Plutonaut
@plutonaut.bsky.social
Space engineering, photography, and politics.🇪🇺🛰️
Even if involved in narcotrafficking, this would be illegal. Due process.
CNN@cnn.com · 2d agoThe US military’s strikes on alleged drug boats have likely illegally killed “individuals who are not involved in narcotrafficking,” Sen. Tim Kaine told the White House, following “a careful review” of classified information he has seen so far.
Politie: ‘Bankovervallers niet gepakt, want ze hadden een panty over hun hoofd. In dit soort situaties is het heel ingewikkeld, dus we laten het erbij.’
The idea that bluesky is a "leftist bubble" is such a prime example of the self-defeating narratives of the Left. "We have become too progressive and too woke. We only interact in our bubble." - empirically wrong, but repeated constantly in circles of powerful people who claim to be on the Left.
De kernreactor van #Cernavodă in Roemenië is in het nieuws, en ik haak erop in met deze twee schitterende, bij Cernavodă opgegraven beeldjes uit de #Prehistorie. Ze behoren bij de Hamangia-cultuur, zijn rond 5000 v.Chr. gemaakt en zijn gewoon prachtig. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamangi...
Like many Europeans, I felt deep unease, not only at the deaths in Ceuta, but at Europe’s dehumanised response. By embracing this dystopian narrative, they turned desperate people into invaders, abandoned European solidarity and helped create the image Europe’s worst enemies want READ below
Inmiddels lopen er schepen vast op Rijn en Waal. Maar klimaatopwarming en economie hebben niets met elkaar te maken, hoor.
Kees van der Leun@sustainable2050.bsky.social · 2d agoFive days ago, the Rhine - at the point where it enters the Netherlands - reached its lowest level ever recorded: 6.47 meter above sea level. Now it's at 6.35 m.
Japanese engineers develop a technique to recover and recycle 90% of Lithium from old EV batteries.
Scientists recover 90% of lithium from old batteries — here's why it matters
A metals plant in Tsuruga of the Fukui Prefecture has positioned itself as a major player in the battery recycling industry by achieving near-record levels of lithium recovery.
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A brilliant and adorble feeding station for a disabled cat. Original post
how many real people have experienced actual, documented harm at the hands of Trans people playing sports? ok, how many children will be victimized by mandatory genital inspections, because you know the number isn't zero? tell me again, who are you trying to protect here??
Two weeks before the recent influx of tens of thousands of Moroccans onto the territory of Spain—a NATO member—the US House passed a bill asserting for the first time that “Ceuta and Melilla are located in Moroccan territory” and allocating $20 million to Morocco. (www.congress.gov/119/crpt/hrp...)
Domingo Geronimo Mattle / @realurbanartistry paints subjects as if they’re turned around in famous paintings: #AGoodPlace
Can't think of a thing that will radicalize a generation faster than "you've gotta let that old man in the corner over there see what's inside those pants before you play Kindergarten volleyball."
Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d agoAn initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play
This is honestly one of the most shocking images coming out of this administration and that’s saying something
Murshed Zaheed@murshedz.bsky.social · last wk.“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
It is pretty sad that so few people actually believe in open borders
Bear Grylls really fucked up that genre of masculinity while Ray Mears is there doing the thing and doing it better
Hoog tijd voor reportages over wie in hemelsnaam die mensen zijn die zo massaal op PRO stemmen, terwijl de media zo weinig oog hadden voor hun zorgen
Daniël Boomsma@danielboomsma.bsky.social · 3d agoHet is De Hond dus met een enorme korrel zout, maar zelfs als je er een handvol zetels naast zit is dit een diep grimmige peiling (1 augustus jl.).
Three top Israeli war cabinet ministers. If you insist that Israel is not committing genocide, then you really, really haven't been paying attention.
#BepiColombo is approaching Mercury 🛰️🌑☀️ And we’re here for it! 🙌 On 3 September, the @esa.int / #JAXA mission will carry out its first arrival manoeuvre, kicking off the Mercury Arrival Phase. Want to watch live on 3 Sept? ️️Stay tuned here and on @science.esa.int for more details on 27 August 🗓️
🇪🇸🇲🇦 Up to 88 dead: In Ceuta, Spain, the morgue is filled with the bodies of migrants after the storming of the border, — El Pais Many teenagers and women are among the victims. People died not only in the water, but also in the stampede on the beach and while trying to climb over border breakwater.
Sanchez is becoming the punch bag of Europe’s right and Trump.
Dave Keating@davekeating.substack.com · 5d agoIt's notable that when Belarus/Russia did this to Poland, other EU countries didn't respond by blaming Poland. They blamed Belarus/Russia. No mystery why Europe's governing conservatives are blaming the EU's only leftist prime minister.
Modern day yellow stars includes tracking and a surveillance state.
amanda moore 🐢@noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 3d agoMore news out of Ohio: Haitian immigrants in the state were given notice to appear at the DHS office outside of Cincinnati to receive ankle monitors.
🧵-1 Molen De Roos is een van de bekendste blikvangers van Delft. Maar zonder Klaas van Rhijn was deze korenmolen aan de Phoenixstraat er misschien niet meer geweest. Rond de honderdste sterfdag van de laatste eigenaar-molenaar werd deze week een krans gelegd bij zijn graf.
‘Redder’ van Molen De Roos leeft na 100 jaar nog voort: ‘Verbeterde ook wegennet rond Delft’
Molen De Roos is een van de bekendste blikvangers van Delft. Maar zonder Klaas van Rhijn was deze korenmolen aan de Phoenixstraat er misschien niet meer geweest. Rond de honderdste sterfdag van de laa...
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Als jullie op sociale media een foto van Jetten tegenkomen waarbij hij ogenschijnlijk een Hitlergroet maakt, dan is dat een AI-plaatje gemaakt door Jan Dijkgraaf. Ik zie het nu toch wel rondgaan helaas.
If you see someone online ignorantly claiming that entry into Ceuta entails entry into mainland Spain/the Schengen area, here's the text proving otherwise. (Plus almost everyone who entered Ceuta returned within a day)
Steve Peers@stevepeers.bsky.social · 5d agoHere are those special rules on Ceuta and Melilla as regards Schengen - dating back to Spain acceding to the Schengen Convention eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten...
Je enige kerncentrale stilleggen. Helft minder elektriciteit in het land. Want .. geen koelwater meer (Kerncentrales hebben 3 tot 6-voudige (!) koelwater nodig van gascentrales, voor zelfde elektrische stroom) Onze 'visionaire' NL politiek: Zeg, weet je wat wij moeten doen? Kerncentrales bouwen!
nieuws.nl@nieuwsnl.bsky.social · 4d agoHongarije legt kerncentrale Paks stil door hittegolf
Cheryl Reeve, winningest coach in WNBA history, defends transgender athletes against sports bans. “Exclusion is never the answer. Separate isn’t equal. Trans lives matter.” 💗🏳️⚧️💗🏀💗
