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The author mentioned that his history teacher in the Polish People's Republic was Irena Preiss-Kopytowska. He wrote that in the Republic of Poland, history was taught by B. Nowacka, who, according to him, spoke about "Polish fascists building concentration camps." #historia #PRL #edukacja #PL #DE (translated)

Saara Huhtasaari wrote that Sanna Marin had been in Italy promoting her book and told Corriere della Sera that she would likely not run for office unless Russia attacked Finland. In that case, according to Huhtasaari, Marin would have said she was available. Huhtasaari interpreted the statement as positioning herself rather than expressing a willingness to be a victim. According to her, Marin implied that conventional political work did not match her capabilities and that only a crisis threatening Finland's existence would be a sufficiently significant task. Huhtasaari compared this to the scale of historical leaders such as Kekkonen, Winston Churchill, Nelson Mandela, Lee Kuan Yew, and George Washington, using the metaphor of the "Napoleon syndrome" to describe the phenomenon. She specified that she did not mean it as a diagnosis. Huhtasaari also criticized the contradiction between Marin's book discussing hope and the self-image conveyed in the interview. She argued that the role of politics was to build structures that functioned without a single politician. As examples of such builders, she mentioned Lee Kuan Yew, who influenced Singapore's development, and Mart Laar, who made economic and institutional decisions in post-independence Estonia. Huhtasaari believed that there had not been similar builders in Finland for decades and that Marin did not belong to their ranks. According to Huhtasaari, statesmen did not announce in advance when they would return to politics, but either did their job or stepped aside. She criticized Marin for traveling to present her book, which discussed decisions made behind closed doors, and for associating a potential return with Russia's attack. Huhtasaari described this as a fantasy of seeing herself as a historical exception. #SannaMarin #Politiikka #Historia (translated)

Jari Mäkäräinen criticized an article in Helsingin Sanomat and said he had made corrections to it. According to him, the nonfiction writer Ari Haasio and Mattila had suggested that Finnish identity was ambiguous, compared the mistrust faced by evacuees from Karelia to current fears directed at Muslims, and stated that everyone was a descendant of immigrants. Mäkäräinen wrote that migration was an old phenomenon, but migrations from different times could not be equated. He noted that the first people arrived in what is now Finland about 11,000 years ago and believed that this did not provide a basis for equating the current migration from Afghanistan or Somalia with the arrivals of earlier traders, craftsmen, or industrial founders. He described Finlayson as an actor that built factories in capital-poor Finland, brought technology, and created jobs. Mäkäräinen compared him to a Mohammed coming from Somalia, who he described as illiterate and dependent on Kela support. He believed these examples illustrated different types of migration and claimed that there were differences in education, employment, cultural distance, and criminality. He also claimed that those coming from Afghanistan were overrepresented in rape statistics. Regarding the evacuees from Karelia, Mäkäräinen wrote that they had come from within Finland, spoke Finnish, and shared key features of Finnish culture. He said they had faced mistrust and derogatory name-calling, but believed they differed from current arrivals from Afghanistan, for example, in terms of adaptation, work ethic, and use of social security. Mäkäräinen also denied the comparison made by Haasio and Mattila between 19th-century antisemitism and the Somali discussions of the 1990s. According to him, the groups were not similar, and Jews had mostly integrated well. He argued that current migrations should be evaluated based on their impacts on employment, crime, and social security. Finally, he wrote that the continuity of society required, in his opinion, the adaptation of newcomers. #maahanmuutto #suomalaisuus #kulttuuri (translated)

The Armed Forces parade is held today, October 12, Columbus Day, to commemorate the encounter between America and Europe after the arrival of Christopher Columbus, an event that symbolizes a significant cultural exchange in history. #DíaDeLaHispanidad #FuerzasArmadas #DesfileMilitar (translated)

The declassified files from World War II reveal that the lehendakari José Antonio de Aguirre collaborated with British intelligence, instructing his vicelehendakari Leizaola in clandestine activities and the sending of funds to support the fight against Nazism. #HistoriaVasca #Espionaje #SegundaGuerraMundial (translated)

Kazimierz, a 74-year-old resident of a small town in Greater Poland, forced to move to the city due to an increasingly difficult illness, faces the challenges of securing the necessary home care and safety, and his story illustrates the broader problem of insufficient access to long-term assistance in Poland. #opieka_długoterminowa #seniorzy #zdrowie (translated)

The article discusses the political trajectory of Pedro Santana Lopes, highlighting his popularity as a media figure in contrast with his modest declared assets, revealing a notable discrepancy between fame and the financial earnings of the former prime minister. #SantanaLopes #PolíticaPortuguesa #HistóriaDoDia (translated)

Coritiba celebrated 117 years and stated that its history was built by generations, with achievements and overcome challenges, and marked by the support of the Coxa-Branca fans. The club said it intended to honor this legacy while seeking to write new chapters and achieve new goals. #Coritiba #CoxaBranca #117Anos (translated)

Gabo stated that Flamengo's fans had become elitized to the point where organized groups defended betting companies that, according to him, only harmed the population. He said he felt ashamed of the club's stance, which he compared to that of Athletico Paranaense, and criticized the Torcida Jovem for, in his view, disrespecting the institution's history. He also expressed revulsion at the situation. #Flamengo #Futebol #Torcida (translated)

Raul Moura described Gabriel Paulista's interview as frightening and stated that it represented the lowest point of the self-destruction of Sport Club Corinthians Paulista. He sarcastically congratulated Osmar Stabile, Augusto Melo, and Armando Mendonça, whom he attributed the worst management in the club's history. #Corinthians #Futebol #GestãoEsportiva (translated)

Mate Vazquez stated that what happened in the CDS classic had not been evaluated. He said that the opposing coach had come to observe them at their field and that his team was coming off the worst semester in its history. According to Vazquez, his team had not shot at the goal, had played very poorly, and had gifted the match, helping their rival to recover. He described the result as a "crime against humanity." #Fútbol #CDS #Clásico (translated)

In March, Joe Kent, the director of the national counter-terrorism center, resigned because of the war with Iran, writing in the letter that his wife had died in a war manufactured by Israel, and the next day, he was on Carlson's show explaining it. #DebatePolítico #Conservadorismo #HistóriaBritânica (translated)

Why fight the Second World War in the first place? The soundbite that circulated the world was "why fight the Second World War in the first place?", and being directed at the man that Carlson had announced as the greatest warmonger in England was not an accident. #DebatePolítico #Conservadorismo #HistóriaBritânica (translated)

In the debate between Tucker Carlson and Jacob Rees-Mogg about how to avoid a war between Britain and Russia, the deep divergences between Carlson's non-interventionism and Rees-Mogg's Atlanticism became evident, highlighting the tension within British conservatism. #DebatePolítico #Conservadorismo #HistóriaBritânica (translated)

The article by Filipe Carvalho explores the history of Lisbon and the formation of Portugal as an independent kingdom, highlighting the fight against illegal immigration, the housing crisis, and the transformation of the city into an increasingly less accessible space for its inhabitants. #HistóriaDePortugal #Imigração #Lisboa (translated)