Anna Busy Bee
@annabusybee.bsky.social
From the land of windmills, wooden shoes and 'coffee' shops. Offline traveller. Online warrior. Dogs are my favorite people.
Kushner claims there’s a peace deal if only Ukr withdrew from Donbas. Thats not true. Ru wants Ukr withdrawal as the condition to begin peace talks not to end the war. Ru has not agreed to a single thing Ukr wants: NATO membership, peacekeeping troops, reparations, return of kidnapped children, etc.
😅 Fierce battles for gasoline are taking place in Russia amid a fuel crisis.
This is spectacular, folks. We live in a moment in American history when the president and his administration are so racist and dumb that a toy company has to put out a statement saying: "OUR GIANT ROBOT THAT TURNS INTO A TRUCK DENOUNCES RACISM AND HAS NO CONNECTION TO THE CURRENT PRESIDENT."
Project Salt Box@projectsaltbox.com · 3d agoHasbro on DHS’ use of Optimus Prime in their deportation slop.
Germany’s Merz cancels phone call with Trump after social media post celebrating AfD win – Europe live
Germany’s Merz cancels phone call with Trump after social media post celebrating AfD win – Europe live
Spokesperson for Merz declines to give a reason for cancellation, but notes that it was not due to scheduling Back to Oslo, the funeral procession for King Harald is about the begin, and the 1.2km route to the Oslo Cathedral is lined up with 1,900 soldiers from all branches of the Norwegian defence forces. The procession is expected to walk very slowly – at around 60 steps per minute – and will include the royal family, including King Haakon, followed by a royal car with the widow, Queen Sonja. Continue reading...
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📌Listen to me, you incompetent MSM morons: Trump is lying about where he was, and what he did on 9/11. This would be gross if he was a drunk loudmouth at the end of some bar, but he's the President of the United States and it's appalling. Your job is to hold him to account. FUCKING DO IT ALREADY
The EU and Canada are working on a broad new partnership covering trade, defence, security, space, scientific research, supply chains and critical minerals to reduce their dependence on the US and China, Bloomberg reports. 1/
I didn't know the terrorists hit Trump Tower that day as well.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d agoTrump claims he was basically lifted out of the rubble on 9/11: "Two fireman, big strong guys, they grabbed me under the arms -- 'got to get our of here!' -- and they literally lifted me up, and they started running with me."
NEWS: Iceland has summoned the U.S. ambassador after Trump posted a map depicting Iceland, Canada, Greenland and other countries and territories under the American flag.
Iceland Summons U.S. Ambassador After Trump Posts Image of the Nation as Part of the U.S.
Official diplomatic summons is the first step towards the dissolving of relations
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In a world of Putins and Trumps, be a #LoekHartog. What a hero! 💪
James Dart@jamesdart.bsky.social · last wk.Loek Hartog pulled over after fellow competitor Ollie Millroy was involved in a fiery crash during Saturday’s China GT race, fighting the flames himself and then pulling him out to save his life. ‘I’m still alive tonight, solely thanks to one man,’ said Millroy www.motorsport.com/gt/news/hart...
now this is a lead, @crampell.bsky.social! "NEARLY A CENTURY AGO, our European allies evacuated their gold to America to safeguard it from the Nazis. Today, some European countries are taking it back—apparently to protect it from Donald Trump." www.thebulwark.com/p/europe-gol...
Europe’s Gold Fled the Nazis. Now It’s Fleeing Trump.
Our allies once trusted America to safeguard their reserves. Now they worry the president might freeze them.
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🇩🇪 Rutte: I just spoke with Friedrich Merz. NATO stands in full solidarity with Germany after the Russian hybrid attack in Leipzig on 4 August. Russia’s attempts to intimidate us, to undermine our unity and willingness to support Ukraine are futile and will fail. Our support to Ukraine is unwaverin…
The German government has officially recognized that Russia is behind the terrorist attack at the Leipzig airport in early August.
German police has found explosives at a substation in federal state of #Brandenburg. The substation is close to the powerplant in #Jänschwalde. The authorities have started an investigation. Germany has had to deal with multiple acts of sabotage lately, likely carried out by #Russia.
DER SPIEGEL@spiegel.de · 2w agoEntschärfer sind vor Ort, es besteht laut Behörden keine Gefahr: Am Umspannwerk in Turnow-Preilack unweit des Kraftwerks Jänschwalde sind Sprengvorrichtungen gefunden worden.
Spotted outside The Penthouse Nightclub in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. REUTERS/Chris Helgren.
The Dutch football federation is calling for an international summit to discuss the future of FIFA after becoming the latest nation to call for new leadership at the global soccer governing body.
Dutch federation calls for global summit to discuss FIFA future, withdraws support for Infantino
The Dutch football federation is calling for an international summit to discuss the future of FIFA after becoming the latest nation to call for new leadership at the global soccer governing body.
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Octavia E. Butler’s novel “Parable of the Talents” depicts a dystopian United States run by Christian Nationalists. Their slogan is “Make America Great Again.” Published in 1998, many years before Trump’s political career, but this poem in the book prophesied Trump. (Poem from @zymplex.bsky.social)
Trump: "The problem in this country is that you all don't love, adore and idolize me, me and ME enough".
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2w agoTrump’s midterm campaign theme is unrequited love | Sidney Blumenthal
Ratko Mladić, Bosnian-Serb general dubbed the ‘Butcher of Bosnia,’ dies aged 84 An important case where international action, law and justice were (eventually) successful
Ratko Mladić, Bosnian-Serb general dubbed the ‘Butcher of Bosnia,’ dies aged 84 | CNN
Ratko Mladić, the Bosnian Serb general who orchestrated the Srebrenica massacre and the siege of Sarajevo during the Balkan wars, has died
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Buckingham Palace band playing 9 to 5 for Dolly Parton
A great loss for us all. A light in our darkness, a talent like none other. Rest in song and mirth, Dolly. The heavens have a new star among them.
No, Elon: it was because the conquest of Egypt (in particular) suddenly made a few Romans so unprecedentedly rich and powerful that they destroyed the Roman Republic.
Another example of other countries needing digital sovereignty from the U.S., which @doctorow.pluralistic.net has talked about before (and is mentioned in the article) I hope they're able to do it sooner rather than later
Holger Hestermeyer@hhesterm.bsky.social · 4w agoThis incident needs to be thoroughly investigated. If true, no public office in the EU or any member state can continue to run any microsoft products. nltimes.nl/2026/05/22/m...
This incident needs to be thoroughly investigated. If true, no public office in the EU or any member state can continue to run any microsoft products. nltimes.nl/2026/05/22/m...
Microsoft accused of leaking Dutch civil servants' names to U.S. government
Microsoft has reportedly shared the names of Dutch civil servants working for two regulatory agencies with the U.S. House of Representatives. The agencies involved include the Authority for Consumers ...
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Carney on the US: We cannot accept what they’ve offered, and we will not give what they’ve asked.
The Navy may change the name of a warship to honor a brave black man who served honorably in the Pearl Harbor attack to the name of a cowardly draft dodger who is so ignorant he didn’t even know what happened at Pearl Harbor, according to his then Chief of Staff accompanying him on the visit
