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From the land of windmills, wooden shoes and 'coffee' shops. Offline traveller. Online warrior. Dogs are my favorite people.
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Global crisis style note: What Trump is doing to Ukraine is not 'blackmail', which would be demand for payment under threat of exposure of compromising information*. This is demand for payment under threat of violence/refusal to protect from violence. The word is 'extortion'.

submitted 10 hours ago • 28 comments

🇵🇱🤝🇺🇦 "Poland bought Starlinks, which it gave to Ukraine. We pay and will continue to pay a subscription fee for satellite internet for Ukraine. I cannot imagine that someone could decide to terminate a business contract for a commercial service, to which Poland is a party."

submitted 11 hours ago • 44 comments

🇳🇱✈️🇺🇦 We expect new F-16 deliveries this year from the Netherlands, — Zelensky

submitted 14 hours ago • 20 comments

The weaponization of US technology companies means we should treat our dependence on them as a national security threat ↘️

submitted 19 hours ago • 16 comments

They tell themselves it can’t happen here. That the courts will save us, that institutions will hold, that this is just another election. But history doesn’t wake the sleepwalkers gently. It shatters them.

submitted 1 day ago • 24 comments

Macron has just urged the French to join the military reserve. “We are entering a new era”. France will have to spend more on defence. “The threat that Russia represents imposes choices on us” (Live exchange on social media)

submitted 2 days ago • 169 comments