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Philippe Veraart

@belsmo.bsky.social
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Belgian-Ing-Military, ResOffr Signal Corps, Spectrum Management Officer-Experience in Mil rail and Nuclear Power-Scuba Diver-Wannabe Sailor-Brompton rider-Anglophile-Fluent in Flemish (i.e. Dutch without the drunken Klingon ;-) ), French and English

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Republicans' fear of fake socialism in the United States is bringing about real fascism in the United States. Mainly because they are too ignorant to know the difference.
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Jocelyn Lambert Squires @jocelynsquires.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Antwerp Central 😍
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Philippe Veraart @belsmo.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Ik stelde mij al vragen bij faillissement van BELGAN, gezien duidelijke strategische waarde voor elektrificatie en dus groot potentieel: blijkt dat we ons nog eens beet hebben laten nemen als een bende amateurs... www.standaard.be/binnenland/t... Dit is een opportuniteit die niet meer terugkomt.
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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
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Philippe Veraart @belsmo.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
#Resilience : when you need telecom operators to add 5G masts so that 'modern' services are even possible or are entirely dependant on them, you have to wonder how prepared we are for when networks go down?? Backups?? (article in Dutch) www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
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Oplossing in zicht voor slechte GSM-ontvangst in Hageland, operatoren plaatsen 2 nieuwe masten in Kortenaken | VRT NWS Nieuws
In Hoeleden en Stok komen 2 nieuwe gsm-antennes. Dan zou de regio eindelijk een stabiele en goede gsm-verbinding krijgen. Nu is er nauwelijks verbinding, tot grote frustratie van veel smartphonegebrui...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Donald Trump has used up almost all of the United States’ long-range missiles to increase all of the United States’ gas prices. He’s smart that way.
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Molly White @molly.wiki · 27/07/2026
Click any node or connection in the Trump crypto empire map to open its panel and view explanatory annotations and citations. Toggle the income overlay to see financial-disclosure figures from the most recent filings. Search for entities, or filter by category. map.citationneeded.news
A screenshot of the map, with a side panel open showing Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust. Side panel contents: Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust Intermediary Entity When Walter Shaub, then Director of the Office of Government Ethics, called on President Trump to divest from the Trump Organization during his first term, Trump instead transferred his operating businesses to the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust. Many had urged him to use a blind trust. Critics argued the DJT Revocable Trust fell far short of that standard: Trump remained the sole beneficiary, his son controlled the assets, and Trump could revoke the arrangement at any time. Shaub later commented that the arrangement was “meaningless from a conflict of interest perspective” and that “setting up a trust to hold his operating businesses adds nothing to the equation. This is not a blind trust—it’s not even close.” Established 2014 Sources ↗ Stenglein, Christine, "OGE Director warns Trump’s business plan insufficient", The Brookings Institution, January 11, 2017 ↗ Craig, Susanne, and Eric Lipton, "Trust Records Show Trump Is Still Closely Tied to His Empire", The New York Times, February 3, 2017 ↗ Kravitz, Derek, and Al Shaw, "Trump Lawyer Confirms President Can Pull Money From His Businesses Whenever He Wants", ProPublica, April 4, 2017 ←controlled by Donald Trump Jr. According to a 2024 regulatory filing, Donald Trump Jr. "is the sole trustee and has sole voting and
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Erik Op de Beeck @erikopdebeeck.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
#BELUSA #Belgium
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Erik Op de Beeck @erikopdebeeck.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
#Marec #FIFA #Balorun #BELUSA #cecinestpasuncartonrouge
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Philippe Veraart @belsmo.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
My thought of the day: from being 2nd army in the world, to 2nd army in Ukraine...have Z forces now devolved to 2nd army in Russia???
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Stuart Thompson @drdsthompson.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
One hundred idiots make idiotic plans and carry them out. All but one justly fail. The hundredth idiot, whose plan succeeded through pure luck, is immediately convinced he’s a genius.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Jesus hates Donald Trump. Pass it along. Glory!
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Yes, I was suspended for the "serious" violation of making a joke.
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Peter Vogel @petervogel.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Morse Code "coin". Not particularly useful for learning but the "receive side" is interesting. See if you can figure it out.
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Philippe Veraart @belsmo.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
If you need to get up to speed quickly on how conflict in Iran is affecting us, you can't go very wrong with this witty explainer: www.youtube.com/shorts/ixY04.... My recent investment in additional PV capacity and system enhancement looks like a fortuitous move...
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#donaldtrump #oil #iran #crisis #middleeast #economy #shock
YouTube video by mrcodydahler
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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Hegseth's greatest achievement so far is that the men who planned the Bay of Pigs invasion now look like geniuses.
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Dr. Art Garfunky @chimpvsdog.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Not sure who said this, but 🎯
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LEastsound @leastsound.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
- Ted Littleford
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 31/12/2025
“The biggest disappointment of 2025 may well have been not what Trump did but how so many let it happen.” @sbg1.bsky.social reviews the year in politics. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/7co9Uv
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Matt Ashby @mattashby.com · 24/11/2025
I think London Underground might be trying to tell us something about the state of the world:
A poster inside a London Underground train showing an excerpt from the poem Epitaph on a Tyrant by WH Auden, with the text:

Perfection, of a kind, was what he was after, And the poetry he invented was easy to understand;
He knew human folly like the back of his hand, And was greatly interested in armies and fleets;
When he laughed, respectable senators burst with laughter, And when he cried the little children died in the streets.
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Charly Salonius-Pasternak @charlyjsp.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
As a reservist in a country allied with the United States (Finland), I have questions, based on this: 1) do I need to be concerned that US soldiers are unaware of "rules of war"? (incl UCMJ) 2) will they follow ROEs agreed to with Allies, or go with US ones (say in operations in Finland)?
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Sven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Tim Cook plans to step down as CEO of Apple next year. I wish Trump would do that. Of course, I’m comparing apples to oranges.
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Philippe Veraart @belsmo.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
@bartgonnissen.bsky.social - Something for you. Ay experience?
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Philippe Veraart @belsmo.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
To our American friends: are you aware of this?(Article in Dutch) www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/... Basically, it seems that plaques commemorating African Americans who fell in Europe in WW2 are being removed! This happening just before 11 Nov is extremely poignant.
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an illustration of a flower with barbed wire surrounding it
ALT: an illustration of a flower with barbed wire surrounding it
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Philippe Veraart @belsmo.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Some antidote to what's happening in the world...picture of #aurora-borealis I just took off the coast of Norway...
Aurora Borealis taken 13/09 off deck of ship off the coast of Norway, close to the Northern Cape.
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𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚝 @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
The National Guardners
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German Embassy London @uk.diplo.de · 22/08/2025
In the wake of emergencies and disasters, Germany can rely on over 80,000 volunteers to provide technical and humanitarian assistance. Turning 75 today, the THW's highly trained operatives help people in need in Germany and around the world in a wide range of emergency scenarios.
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Philippe Veraart @belsmo.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Although an 'electronic' signalman at heart, we don't forget our heritage and origins. Had the unique opportunity to visit this in March during a NATO meeting held in Paris and now in the news (article in French): www.rtbf.be/article/a-la... It would be a great loss to let this knowledge die out.
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À la rencontre des derniers pigeons militaires d'Europe - RTBF Actus
'Ce pigeon-ci, c'est le 193.529, un pigeon de 2017, le premier pigeon que j'ai badgé.' 'C'est un pigeon voyageur, un pigeon...
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Philippe Veraart @belsmo.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Just posting this here for no particular reason... That we are currently under a heatwave and have already broken 8 temperature records this year is purely coincidental. 🥵 edition.cnn.com/2025/07/01/c...
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Trump admin tries to kill the most indisputable evidence of human-caused climate change by shuttering observatory | CNN
The Mauna Loa laboratory in Hawaii has measured atmospheric carbon dioxide, which — along with other planet-warming pollution — has led directly to climate change, driving sea level rise, superchargin...
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🦋 Still Standing 🦋 @imstillstanding.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
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Philippe Veraart @belsmo.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Too good not to share ... was doing a search on public holidays in Austria (the country without kangaroos) and BING gave me this as result ...
Bing has problems with Austria-Australia
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Philippe Veraart @belsmo.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Something of interest for you @bartgonnissen.bsky.social ...
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Naida46 @naida46.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
🇺🇦 Ukrainian Balloons Enable Communication Relay Over 100 km Balloons manufactured by the Ukrainian company Aerobavovna enable communication relay and reconnaissance over distances of hundreds of kilometers militarnyi.com/en/news/ukra...
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Radio&Nukes @radioandnukes.com · 14/04/2025
If you shape the FFT right, it peaks the envelope — looks like art, sounds like noise. The poor satellite transponder won’t even know what hit it.😎
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Philippe Veraart @belsmo.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Just reposting this for no particular reason. Nudge nudge, wink wink 😜
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Philippe Veraart @belsmo.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
1930's calling ... they're reclaiming their definition of Entartete Kunst en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degener...
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Degenerate art - Wikipedia
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Philippe Veraart @belsmo.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Rather ironic ...
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Philippe Veraart @belsmo.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
In other news: Today Denis Van Weynbergh finished his Vendee around the world sailing race. Almost 118 days of pure perseverance and endurance, all alone and unassisted. Absolutely amazing achievement. Nail biting till the end. www.vendeeglobe.org/en/article/b...
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Belgian skipper Denis Van Weynbergh is back in Les Sables d’Olonne | Vendée Globe 2024
Belgian skipper Denis Van Weynbergh completes solo non stop round the world passage but finishes outside the 2024 Vendée Globe ranking. Denis Van Weynbergh, skipper of D’Ieteren Group, arrived in Les ...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Je vais faire une supposition audacieuse. Le « bouffon sous kétamine », peut-être?
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Philippe Veraart @belsmo.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Strong message from UKR ...
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Pat Fuller @bannerite.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Slava Ukraini
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Philippe Veraart @belsmo.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Haven't seen any comment on image Elon Musk uses for his X account: it's literally an image of a black hole! Basically, an object from which nothing can escape and destroys everything in its path ... is he trying to say something??
screenshot of Elon Musk's X account header using the image of a black hole and more specifically a Schwarzschild
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Philippe Veraart @belsmo.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Just putting this out ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuDx...
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Let's talk about Trump and European countries pulling their weight....
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Philippe Veraart @belsmo.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Jonathan Pie strikes again ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk0n... Just word of warning before blasting out sound: Audio NSFW
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The Art of The Deal
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
A dictatorship hosting another dictatorship to negotiate with an aspiring dictatorship about the future of a democracy that’s not represented.
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Jamie Schler @lifesafeast.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Julie Gray, wife of Holocaust survivor Gidon Lev, who joined Musk in his visit to Auschwitz speaks out. She says that Musk felt nothing during the tour & only "cared about how he looked." She shared this with me privately shortly after the tour, and I'm grateful she made her thoughts public.
I see people posting that Elon was at Auschwitz this time last year - therefore, his recent "gesture" is not antisemitic. I was there, too. Last year. With Elon. I am embarrassed that I have photos of this on my phone. My love, Gidon Lev, was the "special guest" of this photo-op event. We thought, at the time, that it would be good publicity. But I would not share the photo today. I chatted with Elon Musk. I spent hours with him and walked with him through Auschwitz. I stood with him, looking at the nauseating heaps of hair, luggage, and shoes flooded with violet light meant to preserve it.
Is Musk an antisemite? People, actually, it's worse - he doesn't care whatsoever. Elon, father of "little X" as he described his freezing cold son to me, literally does not care. He was unmoved by the experience. For Gidon, to be in the place where his father, Ernst, died on a death march - whether shot by the side of the road or having simply collapsed - was a huge deal. Elon did not care. He was about his press junket and his bodyguards. I was ten feet from him as he posed for the cameras of his entourage. He was utterly detached. He cared about how he looked. When he placed a wreath at Auschwitz and Gidon was overlooked, he walked away with the cameras whirring. This is Elon Musk. A sociopath, if ever there was one. To deduce, from this visit, that he is a friend of the Jews is desperately naive.
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Philippe Veraart @belsmo.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
As always Jonathan Pie points out a few hard truths in his "off-camera" comments ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3XO.... However had a good laugh with his line on the village people...
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Trump 2 .0: A New World Order
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Radio&Nukes @radioandnukes.com · 15/12/2024
🧵 Hello, I’m the Gibbsboro ARSR-4. I watch the skies over New Jersey, and I know when large UAS are operating in my airspace. Specs you should know:    •   Range: 250 nautical miles (463 km)    •   Frequency: L-band (1-2 GHz)    •   Purpose: Long-range airspace surveillance
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