How can we rely on NATO, our mutual defence alliance, when its strongest member threatens to grab two of the alliance member's territories?
26.10.2025 20:35 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0@rickwalks.bsky.social
"Nordic Pink" (not "noir"... a reviewer called it "an unforgettable Buddhist thriller") my latest novel, asks: What will happen when the Dalai Lama dies? Will his successor be a young girl in Vancouver? Or a boy chosen by the Chinese government? Or? ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช ๐ช๐บ
How can we rely on NATO, our mutual defence alliance, when its strongest member threatens to grab two of the alliance member's territories?
26.10.2025 20:35 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I got it! We'll call it the United States of Canada! Go Carney, go! ๐จ๐ฆ
07.10.2025 21:27 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0"America the beautiful. . ." Uh, oh, sorry, where was I?
19.09.2025 17:10 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The most brilliant civilisation the world has ever seen is committing suicide.
08.09.2025 14:35 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The Chinese wanting to select the next Dalai Lama is like Trump wanting to select the next Pope.
04.09.2025 09:03 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0#Ladakhi translation of HH the #DalaiLama's teachings today in #Leh on Geshe Langri Thangpa's Eight Verses for Training the Mind and the 7th Dalai Lama's Song of the Four Mindfulnesses. It seems there were over 40,000 devotees attending the teachings #Buddhism www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESQ1...
16.08.2025 14:55 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0America is undergoing one of the slowest coups in history, all the more effective because of how gradual it is. What a great loss to humanity!
28.08.2025 07:27 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0How many millions of dollars per day does deploying the military in DC cost? How many homes for homeless does that buy?
12.08.2025 18:16 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Hon รคr ministern eftersom hon รคr expert pรฅ att hitta pรฅ ursรคkter fรถr att bortfรถrklara allt och vad som helst.
25.07.2025 11:47 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0My novel Nordic Pink follows monks, Sami, Inuit & spies stopping China from rigging the next Dalai Lama. On Amazonโthanks for checking it out!
06.07.2025 12:05 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The next Dalai Lama could be a little girl or boy born in your city. Find out how the Chinese kidnapping of his successor is thwarted by Swedish and Tibetan Buddhists in a global network for an alternative future, another take on Nordic Noir, published on Amazon.
03.07.2025 15:10 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0If Republicans want to show their anti-Chinese attitude, they could start promoting autonomy for Tibet.
08.06.2025 07:25 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I can't help worrying that the summer of 2025 is going to be one of, if not the, most crisis-filled, chaotic, and stressful in the history of the once-beloved USA. Just think about the potential causes. Now let's see if we can counteract these dire portents!
05.05.2025 11:21 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0GREENLAND? If you're one of those who want to rename Denali as Mt McKinley then you better not expect Greenland's aboriginal people to welcome you to come and "get them."
24.03.2025 17:05 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0#GVerse This๐ Is spot on!
15.03.2025 05:10 โ ๐ 2846 ๐ 1030 ๐ฌ 176 ๐ 70Former ๐บ๐ธ ambassador to Russia ๐๐ฝ
04.03.2025 12:40 โ ๐ 69368 ๐ 20644 ๐ฌ 1160 ๐ 721I just realised: I automatically used to assume that ALL Americans were democratic, but I see I have started to differentiate between those who are democratic and those who aren't. Sadness is not big enough to describe this feeling.
01.03.2025 20:57 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0YES, to democracies.
NO, to oligarchies.
NO, to authoritarianism.
THANK YOU, to Americans in favour of democracy!
President Macron:
We all know the situation. The aggressor is Russia. Ukraine are a nation under attack. 
I think we were all right to help Ukraine and sanction Russia three years ago, and to continue to do so.
Pass it on. 
#StandWithUkraine
It must be tough for a president of a country (take your pick) to know that people all over the world can't wait for you to just die, ASAP.
27.02.2025 18:15 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0*endorsed
07.02.2025 23:23 โ ๐ 15359 ๐ 8328 ๐ฌ 579 ๐ 613I'm relieved, thanks!
02.02.2025 22:49 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I certainly didn't mean that you were one of those guys: to the contrary!
02.02.2025 21:16 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Did anyone notice how Russia was spared any tariffs?
02.02.2025 17:27 โ ๐ 15147 ๐ 3176 ๐ฌ 849 ๐ 170Yes, the guy in favour of dictatorship is now the vice-president of the United States, one breath away from being president. The rest of the world watches the collapse of that once beautiful and inspiring American dream.
02.02.2025 20:28 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Thanks for posting that astonishing dialogue on Tibet!
02.02.2025 18:52 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0