Owl. Bestiary, Thérouanne ca. 1277. Los Angeles, The J. Paul Getty Museum, MS. Ludwig XV 4, fol. 41v. #medieval #medievalart

Government are selfish institutions

Pay attention to who is actually calling for violence. Arizona Republican Fascist Representative John Kingman calls for WA Representative Jayapal’s hanging. https://azmirror.com/2025/09/25/john-gillette-gop-lawmaker-calls-for-democratic-congresswoman-to-be-executed-for-urging-trump-protests/

Trump regime has disappeared billions of dollars of taxpayers' money -- not even Congress has been able to trace what it's being spent on, and who's getting the loot. Congress isn't barely trying -- Republicans are complicit and the Democrats are not just powerless but incompetent. Some […]

Kan dat gezeur over het demoniseren van 'bezorgde burgers' nu eindelijk eens ophouden? - Joop - BNNVARA https://www.bnnvara.nl/joop/artikelen/kan-dat-gezeur-over-het-demoniseren-van-bezorgde-burgers-nu-eindelijk-eens-ophouden Bezorgde burgers, gewoon tuig van de richel zul je bedoelen...

Hoge Raad buigt zich over aanmaningen die verkeersboetes kunnen verdriedubbelen https://nos.nl/nieuwsuur/artikel/2584045-hoge-raad-buigt-zich-over-aanmaningen-die-verkeersboetes-kunnen-verdriedubbelen Volstrekt disproportioneel, onredelijk en destructief inderdaad, zo ruïneer je mensen...

Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians | Israel | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/25/microsoft-blocks-israels-use-of-its-technology-in-mass-surveillance-of-palestinians

Submission and fear are the point… what fascists do… https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09/25/us/trump-news?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Trump is breaking US diplomacy, State Department staffers say - POLITICO https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/21/trump-embassies-ambassadors-00573848 This indeed... a political and economic terrorist... #trump #uspol #usa

Trump's post pressuring Bondi to prosecute his enemies is a grave threat to democracy https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-pam-bondi-truth-social-enemies-post-threat-rcna232991 Trump is such a small man... full of hate and resentment...

Ukraine: Zelenskyy threatens attack on Kremlin – DW – 09/25/2025 https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-zelenskyy-threatens-attack-on-kremlin/a-74139720 Actually a great idea... and great psyops too ;)

Kremlin Makes New Claim That NATO Is at War With Russia: ... - Newsweek https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-war-nato-eu-kremlin-live-updates-10779156 Well, now we bring this up, it is quite clear that Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014 and then did it again in 2022. So who does Lavrov think he […]

Is Trump right that Russia’s economy is on the brink of collapse? | Russia | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/25/is-trump-right-that-russian-economy-is-on-brink-of-collapse

Justice Dept. Official Pushes Prosecutors to Investigate George Soros’s Foundation - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/us/politics/justice-trump-george-soros-foundation.html Fascists will do fascist things....

Hegseth orders rare, urgent meeting of hundreds of generals, admirals - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/09/25/hegseth-generals-quantico-meeting/ Well, fascists will do fascist things...

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De keizer zonder kleren is knettergek … Live politiek VS: Witte Huis dreigt met massa-ontslagen als Congres een shutdown voor begin oktober niet kan voorkomen https://www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/liveblog-amerikaanse-politiek-nieuws~baabe259/

Maffia praktijken… Live politiek VS: Witte Huis dreigt met massa-ontslagen als Congres een shutdown voor begin oktober niet kan voorkomen https://www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/liveblog-amerikaanse-politiek-nieuws~baabe259/

Is nogal wat… hoezo vertrouwen in de politiek…. Vijf jaar celstraf voor Sarkozy: Franse oud-president schuldig aan criminele samenzwering https://www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/vijf-jaar-celstraf-voor-sarkozy-franse-oud-president-schuldig-aan-criminele-samenzwering~bc73c2c2/

Is zo, het is een rancuneuze ophitser, het enige dat hij kan. Kritiek op Wilders: 'Heeft mensen opgehitst' • Denk wil minister wegsturen https://nos.nl/l/2583962

Hoe is het in godsnaam mogelijk… fascistische rellen gvd… Kamerfracties niet eens over gezamenlijk statement tegen geweld Den Haag https://nos.nl/l/2583941

Wilders hitste wel degelijk op - Joop - BNNVARA https://www.bnnvara.nl/joop/artikelen/wilders-hitste-wel-degelijk-op Ophitsen is het enige wat Wilders al meer dan 20 jaar in de kamer doet. Het moet eens een keer stoppen. En nu krokodillentranen...

Italië stuurt marineschip om Gaza-hulpkonvooi bij te staan - Joop - BNNVARA https://www.bnnvara.nl/joop/artikelen/italie-stuurt-marineschip-om-gaza-hulpkonvooi-bij-te-staan Prima gebaar... genoeg is genoeg. Toekijken is medeplichtig zijn.

NAVO gaat Russische vliegtuigen die luchtruim binnendringen neerschieten https://www.bnnvara.nl/joop/artikelen/polen-waarschuwt-rusland-dat-het-militaire-vliegtuigen-die-navo-gebied-binnendringen-zal-neerhalen Sikorski verwoorde het eloquent... "We weten dat je niks geeft om internationaal […]

Moeder van in Capelle doodgeschoten Jerryson (15) doet aangifte van doodslag https://nos.nl/artikel/2583931-moeder-van-in-capelle-doodgeschoten-jerryson-15-doet-aangifte-van-doodslag Wat een tragedie.

Het gevaar is nu reëel en tastbaar... net als de krokodillentranen bij de rechterflank in de kamer… AIVD over rechtsextremisten bij rellen: politiek moet in spiegel kijken https://nos.nl/l/2583908

Marc Elias, a prominent Democratic election attorney, has not shied away from standing up to the Trump administration, and has been targeted for retribution this year multiple times as a result. He’s one of scores of lawyers the Trump administration has named in executive actions, joining a list […]

Yah, ngl, I didn't think of this the first time I saw this post from the Whitehouse. I just threw up a little and put down my phone, but yes, they could have made anything. This is how they WANT to be viewed. By the gods. 🤮

Gewoon liberaal… Weg met het populisme, gewoon besturen. Friso van Gruijthuijsen, de nieuwe voorzitter van jongerenorganisatie JOVD: ‘De VVD moet niet meegaan in populistisch gedoe’ […]

London’s Mayor Calls Trump Racist and Islamophobic After U.N. Comments - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/world/europe/london-mayor-trump-comments-sadiq-khan.html?smid=bsky-nytimes&smtyp=cur Merely true indeed... vile, evil and dangerous...

A Reporter Focused Attention on Velázquez’s ‘Las Meninas’ for 3 Hours - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/arts/design/art-velazquez-immersive-attention.html

UN General Assembly: Live News and Updates https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09/24/world/un-general-assembly-ukraine China, world’s largest carbon polluter, announced at the United Nations that it intended to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 7 percent to 10 percent over the next […]

Opinion | No President Should Have This Kind of Power - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/opinion/trump-caribbean-sea-boats-military.html?smid=bsky-nytimes&smtyp=cur Indeed, no President Should Have This Kind of Power, and something should be done about it...

Trump encourages women to "tough out" their pain in pregnancy like he toughed out the bone spurs in his heels to honorably serve his country in Vietnam.

Oklahoma promoting Hitler-Youth-like Turning Point U.S.A. clubs in public schools. State government joining with Charlie Kirk’s organization to indoctrinate high school students into Republican Fascism. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/24/turning-point-oklahoma-high-schools

It’s #wrensday! *screams*

Trump’s UN speech makes it clear: the world can no longer look to the US for strong leadership | United Nations | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/24/trump-un-general-assembly-speech-analysis Mad as a hatter.... out of this world... get out a straight jacket please and […]

‘Most destructive arms race in human history’: Zelenskyy appeals at UN for intervention to stop Russia | Russia | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/24/moscow-trump-change-in-tone-ukraine-war-paper-tiger

Dat is echt niet fris… Doodgeschoten verdachte Capelle (15) had omgebouwd gasalarmpistool bij zich https://nos.nl/l/2583853

Great nest then… makes me think of Fred Trump, also a caring father… We are ruled by psychopaths it seems. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/world/africa/elon-musk-father-errol-child-abuse.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

‘Guess what?’ Macron phones Trump after US president’s motorcade blocks his car | Emmanuel Macron | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/23/emmanuel-macron-walk-donald-trump-motorcade-blocks-car The Trump show is a continuous soap opera in progress... never a dull moment […]

Trump shifts on Ukraine, declaring victory possible with more support - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/09/23/trump-ukraine-support-conflict/ Trump talking bull as usual. Tomorrow he will do a 180... #uspol #trump #usa #ukraine #russia

Statue of Trump and Epstein holding hands placed on National Mall - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/09/23/trump-epstein-statue-national-mall/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social And how about them files? #usa #trump #uspol #epstein

Dit is niet wat we nodig hebben in de Nederlandse politiek. Geen Amerikaanse toestanden graag… Wie geven in Nederland geld aan politieke partijen? https://www.volkskrant.nl/politiek/wie-geven-in-nederland-geld-aan-politieke-partijen~bf81226b/

If you are in the broadcast radius of almost 70 stations owned by Sinclair or Nexstar, you won't have had the chance to watch Jimmy Kimmel tonight because they are continuing to self-censor. For those of you in this situation, here's a link to Jimmy's show from tonight […]

Wow. Disney+/Hulu announcing a rate hike right now, as a bunch of people are cancelling their service over the Jimmy Kimmel fiasco, is a fascinating decision on their part.

I want to devote my life to bankrupting Sinclair and Nexstar. America doesn’t need Right-wing lies and suppression of free speech. It’s not in the interest of communities. #bankruptsinclair #bankruptnexstar #FreeSpeech #nomediaconsolidation #firstamendment #USpol

HOLY SHIT

The garden is winding down for fall, so here are some of the last dahlia photos. #gardening #bloomscrolling Varieties: Labyrinth, Red Labyrinth, Gerrie Hoek, Diva

This is a GREAT video about why farmers voted for Trump. It REALLY opened my eyes. It points out, with evidence, that the farmers of today KNEW what Trump was going to do (Trade war) & voted for him anyway. They expect free money. Also, they wanted cuts in environmental regulations, & got them […]