Michael
@michaelvanderaar.bsky.social
Embrace nature. We are responsible for what we did not try to prevent
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Putin meant for this to be a show of strength but anyone who has been paying attention will see it for what it is: an act of desperation.
Time to double down on support for Ukraine and pressure on Russia; and relegate Putin to the ash heap of history alongside his beloved Soviet Union!
Time to double down on support for Ukraine and pressure on Russia; and relegate Putin to the ash heap of history alongside his beloved Soviet Union!
December 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Putin meant for this to be a show of strength but anyone who has been paying attention will see it for what it is: an act of desperation.
Time to double down on support for Ukraine and pressure on Russia; and relegate Putin to the ash heap of history alongside his beloved Soviet Union!
Time to double down on support for Ukraine and pressure on Russia; and relegate Putin to the ash heap of history alongside his beloved Soviet Union!
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De PAS. Toen de SAS. Nu de FAS. Een trieste geschiede is van zo'n 60 jaar tsunami van stront.
www.naturetoday.com/intl/nl/natu...
www.naturetoday.com/intl/nl/natu...
Nature Today | De Fictieve Aanpak Stikstof (FAS)
Het is moeilijk om het nog in neutrale termen te verwoorden, maar na een hele serie ondeugdelijke wetsvoorstellen probeert demissionair kabinet-Schoof er op de valreep nog eentje door te duwen: de spo...
www.naturetoday.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:16 AM
De PAS. Toen de SAS. Nu de FAS. Een trieste geschiede is van zo'n 60 jaar tsunami van stront.
www.naturetoday.com/intl/nl/natu...
www.naturetoday.com/intl/nl/natu...
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❗️The 🇸🇪Swedish startup Nordic Air Defence, which presented the Kreuger 100 drone interceptor in the spring, has announced that after conducting flight tests in the winter, the interceptors will be sent for combat trials in 🇺🇦Ukraine, where they will be tested in intercepting Shahed kamikaze drones.
December 22, 2025 at 9:20 PM
❗️The 🇸🇪Swedish startup Nordic Air Defence, which presented the Kreuger 100 drone interceptor in the spring, has announced that after conducting flight tests in the winter, the interceptors will be sent for combat trials in 🇺🇦Ukraine, where they will be tested in intercepting Shahed kamikaze drones.
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€210 billion of Russia's money sits frozen in Brussels. Zelenskyy just told EU leaders: not using it tells Putin aggression pays.
"We should not be afraid of Russian threats—we should be afraid of Europe being weak." ⤵️
🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/18/z...
"We should not be afraid of Russian threats—we should be afraid of Europe being weak." ⤵️
🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/18/z...
December 18, 2025 at 10:08 PM
€210 billion of Russia's money sits frozen in Brussels. Zelenskyy just told EU leaders: not using it tells Putin aggression pays.
"We should not be afraid of Russian threats—we should be afraid of Europe being weak." ⤵️
🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/18/z...
"We should not be afraid of Russian threats—we should be afraid of Europe being weak." ⤵️
🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/18/z...
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A similar point to ours: « While Trump seems to believe that Ru is “much stronger” than Ukr, the truth is that most of the Ru landmass is uninhabitable, their economy is disintegrating, and their military prowess is inferior to that of Ukr with the backing of its allies. »
time.com/7341064/trum...
time.com/7341064/trum...
December 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
A similar point to ours: « While Trump seems to believe that Ru is “much stronger” than Ukr, the truth is that most of the Ru landmass is uninhabitable, their economy is disintegrating, and their military prowess is inferior to that of Ukr with the backing of its allies. »
time.com/7341064/trum...
time.com/7341064/trum...
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"I told him [President Trump] that we are fully in line with Ukraine, that the sovereignty of this country must not be jeopardized."
Chancellor Merz, in an interview with DW, said that Russia's war against Ukraine is a "deep threat for the entire political order of the European continent."
Chancellor Merz, in an interview with DW, said that Russia's war against Ukraine is a "deep threat for the entire political order of the European continent."
November 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
"I told him [President Trump] that we are fully in line with Ukraine, that the sovereignty of this country must not be jeopardized."
Chancellor Merz, in an interview with DW, said that Russia's war against Ukraine is a "deep threat for the entire political order of the European continent."
Chancellor Merz, in an interview with DW, said that Russia's war against Ukraine is a "deep threat for the entire political order of the European continent."
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Oproep aan veehouders⤵️ Er is veel boosheid over de mishandelingen van koeien, maar waar blijven de boeren? Het gaat om jullie dieren. Koeien waar jullie om hebben gegeven, je zorgen om maakten, misschien wel een beetje van hielden.
Eén groep kan echt een vuist maken tegen dit geweld:dat zijn jullie.
Eén groep kan echt een vuist maken tegen dit geweld:dat zijn jullie.
Oproep aan alle boeren - Joop - BNNVARA
Opinie Marjolein de Rooij: 'Het zijn uiteindelijk jullie dieren die hier mishandeld worden'.
www.bnnvara.nl
December 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Oproep aan veehouders⤵️ Er is veel boosheid over de mishandelingen van koeien, maar waar blijven de boeren? Het gaat om jullie dieren. Koeien waar jullie om hebben gegeven, je zorgen om maakten, misschien wel een beetje van hielden.
Eén groep kan echt een vuist maken tegen dit geweld:dat zijn jullie.
Eén groep kan echt een vuist maken tegen dit geweld:dat zijn jullie.
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Trump‘s wrong insinuation that Ukraine‘s President Zelenskyy is perpetuating the war so that there are no election has been countered by the Ukrainian President in a very clever way:
December 9, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Trump‘s wrong insinuation that Ukraine‘s President Zelenskyy is perpetuating the war so that there are no election has been countered by the Ukrainian President in a very clever way:
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Een wolf die zich met wild voedt, wordt bij de minste afwijking van zijn menu 'probleemwolf' gedoopt, terwijl ondertussen voor menselijke consumptie dagelijks (ja, dagelijks) 1,5 miljoen kippen, 45.000 varkens en 5.000 koeien gruwelijk gedood worden en niemand het over 'probleemmensen' heeft. /2
December 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Een wolf die zich met wild voedt, wordt bij de minste afwijking van zijn menu 'probleemwolf' gedoopt, terwijl ondertussen voor menselijke consumptie dagelijks (ja, dagelijks) 1,5 miljoen kippen, 45.000 varkens en 5.000 koeien gruwelijk gedood worden en niemand het over 'probleemmensen' heeft. /2
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We zijn een lui, volgevreten volkje geworden, drukker met koopjes jagen en wat er op Netflix is dan met onze vrijheid en democratie, en de ondermijning ervan.
Tommy Wierenga schreef een vlammend betoog als opinie.
Lezen!
Tommy Wierenga schreef een vlammend betoog als opinie.
Lezen!
Opinie: Terwijl Nederlanders futloze democraten zijn, heerst in Oekraïne de geest van verzet
Het zogenaamde vredesplan van Trump is een bitter dictaat, en komt neer op Oekraïense capitulatie. Een of twee reizen naar het front is genoeg om te weten dat slavernij erfelijk is en vrijheid elke ge...
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November 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
We zijn een lui, volgevreten volkje geworden, drukker met koopjes jagen en wat er op Netflix is dan met onze vrijheid en democratie, en de ondermijning ervan.
Tommy Wierenga schreef een vlammend betoog als opinie.
Lezen!
Tommy Wierenga schreef een vlammend betoog als opinie.
Lezen!
Drie dagen in dienst, 19.000 euro mee na ontslag wegens geloof : www.rtl.nl/nieuws/econo...
Drie dagen in dienst, 19.000 euro mee na ontslag wegens geloof
Een servicemonteur van een brandpreventiebedrijf, die na drie werkdagen wegens zijn geloof werd ontslagen, heeft recht op een ontslagvergoeding van bijna 19.000 euro. De man wilde tijdens werktijd bij...
www.rtl.nl
November 28, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Drie dagen in dienst, 19.000 euro mee na ontslag wegens geloof : www.rtl.nl/nieuws/econo...
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Mart de Kruif over Trump en de Russen (Parool, www.parool.nl/nederland/ou...)
November 27, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Mart de Kruif over Trump en de Russen (Parool, www.parool.nl/nederland/ou...)
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3/Sweden does not recognize the illegal annexation of Crimea or any other part of Ukraine’s territory by Russia. We will not reward aggression."
November 24, 2025 at 1:13 PM
3/Sweden does not recognize the illegal annexation of Crimea or any other part of Ukraine’s territory by Russia. We will not reward aggression."
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2/There can be no restrictions on the Ukrainian Armed Forces that would provoke further Russian aggression, and there can be no restrictions on the full sovereign rights of the Ukrainian people to choose their own path, which includes the path toward EU membership.
November 24, 2025 at 1:13 PM
2/There can be no restrictions on the Ukrainian Armed Forces that would provoke further Russian aggression, and there can be no restrictions on the full sovereign rights of the Ukrainian people to choose their own path, which includes the path toward EU membership.
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❗️Sweden will not recognize Russia’s annexation of Ukrainian territories – Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard
"Our position is that, in order to achieve a just and lasting peace, borders cannot be changed by force.
"Our position is that, in order to achieve a just and lasting peace, borders cannot be changed by force.
November 24, 2025 at 1:13 PM
❗️Sweden will not recognize Russia’s annexation of Ukrainian territories – Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard
"Our position is that, in order to achieve a just and lasting peace, borders cannot be changed by force.
"Our position is that, in order to achieve a just and lasting peace, borders cannot be changed by force.
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Donald is the first person in history to think he'll win a Nobel Peace Prize by siding with the invader.
November 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Donald is the first person in history to think he'll win a Nobel Peace Prize by siding with the invader.
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New in PN: @mattgertz.bsky.social on the Orbanization of the press
"Everyone just accepts that of course the FCC will only allow a merger if it goes to a person that Trump wants to own it. That’s a very precipitous decline in our broad public assumptions of how govt power is supposed to be wielded"
"Everyone just accepts that of course the FCC will only allow a merger if it goes to a person that Trump wants to own it. That’s a very precipitous decline in our broad public assumptions of how govt power is supposed to be wielded"
The Orbanization of the American press
"The really unnerving thing is Trump using state power to influence who a company gets sold to," Matt Gertz tells us.
www.publicnotice.co
November 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
New in PN: @mattgertz.bsky.social on the Orbanization of the press
"Everyone just accepts that of course the FCC will only allow a merger if it goes to a person that Trump wants to own it. That’s a very precipitous decline in our broad public assumptions of how govt power is supposed to be wielded"
"Everyone just accepts that of course the FCC will only allow a merger if it goes to a person that Trump wants to own it. That’s a very precipitous decline in our broad public assumptions of how govt power is supposed to be wielded"
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De zwendel van Trump kwam gisteren ten einde, zoals te verwachten.
We zijn terug in Februari van dit jaar, de Oval Office, waar Trump en Vance bewust Zelensky in een hinderlaag lokten.
De hele ommezwaai naar Oekraïne was een schijnvertoning om Poetin te helpen volgens @phillipspobrien.bsky.social
We zijn terug in Februari van dit jaar, de Oval Office, waar Trump en Vance bewust Zelensky in een hinderlaag lokten.
De hele ommezwaai naar Oekraïne was een schijnvertoning om Poetin te helpen volgens @phillipspobrien.bsky.social
The Long Con Comes To An End
The Trump Administration Takes Off The Mask (Again)
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
De zwendel van Trump kwam gisteren ten einde, zoals te verwachten.
We zijn terug in Februari van dit jaar, de Oval Office, waar Trump en Vance bewust Zelensky in een hinderlaag lokten.
De hele ommezwaai naar Oekraïne was een schijnvertoning om Poetin te helpen volgens @phillipspobrien.bsky.social
We zijn terug in Februari van dit jaar, de Oval Office, waar Trump en Vance bewust Zelensky in een hinderlaag lokten.
De hele ommezwaai naar Oekraïne was een schijnvertoning om Poetin te helpen volgens @phillipspobrien.bsky.social
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Russia keeps bombing Ukranians, every day..
And they keep doing so, whilst pretending to want peace.
They even demand absolution for their warcrimes.
Whilst pretending they don't commit them.
Think about it..
And they keep doing so, whilst pretending to want peace.
They even demand absolution for their warcrimes.
Whilst pretending they don't commit them.
Think about it..
November 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Russia keeps bombing Ukranians, every day..
And they keep doing so, whilst pretending to want peace.
They even demand absolution for their warcrimes.
Whilst pretending they don't commit them.
Think about it..
And they keep doing so, whilst pretending to want peace.
They even demand absolution for their warcrimes.
Whilst pretending they don't commit them.
Think about it..
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In 1994 both Russia and the US gave Ukraine security guarantees, to protect Ukraine if they gave up nucleair weapons.
Signed agreements mean nothing to both the US and Russia. So why would Ukraine agree to be fooled twice?
Signed agreements mean nothing to both the US and Russia. So why would Ukraine agree to be fooled twice?
November 22, 2025 at 7:58 AM
In 1994 both Russia and the US gave Ukraine security guarantees, to protect Ukraine if they gave up nucleair weapons.
Signed agreements mean nothing to both the US and Russia. So why would Ukraine agree to be fooled twice?
Signed agreements mean nothing to both the US and Russia. So why would Ukraine agree to be fooled twice?
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Obama: "The weird videos of a US president with a crown on his head flying a fighter jet & dumping poop on American citizens - that's not even worth booing about. Because all of that is a distraction from the fact that your situation, your life has not gotten better. They do it so you won't notice"
November 1, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Obama: "The weird videos of a US president with a crown on his head flying a fighter jet & dumping poop on American citizens - that's not even worth booing about. Because all of that is a distraction from the fact that your situation, your life has not gotten better. They do it so you won't notice"
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Never in the history of the US has any president openly and repeatedly called for the investigation, arrest & prosecution of his political opponents. While many continue to shrug these things off and normalize them, I will never stop pointing out that this is what autocrats do.
October 29, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Never in the history of the US has any president openly and repeatedly called for the investigation, arrest & prosecution of his political opponents. While many continue to shrug these things off and normalize them, I will never stop pointing out that this is what autocrats do.
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Waar komt deze waanzin vandaan?
Keurslager lobby? Agro agressie?
Wat een flauwekul... @nvwa.bsky.social
Keurslager lobby? Agro agressie?
Wat een flauwekul... @nvwa.bsky.social
Vegetarisch gehakt mag van de NVWA opeens geen gehakt meer heten. Vanwege wetgeving. Aanduidingen als kip en schnitzel mogen gebruikt worden.
NVWA pakt producenten van vegetarisch gehakt aan om naamgebruik: 'Dit zagen we niet aankomen'
Vegetarisch gehakt mag geen gehakt meer heten. De Nederlandse Voedsel- en Warenautoriteit (NVWA) heeft producenten en supermarktketens een waarschuwing gegev...
eenvandaag.avrotros.nl
October 26, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Waar komt deze waanzin vandaan?
Keurslager lobby? Agro agressie?
Wat een flauwekul... @nvwa.bsky.social
Keurslager lobby? Agro agressie?
Wat een flauwekul... @nvwa.bsky.social
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❗️Zelensky: 🇺🇦Ukraine expects to receive the first 🇸🇪Swedish Gripen fighters next year. In total, Ukraine expects to receive 150 such fighters
October 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
❗️Zelensky: 🇺🇦Ukraine expects to receive the first 🇸🇪Swedish Gripen fighters next year. In total, Ukraine expects to receive 150 such fighters
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"Ukraine must subjugate to our rule." is what he actually says...
Russian Security guarantees are the worst joke, it's like the mafia selling "protection".
Russian Security guarantees are the worst joke, it's like the mafia selling "protection".
The Kremlin’s envoy Dmitriev confirms that Russia has no real intention of ending the war.
He says Russia should be the one providing security guarantees to Ukraine and Ukraine must be neutral.
Same demands, no real thoughts of peace.
He says Russia should be the one providing security guarantees to Ukraine and Ukraine must be neutral.
Same demands, no real thoughts of peace.
October 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
"Ukraine must subjugate to our rule." is what he actually says...
Russian Security guarantees are the worst joke, it's like the mafia selling "protection".
Russian Security guarantees are the worst joke, it's like the mafia selling "protection".