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Ghosts, Trolls and the Hidden People: An Anthology of Icelandic Folk Legends by Dagrún Ósk Jónsdóttir (Editor) This unique and enchanting book opens the door to a captivating world of Icelandic folk legends. The six chapters are each based on a different setting: farm, wilderness, darkness, church, ocean and shore. The anthology provides translated tales from the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as introductions by the author which place these often-supernatural happenings in the context of Icelandic society. The legends include tales of hidden people, trolls, ghosts, sea monsters and even polar bears, exploring themes of love, revenge and conflict. The book highlights the tension between Christianity and heathen beliefs, past and present, nature and humanity, and divides within society. Drawing from a wide variety of Icelandic sources, this book makes these colourful, entertaining, lively stories available to non-Icelandic speakers, many for the first time.

The author wrote that in recent days, many trolls appeared who wanted to impose a mandatory obligation for children to be vaccinated against HPV. He claimed that Poland intends to implement such a mandate as one of the first countries in the world, and the dispute was not about the effectiveness of the vaccine. https://t.co/9GQWpDIGRj #szczepienia #HPV #Polska #PL (translated)

Agustín Antonetti stated that Simon Levy was a Mexican troll account that invented news and characters, and he criticized Argentine television for interviewing him as if he were close to Marco Rubio. He also maintained that nobody on television verified the information. #FakeNews #Medios #Periodismo (translated)

One thing the far right trolls are NOT mentioning about the @ilhanmn.bsky.social interview with @chrislhayes.bsky.social they're spooging about: She has to move bc THEY CAUSE so many death threats that the disclosure of where she lives puts her family at risk. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPGx...

At the meeting of the NU Healthcare Board on October 21, a report on a continued strong economy was approved, along with the decision to begin construction of a new ambulance station in Trollhättan, which is expected to improve accessibility and response times. #ambulansstation #Trollhättan (translated)

Thomas Leurs wrote that his account had been suspended for 12 hours. More than 100 Russian trolls under one of his comments had made him angry. Now he is back. He called for continuing to talk about Ukraine and not to forget the suffering of people in the war. https://t.co/V41LtMN5y2 #Ukraine #Krieg #Dissens (translated)

Viral Land reported that the Mexican streamer Maestro Shifu had trolled internet users by revealing, according to the publication, that the controversy over a rented Lamborghini was part of a social experiment. https://t.co/MHhsLlpbYB #MaestroShifu #streaming #redessociales (translated)

Jacek Nizinkiewicz wrote that during the debate on the PiS proposal for a vote of no confidence for Finance Minister Adam Domański, Donald Tusk announced that he would turn to President Karol Nawrocki to appoint Domański as Deputy Prime Minister. Nizinkiewicz considered this unsurprising, as the minister is a pillar of the government, while at the same time he assessed this announcement as exceptionally strong trolling of PiS. #Polityka #DonaldTusk #PiS (translated)

Lennart Wallger wrote that the Migration Agency, according to him, dismissed questions about the Left Party's member of parliament Mohamed Ali's Swedish citizenship. He questioned whether the processing was done correctly and claimed that Ali was initially denied citizenship due to debts, but was later granted it after being assigned a different caseworker. https://t.co/oywhDFxNL9 #Medborgarskap #Migrationsverket #Politik (translated)

Gabriel Lattanzio estimated that the sequence marked the definitive break between La France insoumise (LFI) and workers. He contrasted those who had lost their livelihoods and often suffered from violence with the speakers chosen by the movement: elected officials many of whom, according to him, had no other experience than politics, inexperienced students, internet users making comments he deemed absurd, and intellectual figures from LFI who, he wrote, defended violence and glorified Luigi Mangione. Lattanzio also criticized the campaign conducted before the sequence regarding high school students, which he described as a promotion of alternative lifestyles accompanied by tax benefits for friendship. He claimed that LFI was remote from the reality of the French people and even more so from that of workers, adding that striking was no longer central to its discourse, replaced by different forms of obstruction. According to him, the worker had become an image of "social tourism," embodied by academics in work overalls. #LFI #Travail #Politique (translated)

Michał Fiszer wrote that his income came from military pension, lectures, articles, and occasional assignments such as translations. He added that readers could also support him by buying him coffee. In response to questions about who pays him, he suggested that similar questions should be directed to those praising Russia, among other things, about how they exchange rubles or whether they receive payments in cryptocurrencies. Fiszer estimated that a significant portion of society is susceptible to manipulation. He wrote that about one third, and possibly more, believe in the theory of the Smolensk crash, and 10 percent believe in the existence of a Jewish world government with a secret bunker under Sworne Gacie. He also mentioned people who believe in the harmfulness of vaccines, a flat Earth, or chemtrails, as well as confusing agencies that arose in the Third Republic with institutions from the times of the People's Republic of Poland. He stated that as a lecturer, he is subject to lustration, and his declaration of not cooperating with the services of the People's Republic of Poland has never been questioned. He also wrote that the only party he belonged to was the UPR. Fiszer reiterated the call to rely on information from the president and his office, the prime minister and his office, the Ministry of National Defense, the National Security Bureau, the military, the General Staff, the commands of the armed forces, the police, border guards, and the fire service, as well as the Military Counterintelligence Service, the Internal Security Agency, and the Intelligence Agency in matters related to state security incidents. He also encouraged reliance on science, scientists from reputable universities, and scientific journals. He announced that he expects an attack from internet trolls, and then intends to write about the anti-aircraft guns ZU-23-2 used in Poland and their derivatives, including the Pilica system. In a note, he corrected that in his previous post he referred to a powered paraglider, not an unpowered paraglider. #Bezpieczeństwo #Dezinformacja #Nauka (translated)

Piotr Kusznieruk accused Professor Sadurski of condemning the journalist's vulgar comment more strongly than the convicted politician he defends received a five-year prison sentence for crimes involving corruption. He pointed out that the sentence is not legally binding, but in his view, that does not justify disregarding the findings of the first-instance court. Kusznieruk wrote that Sadurski has the right to criticize uncivil language, but he should also address the seriousness of the actions determined by the court. He added that Sadurski's membership in the Venice Commission remains significant when assessing his public statements, although he does not speak on behalf of that institution. He also criticized the closure of discussions under the pretext of fighting trolls, arguing that it is difficult to reconcile that with openness to arguments. #Polska #korupcja #debata (translated)