David Mac Dougall
@davidmacdougall.bsky.social
Journalist covering Finland, the Nordics and the Arctic region. ✒️Recent bylines: The Times, Sunday Times, Helsingin Sanomat, Barents Observer, Euractiv. Dog walker. Lapsed rugby player. Fennophile. 🏴/🇫🇮
It's +20°C today, which for me and the dog is absolutely roasting, a good five degrees hotter than we like it. Yes, I understand for some people 20 degrees is cold. Thosr people are strange! 🐾☀️🇫🇮🏴🤪🥵
This is deeply disheartening from Petteri Orpo and the right-wing Finnish government. When Russia weaponised migration against the eastern border, #Finland expected EU support, not criticism. But when it happens to Spain, Finland shows its true colours. www.hs.fi/politiikka/a...
Ceutan rajakriisi | EU-johtajat arvostelevat kirjeessään Espanjaa, pääministeri Sánchez torjuu kritiikin
Pääministeri Orpo on mukana 22 EU-johtajan kirjeessä, jossa vaaditaan EU:n sisäministerien kiireellistä videokokousta Ceutan rajakriisin vuoksi.
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@seanferrick.bsky.social Jeez, you're a pilkku nussiija (as the Finns say) but we gotta love ya for it!
☀️ Good morning, god morgon, huomenta! It's Friday!
Once again, Finnish Green Party is the most willing to defeat Russia, (34% wants to support #Ukraine more), and of the major parties, the far right party is the most useful of the Kremlin’s idiots (23% says Finland supports Ukraine too much). www.hs.fi/politiikka/a...
HS-gallup | Vihreiden kannattajat haluavat lisää aseita Ukrainaan, perussuomalaisista kritiikkiä
Perussuomalaisten Jani Mäkelä sanoo, että osa puolueen kannattajista haluaisi muiden Euroopan maiden kantavan nykyistä suuremman vastuun.
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The News Agents@thenewsagents.co.uk · last wk."I know Kaitlan Collins - she does smile, she's great fun. She's bloody clever." As Donald Trump tries to publicly embarrass Kaitlan Collins (again), @jonsopel1.bsky.social remembers the time he stood up to the White House as they tried to relegate the CNN reporter…
Uskomatonta! Suomi mainittu! Finland is the number 1 on the list!! Top of the charts, better than all those other countries! Now torille? Maybe rampant unemployment is what makes Finland the happiest country in the world?
Jufo Peltomaa@jufopeltomaa.bsky.social · last wk.Populistit ja rasistit vallassa. 😑 Huom: ennen tätä hallitusta homma oli (huomattavasti vaikeammista olosuhteista huolimatta) kunnossa, eikä tällä hetkellä ole mitään Suomea alaspainavaa kv-trendiä. Kysymys on siis vain osaamattomuudesta; mm. valtiovarainministerillä ei ole mitään alansa osaamista.
Good morning, huomenta, god morgon! It's a rainy start to Tuesday and the dog is wondering why she's not getting an umbrella! 🐾🌧☂️🏴🇫🇮🌲
The Aalto Works Series of thirteen sites has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, including 3 in Jyväskylä - the Säynätsalo Town Hall, the Muuratsalo Experimental House, & the Aalto Campus: visit.alvaraalto.fi/en/destinati... More of Jyväskylä www.discoveringfinland.com/lakeland/jyv...
Good morning, huomenta, god morgon! Our lack of prolonged rain is beginning to show in the colour of the grass but nowhere like the same problem as in the Cairngorms, or across France & Spain right now.
Sunday evening stroll between rain showers 🐾🌦🏴🇫🇮🌲🐾
Getting this printed and framed and hung (no shade intended to Saddam) on the wall in front of my desk to keep me writing on days when I think I can give it a miss! The book is not going to finish itself!
Seva@seva.bsky.social · 2w agoSaddam Hussein finished writing his last novel a day before the US invaded. Make writing a daily habit and you'll be amazed at how many distractions just melt away.
@seanferrick.bsky.social And yes I think you're right. They're pulling a Kes with La'an. Powers she thought were locked away start to come to the fore and she evolves into something no longer herself and then has to leave the ship rather than be a danger to the crew, and is never mentioned again.
@seanferrick.bsky.social Ok so the biggest trellium down for me is the fact they're in the Sol system. They're somewhere deep in space and the anomaly of the week conveniently brings them to Earth and Mars? Out of everywhere in the universe? With all the canon problems Mars throws up? Nope.
@seanferrick.bsky.social Hey! Also! Seán, do better! What's a "British" voice? You know the difference between "British" accents... not everybody in this island group speaks the same... not you, not me, not Saffron Burrows.
@seanferrick.bsky.social Saturday morning ups and downs. I gave Pelia/Dr Who down as well but for a different reason. I love Carol Kane (especially in Kimmy Schmidt) but her line delivery is becoming such a farce it's verging on unintelligible with the accent. Director needs to scale it back.
Good morning, huomenta, god morgon! Why were we out walking at 6:45am? Because the dog came to wake me up! 😴💤🐾🏴🇫🇮🌲⛅️
@seanferrick.bsky.social Top o'the mornin' to you! So... there were ups... and there were downs. There were definitely downs...
On TV at least, BBC Scotland seems to be taking delight in finding people to voxpop who say "I didn't know anything about the Commonwealth Games". Imagine if the BBC was actually showing the Games, here in Scotland, there might be more awareness... Who is really getting a TNT subscription to watch?
🇳🇴 Every July 22nd I think about Oslo and Utøya and the insane period of my life that started with news of an explosion, which prompted a mad dash to pack a bag and get to the airport.
This might be the most batshit crazy story I've read in a while. A group of renegade monks in Orkney (of all places) have basically declared holy war against the Vatican. One presumes that @leaskyd.bsky.social has braved fire & brimstone to bring us this report! www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...
Orkney monks call modern Catholicism a ‘fake religion’ in church split
Schism with the Vatican looms after the brothers of Papa Stronsay published a letter on their website insisting the Pope was not a real Catholic
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Good morning, huomenta, god morgon! ☀️ We were out walking by 6:30am and it's a beautiful start to Wednesday!
Actual video of me watching 172 speeches in the Finnish parliament and waiting for them to finally vote. #politiikka
Old Lady: 'It's Been 84 Years' Meme
ALT: Old Lady: 'It's Been 84 Years' Meme
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You know the 2nd most exciting thing that's happening today, after the recall of parliament at noon and the vote of confidence? A new pair of Karhu trainers is arriving! 🎉🙌