Martin Johansson

antifa, 1930s style. I walked away from Omelas.

[Avi Avidan @avavidan]

Growing up in a Jewish household, I often found the relentless emphasis on documentation exhausting. Every life event births, brit milah, bar and bat mitzvahs, weddings, aliyot laTorah was recorded with meticulous care. Synagogue records, family trees, pinkasim (community ledgers), and endless discussions in the Talmud preserved not only laws but debates, minority opinions, and even rejected arguments. As a child, it felt redundant, almost obsessive. Why bother writing down every detail when life seemed secure and straightforward?

With time, I came to see this habit not as neurosis, but as the most sophisticated survival strategy a small, scattered people could devise in an infinite game where the rules are written by the powerful and the stakes are existence itself.

False narratives have always been the sharpest weapons aimed at Jewish survival. Accusations of deicide, blood libels, well-poisoning, dual loyalty, and modern distortions of history all share one trait: they rely on the absence of counter-evidence. When a people is exiled, dispersed, and repeatedly stripped of power, the easiest way to erase them is to erase their story. The sword of the accuser is the claim that “it never happened,” “they weren’t really there,” or “they don’t truly belong.” Jews don't have a PR problem, we never even had a say by pure numbers multiplied by endless bot farms theses days.

Jewish culture made an antidote: document everything. Record the chain of tradition, the presence in the land, the continuity of practice, the names and dates of ordinary lives lived in ordinary towns across centuries. The Talmud does not merely declare a law; it preserves the voices of those who disagreed, ensuring that no future generation can claim the tradition was fabricated or unanimous. Community records list every birth and circumcision, every marriage and burial, creating an unbreakable thread of lived experience. These are not mere administrative notes; they are acts of defiance against erasure.

Nothing our haters says can scratch that documented chain. No revisionist historian can convincingly argue that Jews appeared in Europe out of nowhere when pinkasim from the Middle Ages list families by name. No propagandist can deny an ancient connection to the Land of Israel when archaeological finds, Roman records, and uninterrupted liturgical longing corroborate the biblical and post-biblical presence. The words of hatred become hot air against the weight of parchment, stone, and memory.

Yet this obsessive documentation produced an unexpected and profound byproduct: it elevated truth itself to the highest pedestal. When a community spends millennia treating accuracy, evidence, and intellectual honesty as sacred obligations, truth ceases to be an abstract virtue and becomes the compass for navigation through the darkest nights. In exile, under persecution, during pogroms and expulsions, the commitment to truthful record-keeping preserved not only identity but sanity. In times of prosperity, it prevented complacency and self-deception.

This reverence for truth born of necessity became a moral force greater than survival alone.
It shaped a culture that argues fiercely yet fairly, that values the dissenting voice, that demands sources and evidence. In the brightest days, it drives excellence in scholarship, science, law, and ethics. In the darkest, it offers orientation when all other landmarks have been destroyed and the world gone mad.

What began as a defensive strategy against erasure transformed into an offensive commitment to clarity in a world vulnerable to falsehood.
We outlived empires and ideologies not because we were stronger in arms, but because we refused to let lies stand unchallenged and made truth itself the object most regarded and appreciated above all else, there is no option to lie to ourselves.

Our enemies have to deal with the truth and they can't change that because our documents predates their existence.

Am Israel Chai MF's.
🇮🇱

[Martin Johansson @gridwarper]

@AminSharaf @Ofer_binshtok Source: SIDA https://t.co/Odgocv5vpG

[Martin Johansson @gridwarper]

@AminSharaf @Ofer_binshtok Swedish aid to…

Palestine: 1.155.031.855 SEK (~$122m)

Israel: 0 SEK ($0)

[Martin Johansson @gridwarper]

@Ofer_binshtok @BavelTalmudBee No need to buy jets from Temu. You can always buy the Swedish JAS 39 Gripen!

[Ambassador Yechiel (Michael) Leiter @yechielleiter]

Here’s your reminder of how Hezbollah is “upholding the ceasefire” in the last couple of days:

💥 June 17th:
10:15 - 1 IED
10:57 - 2 Explosive UAVs
12:35 - 9 Rockets
12:37 - 2 Rockets
12:51 - 1 Missile
12:56 - 2 Rockets
13:04 - 6 Rockets
16:53 - 2 Rockets
17:31 - 3 Rockets
17:38 - 1 Rocket
18:24 - 2 Rockets
18:39 - 5 Rockets
18:50 - 5 Rockets
18:54 - 2 Rockets
19:12 - 5 Rockets
19:21 - 4 Rockets
19:37 - 3 Rockets
19:46 - 6 Rockets
20:56 - 6 Rockets

💥 June 18th:
01:00 - 5 terrorists approached forward defense line
06:57 - 1 Explosive UAV
07:28 - 1 Explosive UAV
08:16 - 2 Explosive UAVs
08:23 - 1 Explosive UAV
08:51 - IED explosion

[Mia Talias @miatalias]

I think this is your proof they can literally say anything and it goes

[Melanie Phillips @MelanieLatest]

Last night, Iran’s proxy army Hezbollah killed four Israeli soldiers in Lebanon. Hezbollah has repeatedly breached the ceasefire in the last few days including at least one attack on northern Israel.
The Iranian regime has now refused to attend today’s MOU signing because Israel is fighting Hezbollah. It’s unconscionable that the US, dancing to Tehran’s genocidal tune, has already tied Israeli hands in Lebanon and is now pressuring it to withdraw and thus abandon the defence of its people under exterminatory attack --to prop up a deal from whose negotiations Israel was excluded.
It’s despicable that parts of the western media are downplaying or failing altogether to report the Hezbollah attacks and are wickedly presenting Israel’s response as aggression and ceasefire breaches. As they do all the time. @WhiteHouse @realDonaldTrump
https://t.co/80VzEeLHdw

[Mossad Commentary @MOSSADil]

The sequence of events overnight is important:

Hezbollah violated the ceasefire and struck an Israeli tank, killing four Israeli soldiers.

Israel responded with extensive IDF strikes against Hezbollah targets and infrastructure in southern Lebanon.

Then Iran canceled its planned trip to Switzerland, claiming Israel had violated the ceasefire.

Translation: Hezbollah attacks Israel. Israel responds. Iran uses Israel’s response as the excuse to delay diplomacy.

[Amit Segal @AmitSegal]

Four IDF soldiers, including Battalion 52 Cmdr. Lt. Col. Dor Ben Shamchon, were killed in a Hezbollah drone strike in southern Lebanon, violating the ceasefire. The IDF launched extensive retaliatory strikes, leading Iran to cancel their Switzerland trip in protest.

[Martin Johansson @gridwarper]

@anderslindberg Jasså? En annan sommar, rätt nyligen, ägnade media åt att hamra i oss att väder minsann inte är det samma som klimat. Men ni två kanske sov då.

[Martin Johansson @gridwarper]

@Dempaslotteborn @anderslindberg Ja, särskilt efter att medierna ägnade en annan sommar åt att hamra i oss att väder minsann inte är det samma som klimat.

[(((Tendar))) @Tendar]

The now famous explosion of the roof-tossing oil silo in Moscow, Russia, was probably caused by a Russian air defense missile.

Absolutely hilarious.

[Martin Johansson @gridwarper]

@00000sol0 @uraanivalkea @iltalehti_fi Would he say yes if it was him?

[Lin 🇫🇮 @Lfromthenorth]

A 17 year old girl, with 2‰ blood alcohol level, gets raped by 3 men outside of a hospital.

All charges dropped bc judge claims "if 3 men bring you to some brushes, it should be obvious what's about to happen", and the girl is ordered to pay 16 000 euros for legal costs.

This is the Finnish justice system. 😶

[Pete North @FUDdaily]

The Telegraph and Mail have run stories linking Restore Britain to "neo-Nazis". Rupert Lowe apparently does not care, while his activist base say its a baseless smear. What is not disputed is that a large contingent of the activist base are ethnonationalists, which is not all that controversial or surprising. As to neo-Nazis, that requires some clarification.

There is a cohort within the nationalist sphere, with whom I am reasonably familiar. These are individuals for whom Homeland was not purist enough, and their view is that nationalism must oppose "Zionism". They have gravitated to Restore Britain. These people are profoundly antisemitic.

Of course, there are degrees of antisemitism, but these are people whose entire worldview hinges on it. If a party is sympathetic towards Israel, it's a deal-breaker. They believe Reform UK is "cucked by Zionists" and "zogged". Whatever that means. It was a bone of contention for many that I was accepted into the Homeland Party because I have no problem with Jews or Israel.

As such, antisemitism is very much a cornerstone of their political philosophy, and it is a non-negotiable. Those calling for "total remigration" don't just mean Africans and South Asians. It also extends to British Jews with a long British lineage. Most would probably deport Jews first because Jews are blamed for everything form mass immigration to the English weather and the proliferation of Crocs sandals. If the latter could be proven, I might have joined them.

In fact, most of what they believe in some way involves the Jews. All the worlds ills are apparently caused by Zionism. They are completely insane, politically illiterate, and deeply unpleasant. It goes hand in hand with just about every other paranoid conspiracy theory - which is why you don't want them anywhere near your party if you have vague aspirations of getting elected. That would be my advice even if I did harbour animosity towards Jews and Israel.

The people, quite famously, cannot cooperate with anyone but each other, and even then, they fight like rats in a sack. Consequently, any political enterprise they start up has a lifecycle not exceeding two years. Consequently, they are political pikeys looking for land to squat on - and they consider Restore Britain to be vacant land, because nobody will drive them off it. Being that some of them have a large social media profile, Restore is not in a hurry to denounce them, and occasionally shows them a bit of ankle. It needs them. Or so they think. Essentially, there is an unwritten accommodation with these people.

As to whether the label "Neo-Nazi" fits, I suppose is a matter of debate, but it's in my view, it is in the right ballpark. "Neo-Nazi" is accessible shorthand. Their economic ideas, align with their theories about race mixing, puts them in that bracket. You might have noticed a certain dress code among some of them - ranging from Victorian gentleman to 1970s geography teacher. A few of them made an appearance at the Southampton riot, and it would appear they've been grooming Young Bob. He's certainly been drifting into their orbit.

When I first came into contact with this sort of politics, I thought it was largely peripheral, but soon came to learn that it is the majority view among most of the high profile ethnonationalists, and you some come to realise that behind the tongue-in-cheek humour, they mean every word of what they say.

Restore Britain has denied they have any formal role in the party, though some of them have been spotted in and around Makerfield, because Lowe is their most promising political opportunity in decades. Rupert Lowe's personal politics does not appear to be a deal breaker for them, because his closest advisers are now singing their tune - or at least throwing some tasty chum in the water.

If Restore was alert to who these people are, and their track record, they'd take steps to insulate themselves. If you sup with the devil, you must use a long spoon. But Lowe does not understand the landscape his party currently occupies, and when the usual suspects like HNH etc say his activists are far right neo-nazis, the reflex is to simply deny it and write if off as a smear. This is the smokescreen that Neo-Nazis (for want of a better term) will exploit.

In the end, these people will wreck Restore Britain, because they are wreckers by nature. However robustly right wing Restore is, it will never be enough. Lowe will have to confront this problem eventually, and the longer he leaves it, the more damaging it will be. If he doesn't then Restore's vibe will turn sour. Lowe's gentleman farmer image can only conceal so much. As much as anything, the behaviour of these individuals is achingly juvenile and thuggish, which will limit Restore's appeal.

None of what I've written here is a smear. It is all informed by experience and is true to the best of my knowledge. What you choose to do with that information is up to you. I don't care. I don't see a future for them anyway. They will drown in their own slop bucket.

[Richard North @ollieparrot]

https://t.co/Xe23G13Mak

[Martin Johansson @gridwarper]

@hanifbali Stort grattis till er alla!!!

[Jay in Kyiv @JayinKyiv]

More stunning scenes from Moscow, with 3 angles from one of the lids of an oil storage tank going airborne.

[Dirk Varkenshuid @kosherronin]

Six days ago, an explosion ripped through a building in Amsterdam, wounding seven people. It seems likely that a Moroccan gang was preparing explosives for blowing up ATMs, and police have made several arrests since. One of the criminals now misses an arm and a leg.

Moroccans and other Muslims have gradually colonized most of the criminal underworld in the Netherlands, and they're much more ruthless than their Dutch predecessors. The violence potential of these networks de facto turns them into a shadow-state, and I fear the authorities gravely underestimate this danger, especially when it comes to protecting Jews.

For example, in March, a bunch of Tehran's rentboys targeted Jewish institutions with low-grade explosives, basically fireworks, but imagine the mad Mullahs hiring scum like this? 😳

[Martin Johansson @gridwarper]

@MaxJerneck Den gamla alkoholiserade PLO-terroristen har noll tyngd i frågan. Lite som att lyssna på David Duke huruvida NMR är nazister eller inte.