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Gerard

@gerardvdw.bsky.social
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Living in South Africa, don't know what I really want to write about, so I read what others write. I post mostly in Dutch Uncondtional️‍ 🏳️‍⚧️ and 🏳️‍🌈ally. Unless you have my Dutch telephone number: DM=Block.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 1h
7 October 1911 | A Polish Jew, Majer Weinfeld, was born in Nowy Sącz. In #Auschwitz from 12 December 1941. No. 24360 He perished in the camp on 28 February 1942. --- Online lesson about Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A man with a shaved head wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a hat on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 3h
A new statue titled “The Orange Plague”, also known as “King of Injustice”, by Danish artist Jens Galschiøt has been unveiled inside the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, where it will remain through 8 October. Remember to stop by for a selfie if you have a chance. 😏📸
This sculpture is a satirical piece titled "[The Orange Plague] created by Danish artist Jens Galschiøt.

The Imagery: The 2.6-meter-tall, gold-plated bronze sculpture depicts a naked, oversized Donald Trump riding on the back of a smaller man. He is holding a golf club in one hand and a pair of scales in the other. 

The Meaning: According to Galschiøt, the piece is a satirical commentary on modern political power, climate policy, and the subversion of the rules-based international order. 

Recent Exhibition: In October 2026, the statue drew global headlines when it went on public display inside the European Parliament building in Strasbourg, France, organized by Danish MEP Per Clausen.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 2h
Camille Claudel (1864-1943), French sculptor who was known as 'Rodin's muse', but who many assert was a more accomplished talent, and who was committed to an asylum for 30 years despite her apparent sanity #womensart
Monochrome photograph featuring the head and shoulders of a white woman with a lace collar and wavy dark hair tied back
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Loretta Robinson @lorettarobinson.bsky.social · 2h
Good Morning! The weather in #Oregon has been amazing. I took this shot yesterday at #MultnomahFalls I missed #WaterfallWednesday but this might fit for #ColorADay #YellowThu Fall is beginning to show. #Photography #ECK #EatCoastKin #LongExposure
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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 2h
Did he last for 3 days 😏
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 13h
7 October 1941 | A French Jewish boy, Claude Vecksler, was born in Paris. He arrived at #Auschwitz on 25 September 1942 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from #Drancy. He was among 475 of them murdered in gas chambers after the selection. He was 11 months old.
Vintage black-and-white photo of a baby with a slightly open mouth, looking to the side.
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24Hours Ukraine @24hoursukraine.bsky.social · 18h
🚨🇺🇦President Zelenskyy: We’ve got updated intel on Russia’s preparations for a massive strike. I ask you, please, to take care of yourselves and respond to missile threat alerts.
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 18h
One thing I find endlessly funny about the rise of AI is that it has revealed that there is a large number of people who believe that the reason they wrote essays at school or university is their teachers were desperately waiting for them to provide a definite answer to “Lear: what’s up with him?”
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 17h
Three storms are churning simultaneously across the western Pacific, an unusual October clustering that's generating high waves around parts of Japan. 👉 ebx.sh/t70N55
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
6 October 1908 | A Pole, Juliusz Kolaczek, was born in Dziedzice. An engineer. In #Auschwitz from 29 May 1941. No. 16845 He perished in the camp on 8 November 1941. --- Online lesson "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_pol…
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A man with a shaved head wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a hat on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
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anjab.bsky.social @anjab.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Ready for take-off! Redwinged Starling #photography #birdphotography #goedemorgen #Francistown #Botswana
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Kane Korso @godevils2.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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CVJ @enuffsaysv.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Job creation numbers: "The blue columns point to Biden’s presidency, while the red columns point to Trump’s..." www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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VoteVets @votevets.org · 05/10/2026
When an Iranian drone struck Port Shuaiba, Kuwait, on March 1st, there were no sirens, no air defenses, and no plan to care for the wounded. Six American service members were killed that day, and the ones who survived are now speaking out. They all deserve better. apnews.com/article/iran...
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Exclusive: Soldiers and Gold Star families press Army leadership after deadly Iranian drone strike
U.S. troops wounded in a drone attack that killed six soldiers in Kuwait question Army leadership over safety and say the military medical system failed them.
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DrJHAmsterdam @drjohamsterdam.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Gluurders en voyeurs op extreem rechts. Inclusief VVD.
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Dany Neudt @danyneudt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Edouard Gérard. Daussoulx. Beroepsmilitiar. Gehuwd. Verzetsgroep Belgische Nationale Beweging, Tempo en Mill. Inlichtingen. Regioverantwoordelijke Namen. Arrestatie op 1 september 1943. Deportatie. Edouard sterft op 15 februari 1945 in concentratiekamp Gross-Rosen. 48 jaar. #heldenvanhetverzet
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randy39.bsky.social @randy39.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
💔🕯️💔🕯️💔
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
🎯🎯🎯🎯
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VivaHerAlliance @vivaheralliance.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Women’s empowerment grows when we share knowledge, build confidence, and open doors for one another. Every woman supported today strengthens what’s possible tomorrow 🦋💜 #ViVaHerAlliance #WomenLeading #GrowTogether #EmpowerWomen #Leadership #Community
Empowered Women
Create Change
SUPPORT • EDUCATE • ELEVATE
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Alanwino @alanwino.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This is horrifying and unconscionably cruel. Words fail me. What has the US become?
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Courtney McClain @mcclainforsc.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Today is the LAST day to register to vote online! This election, data centers, the price of gas is on the ballot, and grocery prices are on the ballot. Your vote will make a difference and create the change we need! Go to SCVOTES.GOV today and register to vote or check your voter registration.
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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.sheshed.rocks · 04/10/2026
Make it FABULOUS, Texas!! Register by tomorrow 10/5 and VOTE BLUE! 💙🗳️ #SheShed
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Patrick Réjaumont 🇫🇷🇪🇺🇺🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇬🇧 @patrej69.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
RIP Hero 😔🙏🏼
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A 10K contribution and a $900 million return. The scale of the graft in Homeland Security is a) off the charts and b) possible because no-one believes they will face any accountability
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minxyowlwriter.bsky.social @minxyowlwriter.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
weight-bearing “allegedly”
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Sarah O’Connell @sarahoconnellshow.com · 05/10/2026
Bluesky friends: I just crunched the numbers (I didn’t even know they were crunchy), and I’m now only 992,935 YouTube subscribers away from ONE MILLION! 😮🤯🥳 I’d absolutely love it if one of them was YOU! 🙏🏻💕
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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Full update video here: youtu.be/-jqTcQz2H2g
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The PLAGUE Has Returned to Russia?!?
YouTube video by Jake Broe
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Margarete Rosalind Weidenhammer @margareterosali.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#MybestCartoons😅 Here is a Feed of brilliant cartoonists ✍️ from net founds and otherwise just scroll through it and have fun 😅 Please do share and like this post♻️✅ bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Lotfi El Hamidi @lotfielhamidi.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Het is Dierendag en ik denk aan het vluchtelingenmeisje in Gaza dat met haar kat een veilig onderkomen zocht. Bless her soul.
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Dany Neudt @danyneudt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Maria Rosalia Stevens. Herent. Huisvrouw. Gehuwd. 3 kinderen. Lid Onafhankelijheidsfront. Wapenopslag. Arrestatie 3 maart 1944 Leuven. Opgesloten gevangenis Leuven. Deportatie Kamp Vught en concentratiekamp Belzig. Overlijdt er op 2 september 1944. 42 jaar #heldenvanhetverzet Bron:Patrick Michiels
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Sigrid @sigridschollen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Vlaanderen laat Brussel vallen … kom achteraf niet zagen over “verfransing”, het is schandalig, Nederlandstaligen in Brussel betekenen niks voor Vlaanderen. Het is walgelijke verrottingsstrategie.
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Haroon Ali @haroonali.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Maar liefst 57 mannelijke studenten waren lid van een chatgroep, waarin ze live konden meelezen hoe een gedrogeerd meisje werd verkracht. Niemand greep in. Lees mijn nieuwe column, over de 'Cornell 7' en alle mannen die dit wangedrag faciliteren: www.noordhollandsdagblad.nl/extra/opinie...
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Brechtje Paardekooper @brechtje.eurosky.social · 01/10/2026
Nou, dat vind ik #goednieuws! Dat iemand, misschien niet helemaal toevallig een vrouwelijke gynaecologisch oncoloog, zich heeft ingezet om een hersteloperatie te ontwikkelen voor de clitoris als die door kanker is aangetast. nos.nl/l/2633220
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Artsen Radboudumc ontwikkelen operatie om clitoris te herstellen na vulvakanker
Negentig procent van de patiënten kreeg weer een orgasme na clitorisreconstructie.
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Trouw @trouw.nl · 01/10/2026
‘Wij zien patiënten op de genderpoli voor onze ogen opknappen, beter worden’
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‘Wij zien patiënten op de genderpoli voor onze ogen opknappen, beter worden’
Trans jongeren kunnen sinds kort ook in Groningen terecht voor puberteitsremmers en hormonen. Critici twijfelen aan de wetenschappelijke basis van die behandeling, de zorgverleners zelf niet. ‘Maar ik begrijp wel dat dit veel losmaakt.’
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OccupyNederland @occupynederland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Utrecht: feministen confronteren aanhangers van de katholieke fascistensekte TFP (video) www.youtube.com/watch?v=41Ll... www.doorbraak.eu/utrecht-femi... #NieuwsElders #Fascisme #Fundamentalisme #Vrouwenstrijd
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Utrecht: feministen tegen katholieke fascisten van TFP
YouTube video by Doorbraak eu
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Mare @mareonline.nl · 01/10/2026
LEEST, VERSPREIDT EN HANDELT ANALOGE KAMERADEN. SAMEN ZULLEN WE DE ROBOTS VERSLAAN! www.mareonline.nl/opinie/mijn-...
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Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#nomore #metoo When you go into schools and university campuses, you quickly discover that sexual harassment is now so pervasive that girls simply factor it into their day Read more: trib.al/fr5LFhK
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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If you want to spend your time discussing the merits and disadvantages of Britain’s voting system, I would refer you to chapter 7 of my book. It’s called Duopoly. (The chapter, not the book.)
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Patrick Réjaumont 🇫🇷🇪🇺🇺🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇬🇧 @patrej69.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Bonjour
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Pissedoffpundit @pissedoffpundant.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯👏💯🤔...
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Bryan Dawson @bryandawsonusa.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is the video Fox News refused to air. They are complicit. Trump-enabling Republicans want to erase this from history. Continue to retweet and share the truth about January 6th. #NeverForget www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJp0...
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The January 6th video Fox News refused to air. Never forget.
YouTube video by BryanDawsonUSA
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I’m with Chelsea on this one. Old, white racist men are SO last season.🙄
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Ewindham3 @ewindham3.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
As of yesterday, Elon Musk’s America PAC is pumping dark money into #VA-02 to crush Elaine Luria She refuses to be bought by Arrogant Oligarchs Elaine is fighting like hell for regular folks to rip power away from the billionaire class and return it to you! 🗳️ Vote Blue #SheShed #DemsUnited
VA-02 Elaine Luria for Congress Elon’s PAC for Oligarchy
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Pretty clear to me there’s a very good case against this man for mass murder, and I’m saying that in as measured a fashion as I can. He’s order the killing of 234 people under no plausible war or legal justification. I am skeptical he will ever face legal accountability for til his but he should.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 01/10/2026
Nuts and bolts.
Laura Ingraham & @IngrahamAngle
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His own country is under massive economic strain, but he's a Nobel contender because he picked a fight with Trump. Astounding.
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Mark Carney built a global profile in 2026 by standing up to President Trump. If some prediction-market traders and admirers are right, the Canadian PM could end the year with the Nobel Peace Prize and Time magazine's Person of the Year....
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Ilyaz Nasrullah @ilyazn.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026
Dit is AI staat in de Bestseller 60! Echt heel tof!
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