Bartelds
@bartelds.bsky.social
Formerly with Dutch military intelligence (MoD) and counter-terrorism (MoJ)
Former optimist
Antifa
𝑺𝒍𝒂𝒗𝒂 𝑼𝒌𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊!
(Opinions are mine, etc.)
Former optimist
Antifa
𝑺𝒍𝒂𝒗𝒂 𝑼𝒌𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊!
(Opinions are mine, etc.)
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‘Paracelsus, a vicious critic of Galenic doctors (“a misbegotten crew of approved asses”), transformed the field of alchemy by instructing his peers to make medicines, not gold.’
Nick Richardson on alchemy.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Nick Richardson on alchemy.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Nick Richardson · Puffing on the Coals: Alchemical Art
Chemical reactions reflect human dramas, which reflect celestial movements, which reflect the mind of the divine. The...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
‘Paracelsus, a vicious critic of Galenic doctors (“a misbegotten crew of approved asses”), transformed the field of alchemy by instructing his peers to make medicines, not gold.’
Nick Richardson on alchemy.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Nick Richardson on alchemy.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Decoding a new Dutch military patch. NSATU = NATO Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine. AMDTF = Air & Missile Defence Taskforce. You also see small Dutch, Ukrainian and Polish flags. Plus PATRIOT and NASAMS launchers and a radar. The Dutch are defending Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport until June.
December 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Decoding a new Dutch military patch. NSATU = NATO Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine. AMDTF = Air & Missile Defence Taskforce. You also see small Dutch, Ukrainian and Polish flags. Plus PATRIOT and NASAMS launchers and a radar. The Dutch are defending Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport until June.
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What would happen if China initiated a blockade of Taiwan in the coming years?
To understand the military challenges in countering a blockade, CSIS ran 26 wargames using a wide variety of scenarios: www.csis.org/analysis/lig...
To understand the military challenges in countering a blockade, CSIS ran 26 wargames using a wide variety of scenarios: www.csis.org/analysis/lig...
December 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
What would happen if China initiated a blockade of Taiwan in the coming years?
To understand the military challenges in countering a blockade, CSIS ran 26 wargames using a wide variety of scenarios: www.csis.org/analysis/lig...
To understand the military challenges in countering a blockade, CSIS ran 26 wargames using a wide variety of scenarios: www.csis.org/analysis/lig...
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Eight others in Kharkiv are known to be injured, including a 9 month old baby girl. The oldest of those injured is 73.
They're among the 3 in hospital, one is seriously wounded.
Buildings nearby also suffered considerable damage.
#RussiaIsATerroristState
Eight others in Kharkiv are known to be injured, including a 9 month old baby girl. The oldest of those injured is 73.
They're among the 3 in hospital, one is seriously wounded.
Buildings nearby also suffered considerable damage.
#RussiaIsATerroristState
December 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Eight others in Kharkiv are known to be injured, including a 9 month old baby girl. The oldest of those injured is 73.
They're among the 3 in hospital, one is seriously wounded.
Buildings nearby also suffered considerable damage.
#RussiaIsATerroristState
Eight others in Kharkiv are known to be injured, including a 9 month old baby girl. The oldest of those injured is 73.
They're among the 3 in hospital, one is seriously wounded.
Buildings nearby also suffered considerable damage.
#RussiaIsATerroristState
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Back to Kharkiv where a second person has died after Russia's bombing of the city.
One aerial bomb landed on the Klochkivska highway in the city, two others hit on the edge of the Kharkiv.
The two who died are men aged 40 and 55, one crushed in his car on the main road.
Back to Kharkiv where a second person has died after Russia's bombing of the city.
One aerial bomb landed on the Klochkivska highway in the city, two others hit on the edge of the Kharkiv.
The two who died are men aged 40 and 55, one crushed in his car on the main road.
December 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Back to Kharkiv where a second person has died after Russia's bombing of the city.
One aerial bomb landed on the Klochkivska highway in the city, two others hit on the edge of the Kharkiv.
The two who died are men aged 40 and 55, one crushed in his car on the main road.
Back to Kharkiv where a second person has died after Russia's bombing of the city.
One aerial bomb landed on the Klochkivska highway in the city, two others hit on the edge of the Kharkiv.
The two who died are men aged 40 and 55, one crushed in his car on the main road.
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Ansar al-Sunnah bekennt sich zu dem Terroranschlag auf die Moschee in Homs, bei dem zwölf Menschen getötet und 30 weitere verletzt wurden.
Ansar al-Sunnah ist eine Untergruppe von al-Jolanis HTS, die sich einvernehmlich getrennt hat, um ihr Ziel weiter zu verfolgen ein syrisches Kalifat zu errichten
Ansar al-Sunnah ist eine Untergruppe von al-Jolanis HTS, die sich einvernehmlich getrennt hat, um ihr Ziel weiter zu verfolgen ein syrisches Kalifat zu errichten
December 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Ansar al-Sunnah bekennt sich zu dem Terroranschlag auf die Moschee in Homs, bei dem zwölf Menschen getötet und 30 weitere verletzt wurden.
Ansar al-Sunnah ist eine Untergruppe von al-Jolanis HTS, die sich einvernehmlich getrennt hat, um ihr Ziel weiter zu verfolgen ein syrisches Kalifat zu errichten
Ansar al-Sunnah ist eine Untergruppe von al-Jolanis HTS, die sich einvernehmlich getrennt hat, um ihr Ziel weiter zu verfolgen ein syrisches Kalifat zu errichten
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#USArmy US Army contracted CL650 ARTEMIS BRIO ISR aircraft seen on the flight radar having departing from constanta romania, aircraft circling / completing laps around kaliningrad russia - over the baltic sea and passing through the suwałki gap. #BRIO66 #A0EC98 #Kaliningrad
December 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
#USArmy US Army contracted CL650 ARTEMIS BRIO ISR aircraft seen on the flight radar having departing from constanta romania, aircraft circling / completing laps around kaliningrad russia - over the baltic sea and passing through the suwałki gap. #BRIO66 #A0EC98 #Kaliningrad
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Russia struck Kharkiv with guided aerial bombs. The hit landed on one of the city’s busiest roads, setting multiple cars on fire. The mayor confirms fatalities and wounded, with numbers still being clarified.
December 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Russia struck Kharkiv with guided aerial bombs. The hit landed on one of the city’s busiest roads, setting multiple cars on fire. The mayor confirms fatalities and wounded, with numbers still being clarified.
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At least 1 person has been confirmed killed. Among the injured in Kharkiv is a 9‑month‑old girl‼️In total, 3 people are reported wounded so far.
Doctors are providing all necessary medical care.
Doctors are providing all necessary medical care.
Russia struck one of Kharkiv’s busiest roads — several cars are burning, says the mayor‼️
Windows in nearby buildings have been shattered. People were inside the cars that caught fire. The number of wounded and dead is being clarified.
Windows in nearby buildings have been shattered. People were inside the cars that caught fire. The number of wounded and dead is being clarified.
Explosions in Kharkiv ‼️ the city is under russian glide bomb attack right now ‼️
December 26, 2025 at 2:35 PM
At least 1 person has been confirmed killed. Among the injured in Kharkiv is a 9‑month‑old girl‼️In total, 3 people are reported wounded so far.
Doctors are providing all necessary medical care.
Doctors are providing all necessary medical care.
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Russia struck one of Kharkiv’s busiest roads — several cars are burning, says the mayor‼️
Windows in nearby buildings have been shattered. People were inside the cars that caught fire. The number of wounded and dead is being clarified.
Windows in nearby buildings have been shattered. People were inside the cars that caught fire. The number of wounded and dead is being clarified.
Explosions in Kharkiv ‼️ the city is under russian glide bomb attack right now ‼️
December 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Russia struck one of Kharkiv’s busiest roads — several cars are burning, says the mayor‼️
Windows in nearby buildings have been shattered. People were inside the cars that caught fire. The number of wounded and dead is being clarified.
Windows in nearby buildings have been shattered. People were inside the cars that caught fire. The number of wounded and dead is being clarified.
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Russia has expanded the 336th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade, based in Baltiysk, Kaliningrad region, between Poland and Lithuania, into a division
militarnyi.com/en/news/russ...
militarnyi.com/en/news/russ...
Russia Expands Kaliningrad-Based 336th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade into a Division - Militarnyi
Russia has expanded the 336th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade, based in Baltiysk, Kaliningrad region, between Poland and Lithuania, into a division
militarnyi.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Russia has expanded the 336th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade, based in Baltiysk, Kaliningrad region, between Poland and Lithuania, into a division
militarnyi.com/en/news/russ...
militarnyi.com/en/news/russ...
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India has begun a major effort to build roads, tunnels, and airstrips in the Himalayas as it prepares for a possible future conflict with China
militarnyi.com/en/news/indi...
militarnyi.com/en/news/indi...
India Builds Himalayan Infrastructure Amid Potential Conflict With China - Militarnyi
India has begun a major effort to build roads, tunnels, and airstrips in the Himalayas as it prepares for a possible future conflict with China
militarnyi.com
December 26, 2025 at 10:32 AM
India has begun a major effort to build roads, tunnels, and airstrips in the Himalayas as it prepares for a possible future conflict with China
militarnyi.com/en/news/indi...
militarnyi.com/en/news/indi...
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The counterintelligence of the Security Service of Ukraine prevented a contract killing of an officer of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine
militarnyi.com/en/news/ssu-...
militarnyi.com/en/news/ssu-...
SSU Detains FSB Hitman in Kyiv Who Planned Assassination of Defense Intelligence Officer - Militarnyi
The counterintelligence of the Security Service of Ukraine prevented a contract killing of an officer of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine
militarnyi.com
December 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
The counterintelligence of the Security Service of Ukraine prevented a contract killing of an officer of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine
militarnyi.com/en/news/ssu-...
militarnyi.com/en/news/ssu-...
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Kharkiv Mayor Terekhov: guided aerial bombs habe struck the suburbs as well as the city itself. The alert goes on.
Also Terekhov: there are injured people and a fire broke out.
Also Terekhov: there are injured people and a fire broke out.
December 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Kharkiv Mayor Terekhov: guided aerial bombs habe struck the suburbs as well as the city itself. The alert goes on.
Also Terekhov: there are injured people and a fire broke out.
Also Terekhov: there are injured people and a fire broke out.
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'Romania scrambled two F-16 fighter jets overnight on December 26 following a new attack by Russian drones on Ukrainian ports in the Odesa region.' www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/4...
Romania scrambles F-16 jets amid Russian attack on Ukraine’s Odesa region
Romania scrambled two F-16 fighter jets overnight on December 26 following a new attack by Russian drones on Ukrainian ports in the Odesa region. — Ukrinform.
www.ukrinform.net
December 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
'Romania scrambled two F-16 fighter jets overnight on December 26 following a new attack by Russian drones on Ukrainian ports in the Odesa region.' www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/4...
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The number of casualties from the Christmas Day strike on a block of flats in Chernihiv has risen.
The local council says 10 are now known to be injured, three of whom are children.
An 80-year-old woman died yesterday in Russia's strike.
The local council says 10 are now known to be injured, three of whom are children.
An 80-year-old woman died yesterday in Russia's strike.
December 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The number of casualties from the Christmas Day strike on a block of flats in Chernihiv has risen.
The local council says 10 are now known to be injured, three of whom are children.
An 80-year-old woman died yesterday in Russia's strike.
The local council says 10 are now known to be injured, three of whom are children.
An 80-year-old woman died yesterday in Russia's strike.
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There are credible reports now that Russia has effectively captured Hulyaipole, Zaporizhzhia region.
Ukraine will deny & say it still has troops fighting there: true, but it's effectively lost the centre.
No comment from Kyiv but military change has to be made.
Disastrous!
bsky.app/profile/twmc...
Ukraine will deny & say it still has troops fighting there: true, but it's effectively lost the centre.
No comment from Kyiv but military change has to be made.
Disastrous!
bsky.app/profile/twmc...
Near catastrophic news for Ukraine from Hulyaipole.
Russia has been advancing steadily in Zaporizhzhia and invaders have been seen in the centre of town.
But the far worse news is that Russia captured a battalion HQ of the 106 Brigade and no-one destroyed any security equipment before fleeing.
Russia has been advancing steadily in Zaporizhzhia and invaders have been seen in the centre of town.
But the far worse news is that Russia captured a battalion HQ of the 106 Brigade and no-one destroyed any security equipment before fleeing.
December 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
There are credible reports now that Russia has effectively captured Hulyaipole, Zaporizhzhia region.
Ukraine will deny & say it still has troops fighting there: true, but it's effectively lost the centre.
No comment from Kyiv but military change has to be made.
Disastrous!
bsky.app/profile/twmc...
Ukraine will deny & say it still has troops fighting there: true, but it's effectively lost the centre.
No comment from Kyiv but military change has to be made.
Disastrous!
bsky.app/profile/twmc...
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🇲🇩 Russian drone over Moldova, - monitoring channels
December 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
🇲🇩 Russian drone over Moldova, - monitoring channels
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Worth noting that Nigeria makes a point in its statement to debunk Trump’s comments that this violence is specifically directed at Christians, acknowledging that it impacts everyone.
December 26, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Worth noting that Nigeria makes a point in its statement to debunk Trump’s comments that this violence is specifically directed at Christians, acknowledging that it impacts everyone.
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It's weird too. Both of them would be better off with a stronger Europe
Trump and Putin share a craving for status. That’s why they both want to destroy Europe | Henry Farrell and Sergey Radchenko
Trump and Putin share a craving for status. That’s why they both want to destroy Europe | Henry Farrell and Sergey Radchenko
Liberal democracies view Putin’s Russia as a bully – and Trump’s US as an angry drunk with a bazooka. The response is pure venom, say Henry Farrell and Sergey Radchenko of Johns Hopkins
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
It's weird too. Both of them would be better off with a stronger Europe
𝐴 𝑓𝑎𝑠𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑙𝑒
‘Editors silently rewrote passages that seemed tawdry, or just left them out; it was routine to excise Pepys’s sexual escapades while preserving his wife’s rages, which just made her seem unhinged.’
@deborahfriedell.bsky.social on Samuel Pepys’s diary.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@deborahfriedell.bsky.social on Samuel Pepys’s diary.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Deborah Friedell · Lifted Up: Pepys Deciphered
Pepys was a meticulous – some might say compulsive – record-keeper. Into his diary’s pages went social debts (who...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
𝐴 𝑓𝑎𝑠𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑙𝑒
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One eyewitness took video of the area sealed off by police, following the explosions near Russia's 80th brigade base in Ussuriysk. That's in the very far-east region of Primorskiy Krai.
One eyewitness took video of the area sealed off by police, following the explosions near Russia's 80th brigade base in Ussuriysk. That's in the very far-east region of Primorskiy Krai.
December 26, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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One eyewitness took video of the area sealed off by police, following the explosions near Russia's 80th brigade base in Ussuriysk. That's in the very far-east region of Primorskiy Krai.
One eyewitness took video of the area sealed off by police, following the explosions near Russia's 80th brigade base in Ussuriysk. That's in the very far-east region of Primorskiy Krai.
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There are rumours Ukraine may be responsible for Christmas Eve explosions at a Russian military unit known for its war crimes.
Officials pretend "welding equipment ignited" in Ussuriysk, which is just 30 miles from China and 140 from NKorea, and home to Russian's notorious 80th Brigade.
There are rumours Ukraine may be responsible for Christmas Eve explosions at a Russian military unit known for its war crimes.
Officials pretend "welding equipment ignited" in Ussuriysk, which is just 30 miles from China and 140 from NKorea, and home to Russian's notorious 80th Brigade.
December 26, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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There are rumours Ukraine may be responsible for Christmas Eve explosions at a Russian military unit known for its war crimes.
Officials pretend "welding equipment ignited" in Ussuriysk, which is just 30 miles from China and 140 from NKorea, and home to Russian's notorious 80th Brigade.
There are rumours Ukraine may be responsible for Christmas Eve explosions at a Russian military unit known for its war crimes.
Officials pretend "welding equipment ignited" in Ussuriysk, which is just 30 miles from China and 140 from NKorea, and home to Russian's notorious 80th Brigade.
Ik ben dringend op zoek naar een huurhuis in de stad / gemeente Groningen, waar ik met mijn zoons (14 en 12) kan wonen, dus met drie slaapkamers. De verhalen kloppen: Er zijn bitter weinig woningen beschikbaar, dus daarom ook dit bericht.
Iedere tip (of huurbaas die die leest🙂) is meer dan welkom!
Iedere tip (of huurbaas die die leest🙂) is meer dan welkom!
December 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM