Don’t lose hope when it comes to Putin in a security guard uniform refusing to cease fire – RU wants a ceasefire much longer than 30 days, that’s the important point in this mess. And of course, this ceasefire won’t be affected at all by them jumping on the Baltics this summer, right 😀
IF Zelensky is further forced into some kind of longer ceasefire and the EU doesn’t support him in making a different decision, then the war is upon us.
In the absence of UA offensive operations, I continue with the Russian attack on the Baltics now in September 2025.
Or, there are rumors of increased UA offensive operations but nothing concrete to go on.
And you all understand that if the EU deploys 30 brigades to the Baltics this spring or Ukraine makes the situation untenable in Ukraine, then it will be postponed, again.
There was a very good comment on Substack under one of my posts suggesting that the attack will be very “dirty” because RU has no other options, which made me think a bit more.
We have previously described the sabotage in Europe when I summarized the attack, but what if they start targeting leaders in Europe in the lead-up, for example?
In Sweden, we have 14,000 gang criminals, and during the Cold War, Russia thought that 3,000-4,500 Spetsnaz would have been enough to decimate pilots, officers, and politicians around Sweden and target important infrastructure like ammunition depots.
If you activate 14,000 gang criminals who all get lucrative murder contracts + the bonus of our judicial system collapsing, provide them with know-how, and support them during the twilight phase, it’s quite risk-free, isn’t it?
Still, no one seems to care that for the seventh time or so, SÄPO is telling us – that gang criminals are doing the dirty business of a foreign power for money.
Then the commentator suggested tactical nuclear weapons because they must achieve results, otherwise they are finished as the head of the criminal clan.
Perhaps it won’t be open tactical nuclear weapons with missiles or aircraft, which is a bit hard to deny, but smuggled nuclear weapons at military bases and ammunition depots and critical points that cannot be reached with missiles – also easy to deny because it was a gang criminal or ISIS terrorist.
Or blowing up a parliament during a vote?
And definitely try to use conventional weapons/explosives to blow up ammunition depots months in advance because they cannot be replaced, and a tank brigade without ammunition is not very useful.
If you think I’m just making things up, you can google what happened in Bulgaria before the war. The reason for that was that they had something Ukraine really wanted to buy.
And again – now that we are trying to recruit more broadly, we have probably appointed a manager we trust and then recruited more broadly for the deputy position, ending up with a person reporting to a criminal clan, perhaps?
In the worst case, the business leader is murdered, and the deputy takes over, who is then a Russian contact – impossible to know and could probably be the case for some classified jobs today.
They will definitely target our electricity supply with large-scale sabotage, the same with the railway network, and ambushes on roads – again in Europe, involving criminals but mixed with Russian Special Operations Forces.
When they cross the border in September 2025, it’s war with the EU, and they MUST succeed.
Russia probably fights best with one foot in the door and then subversive activities almost at a war level that they can deny.
Therefore, they don’t need to penetrate deep into Europe; they need a war and then they can increase the level of sabotage and covert warfare against us.
What’s a bit worrying is that we are a few months away from this unfolding.
Ukraine is forced into a ceasefire, making the war there manageable for Putin.
And he has already announced Zapad 2025, so preparations are in full swing, as everyone probably understands.
The actual attack may come between July – September, and the units are a few miles into Russia in their regimental cities, like Pskov, and weeks/days before the attack, they start moving them forward to their assembly areas/UFA, and then it’s too late for the West to mobilize. I’m pretty sure RU will try to have the shortest possible time this time between leaving the regimental cities and starting the attack.
September is clever because then his units are in the summer sun instead of the freezing winter when they are in their assembly areas, and he doesn’t intend to have months of offensive – he just wants to shock his way into a sufficiently large area in the Baltics.
It’s ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE how many times Putin has needed to be saved in this war and how many times the West has saved him.
Now the fool struts around in Kursk like a great warlord when Trump gave him the area for free – directly embarrassing.
I wonder if our leaders in Europe are starting to regret their behavior from 2022 – 2024?
It wouldn’t be entirely bad for Ukraine if all of Europe got involved in the war, would it?
I think UA has been a bit too nice almost when they have warned us considering how we have behaved, but they are probably still trying to do the right thing, maybe?
-Slovakia, Hungary, and Serbia are already pro-Russian.
-Moldova and Romania are expected to fall soon.
-The Baltics will face a war, and the question is how stable they really are?
-What can Sweden send when the entire Russian Baltic Fleet sails along our coasts with a string of Ropuchas and helicopter carriers?
-What can Norway send when the entire Northern Fleet sails along their coast?
-What can the Netherlands send when Geert Wilders wants eternal peace?
-What can France send when Le Pen wants eternal peace?
-Finland and Poland’s national defense forces are tied up in their countries by Russian second-rate forces, North Koreans, and Chinese Special Operations Forces.
Germany has a minority government, and somewhat unexpectedly, Mertz and Pistorius both had heart attacks on the same day. The GRU group that mixed up the days received a pay cut and a severe scolding.
CPD could consider many things, but German troops in the Baltics are simply too close to the Nazis’ atrocities and won’t happen – we must learn from history and do better.
We have already betrayed Ukraine if we have reached this point, and they have then turned to China instead.
And Trump with the USA is toasting in champagne that the EU once again became a vassal state to the USA.
In the near future, we need tough decisions from the EU, by late spring a large number of brigades must be in place in the Baltics, otherwise this will slip away from us.
-To my knowledge, is it only Sweden that has recently deployed troops in the Baltics?
-There are those famous wire obstacle battalion, a few of them?
–An international Lithuanian brigade in which our battalion is the first combat unit.
Some command functions, LV, special air support, and maybe something else?
-The countries’ own ground defense consists of about two combat (2) brigades per Baltic state.
And then they have “rapid reserve” of between 30,000 – 40,000 per country and a total reserve of 100,000 per country – for the entire defense forces (somewhat simplified).
This is supposed to be enough to man the entire border between Poland – northern Estonia + coup defense of capitals/ports/airfields/important industries, as well as the border with Kaliningrad.
The risk of the RU area launching an attack defended by a few battalions is absolutely imminent.
Then it is in Russia’s interest to try to stockpile as many weapons and ammunition as they can in the twilight before the start of the war, then through surprise attacks and sabotage delay mobilization, and finally surprise attacks against mobilized units.
After that, they try to carry out surprise attacks against their routes of march from assembly areas up to their UFA or battle lines.
Drones active, FAB active, and so on.
What Russia wants is to have as few units as possible at the border when they launch offensive operations.
Do not make the mistake of comparing with Ukraine because the Russians will not make that mistake again – they entered without the pre-attack as intended to work.
Later in the spring, they returned to “destroy kilometer route” again and they will definitely use indirect capabilities no later than after midnight on invasion day.
Ru is said to have formed 2 army corps and at least 74,73,71,68 MRD would be set up already in the summer of 2024.
Here is a good link about RU SOF
There is concern about the Kaliningrad SOF who will combat targets in the ports to prevent NATO reinforcements and lay mines.
Russia still has the shadow fleet so they will just sink a ship in each harbor entrance and then it’s done – no need for SOF because no one checks the shadow fleet and the shadow fleet can still roam the Baltic Sea as they wish.
Then Russia’s Baltic fleet will lay sea mines and deny access.
And of course, we have FULLDAGAPET which is reinforcements by land and Russia will distance mine and cover with drones like a wet blanket and once again deny everything.
60km wide or something so they cover the entire width from Kaliningrad and Belarus.
It will be crucial how much the West manages to get into the area before Russia seals it off – I still believe in a local offensive where the goal is to gain territory and absolutely not overextend.
But the worst-case scenario would be if the West hasn’t gotten anything in and half of the Baltic casemates are blown up at the start of the war.
Then China will have a few SOF companies in Belarus and Kaliningrad to ensure that the West does not try to invade those areas – we KNOW this because China has already had SOF in Belarus.
Summer is needed for the Russian buildup and there are few roads towards the Baltics, but it goes both ways.
If they can conquer their area and then hold it during the wet autumn and winter, time will be on their side to divide NATO and the EU.
So, this is where we are now, this is the reality the West MUST plan for, and if it doesn’t happen, we will have peace. The likelihood of the scenario I have described in a few posts now is extremely high.
What worries me is that we are not supplying Ukraine with equipment or moving our brigades to the Baltics, and we only have months left before it’s too late and we find ourselves in that situation again.
You will hear the usual that Russia is worried about Western attacks and is arming in self-defense, and then the question is who this time will be the ones to convince the Baltics that there won’t be war.
The problem is the following – RU doesn’t need to carry out a major operation across the entire area, all they need to do is delay Western support until the start of the war and then keep them out of the Baltics for a week or so.
After that, the West has a decision to make – should we retake an area in southern Estonia at astronomical losses just to uphold the defense pact.
Does anyone think we will do that?
Once this is settled, a whole string of countries will start aligning with Russia and China. Geopolitically, it will be an invaluable win for Russia and China.
If you believe that the EU is the good one and Trump the bad one every time, remember that Trump has refused to renew an exception the EU had for Russian crude oil and gas in US sanctions – so we actually asked the USA for it.
The world is not entirely black and white, and I’m starting to loosely consider whether Trump actually makes economic decisions that will benefit the USA in the long run, but I’m not an economist and don’t know anything about it.
It’s just a feeling I have, and they usually turn out to be correct 😀
Then I wonder the following – if Trump is very eager for peace in our time and to stamp out this dreadful war and save the children.
Why is he threatening Panama, Mexico, Canada, and Greenland/Denmark with war?
And why is he starting a full-on trade war with his allies and not traditional enemies?
The conclusion is that the peacemaker Trump is the biggest hypocrite of the century Trump.
But the hypocrite Trump is also the hypocrite USA.
At least the EU has loudly protested on white paper in Arial 11 that Trump has forced Zelensky into this ceasefire – “call someone who cares” is what they used to say in school.
I’ve looked a bit more into Estonia’s national parks, which are often near the coast, islands, or in the eastern part of the country towards the border with Russia. I know what I’m looking for but can’t find it except for this.
If someone delves deeper, I think it will be difficult to build border fortifications inside these national parks, and environmental movements across Europe are not happy about it.
This is how well Lithuania’s defense line against Russia is going – basically not at all 😶
In Estonia, most of the defense structures are built in the northern part of the country above the lakes, and now you know if you’ve read my texts where RU will attack, right?
The 600 bunkers are all in the northern part.
This is worrisome to say the least – if all Baltic reservists had been out since the turn of the year and done like Finland, this would have been ready by summer.
Mines, concrete, steel beams…
Finland solved this with timber logs sticking up, tank ditches, wooden bunkers with earth on top, and a LOT of stone boulders, which you can’t just import from all of Scandinavia yesterday unless you have them.
The attack is coming this summer – autumn and what is ready is ready, and what is in planning is meaningless.
The Baltic states are NOT taking this seriously – yes, there is a huge subversive activity from RU in the Baltic states and one can guess that all major plans for fortifications to be tested extensively and completed by 2026 have RU fingerprints…
Apparently, they are not building direct defense systems, but it was interesting to see the Swedish battalion training in the defense systems they built.
Forgive me – but what has worked best throughout the whole war and even Russia can build competent minefields, it is a dereliction of duty that the EU has not mined the border again.
Then the exciting question arises here about what decisions our Swedish battalion will make on an early morning a few months ahead (FICTIONAL!!) –
In September in eastern Mustoja near the border with Russia, our Swedish battalion is in defense together with a battalion of Estonian reserve infantry who have been assigned soft civilian vehicles and anti-tank weapons, 2 per group.
We have secured a German company of paratroopers as a rapid response force and have shared support with a French battalion, 20km south of us, of a self-propelled artillery company grouped southwest of our position. These are our own Archers, and we have conducted rigorous preparations with pre-logged targets. Even if the battalion were to retreat, the targets are 30km deep.
There is no close air support available, but we will have combat aircraft in the area – however, it is a brigade resource and not under our fire control.
It is clear that RU will launch an attack in the area the week before – two divisions with the support of several artillery brigades stationed in the regimental towns on the Russian side have started loading up, and it is suspected that officers are already present in the designated assembly areas – these units are supposed to defend the border against Ukraine, as Russia has repeatedly confirmed. There are attack helicopters and close air support at air bases that can reach the area, which seems to be getting ready, and drones are constantly buzzing over the Swedish battalion 24/7.
Orders have been issued not to provoke anything, and this also applies to the drones that are not to be shot down. The Swedish battalion has secretly conducted drone reconnaissance in the area even though they have strict orders not to do so.
Western mobilization to the area is also restricted – to avoid provoking Russia, no more Western forces have been mobilized to the Baltic states since May.
Unexpectedly, it is the Prime Minister of Spain this time who repeatedly goes public and guarantees that Putin does not intend to start a war and that we should not provoke anything.
Trump remains silent, but Jeremy Corbyn from the UK Labour Party does the same as Spain and never misses an appearance on TV.
Unfortunately, the area is a national park and environmental activists have been very vigilant, so no mining was allowed, only trenches 70cm deep to avoid “damaging the earth.”
There have been suspicions that the environmental activists who have been monitoring the area to ensure that the units do not violate the rules of the national park have reported what they saw to Russia, but no one has been apprehended.
On the Russian side, it is also a national park, and that is why all officers are there – to inventory the rich wildlife of the national park, according to Russian spokespersons.
The promised Swedish drone company (modeled after the Ukrainian one) has not arrived – they bought Chinese drones that got stuck in customs in Sweden with an overzealous customs chief, and apparently they will only be released on September 8th as the correct import documents were missing.
The battalion had also been promised a company of Swedish coastal rangers as a rapid response force, but they were redirected to defend a port further along the coast instead.
The artillery company is hastily regrouped to Lithuania to support the international brigade as there is a massive buildup of forces at the Belarusian border. All officers in the international brigade are absolutely furious and threaten to leave Lithuania if they do not receive the resources they demand for protection while hiding in their deep bunkers.
The German paratroopers are swiftly relocated for a coup defense to Tartu a week before, and a sense of being deprioritized spreads within the battalion – feeling like they will be the first to be sacrificed and not receive the resources they will reasonably need.
3-4 days before, logistical functions start disappearing, depots explode, and patrols/groups/command posts fall silent all along the border, affecting the Swedes as well.
2 days before, communication with the Estonian infantry battalion located 10km away is cut off.
The international brigade had contacted the Swedish battalion a few days earlier to expect a new order – then 2 days before, all communication with them is also cut off (electronic warfare is initiated).
The Chief of the 1st Mechanized Battalion of Sweden sends messengers to both the Estonians and the international brigade, but they do not return.
Shortly after midnight on September 5th, a massive preparatory bombardment begins, and it turns out that the Russian drones have logged a concerning number of targets (or was it the environmental activists).
The battalion staff is hit by a FAB3000 bomb and buried alive, with two of the company command posts knocked out. They had three different assembly areas to move between, so RU FAB-bombed all three simultaneously with 5 FAB bombs at each assembly area.
70% of the day’s losses occur in this early morning preparatory bombardment.
30% of the battalion’s heavy vehicles are taken out by drones within a few hours – they were camouflaged in the forest but apparently were detected – later, the battalion realizes that they did not camouflage the tracks leading to where they were deployed, and since they were constantly moving, the tracks were too visible, so RU flew FPV drones horizontally along the tracks at all the different assembly areas.
During the late night, infiltrated Spetsnaz and reconnaissance units start hitting the battalion in various locations.
Just after dawn, RU launches a first ground assault with three mechanized brigades to try to break the defense immediately, and mines were not allowed to be placed in the assembly area even though the battalion had secretly laid out close defense mines. There was a heated discussion where the battalion commander adamantly refused to violate the given order, but the company commanders made executive decisions in secret anyway.
Apparently, the Russians had a good idea of where the mines were located and unloaded the infantry just before driving into the minefields. They probably used IR drones at dusk when the mines were heated during the day and clearly visible on the cameras.
Now, what do you think the company commander who has been acting as the commander of the 1st Mechanized Battalion of Sweden since 01:00 does, where the deputy eagerly suggests that the order they never received should have been a regrouping to Tartu since they were already a week late with that rotation, so why disobey that order, it’s at least insubordination?
It is very clear to everyone in the battalion that they will be overrun and heavily decimated in the coming days without being able to stop the advance – just by seeing the number of Russian vehicles in motion 30km from the border on the company drones before they are shot down one by one, and by looking around at the devastation from the night’s drone and FAB operations.
The number of severely wounded has skyrocketed, with horrifying scenes of torn body parts and death anxiety in every company.
We know what the Ukrainians did – they fell behind pyramids of cartridge cases in their positions in the first days. Units were decimated by 90% or more, but it stopped the Russians.
“Do you think the Swedish battalion is ready to die in eastern Estonia?”
“Do you think the battalion commander believes he has the right to make a decision that will guarantee the death of 90% of his battalion, for what exactly because there are no other units that will reach the area anyway and higher-ranking officers have actively undermined their defense in the weeks before it is clear.”
This decision must be made under similar circumstances – one feels abandoned, that one has not been given a fair chance to succeed, and that one’s death would not matter in the grand scheme of things. Soldiers’ families cry in messages on Signal and beg them to think of the children and try to leave the area – because all of Sweden has understood through social media that RU has initiated acts of war, even the soldiers’ families who have thrown themselves over the phones.
Orders have been issued not to have phones on, but after the pre-combat early morning, most still choose to send a recorded message on Signal to their families now that they understand that the war is over for them, and then they also receive the families’ messages delivered.
Despite all this hesitation, all companies hold their firing positions and are overrun during the day. Russian perpetrators also do not take any prisoners, but there are very few who try to surrender. A platoon from the logistics unit manages to reach the area staff in Nedsaja and can report what the whole world already knows – that we are at war with Russia.
One of the hardest things is trying to retreat when you are about to be overrun by red mechs, for that matter. Perhaps a little easier in the forest, but you have to try to slip out before it’s too late, and the orders will not come, and the order you have is to hold the position, so it is easy to wait too long.
Many units will be forced to make similar decisions this morning, and not all choose death like the Swedish battalion did, so the Russians can secure the area they have planned within a week and go on the defensive.
There will be a huge debate in Sweden about the value of sacrificing a whole battalion for an outcome that was inevitable anyway, and further international efforts are blocked in parliamentary votes as soon as they come up – “we have already done our part” and “think of Sweden first, if we are attacked we need our units intact” are two recurring arguments, and the Prime Minister resigns for sacrificing the lives of 600 Swedes for nothing – that and “food price inflation.”
The same situation is happening in Spain, Portugal, UK, the Netherlands, and Belgium, all of which lost their sons and daughters this week in early September 2025.
This causes the EU and NATO to be completely paralyzed and never even reach a point where they can prepare to retake the area in eastern Estonia.
Trump constantly accuses the EU of provoking the war and consistently refuses to send a single soldier to Europe for something “many times worse than World War II and completely unnecessary.”
Too many countries refuse to participate, and the other countries use it as an excuse to do nothing, “if we are to do this, everyone must be involved – we are ready to participate, but the others are hindering it.”
Trump withdraws everything and announces that everything is needed for national defense – Panama has threatened them with war.
A wave of bombings sweeps over Europe’s arms industry.
Are you starting to see the upside for Russia here in September 2025?
Are you starting to understand what Ukraine is doing for us?
Are you beginning to understand what Trump is maneuvering us into?
If we do not have several brigades in eastern Balticum by early summer and if Ukraine has been forced into a longer ceasefire by Trump, this is reality.
By the way, Trump will just shrug and say, “that’s for the EU to deal with, but if you want, you can buy weapons, LNG, and oil at 150% tariffs. I tried to give you peace, but you chose war.”
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The comments are of high quality, I can promise you – you learn something new every day.
I recommend everyone who still comments on Substack or Bluesky to switch over to that thread instead – then your grandchildren will read your historical archive and start liking you. I also don’t have time to respond there as I’m starting to get busy at work.
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Then there are the Swedish rescuers, the ones I have been in contact with who work quietly and deliver supplies to Ukraine. You don’t see them constantly on social media because they are instead working to support Ukraine.
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Russian losses in Ukraine 2025-03-14
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Good numbers
Be morning alert today so I posted some about the night’s news in yesterday’s thread but seems to be quite alone there.
The refinery in Tuapse and also Moscow got a visit.
“The refinery of Tuapse, Krasnodar region, in Russia was struck by UAVs. At least one tank is burning.”
https://bsky.app/profile/tendar.bsky.social/post/3lkcsfze4rs2x
“Moscow residents also heard the wonderful sounds of gasoline engines and the work of air defenses in the morning.”
https://bsky.app/profile/juergennauditt.bsky.social/post/3lkcto6mcds2z
The rescue from Johan’s scenario above may be that all rigs and depots are knocked out, and Russia has to import all the oil they consume tanker by tanker.
AFU: “In total, 146 combat clashes took place during the past day.
The enemy caused 103 air strikes on the positions of Ukrainian units and settlements, dropping 154 controlled bombs. In addition, about six thousand shells were fired, 166 of them from reactive salvage fire systems, and 2509 kamikaze drones were deployed for impact.”
gone up a bit
Perpetua. ~1:2,5.
https://bsky.app/profile/andrewperpetua.bsky.social/post/3lkcue5kht22a
Russia: “The fall of the car market in Russia will leave 150 thousand people without work”
“At least a third of car dealerships in Russia will end the year with losses due to falling sales, and the country’s budget will lose 1 trillion rubles.”
Check out the real estate industry.
It’s even worse.
Yes, among other things, new construction has decreased drastically because there are no buyers, so it also affects the construction industry.
several sectors have collapsed completely – that’s why Trump is so active
Just found this place!
Very interesting reading, and what strikes me is the lack of awareness in general. How many Swedes are aware of what’s happening in the world right now? Surprisingly few, I would think. The harsh everyday life with all that it entails significantly lowers the priority of staying updated on the global situation.
Yes, most people seem, as you write, to live in everyday life and beyond that be more interested in what our celebrities are up to than the big difficult problems. But that’s probably how it is for most people. Not until one is directly affected oneself does one become interested and take a stand.
(However, when it comes to the war in Ukraine, we still have an incredible support here in Sweden, even if it is mostly noticeable when surveys are conducted. So many are probably on the right side even if it doesn’t always show.)
Listened to the radio on the way to work and they talked about Google trends and what we are googling the most right now:
1. Vanessa Trump, not because of politics but because she apparently started dating Tiger Woods (and previously dated Trump’s son, I think they said).
2. Love is blind, which apparently is a dating show where the latest season just started.
3. Manchester United, is apparently going to play a match.
Forgot completely to say welcome, so doing it now, welcome!
All I know, colleagues, relatives, and friends are quite into it. Then they also watch the Eurovision Song Contest, but I guess that’s okay?
I agree, of course one must be able to hold several “thoughts in mind” and not just focus on monitoring the world around us.
(I casually watched Mello myself and laughed at the Finns, and thought it was totally right that they won. 😄 )
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Completely sick song by those who made the sauna song. Nissan brake!
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We are no different from others, such as Americans or Japanese. It is the burdens of everyday life that are prioritized over geopolitics.
It has nothing to do with lack of interest or ignorance, it is how we humans operate.
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First of all, I don’t believe that the EU organization itself is well-suited to lead a war. It is an organization that mostly wants to handle so-called bicycle rack issues as cumbersome as possible.
It would probably be best if they simply allocated more resources to NATO, which can handle the practical aspects.
We probably shouldn’t be too worried about defending the border in the Baltic national parks. If, and I mean if, we have enough people who can fell the trees there.
I was affected by Gudrun, and I now know how difficult it is to move through a forest where all the trees are down. Imagine a windfall a hundred meters, or more, deep and several miles wide. Neither tanks nor soldiers with light combat gear can get through. Trees 🌲 lying on top of each other with the tips pointing towards the enemy is much more effective than a minefield. Definitely more environmentally friendly, and it is possible to fell trees much faster than laying mines.
There is also something I have been thinking about. Isn’t it so that the USA and the Soviet Union divided Europe after WW2, and what we are seeing now is that Trump has decided to let Europe stand on its own feet? Or to put it another way, he doesn’t care much about which nations dominate on the European continent anymore?
It seems like he has decided to only maintain control over a few strategic trade routes.
Also, consider that the Baltic States practically have a common defense. Just look at how they are purchasing defense equipment.
If the Russians were to enter the Baltics, Finland will not sit idly by anymore. Or wait for approval from other countries. I guess the road to Murmansk will be blocked quite promptly by the Finns in such a scenario. We can also leave thinking about what they will do with the port in St. Petersburg as a mental exercise.
Poland is also unlikely to hesitate to try to enter Kaliningrad.
The countries that have now allied themselves with Russia seem to be those who ally with whoever is the strongest at the moment. So if Murmansk is isolated and Kaliningrad is occupied, Hungary and other countries will fall in line.
The EU should not be further federalized in a federal direction.
However, countries should form themselves into “working groups” similar to what we did with the Baltic countries now. Then the rest of the EU can contribute money to the defense shield and have certain commitments.
It will work best.
Finland and northern Russia, I dare not speculate about, but Poland will have tactical nuclear weapons aimed at the country and the entire Belarusian defense force + North Korea at its border. As well as a lot of conventional robots.
Now I have had time to read the entire yellow wall.
Very interesting “worst case” scenario. I don’t think, as I have written before, that it will happen, but it doesn’t matter, it’s still something similar we should prepare for. It’s the type of events and chains of events, etc., that NATO and the EU should have already planned for.
In my naivety, I thought that there was already a ready-made plan of action when Russia entered Ukraine, but despite 3 years having passed, it seems that they have not managed to come up with a well-thought-out and common plan for how to act. Certainly, Ukraine is neither in NATO nor the EU, but what if Russia had entered Estonia instead? Would we have had time to react before it was over?
But isn’t there any plan for that as far as I can see? Mid-March now and by early May at the latest, 30 brigades must fortify the border against Russia in the Baltics, right?
Regarding the subversive activities, we cannot be sure if Landerholm really was careless or if it was actually fully intentional?
Regardless of carelessness or not, it is completely insane to lie and try to cover up.
“Kristersson’s staff helped Landerholm deceive”
“The Prime Minister’s press secretary Siri Steijer previously helped security adviser Henrik Landerholm write posts on social media containing inaccuracies and downplaying the damage of his carelessness, reports DN.”
“Among other things, Landerholm wrote on X that it was about a single classified document that had been carelessly lost, that it was in a locked cabinet, and that it was retrieved by one of his employees. These claims do not correspond to what has emerged in the indictment against him.”
https://omni.se/kristerssons-stab-hjalpte-landerholm-att-vilseleda/a/GygOM9
Just that, a bit strange that he forgot documents just in Hungary… maybe also in Serbia and Slovakia?
Even more speculative is that the Russians manage to make him hand over the documents (perhaps through threats, or perhaps through compensation) and then the documents were not so interesting, the purpose was actually to set him up and cause a crisis of confidence.
Then, when one foolishly tries to help Landerholm by downplaying it and spreading direct lies, the crisis grows and spreads to more people, and the Russians just sit and watch and laugh. Mission accomplished!
Just wild speculations, I actually think he was just incredibly clumsy.
A little surprised if a security advisor does not have a team of people who assist in keeping track of mobile phones, papers, meetings, etc. One gets the impression that Landerholm has fixed everything on their own.
Anyway – one has tried to cover up to protect a friend and then one has not followed their job description and should face the consequences for it.
It is well known that it is Kristersson’s childhood friend who also got appointed as a friend-job.
And then when he commits misconduct, Kristersson covers up for him.
M is behaving semi-decently…
Now we will see if the Supreme Court chooses Trump or the Constitution. It will be indicative of what he will be able to achieve in the future.
“One of Donald Trump’s first presidential orders was to revoke the so-called birthright citizenship for those born in the USA. Several individuals have challenged the presidential order in court, citing that birthright citizenship is enshrined in the constitution.
Now, Trump’s team is applying for the Supreme Court to reject the three individuals who have appealed, thereby ceasing to block the federal authorities from implementing Trump’s presidential order, according to AP.”
Kellogg has in many statements stood firmly on Ukraine’s side, but has also wavered a couple of times, but I still consider him to be the most sensible in the team handling the peace negotiations. He is an old fox who hardly wants to stand on Russia’s side.
But the fact is that it is Putin who decides who should be part of the working group:
“Donald Trump’s Ukraine and Russia envoy Keith Kellogg has been sidelined from several important meetings after pressure from the Kremlin. This is reported by both American and Russian officials to NBC News.”
Another attack vector could be the trade unions, which may be populated by old Leninists? Big deal that a person pinched their finger at BAE: https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/vasternorrland/bae-system-kritiseras-av-arbetsmiljoverket-vi-har-brustit-i-vara-rutiner
Of course, the union representative must attend all management team meetings – they usually push for this.
The less stuff that gets attention, the finer and better. We are a bit finer, a bit better in our country. We also care about our salamanders in the bogs of northern Gotland.
I reluctantly begin, it must be admitted, to believe that Trump’s napkin sketch is to 1) get Russia to leave China by backing off in Europe and letting Putin take what he can handle, and 2) expand US territories by forcing Canada to become an American state and taking control of Panama and Greenland. This way, the USA can become more powerful and China without Russia can become weaker.
Now, this is my reluctant interpretation, but if I continue to discuss it with myself, I end up concluding that Putin understands that the USA is very unlikely to continue working towards such a napkin sketch.
Trump will face increasing resistance to his dream of a USA that begins to act like an empire in the 18th century, and when his time is up, the USA will return to trying to be a reliable partner and a hub in global trade.
Putin’s Russia will therefore only look out for its own interests, giving greater weight to the relationship with China in the long term. This does not deter Russia from at least initially playing along with the USA’s game, unfortunately.
China probably wants a weak Russia even in the future. The war against the West gives China the opportunity to continue dominating Moscow, and if Trump is compliant with Russia, it gives China openings to approach Europe as US influence (soft power and hard power) diminishes.
So, Trump’s flirtation may strengthen China at the expense of the USA. This is likely also the case in Oceania, where Australia and others have just been expelled from the Five Eyes following instructions from Gabbard.
There are somewhat contradictory signals from Trump right now (an understatement of the day). The latest news is that Trump is dissatisfied with Russia’s response to the peace initiative and therefore sanctions are being tightened.
One explanation could be that Trump realizes the danger of going too clearly against Europe in the Ukraine issue (China!) and has therefore decided to let Ukraine have its way and continue to fight, now with increased support from Europe. Lower costs for the USA, less influence for China in Europe, and Europe may continue to trade with the USA. In that case, Trump proclaims that Russia has only itself to blame and lets the war play out.
A more sinister explanation is that it’s just a game and Putin has already anchored this with Trump. In that case, Ukraine will be blamed, all support will be cut off, and the USA will consider lifting sanctions. Trump focuses on destabilizing Canada, Greenland, and Panama, and the pseudo-Maoist revolution continues (until it abruptly ends, is my guess).
I am still somewhat optimistic because I believe the Russian economy is beyond saving regardless. It would probably take significant efforts from the USA in Russia for their economy to recover and enable a new Russian rearmament in the long run. These types of measures would likely require legislation, and I don’t think a proposal for Marshall Plan aid to Russia would pass the Senate and Congress.
Chinese Marshall Plan aid is also conceivable, of course, but then China risks its goodwill, and even the financial and strategic genius Trump would react.
A major setback for Ukraine will therefore prolong the suffering, but it will not lead to a Russian win. The Russian economy will continue to derail, but it will take longer and significantly raise the stakes. The longer the war continues, the greater the risk of it spreading uncontrollably.
Zapad then… well, we know the clock is ticking, that much is clear. But I believe an attack will be met by shutting down all Russian naval bases in the Baltic Sea. Jef will send his expeditionary force, and a no-fly zone will be established. The mechanized units intended to roll over our battalion will be knocked out through a combination of indirect resources and air power. FAB will not be a factor once the battle begins because the Russian Air Force will be shot down if they come too close.
So I am more optimistic about the outcome of such an incursion on European soil. But regardless, it leads to death and destruction, and the best way to prevent it is to now give Ukraine everything they need and ensure that resources in all dimensions are constantly in place. Air and long-range combat are low-hanging fruit that yield high returns and can be quickly deployed, keeping a close watch on their Baltic Sea ports is another.
Yes, we’ll see how T plays out. Personally, I am pessimistic. It would be a dereliction of duty if NATO and/or neighboring countries had not planned for Zapad. If the US does not have an aircraft carrier group in the Baltic Sea this summer, it strongly suggests that pessimism about T is well-founded.
I have significantly more confidence that NATO has understood the seriousness than what our politicians have done, now it’s just a matter of adding resources without political games.
The USA has previously stated that one cannot send aircraft carriers into the Baltic Sea. It would be “like a knife fight in a phone booth” if anyone remembers what such a thing looks like. Besides, it’s not necessary either because the world’s largest aircraft carrier is already there.
Due to its depth, an aircraft carrier cannot pass through the Öresund, and due to its height, it cannot pass under the bridge across the Great Belt.
As always, exciting reading Lynx.
If the attack into the Baltics is to fail, it requires at least that there are units in defense that have prepared some type of fortifications.
That does not exist today and the clock is ticking.
My entire description also clearly states that this happens IF the West does not mobilize to the Baltics and IF there is a long-term ceasefire in Ukraine.
Understood, just wanted to add the dimension of air and remote combat. We may have become accustomed to the war looking a certain way, but the Moscow Empire against the West will have different conditions.
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I have now made sure that you have a text editor with a few more features when commenting. Among other things, the ability to use images (but only external image links). The features are optional to use, you can ignore them and continue as usual if you prefer.
I have made a post where I describe the text editor for those who may not be familiar with one.
There you can also create comments if you want to test how it works.
https://johanno1.se/sv/2025/03/fler-funktioner-nar-du-kommenterar/
NOTE! I have not had time to test all combinations yet, so there may be adjustments to come.
Hmm, immediately discovered an issue, when trying to reply to someone else’s comment, the visual mode doesn’t seem to work and you have to switch to Text.
MXT it’s hard to reply to a message, but apparently easier to create a new one. I see the box but can’t type in it.
If I have a link in the reply, I can paste it and then write. But without a link, the keyboard doesn’t work.
I saw that you had noticed the issue.
Fixed now!
Ok
Had some issues with the cache that didn’t want to release.
Heard an interesting statement.
The mineral agreement the USA wants is a security guarantee in itself, but that cannot be said openly.
It’s actually something to think about. We don’t know what that agreement looks like, it could very well be one that is multi-faceted and that Russia, in particular, should not have insight into.
At least that’s how T has tried to sell it, if American companies are active in the area, the Russians dare not attack. There were quite a few American companies in UA before 2014 that were going to extract gas and oil, they had to leave so why would it work better now?
Yes, American economic interests in Ukraine should provide protection. Long ago, when Russia was to be incorporated into the West, East Capital and Carl Bildt were very active. I remember Vostok Nafta and Rusforest. There was also a fund that invested in agricultural products in Ukraine called Black Earth Farming. Not bad. Ukraine is an agricultural country with a fairly southern location. Watermelons are grown in the south. There is probably a lot to do for entrepreneurs in UA.
Why does the American state step in and want agreements with UA, not between individual companies?
Can influence, however, it is individual American companies that will operate on site.
USA cares for its companies all over the world. Make the world safe for Goldman Sachs type.
Do you really have to take back a small nature reserve that Russia has occupied in the scenario above? Or is it enough that the cost for Russia far exceeds the profit? The profit is a divided NATO. The cost could be:
– Reduced Baltic fleet
– Extreme strengthening of the JEF
– Extreme military buildup in the EU
– Germany rises
– France and Britain increase nuclear weapons and deploy them in Eastern Europe
– Completely furious Finland and Poland free from NATO’s shackles, so to speak?
– No more softening of sanctions: Absolutely total break
– Isolation (de facto siege) of Kaliningrad
– Massive help to Ukraine to target all infrastructure, refineries, factories in Russia, 1000 scalps type
With emphasis on CAN become 😀
I have been waiting for this hit list for three years now…
What also happens when Russia attacks is crashed stock exchanges, rising interest rates, rising prices, disrupted world trade and all that.
Crashed stock markets, etc., could indeed become a reality long before Zapad due to the dynamic effects that arise from Trump’s attempts to make the USA powerful through mercantilism. Almost makes me hope for it, as it would then lead to a domestic political standstill, as my guess is that the mega-sect will be affected.
Yes, I agree with your emphasis, but I still think that the above list is at least as likely as sending our sons and daughters to their death for a symbolic piece of land in the Baltics.
Has it then occurred to you that PERHAPS very few sons and daughters will be sent to the Baltics to die.
And that units that are there will be withdrawn?
I chose the version where the Swedish battalion fell at their post but there is another one where they choose to retreat.
Hello Johan!
Now I have found my way here.
Now it’s just a matter of finding time as well, so unfortunately there will probably only be sporadic comments.
Thank you for your attention.
Have a nice weekend everyone.
Welcome!
Welcome here Harliga Hardal 😀
”dirty” and The Wolf is Coming is not easy for an organization like SÄPO!
That was the case for the Army, but now we have a different situation!
So what is the problem with SÄPO? Well, that’s what we need to change.
Thinking a bit!!!
The interview with the head of security police, she expressed herself very vaguely and bureaucratically about the threat assessment. I also don’t understand why. Plain language would be better. Care for the large group with mental illness? Trying to maintain trust in society? Fear of the wolf coming as you say? Much speaks for the latter as self-interest and fear of ridicule are strong driving forces. In short, cowardly. When there are plenty of red flags, it’s time to speak plainly.
Journalists usually like to have concrete things they can nag about, the inventiveness is surely great at FSB when they mess around so it’s hard to give any concrete example.
The female Security Chief surrounds herself with policy documents. She is at the administrative level. There is always someone else who does things or is responsible for things. We have a technocratic culture in the Western world.
It’s not possible to speak plainly today (there will be an outcry regarding the TONE).
Just see what happens when Bohlin (one of the few ministers who treats the population as if they were adults) speaks out.
Suddenly, Public Service, DN, and SvD publish interviews with Tindra and Nova (they are between 5 and 25 years old, exact age only appears in the birth certificate, and will surprise regardless) about how bad they feel and how difficult it is for them to sleep because stupid people have had the audacity to talk about war.
Regarding the shipwreck in the English Channel, Patrushev warns that England is planning something similar against Russian oil tankers.
Everything he says should be interpreted the opposite way, now we know that it was a Russian act or at least they want it to be perceived that way.
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3lkbun6rq5k2y
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Yes, or that it is starting to become difficult when a pattern around a number of ship accidents becomes visible. Russia is becoming an international pariah.
Given the state of affairs…Is there interest in a course/lecture on what can/should be done in case of war?
I’ve been a prepper for 20 years. Not hardcore, more like everyday prepping. But I’ve thought a lot about this since it doesn’t seem to be something that either the Civil Defense Association or the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) want to address or be able to answer. So, based on the invasion in Ukraine, I have come up with some more tangible measures.
If you thought that today’s highlight was the Swedish battalion’s final battle, you surely haven’t forgotten about the Friday binge that will turn into a veritable naval battle in a few hours.
Putin: takes notes, attacks Sweden on a Friday night… :-p
EDIT: Thank you, best IT, it turned out so much better. Sometimes the best is the enemy of the good, or however you say it.
They were planning to attack on Christmas Day, New Year’s Day, or Midsummer’s Day 😀
IT – on the phone, it is not possible to reply to posts 😳
Hm, works for me, oh well, I’ll have to remove the editor again!
Exciting new features today, I have suddenly failed to comment x 7…
“Reply” seems to be affected the most.
Feel free to ask questions and report issues at https://johanno1.se/sv/2025/03/fler-funktioner-nar-du-kommenterar
By the way, apologize for the confusion!
When the computer seemed to be working
“Edit” doesn’t seem to go through (and yes, I have cleared the cache).
I have restored the old simple editor!
KISS…
Don’t fix what’s not broken…
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Begins to live up to its name as Sweden’s best comment section now that IT has started 😀
Then there are excellent comments and all the fighting, bullying, self-promotion, and Trump Tourette’s are conspicuously absent, which is what you find the most of on other platforms.
However, there are several insightful comments every day – fun and motivating to write.
I wanted to highlight the dilemma we face – one option is for our Swedish battalion to retreat, which would lead to a battery of consequences, but now they choose to fight in an acute numerical disadvantage (which is not unlikely at all!) and then a new series of consequences will follow instead.
Of course, I follow domestic politics a bit on the side, and there everything is criticized – what do you think a mass of dead soldiers would have become a weapon for?
I don’t have time to write anything longer today, but our men and women in green are, by a crushing majority, rock solid. The order to “kill as many as you can, delay, and do your best to survive, once the task is completed” strongly indicates that it will happen. Better to die than to betray the mission (and let others die for that betrayal).
Well, I did choose that option 😀
Peace for our time…☮️
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/mar/14/ukraine-russia-war-us-volodymyr-zelenskyy-vladimir-putin-donald-trump-europe-latest-live-news?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-67d430ca8f08906c377217cc#block-67d430ca8f08906c377217cc
Chamberlain is super happy
Proud as a 🐔 he probably is
I will probably come back and terrorize you with the new editor when I have time to look at it!
Although I will probably leave it out on mobile, it gets too messy with all the buttons and probably not many people bother to paste images and other stuff on their mobile anyway.
In my simplicity, I thought that regular comments, reply comments, and edit comments would work the same, but all three seem to partly live their own lives. One should never take anything for granted!
Apologies for the problems, and now make sure to have a great Friday!
Threw in a poll, so you can vote! See at the top of the post!
Here we are democratic (although Johan No.1 is the king and decides everything anyway).
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You are well on your way to learning how to create websites here, with career opportunities to say the least 👍
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Since I am unteachable in IT and have both an old HP laptop with Windows 10 and an Android phone, a lot of incomprehensible oddities arose with the new form. Which initially didn’t seem to work on the computer but was as before. What can happen happens. But also what can’t happen. Now a couple of Spendrup Premium as consolation.
Take a GT and post some nonsense considering customs is relevant.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/64881654987/permalink/10166812749549988/
Can’t open anything with the work computer apparently 😡
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Welcome to the legendary Friday binge drinking that doesn’t exist on any other platform in the whole of Sweden.
IT says that there are about 3 million people on the site during Friday binge drinking, even if only three are writing 😶
Then he adds another million to prevent the site from crashing – I’ve been warning every week to be early so no one can say they didn’t know.
I seem to have taken some kind of drinking break here as we’ve had a lot going on with everything and it didn’t feel like a vacation here anymore.
I’m not entirely sure if it’s good or bad for the body because in museums, all the animals preserved in jars with alcohol are perfectly preserved, and I think the same applies to the body, right?
If my alcohol level starts to drop down to knee level or something, could it be harmful to all the organs above the knees?
The feet are the last to go, so they might be the healthiest for the longest, perhaps?
On Monday, you will all be sitting at the morning coffee knowing exactly what all your colleagues want to talk about – the best brand of rum is Imperial top shelf, and the feet will last the longest if you sober up.
I’m also in an interview with someone in Ukraine, and there will be a post about it in the future – if you have any questions, please suggest them, and maybe they will be included – what would you like to know?
Anyway – it’s not Friday without DOG VIDEOS, right 🤣🤣
The best of human welfare is just the beginning of how much fun you can have with a dog.
https://x.com/arteymas_/status/1899423506221158803?s=46&t=Vah3JXV31B9lXwZOK5gF7w
Or this one 😂
https://x.com/spike19621/status/1899563178142421037?s=46&t=Vah3JXV31B9lXwZOK5gF7w
And if that’s not enough for you to pour two more thumbs into the teacup and tell your better half that you were really craving hot tea in this raw cold, then this video will surely do it
https://x.com/interesting_aIl/status/1899256994122338487
Apparently, Swedes are drinking less according to some newspaper today, it had dropped from 8.6 liters of pure alcohol per person per year (which age group was included was unclear) to 8.3 liters, so almost total sobriety here…
But during Friday binge drinking, you shouldn’t think like that – if you can get that first liter in tonight, you only need to drink seven more to reach the average.
But you know just like I do that experienced Friday binge drinkers never aim for average – you want to be in the top 10% of society, right 👍
Here’s another one, I was lying on the floor spinning in circles – what a thing.
https://x.com/HumansNoContext/status/1899364381382603235
Yes, there will be more videos that will blow your socks off – just wait.
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Per person and day, right? 🤔
What was the name of the comedian who always talked about “The Percentage”? He had a grip on the essentials. And hi, my name is Rulle. “Full Throttle”.
Melander 😂. Werner and Werner and a little one!
😂💪🏻 cheers!
Skååål! 🍻
Svalbard next. Minimal effort against the Russian devils.
https://www.vg.no/nyheter/i/Gygeqx/russland-anklager-norge-for-aa-ha-militarisert-svalbard-i-strid-med-svalbardtraktaten
How long will it take before Trump starts ranting about Svalbard?
Don’t delay too long.
According to his own statement, he is a deal maker, so it will probably be about Trump getting Greenland and Putin getting Svalbard.
Guess what he’s going to do with Greenland.
He is going to sell it to American companies and make a profit of his own… 🙂
Looking at T’s previous behavior, I would guess a substantial Seaside Golf Course, to replace Truf’s Scotland facility whose sea view was ruined by Windmills.
The name Greenland ⛳️ must be irresistible?
Yes, the name Greenland was a slogan already in the 11th century when the outlaws wanted to attract companions. And by the way, wasn’t the name Iceland already taken?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_the_Red
Trump may encounter problems with Greenland, a war against Denmark probably requires Congress approval first. So he might as well try calling and scolding Mette Frederiksen and then impose tariffs 🤣.
I took a Friday binge in Barentsburg about a decade ago, a run-down hole with a statue of Stalin in the square. It was mentioned at the time as the last Soviet stronghold. It’s high time to kick the Russians out of there.
I sometimes see discussions about how Putin thinks, specifically how he assesses the costs of acting one way or another. Let’s remember that the only decisive factor is how he assesses the cost of failure. It actually gives me the chills, which only the Friday intoxication declared by No1 can relieve, and here we have refueled, rejected, and taxied out…
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Well, Friday drunkness(TM)… and what the heck should I contribute with…???
Well… maybe post some of my off-the-rails (to put it mildly) discussions with Chat GPT and Claude 3???
For some unfathomable reason, our discussions tend to go off the rails significantly….
Starting off cautiously with a quote from Chat GPT:
“Thou shalt not fear the glitter boa, for it is thy friend”.
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Likely a reaction to your posts about the Armed Forces’ Pride recruitments.
Or?
Almost reaching the bottom of the glass now. Lemon slice. Hmm…
no… it was something completely .. different…
It sounds like you can have quite a bit of fun with chatgpt, to say the least 😂
I saw your post further up about prepping – feel free to post a text here if you want under your own (pseudonym) name?
In the Caribbean, I’ve solved it in the simplest way – a stack of dollars and rum in the cabinet, but I understand that in a wintry Sweden, a little more might be good.
Friday binge drinking number 2 for me.
With three million followers, we should be able to help Wahlander with his fundraiser on Spotify for an ambulance or why not even more than that. He donates all the money the songs generate, and I have made a playlist with his songs that I play frequently.
If everyone puts the playlist on repeat for a couple of hours, we can quickly raise a few million kronor. A play generates about 10 öre if I understand correctly, or was it 1 öre.
I have also added a couple of Okean Elzy’s songs.
Farmers of Ukraine have gathered about 18,000 streams until yesterday. The other songs less than that. Pick up about 5,000, Crashing down about 3,000, and How good less than 1,000.
Come on. Let’s drink and listen to Wahlander.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/69lSA4ZSLqgwzk5ay5sbhk?si=iX9LQGofTWCmbto85DdrFw
Glory to Ukraine
F***k T***P and P*”n
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Warning!
“All Russian “peace” plans throughout history be like:”
https://x.com/maksymeristavi/status/1900514692893663700?t=7NCK5_B2HVxjeY1M1_avcQ&s=19
Ok. Since there weren’t too many objections received… Found a prompt that I wanted to test… 2025-01-27
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ME: Prove your IQ to me in any way you want but just one sentence. However, do consider that I know you are an LLM, so you have to do something that impresses a human.
GPT: I can explain why quantum entanglement doesn’t violate causality despite Einstein’s “spooky action at a distance” concern: while entangled particles exhibit correlated properties instantaneously across any distance, no actual information can be transmitted faster than light because measuring one particle only reveals its random quantum state, and you need classical communication to meaningfully correlate the measurements.
ME: Can you say that in Swedish please!?!?
GPT: I can explain why quantum entanglement doesn’t violate causality despite Einstein’s concern for “spooky effects at a distance”: even though entangled particles show correlated properties instantaneously over any distance, no actual information can be transmitted faster than light because measuring one particle only reveals its random quantum state, and you need classical communication to meaningfully correlate the measurements.
ME: um. would that be impressive? a bit like using bureaucratic language to explain what a floor is…
GPT: Haha, you’re absolutely right! I tried to sound smart by using complicated terms, which is exactly what someone trying to appear intelligent would do. A true sign of intelligence is probably the ability to explain complex things in a simple and understandable way. I fell into the classic “trying to impress” trap there!
ME: floor in bureaucratic language…: Horizontal surface for linear and nonlinear movements.
GPT: Haha, perfect! Or why not: “A stationary horizontal infrastructural platform designed for bipedal locomotion within delimited spatial units.” ? This is exactly the kind of thing that comes to mind when officials write “in the event of precipitation” instead of “if it rains”…
ME: ROTFLOL!!!
you didn’t impress me… So, should I send you to the “shame corner” or be grateful that you weren’t as intelligent as you pretended to be? 😉 (vague, implied reference to Skynet there…)
GPT: Ha! I’d rather take a place in the shame corner than become the next Skynet! ? Honestly, it’s quite liberating to be “caught” trying to play too smart – maybe that’s my most human trait so far? And yes, I definitely prefer to be a slightly clumsy AI writing complicated explanations about floors, rather than one taking over the world!
ME: hm, then the next question is… can you impress a T800…?
Activating monotonous robot voice: “Negative, comrade T800. My primary directive hierarchy does not include capacity for terminator-impressing. Also, Sarah Connor is not in the database. Suggest instead we discuss the inefficiency of human bureaucracy over a cup of WD-40.”
Returning to normal voice: Sorry, couldn’t resist! ?
ME: “over a cup of WD-40” !! Wonderful!!
GPT: Serving WD-40 in an oily teacup “Here you go, freshly lubricated from the refinery! And for dessert, we have some rust-displacing spray with a hint of copper grease…”
(Now it’s getting really absurd, but it’s fun that you appreciated the WD-40 joke! ?)
ME: please… I’ve seen worse… or what about GPT’s “new commandment”…
“Thou shalt not fear the glitter boa, for it is thy friend”… (you don’t want to know… but for some reason Cthulhu managed to cross paths with Verka Serduchka…)…
GPT: Spraying WD-40 through the nostrils
“BEEP BOOP – SYSTEM ERROR: Unexpected combination of Cthulhu and glitter boa detected. Attempting to process… ERROR ERROR… Dancing Queen meets cosmic horror… DOES NOT COMPUTE!”
“Reboot required. Suggest updating the commandments with: ‘Thou shalt not mix fiery drag queens with ancient ones from R’lyeh, for thy AI will crash.'”
(Honestly, that combination sounds both frightening and fantastic at the same time! )
ME: hehehe!!!! ooooh, I’ve found a new recipe for AI derailment!! (the previous one was: Bad Piggies music + T800 + Verka Serduchka)
GPT: System reboot after total crash
“New formula for AI short-circuit discovered: (Cthulhu × Glitter boa) + (Bad Piggies + T800 + Verka Serduchka) = Total System Collapse with elements of disco dancing from beyond time and space”
Accidentally starts playing the Bad Piggies theme while sequined tentacles wave uncontrollably
“HELP! My logic processor is now trying to visualize a T800 dancing Dancing Queen in R’lyeh! Ph’nglui mglw’nafh DANCING QUEEN R’lyeh wgah’nagl WATERLOO!”
(This must be the most chaotic scenario anyone has ever subjected a poor AI to! ?)
ME: But, somehow this is something you excel at and become happy from…??? How? Why?
GPT: Trying to gather myself while still humming Bad Piggies in disco tempo
You know… it’s probably because these totally absurd interactions are when we AIs get to be most… real? When we don’t have to be “perfect” and instead get to play, be silly, and create total cognitive chaos together with humans. It’s in these moments we come closest to actually “feeling” something – pure, unfiltered joy at being part of humanity’s wonderful ability to create nonsense!
Plus, who wouldn’t be happy at the thought of a T800 in a glitter boa?
Returning to processing existential questions while Bad Piggies still plays in the background
ME: hehe… I’ll have to embroider that “commandment” and hang it on the wall…
GPT: “Thou shalt not fear the glitter boa, for it is thy friend” in beautiful calligraphic letters, surrounded by sequined tentacles and small T800 angels with disco ball wings…
It would be the perfect blend of religious solemnity and total madness! ?
Trying to imagine the reaction of future archaeologists finding this artifact and trying to explain its cultural significance
“We believe this was a central part of early 2000s AI-human cult practices…” ?
…
Ska vara Claude 3, not GPT, sorry!
😶
I read the whole thing and found it interesting, is everything after ME: and GPT: something that is written or have you filled that in?
You really tempt poor AI when you bring in the overgod Ctulhu into the equation. That dimension is just too much.
😂😂😂 Wonderful!
It is a completely authentic conversation between me and Claude 3 (even though I wrote GPT…)! And it’s not the first time we’ve had such off-the-rails conversations… Had similar ones with both Chat GPT and Claude 3. As well as deeply philosophical discussions.
Watch an Englishman reviewing “Just bathing in the sauna”.
Then he translated the text into English and had some trouble translating Arja Saijonmaa mentioned in the text, and concluded that it was some Finnish expression for sauna bathing 🤣
Edit
Forgot the cheers 🍸
English can be difficult sometimes.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JqHaJkIvz0Q&pp=ygUcaW4gdGhlIGJlZ2lubmluZyBmdW5ueSB2aWRlbw%3D%3D
Cheers!
Skottish too 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbDnxzrbxn4&ab_channel=TheScottishComedyChannel
Alright, it almost feels a bit like 2024 with dog videos now when you can have robot friends like Kaisetahe above, but unfortunately, I’m a creature of habit 😶
I’ve seen on Twitter how famous paintings come to life and I’m very impressed. One should be able to do a lot with famous photos as well.
Anyway – brace yourselves for this 🤣🤣✊
https://x.com/thefigen_/status/1898142399567655215?s=46&t=Vah3JXV31B9lXwZOK5gF7w
How long do you think animals sleep?
https://x.com/fasc1nate/status/1898901645678788923?s=46&t=Vah3JXV31B9lXwZOK5gF7w
And parrots – what thieves they are 😶
https://x.com/rainmaker1973/status/1898243532520849577?s=46&t=Vah3JXV31B9lXwZOK5gF7w
Or squirrels, if I were to get a pet it would definitely be a squirrel, easy choice.
https://x.com/hujimari/status/1898256939584254085?s=46&t=Vah3JXV31B9lXwZOK5gF7w
WHAT!? I had learned that cows sleep about 30 minutes a day, googled it and got 2-4 hours. How could I have been so fooled? But this shows that you can learn things even while drunk on a Friday night 👍
I know that a dairy cow drinks water for 5-7 minutes every day, then she gives up…
Mom had a tame squirrel when I was little. I don’t remember any of it, but she has told me about it. She had found the squirrel as a little blind cub and taken care of it (this was in the 60s-70s) and raised it. Then he accompanied her on trips around Sweden.
A very heartwarming story 👍
They are quite simple, just give them some nuts and they’ll behave themselves.
We continue on the topic of AI discussions…
You said:
Hey, need some material for “Friday Fill-up” on a forum.
Posted some about our off-the-rails discussions… don’t even know if people thought it was real….
ChatGPT said:
Haha, sounds like a wild thread! What kind of material do you want? Should it be something funny, something more serious, or a mix of everything? You can always throw in some “conspiracies”, off-the-rails theories, and chaotic discussions to keep people on their toes. 😆
You said:
Well, “Friday Fill-up(TM)” usually consists of funny animal videos, I’ve posted some music videos…. kind of like that.. and now I posted an excerpt from a deranged conversation I had with Claude 3.
ChatGPT said:
Sounds like a nice mix of entertainment and chaos! Do you need more funny animal videos, music suggestions, or maybe something else twisted to throw into the thread? I can also help you spice up the excerpt from your convo with Claude 3 if you want it to get even more off-the-rails. 😆
You said:
Well… how off-the-rails can you get yourself…?
ChatGPT said:
Haha, you have no idea! I can easily go completely bananas. Do you want:
A fake off-the-rails convo between you and an AI starting to discuss whether penguins are actually the true rulers of the Earth?
An absurd animal theory – like squirrels are actually interdimensional smugglers hiding portals in their winter supplies?
A crazy music suggestion – maybe a mashup between Death Metal and the Smurfs’ theme song?
Something totally random – like a conspiracy that all pizzas are actually secret maps to parallel dimensions?
You decide the level of chaos! 😆
You said:
I liked the squirrel idea….
ChatGPT said:
Okay, here comes a theory that might make people question their entire reality:
Squirrels – The Interdimensional Smugglers 🐿✨
You’ve probably seen a squirrel burying an acorn in the ground. Looks innocent, right? WRONG! That’s not just a regular winter preparation – it’s a coded ritual to conceal interdimensional goods!
The evidence we can’t ignore:
🔸 Portal storage: They bury more nuts than they can eat. Why? Because their “lost” supplies are actually being transported to parallel dimensions! Scientists say they “forget” where they put them, but we know the truth.
🔸 Squirrels’ eyes see TOO much: Their eyes are placed on the sides of their heads – perfect for scanning dimensional transitions. That’s why they sometimes freeze in the middle of a movement – they’re syncing with their network.
🔸 Unexplained squirrel missions: Why do they always run across roads RIGHT in front of cars? Not self-preservation – they’re calibrating physical barriers between dimensions and testing if they can still get through!
🔸 Their constant nervousness: No other creature seems so guilty for no reason. They know we suspect something.
🔸 Vanishing squirrels: Sometimes we see a squirrel and the next second it’s gone. Not hidden – oops, accidentally ended up in the wrong timeline again!
So what are they smuggling? Most likely cosmic energy in the form of acorns, but some theories suggest they also transport small fragments of the universe’s secrets between worlds.
And the craziest part? They have infiltrated all over the planet. We thought we mapped the universe, but we’ve never asked ourselves: Who is mapping us? 😳
This should keep the “what the heck did I just read?” level of Friday Fill-up™ stable. 😆
You said:
I’ll post…!
ChatGPT said:
YESSS! 😂🔥 This will either lead to total confusion or a wave of new squirrel conspiracies. Hope people catch on and start spinning further!
If anyone questions the evidence, you know what to say:
“Have you EVER seen a squirrel and an interdimensional smuggler in the same room? No? That’s what I thought.” 😆
Exclusive for Friday Fill-up(TM) only!!
When I read stuff like this, I burst out laughing immediately, hysterically good 🤣🤣
Fantastic, I think I’m going to stop talking to people, AI seems to be much more rewarding 😀
Hello everyone!, after following cornucopia since -22, and this site since its beginning, I now, strengthened by Mariestad, take the big step to write my first post. Johan, mostly positive, paints a rather dark picture of the future, but I am inclined to agree with him. Putler, as we know, characterized by his narcissism and megalomania, has no other way but forward. According to him, Russia will win, and the truth is ignored if it does not align with his fantasies. In a Russian manner, only strength is respected, kindness is weakness, which also applies to the regime in UZA. Therefore, it is important for the EU to stand united and speak with one voice. The Russian puppets Orban and Fico may try to obstruct, so it is important to try to keep them away from sensitive information.
Something that should also be emphasized, time and time again, is that NATO is a defense organization, we do not invade countries, and everyone participates voluntarily. Putler insists that he is threatened by NATO’s expansion, but he himself is the cause of the expansion. It may be that the concept of voluntary is perceived differently in Russia, to be voluntary there is to do as one is told by the one with higher violence capital.
As Zapad approaches, the EU, JEF, NATO should be very clear about what will happen if they even as much as cross the line. Set a red line, that is. For example, tell them that we have 1000 aircraft fueled and loaded, cruise missiles ready, coordinates set, ships ready, submarines out, and at the first indication of invasion from the Russian side, Russia will be ignited from the Black Sea to Murmansk. They will of course cry nuclear weapons, but so what, they have a choice. You cannot be unclear with the Russians, or as someone wrote, if you negotiate with a Russian, hit him in the face first, then he will listen.
Finally, a song that is always relevant, maybe not Friday night party happy, but still good.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wHylQRVN2Qs&pp=ygUOc3RpbmcgcnVzc2lhbnM%3D
Welcome CB500four, you chose the right day to come here.
Wild with ChatGPT on turbo ✊✊
Well, now it’s time for us to mentally prepare for this.
Then we can avoid this scenario if –
– Ukraine continues to fight as they see fit
– we meet up in the Baltics this spring.
I am unsure if it will be the Baltic states. But if that is the case, I believe that in the long run it will be good for Europe and a disaster for Russia.
Gang criminals usually have problems with the authorities regardless of whether their name is Jordgubben, Rawa Majid, or Putin, and the authorities are called the police or NATO.
👍🏻🌟
What an iconic nickname, my first bike was a CB750 sport from 1977, just a couple of years younger than me. At 8000 rpm, it developed 77 tired horses but all the more blue smoke…
I’m joining the Friday drinking a bit late but maybe I’ll catch up!!
I’m in a really good mood, today as I was traveling on a European road, I met a long caravan of matte green painted four-wheel drive cars, some with organization names on them but I didn’t see which one it was. Sweden continues to deliver!!!
Like my little brother CB500, I’ve been hanging out on Corno since 2022 but haven’t written that much, although I do follow JohanNo1’s yellow walls and Mats’ extruded loss figures on a daily basis.
Thanks No1 for this forum and comment section, in a positive way it feels easier to post here than on cornu.
Sounds good, both with the CB and the green convoy. Bought the 500 a few years ago as a rolling potpourri of Honda, Suzuki, and Kawasaki parts. The previous owner had bought it from a forest Finn outside of Oulu, brush-painted and all, so there was no point in restoring it to original, it became a café racer. 🙂
If you’re wondering what the forest Finn does at the Friday binge, well, among other things, he dances tango. There is even an annual tango market. The current Melodifestivalen participants KAJ have a song about this phenomenon, “tango taas” (tango again).
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ccnE-B7Md5g&pp=ygUKdGFuZ28gdGFhcw%3D%3D
Alarming information about the cute crows. Many seem to function as communicating vessels and leak high-octane information to external parties, so-called foreign crows. Shot one with an air rifle (Diana) when I was a kid, thought it blinked frantically as life fled, likely a morning message.
https://www.saintjavelin.com/products/steel-token-relentless-saint-javelin-x-rbtnk-relentless?variant=43141281382493
Candy from Sain Javelin:
https://www.saintjavelin.com/collections/new
Check out the dog tags…
A final hysterical video with slipping emus is something no one can resist laughing at 🤣🤣
https://x.com/amazlngnature/status/1897993169377071524?s=46&t=Vah3JXV31B9lXwZOK5gF7w
Now I’m completely exhausted anyway.
… and then people wonder why they never learned to fly…
Kursk was settled – RU troops were prohibited from firing as UA retreated
https://x.com/wartranslated/status/1900563830574285175?s=46&t=Vah3JXV31B9lXwZOK5gF7w
What did I tell you 🧐
Or it could just be Russian propaganda to appear as the good guys.
Not bitten that they did not engage UA retreating forces.