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@ThomasVLinge

Passionate about freedom, democracy, human rights and the preservation of our wildlife. Reporting on (and mapping out) wars, uprisings and conservation

Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    24 Nov 2021

    After 8 years on Twitter I felt like it was time for something new. So I decided to try out YouTube and see if I can turn the stuff I do on Twitter into video-form. My first video is about the People's Defense Force () in 🇲🇲. Check it out: <>

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  2. 19 hours ago

    And yes, its a joke. Dutch have been sending weapons too

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  3. 19 hours ago

    The US sends Javelins. The UK sends anti-aircraft missiles. The Czech Republic sends tanks. Turkey sends drones. We send flowers.

    Dutch specialists have developed a new tulip named in honour of Ukraine and featuring the yellow and blue of the Ukrainian flag. (Photo: Hoven & de Mooij bv)
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    Apr 7

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  5. 19 hours ago

    For the past six weeks I've been very preoccupied with 🇺🇦, but I've been trying to find some more time to read again. This is my selection for the coming month or so.

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  6. Retweeted
    Apr 9

    Finland’s Center Party leadership rallied around a potential NATO membership bid in yet another sign the country may apply to join the defense alliance following neighboring Russia’s attack on Ukraine

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  7. 23 hours ago

    Must-read thread on the effects and risks of 's zero-covid policy have on civil unrest, and the risks of letting it go.

    So...my cautious thoughts Shanghai/COVID-Zero-in-China. Yes, I am self-censoring on this one, so this is one of those threads where those of you who need explicit statements and can't read implied meaning and nuance are going to have a tough time. 🧵
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  8. Retweeted
    Apr 9

    Surprise 😉

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  9. Apr 9

    And lmao "control your souls desire for freedom". Chinese repression can be brutal buy at time it sure is poetic.

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  10. Apr 9

    The CCP's perceived stability as a regime was and remains only true as long as it is able to provide to its people. Once that trade-off comes into jeopardy, China doesn't seem as stable anymore.

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    As seen on Weibo: Shanghai residents go to their balconies to sing & protest lack of supplies. A drone appears: “Please comply w covid restrictions. Control your soul’s desire for freedom. Do not open the window or sing.”
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  11. Retweeted
    Apr 9

    🇷🇺 officially publishes genocide handbook with a “special Russian definition of "Nazi": a Ukrainian who refuses to admit being Russian, who has an affinity for Ukrainian culture or for the EU”. (From Yale Prof Tim Snyder)

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  12. Retweeted
    Apr 7

    Actress who played the ‘girl in the red coat’ in ‘Schindler’s List’ now coordinates a group of volunteers who are helping refugees as they arrive at the Polish border. (Source: )

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  13. Apr 8

    🇺🇦: footage of Ukrainian forces remotely taking out a Russian tank with a Stugna ATGM.

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  14. Apr 8

    🇺🇦: footage from moments after the ballistic missile struck the train station. This was an intentional attack, the Russian invasion force meant to strike these people, people from the .

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  15. Retweeted
    Apr 8

    Warning: graphic. Horrific images & reports from Kramatorsk train station where state railway company board chairman Oleksandr Kamyshin says more than 30 people killed, 100+ others injured in a Russian rocket attack. 1000s of civilians fleeing the Donbas were there. 🎥: Kamyshin

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  16. Apr 7

    Great news from about peace in the . (🇦🇲) and (🇦🇿) have met with the 🇪🇺 and agreed to instruct their ministers of foreign affairs to ‘work on the preparation of a future peace treaty’.

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  17. Apr 7

    Lmao Pink Floyd dumped and went on to make a awesome rendition of a Ukrainian song, showing their solidarity with the people of 🇺🇦

    👀 Whoa. Pink Floyd is back with a new song and it's about Ukraine! The group also sampled BoomBox's Andriy Khlyvnyuk singing Oh, the Red Viburnum in the Meadow on St. Sofia Square in Kyiv.
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    Apr 7

    Novaya Gazeta editor and Nobel laureate Dmitry Muratov, one of the few independent journalists still in Russia, was attacked with paint while on a train, the paper says.

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  19. Apr 7

    It's telling that on such an important vote for the Kremlin at the UNGA, Maduro (🇻🇪) and Aliyev (🇦🇿) basically told their representatives they could sleep in.

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  20. Apr 7

    Quickly threw together a map of this latest UNGA vote. Clearly shows where the world stands, or rather how it is divided on Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Green - voted in favour of suspension. Red - voted against. Yellow - abstained. Grey - didn't show up. *second attempt*

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  21. Apr 7

    On the one hand a significan victory on the diplomatic stage, but on the other hand it's disappointing to see the lack of support for this move among African and Asian states.

    🚨 👏 : UN General Assembly voted to suspend ’s UN Human Rights Council membership over massive violations of international humanitarian & human rights law in !! 93 in favor, 24 against, 58 abstentions. A short thread 🧵with ’s reaction follows.
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