“Americans are very lucky, because wherever they go to bring freedom… they find oil.”
— Italian journalist and satirist Michele Serra
“Americans are very lucky, because wherever they go to bring freedom… they find oil.”
— Italian journalist and satirist Michele Serra
RE: https://social.overheid.nl/@stasdigi/116137945588485139
I'm not often hopeful, but The Netherlands now has a (junior) minister for digital affairs & sovereignty, and her office has joined the Fediverse, from the official Dutch government Mastodon server:
Territorial integrity and sovereignty are fundamental principles of international law. They are essential for Europe and for the international community as a whole.
Joint statement by President von der Leyen and President Costa on Greenland: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_143
Things *not* to do on an airplane:
Personal Wi-Fi hotspot named “I have a bomb, everyone will die” triggered NATO Quick Reaction Alert https://airlive.net/incident/2026/01/15/personal-wi-fi-hotspot-named-i-have-a-bomb-everyone-will-die-triggered-nato-quick-reaction-alert/

Turkish Airlines flight to Barcelona was intercepted by NATO fighter jets after a passenger created a bomb-threat Wi-Fi hotspot. On January 15, 2026, Turkish Airlines flight TK1853 was forced to make an emergency landing at Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN) following a security alert triggered by an on-board Wi-Fi network name. The Incident:
In hoeverre had men in 1914 en in 1939 in de gaten het begin mee te maken van wat later een Wereldoorlog zou worden genoemd, vraag ik me af.
Valt het u ook op dat er in de meeste nieuwsberichten over vuurwerkbommen en vreugdevuurrellen zo nadrukkelijk gezwegen wordt over de etnische en culturele achtergrond van de daders?
https://www.frontaalnaakt.nl/archives/nederlandse-cultuur.html