Michel Vanbruaene
@michelvb.bsky.social
Evaluator and traveler by profession and passion. Keen to understand where a sick planet is heading when mad autocrats dream of glory
not a good sign (from a fortune teller's perspective)...
WATCH: Replica of the Statue of Liberty topples due to strong winds in Guaíba, Brazil
December 16, 2025 at 7:47 AM
not a good sign (from a fortune teller's perspective)...
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They would never let me into this country if I weren't already here
In addition to 5 years of social media history, CBP would also require tourists to provide all phone numbers used over that period, any email addresses used in the past decade, DNA and iris scans, and the names, addresses, birthdates and birthplaces of family members
Including children
Including children
December 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
They would never let me into this country if I weren't already here
He can have Hungary😅. The EU should retaliate by developing direct relations with key US states such as California...
Leaked files ‘show US wants to persuade four nations to leave EU’
The countries seen as targets to follow Brexit are Austria, Hungary, Italy and Poland, according to leaked details of the US national security strategy www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
The countries seen as targets to follow Brexit are Austria, Hungary, Italy and Poland, according to leaked details of the US national security strategy www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
Leaked files ‘show US wants to persuade four nations to leave EU’
The countries seen as targets to follow Brexit are Austria, Hungary, Italy and Poland, according to leaked details of the US national security strategy
www.thetimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
He can have Hungary😅. The EU should retaliate by developing direct relations with key US states such as California...
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NEW: The Trump-Vance White House has falsely accused an ally of Pope Leo — Sr. Norma Pimentel — of illegal activity tied to migrant aid, and cut off all federal funding to Catholic Charities in Texas.
Church leaders say it’s a targeted, political reprisal against Pope Leo and the Catholic Church.
Church leaders say it’s a targeted, political reprisal against Pope Leo and the Catholic Church.
Trump-Vance White House Targets Beloved Nun in Texas, Retaliates Against Catholic Charities
Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley — praised by Pope Leo as an “agent of hope” — now faces a six-year federal funding ban. Church leaders say it’s a vendetta by the Trump-Vance White House.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:23 PM
NEW: The Trump-Vance White House has falsely accused an ally of Pope Leo — Sr. Norma Pimentel — of illegal activity tied to migrant aid, and cut off all federal funding to Catholic Charities in Texas.
Church leaders say it’s a targeted, political reprisal against Pope Leo and the Catholic Church.
Church leaders say it’s a targeted, political reprisal against Pope Leo and the Catholic Church.
well done!
Seven German journalism students tracked Russian-crewed freighters lurking off the Dutch and German coast—and connected them to drone swarms over military bases. (Hank Van Ess)
December 12, 2025 at 7:48 AM
well done!
It is really time to stop this butchery
Het punt: bsky.app/profile/oldd... ⤵️
“The main russian reserve in Donbas has been deployed. The entire 76th Division, an elite air-assault unit and that’s exactly who we are grinding down now at an impressive pace. In one day, one enemy battalion was wiped out”
It’s an amazing loss of Russian life. Today’s figures.
It’s an amazing loss of Russian life. Today’s figures.
December 12, 2025 at 7:46 AM
It is really time to stop this butchery
To propose a transactional business deal is OK, but didn't she forget to say that Trump is the greatest US president of all times?
Nobel Peace Prize recipient María Corina Machado appeared on Donald Trump Jr.’s podcast.
She touted the oil reserves in Venezuela (the largest in the world) and vowed to privatize the oil industry to enable American corporations to exploit and profit from the country’s resources if she gains power.
She touted the oil reserves in Venezuela (the largest in the world) and vowed to privatize the oil industry to enable American corporations to exploit and profit from the country’s resources if she gains power.
December 11, 2025 at 10:07 AM
To propose a transactional business deal is OK, but didn't she forget to say that Trump is the greatest US president of all times?
As president macron said: 'this is treason...'
Putin’s spokesman Peskov praised recent changes to the U.S. National Security Strategy, claiming they align with Russia’s views. He called it a potential basis for “constructive work” on a "Ukraine settlement".
This says it all.
This says it all.
December 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
As president macron said: 'this is treason...'
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It could be a climate change induced earthquake - caused by the rapidly melting glacier’s shifting mass above the tectonic plates.
Happened over two hours ago.
www.indiatoday.in/world/story/...
www.indiatoday.in/world/story/...
Magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes remote Alaska–Canada border region
A powerful magnitude-7.0 earthquake struck near the border between Alaska and the Canadian territory of Yukon on Saturday, shaking remote communities. Officials reported no injuries, damage or tsunami...
www.indiatoday.in
December 7, 2025 at 10:43 AM
It could be a climate change induced earthquake - caused by the rapidly melting glacier’s shifting mass above the tectonic plates.
too late, you have elected this man...
Trump has issued over 2,000 pardons and commutations this year, letting a string of drug dealers, corrupt politicians, and MAGA-friendly businessmen off the hook in a gross abuse of the Constitution.
Commentary ↓
Commentary ↓
Trump Is Trying to Legalize Corruption by Abusing His Pardon Power
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December 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
too late, you have elected this man...
Does this mean that Trump plans to disengage from Europe in 2027, when we will not yet be ready? The next war will start in 2027, my friends...
The US wants Europe to take over the majority of NATO's conventional defense capabilities by 2027,Reuters reported,citing Pentagon officials
They indicated Washington wasn’t yet satisfied with the strides Europe has made to boost its defense capabilities since Russia's full-scale invasion🇺🇦
They indicated Washington wasn’t yet satisfied with the strides Europe has made to boost its defense capabilities since Russia's full-scale invasion🇺🇦
December 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Does this mean that Trump plans to disengage from Europe in 2027, when we will not yet be ready? The next war will start in 2027, my friends...
Macron parlait de 'trahison' il y a peu; effectivement...
« Ainsi, l’Amérique claque la porte de l’ère post-1945. Les alliances traditionnelles n’engagent plus à rien, puisque tout est extorsion, rapport de force et alignement exigé. »
www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
La stratégie de sécurité nationale américaine prend les Européens pour cible et ménage ses adversaires
Le document publié vendredi 5 décembre par la Maison Blanche, dans lequel les alliances traditionnelles de Washington n’engagent plus à rien, marque une rupture historique avec l’ère post-1945.
www.lemonde.fr
December 6, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Macron parlait de 'trahison' il y a peu; effectivement...
Ceci doit nous rappeler les jeux Olympiques de Munich en 1936, qui ont servi à glorifier Hitler....nous revivons l'histoire, hélas!
Tout dirigeant, tout diplomate qui se met dans cette posture se retrouve incarner cette image : la complaisante collusion avec la corruption.
December 6, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Ceci doit nous rappeler les jeux Olympiques de Munich en 1936, qui ont servi à glorifier Hitler....nous revivons l'histoire, hélas!
This uproar should have happened much earlier, just after the last contest...It is highly suspect that Israel came up n°2 after the votes of the public...This was very probably troll's work...
Four countries to boycott Eurovision after Israel retains place as.ft.com/r/2cae9a2f-2... @danielthomasldn.bsky.social
Four countries to boycott Eurovision after Israel retains place
[FREE TO READ] Spain, Ireland and Netherlands among those to pull out after calling for country’s exclusion over conduct of war in Gaza
as.ft.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:51 AM
This uproar should have happened much earlier, just after the last contest...It is highly suspect that Israel came up n°2 after the votes of the public...This was very probably troll's work...
En effet, il y avait clairement du 'trollage' dans le fait qu'Israel ait été classée 2ème suite aux votes du 'public'...
L'Eurovision est une victime collatérale du conflit israélo-palestinien. Elle n'a plus grand' chose à voir avec un concours de chanson. Les trolls militants l'ont transformée, depuis quelques années déjà, en un vote pour ou contre Israël.
La France a confirmé sa participation à l'Eurovision 2026 et son soutien à la présence d'Israël au concours musical, s'opposant au boycott annoncé par plusieurs pays comme l'Espagne ou l'Irlande.
December 5, 2025 at 10:46 AM
En effet, il y avait clairement du 'trollage' dans le fait qu'Israel ait été classée 2ème suite aux votes du 'public'...
this document is totally unacceptable, and Europe should be loud and clear about that, too bad for Trump's being furious. The new official US national security strategy for Europe plainly fascist and anti-democratic.
Just in: A new US national security strategy is calling for 'cultivating resistance' in Europe, warning that the continent is subverting democracy, blocking peace in Ukraine and facing 'civilisational erasure' from high migration and falling birth rates. on.ft.com/3Y7XP0G
December 5, 2025 at 10:44 AM
this document is totally unacceptable, and Europe should be loud and clear about that, too bad for Trump's being furious. The new official US national security strategy for Europe plainly fascist and anti-democratic.
La Chine a donc recruté de Villepin et Raffarin... qui d'autre?
France / Politique / Les affaires chinoises de Dominique de Villepin
Les affaires chinoises de Dominique de Villepin
Conférences, conseils à des entreprises, promotion des “nouvelles routes de la soie”... L’ancien Premier ministre, possible candidat à la présidentielle de 2027, a multiplié les activités en Chine, où...
www.radiofrance.fr
December 5, 2025 at 7:57 AM
La Chine a donc recruté de Villepin et Raffarin... qui d'autre?
"Always look at the bright side of life" (Monty Pythons😆): things are much better when he sleeps...
At the start of a Cabinet meeting just after noon ET on Tuesday, President Donald Trump made his seemingly obligatory reference to “Sleepy Joe” Biden. | Analysis
Trump said he was ‘sharper than I was 25 years ago.’ Then he spent an hour appearing to doze off – again. | CNN Politics
At the start of a Cabinet meeting just after noon ET on Tuesday, President Donald Trump made his seemingly obligatory reference to “Sleepy Joe” Biden.
www.cnn.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:45 AM
"Always look at the bright side of life" (Monty Pythons😆): things are much better when he sleeps...
No change. Witkoff and Kuchner would have loved to imitate Chamberlain and Daladier and claim "peace for our time" (while thinking "and big money for us")
I’m 56 years old, and for my whole life we’ve been asking some version of the question “what would WE, our generation, have done to stop the Nazis, either in Germany as they were rising, or around the world to fight for freedom.
Now we’re answering the question in real time. Each of us & all of us.
Now we’re answering the question in real time. Each of us & all of us.
December 3, 2025 at 7:34 AM
No change. Witkoff and Kuchner would have loved to imitate Chamberlain and Daladier and claim "peace for our time" (while thinking "and big money for us")
Indeed, and we now have the answer: we would not have done any better. Human beings do not change.
I’m 56 years old, and for my whole life we’ve been asking some version of the question “what would WE, our generation, have done to stop the Nazis, either in Germany as they were rising, or around the world to fight for freedom.
Now we’re answering the question in real time. Each of us & all of us.
Now we’re answering the question in real time. Each of us & all of us.
December 3, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Indeed, and we now have the answer: we would not have done any better. Human beings do not change.
Visiblement, l'Inde veut être prête... ces achats semblent destinés à contrer la haute technologie chinoise, plutôt que gagner une guerre avec le Pakistan. Le système S-500 vise notamment à intercepter les missiles hypersoniques...
Inde: Vladimir Poutine en visite cette semaine pour négocier un gros contrat d'armement russe
Inde: Vladimir Poutine en visite cette semaine pour négocier un gros contrat d'armement russe
Vladimir Poutine se rend en Inde cette semaine. Le président russe sera sur place à partir du 4 décembre et va rester deux jours. Objectif, selon le Kremlin, évoquer le « partenariat stratégique privilégié » entre Moscou et New Dehli. Depuis plusieurs mois, face à la pression de Donald Trump, l'Inde joue un numéro d'équilibriste : conserver ses liens historiques avec la Russie tout en évitant de froisser les États-Unis. New Dehli est en pleine discussion avec Washington pour réduire les droits de douane américains. Des pourparlers qui pourraient être fragilisés, car on a appris ce week-end que l'Inde devrait proposer un nouvel accord d'armement avec la Russie.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Visiblement, l'Inde veut être prête... ces achats semblent destinés à contrer la haute technologie chinoise, plutôt que gagner une guerre avec le Pakistan. Le système S-500 vise notamment à intercepter les missiles hypersoniques...
Given that Trump's ultimate objective is generally to make more money through transactional deals, we shouldn't be surprised that Maduro becomes some kind of business partner...
November 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Given that Trump's ultimate objective is generally to make more money through transactional deals, we shouldn't be surprised that Maduro becomes some kind of business partner...
Good, but concretely, what action? The last international conference on the subject has been a failure...meanwhile, all of us are breathing, eating and drinking microplastics every day. Let's hope that cancer treatments will progress rapidly!
Microplastics are already an environmental and health threat, but as the world heats up — driving increasingly extreme weather — it’s transforming them into “more mobile, persistent, and hazardous pollutants,” according to a new study, which calls for urgent action. https://cnn.it/4p9DPXy
How extreme weather is making plastic pollution more mobile, more persistent and more hazardous | CNN
Microplastics are already an environmental and health threat, but as the world heats up, they are becoming a much bigger and more hazardous problem, according to a new analysis
www.cnn.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Good, but concretely, what action? The last international conference on the subject has been a failure...meanwhile, all of us are breathing, eating and drinking microplastics every day. Let's hope that cancer treatments will progress rapidly!
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Microplastics are already an environmental and health threat, but as the world heats up — driving increasingly extreme weather — it’s transforming them into “more mobile, persistent, and hazardous pollutants,” according to a new study, which calls for urgent action. https://cnn.it/4p9DPXy
How extreme weather is making plastic pollution more mobile, more persistent and more hazardous | CNN
Microplastics are already an environmental and health threat, but as the world heats up, they are becoming a much bigger and more hazardous problem, according to a new analysis
www.cnn.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Microplastics are already an environmental and health threat, but as the world heats up — driving increasingly extreme weather — it’s transforming them into “more mobile, persistent, and hazardous pollutants,” according to a new study, which calls for urgent action. https://cnn.it/4p9DPXy