Bert Huisman
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Bert Huisman
@berthuisman.bsky.social
Groninger in Friesland, technisch vertaler, nieuwsjunk, geopolitiek, geschiedenis, journalistiek, paardenboertje met leesverslaving maar waar haal ik de tijd vandaan?🇪🇺
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Als het Rob Jetten als premier écht menens is met het internationaal recht en de bescherming van mensenrechten, dan zou hij Francesca Albanese moeten uitnodigen voor een gesprek.
February 19, 2026 at 7:52 AM
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🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇸 Ben Hodges: The best way to protect Europe is to ensure Ukraine wins — by providing everything Ukraine needs. This prevents any NATO soldiers (German, British, Polish, etc.) from dying in future conflicts, as Ukraine is part of Europe.

@general-ben.bsky.social
February 19, 2026 at 11:15 AM
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❗️🗣️Ben Hodges: Nobody believes that Russia will be satisfied just to get that last bit of Donbas, then they'll be good. Russia won't honor any ceasefire. Ukrainians must decide their future.

I've listened to Lavrov, Putin, Medvedev — they haven't backed down on anything. Donbas is NOT their endgame.
February 19, 2026 at 11:15 AM
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EU demands Russia withdraw troops from Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Transnistria, pull nukes from Belarus, pay reparations, and hold free elections — all as conditions for a Ukraine deal.

"We pay back to Russian maximalist demands on Ukraine."

🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/19/e...
EU wants Russia to hold free elections and withdraw troops from Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Transnistria— as part of a Ukraine peace deal, leaked paper shows
The document, circulated by EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas among member states, also calls for nuclear weapons removal from Belarus, reparations, and free elections inside Russia.
euromaidanpress.com
February 19, 2026 at 11:08 AM
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No idea whether Andrew will end up in jail. But it's a cause for celebration that the law remains sovereign in Britain.
February 19, 2026 at 10:56 AM
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Canadians kind of hate America now. Our new poll shows just how much.
Canadians kind of hate America now. Our new poll shows just how much.
It’s not just about the trade war. Nearly half of America’s neighbors to the north now think the U.S. is a bigger threat to world peace than Russia.
dlvr.it
February 19, 2026 at 10:57 AM
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Jonge geitsjes
Jonge geitsjes
dlvr.it
February 19, 2026 at 10:57 AM
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Wie gaat de leningen in de wereld terugbetalen? Er worden massale investeringen gedaan, zeker nu met de AI-ontwikkelingen. Als het goed gaat betalen die zichzelf terug. Maar gaat het niet goed, dan is de kans groot dat ons spaargeld in gevaar komt, zegt onderzoeksjournalist Thomas Bollen.
February 19, 2026 at 10:32 AM
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The trouble is, in part, American and right-wing British media painting EU leaders as weak, indecisive, decadent, incompetent or stupid. For decades. Even Paul Krugman went along during the euro crisis.
No wonder some Americans (and Brexiteers before them) have come to believe the caricature.
The Trump administration, like the Kremlin, has a realist worldview, of a kind. For them, power is all that matters; if you have power, you can do what you want. But they also clearly think they can take Europe for granted because they're America.
February 18, 2026 at 1:17 PM
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Hoffentlich werden jetzt sehr viele Leute sehr nervös. Hoffentlich zu Recht. #PrinzAndrew
February 19, 2026 at 10:34 AM
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Gezamenlijke publicatie AIVD en MIVD: 'Hybride dreiging vanuit Rusland neemt toe' www.defensie.nl/actueel/nieu...
Hybride dreiging vanuit Rusland neemt toe
Naast de agressieoorlog in Oekraïne is een militaire escalatie tussen Rusland en het Westen voorstelbaar geworden. Ook maken de AIVD en MIVD zich zorgen over de toegenomen dreiging van Russische zogeh...
www.defensie.nl
February 19, 2026 at 10:33 AM
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Hungary halts diesel shipments to Ukraine until Russian oil flows resume through the Druzhba pipeline #Ukraine
Hungary halts diesel shipments to Ukraine until Russian oil flows resume through the Druzhba pipeline
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto announced on his Twitter (X) account that Hungary is suspending diesel fuel supplies to Ukraine. He said deliveries will not resume until Kyiv restores oil transit through the “Druzhba” pipeline. Szijjarto accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of refusing to restart the transit for political reasons, deliberately putting Hungary’s energy supply at risk. He also stressed that Budapest plays a key role in supporting Ukraine’s energy needs, noting that a significant share of Ukraine’s imports of gas, electricity and diesel flows through or from Hungary: “We cannot ensure another country’s energy security while our own supplies are under threat. Energy cooperation must be mutual and based on respect, not on pressure.” On January 27, Russia attacked the pipeline, halting the transit of Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia. Although technical work on the Ukrainian side was completed on February 6, Ukrtransnafta has not decided to resume pumping. The Hungarian side called this political sabotage and, in mid-February, asked Croatia to allow the transit of Russian oil via the Adria pipeline as an alternative route. (https://theins.ru/news/289416) Kyiv rejected accusations of deliberately blocking the transit. Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry pointed out that it was Russia that attacked the Druzhba pipeline and advised Hungary to turn to Moscow about restoring supplies. Earlier, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha criticized Hungary for remaining silent after the Russian strike on the pipeline. Hungary won an exemption from the European oil embargo on Russia in 2022, preserving its right to import Russian oil by pipeline, and has since increased Russian crude to roughly 90% of its imports. Slovakia, which has taken a similar stance, also depends on the southern branch of the Druzhba pipeline. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico backed Hungary, saying oil has become a tool of “political blackmail.”
www.uawire.org
February 19, 2026 at 10:15 AM
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The Kyiv Independent’s Martin Fornusek speaks with Bill Browder, investor and longtime sanctions advocate, about why Western sanctions have so far failed to change Russian President Vladimir Putin’s behavior.
Putin would starve Russians before ending war, Browder says
YouTube video by Kyiv Independent
www.youtube.com
February 18, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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Welke 3 Duitstalige klassiekers moet je echt lezen, juist nu? DIA-collega en germanist Trixie Hölsgens vertelt het je in onze jubileumreeks 30x3. Meer horen over Duitstalige klassiekers? Luister naar Trixies podcast 'Die Vorleser': duitslandinstituut.nl/podcast-die-... #boekentips #literatuur
February 18, 2026 at 3:23 PM
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Oh, how the tables have turned.

Ukrainian soldiers will be instructing NATO troops now.
February 18, 2026 at 2:47 PM
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Vanochtend kwamen vijf stratotankers aan. En op dit moment (plaatje 2) vertrekken er liefst zes tankers uit Amerika, ook richting Europa. Het arsenaal dat wordt ingevlogen is werkelijk enorm. Dit is niet voor even één klap, zoals een paar maanden terug. Dit is voor een potentieel langere strijd.
February 18, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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ITS NOT A YES OR NO QUESTION THATS THE WHOLE POINT OF STRATEGIC AMBIGUITY YOU DUMB FUCK
February 18, 2026 at 2:33 PM
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Stephen Colbert laid into executives at CBS and its parent company, rebuking them for their handling of his interview with a Texas Democrat.

“I’m just so surprised that this giant global corporation would not stand up to these bullies,” he said.
Stephen Colbert uses his show to roast CBS in feud over FCC rules
Colbert rebuked executives for their efforts to apply the FCC’s equal time rule on his late-night show. He was already due to leave the air in May.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 18, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Eens 👇
Als een tekst met 'ik' begint dan geeft dat een ego-centrische, oncreatieve indruk. Het is helemaal niet nodig. De tekst wordt beter door de ik-constructie te veranderen in een lijdende zin of te herschrijven, bijvoorbeeld: "Het was ooit usance om brieven niet te laten beginnen met 'ik'."
February 18, 2026 at 1:36 PM
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This is what the real world looks like outside the online noise. Away from bot-driven hate, you see people choosing empathy and standing with Ukraine in public. The internet can be engineered. Reality is harder to fake.
February 18, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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Millions of Epstein files suggest the existence of a 'global criminal enterprise' that carried out acts meeting the legal threshold of crimes against humanity, a panel of independent experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council says.
Allegations in Epstein files may amount to 'crimes against humanity,' UN experts say
Millions of files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein suggest the existence of a "global criminal enterprise" that carried out acts meeting the legal threshold of crimes against humanity,...
www.reuters.com
February 18, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Ha, wat een leuk mens!
‘Ik vind het jammer dat ik bijna mijn paspoort moet trekken: ik ben ook Nederlander, accepteer mij’
‘Ik vind het jammer dat ik bijna mijn paspoort moet trekken: ik ben ook Nederlander, accepteer mij’
www.volkskrant.nl
February 18, 2026 at 12:54 PM
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Overal in Nederland doen zich problemen voor met de levering van stroom. Tennet vreest nieuwbouwwoningen niet meer te kunnen aansluiten op het elektriciteitsnet. Hoe kunnen al die datacenters, die ontzettend veel stroom gebruiken, dan wel gebouwd worden in Nederland? buff.ly/SMAiT9P
Voor nieuwe woningen is geen elektriciteit, maar voor stroomslurpende datacenters wel. Hoe kan dat?
Netcongestie: Overal in Nederland doen zich problemen voor met de levering van stroom. Tennet vreest nieuwbouwwoningen niet meer te kunnen aansluiten op het elektriciteitsnet. Hoe kunnen al die…
www.nrc.nl
February 18, 2026 at 10:17 AM