Bastiaan Brak

@bastiaanbrak.bsky.social

Documenting plants, mostly in urban environments.

Bad news. Massive detonation at a Ukrainian ammunition depot in Kyiv Oblast following russian strikes. Worse news, by the color of the fire, rocket propellant, so likley AD missiles. Worst news 4th depo in so many days, looks like serious intelligence breach, nobody is just that lucky.

Amazingly, the Trump admin still thinks “Putin is my friend, he’ll help us because he likes me.” No matter how many times that proves false, they don’t accept the idea of national interest, and that the whole appeal of Trump to the Kremlin is he’s venal, easy to manipulate, and weakening the West.

CIA Director Ratcliffe going to Moscow for an intel-to-Intel level meeting because the Trump White House is so concerned about a potential future Russian attack on a Baltic state didn’t track. Begging Russian intel to stop sharing with Iran (and probably failing)? Now that sounds like Team Trump.

Sky Marchini@sky.skymarchini.net · 23h ago

"p-p-please stop sharing intel with iran" my god the US is fucking cucked www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

It's extremely easy to laugh at this, but it's an interesting example of Trump's preoccupations as well as his ignorance. There's no other post-WW2 Republican president on here - can't have competition - but he's remembered to add the men he's fixated on to the 'failures' group.

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Voortdurend verspreiden van misinformatie en overtreden van de Mediawet. Al jaren dring ik samen met Mo aan op ingrijpen, maar we kregen nooit voldoende steun. Helaas was er een nieuw schandaal nodig, en nieuwe sancties. Maar zo goed dat er eindelijk een meerderheid is!👇🏼

Mo Mohandis@momohandis.bsky.social · 20h ago

Kamermeerderheid 💚♥️ De minister kan zich niet langer verschuilen. Als zij dat wel doet, zal ik een voorstel in stemming brengen om de omroeplicentie van Ongehoord Nederland in te trekken. Het is klaar. Ruime meerderheid Tweede Kamer: ‘Geen toekomst bij de NPO’ www.rtl.nl/nieuws/polit...

I know this isn't terrorism. You know this isn't terrorism. The authorities know this isn't terrorism. But, once again, they have labelled protesters "terrorists", as part of the long-running programme to ensure that no one dares protest about anything any more. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Seven charged with damaging Trump’s Scottish golf course accused of ‘terrorist connection’

Course at Donald Trump’s Turnberry resort was painted with words ‘Gaza is not 4 sale’ and clubhouse was sprayed with graffiti

theguardian.com

A legend with a huge heart. Ukraine had a friend in Dolly. 💔🇺🇦 Dolly Parton dedicated an entire ACM Awards to Ukraine while looking absolutely snatched, and became an ambassador for Sunflower Guitar for Ukraine, supporting humanitarian aid. Rest in peace, Dolly.

"I was not shocked that he helped somebody. My shock is that he was murdered. And no one has given us the complete truth or anyone has been held accountable. And it's been 7 months! ... there was more effort in vilifying him than pursuing justice" -- Alex Pretti's parents

Jongens. Ik snap echt geen reet meer van de werkelijkheid. De ooit gelauwerde rector magnificus zegt dus eigenlijk; ‘lastig ja… Hitler-propaganda op de NPO. Maar ja. Je wil het wel horen. Anders gaat het ondergronds.’ 😂 Wat moet je eigenlijk kunnen om topbestuurder te zijn of worden in dit land?

Merijn Oudenampsen@merijnoudenampsen.org · 4d ago

“Als je Ongehoord Nederland verbiedt dan kan het ondergronds gaan en dan zal het radicaliseren.” Jongens, ze vertonen toespraken van Adolf Hitler. Die radicalisering is al lang gewoon op de NPO gaande. wnl.tv/2026/08/25/m...

We're of course making Europe more dependent on regular LNG supply now. Trump has already threatened to use US LNG to put pressure on the EU, e.g. for being nasty to his tech billionaire buddies. Normally, other countries would jump in, but Trump's war against Iran has knocked out Qatar for now.

Het gegeven dat extreem/radicaal-rechts zich in het hart van de Nederlandse democratie heeft kunnen nestelen (ON in het publieke omroepstelsel, FvD in de Kamer) toont aan dat Nederland onvoldoende weerbaar is (of wil zijn) tegen deze dreiging.