Chris Osieck
@chrisosieck.bsky.social
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Chris Osieck
@chrisosieck.bsky.social
· Sep 30
Caught Between States as an Empire Dissolved
A Dutch-Indonesian family’s documents from the mid-20th century reveal a painful story of separation and an administrative nightmare that prefigures today’s xenophobic politics
newlinesmag.com
When my grandfather died in 2004, I was 11. At his home in Nijmegen I found a battered briefcase, unopened for years. Inside: photos, consular forms and letters — a history of falling empire, colonial decoupling and rising nationalism that marked those who lived it.
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Is customer service still meant to help you? Because these days it feels like you fight a chatbot, meditate in a waiting line for 40 minutes, and then finally reach a human who sounds one email away from handing in their resignation.
November 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Is customer service still meant to help you? Because these days it feels like you fight a chatbot, meditate in a waiting line for 40 minutes, and then finally reach a human who sounds one email away from handing in their resignation.
Israeli drone strike geolocated in Beit Jinn, southern Syria, 33.314153, 35.879369.
November 28, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Israeli drone strike geolocated in Beit Jinn, southern Syria, 33.314153, 35.879369.
Syrians from Beit Jinn used their right to resist the Israeli occupying forces effectively. That’s why the latter, who shouldn’t even be there in the first place and should simply go away from these lands, called in airstrikes.
According to local Syrian media, the IDF which occupies all of Palestine, much of southern Lebanon, and huge swathes of southwestern Syria, attempted to arrest a Syrian civilian tonight in Beit Jinn but was met with resistance from the locals, and in turn the IDF killed two people via airstrike.
Deleted last post because the battle in Beit Jinn is apparently still ongoing
November 28, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Syrians from Beit Jinn used their right to resist the Israeli occupying forces effectively. That’s why the latter, who shouldn’t even be there in the first place and should simply go away from these lands, called in airstrikes.
During the day, you flip hamburgers at McDonalds.
In the night, you become the investigator that follows a warlord’s movements.
In the night, you become the investigator that follows a warlord’s movements.
November 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
During the day, you flip hamburgers at McDonalds.
In the night, you become the investigator that follows a warlord’s movements.
In the night, you become the investigator that follows a warlord’s movements.
Israeli forces standing by and doing nothing during settler violence, where did I hear that before? Oh yeah. In the investigation that I did with @gaborfriesen.bsky.social, in collaboration with CNN, on the Huwara pogrom in early 2023.
November 27, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Israeli forces standing by and doing nothing during settler violence, where did I hear that before? Oh yeah. In the investigation that I did with @gaborfriesen.bsky.social, in collaboration with CNN, on the Huwara pogrom in early 2023.
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I am thankful the Palestinian American child Mohamed Ibrahim- who was tortured for 9 months in Israeli prison- is finally free.
November 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I am thankful the Palestinian American child Mohamed Ibrahim- who was tortured for 9 months in Israeli prison- is finally free.
Summary execution of two Palestinians by the Israeli military geolocated in Jabal Abu Dhahir, Jenin city ~ 32.454360, 35.297587.
November 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Summary execution of two Palestinians by the Israeli military geolocated in Jabal Abu Dhahir, Jenin city ~ 32.454360, 35.297587.
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So the country with a homicide rate multiple that of Europe and which sends armed thugs into cities to commit state-sanctioned crimes against visible minorities is lecturing us on… crime, social cohesion and public safety.
NEW: The New York Times got a State Dept. cable in which Rubio orders diplomats in Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand to press for immigration limits and cite crime. They’re also told to report on governments that are pro-immigration. Our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
U.S. to Press Europe and Other Allies on ‘Mass Migration,’ Document Says
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:28 AM
So the country with a homicide rate multiple that of Europe and which sends armed thugs into cities to commit state-sanctioned crimes against visible minorities is lecturing us on… crime, social cohesion and public safety.
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Very sad to learn about the fire in Hong Kong. There were 2 Indonesian domestic workers among 55 people died: www.channelnewsasia.com/east-asia/ho...
Live: Hundreds in shelters as Hong Kong fire death toll rises to 55
Flames in four of the seven affected towers have been extinguished, authorities said.
www.channelnewsasia.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Very sad to learn about the fire in Hong Kong. There were 2 Indonesian domestic workers among 55 people died: www.channelnewsasia.com/east-asia/ho...
I’m sure that if somehow the pope is forced to use a parachute, the international community will say that it would’ve been an act of self-defense.
Pope Leo takes message of peace to Middle East on first foreign visit. Here’s what to know | CNN
Pope Leo XIV begins a six-day visit to Turkey and Lebanon on Thursday, his first foreign trip since his election and one on which he’s expected to emphasize key themes of his fledgling pontificate – a...
edition.cnn.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I’m sure that if somehow the pope is forced to use a parachute, the international community will say that it would’ve been an act of self-defense.
Israeli drone strike on Al-Mansheya Street nearby the Beit Lahiya roundabout, 31.547912, 34.501321.
November 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Israeli drone strike on Al-Mansheya Street nearby the Beit Lahiya roundabout, 31.547912, 34.501321.
Tubas Governor Ahmed Asaad says the new assault aims to impose ‘new realities’ near the Jordan Valley as Israel shuts large parts of the governorate from the rest of the West Bank.
Israel lays siege to occupied West Bank’s Tubas, displaces tens of families
Governor says new assault aims to impose 'new realities' as Israel shuts parts of Tubas from rest of occupied West Bank.
www.aljazeera.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Tubas Governor Ahmed Asaad says the new assault aims to impose ‘new realities’ near the Jordan Valley as Israel shuts large parts of the governorate from the rest of the West Bank.
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Booking biedt Palestijnen 15 procent korting op verblijf in eigen woning
Booking biedt Palestijnen 15 procent korting op verblijf in eigen woning
Flinke meevaller voor Palestijnen op de Westelijke Jordaanoever. Booking.com biedt sinds kort 15% korting aan de oorspronkelijke bewoners van een verblijf.
speld.nl
November 26, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Booking biedt Palestijnen 15 procent korting op verblijf in eigen woning
“Just like we did in Gaza,” says Steve Witkoff while he later continues, “I have the deepest respect for President Putin.” As mentioned before, both of these ‘plans’ give legitimacy to colonialism and it’s the double standards who have emboldened them to be able to do so.
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukra...
www.bloomberg.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:43 AM
“Just like we did in Gaza,” says Steve Witkoff while he later continues, “I have the deepest respect for President Putin.” As mentioned before, both of these ‘plans’ give legitimacy to colonialism and it’s the double standards who have emboldened them to be able to do so.
You sit opposite of her at the table at a restaurant. Taking a sip from the wine as you laugh and enjoy eachother’s presence. She’s the apple of your eye. Taking her to your place, you open the door and show her where you’re geolocating and analyzing satellite imagery from.
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
You sit opposite of her at the table at a restaurant. Taking a sip from the wine as you laugh and enjoy eachother’s presence. She’s the apple of your eye. Taking her to your place, you open the door and show her where you’re geolocating and analyzing satellite imagery from.
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About 90,000 people living near larger chemical plants face an unacceptable risk of developing cancer, the EPA says.
New rules adopted last year could’ve cut that number to 3,000 residents — a drop of 97%.
But Trump has halted those efforts.
New rules adopted last year could’ve cut that number to 3,000 residents — a drop of 97%.
But Trump has halted those efforts.
Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated
The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution. Millions of people living near these pla...
www.propublica.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
About 90,000 people living near larger chemical plants face an unacceptable risk of developing cancer, the EPA says.
New rules adopted last year could’ve cut that number to 3,000 residents — a drop of 97%.
But Trump has halted those efforts.
New rules adopted last year could’ve cut that number to 3,000 residents — a drop of 97%.
But Trump has halted those efforts.
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Gaza after the ceasefire is defined by the ‘yellow line’ — drawn by Israel, and dividing the strip in two.
Our evidence suggests that Israel seeks to make the line permanent, as ‘reconstruction’ plans normalise this new stage of Israel’s occupation: frames.forensic-architecture.org/gaza/ceasefire
Our evidence suggests that Israel seeks to make the line permanent, as ‘reconstruction’ plans normalise this new stage of Israel’s occupation: frames.forensic-architecture.org/gaza/ceasefire
November 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Gaza after the ceasefire is defined by the ‘yellow line’ — drawn by Israel, and dividing the strip in two.
Our evidence suggests that Israel seeks to make the line permanent, as ‘reconstruction’ plans normalise this new stage of Israel’s occupation: frames.forensic-architecture.org/gaza/ceasefire
Our evidence suggests that Israel seeks to make the line permanent, as ‘reconstruction’ plans normalise this new stage of Israel’s occupation: frames.forensic-architecture.org/gaza/ceasefire
"Beneath is a system devoid of legitimacy, incapable of improving the lives of its citizens and trapped in a collapsed peace process that does not offer national liberation; only the entrenchment of Israeli occupation."
Averting West Bank collapse: How to revive Palestinian politics
Hollowed out by violent Israeli control and Mahmoud Abbas’s personal rule, the Palestinian Authority is losing its grip on the West Bank. European and Arab states must intervene to rebuild legitimate…
ecfr.eu
November 25, 2025 at 10:08 AM
"Beneath is a system devoid of legitimacy, incapable of improving the lives of its citizens and trapped in a collapsed peace process that does not offer national liberation; only the entrenchment of Israeli occupation."
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Germany uses the excuse of the ’ceasefire’ which Israel routinely violates to sell weapons to Israel again. Israel is being rewarded for committing genocide by the country that pretends to have learned from the holocaust.
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Germany uses the excuse of the ’ceasefire’ which Israel routinely violates to sell weapons to Israel again. Israel is being rewarded for committing genocide by the country that pretends to have learned from the holocaust.
It should have been as clear as day some time ago that Europe should stop catering to the US and instead learn to stand firmly on it’s own feet. Ukraine deserves most respect for having continuously resisted the Russian occupier despite all this.
Trump’s ‘peace’ ultimatum leaves Europe and Ukraine with just one choice
Trump’s America is falling into autocracy and advocates for Russian victory in Ukraine – it’s time the West saw this and dealt with it. Sam Kiley, world affairs editor, explains how
www.independent.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:29 AM
It should have been as clear as day some time ago that Europe should stop catering to the US and instead learn to stand firmly on it’s own feet. Ukraine deserves most respect for having continuously resisted the Russian occupier despite all this.
Laat duidelijk wezen dat de afgelopen twee jaar veel genocide ontkenning heeft plaatsgevonden door diplomaten, analytici, en zelfs journalisten die nog geregeld hun zegje kunnen doen in de krant of televisie. Wat overigens gepaard ging met een hoog gehalte aan orientalisme.
Het was een grote ‘als’.
November 24, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Laat duidelijk wezen dat de afgelopen twee jaar veel genocide ontkenning heeft plaatsgevonden door diplomaten, analytici, en zelfs journalisten die nog geregeld hun zegje kunnen doen in de krant of televisie. Wat overigens gepaard ging met een hoog gehalte aan orientalisme.
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"Winning justice for Palestinians—and the enduring security that Jewish Israelis claim to want—will require reckoning with this entrenched national ethos of denial. Until we are finally willing to remember the horrors we’ve already wrought, there will surely be more to come."
"The past two years of continuous violence made Gaza impossible to ignore, requiring more active modes of forgetting—and now a concerted effort to solidify a whitewashed national narrative that exonerates Israel of wrongdoing."
jewishcurrents.org/israels-coll...
jewishcurrents.org/israels-coll...
Israel’s Collective Amnesia
Even as Israel continues killing Gazans, its liberals are ready to forget the genocide.
jewishcurrents.org
November 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
"Winning justice for Palestinians—and the enduring security that Jewish Israelis claim to want—will require reckoning with this entrenched national ethos of denial. Until we are finally willing to remember the horrors we’ve already wrought, there will surely be more to come."
Given the German arms that have fueled the Israeli apartheid regime’s genocide in Gaza, as well as the group of Deutsche who continue to deny it, the truth is that vergangenheitsbewältigung has never really succeeded.
Kriegstote im Gazastreifen: Mehr als 100.000 Tote im Gazakrieg
Über die Zahl der toten Palästinenser im Gazakrieg wird heftig gestritten. Der ZEIT liegen Daten vor, wonach deutlich mehr Menschen gestorben sein könnten als bekannt.
trib.al
November 24, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Given the German arms that have fueled the Israeli apartheid regime’s genocide in Gaza, as well as the group of Deutsche who continue to deny it, the truth is that vergangenheitsbewältigung has never really succeeded.
I Left My Sorrows in the Laundry Basin by Haidar Al-Ghazali, a Palestinian poet from Gaza. Translated from Arabic by Omar Berrada in @equatormag.bsky.social.
www.equator.org/articles/i-l...
www.equator.org/articles/i-l...
November 24, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I Left My Sorrows in the Laundry Basin by Haidar Al-Ghazali, a Palestinian poet from Gaza. Translated from Arabic by Omar Berrada in @equatormag.bsky.social.
www.equator.org/articles/i-l...
www.equator.org/articles/i-l...
I remember being a teenager and it would rain outside. My father would advise to pull on a raincoat. Only because one was a dumbass and said it did not look cool, I’d go without, ending up walking around soaking wet the entire day. Blessed be the wisdom one gains when older.
November 24, 2025 at 8:04 AM
I remember being a teenager and it would rain outside. My father would advise to pull on a raincoat. Only because one was a dumbass and said it did not look cool, I’d go without, ending up walking around soaking wet the entire day. Blessed be the wisdom one gains when older.