McDonald_69
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! The Netherlands has suspended its cooperation with the US in counter-narcotics operations in the Caribbean Sea. It will from now on only conduct such operations inside the territorial waters of its islands there. Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans announced this while visiting Aruba.
January 6, 2026 at 1:15 PM
! The Netherlands has suspended its cooperation with the US in counter-narcotics operations in the Caribbean Sea. It will from now on only conduct such operations inside the territorial waters of its islands there. Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans announced this while visiting Aruba.
Joint statement on Greenland:
stm.dk/statsministe...
stm.dk/statsministe...
January 6, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Joint statement on Greenland:
stm.dk/statsministe...
stm.dk/statsministe...
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Er blijven sneeuwbuien over het land trekken. Gelukkig nemen de files in aantal en hevigheid over het algemeen af. Er nu nog zo'n 50 kilometer. Nadeel van minder verkeer op de weg is dat rijstroken sneller wit kunnen worden, uiteraard blijven we schuiven en strooien.
January 6, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Er blijven sneeuwbuien over het land trekken. Gelukkig nemen de files in aantal en hevigheid over het algemeen af. Er nu nog zo'n 50 kilometer. Nadeel van minder verkeer op de weg is dat rijstroken sneller wit kunnen worden, uiteraard blijven we schuiven en strooien.
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Kids sledding near Kyiv hospital hit by Russia hours earlier.
January 5, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Kids sledding near Kyiv hospital hit by Russia hours earlier.
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Hey fellas, @ducugavril.nafoforum.org & 🇺🇦 friends with time to scan posts/report/bonk
@ aliennationalbank bsky social
is doing some particularly nasty targeting of 🇺🇦 accts, mocking victims of Russian attacks, spreading anti-Ukrainian disinfo, (+ just about every flavor of racism/sexism/xenophobia)
@ aliennationalbank bsky social
is doing some particularly nasty targeting of 🇺🇦 accts, mocking victims of Russian attacks, spreading anti-Ukrainian disinfo, (+ just about every flavor of racism/sexism/xenophobia)
January 6, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Hey fellas, @ducugavril.nafoforum.org & 🇺🇦 friends with time to scan posts/report/bonk
@ aliennationalbank bsky social
is doing some particularly nasty targeting of 🇺🇦 accts, mocking victims of Russian attacks, spreading anti-Ukrainian disinfo, (+ just about every flavor of racism/sexism/xenophobia)
@ aliennationalbank bsky social
is doing some particularly nasty targeting of 🇺🇦 accts, mocking victims of Russian attacks, spreading anti-Ukrainian disinfo, (+ just about every flavor of racism/sexism/xenophobia)
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January 6, 2026 at 9:38 AM
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Microsoft France's head of public and legal affairs told the French Senate under oath in June that it "cannot guarantee" it would be able to refuse requests from the Trump administration for data stored on its servers in the European Union.
Every data centre is a U.S. military base
✍️ Paris Marx
Understanding how the United States uses its tech companies to serve empire
#Canada to reclaim autonomy by investing in public tech alternatives and reducing reliance on U.S. corporations.
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
✍️ Paris Marx
Understanding how the United States uses its tech companies to serve empire
#Canada to reclaim autonomy by investing in public tech alternatives and reducing reliance on U.S. corporations.
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Every data centre is a U.S. military base - CCPA
Understanding how the United States uses its tech companies to serve empire
www.policyalternatives.ca
January 6, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Microsoft France's head of public and legal affairs told the French Senate under oath in June that it "cannot guarantee" it would be able to refuse requests from the Trump administration for data stored on its servers in the European Union.
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This almost certainly explains why journalists and politicians have remained on Elon's Porno Website. They're not especially interested in talking to the country. They're more interested in talking to their mates.
January 5, 2026 at 10:36 PM
This almost certainly explains why journalists and politicians have remained on Elon's Porno Website. They're not especially interested in talking to the country. They're more interested in talking to their mates.
Meet the Bros Behind Trump's Greenland Bluster
Trump's renewed bluster over Greenland may just be noise, but its roots lie in the "network state" movement and deserve further exploration.
america2.news/meet-the-bro...
#Greenland
Trump's renewed bluster over Greenland may just be noise, but its roots lie in the "network state" movement and deserve further exploration.
america2.news/meet-the-bro...
#Greenland
Meet the Bros Behind Trump's Greenland Bluster
Trump's renewed bluster over Greenland may just be noise, but its roots lie in the "network state" movement and deserve further exploration.
america2.news
January 6, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Meet the Bros Behind Trump's Greenland Bluster
Trump's renewed bluster over Greenland may just be noise, but its roots lie in the "network state" movement and deserve further exploration.
america2.news/meet-the-bro...
#Greenland
Trump's renewed bluster over Greenland may just be noise, but its roots lie in the "network state" movement and deserve further exploration.
america2.news/meet-the-bro...
#Greenland
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President Zelensky en Oekraïnse volk ontvangen Four Freedoms Award
President Zelensky en Oekraïnse volk ontvangen Four Freedoms Award
De voorgedragen laureaat heeft zich het afgelopen jaar op bijzondere wijze ingezet voor de vrijheid in de wereld.
www.omroepzeeland.nl
January 6, 2026 at 5:52 AM
President Zelensky en Oekraïnse volk ontvangen Four Freedoms Award
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Ukraine still hasn't managed to eliminate 1,000 invaders in a day in 2026 so far, with the highest being 990 in any 24 hour period since 31 December.
More Russian hardware picked off today though - over 150 vehicles and almost 50 artillery systems.
More Russian hardware picked off today though - over 150 vehicles and almost 50 artillery systems.
January 6, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Ukraine still hasn't managed to eliminate 1,000 invaders in a day in 2026 so far, with the highest being 990 in any 24 hour period since 31 December.
More Russian hardware picked off today though - over 150 vehicles and almost 50 artillery systems.
More Russian hardware picked off today though - over 150 vehicles and almost 50 artillery systems.
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I’ve fed it a large piece of bark this afternoon and it has a ferocious appetite.
#pet #slimemold #myxomycetes #fungifriends
#pet #slimemold #myxomycetes #fungifriends
January 5, 2026 at 9:31 PM
I’ve fed it a large piece of bark this afternoon and it has a ferocious appetite.
#pet #slimemold #myxomycetes #fungifriends
#pet #slimemold #myxomycetes #fungifriends
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January 5, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Another from the 2025 fungal retrospective: Clavaria fragilis, a ghostly white little saprobe with the charming colloquial name of “fairy fingers”.
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January 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Another from the 2025 fungal retrospective: Clavaria fragilis, a ghostly white little saprobe with the charming colloquial name of “fairy fingers”.
🍄📷📸
🍄📷📸
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It may be very cold here in Scotland just now, but these Velvet shanks love a bit of frost ❄️ 🏴
#mushroommonday
#fungifriends
#mushroommonday
#fungifriends
January 5, 2026 at 8:15 PM
It may be very cold here in Scotland just now, but these Velvet shanks love a bit of frost ❄️ 🏴
#mushroommonday
#fungifriends
#mushroommonday
#fungifriends
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What the Trump administration just did to the Venezuelan opposition — using them for information and access to internal networks but culminating in smuggling Machado out of the country to get her out of the way — is one of the most cynical things I can think of in a long, long time
So there was a deal: “Rodríguez, a canny political operator, was envisaged as head of a transitional government in secret talks that her politician brother, Jorge, led with Washington last year about a post-Maduro future.”
The woman with Donald Trump’s nod to lead Venezuela
Washington has built its transition plans around vice-president Delcy Rodríguez, a canny operator close to the oil industry
www.ft.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:01 PM
What the Trump administration just did to the Venezuelan opposition — using them for information and access to internal networks but culminating in smuggling Machado out of the country to get her out of the way — is one of the most cynical things I can think of in a long, long time
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Volgens de Oekraïense ambassadeur in Zuid-Afrika mislukte de Russische invasie van zijn land in 2022 omdat de bevelhebber van het leger, generaal Zaloezjnij, een dag ervoor de hele krijgsmacht al in staat van paraatheid had gebracht. Landmachtbrigades stonden bijvoorbeeld klaar bij Kyiv en Charkiv.
This: Zaluzhny exceeded his orders from Zelensky and ordered troops into place before the attack started.
January 5, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Volgens de Oekraïense ambassadeur in Zuid-Afrika mislukte de Russische invasie van zijn land in 2022 omdat de bevelhebber van het leger, generaal Zaloezjnij, een dag ervoor de hele krijgsmacht al in staat van paraatheid had gebracht. Landmachtbrigades stonden bijvoorbeeld klaar bij Kyiv en Charkiv.
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced that the Pentagon is seeking to punish Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, a retired Navy captain, by moving to cut his retirement pay for participating in a video reminding US service members of their duty to refuse illegal orders. https://cnn.it/4sINBST
January 5, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced that the Pentagon is seeking to punish Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, a retired Navy captain, by moving to cut his retirement pay for participating in a video reminding US service members of their duty to refuse illegal orders. https://cnn.it/4sINBST
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Why Venezuela Fell Within Hours, But Ukraine Did Not?
An important detail from Ukrainian officer Dmytro Vovnianko.
By Ambassador @olexscherba.bsky.social at x.com/olex_scherba...
An important detail from Ukrainian officer Dmytro Vovnianko.
By Ambassador @olexscherba.bsky.social at x.com/olex_scherba...
January 5, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Why Venezuela Fell Within Hours, But Ukraine Did Not?
An important detail from Ukrainian officer Dmytro Vovnianko.
By Ambassador @olexscherba.bsky.social at x.com/olex_scherba...
An important detail from Ukrainian officer Dmytro Vovnianko.
By Ambassador @olexscherba.bsky.social at x.com/olex_scherba...
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Trump zou Machado (de oppositieleider) niet steunen omdat zij de Nobelprijs niet aan hem wilde geven. Wat een verhaal zeg.
– Washington Post
– Washington Post
January 5, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Trump zou Machado (de oppositieleider) niet steunen omdat zij de Nobelprijs niet aan hem wilde geven. Wat een verhaal zeg.
– Washington Post
– Washington Post
January 5, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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'In the past year, drone warfare in Ukraine has undergone a chilling transformation. Equipped with onboard proprietary software trained on large data sets, drones with autonomous capabilities are now part of the war’s bloody and destructive routine.' www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/m...
In Ukraine, a New Arsenal of Killer A.I. Drones Is Being Born
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:53 PM
'In the past year, drone warfare in Ukraine has undergone a chilling transformation. Equipped with onboard proprietary software trained on large data sets, drones with autonomous capabilities are now part of the war’s bloody and destructive routine.' www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/m...
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This isn't getting enough attention in Western media: Ukraine is effectively imposing a civil aviation blockade on the most populous part of fascist Russia ahead of the Orthodox Christmas (Jan. 7) holiday.
The air war could be decisive in 2026, and it's already intensifying.
The air war could be decisive in 2026, and it's already intensifying.
January 5, 2026 at 8:07 PM
This isn't getting enough attention in Western media: Ukraine is effectively imposing a civil aviation blockade on the most populous part of fascist Russia ahead of the Orthodox Christmas (Jan. 7) holiday.
The air war could be decisive in 2026, and it's already intensifying.
The air war could be decisive in 2026, and it's already intensifying.