David Mac Dougall
Journalist covering Finland, the Nordics and the Arctic region. ✒️Bylines in The Times, media columnist at Helsingin Sanomat.
Dog walker. Lapsed rugby player. Fennophile. 🌐 Fife / Uusimaa.
- @seanferrick.bsky.social I'm f-ing ruined after ep5.
- I keep checking my phone every few minites to see if Britain still has a prime minister or not. You get the impression it's touch and go! 😬
- 🇫🇮 Happy Runeberg Day! It is my absolutely favourite cake-based national celebration!
- Wednesday. Ugh.
- The Scottish Greens are expected to focus on the regional list, which could help the SNP meet the 65-seat target it believes it needs for an independence vote www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...
- Reposted by David Mac DougallThe total water volume in the Baltic Sea continues to drop. The mean water level dropped to -62.0 cm at the Föglö tide gauge today morning. This is now the 2nd lowest reading in the 21st century, surpassed only by the March 2013 cold wave (-63.4 cm). en.ilmatieteenlaitos.fi/sea-level?se...
- Reposted by David Mac DougallA good call with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of Denmark today. Greenland’s future is for Greenland and Denmark alone to decide. We reaffirmed our commitment to sovereignty and territorial integrity and discussed our ongoing work to strengthen Arctic security.
- Really great Panorama tonight about @bbcstever.bsky.social and his colleagues as they navigated an especially busy and tricky year in Russia. Such a good portrayal of life as a foreign correspondent! Kudos to all involved.
- Today has all the hallmarks of a Monday!
- Reposted by David Mac DougallTäystuhohallitus rajoittaa lain avulla kaupan omien halpamerkkien kuten esimerkiksi Pirkan, K-Menun, Coopin, Kotimaista- ja Xtra-tuotesarjojen myyntiä ja valmistusta. HINNAT NOUSEVAT ja valikoimat vähenevät. Muutos iskee erit. kaikista vähävaraisimpiin kuluttajiin! www.hs.fi/visio/art-20...
- I haven't seen reviews this bad in Hesari since they reviewed Sanna Marin's ghost-written horror show. www.hs.fi/taide/art-20...
- Dog doesn't know she's about to be abandoned at home while I go to watch some rugby! I'm leaving her favourite wildlife programme playing on TV, so she'll probably not even notice I'm gone!
- Happy 10th anniversary to @jaritaponen.bsky.social. It was on this date a decade ago that South Savo MP Ano Turtiainen called him a "munaton nillittäjä". And congratulations to me, 10 years since I learned the Finnish words for "dickless whiner."
- I met up with Jari some years ago in Vuosaari, which Persut were saying was a "no go zone" for police because of how lawless it was. You know, with all the immigrants. So this mamu went along to see, and it was completely fine as you would imagine...
- Moi! Have been digging around in the latest tranche of 3 million Epstein files for #Finland connections and there are a few! Lots of dull references - like a recommendation from one of Epstein's associates to Peter Mandelson that he try to meet Alex Stubb at a WEF meeting in Istanbul. Yawn.
- But also some intriguing ones... "Hello Jeffrey" writes Daniel Siad, described in other testimony as 'a recruiter of girls/women for J. Epstein'. "I just come back from Sweden and Finland I started a scouting Network with an orld friend from Finland... [contines below]
- "she is realy good we found already a bout six good ones , 2 sisters are coming already to Paris the 20th august , Sweden is coming back just like the old times" Who is the Finnish woman, and was she involved in any "scouting" trip to procure Finnish girls for Epstein's island? Yikes!
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View full threadUpdate: I said "unnamed friend of Epstein" but should have made clear the name/email address was redacted.
- Reposted by David Mac DougallMediakonserni Keskisuomalainen hakee uuteen urheilumediaansa visual designeria, jonka tehtävänkuvaus on pitkä, mutta hakuilmoituksessa ilmoitettu palkka on lehdistön palkkataulukon alapäästä. journalisti.fi/nakokulmat/2...
- Reposted by David Mac DougallTuoreen valtakunnallisen selvityksen mukaan asunnottomuus on kasvanut Suomessa 20 prosenttia vuodesta 2024. "Mikäli Orpon hallitus ei tee korjaavia päätöksiä, tilanne tulee pahenemaan", sanoo asiantuntijamme @marikosato.bsky.social. Lue lisää: www.amnesty.fi/asunnottomuu...
