Prime Minister Viktor Orbán today questioned Ukraine’s sovereignty and shrugged off accusations from Kyiv that Hungarian reconnaissance drones had violated the country’s airspace.

On the rediscovery of Michaelina Wautier

Bonne fête aux Michel ! 😀 L'archange Michel est souvent représenté terrassant le dragon, symbole du mal. 🐉 Mais sur cette statuette, on dirait plutôt que le saint se fait gentiment mordiller le mollet.

A heavily-armed Marine veteran wearing a "Trump 2020" t-shirt drives an oversized pickup truck festooned with giant U.S. flags into a Mormon church, guns down parishioners, and sets the place on fire and we're blaming it on "the left." #Riiiiiight #GoFigure www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

Is dit nou een bypass? #taalvout (Met dank aan de inzender!)

Europe's environment is in a "bad to poor" state, according to a new report from the European Environment Agency. While there are some positive developments the general situation remains dire.

The chief paradox of the next few decades is going to be that aging countries around the world need new people, but can't get them because they don't want the "wrong kind" of people

If you're into the 1920s/30s and art depicting common people's lives and night scenes of New York, you'll love the art Martin Lewis (1881 – 1962) made. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_... Here's a small selection of his work;

"En? Wat ga jij doen vandaag?" Awel, ik ga mijn zondag besteden aan het schrijven van aflevering 2 (hopelijk ook 3) van de podcast. Opnames aflevering 1 volgende woensdag. Beetje onwezenlijk nog.

The tide has turned for our oceans. 60 countries have ratified the High Seas Treaty, entering into force in early 2026. A historic first to protect biodiversity beyond national waters through marine protected areas, enforceable sustainability, and shared responsibility ↓ link.europa.eu/XtyqCC

Rusland beweert Oekraïne te willen 'denazificeren', maar is intussen spil in een netwerk van internationale fascistische en neonazi-groeperingen. Op 12 september vond in Sint-Petersburg de eerste conferentie plaats van de nieuw opgerichte 'Paladins International Sovereigntist League'. Een draadje

De enige samenzweringstheorie waar ik 100% in wil geloven is die van de 5de colonne.

LaToya M. Hobbs is a US printmaker best known for her large-scale portraits of women.Shevis a founding member of Black Women of Print £WomensArt

Unsolicited writing advice from someone who's just regained their writing mojo: Stop worrying about the market. Just write something you think is fascinating. If you can, distance yourself from people who sap your confidence about your writing and yourself. Celebrate every achievement.

17th century men teach you how to be a perfect woman… Antique book fair in Amsterdam.

The Stockton and Darlington Railway, the world's first public railway to use steam locomotives, opened on this day 1825. Its first line linked collieries near Shildon with Darlington and Stockton. (Painting of opening day by Terence Cuneo, 1949, National Railway Museum.)

In de 17e eeuw waren buitenlandse bezoekers het over één ding eens: inwoners van de Republiek waren grote drinkers. Iedere feestje was aanleiding tot het nuttigen van veel alcohol. Tijdens die feestjes, die algauw van het middaguur tot diep in de nacht duurden, werd er wijn genuttigd. 1/2

Let that sink in "Despite its extreme population density, Gaza was mostly self-sufficient in vegetables and poultry, and met much of the population’s demand for olives, fruit and milk. But last month the UN reported that just 1.5% of its agricultural land now remains both accessible and undamaged."

Trump Day 250: Trump demands resignation of Microsoft executive, 20 FBI agents fired for kneeling during protest, prosecutor who advocated compliance with the law fired, Trump to Supreme Court over birthright citizenship, Musk on Epstein island list: reportersonline.eu/trump-day-25...

Portrait of a Woman, n.d., by #MariaBarbaraKrafft (née Steiner; Austrian, 1764–1825). Held by the Belvedere Museum, sammlung.belvedere.at/objects/4487... #womenartists #artherstory #BarbaraKrafft

From my sketchbook... Have a nice, safe, peaceful weekend! Thank you for following x

#ghostsign in brussels

This deserves *way* more attention than it’s getting Reform’s former Wales leader admits he received corrupt payments in exchange for making statements in the European Parliament to promote Russia’s interests in #Ukraine.

St Catherine of Alexandria, c. 1637. By Francesco Cairo, b. #otd 26 Sept 1607, d. 27 July 1665 (Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna)

Op 26 september 1759 brachten de Marokkaanse gezant en zijn tolk een bezoek aan Staten Generaal in Den Haag. Het waren waarschijnlijk gezant Hadji Mohammed al-Ruzayni en zijn tolk de Joodse Moses Sodero Corsos die uit de Marokkaanse havenplaats Agadir afkomstig was. 1)

2/2 Same table. Same pitcher. But no cauliflower. Instead, a flower! Thank goodness there is ham. From Carlo Magnini, because it's his day.

The glories of a pair of cauliflowers. Plus some bread and eggs. As painted by Carlo Magini, whose day is today.

Klimaatverandering kan Belgische economie minstens 4 miljard kosten tegen 2050, elk jaar opnieuw vrtnws.be/p.OvnyM7wey

Her mother, Isabella of Castile, did recognize Juana as her successor. After Isabella’s death in 1504, Juana was the legitimate queen of Castile. her father, Ferdinand of Aragon, who never became king of Castile, despite his mariage, wanted her sidelined (as did her husband).

Philip the Handsome died #OTD 1506. He was Duke of Burgundy, consort of Castile through his marriage to Juana of Castile, and father of the future Charles V. Traditionally portrayed as Juana la loca, but modern scholarship stresses that this reputation was politically motivated.

Indigenous women in Bolivia create complexly detailed textiles using traditional methods, integral to their culture #WomensArt

Trump aan de Schelde?

Jezus @sncb-nmbs.bsky.social Die mobiele assistent op WhatsApp is toch echt oenig hoor. Weer een probleem met de app, en dan moet je dat in kleutertaal gieten zodat de AI assistent het snapt.

Christiana Cunradina, 34, deutsche Dichterin aus Schlesien, stirbt am 25. Sept. 1625 in Breslau. Eine von vielen Frauen der frühen Neuzeit, von denen leider gar nicht so viel bekannt ist. Von ihren eigenen Werken ist das Kirchenlied "Herr Christ, dein bin ich eigen von Anbeginn der Welt" erhalten.

Artemisia Gentileschi, Self-Portrait as a Lute Player, 1616 #WomensArt

'Even when women were mentioned, the report found they were more often victims than protagonists, with the women murdered by Jack the Ripper more likely to be taught in lessons than the female code breakers at Bletchley Park during the second world war 1/2

As it's starting to get a little cooler these days, here's Arcimboldo's 'Fire' from 1566 (Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)

Hoge koorts bij zwangere vrouwen veroorzaakt afwijkingen bij pasgeboren baby’s. Neem paracetamol als je koorts hebt als zwangere vrouw, ook al heeft de president van de Verenigde Staten hierover onzin verspreid.

Het vergt al mijn zelfbeheersing om niet recht te springen in de trein en luidkeels te beginnen gillen.

Trump on DC: "And yes, I called in the National Guard, and the National Guard took care of business. And they weren't politically correct."

Trump's brain is now incoherently flitting from topic to topic as the UN sits listening him to complete silence

Amsterdam-based jewellery designer Gésine Hackenberg is classically trained as a goldsmith, and is known for her jewellery made from selected ceramics #womensart

To ‘ultra-crepidate’ (19th century) is to lecture others on subjects you know very little about.

Even voor het volk achteraan de klas: DE KERSTMAN IS SINTERKLAAS. DAAROM HEET-IE 'NICK'. VAN SINT-NICOLAAS HE. DAT IS EEN HINT. SCHAF DAT AF EN VIER SINTERKLAAS ZOALS HET HOORT. DAT IS OP 6 DECEMBER (tip voor de Nederlanders). Voor de rest moogt ge met kerst cadeaus geven, goed eten en naar de mis.

Mensen vergeten dat 'justitie' niet verantwoordelijk is voor het plaatsgebrek in de gevangenis. Justitie maakt ook geen wetten. Justitie heeft wel geld nodig. En dat gebeurt allemaal in het parlement. Daar waar politici aan de knoppen zitten en beslissen niets te doen. Ok, die taalkennis is wel 🤮

"Maar wel om leuke vakantiekiekjes en kattenfoto's op Instagram te delen."

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