Erwin Hattingh
@erwin-hattingh.bsky.social
Civil Engineer gradual IT nerd😬 Music lover and Audiophile, Jazz, R&B, classical, Pop 🎶 Aviation retired PPL, and nowadays mostly Boomer annoying people.
Reposted by Erwin Hattingh
Trump is “the most openly corrupt president in American history.”
Let’s all put Rutger Bregman’s words out there, seeing as how the BBC will not … on advice of counsel.
bsky.app/profile/rutg...
Let’s all put Rutger Bregman’s words out there, seeing as how the BBC will not … on advice of counsel.
bsky.app/profile/rutg...
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Trump is “the most openly corrupt president in American history.”
Let’s all put Rutger Bregman’s words out there, seeing as how the BBC will not … on advice of counsel.
bsky.app/profile/rutg...
Let’s all put Rutger Bregman’s words out there, seeing as how the BBC will not … on advice of counsel.
bsky.app/profile/rutg...
Mischa Blok en haar boek 🤔
“At this moment when any moment may be the last for many of us, it’s damned galling & impossibly sad that we still have among us the small, bitter people, the witch-hunters & the declaimers against reality."
A 1985 letter from the late great CHARLES BUKOWSKI on censorship.
A 1985 letter from the late great CHARLES BUKOWSKI on censorship.
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Mischa Blok en haar boek 🤔
Reposted by Erwin Hattingh
Schandalig dit: Franse rechter van het Internationaal Gerechtshof getroffen door Amerikaanse sancties. Hij heeft niet alleen toegang tot zijn Microsoft-account verloren, maar ook die tot Google, Amazon en Apple en kan zijn Amerikaanse creditcards niet gebruiken:
« Je suis le cobaye de la perte de souveraineté européenne ».
Il y a quelques jours, j’ai échangé avec Nicolas Guillou, le juge français à la Cour Pénale Internationale sanctionné par les États-Unis ↓
1/
Il y a quelques jours, j’ai échangé avec Nicolas Guillou, le juge français à la Cour Pénale Internationale sanctionné par les États-Unis ↓
1/
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Schandalig dit: Franse rechter van het Internationaal Gerechtshof getroffen door Amerikaanse sancties. Hij heeft niet alleen toegang tot zijn Microsoft-account verloren, maar ook die tot Google, Amazon en Apple en kan zijn Amerikaanse creditcards niet gebruiken:
Reposted by Erwin Hattingh
It might sound counterintuitive but trying to take Farage, Trump, Le Pen down based on individual flaws without centring the damage their politics do is counterproductive
It opens the way for less extreme actors espousing the same politics while these have become normalised by mainstream actors
It opens the way for less extreme actors espousing the same politics while these have become normalised by mainstream actors
November 25, 2025 at 8:51 AM
It might sound counterintuitive but trying to take Farage, Trump, Le Pen down based on individual flaws without centring the damage their politics do is counterproductive
It opens the way for less extreme actors espousing the same politics while these have become normalised by mainstream actors
It opens the way for less extreme actors espousing the same politics while these have become normalised by mainstream actors
Reposted by Erwin Hattingh
Scientists suggested that climate change could make central Vietnam a global hot spot for destructive storms. This year has seemed to prove the point. nyti.ms/4rqTh3d
November 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Scientists suggested that climate change could make central Vietnam a global hot spot for destructive storms. This year has seemed to prove the point. nyti.ms/4rqTh3d
Reposted by Erwin Hattingh
Margaret Thatcher, at her very best as a wine cork
November 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Margaret Thatcher, at her very best as a wine cork
Reposted by Erwin Hattingh
I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1714
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 AM
I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1714
Reposted by Erwin Hattingh
🚨 UPDATE: Container ship ONE Henry Hudson has been towed out to anchorage outside of the breakwater. The fire onboard has been substantially contained. Fire crews and ship crew members are continuing fire suppression efforts.
November 22, 2025 at 8:08 PM
🚨 UPDATE: Container ship ONE Henry Hudson has been towed out to anchorage outside of the breakwater. The fire onboard has been substantially contained. Fire crews and ship crew members are continuing fire suppression efforts.
Reposted by Erwin Hattingh
Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
November 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
Reposted by Erwin Hattingh
Aruba, Curaçao en Bonaire vallen net buiten het vluchtinformatiegebied van Venezuela (FIR Maiquetía), maar de Amerikaanse maatregel betekent wel dat toestellen van en naar de ABC-eilanden vanuit c.q. naar Europa een stuk moeten omvliegen.
November 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Aruba, Curaçao en Bonaire vallen net buiten het vluchtinformatiegebied van Venezuela (FIR Maiquetía), maar de Amerikaanse maatregel betekent wel dat toestellen van en naar de ABC-eilanden vanuit c.q. naar Europa een stuk moeten omvliegen.
Reposted by Erwin Hattingh
De Amerikaanse luchtvaartautoriteit FAA zegt dat luchtvaartmaatschappijen tot 19 februari het Venezolaanse luchtruim én vluchtinformatiegebied (FIR) moeten mijden. Dat staat in een NOTAM (bericht aan luchtvarenden) van de FAA. Mogelijk houdt dit verband met geplande militaire acties.
November 22, 2025 at 11:52 AM
De Amerikaanse luchtvaartautoriteit FAA zegt dat luchtvaartmaatschappijen tot 19 februari het Venezolaanse luchtruim én vluchtinformatiegebied (FIR) moeten mijden. Dat staat in een NOTAM (bericht aan luchtvarenden) van de FAA. Mogelijk houdt dit verband met geplande militaire acties.
Reposted by Erwin Hattingh
Reposted by Erwin Hattingh
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Reposted by Erwin Hattingh
Annual German TUV report:
"Tesla is embarrassing itself"
"Tesla fared particularly poorly. The Model Y came in last place out of 110 vehicles with a defect rate of 17.3%. The main issues identified were problems with the suspension, brake discs, and lighting"
Last ..
www.focus.de/auto/deutsch...
"Tesla is embarrassing itself"
"Tesla fared particularly poorly. The Model Y came in last place out of 110 vehicles with a defect rate of 17.3%. The main issues identified were problems with the suspension, brake discs, and lighting"
Last ..
www.focus.de/auto/deutsch...
Deutschlands Autos werden alt und Tesla blamiert sich im TÜV-Test
Die Autos in Deutschland werden immer älter. Das macht sich insbesondere bei den TÜV-Prüfungen bemerkbar. Im vergangenen Jahr fiel jedes fünfte Auto mit erheblichen Mängeln durch.
www.focus.de
November 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Annual German TUV report:
"Tesla is embarrassing itself"
"Tesla fared particularly poorly. The Model Y came in last place out of 110 vehicles with a defect rate of 17.3%. The main issues identified were problems with the suspension, brake discs, and lighting"
Last ..
www.focus.de/auto/deutsch...
"Tesla is embarrassing itself"
"Tesla fared particularly poorly. The Model Y came in last place out of 110 vehicles with a defect rate of 17.3%. The main issues identified were problems with the suspension, brake discs, and lighting"
Last ..
www.focus.de/auto/deutsch...
Reposted by Erwin Hattingh
allowing the Scottish Soccer team business class lounge privileges at Stansted Airport will be challenging @stansaidairport.bsky.social
#soccer #worldcup #scottish
#soccer #worldcup #scottish
a man in a kilt is sitting on a couch with a google logo behind him
ALT: a man in a kilt is sitting on a couch with a google logo behind him
media.tenor.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
allowing the Scottish Soccer team business class lounge privileges at Stansted Airport will be challenging @stansaidairport.bsky.social
#soccer #worldcup #scottish
#soccer #worldcup #scottish
Reposted by Erwin Hattingh
Reposted by Erwin Hattingh
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
Reposted by Erwin Hattingh
November 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Reposted by Erwin Hattingh
Reposted by Erwin Hattingh
Work on BOB HOPE’s extraordinary Palm Springs home started in 1973 and was finally completed in 1979.
November 20, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Work on BOB HOPE’s extraordinary Palm Springs home started in 1973 and was finally completed in 1979.
Reposted by Erwin Hattingh
Reposted by Erwin Hattingh
Absolutely delighted that Scotland have qualified for the World Cup! We've already got the signs up for the team bus when they fly out.
November 20, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Absolutely delighted that Scotland have qualified for the World Cup! We've already got the signs up for the team bus when they fly out.
Een tong als een wokkel
November 20, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Een tong als een wokkel
Reposted by Erwin Hattingh
Reposted by Erwin Hattingh
