Here we go

All band: Me, myself, I and Heikki (the bass player gets a job), we´ll take some gigs sometimes in clubs and other good places.
We ´re playing, `couse we like it. The subscription from here.
(Next gig 29.6.2011 - Get your ass at K-Klubi)
Next gig: 28.7 - Hiili, Aurinkoterassi). My regards.
Get your ass at Resistori-Klubi: Next gig: 29.9.2011 .. .. !
Next gig 1.5 at Kuopio Market Square at 14.00.
Next gig playing for Save the Rupla, 28.7.12 at Piispanpuisto (at Bishop´s Park of Kuopio).
Now: I´m gonna present some of my texts in three languages  with simple accompaniment at next TEXTfirst night.
Get your ass at Henry´s pub  15.1.2013 at 22h, for my please,..and the new gig: April 16nd.
I will get my ass and quitar to Lekkeri 13.4.2013 @ Helmi's birthday party with streetpunk.
the next time you will see me in Kuopio will be 26th May 2013. there comes a gig ... at Pushkin's statue to start at 12:00.
Next gig playing for Save the Rupla, 23th November 2013 at Rupla. Starts at 14:00 -> Get your ass on there where occurs!
Nästa min spelning ska finnas på Nykterhetshuset 2014/12/04 (kl 11:00) i Kuopio. Hör du, som nya arbetarklassmusik, några bra låtar.
The Next gig will be May 1, 2014 on Kuopio Market Square's stage at 9.00.
.. and you will also see me in Kuopio on the gig-stage at the lake of Valkeinen about at fourte
en May 1, 2014.

På hemmagården på onsdag, den 28:e dagen kl 21 i denna månad ->
Ro sitt röv hit och se:
The Old Union Band.
The solo-gig on the Kuopio's VR-Magazine at 8/08/2015 Saturday. There will be some kind of antifascist theme. Get your ass there at 19:00. The next gig at same place at 29/8/
den spelningen på Kuopios marknadstorget den lördag, 12 september (2015) klockan 11 framåt.
det kommer att
finnas upproret nu!
Live at BilliardCenter oct 30, 2015. The FridayBand.
På scenen 6 augusti `16 på Peräniemenkasino i Kuopio.
Följande gig på scenen 12 augusti `17 vid Peräniemenkasino i Kuopio-stad.
Gig på Peräniemenkasino den 4 september 2021. Jag har startat nya soloalbumsinspelningar.

Ps. Someone did ask,
my first album The Desert Songs is sold out.
I `m sorry.
(we are working with the new material)
(Update 20.9.11: Heikki has left the band.)
Pena Tikanmäki came in on bass.
I'm making a new record..
(Update 08.7.12: ROH Band Mark II works)
(Update 30.3.14: The Old Union Band has been formed)
(Update 30.8.15) the newly named: Fridayband.
(Update 20.9.11: Heikki has left the band.)
Pena Tikanmäki came in on bass.
I'm making a new record (update: 15.11.2023
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6 feb. 2026

"We needed this helping hand"

Starlink catastrophe for Russia as Elon Musk recently shuts down access across front line in Ukraine.
A new so-caled white list from SpaceX is shutting off Russia's illicit access to Starlink's satellite internet across the front line.

But at shortly before 3:00 a.m. Kyiv time on Feb. 5, Elon Musk retweeted a new guide from Ukraine's Digital Transformation Ministry for registering a Starlink terminal within Ukraine.
more: The Kyiv Independent.
Three Ukrainian commanders, speaking to the Kyiv Independent on the condition of anonymity, reported intercepting messages from Russian forces complaining about Starlink terminals failing in large numbers.

16 okt. 2025

St. Petersburg singer Diana Loginova may be charged with defamation

St. Petersburg singer Diana Loginova may be charged with discrediting the army and other offenses. Street singer Naoko may face two administrative charges. 
Videos of her performances in the city center have gone viral on social media. Noize MC has been designated a foreign agent by the Russian Ministry of Justice. The footage shows Diana performing a song by the foreign agent Noize MC, which is banned from distribution. The crowd enthusiastically sings along.
Loginova and her fellow bandmates were filmed earlier this week performing Swan Lake Cooperative, a song by Russian rapper Noize MC. Video footage of their performance shows the crowd actively singing along with them.
Noize MC was labeled a foreign agent by the Russian government in November 2022, and lives in exile since the start of the full-scale war.
His song Swan Lake Cooperative was labeled extremist in the spring of 2025, with the St. Petersburg Prosecutor's Office claiming it poses a threat to children’s health.

Link.Stoptime  Telegram

6 mars 2025

Trump claims Politico is a “left wing rag"

In the USA, President Donald Trump spread once again unfounded claims, that the government had paid Politico and other news media outlets for positive coverage of Democrats. Records show agencies paid for subscriptions.
According to The New York Times President Trump amplified unfounded claims on Thursday that the government had been paying news media outlets to generate positive coverage of Democrats.
The conspiracy theories appear to have been generated by records showing payments for something much more innocuous: subscriptions.
Mr. Trump said on his Truth Social site that “billions of dollars” from U.S.A.I.D. and other agencies had improperly gone to the “fake news media.” He spread a claim that Politico, a “left wing rag,” had received $8 million, and questioned if The New York Times and other outlets had also received payments.
Add:
Polittico, 2017
« Trump's first visit to Soviet Moscow in 1987 looks, with hindsight, to be part of a pattern. The dossier by the former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele asserts that the Kremlin had been cultivating Trump for “at least five years” before his stunning victory in the 2016 US presidential election. This would take us back to around 2011 or 2012.

In fact, the Soviet Union was interested in him too, three decades earlier. The top level of the Soviet diplomatic service arranged his 1987 Moscow visit. With assistance from the KGB. It took place while Kryuchkov was seeking to improve the KGB's operational techniques in one particular and sensitive area. The spy chief wanted KGB staff abroad to recruit more Americans. »

Well!

21 jan. 2025

Social media giants serving totalitarianism?

On the social media platform Instagram, owned by Meta, you can currently not search for content with various words referring to US Democrats or the left.
Many tried to search for content with the hashtags #democrat #obama or #leftist, for example. 
No results were shown. 
Instead, Instagram said it had hidden the results because they may contain sensitive content.
The new US administration has immediately switched to undemocratic methods.

14 aug. 2024

Fact check: Trump made at least 20 false claims in his conversation

Many say this is meant to be funny
but sure it’s frightening.
According to CNN former President Donald Trump delivered his usual bombardment of false claims – at least 20 in all – during a Monday conversation with billionaire supporter Elon Musk, which aired on Musk’s social media platform, X.
Musk is pathetic running a club of liars.
Most of the falsehoods uttered by the Republican presidential nominee were claims that have been repeatedly debunked before, some of them for years. 
And yet he does it again.
They spanned a broad range of subjects, from immigration to the economy to foreign policy to Trump’s record in office to Vice President Kamala Harris, his Democratic opponent.

11 juli 2024

“undesirable organisation”

The decision, announced by Russia’s prosecutor-general’s office on Wednesday, bans the news site Moscow Times  from the country, threatens staff with up to six years in prison for working there, and criminalises posting its articles online.
- so Russia has declared the Moscow Times, one of the country’s oldest independent news sources, an “undesirable organisation”, a designation that makes having any links to it a criminal offence.

They have no concept of freedom of the press.
Prosecutors said the Moscow Times “aimed to discredit the senior leadership of the Russian Federation in foreign and domestic policy” and according to Financial Times  “systematically published inaccurate socially resonant information to discredit our country’s organs of state power” during Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. 
The reliable iformation is somehow "inaccurate".

3 maj 2023

The goal of the secret room

Here comes a Counter-Strike Online 2, one of the most popular video games in the world. Cause countless Russians are unaware of what is happening in Ukraine. But in this playing room, they are forced to see the truth with their own eyes.
Its basic idea is simple: Players are divided into teams of terrorists and counter terrorists. The counter terrorists must defuse bombs or save hostages, for example, while the terrorists try to prevent this.
Each round lasts two minutes, and then the players switch roles. After a few dozen rounds, the winner is declared.
The game is extremely popular in Russia, especially in St. Petersburg and Moscow. It is played by approximately four million Russians, mostly by young men.
Why? Read here.

1 dec. 2022

Elon Musk's management of Twitter must approve an "extensive independent audit" of the platform by next year

European Union warns Elon Musk that Twitter faces ban over content moderation - Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
EU industry chief Thierry Breton made the threat during a video meeting (30.11) with Musk on Wednesday.
Breton had previously urged Musk to comply with landmark EU rules against online hate speech and disinformation. The European Commission's justice chief Didier Reynders had also voiced similar comments.
Now The European Union has threatened Elon Musk's Twitter with a ban unless the billionaire abides by its strict rules on content moderation, setting up a regulatory battle over the future of the social media platform.
Breton told Musk he must adhere to a checklist of rules, including ditching like an arbitrary approach to reinstating banned users and agreeing to an "extensive independent audit" of the platform by next year, according to the report. the FT reported this by citing people with knowledge of the conversation.
Elon Musk's management of Twitter must be agreeing to an "extensive independent audit" of the platform by next year.
Good!


22 nov. 2022

It suffers chronically from bots, fake accounts and other problems

Former US president Donald Trump's once-blocked Twitter  - but account reappeared on Saturday after the platform's new CEO Elon Musk announced he was lifting the ban.

Musk started a Twitter poll on Saturday, asking his legion of 117 million followers if Trump should be reinstated on the platform. 
Soon Trump's suspended account was reinstated, complete with the 59,000 tweets - he made them during his time on the platform.
However, Donald Trump was less than keen earlier in the day and said he had no interest in returning to Twitter. 
According to Trump Twitter is suffering from bots, fake accounts and that the problems it faced were almost incredible.

23 aug. 2022

Our Prime Minister, I am speechless


"In my opinion that photo is not appropriate, I apologise for that, that photo shouldn't have been taken." 
PM Sanna Marin and Sabina Särkkä.

Here in Finland we have couple of videos of the Prime Minister dancing, singing and partying with various Finnish celebrities and public figures spread throughout social media. I see from this picture that soon they (guests in Prime Minister's official Kesäranta residence) will make love - maybe.
Speaking to reporters following a speech at the annual meeting in Helsinki of Finland's heads of missions abroad, Marin explained that she invited some friends over to Kesäranta after the Ruisrock music festival to "sauna, swim and spend time together."

For six out of nine days, PM has been found drinking.

Everything is not okay.



29 mars 2022

«слово, запрещенное в России» - «Спасибо, и до встречи!».

Роскомнадзор вынес редакции и учредителю «Новой газеты» второе письменное. Первое аналогичное предупреждение Роскомнадзор направил редакции 22 марта. Тогда тоже не сообщалось, какая публикация вызвала претензии:
Мы получили еще одно предупреждение Роскомнадзора.
После этого мы приостанавливаем выпуск газеты на сайте, в сетях и на бумаге — до окончания «специальной операции на территории Украины».
С уважением, редакция « Новой газеты»
После начала «спецоперации» в Украине Роскомнадзор запретил СМИ называть боевые действия войной, нападением или вторжением, а также ссылаться на другие источники, кроме официальных российских. Вскоре многие независимые и иностранные СМИ были заблокированы в России под предлогом распространения ложной информации о действиях российских военных.
 «слово, запрещенное в России» -> Война, в которой убивают женщин, детей и стариков, — это геноцид, военное преступление.

На сайте издания отмечается, что два предупреждения Роскомнадзора в год грозят отзывом лицензии СМИ.
В письме, разосланном «Новой» подписчикам, в частности говорится: 
«Другого выхода нет. Для нас, и, знаю, для вас — это страшное и тяжелое решение. Но надо сохранить нас друг для друга. Ваша поддержка важна как никогда. Без вас — не выживем. Спасибо, и до встречи!».
В начале марта в России вступил в силу закон, предусматривающий административную и уголовную ответственность за «дискредитацию» российских военных и распространение «фейков» об их действиях. Максимальное наказание по новым статьям — от штрафов до лишения свободы на срок до 15 лет.
4 марта «Новая газета», как ряд других СМИ, решила удалить материалы, связанные с войной в Украине, из-за принятия закона. На следующий день на сайте издания вышел репортаж Елены Костюченко из Одессы, где, в частности, вместо слова «война» используется фраза «слово, запрещенное в России».

7 mars 2022

More then important

Anonymous hackers did it - they hacked streaming services and TV news channels in Russia to broadcast footage of the country’s war with Ukraine amid a heavy clampdown on information by Vladimir Putin’s government, according to reports.
Early on Monday morgon they hacked Russian news channels like Russia 24, Channel One, and Moscow 24, including streaming sites, to show footage of Russia’s actions in Ukraine as the invasion entered the 12th day.

This was all announced on Twitter with video footage.
The footage showed a message at the end, stating that “ordinary Russians are against the war” and called for Russians to oppose the attack on Ukraine.
“The hacking collective #Anonymous hacked into the Russian streaming services Wink and Ivi (is like Netflix) and live TV channels Russia 24, Channel One, Moscow 24 to broadcast war footage from Ukraine today” 
A brave act, bold acting  ...

1 mars 2022

Fine, Peter, fine!

Go to Google Maps.  Go to Russia. Find a restaurant or business and write a review.   When you write the review explain what is happening in Ukraine, wrote Anonymous.

Where battles are fought take place target can also be noted. There can add more reviews of the situation. They are quite tough.
.

Something needs to be done.


27 feb. 2022

Google has banned RT’s mobile app from its app store, yes,

Фото: Катри Кирси - Финская радиовещательная корпорация
and Finland will close its airspace to Russian planes, joining a raft of other European countries.
Finland 
“is preparing to close its airspace to Russian air traffic,” 
So transport Minister Timo Harakka wrote on Twitter. Finland shares an 800-mile border with Russia.
Other countries including Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany and Poland have blocked airspace to Russian flights, provoking huge detours. On Saturday Lithuania said it will block Russian flights, cutting a quick route from Russia’s Kaliningrad enclave to Ukraine.
Russia has retaliated and banned multiple countries from its airspace in response to the sanctions.

Meanwhile, according to TheGuardian, The  Finland is also scheduled to approve the dispatch of a consignment of bullet-proof vests, helmets and a mobile hospital to Ukraine. It has previously approved the shipment of around 40 artillery guns to Ukraine.
Google has banned RT’s mobile app from its app store, wich is the Russian state-controlled international propaganda television network. Google did it on Saturday - and said it is pausing monetisation of Russian state-funded media and barring the outlets from running ads across its services.



17 jan. 2022

They are extreme wealth - but is the money really theirs? (no)

The big picture revealed by the Pandora papers is stark enough. 

Putin did not tame the oligarchs. Instead, according to Guardian, this leak indicates the existence of a new feudal system, where Putin's friends and KGB associates have been the principal beneficiaries. 

Some acquired huge paper fortunes of their own. The suspicion is this wealth is ultimately not theirs.
Are only journalists able to do so?
Basically, yes, they should increase the pressure on the Kreml.

6 jan. 2022

Кремлёвский мамковед

Нарративы о конфигурациях российской политики и бизнеса.
По всем вопросам: kremlin_mamkoved@protonmail.com



25 dec. 2021

OVD-Info supposedly ‘foreign agent’

According to Aljazeera one Russia communication watchdog Roskomnadzor media regulator takes action against ‘foreign agent’ OVD-Info as Kremlin crackdown on dissent rumbles on.
Now Russia blocks website of protest monitoring group OVD-Info.
OVD-Info – which has, for years, documented anti-Kremlin protests and provides legal support to victims of political persecution – said on Saturday that the Roskomnadzor media regulator had moved to restrict access to its site earlier this week.
The website currently shows a message saying access to it is restricted on the basis of a federal law on information, information technologies and data protection.
In September this year, Russia declared OVD-Info, which was founded during the first mass protests against President Vladimir Putin’s criminal governance in December 2011, a ‘foreign agent’  in a move critics say is designed to stifle dissent.

13 dec. 2021

A nordic welfare state's prime minister says ...

World's happiest people live in Finland.
Sure.

 

The world lies in a way.

According to The World Happiness Report, the ten happiest countries are:
Finland
Denmark
Switzerland
Iceland
Netherlands
Norway
Sweden
Luxembourg
New Zealand
Austria


Why Finns came top in the happiness ratings four times in a row.
The World Happiness Report uses data from interviews of more than 350,000 people in 95 countries, conducted by the polling company Gallup. The rankings are not based on factors like income or life expectancy, but on how people rate their own happiness on a 10-point scale.
“We believe that these subjective, or self-perceived evaluations are a more reliable way to tell how good life is,” 
says Shun Wang, professor of the KDI School of Public Policy and Management in South Korea and one of the authors of the report.

5 nov. 2021

A rendering 3D digital billboard

Designed by District, the elevated tank is actually a massive anamorphic illusion:
a Massive Wave Crashes in a Seoul Aquarium

The Part of the World’s Largest Anamorphic Illusion in the City of Seoul.

The digital media company created the public project utilizing the world’s largest advertising screen that spans 80.1 x 20.1 meters (via Design You Trust). As shown in the video, the deceptive aquarium looms over the outdoor area and splashes repeatedly into the sides. 
An enormous aquarium with perpetually crashing waves has popped up amidst an urban landscape in South Korea, wow, however don’t expect to hear the water sloshing around if you walk by.