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Bartelds
@bartelds.bsky.social
Formerly with Dutch military intelligence (MoD) and counter-terrorism (MoJ)
Former optimist
Antifa

(Opinions are mine, etc.)
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Witkoff is not buying the Russian narrative. He is selling it.
November 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Steve Witkoff coached Russian intelligence on how to manipulate the President of the United States. This is not merely “scandal.” It’s treason wearing a suit and wearing the colors of its betrayal. 🇺🇸
The Witkoff Files: When Treason Masquerades as Diplomacy
Steve Witkoff.
www.notesfromthecircus.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Dodental door brand in torens Hongkong naar 36, geen contact met 279 anderen #buitenland
Dodental door brand in torens Hongkong naar 36, geen contact met 279 anderen
Het dodental van de grote brand in appartementencomplexen in Hongkong is opgelopen tot 36, meldt de lokale brandweer. Eerder was er nog sprake van zeker 13 doden. Met 279 anderen zou geen contact zijn.
www.nu.nl
November 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Toegankelijke communicatie door de DEU veiligheidsdiensten. Niet verstopt in een jaarverslag, maar gewoon via online kanalen communiceren dat er Russische 'pranksters' actief zijn die proberen Duitse overheidsfunctionarissen te bellen met als doel om hen voor schut te zetten. x.com/BfV_Bund/sta...
November 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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#Containervessel #Ghibli IMO 9208186 #IMO9208186 idling of #Skaw #Skagen #DK #Denmark but not dropping anchor.

Waiting for #Pilot #MaritimePilot, Supplies, Stores, Crewchange ?

Destination #Russia
November 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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A fire spread across seven high-rise apartment buildings in a Hong Kong housing complex, killing 13 people and leaving others still trapped, the city’s fire services said Wednesday. https://to.pbs.org/3M00t64
13 people killed as raging fire destroys Hong Kong high-rise residential buildings
Video from the scene showed multiple buildings close to each other ablaze, with bright flames and smoke shooting out of many of the apartments’ windows as night fell. Authorities said hundreds of fire...
to.pbs.org
November 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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The head of Hong Kong's fire service has given details about the death of officer Ho, one of the firefighters battling the blaze. Ho was found in the open space outside the elevator at Hung Cheong Court, one of the buildings that make up the residential complex
November 26, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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26 November 1925 | A French Jewish girl, Paulette Isakow, was born in Chaumont.

On 20 July 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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Video about the history of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs
November 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
November 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Boude waarschuwing Tom-Jan Meeus in NRC:
Als de middenpartijen geen berekenbaar kabinet kunnen vormen dat de termijn uitzit en zijn plannen waarmaakt, dan scheppen zij de omstandigheden die ze electoraal marginaliseert en een rechts-radicale machtsovername faciliteert.

www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Opinie | Hoe de politiek iets van haar verloren berekenbaarheid kan terugwinnen
Machtige Tijden: In een grillige politieke cultuur probeert Den Haag een berekenbare regering te vormen. Hoe pakt die grilligheid uit? Hoe kan de politiek haar berekenbaarheid terugwinnen? Een voorzic...
www.nrc.nl
November 23, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Vandaag een blogje over de Thuringers: een groep die ik (bij gebrek aan betere term) Germaans zal noemen, en die ergens aan de Elbe leefde.

mainzerbeobachter.com/2025/11/26/d...
November 26, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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NEW: The FBI reached out yesterday to the sergeant-at-arms in connection with the six Democrats who filmed the video re: illegal orders.

The unusual inquiry was quickly redirected to the House’s legal office.

w/ @nicholaswu12.bsky.social

www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Democrats say they are subjects of FBI probe after filming anti-Trump video
Congressional Democrats who have law enforcement and military backgrounds were criticized by the Trump administration for their message to the troops.
www.politico.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Tear gas is not a nerve agent and this is a highly irresponsible thing to claim
tear gas is a nerve agent that is a warcrime to use, the reason they arent locking arms is tear gas in the doses ice uses can kill or permanently injure lungs
November 26, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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🚁🇺🇦 The State Border Guard Service for the first time showed helicopter pilots who shoot down "Shaheds".

Pilot Oleksiy Doronenkov has over 300 destroyed targets. Two years ago, he had no idea that he would become a pilot.
November 26, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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From t.me/Pravda_Geras...

💥Hello, #Cheboksary! The good drones have reached the "All-#Russian Scientific Research Institute of Relay Engineering"

Last night, the residents of #Cheboksary had no time to sleep — they diligently recorded the successes of the good drones at the strategic scientific &
November 26, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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🔥 Cheboksary took another hit tonight.

UA drones struck #VNIIR-Progress, a major russian producer of electronics and automation systems.

This is the third known strike on the site.
The plant was also hit on 9 June and on 5 July 2025.

#russia="/hashtag/russiaisaterroriststate" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#russiaisaterroriststate #cheboksary #russia
November 26, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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⚡️Air Defense Forces neutralized 72 out of 90 enemy UAVs

Russia also struck Ukraine with two Iskander-M ballistic missiles.

Hits were recorded at 10 locations.
November 26, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Ukraine claims to down Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles with a jamming system that generates a disruption field preventing anything in the area from communicating with a satellite. It uses radio noise, and also sends along a digital signal and spoofs navigation signals. www.404media.co/ukraine-is-j...
Ukraine Is Jamming Russia’s ‘Superweapon’ With a Song
A few years ago, Putin hyped the Kinzhal hypersonic missile. Now electronic warfare is knocking it out of the sky with music and some bad directions.
www.404media.co
November 26, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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An ICE deportation flight (EAL8280) is en route to Venezuela today, marking the 72nd flight to Venezuela since February of this year. U.S. deportation flights continue to land in Caracas despite escalating tensions.
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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#RDN #Forsvaret ( #DK #Denmark) boat out greeting #Russia #Murman during passage of #Copenhagen #CPH #TheSound
November 26, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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The mayor of Novorossiysk shows photos of damage Ukraine's drones caused Tuesday night.

He says 20 apartments, 15 private homes, a polyclinic + sports school were hit.

Meanwhile RU media report loading of oil has resumed at the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) marine terminal
November 26, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Deadly fire engulfs Hong Kong apartment blocks
At least four people have been killed after a fire engulfed a residential building in Hong Kong.

The fire at Wang Fuk Court broke out at 14:51 local time (06:51 GMT) , according to the Hong Kong government.

www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
Watch: Deadly fire engulfs Hong Kong apartment blocks
Video footage shows large plumes of smoke billowing up into the sky, as firefighters on cranes try and put out the blaze.
www.bbc.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Looks like confirmation of the destruction of one of Russia's two high-power laser A-60 aircraft (refitted Il-76)
Ukraine / Le 14e régiment de drones ukrainien confirme avoir mené avec succès la frappe contre la base aérienne russe de Taganrog la nuit dernière (Les images satellites montrent les résultats de l'opération)
November 26, 2025 at 10:08 AM