Gert-Jan Bartelds

@gertjanbartelds.nl

book freak. life-long learner. critical voice. ex-astrophysicist. remembers boulderdash. guitar and djembe. test all the things. SWeng. Dem’ter & Türkiye. Dutch.

A Chinese official attempted some of that Wolf Warrior Diplomacy ™ shit. It did not go well. Philippines' Defence Minister Gilberto Teodoro was speaking up for smaller nations and international law at a forum in Korea when he was handed a note from a Chinese official, meant as intimidating.

Dat heb ik ze gevraagd. Het antwoord: 1. de redactie is onafhankelijk; 2. iedereen is welkom; 3. de kijker wil het (vertaald: de kijkcijfers zijn leidend). Conclusie: niet meer kijken.

Where does this madness with the renaming on Google end? Can Trump call the Atlantic Ocean the “Trump Ocean” and they’ll fall in line? Can he name Minnesota “Big Fat Loserville” and it goes on the map the next day?

Was walking past this building and through the window saw this backrooms-ass room, so I accidentally took the coolest picture ever due to the window's reflection

A backrooms-ass room with a twilight sky and trees seemingly imposed over it in a dream-like fashion (it's the reflection of the window)

Trump kwam met “a Truth Social post that reads like a hostage note written by someone who doesn’t know what day it is. Carney ended him last week. This post is the proof." "Canada doesn’t need to panic, doesn’t need to blink until Trump begs Carney.” deanblundell.substack.com/p/breaking-t...

BREAKING: Trump Just Surrendered To Canada In All Caps

His big escalation after Carney walked away? A promise to tariff steel that’s already tariffed, and to hit autos... next year. This is what losing looks like.

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