Felix Drost
@felixdrost.bsky.social
Armchair O7 Once an anthropologist & soldier. 🇪🇺 🇳🇱 🇺🇲 Pseudonym.
Defense, Security & Technology.
Stubborn Atlanticist.
Defense, Security & Technology.
Stubborn Atlanticist.
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Norway operates a *very nice* AIS network, giving its citizens (and Irish nerds like me) a very good insight into vessel activity within its EEZ, no subscription needed: nais.kystverket.no/aisstream/
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Følg fartøyer i norske farvann.
nais.kystverket.no
February 18, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Norway operates a *very nice* AIS network, giving its citizens (and Irish nerds like me) a very good insight into vessel activity within its EEZ, no subscription needed: nais.kystverket.no/aisstream/
It's vital for the European project that no piece of territory is gained or lost through violence. Pushing Russia out of all of Ukraine will demonstrate or commitment to rule of law as the basis of our security.
Any other outcome can further awaken the monsters of nationalism and war.
Any other outcome can further awaken the monsters of nationalism and war.
And now there are increasing signs that, by a bitter irony of fate, Ukraine may well become the final graveyard of that old empire, as today's fascist dictatorial Russia ultimately exhausts and overstrains itself trying once again to enslave Ukraine, permanently losing its status as a world power.
February 18, 2026 at 12:09 AM
It's vital for the European project that no piece of territory is gained or lost through violence. Pushing Russia out of all of Ukraine will demonstrate or commitment to rule of law as the basis of our security.
Any other outcome can further awaken the monsters of nationalism and war.
Any other outcome can further awaken the monsters of nationalism and war.
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And now there are increasing signs that, by a bitter irony of fate, Ukraine may well become the final graveyard of that old empire, as today's fascist dictatorial Russia ultimately exhausts and overstrains itself trying once again to enslave Ukraine, permanently losing its status as a world power.
February 17, 2026 at 10:45 PM
And now there are increasing signs that, by a bitter irony of fate, Ukraine may well become the final graveyard of that old empire, as today's fascist dictatorial Russia ultimately exhausts and overstrains itself trying once again to enslave Ukraine, permanently losing its status as a world power.
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Inside the Chinese MSS that recruited the Greek Wing Commander: More powerful than the CIA, FBI & MI6 combined
en.protothema.gr/2026/02/17/i...
en.protothema.gr/2026/02/17/i...
Inside the Chinese MSS that recruited the Greek Wing Commander: More powerful than the CIA, FBI & MI6 combined - ProtoThema English
It has 800,000 agents worldwide, controls 220 “operations” in the US, and has recruited 250 agents in Brussels – Who is the powerful figure behind the agency and how it uses social media
en.protothema.gr
February 17, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Inside the Chinese MSS that recruited the Greek Wing Commander: More powerful than the CIA, FBI & MI6 combined
en.protothema.gr/2026/02/17/i...
en.protothema.gr/2026/02/17/i...
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Re: Navalny: one point of using a synthesized frog toxin, which the published literature shows THE EXACT SAME LAB that made the Novichok worked out a synthesis pathway, is the reverse of plausible deniability. It's "implausible deniability", a "hahahaha we did and you know we did it"
February 16, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Re: Navalny: one point of using a synthesized frog toxin, which the published literature shows THE EXACT SAME LAB that made the Novichok worked out a synthesis pathway, is the reverse of plausible deniability. It's "implausible deniability", a "hahahaha we did and you know we did it"
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They have sentenced a 16 yo, baby-faced breadwinner to death
Mohammad Hossein Shokri is from Naziabad. He used to grill corn on the streets to help provide for his family
He was arrested for protesting and is another tragic example of children being killed or condemned to die in the #IranMassacre.
Mohammad Hossein Shokri is from Naziabad. He used to grill corn on the streets to help provide for his family
He was arrested for protesting and is another tragic example of children being killed or condemned to die in the #IranMassacre.
February 17, 2026 at 5:34 PM
They have sentenced a 16 yo, baby-faced breadwinner to death
Mohammad Hossein Shokri is from Naziabad. He used to grill corn on the streets to help provide for his family
He was arrested for protesting and is another tragic example of children being killed or condemned to die in the #IranMassacre.
Mohammad Hossein Shokri is from Naziabad. He used to grill corn on the streets to help provide for his family
He was arrested for protesting and is another tragic example of children being killed or condemned to die in the #IranMassacre.
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I want to thank and recommend @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social for publishing some of my recent opinion pieces (attached). They have created a useful site for news and opinion.
tomorrowsaffairs.com/birds-of-a-f...
tomorrowsaffairs.com/birds-of-a-f...
Birds of a Feather: Epstein, Trump, and Russian Intelligence
Epstein may not have been a spy in the Western sense, yet he still may have caused as much damage as any highly placed mole
tomorrowsaffairs.com
February 17, 2026 at 5:21 PM
I want to thank and recommend @tmrwsaffairs.bsky.social for publishing some of my recent opinion pieces (attached). They have created a useful site for news and opinion.
tomorrowsaffairs.com/birds-of-a-f...
tomorrowsaffairs.com/birds-of-a-f...
Hollywood like many other industries is in denial over what they are facing. This wave cannot be stopped but has to be surfed. Individualized entertainment may not have a place for centralized writers, studios or stars.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/m...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/m...
Why an A.I. Video of Tom Cruise Battling Brad Pitt Spooked Hollywood
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Hollywood like many other industries is in denial over what they are facing. This wave cannot be stopped but has to be surfed. Individualized entertainment may not have a place for centralized writers, studios or stars.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/m...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/m...
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Hij was in feite de bedenker van de oorlog tegen 🇺🇦 en werd genoemd als potentiële toekomstige president van 🇷🇺. Vandaag zette Poetin een ● achter de lange loopbaan van Sergej Ivanov (73): hij is ontslagen uit de Russische Veiligheidsraad.
Waarom dit geen gewoon ontslag is. 🧵 1/17
Waarom dit geen gewoon ontslag is. 🧵 1/17
February 17, 2026 at 5:47 AM
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17 February 1928 | Dutch Jewish girl, Marianna Sara Ferares, was born in Amsterdam.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in September 1943. She did not survive.
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📖 The fate of Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in September 1943. She did not survive.
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📖 The fate of Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/
February 17, 2026 at 3:00 AM
17 February 1928 | Dutch Jewish girl, Marianna Sara Ferares, was born in Amsterdam.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in September 1943. She did not survive.
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📖 The fate of Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in September 1943. She did not survive.
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📖 The fate of Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/
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Hours before peace talks in Geneva, virtually all of democratic Ukraine is under threat of attack by fascist Russia’s drones and missiles, yet Trump doesn’t criticize Kremlin dictator Putin - it’s “Ukraine better come to the table.”
America has fallen so very far, so very fast.
America has fallen so very far, so very fast.
February 17, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Hours before peace talks in Geneva, virtually all of democratic Ukraine is under threat of attack by fascist Russia’s drones and missiles, yet Trump doesn’t criticize Kremlin dictator Putin - it’s “Ukraine better come to the table.”
America has fallen so very far, so very fast.
America has fallen so very far, so very fast.
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The most accurate analysis of the transatlantic dynamics at MSC I’ve seen so far:
February 16, 2026 at 8:29 PM
The most accurate analysis of the transatlantic dynamics at MSC I’ve seen so far:
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Western arms production is ahead of political will. German giant Rheinmetall is already producing more ammo than it has contracts for Ukraine
CEO Armin Papperger said company is ready to supply more weapons immediately, if governments release funding
euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/17/g...
CEO Armin Papperger said company is ready to supply more weapons immediately, if governments release funding
euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/17/g...
Germany’s arms giant says it can flood Ukraine with ammo right now—if Western governments unlock funding
Europe’s biggest weapons maker is ready to arm Ukraine at bigger scale.
euromaidanpress.com
February 17, 2026 at 7:38 AM
Western arms production is ahead of political will. German giant Rheinmetall is already producing more ammo than it has contracts for Ukraine
CEO Armin Papperger said company is ready to supply more weapons immediately, if governments release funding
euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/17/g...
CEO Armin Papperger said company is ready to supply more weapons immediately, if governments release funding
euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/17/g...
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4/ The bright lane of the #MilkyWay streaking across the skies of Chile's Atacama Desert. Beneath it sits the New Technology Telescope.
📷 ESO/B. Tafreshi (twanight.org)
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📷 ESO/B. Tafreshi (twanight.org)
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February 17, 2026 at 8:04 AM
4/ The bright lane of the #MilkyWay streaking across the skies of Chile's Atacama Desert. Beneath it sits the New Technology Telescope.
📷 ESO/B. Tafreshi (twanight.org)
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📷 ESO/B. Tafreshi (twanight.org)
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If Russia retains even a fraction of occupied territory, the international "entry fee" for invasion—sanctions, diplomatic isolation, and human cost—is proven to be a one-time payment for a permanent asset.
February 17, 2026 at 2:06 AM
If Russia retains even a fraction of occupied territory, the international "entry fee" for invasion—sanctions, diplomatic isolation, and human cost—is proven to be a one-time payment for a permanent asset.
If we had heavily invested in Ukrainian battlefield tested and proven capabilities we'd already have an intact NATO Ukraine with a border with Russia guarded by semi-autonomous and effective unmanned units that no Russian in their right mind would approach.
It's a catastrophic waste.
It's a catastrophic waste.
And yet the narrative of the war was ass backwards. The reality remains Ukraine can win the war. Indeed if the US remained firm, it would.
February 17, 2026 at 12:15 AM
If we had heavily invested in Ukrainian battlefield tested and proven capabilities we'd already have an intact NATO Ukraine with a border with Russia guarded by semi-autonomous and effective unmanned units that no Russian in their right mind would approach.
It's a catastrophic waste.
It's a catastrophic waste.
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And yet the narrative of the war was ass backwards. The reality remains Ukraine can win the war. Indeed if the US remained firm, it would.
February 16, 2026 at 9:39 PM
And yet the narrative of the war was ass backwards. The reality remains Ukraine can win the war. Indeed if the US remained firm, it would.
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🇩🇪🇺🇦 The Ministries of Defense of Ukraine and Germany have signed an agreement according to which Ukrainian instructors will teach at German military schools.
The Bundeswehr is thus responding to significant changes on the battlefield in Ukraine.
The Bundeswehr is thus responding to significant changes on the battlefield in Ukraine.
February 16, 2026 at 8:56 PM
🇩🇪🇺🇦 The Ministries of Defense of Ukraine and Germany have signed an agreement according to which Ukrainian instructors will teach at German military schools.
The Bundeswehr is thus responding to significant changes on the battlefield in Ukraine.
The Bundeswehr is thus responding to significant changes on the battlefield in Ukraine.
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✈️🇺🇦 A separate international squadron of F-16 fighter jets has been created within the Air Force, which includes Ukrainian and foreign pilots. These are veterans from the US and the Netherlands, who have significant combat experience, — Intelligence Online.
February 16, 2026 at 8:52 PM
✈️🇺🇦 A separate international squadron of F-16 fighter jets has been created within the Air Force, which includes Ukrainian and foreign pilots. These are veterans from the US and the Netherlands, who have significant combat experience, — Intelligence Online.
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🇺🇦 🇷🇺 Recent Ukrainian tactical counterattacks have reportedly liberated multiple small settlements along the Yanchur and Haichur rivers in the Oleksandrivka and Hulyaipole directions.
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
#russia #ukraine
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
#russia #ukraine
February 16, 2026 at 6:57 AM
🇺🇦 🇷🇺 Recent Ukrainian tactical counterattacks have reportedly liberated multiple small settlements along the Yanchur and Haichur rivers in the Oleksandrivka and Hulyaipole directions.
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
#russia #ukraine
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
#russia #ukraine
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Jihadi groups are preparing to take Bamako and control the whole of Mali thanks to Russian "security assistance".
Creating chaos and mayhem and refugee flows to Europe was the idea all along.
www.ft.com/content/36fa... via @financialtimes.com
Creating chaos and mayhem and refugee flows to Europe was the idea all along.
www.ft.com/content/36fa... via @financialtimes.com
Jihadis encircle Mali’s capital as they close in on power
Al-Qaeda-linked Islamists tighten blockade around Bamako as military regime reels
www.ft.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Jihadi groups are preparing to take Bamako and control the whole of Mali thanks to Russian "security assistance".
Creating chaos and mayhem and refugee flows to Europe was the idea all along.
www.ft.com/content/36fa... via @financialtimes.com
Creating chaos and mayhem and refugee flows to Europe was the idea all along.
www.ft.com/content/36fa... via @financialtimes.com
"recruiting economically vulnerable Europeans to carry out violence on Nato soil, the officials said."
Russia’s Wagner Group pivots to European sabotage, say western officials - www.ft.com/content/dbd1... via @financialtimes.com
Russia’s Wagner Group pivots to European sabotage, say western officials - www.ft.com/content/dbd1... via @financialtimes.com
Russia’s Wagner Group pivots to European sabotage, say western officials
Recruiters involved with fighter group are said to be targeting agents for operations on Nato soil
www.ft.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:41 PM
"recruiting economically vulnerable Europeans to carry out violence on Nato soil, the officials said."
Russia’s Wagner Group pivots to European sabotage, say western officials - www.ft.com/content/dbd1... via @financialtimes.com
Russia’s Wagner Group pivots to European sabotage, say western officials - www.ft.com/content/dbd1... via @financialtimes.com