Catherine R.
@catherinerom.bsky.social
Partner, parent, grandmother, reader, walker, expat; prefers to avoid animals including those dished up on a plate; woont in Leuven sinds 1969
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Catherine R.
@catherinerom.bsky.social
· Jan 16
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“The U.S. government just banned five people from entering the country because it doesn’t like their speech. This ban, according to the State Department, is necessary to protect free speech.
If that sounds insane to you, congratulations on your reading comprehension.”
Via @mmasnick.bsky.social
If that sounds insane to you, congratulations on your reading comprehension.”
Via @mmasnick.bsky.social
Opinion | Marco Rubio is using real censorship to fight fake censorship
Mike Masnick: In the name of protecting free speech, the U.S. government just banned five Europeans from entering the country because it doesn’t like their speech.
www.ms.now
December 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
“The U.S. government just banned five people from entering the country because it doesn’t like their speech. This ban, according to the State Department, is necessary to protect free speech.
If that sounds insane to you, congratulations on your reading comprehension.”
Via @mmasnick.bsky.social
If that sounds insane to you, congratulations on your reading comprehension.”
Via @mmasnick.bsky.social
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European countries import more than 15x the amount of illegal Israeli Jewish settlement products from occupied East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza than it does Palestinian made products.
December 25, 2025 at 1:55 AM
European countries import more than 15x the amount of illegal Israeli Jewish settlement products from occupied East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza than it does Palestinian made products.
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Kinderen in Gaza sterven van de kou. Dit is het hedendaagse kerstverhaal uit het Heilige Land. Boven de Gazaanse hemel geen ster maar Israëlische drones en stortregen. De genocide is niet voorbij, slechts vertraagd en deels gedelegeerd aan de genadeloze weerselementen. Stuk in @standaard.be.
December 24, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Kinderen in Gaza sterven van de kou. Dit is het hedendaagse kerstverhaal uit het Heilige Land. Boven de Gazaanse hemel geen ster maar Israëlische drones en stortregen. De genocide is niet voorbij, slechts vertraagd en deels gedelegeerd aan de genadeloze weerselementen. Stuk in @standaard.be.
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Meanwhile in the Occupied West Bank
18 year-old war criminal soldiers are destroying entire Palestinian towns knowing they have full impunity
18 year-old war criminal soldiers are destroying entire Palestinian towns knowing they have full impunity
December 23, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Meanwhile in the Occupied West Bank
18 year-old war criminal soldiers are destroying entire Palestinian towns knowing they have full impunity
18 year-old war criminal soldiers are destroying entire Palestinian towns knowing they have full impunity
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👀 The most effective protection against fiber-optic FPV drones, according to the military, is still the combination of the Safari shotgun and Ptashka netgun.
Ptashka netgun: 4x4 meter net flies up to 30 m. The effective range of the shot is 20-25 m.
Ptashka netgun: 4x4 meter net flies up to 30 m. The effective range of the shot is 20-25 m.
December 23, 2025 at 9:38 AM
👀 The most effective protection against fiber-optic FPV drones, according to the military, is still the combination of the Safari shotgun and Ptashka netgun.
Ptashka netgun: 4x4 meter net flies up to 30 m. The effective range of the shot is 20-25 m.
Ptashka netgun: 4x4 meter net flies up to 30 m. The effective range of the shot is 20-25 m.
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🇺🇦🙏 9-year-old Ukrainian gymnast Oleksandra Paskal, who lost her leg during the war, won a bronze medal at the gymnastics tournament.
💬 "We were unable to fully and properly prepare — we spent a lot of time in a bomb shelter. I took 3rd place, and for me this is a special victory," she wrote.
💬 "We were unable to fully and properly prepare — we spent a lot of time in a bomb shelter. I took 3rd place, and for me this is a special victory," she wrote.
December 23, 2025 at 9:12 PM
🇺🇦🙏 9-year-old Ukrainian gymnast Oleksandra Paskal, who lost her leg during the war, won a bronze medal at the gymnastics tournament.
💬 "We were unable to fully and properly prepare — we spent a lot of time in a bomb shelter. I took 3rd place, and for me this is a special victory," she wrote.
💬 "We were unable to fully and properly prepare — we spent a lot of time in a bomb shelter. I took 3rd place, and for me this is a special victory," she wrote.
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Israeli settlers beat sheep to death and wound Palestinian farmers in Hebron attack - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-beat-sheep-death-and-wound-palestinian-farmers-hebron
Israeli settlers beat sheep to death and wound Palestinian farmers in Hebron attack
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<p>Residents of the agricultural town of Samu, south of Hebron, were attacked by a number of masked settlers from the nearby Susya settlement.</p>
<p>The home of the Daghameen family was stormed by the settlers, with several family members assaulted, local media reported.</p>
<p>Three of the family members were transferred to a nearby medical centre for their wounds.</p>
<p>Footage of the aftermath shows smashed windows and doors, with household items toppled over one another. </p>
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December 23, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Israeli settlers beat sheep to death and wound Palestinian farmers in Hebron attack - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-beat-sheep-death-and-wound-palestinian-farmers-hebron
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If you don’t stand with Israel, you stand with antisemitism’ is a false dilemma. In a 2025 poll, 61% of American Jews say Israel is committing war crimes in Gaza, and 51% of British Jews say its actions clash with Jewish values. Criticising a state is not hating a people.
#Riseup #FreePalestine
#Riseup #FreePalestine
December 22, 2025 at 7:26 AM
If you don’t stand with Israel, you stand with antisemitism’ is a false dilemma. In a 2025 poll, 61% of American Jews say Israel is committing war crimes in Gaza, and 51% of British Jews say its actions clash with Jewish values. Criticising a state is not hating a people.
#Riseup #FreePalestine
#Riseup #FreePalestine
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When “AI-enhanced pathology diagnostic systems” were presented with radiology results, they tended to identify demographic information from the images then use those demographics as the basis of diagnosis. Leading to errors in 1/3 of diagnoses for Black patients.
Doctors Catch Cancer-Diagnosing AI Extracting Patients’ Race Data and Being Racist With It
"Reading demographics from a pathology slide is thought of as a 'mission impossible' for a human pathologist, so the bias in pathology AI was a surprise to us."
www.yahoo.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
When “AI-enhanced pathology diagnostic systems” were presented with radiology results, they tended to identify demographic information from the images then use those demographics as the basis of diagnosis. Leading to errors in 1/3 of diagnoses for Black patients.
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A fourth child has frozen to death in Gaza in just 10 days as Israel continues blocking tents and winter shelter aid.
Not by air strikes, but by cold, rain, and deliberate deprivation
(Mohamad Safa)
Not by air strikes, but by cold, rain, and deliberate deprivation
(Mohamad Safa)
December 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM
A fourth child has frozen to death in Gaza in just 10 days as Israel continues blocking tents and winter shelter aid.
Not by air strikes, but by cold, rain, and deliberate deprivation
(Mohamad Safa)
Not by air strikes, but by cold, rain, and deliberate deprivation
(Mohamad Safa)
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See if you can spot the point where Dubya let the semi-automatics ban expire
December 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
See if you can spot the point where Dubya let the semi-automatics ban expire
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12 dead at a mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach.💔
A 43-year-old father of two, Ahmed al Ahmed, snuck up & tackled a gunman to disarm him. Ahmed was shot twice.
Both Jewish & Muslim faiths teach that “to save one life is to save all humanity.” Let us hold fast to our humanity.❤️
A 43-year-old father of two, Ahmed al Ahmed, snuck up & tackled a gunman to disarm him. Ahmed was shot twice.
Both Jewish & Muslim faiths teach that “to save one life is to save all humanity.” Let us hold fast to our humanity.❤️
December 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
12 dead at a mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach.💔
A 43-year-old father of two, Ahmed al Ahmed, snuck up & tackled a gunman to disarm him. Ahmed was shot twice.
Both Jewish & Muslim faiths teach that “to save one life is to save all humanity.” Let us hold fast to our humanity.❤️
A 43-year-old father of two, Ahmed al Ahmed, snuck up & tackled a gunman to disarm him. Ahmed was shot twice.
Both Jewish & Muslim faiths teach that “to save one life is to save all humanity.” Let us hold fast to our humanity.❤️
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And what, monks, is ageing?
In whatever beings of whatever group of beings, there is ageing, decrepitude, broken teeth, grey hair, wrinkled skin, shrinking with age, decay of the sense-faculties—that, monks, is called ageing.
The Buddha
Goodnight everyone stay safe.
In whatever beings of whatever group of beings, there is ageing, decrepitude, broken teeth, grey hair, wrinkled skin, shrinking with age, decay of the sense-faculties—that, monks, is called ageing.
The Buddha
Goodnight everyone stay safe.
December 14, 2025 at 10:40 PM
And what, monks, is ageing?
In whatever beings of whatever group of beings, there is ageing, decrepitude, broken teeth, grey hair, wrinkled skin, shrinking with age, decay of the sense-faculties—that, monks, is called ageing.
The Buddha
Goodnight everyone stay safe.
In whatever beings of whatever group of beings, there is ageing, decrepitude, broken teeth, grey hair, wrinkled skin, shrinking with age, decay of the sense-faculties—that, monks, is called ageing.
The Buddha
Goodnight everyone stay safe.
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Weird that the AP making readers click through to find out the name of the man "being heralded as a hero who saved lives." He's Ahmed Al Ahmed.
A bystander seen in a widely circulated video disarming a gunman during a deadly shooting rampage at a popular Australian beach is being heralded as a hero who saved lives.
Bystander shown in videos disarming gunman during Australian beach shooting commended for bravery
A bystander seen in a widely circulated video disarming a gunman during a deadly shooting rampage at a popular Australian beach is being heralded as a hero who saved lives.
bit.ly
December 14, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Weird that the AP making readers click through to find out the name of the man "being heralded as a hero who saved lives." He's Ahmed Al Ahmed.
Sunday School: Belgian Waffling
pca.st
December 14, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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As the once-killed diseases keep on raging, the next step is to stop the flow of Americans to the outside world:
No credible vaccination document, no visa.
It will be true "America Alone" thereafter.
No credible vaccination document, no visa.
It will be true "America Alone" thereafter.
December 14, 2025 at 9:33 AM
As the once-killed diseases keep on raging, the next step is to stop the flow of Americans to the outside world:
No credible vaccination document, no visa.
It will be true "America Alone" thereafter.
No credible vaccination document, no visa.
It will be true "America Alone" thereafter.
Reposted by Catherine R.
Israeli soldiers graffitied phrases like “Death to Arabs”, and "Kahane (a Jewish terrorist) was right" on the walls of Gaza’s only cancer hospital, which they shut down to occupy as a military base.
Another soldier tries to hide the crime by painting on top of it but it’s still clearly visible 👇
Another soldier tries to hide the crime by painting on top of it but it’s still clearly visible 👇
December 14, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Israeli soldiers graffitied phrases like “Death to Arabs”, and "Kahane (a Jewish terrorist) was right" on the walls of Gaza’s only cancer hospital, which they shut down to occupy as a military base.
Another soldier tries to hide the crime by painting on top of it but it’s still clearly visible 👇
Another soldier tries to hide the crime by painting on top of it but it’s still clearly visible 👇
Reposted by Catherine R.
A sobering read for those Europeans (& Atlanticists?) interested in European security.
According to Peter Frankopan there is an even more challenging version of the recent White House National Security Strategy.
1/ peterfrankopan.substack.com/p/from-allie...
According to Peter Frankopan there is an even more challenging version of the recent White House National Security Strategy.
1/ peterfrankopan.substack.com/p/from-allie...
From Allies to Arenas: The U.S. Plan to Rewire Europe and the World
In recent days, a series of leaks linked to the United States’ new National Security Strategy have sent officials in European capitals reaching for the metaphorical smelling salts.
peterfrankopan.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:11 AM
A sobering read for those Europeans (& Atlanticists?) interested in European security.
According to Peter Frankopan there is an even more challenging version of the recent White House National Security Strategy.
1/ peterfrankopan.substack.com/p/from-allie...
According to Peter Frankopan there is an even more challenging version of the recent White House National Security Strategy.
1/ peterfrankopan.substack.com/p/from-allie...
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This is college in the United States. Video from inside a Brown University building shows the moment that police found a group of students who were sheltering after the shooting on campus. This isn't freedom.
December 14, 2025 at 4:24 AM
This is college in the United States. Video from inside a Brown University building shows the moment that police found a group of students who were sheltering after the shooting on campus. This isn't freedom.
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#BREAKING | The Israeli navy arrested four fishermen and blew up a fishing boat in two separate incidents off the coast of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip. The fishermen are:
1.Abdul Aal Hamada Al-Najjar
2.Fuad Numan Al-Najjar
3.Mahmoud Abu Salima
4.Mohammad Al-Mubasher
(Ramy Abdu)
1.Abdul Aal Hamada Al-Najjar
2.Fuad Numan Al-Najjar
3.Mahmoud Abu Salima
4.Mohammad Al-Mubasher
(Ramy Abdu)
December 14, 2025 at 10:21 AM
#BREAKING | The Israeli navy arrested four fishermen and blew up a fishing boat in two separate incidents off the coast of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip. The fishermen are:
1.Abdul Aal Hamada Al-Najjar
2.Fuad Numan Al-Najjar
3.Mahmoud Abu Salima
4.Mohammad Al-Mubasher
(Ramy Abdu)
1.Abdul Aal Hamada Al-Najjar
2.Fuad Numan Al-Najjar
3.Mahmoud Abu Salima
4.Mohammad Al-Mubasher
(Ramy Abdu)
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🚨 Today, the EU Council is set to endorse home raids to search for migrants. This is what a police-state looks like.
We must stop this, help us share.
We must stop this, help us share.
December 8, 2025 at 11:44 AM
🚨 Today, the EU Council is set to endorse home raids to search for migrants. This is what a police-state looks like.
We must stop this, help us share.
We must stop this, help us share.