Marcus
@mendaciumpugnator.bsky.social
People who deviate from the norm are usually more fun. Passion for music and bondage. Humanist. Kitchen prince. Tech nerd. Amps, guitar and bass.
Posts in English and Dutch.
#longcovid since 2020.
Siamo tutti antifascisti.
Posts in English and Dutch.
#longcovid since 2020.
Siamo tutti antifascisti.
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If you follow me, I'm highly likely to follow you back because you've shown you have excellent taste. 😉
I post about food, music, politics, longcovid, and whatever else pops up in my mind.
Reposts of personal posts are not appreciated. If you want to do that, ask first.
DM's open for mutuals.
I post about food, music, politics, longcovid, and whatever else pops up in my mind.
Reposts of personal posts are not appreciated. If you want to do that, ask first.
DM's open for mutuals.
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On the patently unlawful boat strikes
It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
🧵
It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
🧵
White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats
The Trump administration sidestepped skeptical lawyers across national security agencies as it pursued a military campaign against alleged narcotraffickers, officials say.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
On the patently unlawful boat strikes
It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
🧵
It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
🧵
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Volgens Wierd Duk is De Raad van State is geen neutrale arbiter meer. Het is volgens hem een ideologisch bolwerk..
De Raad van State werd in 1940 door de bezetter afgeschaft.
Nazi Rijkscommissaris Arthur Seyss-Inquart gaf als motief dat de bestuurlijke slagkracht door de RvS werd gehinderd.
De Raad van State werd in 1940 door de bezetter afgeschaft.
Nazi Rijkscommissaris Arthur Seyss-Inquart gaf als motief dat de bestuurlijke slagkracht door de RvS werd gehinderd.
November 23, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Volgens Wierd Duk is De Raad van State is geen neutrale arbiter meer. Het is volgens hem een ideologisch bolwerk..
De Raad van State werd in 1940 door de bezetter afgeschaft.
Nazi Rijkscommissaris Arthur Seyss-Inquart gaf als motief dat de bestuurlijke slagkracht door de RvS werd gehinderd.
De Raad van State werd in 1940 door de bezetter afgeschaft.
Nazi Rijkscommissaris Arthur Seyss-Inquart gaf als motief dat de bestuurlijke slagkracht door de RvS werd gehinderd.
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“After having extensive conversations with ChatGPT about his depression and suicidal ideation, ChatGPT still provided Joshua with information on how to purchase and use a gun, according to the court complaint reviewed by USA TODAY.”
He told ChatGPT he was suicidal. It helped with his plan, family says.
A lawsuit against OpenAI claims that Joshua Enneking, 26, was coached into suicide by ChatGPT after confiding in the chatbot for months.
www.usatoday.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
“After having extensive conversations with ChatGPT about his depression and suicidal ideation, ChatGPT still provided Joshua with information on how to purchase and use a gun, according to the court complaint reviewed by USA TODAY.”
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Having just been through the desert carrying a guy with no name, it felt good to get out of the rain.
November 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Having just been through the desert carrying a guy with no name, it felt good to get out of the rain.
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BREAKING: Comey case dismissed without prejudice. Halligan invalidly appointed, judge rules. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
BREAKING: Comey case dismissed without prejudice. Halligan invalidly appointed, judge rules. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
If you want to know how horrible neocolonial last week's UN decision on Gaza is, listen to @jeremyscahill.com, co-founder of @dropsitenews.com, who's here being interviewed by @emmavigeland.bsky.social of the @majorityreport.bsky.social.
It's maddening.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyrT...
It's maddening.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyrT...
Trump’s Gaza Partition Plan | Jeremy Scahill | TMR
YouTube video by The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
If you want to know how horrible neocolonial last week's UN decision on Gaza is, listen to @jeremyscahill.com, co-founder of @dropsitenews.com, who's here being interviewed by @emmavigeland.bsky.social of the @majorityreport.bsky.social.
It's maddening.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyrT...
It's maddening.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyrT...
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Europe’s new pro-Kremlin bloc takes shape in the European Parliament
Europe’s new pro-Kremlin bloc takes shape in the European Parliament
Since taking office, the new European Parliament has voted on at least 14 resolutions concerning Russia and Ukraine — a test of how its fresh line-up approaches foreign policy. A new data-driven investigation reveals 21 MEPs who most often back or excuse the Kremlin’s actions.
euobserver.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Europe’s new pro-Kremlin bloc takes shape in the European Parliament
Trouble in "paradise", you love to see it. 🍿
PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Trouble in "paradise", you love to see it. 🍿
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"While elite journos and businessmen kiss the ring of Trump, people in jammies and slippers confront ICE in the street. The courage of ordinary people has been stunning compared to the elite."
On the pod @amandamarcotte.bsky.social is good on Trump's downward spiral:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
On the pod @amandamarcotte.bsky.social is good on Trump's downward spiral:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
Trump Is a Weak, Failing President, and the Media Is Finally Saying So
As Trump’s downward spiral starts producing harsher media coverage, a writer who regularly dissects MAGA and political media explains why he’s entering a tailspin that will be very hard to reverse.
newrepublic.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
"While elite journos and businessmen kiss the ring of Trump, people in jammies and slippers confront ICE in the street. The courage of ordinary people has been stunning compared to the elite."
On the pod @amandamarcotte.bsky.social is good on Trump's downward spiral:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
On the pod @amandamarcotte.bsky.social is good on Trump's downward spiral:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
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THIS IS JUST A VERY SHORT LIST!!!
November 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
THIS IS JUST A VERY SHORT LIST!!!
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Vanavond gaan @rodeeconoom.bsky.social en ik in gesprek met @koenhaegens.bsky.social over ons nieuwe boekje Machtige Mythes in Pakhuis de Zwijger. Er zijn nog een paar plekjes!
We schreven het boek samen met @hnoten.bsky.social @felixkram.bsky.social en Jacob-Jan Koopmans.
We schreven het boek samen met @hnoten.bsky.social @felixkram.bsky.social en Jacob-Jan Koopmans.
November 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Vanavond gaan @rodeeconoom.bsky.social en ik in gesprek met @koenhaegens.bsky.social over ons nieuwe boekje Machtige Mythes in Pakhuis de Zwijger. Er zijn nog een paar plekjes!
We schreven het boek samen met @hnoten.bsky.social @felixkram.bsky.social en Jacob-Jan Koopmans.
We schreven het boek samen met @hnoten.bsky.social @felixkram.bsky.social en Jacob-Jan Koopmans.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
@moderation.bsky.app
Someone apparently took offence at the description of my moderation list, reported it, and moderation has hidden it, making it unusable for new users.
I have amended the description, but how do I get it unhidden?
Thanks.
This list:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Someone apparently took offence at the description of my moderation list, reported it, and moderation has hidden it, making it unusable for new users.
I have amended the description, but how do I get it unhidden?
Thanks.
This list:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
November 24, 2025 at 2:48 PM
@moderation.bsky.app
Someone apparently took offence at the description of my moderation list, reported it, and moderation has hidden it, making it unusable for new users.
I have amended the description, but how do I get it unhidden?
Thanks.
This list:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Someone apparently took offence at the description of my moderation list, reported it, and moderation has hidden it, making it unusable for new users.
I have amended the description, but how do I get it unhidden?
Thanks.
This list:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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Hebben haar Telegraaf/Vrij "links"-vrienden, die GL zo elitair vinden al een intervention gedaan?
Maar wat een hersendode take. Naast dat je wilt dat mensen ongeacht opleiding vertegenwoordigd worden totale onzin om het werk van Kamerleden te vergelijken met studeren voor een tentamen.
Maar wat een hersendode take. Naast dat je wilt dat mensen ongeacht opleiding vertegenwoordigd worden totale onzin om het werk van Kamerleden te vergelijken met studeren voor een tentamen.
November 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Hebben haar Telegraaf/Vrij "links"-vrienden, die GL zo elitair vinden al een intervention gedaan?
Maar wat een hersendode take. Naast dat je wilt dat mensen ongeacht opleiding vertegenwoordigd worden totale onzin om het werk van Kamerleden te vergelijken met studeren voor een tentamen.
Maar wat een hersendode take. Naast dat je wilt dat mensen ongeacht opleiding vertegenwoordigd worden totale onzin om het werk van Kamerleden te vergelijken met studeren voor een tentamen.
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Drie weken geleden inmiddels. Ik neem aan dat Gouke Moes hier bovenop zit?
November 24, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Drie weken geleden inmiddels. Ik neem aan dat Gouke Moes hier bovenop zit?
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On the other hand, it is a win for white nationalists when @nytimes.com cravenly launders white nationalist tropes and injects them into the broader discourse in easily digestible form
What a strange framing and characterization. How does one describe his blatantly dishonest, racist question about taxes as “press[ing] the Mayor-elect on his policy proposals”? In what way does this lying troll emerge as a “winner“?
November 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM
On the other hand, it is a win for white nationalists when @nytimes.com cravenly launders white nationalist tropes and injects them into the broader discourse in easily digestible form
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And what does this say about all the social media research based on Twitter/X, which has helped fuel the moral panic about the role of social media in contemporary politics?
The location ID on twitter revealing that 99% of the horrible shit on that website is just posted by people in India honestly soothed me a lot. Its literally all just fake.
November 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
And what does this say about all the social media research based on Twitter/X, which has helped fuel the moral panic about the role of social media in contemporary politics?
And we have the fourth woman that died in Texas because she was denied an abortion. The predictable result of banning abortion. 🙄
Republicans have blood on their hands.
www.blackenterprise.com/texas-woman-...
Republicans have blood on their hands.
www.blackenterprise.com/texas-woman-...
Texas Woman With High-Risk Pregnancy Dies After Repeatedly Being Denied Abortion Care
Tierra Walker is the fourth woman to die in Texas due to strict abortion bans affecting maternal care in the state.
www.blackenterprise.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:33 PM
And we have the fourth woman that died in Texas because she was denied an abortion. The predictable result of banning abortion. 🙄
Republicans have blood on their hands.
www.blackenterprise.com/texas-woman-...
Republicans have blood on their hands.
www.blackenterprise.com/texas-woman-...
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One day we’ll look back on this as one of the stupidest things we’ve done.
California farms applied millions of pounds of PFAS to key crops, study finds
‘Forever chemicals’ sprayed on almonds, grapes, tomatoes and other crops as activists warn of ‘obvious problem’
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:06 PM
One day we’ll look back on this as one of the stupidest things we’ve done.
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Elliott Abrams is one of the premier monsters of our age; Iran-Contra, El Salvador and the Mozote Massacre, Rios Montt in Guatemala, Nicaragua, a 2002 bush era coup attempt in Venezuela, any new numbers of coup attempts since under Trump against Venezuela. A war criminal and a fiend.
You felt like you were crazy in the 2000s having to explain that these people had already racked up a long list of horrendous war crimes and were very obviously choking to do more and worse, and yet here we still are.
November 24, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Elliott Abrams is one of the premier monsters of our age; Iran-Contra, El Salvador and the Mozote Massacre, Rios Montt in Guatemala, Nicaragua, a 2002 bush era coup attempt in Venezuela, any new numbers of coup attempts since under Trump against Venezuela. A war criminal and a fiend.