Simon Oak
@simonoak.bsky.social
Dutch singer, songwriter, musician focusing on the rich Irish music trad.☘️ EU citizen. Brexit was a crime and we know who did it. FPTP creates a dictatorship of the largest minority, it divides, rewards liars and leaves way too many unrepresented.
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Nothing can stop The Sun, The Wind, The Water and The Sand.
Today in Noordwijk, The Netherlands. Happy Christmas!
Today in Noordwijk, The Netherlands. Happy Christmas!
How can I support the armed resistance to free Palestine without supporting terrorism?
I don't want to do anything that violates the international humanitarian laws.
#FreePalestine
I don't want to do anything that violates the international humanitarian laws.
#FreePalestine
December 25, 2025 at 12:33 AM
How can I support the armed resistance to free Palestine without supporting terrorism?
I don't want to do anything that violates the international humanitarian laws.
#FreePalestine
I don't want to do anything that violates the international humanitarian laws.
#FreePalestine
Nothing can stop The Sun, The Wind, The Water and The Sand.
Today in Noordwijk, The Netherlands. Happy Christmas!
Today in Noordwijk, The Netherlands. Happy Christmas!
December 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Nothing can stop The Sun, The Wind, The Water and The Sand.
Today in Noordwijk, The Netherlands. Happy Christmas!
Today in Noordwijk, The Netherlands. Happy Christmas!
One way of saving lives!
Another great way: build separate lanes for walkers and cyclists, like shorter, scenic routes between town centers. Support venues half-way those routes when they are long. Walking and cycling reduce health issues, so promote it.
Believe this Dutchman: people love it!
Another great way: build separate lanes for walkers and cyclists, like shorter, scenic routes between town centers. Support venues half-way those routes when they are long. Walking and cycling reduce health issues, so promote it.
Believe this Dutchman: people love it!
More than 1,000 motorists were detected speeding yesterday during National Slow Down Day.
The aim of the initiative is to promote safer driving and reduce speed-related collisions nationwide, coinciding with increased road use for Christmas holidays.
jrnl.ie/6912346
The aim of the initiative is to promote safer driving and reduce speed-related collisions nationwide, coinciding with increased road use for Christmas holidays.
jrnl.ie/6912346
Over 1,000 motorists detected speeding on National Slow Down Day
The operation ran 24 hours from 12am to 11:59pm yesterday.
jrnl.ie
December 24, 2025 at 11:06 AM
One way of saving lives!
Another great way: build separate lanes for walkers and cyclists, like shorter, scenic routes between town centers. Support venues half-way those routes when they are long. Walking and cycling reduce health issues, so promote it.
Believe this Dutchman: people love it!
Another great way: build separate lanes for walkers and cyclists, like shorter, scenic routes between town centers. Support venues half-way those routes when they are long. Walking and cycling reduce health issues, so promote it.
Believe this Dutchman: people love it!
Another sad act of US state terror. #StopFascism
Why? To please the US public opinion.
No other reason.
It will not stop a single US American from buying drugs.
Why? To please the US public opinion.
No other reason.
It will not stop a single US American from buying drugs.
The U.S. military just announced another strike on a boat it claims was smuggling drugs near Venezuela, again without evidence. One more person dead. Over 100 killed so far.
Trump also threatened the president of Colombia.
Trump also threatened the president of Colombia.
December 24, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Another sad act of US state terror. #StopFascism
Why? To please the US public opinion.
No other reason.
It will not stop a single US American from buying drugs.
Why? To please the US public opinion.
No other reason.
It will not stop a single US American from buying drugs.
We don't need to write a single law to stop the US Army from mass executions in international waters, to stop ICE from destroying human lives, to stop the genocide in Gaza.
Not one single law!
Since 1948.
Just respect this: Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
It consists of 30 articles:
Not one single law!
Since 1948.
Just respect this: Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
It consists of 30 articles:
December 22, 2025 at 9:36 PM
We don't need to write a single law to stop the US Army from mass executions in international waters, to stop ICE from destroying human lives, to stop the genocide in Gaza.
Not one single law!
Since 1948.
Just respect this: Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
It consists of 30 articles:
Not one single law!
Since 1948.
Just respect this: Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
It consists of 30 articles:
Could we ever predict that people from Holland could be calling at the USA: #FreeCampEastMontana ?
These people have Human Rights! Your grandfathers came over to Holland to help fight the same kind of evil.
eu.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
These people have Human Rights! Your grandfathers came over to Holland to help fight the same kind of evil.
eu.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
Exclusive: 911 calls from migrant detention center highlight dire conditions
About 90 emergency 911 calls have been made from the Camp East Montana immigration detention center in El Paso, Texas, during the 15 weeks since it opened.
eu.elpasotimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Could we ever predict that people from Holland could be calling at the USA: #FreeCampEastMontana ?
These people have Human Rights! Your grandfathers came over to Holland to help fight the same kind of evil.
eu.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
These people have Human Rights! Your grandfathers came over to Holland to help fight the same kind of evil.
eu.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
If warmongers don't kill you, PTSD can be your slow killer. Stop Israel, Russia, the US and all other terror states, their bankers and technicians. Fight them and bring back the old laws of Basic Human Rights for everyone!
Legacy of the Troubles continues to affect mental health and wellbeing of people in North
Legacy of the Troubles continues to affect mental health and wellbeing of people in North
Study finds current rates for post-traumatic stress disorder in over-50s in region as high as almost 5%
www.irishtimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:19 PM
If warmongers don't kill you, PTSD can be your slow killer. Stop Israel, Russia, the US and all other terror states, their bankers and technicians. Fight them and bring back the old laws of Basic Human Rights for everyone!
Keep going Great Americans, your generation will be remembered as the one that drained the fascist swamp!
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Why the new ‘Signalgate’ IG report is so damning for Pete Hegseth | CNN Politics
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s bad week just got worse. That’s after the long-awaited release Thursday of an inspector general’s report on his sharing of highly sensitive military attack plans on th...
edition.cnn.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Keep going Great Americans, your generation will be remembered as the one that drained the fascist swamp!
edition.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
edition.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...
Reposted by Simon Oak
Striking 70 targets all over a sovereign country is "not the beginning of a war".
Executing random people on board little boats is no mass murder.
Gaza is not a genocide.
And I am Napoleon.
www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...
Executing random people on board little boats is no mass murder.
Gaza is not a genocide.
And I am Napoleon.
www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...
US launches strikes on Islamic State targets in Syria in retaliation for killing of US troops
Defence secretary Pete Hegseth says attack is ‘not the beginning of a war’ but a ‘declaration of vengeance’
www.irishtimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Striking 70 targets all over a sovereign country is "not the beginning of a war".
Executing random people on board little boats is no mass murder.
Gaza is not a genocide.
And I am Napoleon.
www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...
Executing random people on board little boats is no mass murder.
Gaza is not a genocide.
And I am Napoleon.
www.irishtimes.com/world/middle...
Let do a bit of guessing. What if this is it?
Trump is a Russian agent.
Yes, that's hard to admit when you voted for him.
Watch how he destroys the US, NATO and literally everything we knew would keep us safe.
Putin is the mastermind.
Trump is a Russian agent.
Yes, that's hard to admit when you voted for him.
Watch how he destroys the US, NATO and literally everything we knew would keep us safe.
Putin is the mastermind.
December 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Let do a bit of guessing. What if this is it?
Trump is a Russian agent.
Yes, that's hard to admit when you voted for him.
Watch how he destroys the US, NATO and literally everything we knew would keep us safe.
Putin is the mastermind.
Trump is a Russian agent.
Yes, that's hard to admit when you voted for him.
Watch how he destroys the US, NATO and literally everything we knew would keep us safe.
Putin is the mastermind.
Brilliant Christmas Concert by The Lasses and Leonie Jansen in Noordwijk, yesterday.
December 19, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Brilliant Christmas Concert by The Lasses and Leonie Jansen in Noordwijk, yesterday.
The word of the year "Parasocial" reminds me of a Richard Thompson song. Here is Eleanor Shanley's brilliant rendition: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL_k...
From Galway to Graceland
YouTube video by Folksongs Denmark
www.youtube.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:19 AM
The word of the year "Parasocial" reminds me of a Richard Thompson song. Here is Eleanor Shanley's brilliant rendition: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL_k...
I tried and failed to write a song today. You might like the words though. simonoak.nl/2025/12/i-us...
December 16, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I tried and failed to write a song today. You might like the words though. simonoak.nl/2025/12/i-us...
Brexit and Trump, we know how did it.
Fascism, the longer you let it fester, the higher the price for getting back to normal.
Fascism, the longer you let it fester, the higher the price for getting back to normal.
December 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Brexit and Trump, we know how did it.
Fascism, the longer you let it fester, the higher the price for getting back to normal.
Fascism, the longer you let it fester, the higher the price for getting back to normal.
And don't Sport Wash Genocide.
Every major humanitarian organisation and genocide scholars across the world (including in Israel) agree that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
Don’t culture wash genocide, SBS.
Don’t culture wash genocide, SBS.
Sign the Petition
Israel out of Eurovision: SBS must oppose genocide, apartheid & illegal occupation!
c.org
December 13, 2025 at 3:47 PM
And don't Sport Wash Genocide.
December 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Reposted by Simon Oak
Dugin's 1997 description of the UK as a 'strategic floating base' of the USA that needs to be cut off from the EU keeps popping in my mind.
The fact that his wildest dreams have come to pass since then, and the USA is now a Russian ally, is really starting to make this island feel unsafe.
The fact that his wildest dreams have come to pass since then, and the USA is now a Russian ally, is really starting to make this island feel unsafe.
December 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
And from Holland we can get there by train. Yay! Where's the session?
December 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
And from Holland we can get there by train. Yay! Where's the session?
Reposted by Simon Oak
The Supreme Court, Presidency, Senate and two party system are all quite anti-democratic institutions as presently constructed.
Our institutions are not only incapable of preventing tyranny—they’re currently enabling it.
When democracy returns, we need to reform our political system.
Our institutions are not only incapable of preventing tyranny—they’re currently enabling it.
When democracy returns, we need to reform our political system.
December 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The Supreme Court, Presidency, Senate and two party system are all quite anti-democratic institutions as presently constructed.
Our institutions are not only incapable of preventing tyranny—they’re currently enabling it.
When democracy returns, we need to reform our political system.
Our institutions are not only incapable of preventing tyranny—they’re currently enabling it.
When democracy returns, we need to reform our political system.
Reposted by Simon Oak
New Home Office impact assessment finds that cutting skilled and social care visas will cost the UK up to £10 billion with a central estimate of -£5.4 billion.
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
December 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
New Home Office impact assessment finds that cutting skilled and social care visas will cost the UK up to £10 billion with a central estimate of -£5.4 billion.
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
All of a sudden, my Bluebsky feed does Dutch-only.
What's going on?
What's going on?
December 5, 2025 at 8:46 AM
All of a sudden, my Bluebsky feed does Dutch-only.
What's going on?
What's going on?
Quote of the day:
"Calling David Munnelly a box player is – like calling Muhammad Ali a boxer – true but reductive."
by Paul O'Connor
davidmunnelly.com/biography/
"Calling David Munnelly a box player is – like calling Muhammad Ali a boxer – true but reductive."
by Paul O'Connor
davidmunnelly.com/biography/
Biography - David Munnelly
about david munnelly David is from Belmullet, Co. Mayo, and was reared in a very musical home learning first hand from his grandmother who taught him a love of traditional music and in particular ...
davidmunnelly.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Quote of the day:
"Calling David Munnelly a box player is – like calling Muhammad Ali a boxer – true but reductive."
by Paul O'Connor
davidmunnelly.com/biography/
"Calling David Munnelly a box player is – like calling Muhammad Ali a boxer – true but reductive."
by Paul O'Connor
davidmunnelly.com/biography/