10 years ago today I landed in the U.S. as part of a State Dept. exchange program. We talked - digital comms, open societies, the power of dialogue.
A decade later I work in defense communications on NATO's eastern flank.
The world changed. So did the mission. The belief didn't.
#DCNGlobal #StratCom
"It is extremely important (first of all for NATO countries) to understand how Russia fights right now and how they will fight in the future (spoiler alert: without so-called Ā«infiltrationĀ»)."
www.linkedin.com/posts/mareks...
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"Stari kÄps
Stari augstÄk kÄps
Un sataustīs mani
Tur jau nÄk
Gaisma tuvÄk nÄk
Un es tai pretī arī
Un straujÄk upe tecÄs uz
Uz rietumiem pÄc pamalÄm gaiÅ”Äm
Lai izdeg manas sveces
Un vaÄ¼Ä gals ir manam maisam
Birs, birs visi vÄrdi birs
Ko turÄja sirds.."
The World Cup has no place being played in America. No right minded person, player, team or country should go.
I will not be watching any of it.
www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
The Battle of North America: A Masterclass in Para-Ice Hockey š šØš¦ šŗšø
It was an absolute privilege to bring this intensity to viewers back home while providing live commentary for Latvian TV.
Congratulations to Team USA on the gold, and to Team Canada for a hard-fought silver.
#LatvijasKrÄsas
www.instagram.com/p/DVVIErtjER...
šš KopÄ lÄ«dz uzvarai!
Tuvojoties Krievijas iebrukuma UkrainÄ gadadienai, es ļoti vÄlos sev un Tev, mans sociÄlo mediju platformu draugs, atgÄdinÄt Å”o 2022.gada kampaÅu.
PalÄ«dziet Ukrainai = SargÄjiet Latviju!
#StandWithUkraine
#ParalympicDisgrace
The Games are meant to symbolize peace. Admitting ruzsian athletes while their invasion continues to create thousands of new amputees and permanent disabilities is a betrayal of Paralympic values. No flag for those who cause the very trauma the games overcome!
Remembrance is not a violation.
@delfi.lv
- Latvian website with 8 798 717 views last week (as per Gemius research) - changed the logo. Full support for
@pravda.ua !
Remembrance is not a violation.
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I am proud that among all the Olympic sports bureaucrats and cowards there is a person with backbone!
#SlavaUkraini HerĆ³yam slava!
"We do not yet know when and how this war will end. But we know one thing for sure: Ukrainian resilience must not end and become a thing of the past with the war."
Arsen "Lemko" Dmytryk
Chief of Staff of the 1st Corps of the Azov Naval University
www.pravda.com.ua/columns/2026...
Liberal democracy relies on the idea of the rational, autonomous individual. If AI can predict behavior and manipulate cognitive vulnerabilities, it blurs the line between persuasion (StratCom) and algorithmic manipulation (coercion), challenging the morality of the field..
Worth reading : "Itās Time StratCom Got Strategic about AI" by Louis Brooke.
Academic Journal "Defence Strategic Communications", Volume 16 | Autumn 2025
stratcomcoe.org/publications...
I'm happy to be a part of #DigiComNet
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Underappreciated fact:
The paths and positions of the cable damages around New Years 2026 were to most of Estonia's internet backbone routes.
Had it fully succeeded/happened by accident (lol) Estonia would have been left with a crippled connectivity.
2/ The RU military command has displayed a pattern of publicly presenting false info about the battlefield as part of a cognitive warfare effort to influence US decisions.
ā¬ļø RU oil & gas revenues & RUās liquid reserves depletion will likely complicate Kremlin efforts to fund a protracted war.
š„ "discrimination based on geopolitical circumstances" - that's the most horrific diplomatic phrasing..
It actually means - "we @iwfnet support killing innocent children and unarmed civilians"
#StandWithUkraine š±š»š¤šŗš¦šµš±
Graph from NetBlocks showing network connectivity by region in Ukraine from December 20, 2025, to January 3, 2025. The y-axis represents normalized connectivity, ranging from 0% to 100%, and the x-axis represents the dates. The graph indicates ongoing connectivity disruptions in parts of Caracas starting on the early morning of January 3. The drop in connectivity aligns with power cuts due to this morning's US military operations to extract President Maduro out of the country. The chart has a dark background and connectivity lines for each city are color-coded. Caricuao, Distrito Federal (40% / 41%), Caracas, Distrito Federal (84% / 84%)
ā ļø Confirmed: Metrics show a loss of internet connectivity in parts of #Caracas, Venezuela, corresponding to power cuts during the US military operation which landed strikes on the capital and captured and removed President Maduro from the country #3Ene
I'm looking forward to see some more excellent performance from Anna.
Her WC bronze in spring, now a solid silver performance. She's in Peak form and in the greatest mood š¤
MilzÄ«gs paldies par dÄvanu!
NÄkamajÄ gadÄ, Zemessardzes un Latvijas armijas kalendÄrÄ, septembrÄ« - "Nameja" mÄnesÄ«, kÄ vadoÅ”Ä bÅ«s mana - zemessarga fotogrÄfija no RÄ«gas Dienvidu tilta.
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Prieks censties!
"How would you act if a large-scale crisis broke out in your city at this very moment? Where would you go, who would you call? Would you be able to find the nearest shelter without online tools?"
/From sirens to shelters? | hashtag#LaSER Think Tank | 2025/
domnicalaser.lv/no-sirenas-l...
"DeviÅas desmitdaļas NATO loÄ£istikas sistÄmas izmanto privÄtos pakalpojumu sniedzÄjus, puse aizsardzÄ«bas vajadzÄ«bÄm izmantotÄ satelÄ«tkomunikÄciju tÄ«kla ir privÄtÄ sektora rokÄs."
www.delfi.lv/51042943/arz...
@delfi.lv vÄrtÄ«gi R.Rasums:
#Versija šŖšŗ KritiskÄs infrastruktÅ«ras smagÄ krÄ«ze.
#MLMA š±š»
#ManaLatvija = mana atbildība
Something has changed. A side of America that most Europeans never encountered face to face is now in charge. Europe had a decade of warnings and the first Trump Administration to prepare for this. We chose not to.
To meet this moment and secure our future, we must also change.
This nation has consistently spent the least on defence as a percentage of its gross domestic product (typically ranging between 0.2 and 0.3%) in the European Union.
You get as much safety and security as per Your budget Excel..
NiÄ·eļa rÅ«das pÄrstrÄde ir tik neekoloÄ£iska, ka Noriļsku ne velti sauc par planÄtas piesÄrÅotÄko pilsÄtu. Tur desmitiem kilometru attÄlumÄ skÄbo lietu (SO2) dÄļ ir miruÅ”ie meži. Lai arÄ« Ķīnas standarti nav tie augstÄkie, neesmu pÄrliecinÄts, cik ļoti tÄ vÄlÄtos Å”Ädu biznesu pie sevis :)
Papildu naudas meklÄjumos IZM iekļÄva nÄkamÄ gada budžetÄ neapspriestu priekÅ”likumu ā atsavinÄt Latvijas Sporta muzeja Äku VecrÄ«gÄ ar mÄrÄ·i to tÄlÄk pÄrdot. Muzeja vadÄ«ba par Å”o plÄnu uzzinÄja pÄc tam, kad jautÄjumu atbalstÄ«ja Ministru kabinets. www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas...
"If the move goes ahead, it would mark Russia's first uprooting of a domestic plant since the U.S. and Britain banned metal exchanges from accepting new aluminium, copper and nickel produced by Russia."
www.reuters.com/markets/comm...
Paldies, ja jau aizpildīji.
SavukÄrt, ja vÄl neesi - lÅ«gÅ”u atbalstÄ«t studija darba pÄtÄ«jumu : #anketa www.visidati.lv/tk/11762668/
Baumu izpÄte. Ukraainas kara notikumi un labie meli..
āļøGerman Chancellor Merz rejects the US idea of returning Russia to the G8, as provided for in the US "peace plan" for Ukraine ā DW
"At the present time, I do not see any willingness among the six current G7 members, who are not America, to accept Russia back into this group."