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VikingChieftain

@VikingChieftain@krigskunst.social

Just an armchair chieftain trying to make sense of world politics and conflicts. 100% pro-Ukraine, 100% pro-democracy.

Born and raised in Sweden. Exported to Canada. Lived about half my life in Canada. I love both countries.

The profile picture is a replica of a Viking helmet. And no, the Vikings didn't have horns on their helmets. That was introduced in Wagner's opera The Ring of the Nibelung.

The header picture is of the Viking castle in Trelleborg (also called Trelleborgen).

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.

randahl, to random
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Do as Putin says, or he will start a nuclear war that will destroy his own empire, kill his own family and ruin all of his own assets.

I am not buying it. Like Nixon he presents himself as a madman to the world, a psychopath with no humanity — someone to be feared.

Ask yourself why he never lets anyone take a picture while he is next to his own daughters. The reason he is building palaces is because he would like to live in those palaces and look out over more than a nuclear wasteland.

VikingChieftain,
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@randahl

The nuclear threat rhetoric is for domestic consumption. He would only push the button if he were really backed into a corner. We're nowhere near that scenario. That said... Send more and more advanced weapons to Ukraine.

anderspuck, to random
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I have received an email from a viewer of my YouTube channel who is dissatisfied that my latest video is not labeled as AI generated content when it is clearly a badly made deep fake. Not quite sure if I should take that as a criticism of my own performance or blame the front facing camera on my iPhone? 😂

https://youtu.be/OZ-R1WVGwQg

VikingChieftain,
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@anderspuck

We all know where you were when you shot the video, so we understand why you had to add an AI-generated background! 🙂

paninid, to random
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That feel when you’re trying to recruit #mentors to reorient your #career path.

VikingChieftain,
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@paninid

My advice to you... Don't take spelling lessons from him. 🙂

hanse_mina, to Ukraine
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and allied intelligence officials are tracking an increase in low-level sabotage operations in Europe that they say are part of a Russian campaign to undermine support for ’s war effort.

The covert operations have mostly been arsons or attempted arsons targeting a wide range of sites, including a warehouse in , a paint factory in , homes in and, most oddly, an Ikea store in .

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/26/us/politics/russia-sabotage-campaign-ukraine.html

VikingChieftain,
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EUR 100B is only a few hundred euros per EU citizen. Weigh it against GDP and share. It's a small price to pay to prevent a third great European war from starting in a few years.

VikingChieftain, to random
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High resolution photos of the aftermath of the Belbek strike on May 15, 2024.

The planes alone are worth USD 160-165M. Saving Ukrainian lives... Priceless.

noelreports, to random
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Reportedly ATACMS launches towards Luhansk. Which was struck earlier tonight.

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VikingChieftain,
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@noelreports

Freedom sticks.

Paladin, to random
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It will buff out. 'Tis but a scratch.
https://x.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1796265477209210936

VikingChieftain,
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@Paladin

Nice remodel.

Attaching the images so people don't have to go to Xitter. 🙂

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hanse_mina, to Ukraine
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Chancellor Olaf currently sees no reason to expand the area of ​​application of Western weapons in the war in .

The Chancellor rejected calls for the weapons supplied to be used on Russian territory. There are “clear rules that have been agreed with Ukraine and that work” for German arms deliveries, he said. “That’s my theory anyway,” he added. The goal of his Ukraine policy is to "prevent it from becoming a big war."

https://www.tagesschau.de/newsticker/liveblog-ukraine-sonntag-430.html

VikingChieftain,
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@hanse_mina

Olaf... There will be no return to normal after the war. Stop acting like you have to hold back so the Russians can come back and do business with the corporations that pay for your campaign. Russia should be avoided like the plague until the day they have built a society that isn't hell-bent on invading its neighbours.

VOANews, to random
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15-year-old Uyghur becomes youngest in China to summit Everest. Seafood production rises in Xinjiang as Uyghur forced labor concerns continue. U.S. Senate committee finds Uyghur forced labor in supply chains of automakers.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/U76XOVok7mc

VikingChieftain,
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@VOANews

The 15-year-old Uighur climbed Mount Everest in a T-shirt and shorts to escape Chinese oppression in Xinjiang. If that doesn't show you how bad the CCP is, nothing will.

hanse_mina, to Finland
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Here in , the last 24 hours have been geopolitically unusual.

Reports from suggested a unilateral desire to modify their maritime borders in the Gulf of Finland and near . The Finnish government learned about this through the media.

🧵https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1793341572479963262.html

VikingChieftain,
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@hanse_mina

Finnish response to the Russians:

Syö paskaa ja kuole.

VikingChieftain,
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@Paladin @hanse_mina

Sounds like a plan! 😎

18+ kardinal691, to Ukraine

supports lifting restrictions on the use of Western weapons to strike military targets on territory.

@kardinal691

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VikingChieftain,
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@kardinal691

I hope Stoltenberg doesn't just retire when his term as NATO Secretary General ends. This man has stood steadfastly by Ukraine since the first day of full-scale war. We need more people like him... people of principle.

hanse_mina, to Russia
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A poll released on May 30 by the Levada Center, a Russian independent polling organization, found that 71% of respondents believed is "going in the right direction," and another 87% said they supported Russian President Vladimir .

The findings had a relatively consistent majority across age and other demographic groups, including those who said they "barely have enough food."

https://kyivindependent.com/poll-71-of-russians-think-country-is-on-right-path-87-approve-of-putin/

VikingChieftain,
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@hanse_mina

62% of the respondents had a gun pointed at them as they answered questions.

VikingChieftain,
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@hanse_mina

I know. It was a joke. 😉

VikingChieftain, to random
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When you have a cult of followers who not only willingly believe everything you say (no matter how wrong it is), but repeat it, and then buy all the merchandise you put out for sale... (and not only buy said merchandise, but wear it proudly...), then you don't really care what normal people think.

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VikingChieftain,
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@Paladin 😂😂😂

18+ VikingChieftain, to random
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Four Russian soldiers receive a Ukrainian gift from above. Three are put out of action. The fourth soldier is like "See you later, boys! Gotta go!"

Three out of four Russian soldiers are disabled by shrapnel from a drone dropped munition. The fourth leaves them all behind.

VikingChieftain,
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@kalfatermann

Yeah, I'm sure he was thinking of his comrades when he left them behind. 𝐺𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑔𝑢𝑦𝑠... 𝑤𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑒𝑡 ℎ𝑖𝑡 𝑏𝑦 𝑎 𝑑𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑒'𝑠 𝑚𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. 𝑊𝑒𝑙𝑙... 𝐶'𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑙𝑎 𝑣𝑖𝑒! 𝑆𝑎𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑟𝑎, 𝑔𝑢𝑦𝑠!

VikingChieftain,
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@kalfatermann

Of course he is a Tsar wannabe. Building a new empire since the last one failed miserably. Instead of going down in history as Vladimir the Great, he'll go down as the guy who ruined the Russian Federation and turned it into a vassal state of China.

VikingChieftain,
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@kalfatermann

He has a golden room down in the bunker?! 😲

hanse_mina, to Russia
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is producing artillery shells around three times faster than 's Western allies and for about a quarter of the cost.

The research on artillery rounds by Bain & Company, which drew on publicly available information, found that Russian factories were forecast to manufacture or refurbish about 4.5 million artillery shells this year compared with a combined production of about 1.3 million rounds across European nations and the .

https://news.sky.com/story/russia-is-producing-artillery-shells-around-three-times-faster-than-ukraines-western-allies-and-for-about-a-quarter-of-the-cost-13143224

VikingChieftain,
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@hanse_mina

But the Russians have to fire more rounds in order to hit a target.

VikingChieftain, to random
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Russian style mine clearance.

Russian Soldier: After being released from captivity, they were sent home for a two-week period. Following this, they were returned back and got sent into a field. They said, there's a trench behind that grove, you just need to cross the field, our guys are over there, go there. Without a bulletproof vest, without a weapon, without anything and the field was mined. They just walked and after 5-10 metres they got blown up. They demined the field. Interrogator: So this is how you demine a field in the Russian Federation? Russian Soldier: Yes. Interrogator: I see, not bad.

VikingChieftain,
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@eva_chaos

It's a pretty heartless society.

VikingChieftain,
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@eva_chaos

Even if their society were to improve to the point where it would be like a normal society, it won't happen in our lifetime.

18+ kardinal691, to Bulgaria

The Parliamentary Assembly called for allowing to fire Western weapons at

The PA adopted a declaration in which it called on Alliance allies to speed up the supply of weapons to and lift restrictions prohibiting their use against military targets on territory . The document was approved by more than 200 representatives from 32 member countries.

VikingChieftain,
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@kardinal691

Did they get the Hungarian representative drunk and help him push the right button?

rightardia, to random
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Recommendations for thermostat setting from a leading consumer organization

You’ll save about 3 percent on your utility bill for every degree you raise the set temperature for your central air, according to the Department of Energy.

• 78° F when you’re home
• 85° F when you’re at work or away
• 82° F when you’re sleeping

These setting may not work in Florida or other east cost locations near water because of the humidity.

VikingChieftain,
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@rightardia

Yep. Don't underestimate the power of humidity.

hanse_mina, to Ukraine
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Belgian arms which are to be supplied to under the recently signed security agreement, including F-16 fighter jets, are intended for use only on Ukrainian territory, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De said during a press conference on May 28.

De Croo's statement comes amid a growing discussion among Western allies about whether to allow Ukrainian forces to strike military targets on Russian soil.

https://kyivindependent.com/belgian-pm-ukraine-can-use-belgian-supplied-f-16s-only-on-ukrainian-territory/

VikingChieftain,
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@hanse_mina

"... 30 F-16s by 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟴..."

Why so early, Belgium?

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