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Oh boy, are the Right excited by this graph recently published by The Economist! And of course none of them has bothered to read the article itself (TBF, it is behind a paywall!). So as always, let's add a little context and explain why these kinds of comparisons are so problematic 🧵1/25

There will be no Dutch Eurovision entry after all, citing 'insufficient support'.

Now I’m inspired to take part! In the Dutch version, that is (21 November.)

Well, this amounted to nothing it seems, since all these masked hooligans literally ran away right after Vučić announced defeat

(I mean, literally running away lol) www.instagram.com/reel/De7q8LY...

I don't want to brag too much, but I just lit 12 candles with one match. (It's an extra long one, but even so this is a PB.)

Early darkness means an excuse to get the candles out. Not quite there yet, biut I’m ready with matches in hand…

On Thursday @godin.bsky.social will be in the Bellingcat Discord server to discuss the techniques and insights emerging from his ongoing satellite imagery analysis of changes to Gaza’s landscape over the past three years of intensified conflict. Join our live Q&A: discord.gg/bellingcat?e...

Concerned over the time change tonight, I checked with my mother, who informs me that the dog wakes up around 9:30, 10 AM, checks if anyone's awake and if not, goes back to sleep.

I have discovered podcasts transcripts big time. They are so useful for skipping ads and other uninteresting segments.

Ik wil graag dit NRC-artikel met je delen: "Extreemrechts is uit op macht en vernedering, niet op sociaaleconomische rechtvaardigheid": www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

I just remembered the word I was looking for six hours ago. Now I just need to remember why I was looking for it.

⚡️️ Breaking: Russia, Ukraine agree to Oleshky ceasefire mediated by Melania Trump, White House says. The move comes amid increased attention to the worsening humanitarian crisis in the city, which over the past weeks has gained international attention, including from Pope Leo XIV.

"It’s a victory not just for me and the human men in Southport who will no longer suffer air-fried genitals, but also for the 9,455 people on Clacton who voted for my manifesto this summer and thus demanded this change"

Belangrijkste EU-mensenrechtenprijs voor Internationaal Strafhof

Sounds like it's blowing a gale outside. But it's also quite bright. The best kind of autumn weather.

Nieuw Oekraiens woord geleerd: нокаут.

If I were Dutch (and yes, I am) I would have questions. Most importantly: do we call this a Wexit or a Wentrance?

The irony: if you eat lots of pancakes, you’ll be anything but “flat as”.

Robert Evans pronouncing AfD as "offday" just made my day. (Don't get me wrong, at least an effort was made, which I definitely appreciate.)

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He believed his online date was trapped under Russian occupation. She may never have existed. An investigation by the Kyiv Independent into 58 cases referred by Helping to Leave found evidence that many of the women were not under Russian occupation at all. kyivindependent.com/investigatio...

Something about me: when I feel under the weather - mentally or physically - I usually feel better after an episode (or ten) of Air Crash Investigation.

⚡️Netherlands denies visas to 3 Russian athletes, barring them from world championships

Is this like when Daleks were suddenly able to climb stairs?

Ukrainian strikes on Yandex data centers sparked viral claims about a sudden drop in Russian influence operations on social media, but experts and disinformation monitors say there is no evidence to support this.

STOP LETTING JD VANCE MEET POPES

Her innocuous tweet on the night of Dec 31, 2019 was the one I randomly saw & everything in me screamed PAY ATTENTION TO THIS. Thank you. Helen. Your words saved many.💕

🫂 Ukrainian soldier and athlete Oleksii Dieiev held a touching event at Kyiv’s Independence Square, offering hugs to those who had lost loved ones in the war. So many people came seeking comfort that a line formed near the memorial to fallen defenders 📹: prostoy_sportyk2 / TikTok

Apparently it is "International Sceptics Day". Or so they say. Allegedly. Anyway, make every day sceptics day. Question everything.

Bellingcat's latest documentary, Killing Anna, will be broadcast tonight on Channel 4 at 11:05pm, following the real life investigation into the Tadamon massacre in Syria. It'll also be available on More4 from tomorrow onwards www.channel4.com/programmes/k...

*starts backing up her library onto clay tablet*

Some #Caturday Science!🧪 This is Miko the Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) from GarLyn Zoo Wildlife Park (non-AZA accredited, in Michigan's UP). Miko is showing his winter weight, but you're also seeing a PRIMORDIAL POUCH swinging under his tummy. Let's talk about these pendulous paunches.

“We know we didn’t supply any diesel, you know we didn’t supply any diesel, we know you know we didn’t supply any diesel…”

Thou shalt not kill… …except when thou canst generate revenue through live-streaming it.

Who gets invaded first: 🇳🇴 for hosting the Nobel committee? 🇳🇱 for hosting the ICC?

Yes, if anyone is spying in Austria it’s *definitely* the Ukrainians, under cover of… being journalists. No reason to suspect anyone else in Vienna…

⚡️Ukrainian investigative journalist Mykhailo Tkach detained in Austria while on assignment. The acclaimed journalist was reportedly on an editorial assignment for Ukrainska Pravda in Vienna with his colleague Yaroslav Bondarenko when he was detained by Austrian authorities.

Later today we're marking two years of Bellingcat’s Online Open Source Investigations Toolkit with a live talk and Q&A with the people who maintain it. We’ll explore how open source tools are selected, tested and reviewed. Join us live at 11am EST/5pm CEST here: discord.gg/bellingcat?e...

⚡️Update: Death toll from Russian glide bomb strike on Kramatorsk bus stop rises to 33. At least 18 others were injured in the Oct. 8 attack, prompting local authorities in Kramatorsk and Sloviansk to suspend all public transport.

I also think discourse around disinformation keeps falling into the trap of treating it as a supply side issue, rather than examining the demand side and what to do about that. That is a far more pressing, and far more complicated, problem.

Global Affairs Canada (GAC) claims it dropped out of #Disinfo2026 "following changes to the framing of several panel discussions." GAC was scheduled to chair my panel today on disinformation in the Arctic. But, our panel description hasn't changed since June...! Receipts in the next post below.

“ I told him it was chemical weapons,” Rawaa said. “And a guy who was standing behind me whispered in my ear, ‘For your sake, you have to stop saying that’. After that I told the children to say it was ordinary smoke.”