Thomas Gorin Weijmer
@thomasgorinweijmer.bsky.social
⚔️⚔️⚔️ Don't let the grubby, little opportunists get you down. ⚔️⚔️⚔️
Trade union internationalist. Grass roots organiser. Negotiator. Of course, always antfacist.
Omnia sunt communia.
Trade union internationalist. Grass roots organiser. Negotiator. Of course, always antfacist.
Omnia sunt communia.
On this day, 500 years ago, the rebel leader of the German peasant army Thomas Müntzer was murdered by the German Lords after being captured at the battle of Frankenhausen. When under torture, asked to surrender the names of his friends, he simply replied:
I have friends everywhere.
I have friends everywhere.
May 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
On this day, 500 years ago, the rebel leader of the German peasant army Thomas Müntzer was murdered by the German Lords after being captured at the battle of Frankenhausen. When under torture, asked to surrender the names of his friends, he simply replied:
I have friends everywhere.
I have friends everywhere.
Funny, because true.
April 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Funny, because true.
Have you ever said ‘thank you’ once?
April 7, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Have you ever said ‘thank you’ once?
General strike in Belgium.
Members of the two biggest trade union federations join forces to fight against pensions cuts and worsening working conditions.
Some disruptions in normal services to be expected. Like not a single outbound flight from Brussels airport.
Members of the two biggest trade union federations join forces to fight against pensions cuts and worsening working conditions.
Some disruptions in normal services to be expected. Like not a single outbound flight from Brussels airport.
March 31, 2025 at 8:45 AM
General strike in Belgium.
Members of the two biggest trade union federations join forces to fight against pensions cuts and worsening working conditions.
Some disruptions in normal services to be expected. Like not a single outbound flight from Brussels airport.
Members of the two biggest trade union federations join forces to fight against pensions cuts and worsening working conditions.
Some disruptions in normal services to be expected. Like not a single outbound flight from Brussels airport.
Fighting Turkish authoritarianism, in style.
Not all heroes wear costumes, but some do.
Not all heroes wear costumes, but some do.
March 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Fighting Turkish authoritarianism, in style.
Not all heroes wear costumes, but some do.
Not all heroes wear costumes, but some do.
Fighting Turkish authoritarianism, in style.
March 24, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Fighting Turkish authoritarianism, in style.
What Trump is talking about here, is the Ukrainian incursion into Kursk. Trump is telling Ukraine to abandon its positions, which is undoubtedly a demand direct from Putin.
Trump is reframing the Russian view that the war should be fought on Ukrainian soil only as some kind of humanitarian effort.
Trump is reframing the Russian view that the war should be fought on Ukrainian soil only as some kind of humanitarian effort.
March 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
What Trump is talking about here, is the Ukrainian incursion into Kursk. Trump is telling Ukraine to abandon its positions, which is undoubtedly a demand direct from Putin.
Trump is reframing the Russian view that the war should be fought on Ukrainian soil only as some kind of humanitarian effort.
Trump is reframing the Russian view that the war should be fought on Ukrainian soil only as some kind of humanitarian effort.
Berate.
Belittle.
Betray.
Belittle.
Betray.
March 4, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Berate.
Belittle.
Betray.
Belittle.
Betray.
Elon Musk has entered full Untergang bunker mode. All drugs, sorry tweets, and no sleep.
March 3, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Elon Musk has entered full Untergang bunker mode. All drugs, sorry tweets, and no sleep.
Isengard first!
March 1, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Isengard first!
AP and Reuters out, Russian state-media TASS in.
February 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM
AP and Reuters out, Russian state-media TASS in.
Voting. Leopards. Eating. Face.
February 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Voting. Leopards. Eating. Face.
My two favorite Gene Hackman films. But there are many, many more.
February 27, 2025 at 10:04 AM
My two favorite Gene Hackman films. But there are many, many more.
The term you are looking for is what Republicans likes to call "waste, fraud, and abuse," or for short "Elon-Musk-is-corrupt-to-the-core-and-only-in-it-for-himself".
Ok, maybe not shorter, but it's definitely correct.
Ok, maybe not shorter, but it's definitely correct.
February 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The term you are looking for is what Republicans likes to call "waste, fraud, and abuse," or for short "Elon-Musk-is-corrupt-to-the-core-and-only-in-it-for-himself".
Ok, maybe not shorter, but it's definitely correct.
Ok, maybe not shorter, but it's definitely correct.
Three years since Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine.
Three years of war and desolation in Ukraine.
Three years of heartbreak, defiance, and hope.
Three years of war and desolation in Ukraine.
Three years of heartbreak, defiance, and hope.
February 24, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Three years since Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine.
Three years of war and desolation in Ukraine.
Three years of heartbreak, defiance, and hope.
Three years of war and desolation in Ukraine.
Three years of heartbreak, defiance, and hope.
German election. 35 years since reunification, and it still looks like two different countries.
The eastern parts are still poorer and more susceptible to right wing (Russian) propaganda.
The eastern parts are still poorer and more susceptible to right wing (Russian) propaganda.
February 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM
German election. 35 years since reunification, and it still looks like two different countries.
The eastern parts are still poorer and more susceptible to right wing (Russian) propaganda.
The eastern parts are still poorer and more susceptible to right wing (Russian) propaganda.
The drugs don't work
They just make you worse
They just make you worse
February 21, 2025 at 9:28 AM
The drugs don't work
They just make you worse
They just make you worse
How I arrived at Bluesky
January 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
How I arrived at Bluesky
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea."
After Eric Cantona kung fu kick a racist hooligan at Selhurst Park on 25. January 1995, he was told to answer questions from the press. This was his only response.
Happy Eric Cantona Day!
After Eric Cantona kung fu kick a racist hooligan at Selhurst Park on 25. January 1995, he was told to answer questions from the press. This was his only response.
Happy Eric Cantona Day!
January 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea."
After Eric Cantona kung fu kick a racist hooligan at Selhurst Park on 25. January 1995, he was told to answer questions from the press. This was his only response.
Happy Eric Cantona Day!
After Eric Cantona kung fu kick a racist hooligan at Selhurst Park on 25. January 1995, he was told to answer questions from the press. This was his only response.
Happy Eric Cantona Day!