So important. What they say is not the story. That is never the story. What happened is the story. Write what happened.

Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_...

There are no penguins in the Arctic.

Left: President Trump insulting British and NATO troops saying they were kept back from the front line Right: Prince Harry in Afghanistan stops an interview running to join his group of soldiers heading for their helicopter for what appeared to be a real operational task

Hij is wel op dreef met zijn vergelijkingen vandaag. Wat dacht je van het Witte Huis?

Vance heeft wel de metafoor van het jaar, nu al.

Just wait till Wednesday or Thursday, when he withdraws the tariffs he announced on European products, he and his oligarchs will have made another couple of millions going short on stocks and buying the dip.

INBOX: Air Force One (tail number 29000), which was carrying President Trump from Washington, D.C. to Davos, Switzerland, appears to be turning back. (h/t @PollTracker2024/X) globe.adsbexchange.com?icao=adfdf9

Detail van het schilderij 'Het Bovenaardse, Aardse en het Onderaardse' van Antoon Molkenboer. Het schilderij bevindt zich in de hal op de eerste verdieping van het Stadhuis van Rotterdam. Het is gemaakt in 1922.

Letter in Times today

As much of the world is focused on other crises, Russia continues to target Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in the midst of a bitter winter: www.ft.com/content/ec1b...

"l no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"

“Trump is acting like an international gangster” Ed Davey

Okay, one last one before bed. (sound on)

Please share the post of Andrii Sybiha, MFA of Ukraine, with your local companies, politicians and your governments. Let's show Ukrainians that we haven't forgotten them and we can bring #WarmthForUkraine . #StandWithUkraine

Ik dacht dat op vleesproducten gelijkende namen niet meer mochten.

Yes — Anne Frank’s diary has been pulled from shelves in MAGA‑aligned districts. Holocaust testimony, treated as “inappropriate.” This is not hypothetical. It’s happening in America right now.

Terwijl Europese inlichtingendiensten worstelden met bureaucratische protocollen rondom mysterieuze drone-incidenten, vulden zeven studenten het gat in de defensie. Gewapend met openbare data en een huurauto legden ze een verontrustend patroon bloot. ioplus.nl/nl/posts/hoe...

Het is weer nodig. Ik voel me zo opstandig. #chemtrails

Lower oil profits. Lower war funding. 🛢️Today, we set a new price cap for Russian crude: $44.10 per barrel, effective 1 February. This is part of the EU and G7 strategy to reduce Russia’s war funding. #StandWithUkraine

AI was veel ouder dan ik dacht.

14 January 1932 | Dutch Jewish boy Hartog Roodveldt was born in Amsterdam. On 31 August 1943, he was deported from #Westerbork to #Auschwitz. After the selection he was murdered in a gas chamber. --- ▶ The ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8

WATCH: Trump shows his middle finger and appears to say "fuck you" after Ford worker yells "pedophile protector" - TMZ

1982: scifi writer pitches book to agent: Ok it's 2026, fascism is back, but in America. Random Americans are shot with impunity. And the president -a lying pedophile and convicted felon- is collaborating with Russia. Agent: Want my opinion, Mike? Stick to flying cars and laser beams.

The penalties effectively cut the judges off from all American funds, goods and credit cards, and prohibit individuals and business in the U.S. from working with them. “We’re treated like pariahs, we are on a list with terrorists and drug dealers,” Ms. Ibáñez said. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/w...

𝗦𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝘆! Journalist Claire Hollingworth called the British Embassy in Warsaw on Sept 1, 1939, to report Germany's invasion of Poland, marking the start of WWII. To convince officials she held the phone out a window so they could hear the German tanks. She died #OTD in 2017 at age 105.

Help #NoWasteArmy om 913.000 kg groente te redden: koop wat voor jezelf of doneer iets aan de voedselbank: nowastearmy.nl/winteractie/

10 January 1935 | Dutch Jewish girl Elisabeth Ikkersheim was born in The Hague. She was deported to #Auschwitz in October 1942 and murdered in a gas chamber after selection. --- ▶ A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck

By @mluckovich.bsky.social.

70 kilo wegende wijzer van Domtoren valt naar beneden

NEW: Second video shows ICE shooting in Minneapolis. A woman, a U.S. citizen, was killed

Toch wel mooi dat de verwachte chaos bij Code Oranje naar het Koningshuis is vernoemd.

@koppenverklapt.bsky.social vergezocht gelul

Onthardingszoutkorrels voor de vaatwasser zijn 55 cent de kilo en 99,9% zout.

What would Greenlanders want? The latest available opinion poll: 85 % says "No" to the question "Do you want Greenland to exit the Danish Kingdom and instead become part of United States?" The poll (www.veriangroup.com/da/news-and-...) also show that a small majority supports independence from DK

Five years ago today, Donald Trump urged his supporters to attack Congress and the Capitol over a proven lie. More than 140 police officers were injured. Trump then pardoned the attackers. He betrayed his oath and his country, and we won't ever forget it.

Tot 10 uur kunnen we geen treinen rijden. De oorzaak is een combinatie van het grote aantal wisselstoringen en een bijkomende IT-storing bij NS. nieuws.ns.nl/deze-ochtend...

Vergeefs gewacht, maar niet onverwacht, tot een uur of acht. #sneeuw #ov #openbaarvervoer

Mette Frrderiksen is one tough woman who doesn't call Trump."Daddy". I wish there.were more like her

In the long list of ignored warnings, this statement by Fiona Hill from 2019(!) deserves our attention (& shame). She explicitly describes Putin's 'Venezuela Swap' with Trump, for Ukraine. Putin's cries for his pall Maduro are as fake as Trump's care for the innocent people of Ukraine (& elsewhere).

Virtual Insanity

Baking old fashioned Dutch olykoek for New Year's Eve. The ancestor of donuts.

How I am walking out of 2025.

Rest in Peace Cecilia Giménez, "restorer" of the infamous botched Ecce Homo painting who died yesterday.

@marcelias.bsky.social another case

Deliberately bombing a theatre with a "children" sign in front, murdering hundreds of people inside, literally celebrating on their graves afterwards, and then blaming it on the victims is a typically russian thing to do. This post desperately requires a community note.

Bridget Bardot was convicted for inciting racial hatred six times in France, which in itself an achievement.