.
Swedish word of the day: "Vargavinter", lit.: "Wolf's Winter". Old saying originally meaning a winter so harsh that the (otherwise shy) wolves approaches human settlements out of hunger. Today it just means harsh winter.
Your campaign for Nordic nukes is really getting some traction, @jmkorhonen.fi
It felt like this (for me) in November-December 1989, and again in February-March 2020. Now January 2026 has been quite eventful, but I’m scared that it will be superseded in the near future.
As Karl Marx (not Lenin, apparently) said: There are decades when nothing happens, and then there are weeks when decades happen. quoteinvestigator.com/2020/07/13/d...
"Thank you for your attention to this matter!
Of course, all regiments of the Swedish army raised in Finland in the 17th century were disbanded in 1809, after Sweden had lost Finland to Russia. Some units were re-raised by the Russians one way or another, but most units weren't re-raised until after Finland's liberation in 1918.
The Kainuu Brigade (Kainuun prikaati) follows the traditions of the Savolax Regiment, raised in 1626 as the Savolax and Nyslott Land Regiment. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kainuu_...
The Karelia Brigade (Karjalan Prikaati) anniversary is 6th of May, commemorating the 1618 order by Gustavus II Adolphus to raise the Karerlian riders, which soon became the foundation of the Vyborg county Cavalry Regiment (Viborgs läns kavalleriregemente). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karelia...
The Pori Brigade (Porin prikaati) also follows traditions from the Pori Regiment (Björneborgs regemente) raised in 1626. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pori_Br...
Several units within the Finnish Defence Forces follow traditions from units raised by Sweden in the early 17th century. The Swedish-speaking Nyland Brigade (Uudenmaan prikaati) follow the traditions of Nyland and Tavastehus Cavalry Regiment, raised in 1626. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyland_...
Norwegian PM confirms he received this letter yesterday. www.nrk.no/urix/trump-m...
Thread as Hugo candidate for short story. (content warning: bleak)
It doesn't seem as if Donald Trump is aware that the EU countries have a single market and are a customs union. So if you impose tariffs on Danish goods, but not on Polish goods, you can just drive the goods to Poland and send them from there, thereby bypassing the tariffs.
Read more about Scandinavism at Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandin...
Svenska Dagbladet article from July, also featuring a Kalmar Union flag www.svd.se/a/93Jy7p/nor...