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Ja, als de Amerikanen dat willen kunnen ze alle .nl-domeinen inderdaad onbereikbaar maken. (Cc. @koppenverklapt.bsky.social)

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jiivee58.bsky.social @jiivee58.bsky.social · 18h

Ukraine was forced into a role it never wanted. Calling the country a "buffer zone" is cold geopolitics that strips away the human tragedy of the situation.The term feels wrong and callous, but in today's reality, it describes the situation with unfortunate accuracy. Arm Ukraine to win, not survive.

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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 19h

and our life's purpose is to keep Russia away from Europe. But it seems we were made into exactly that. So at the very least, arm your defenders instead of watching us die under Russian missiles on the roads and burn in our homes. A "buffer zone" stops being one once we are all dead...

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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 19h

"Ukraine is the most modern military force that we have in Europe today. It is a buffer zone and an impediment to potential Russian aggression." — Stubb I respect Stubb, but never did I imagine myself saying that I'm from a buffer zone for Europe, where we are not people, but a function,

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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 19h

That's what I'm talking about. Dave Grohl recognized Jack Smith as a hero. 🔥

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Tan G. @tangandhara.bsky.social · 13h

All 12 B-1s are back in the US, including some that just arrived in the past week as part of a normal rotation of forces, and this Fairford story gets weirder

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U.S. Rushes to Withdraw Bombers From U.K. Air Base After New Threats

The withdrawal came with unusual speed, following what U.S. officials said were threats of an Iran-based plot against the installation.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I've decided to compile a definitive thread of photos of the best trees I've photographed during my walks in the countryside, together with supporting biographical information. I will put the vital story associated with each tree in the alt text, since some of it is a little long to fit in a post.

A man I met high in the Peak District who, due to crimes he would not disclose to me, had been turned into two conjoined Sycamore trees by a coven of witches and condemned to spend eternity waving his useless branch hands at the cold, cruel sky.

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Bastiaan Brak @bastiaanbrak.bsky.social · 16h

De vruchten van Schermolijfwilg (Elaeagnus umbellata), gezien ergens in de duinen bij Hoek van Holland #PlantsNotPolitics

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Bastiaan Brak @bastiaanbrak.bsky.social · 16h

Experiment: vanaf nu krijgen mijn posts over planten een specifieke hashtag #PlantsNotPolitics

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Luc Stultiens @lucstultiens.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Goed nieuws: onze motie is aangenomen om te onderzoeken hoeveel miljonairs in NL geen inkomstenbelasting betalen. In Frankrijk leidde dit onderzoek al tot een schokkend resultaat: meer dan 13 duizend miljonairs betalen in Frankrijk geen inkomstenbelasting!

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Joris Luyendijk @jorisluyendijk.bsky.social · 21h

Volle zaal vanochtend in De Balie met Vrienden van Oekraine! Net als Protect Ukraine en Hope4Ukraine haalt ook VVO steeds meer op. Nederland is gul. Volgende doel: € 1 miljoen voor generatoren & powerstations Deze winter wordt hel in Oekraine, wij slepen ze erdoorheen vvodiel.nl/onze-acties/...

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Savchenko Volodymyr @savchenkoua.bsky.social · 19h

For @theukrainianreview.bsky.social being at PACE this week was also an opportunity to continue our own advocacy through #NoPeaceWithoutJustice. Journalists held by Russia must be freed. Crimes against journalists must be investigated. And those responsible must be held accountable.

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Axel Wicke @elziax.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Graag zou @alainverheij.bsky.social, zo schrijft hij in @trouw.nl, Israëlzondag “onbekommerd blijven vieren, maar de regering van het land Israël gooit steeds meer roet in het eten.” Een verademing, deze klare taal voor een belangrijke zondag die idd (helaas) dringend een nieuwe naam nodig heeft.

Column in dagblad Trouw door theoloog Alain Verheij: “Bij 'Israëlzondag' denk ik
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Column in dagblad Trouw door theoloog Alain Verheij: “Bij 'Israëlzondag' denk ik
aan de oorlogsmisdaden”, deel 2.

Column in dagblad Trouw door theoloog Alain Verheij: “Bij 'Israëlzondag' denk ik
aan de oorlogsmisdaden”, deel 3.

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Bastiaan Brak @bastiaanbrak.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Slechte timing: het is vandaag ‘Israëlzondag’ en dan is er hier even geen ruimte voor

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Latvia is under heightened security as authorities warn Russia could intensify operations against the country. NATO has reinforced Latvian air defences with German Eurofighters and additional Italian and Turkish support, while security services warn of potential Russian interference.

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Ahmad Barclay @bothness.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A great opportunity for budding designers looking to harness their skills for social justice... Find out more and apply for the #VisualizingPalestine Design Fellowship here: visualizingpalestine.org/contact-us/?...

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Czech leaders are now openly preparing for the possibility of a Russian attack on NATO’s eastern flank. PM Andrej Babiš and President Petr Pavel discussed the scenario “very specifically” and confirmed Czechia would fulfil its Article 5 obligations if a Baltic state were attacked.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Francken also said Belgian authorities have “very strong indications” of Russian involvement in several sabotage incidents under investigation, including activity around sensitive sites.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Belgium Defence Minister Theo Francken warned Europe to prepare for a “dark winter” as Russian operations intensify. He said Russia is Belgium’s biggest security threat, warned of more hostile actions in the coming months and demanded faster expansion of European air defences and military readiness.

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Eastsplaining @eastsplaining.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

In Eastern Europe, we hate Russia because we understand them. If you don't speak Russian, you can still try to understand them watching Russian media with subtitles.

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Vatniksoep @vatniksoepnl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Het plan van Rusland.

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Dimko Zhluktenko @dim0kq.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

russians filming what is left of their Pantsir-S2 after a Ukrainian FP-2 hit it. Great view.

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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Ukraine rolls out sensor based razor fence to stop fibre-optic controlled drone attacks. The "Chaharnyk" system hears a tethered drone pass overhead and severs the cable that controls it. Its makers claim a 95% success rate on any drone that flies over www.newscientist.com/article/2591...

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Ukraine rolls out drone-stopping razor fence to thwart attacks | New Scientist

Most of the drones being used by Russia in the war with Ukraine are controlled by cables several tens of kilometres long. A new defensive tool cuts the cables to stop the drones

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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 03/10/2026

🔴 The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe voted unanimously to declare Russia’s State Duma illegitimate. The resolution urges restrictions on tourist visas for Russian citizens.

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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

NEW: Russian President Vladimir Putin advanced Russia’s ongoing cognitive warfare efforts to persuade the world that European leaders who respond to Russian threats and continued limited kinetic attacks in Europe are the actual aggressors. (1/7) Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar100226

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Kirsten Verdel @locuta.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

- Trump sluit tegenover TIME niet uit dat hij voor de tussentijdse verkiezingen de noodtoestand uitroept. Hij zegt dat hij die bevoegdheid nog niet heeft gebruikt, maar dat anderen vinden dat hij dat soms moet doen.

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Me trying to explain fascism to students: "A lot has to do with fear of supposedly stable gendered boundaries blurring, and how that maps onto racial and national hierarchies. But can I really say transphobia is the lodestone to fascism?" Aleksandr Dugin: "Ukrainians are collective transgenders."

"Ukrainians are ‘collective transgenders’ – Dugin
The country has bartered away its Russian identity for an “abstract and absurd alternative,” the political scientist has said
Ukrainians are ‘collective transgenders’ – Dugin
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Ukrainians have become “collective transgenders” in their desire to get closer to the West and cut ties with Moscow, Russian philosopher and political scientist Aleksandr Dugin has said."

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Nico Lange @nicolange.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Wenn man den russischen Krieg gegen die Ukraine durch Aussprechen des Worts "Frieden" beenden könnte oder durch selbstgerechtes Aufwerten der eigenen Person mit "die anderen sind Kriegstreiber, aber ich bin ein guter Mensch, denn ich bin für Frieden", wäre das Leben leichter.

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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 02/10/2026

We’ve got the inside story of how Trump’s displeasure with seeing homeless people in D.C. became the first domino in a series of actions that culminated in the administration’s stunning decision to weaken the rights of millions of disabled Americans to live in their homes and communities.

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How Trump’s homelessness crackdown became a sweeping retreat from disability rights

After issuing a memo making it easier to institutionalize homeless people, the Justice Department began abandoning cases protecting disabled people’s right to live in the community.

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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 02/10/2026

So this means that in the coming months, Europeans will have to pay higher energy bills so that Americans can pay lower energy bills - in order to bail Trump out in his looming midterm election walloping. Could there be any more apt summary of the relationship between 🇪🇺🇬🇧 and 🇺🇸?

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Oekraïne Vandaag @oekrainevandaag.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Thread 🧵👇

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Dimko Zhluktenko @dim0kq.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Day 1681. Today is Defenders' Day in Ukraine. The biggest duty there is: to defend. 🇺🇦

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Suzanne Kröger @suzannekroger.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Duizenden zieke kinderen uit Gaza staan op de wachtlijst. De meeste worden in buurlanden geholpen. Maar er zijn kinderen die zeer specialistische hulp nodig hebben. Landen om ons heen nemen kinderen op, maar Nederland heeft net de deur dicht gedaan. Meloni en De Wever wél maar Jetten niet!?!

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Doug Hammond @hammie777.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

As hard as it is to believe, that is the actual position of the so-called law and order party.

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Euan MacDonald @euanmacdonald.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A big bang here in western Kyiv shook the house slightly - monitors on Telegram say it was a shoot-down of a jet drone. Constant air alerts in the capital are extremely tiresome (we had four from 0000 to 07000 alone last night), but there are signs the shootdown ratio is rising.

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Bart Lucassen @bartlucas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Ergste vorm van lijden van een mens. Wanneer men verblind door het eigen verdriet, het leed van de ander niet kan zien of kan verdagen.

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Lotfi El Hamidi @lotfielhamidi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Godzijdank (nog) niet, nee, maar meer dan honderd schoolmeisjes bij één aanval gebaseerd op AI zou al beschouwd moeten worden als een ‘grootschalig incident’.

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Roman Sheremeta @rshereme.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Do you know what reason did the Soviet Russia give to attack Poland in 1939? The same reason they gave to invade Ukraine in 2022: “To protect russian minorities.” It is also the same reason that the Nazis gave to invade Poland and other countries.

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Reino Ruusu @rruusu.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Makers of the documentary NAZA and The Guardian pushed back against Israeli military attempts to discredit their film, revealing they interviewed over 100 sources including senior IDF commanders involved in strike authorisations, backed by leaked classified targeting documents.

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NAZA film-makers say they spoke to more than 100 sources about Israeli actions in Gaza

Team behind documentary push back against IDF attempt to discredit its exposure of military systems

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

this would be an incredible film if you started it with all the normal serial killer hunting tropes

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Fons Goudsmit @fogomet.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Het lastige is dat de minister met samenwerken iets heel anders bedoelt dan je zou denken. Niet op basis van gelijkwaardigheid maar “gewoon” toegeven. Pro moet niet zo flauw doen. Dat grenst aan dictatoriaal gedrag.

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Maria Popova @popovaprof.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Headline writers saying Putin "warned the West against escalation" should stop helping the russian dictator manipulate the narrative. He started the war. If he attacks more European countries, he'll be escalating. The West hasn't matched his escalation, let alone ever escalated.

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DogDadSean @mrseanroper.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I’m late to this one. Absolutely fascinating. And scary too.

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