Catharina Blaauwendraad
@bthread.bsky.social
Writer, literary translator, teacher. Roots in Utrecht, born in Brabant, raised in three consecutive parsonages, MA in Translation Studies (UvA), family life in Amsterdam, now late blooming in a remote village in Austria. Posts are deleted after 3 months.
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Wohlstand, Demokratie und Rechtsstaat werden nicht von Migrant:innen bedroht, sondern von rassistischen, rechtsextremen Staatsfeinden! #AfdVerbot #NieWiederIstJetzt
📷 @correctiv.org
📷 @correctiv.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Wohlstand, Demokratie und Rechtsstaat werden nicht von Migrant:innen bedroht, sondern von rassistischen, rechtsextremen Staatsfeinden! #AfdVerbot #NieWiederIstJetzt
📷 @correctiv.org
📷 @correctiv.org
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Trump: The stock market is booming! Only I could do this and it’s all because of me!
December 1, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Trump: The stock market is booming! Only I could do this and it’s all because of me!
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Let There Be Light, Edinburgh Central Library
December 1, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Let There Be Light, Edinburgh Central Library
To the next reporter or politician he calls stupid: please challenge him to an IQ test duel, on the spot, to his face.
November 30, 2025 at 1:45 PM
To the next reporter or politician he calls stupid: please challenge him to an IQ test duel, on the spot, to his face.
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
Sounds familiar, doesn't it? www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
Territorial Diversion: Diversionary Theory of War and Territorial Conflict | The Journal of Politics: Vol 72, No 2
According to the diversionary theory of war, unpopular leaders generate foreign policy crises to both divert the public’s attention away from the discontent with their rule and bolster their political...
www.journals.uchicago.edu
November 30, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Sounds familiar, doesn't it? www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
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What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
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Seems like a weird thing to tweet on the day when your boss said he’d pardon someone convicted of sending 400 tons of cocaine into the US.
November 29, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Seems like a weird thing to tweet on the day when your boss said he’d pardon someone convicted of sending 400 tons of cocaine into the US.
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Kempner kritisierte im Rückblick „die völlige Fehlbeurteilung der politischen Lage durch die Reichsregierung und den Mangel an Initiative gegenüber der NSDAP“.
Robert Kempner - Das gescheiterte NSDAP-Verbot von 1930
Das gescheiterte NSDAP-Verbot 1930
Die verpasste Chance für Deutschland
„Ich bin noch heute fest der Ansicht, man hätte die nationalsozialistische Katastrophe verhindern können."
Die Überzeugu...
jan-kuerschner.de
November 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Kempner kritisierte im Rückblick „die völlige Fehlbeurteilung der politischen Lage durch die Reichsregierung und den Mangel an Initiative gegenüber der NSDAP“.
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Gunta Stölzl (1897-983) German textile artist fundamental to development of the Bauhaus weaving workshop #WomensArt
November 28, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Gunta Stölzl (1897-983) German textile artist fundamental to development of the Bauhaus weaving workshop #WomensArt
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Now, remind me again that non-Americans should mind their own business.
November 25, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Now, remind me again that non-Americans should mind their own business.
If there is a devil, it's called cynicism.
Never forget this: The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.
November 23, 2025 at 6:48 AM
If there is a devil, it's called cynicism.
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New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 19, 2025 at 11:35 AM
New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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Trump tells female reporter: “Quiet, piggy.”
November 18, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Trump tells female reporter: “Quiet, piggy.”
They call it "War on Woke" because "War on Human Rights" somehow does not sound very appealing.
Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content - Oklahoma Watch
The Trump administration removed a congressionally mandated report on missing and murdered Native Americans from the DOJ website, citing compliance with an executive order against DEI. Senators who ch...
oklahomawatch.org
November 17, 2025 at 6:09 PM
They call it "War on Woke" because "War on Human Rights" somehow does not sound very appealing.
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Remember: The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy.
When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice.
The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.
When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice.
The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.
November 17, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Remember: The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy.
When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice.
The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.
When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, regular people don't have a voice.
The result? The demagoguery and corruption we're seeing now.
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Also, you get a comma. And a capital S which is usually a more useful test than T.
Shorter phrases for font testing: library.typographica.org/short-phrase...
Shorter phrases for font testing: library.typographica.org/short-phrase...
November 15, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Also, you get a comma. And a capital S which is usually a more useful test than T.
Shorter phrases for font testing: library.typographica.org/short-phrase...
Shorter phrases for font testing: library.typographica.org/short-phrase...
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Milliardäre, deren Firmen zig Milliarden Staatsgelder bekommen und kaum Steuern zahlen, kaufen sich Zeitungen und Social Media Plattformen, um den Leuten einzureden, dass Leute, die sich nicht genug zu Essen leisten können, dem Staat auf der Tasche liegen.
November 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Milliardäre, deren Firmen zig Milliarden Staatsgelder bekommen und kaum Steuern zahlen, kaufen sich Zeitungen und Social Media Plattformen, um den Leuten einzureden, dass Leute, die sich nicht genug zu Essen leisten können, dem Staat auf der Tasche liegen.
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I want this posted in every hallway of every university and then ask your students, why have a library when we can have slop?
November 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I want this posted in every hallway of every university and then ask your students, why have a library when we can have slop?
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This town has officially decided to fight against the construction of an AI data center that would service a nuclear weapons laboratory 1,500 miles away.
Amber Fellows, a Ypsilanti Township councilmember, tells us why:
Story by @mjgault.bsky.social: www.404media.co/a-small-town...
Amber Fellows, a Ypsilanti Township councilmember, tells us why:
Story by @mjgault.bsky.social: www.404media.co/a-small-town...
November 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This town has officially decided to fight against the construction of an AI data center that would service a nuclear weapons laboratory 1,500 miles away.
Amber Fellows, a Ypsilanti Township councilmember, tells us why:
Story by @mjgault.bsky.social: www.404media.co/a-small-town...
Amber Fellows, a Ypsilanti Township councilmember, tells us why:
Story by @mjgault.bsky.social: www.404media.co/a-small-town...
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Amnesty: Tunisian authorities have over the past three years increasingly dismantled protections for refugees, asylum seekers and migrants, particularly Black people, with a dangerous shift towards racist policing and widespread human rights violations www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Tunisia: Rampant violations against refugees and migrants expose EU’s complicity risk
The Tunisian authorities have over the past three years increasingly dismantled protections for refugees, asylum seekers and migrants, particularly Black people, with a dangerous shift towards racist ...
www.amnesty.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Amnesty: Tunisian authorities have over the past three years increasingly dismantled protections for refugees, asylum seekers and migrants, particularly Black people, with a dangerous shift towards racist policing and widespread human rights violations www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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Der Kollege @michaeltrammer.de wurde im März 2020 auf Lesbos während seiner Arbeit von einer Gruppe extrem Rechter verprügelt. Um an dem juristischen Verfahren teilnehmen zu können, braucht er eure finanzielle Unterstützung. #Solidarität
www.gofundme.com/f/uvx6s5
www.gofundme.com/f/uvx6s5
Donate to Revision im Prozess gegen rechtsextreme Schläger auf Lesbos, organized by Michael Trammer
Alle Jahre wieder: Erneut muss ich (Michael Trammer, Journali… Michael Trammer needs your support for Revision im Prozess gegen rechtsextreme Schläger auf Lesbos
www.gofundme.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Der Kollege @michaeltrammer.de wurde im März 2020 auf Lesbos während seiner Arbeit von einer Gruppe extrem Rechter verprügelt. Um an dem juristischen Verfahren teilnehmen zu können, braucht er eure finanzielle Unterstützung. #Solidarität
www.gofundme.com/f/uvx6s5
www.gofundme.com/f/uvx6s5
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Eine Statistik, die ihr bei Njus nicht finden werdet
November 3, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Eine Statistik, die ihr bei Njus nicht finden werdet