Florian Jacobs
wordsecho.bsky.social
Florian Jacobs
@wordsecho.bsky.social
Schrijver (Blijven is nergens. Het Europa van Rilke), dichter (Zwaan en zang), filosoof (@isvw.bsky.social).

Slava Oekraini!
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I wish you a Happy Christmas and a coming year of solidarity and resistance. Love and courage to you all.
December 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Chess is in mourning after it was announced English GM Jonathan Hawkins has died aged 42 just before Christmas. worldchess.com/news/jonatha...
Grandmaster Jonathan Hawkins Dies Of Rare Cancer Aged 42—A Week After Appeal Launched To Help / News / World Chess - Official FIDE Online Chess Gaming Platform
An appeal to help the family of GM Jonathan Hawkins, who passed away just before Christmas, has raised nearly £20,000 so far.
worldchess.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Aangrijpend! 👇
#Kijktip
December 23, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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Oekraïne, nu. Twee dagen voor kerstochtend. ❤️‍🩹
December 23, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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Wees als Casper. Stel jezelf teleur, maak een boekverkoper blij.
Ik ging geen boek kopen. Weer mislukt. Ik kan ook niks.
December 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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»Rilke begriff die Kunst als einen Dialog, als Zusammenspiel der Formen verschiedener Kunstgattungen und er war in der Kunstwelt zu Hause.« Petra Olschowski MdL, Ministerin @mwk-bw.bsky.social, zur Eröffnung der Ausstellung ›Und dann und wann ein weißer Elefant. Rilkes Welten‹. #Rilke #DLAMarbach
December 4, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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Und dann, meine Seele, sei weit, sei weit.
Daß dir das Leben gelinge,
Breite dich wie ein Feierkleid
Über die sinnenden Dinge.

Rainer Maria Rilke,
geboren heute vor 150 Jahren in Prag.
December 4, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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One of the longest air attacks on Kyiv: it began at 11pm & until 9:30am russia kept launching Kinzhals, cruise, ballistics & drones at us.

By obsessing over how to protect genocidal aggressor's bloody money instead of the victim's survival, Belgium is doing Europe a very dangerous disservice.
November 29, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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Now, after the russian missile strike on Western Ukraine, the city of Ternopil, a residential building... it's just fucked up!

Well, how are we to live next to these sick in the entire head russian bastards?!?
November 19, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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"Es war nicht eine kleine Zahl von Verbrechern, es waren Hunderttausende einer sogenannten deutschen Elite, Männer, Jungen & entmenschte Weiber, die unter dem Einfluss verrückter Lehren in kranker Lust diese Taten begangen haben."

Thomas Mann

9. November 1938
November 9, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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De @vvdonline.bsky.social heeft de mond vol van vrouwenrechten en opkomen voor femicide, maar stuurt doodleuk vrouwen terug naar de Taliban. Hoe hypocriet wil je het hebben?

Spoedkamervragen zijn in de maak. Dit gaat om mensenlevens.

www.trouw.nl/binnenland/k...
Kabinet stuurt vrouwen terug naar Taliban in Afghanistan
De IND stuurt namens demissionair minister Van Weel (VVD) van Asiel en Migratie vrouwen terug naar Afghanistan. Tegelijkertijd werkt minister van Buitenlandse Zaken Van Weel juist aan de vervolging va...
www.trouw.nl
October 27, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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In verband met de grote maatschappelijke behoefte aan een #elfstedentocht stelt het kabinet voor dat water voortaan bij tien graden bevriest. Invoering nog onzeker #politiek.
October 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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The war will continue to rise in intensity and spread geographically until the West gives democratic Ukraine enough military, economic and political support to be able to defeat fascist Russia.
October 4, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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Margaret Atwoord over Victoria Amelina: mooie teaser voor ‘Vrouwen die oorlog zien’ in de krant van @isvw.bsky.social !

Boek verschijnt in december in Nederlandse vertaling van Florian Jacobs @wordsecho.bsky.social
October 3, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment
October 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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OTD in 2015 Russia began bombing Syria.
-we denied we'd do it
-we then did it
-we bombed lots of hospitals, shopping centers & schools to create refugees
-we said it would be WW3 if NATO got involved
-when NATO helped throw us out we just ran away

Sound familiar?
September 30, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Freude: Wir stehen auf der Sachbuch-Bestenliste mit gleich drei Titeln! »Mit Männern leben« (shrk.vg/MitMaennern-B) von @manongarcia.bsky.social, »Aufrecht« (shrk.vg/Aufrecht-B) von
@leaypi.bsky.social und »Systemkrise« (shrk.vg/Systemkrise-B) von Philipp Staab. Mehr Infos gibt es hier:
Welche Sachbücher sind besonders lesenswert? Die Sachbuch-Bestenliste für Oktober 2025.
Die Sachbuch-Bestenliste: Eine Jury aus 30 Kritikerinnen und Kritikern von ZDF, DLF Kultur und DIE ZEIT empfiehlt monatlich zehn herausragende Bücher.
www.3sat.de
September 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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September 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Een klassieke Letse familieroman, vol vaart en avontuur
@[email protected]

boekenkrant.com/recensie/het...
Het bed met de gouden poot
Het bed met de gouden poot
boekenkrant.com
September 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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That just went from Trump trying to trick Zelenskyy into getting ambushed again to Zelenskyy showing up with the entire squad instead. Assembled them faster than the Avengers.
August 17, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Donetsk is Ukraine - and we’re not giving it up ⚔️⚔️⚔️
August 9, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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🇱🇻🇱🇹🇪🇪🇺🇦 The leaders of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia have warned that their countries could become Putin's next target, and have strongly condemned any attempts to pressure Ukraine to cede territory, — FT
August 9, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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What do you think? 👀
August 6, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Excellent overview of the region that’s likely the next target of Putin’s murderous imperialism - and of nations that offer some inspiration and hope for confronting it. Well written and widely sourced, it’s sympathetic to the cause but presents the nuances and doubts fairly. #books
July 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM