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Pic of yesterday's Russian incursion into Swedish air space close to #Gotland where Finnish and Swedish MoD were meeting at time to inspect an exercise. Good news is they aren't flying in tactical formation, but rather bunched up in a more peaceful formation. #FISE #turpo=#säkpol
Bad news is that that is still two Su-24 strike aircraft escorted by two Su-27 fighters knowingly violating the airspace of a sovereign state with the aim of pressuring them to change their foreign policy.

I suggest that we do not give in to international bullying.
*Major* plot twist to the story about Russian aircraft violating Swedish airspace a few weeks back. Reports are out that the two Su-24 carried nuclear weapons. #Su24 #NuclearThreat #Russia tv4.se/artikel/6cNV5s…
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1. Some rambling thoughts that occur to me as I ponder the #UkraineCrisis: A Geopolitical Tweet Thread of Uncertain Proportions.

I really fail to understand the number of people I see actually defending #Russia re: #Ukraine.
2. #Russia has security concerns. I agree. History and geography necessitates they are going to be wary of being attacked, particularly across the North European Plain.
3. But if you want to keep your neighbors out of a rival alliance, invading, seizing territories, ignoring security guarantees previously given, interfering with their internal affairs, and massing hundreds of thousands of troops on their borders doesn't seem like the best method
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Update #Ukraine .
Im Überblick:
- #Poroschenko kehrt zurück und sagt Selenski den Kampf an,
- Schweden gerät in Panik wegen drei russischer Landungsschiffe,
- Kiew startet Manöver im Osten des Landes,
- Russland und #Belarus planen gemeinsame Manöver im Februar.
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Der Ex-Präsident der #Ukraine #Poroschenko ist zurückgekehrt. In seinem Land droht ihm der Prozess wegen Landesverrat, er kehrte dennoch zurück und zwar in absoluter Kampfesstimmung.
Am Flughafen wurde er feiernd von seinen Anhängern empfangen.
#Poroshenko
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Poroschenko hat vor, bei den nächsten Wahlen den Selenski wieder zu verdrängen und nutzt dafür die allerschärfste Rhetorik
Die Chancen stehen gut.
Selenski ist so unbeliebt wie wohl noch nie zuvor.
Die Soziallage in der #Ukraine verschärft sich von Monat zu Monat.
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Lust auf was Gruseliges?!
Nicht nur „zivile“ russische Schiffe fahren derzeit vor #Gotland auf und ab. Auch diese „zivile“ russische Airline mit Filiale in #Leipzig machte gestern Nacht einen 3000-Kilometer-Umweg, um sich die 🇸🇪 Insel ganz genau anzusehen.
Ein Sturm zieht auf.
Hier die ganze Geschichte (auf Schwedisch), sehr nüchtern und technisch erzählt.
jagarchefen.blogspot.com/2022/01/en-mar…
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Was machen eigentlich vier russische Schiffe, die am Bau von #NordStream2 beteiligt waren, zwischen den schwedischen Inseln #Öland und #Gotland, also gut 100 Kilometer westlich der @NordStream2-Trasse?
#Urlaub?! ... Image
Das interessiert jetzt auch die schwedische Luftwaffe. In der südlichen Ostsee geschehen heute Abend interessante und durchaus besorgniserregende Dinge. Unter anderem bewegen sich sechs russische Landungsschiffe aus zwei Flotten auf unbekannter Mission nördlich von Kaliningrad. Image
Diese Saab ist auf dem Weg zurück von Gotland nach Öland und zweimal über die russischen Schiffe geflogen. ImageImage
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A short thread about #Finland 🇫🇮&🇸🇪 #Sweden... and the short time left for them to join #NATO.

1) #Russia is about to invade #Ukraine.
2) This will lead to a massive increase of NATO forces in #Poland, #Estonia, #Latvia, and #Lithuania.

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3) Russia's invasion will also result in #Finland & #Sweden requesting to join #NATO.
4) points 2 & 3 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 for #Russia & Russia will risk everything to prevent these.
5) The easiest way to stop a country from joining NATO is to occupy a part of it.

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6) #Russia's solution is to occupy Sweden's #Gotland.
7) If Russia occupies Gotland then NATO will reject Sweden's bid as accepting it would mean immediate war with Russia.
8) With Sweden's bid rejected #Finland would have to face Russia alone or accept Finlandization again.

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Kan förstå 5 företrädare för NÄRINGSLIVET på #Gotland som i @dagensindustri argumenterar för samma regler för resande under covid19 i hela landet
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1/ om de menade allvar skulle de gått ut i gemensam bedömning med ansvariga för HÄLSO- & SJUKVÅRDEN
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2/ Gotland är som bekant en ö med särskilda förutsättningar för vården även utan #covid19
3/ Om ökad spridning pga resande syns detta i vården först 10+ dagar senare. Då för sent för Destination Gotland att ”stänga resandet” för att minska risk överbelastad vård & lidande.
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Kom med gemensamt förslag från Region Gotland, smittskyddsläkare, FHM, näringsliv kring en strategi som möjliggör resande men inbegriper vettiga strategier för förebyggande spridning & v b minimering av konsekvenser genom t ex tillräcklig smittspårning/Isolering/transport.
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The things you can do with traditional architecture. A 19th c. post-and-plank (bulhus) on the Swedish island of Gotland needs a new sill plate (neglect led to old one finally rotting out). A few days of work with homegrown materials vs. tearing whole house down and buying new.
Scarf in new parts with wooden pegs (iron nails attract moisture which creates opportunities for rot which is bad), put on a new cob-mortar and plaster it, good as new and will last at least another two or three centuries. All waste organic and can be buried or composted nearby.
Post-and-plank is an ancient building method almost extinct today, but it has many advantages, not least that is it recyclable. Here is one 19th c. bldg. partly built using recycled oak boards from a shipwreck. How old the shipwreck was when reused has yet to be determined.
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In the early part of the first millennium CE, the #IndoEuropean language known as Proto-#Germanic diverged into an East branch (which included #Gothic) and a Northwest branch.

Northwest then split into West and North branches when Proto-#Norse developed in #Scandinavia. Image
Until the 8th century, #Germanic #languages, including Proto-#Norse, were written in Elder Futhark, the earliest #runic #alphabet.

The name #Futhark comes from the initial phonemes in the names of the first six #runes:
ᚠ ᚢ ᚦ ᚨ ᚱ ᚲ
F U Þ A R K

By the beginning of the #Viking Age around 800 CE, Proto-#Norse had evolved into Old Norse, and #Scandinavia's writing system transitioned from the 24 #runes of Elder #Futhark to Younger Futhark's 16 runes.

The #Swedish #Sparlösa #Runestone from ~800 CE features both #alphabets. Image
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