Boris Staal
@bwrs89.bsky.social
PhD candidate at University of Amsterdam | Historian | Russian revolutionary history | Eastern Europe.
Amsterdam
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What a spit in the face of all Ukrainians . How much Russia paid you, IPC ? Or you’re cruel for free ?
February 17, 2026 at 8:46 PM
What a spit in the face of all Ukrainians . How much Russia paid you, IPC ? Or you’re cruel for free ?
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De journalistiek in Amerika verkeert in een diepe crisis. Het is subtieler dan klassieke censuur. Zakenmannen die eigenaar zijn geworden van mediabedrijven hebben geleerd om feiten onschadelijk te maken. buff.ly/wWE3FFt
Democracy dies in darkness? Nee hoor, Washington Post-eigenaar Jeff Bezos helpt haar in het volle daglicht om zeep
De journalistiek in Amerika verkeert in een diepe crisis. Het is subtieler dan klassieke censuur. Zakenmannen die eigenaar zijn geworden van mediabedrijven hebben geleerd om feiten onschadelijk te…
buff.ly
February 16, 2026 at 7:34 AM
De journalistiek in Amerika verkeert in een diepe crisis. Het is subtieler dan klassieke censuur. Zakenmannen die eigenaar zijn geworden van mediabedrijven hebben geleerd om feiten onschadelijk te maken. buff.ly/wWE3FFt
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Free piece just released. Marco Rubio called on tolerant, democratic, liberal Europe to destroy itself and embrace a Trump-like future. He received a standing ovation and we are told some people are reassured. If so, Europe will deserve everything coming its way. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Rubio Calls For The End Of A Tolerant, Democratic Europe And The Crowd Goes Wild
Just over an hour ago, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called for the end of a tolerant, democratic Europe and its break-up into a disparate group of smaller, Trumpist states, and the Europeans in t...
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February 14, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Free piece just released. Marco Rubio called on tolerant, democratic, liberal Europe to destroy itself and embrace a Trump-like future. He received a standing ovation and we are told some people are reassured. If so, Europe will deserve everything coming its way. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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Saturday's episode. amzn.to/3OhuShg
The Moscow Playbook: How Russia Used, Abused, and Transformed Sports in the Hunt for Gold
"Victories in sport do more to cement the nation than a hundred political slogans." This was the pep talk Russian athletes heard in 2000 from their new president, Vladimir Putin. And so, for more than...
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February 13, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Saturday's episode. amzn.to/3OhuShg
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In our new documentary, the Kyiv Independent’s War Crimes Investigations Unit uncovers the torture of Ukrainian civilians held by Russian forces and traces the roots of these practices through Russian history.
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7Ei...
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7Ei...
Inside Russia’s system of torture | Documentary
YouTube video by Kyiv Independent
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February 13, 2026 at 3:11 PM
In our new documentary, the Kyiv Independent’s War Crimes Investigations Unit uncovers the torture of Ukrainian civilians held by Russian forces and traces the roots of these practices through Russian history.
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7Ei...
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7Ei...
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Disqualified Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych said that he was still hoping for a new 'Miracle on Ice' after submitting an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport contesting his Winter Olympics ban.
February 13, 2026 at 4:10 AM
Disqualified Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych said that he was still hoping for a new 'Miracle on Ice' after submitting an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport contesting his Winter Olympics ban.
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Message to the IOC
February 12, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Message to the IOC
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Toch interessant dat de partijleider van een partij vol neonazi's het karaktermoord noemt als mensen het FVD een partij vol neonazi's noemen, omdat de neonazi's door de partijleider op het kerstbal worden uitgenodigd en hoog op kieslijsten worden gezet.
Het is zo voorspelbaar. FvD plaatst zélf een "reactie", wat de facto een campagnefilmpje is waarin ze zelf precies kunnen bepalen waar ze wel en niet op reageren. Daarmee ontwijken ze de kritische vragen van journalisten.
En wat doen sommige media? Die citeren weer gretig.
En wat doen sommige media? Die citeren weer gretig.
Gaat lastig om karaktermoord te plegen op een partij dat geen karakter heeft.
February 10, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Toch interessant dat de partijleider van een partij vol neonazi's het karaktermoord noemt als mensen het FVD een partij vol neonazi's noemen, omdat de neonazi's door de partijleider op het kerstbal worden uitgenodigd en hoog op kieslijsten worden gezet.
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“Heraskevych said he believes the IOC should help recognize athletes killed in war: ‘We have members of Olympic family, part of Olympic movement, and they don't even want to honor them.’” www.npr.org/2026/02/11/n...
Ukrainian sled racer says he will wear helmet honoring slain soldiers despite Olympic ban
Vladyslav Heraskevych, a skeleton sled racer, says he will wear a helmet showing images of Ukrainian athletes killed defending his country against Russia's full-scale invasion. International Olympic C...
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February 11, 2026 at 11:21 AM
“Heraskevych said he believes the IOC should help recognize athletes killed in war: ‘We have members of Olympic family, part of Olympic movement, and they don't even want to honor them.’” www.npr.org/2026/02/11/n...
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The trajectory from, “Trump will give Ukraine to Tomahawks to attack Russia” to “Trump has starved Ukraine of Patriots to help Russia” is the single greatest example of the failure of people to understand what Trump is and has always been.
February 9, 2026 at 4:19 PM
The trajectory from, “Trump will give Ukraine to Tomahawks to attack Russia” to “Trump has starved Ukraine of Patriots to help Russia” is the single greatest example of the failure of people to understand what Trump is and has always been.
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Helaas, die plek moest al naar iemand anders zonder [checkt aantekeningen] ego.
Euhmz, het klinkt alsof er een logischere ministerspost was geweest.
February 9, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Helaas, die plek moest al naar iemand anders zonder [checkt aantekeningen] ego.
Met zo’n partner is het best logisch dat je elke kans op kritische interviews uit de weg gaat.
Jutta Leerdam wil zich in een bubbel voorbereiden op de belangrijkste race van haar leven. “Dat zullen we nog wel eens zien,” dacht haar vriendje en schaarde zich achter de fascistische stoottroepen van Trump. “Veel succes verder, lieverd,” riep hij en marcheerde de straat uit.
February 8, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Met zo’n partner is het best logisch dat je elke kans op kritische interviews uit de weg gaat.
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Vandaag geeft het Parool duiding bij de VSP, de studentenbeweging van Marlon. Met commentaar van yours truly www.parool.nl/amsterdam/wa...
Wat is dat voor beweging achter student Marlon U., die al jaren de VU teistert en intimideert? ‘Er is opvallend veel overlap met Forum voor Democratie’
Vrijdag onthulde Het Parool dat de 25-jarige Marlon U. al drie jaar de Vrije Universiteit teistert, door studenten en medewerkers te intimideren, te bedreigen, ongewenst aan te raken en te mishandelen...
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February 7, 2026 at 7:53 AM
Vandaag geeft het Parool duiding bij de VSP, de studentenbeweging van Marlon. Met commentaar van yours truly www.parool.nl/amsterdam/wa...
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Just sent this out, mostly free. The Epstein files show just how close he was to Russian sources. They also make it clear that Epstein represented a historic opportunity to collect Kompromat on the rich and famous. Nothing would terrify a narcissist more. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Why Does A Narcissist Accept Humiliation? Epstein Might Be The Answer.
Doe the Risk of Greater Humiliation Loom...
open.substack.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Just sent this out, mostly free. The Epstein files show just how close he was to Russian sources. They also make it clear that Epstein represented a historic opportunity to collect Kompromat on the rich and famous. Nothing would terrify a narcissist more. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Kan altijd nog op de kandidatenlijst van het FVD voor de gemeenteraadsverkiezingen
Rechts-radicale ideeën een ‘gevaarlijke cocktail’ met zijn wapens? Nee, zegt D., hij is gewoon ‘een liefhebber van militaria’
Rechts-radicale ideeën een ‘gevaarlijke cocktail’ met zijn wapens? Nee, zegt D., hij is gewoon ‘een liefhebber van militaria’
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February 5, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Kan altijd nog op de kandidatenlijst van het FVD voor de gemeenteraadsverkiezingen
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Rachel Donadio (@racheldonadio.bsky.social) on the contradictions of Curzio Malaparte
A Student of Power | Rachel Donadio
In his experiences and chronicles of the great ideological battles of the twentieth century, Curzio Malaparte was a shape-shifter—pitiless, clinical, cynical, unsentimental, indifferent to morality an...
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February 5, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Rachel Donadio (@racheldonadio.bsky.social) on the contradictions of Curzio Malaparte
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I am a Ukrainian Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. I have a question.
Why has Trump's year of negotiations been the deadliest for civilians in Ukraine since the full-scale invasion? The number of deaths and injuries has increased by 31 percent compared to the previous year.
Why has Trump's year of negotiations been the deadliest for civilians in Ukraine since the full-scale invasion? The number of deaths and injuries has increased by 31 percent compared to the previous year.
February 4, 2026 at 2:38 PM
I am a Ukrainian Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. I have a question.
Why has Trump's year of negotiations been the deadliest for civilians in Ukraine since the full-scale invasion? The number of deaths and injuries has increased by 31 percent compared to the previous year.
Why has Trump's year of negotiations been the deadliest for civilians in Ukraine since the full-scale invasion? The number of deaths and injuries has increased by 31 percent compared to the previous year.
Dat zoeken naar 'ministers zonder al te groot ego' hebben ze welgeteld één dag volgehouden dus.
VVD-leider Yesilgöz wordt minister van Defensie, melden Haagse bronnen
VVD-leider Yesilgöz wordt minister van Defensie, melden Haagse bronnen
Haar naam ging al langer rond voor die ministerspost. Eerder was Yesilgöz minister van Justitie en Veiligheid.
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February 5, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Dat zoeken naar 'ministers zonder al te groot ego' hebben ze welgeteld één dag volgehouden dus.
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Always remember. Not defeating Russia is a choice that Europeans and Americans are making. Nothing more, nothing less.
February 4, 2026 at 5:34 AM
Always remember. Not defeating Russia is a choice that Europeans and Americans are making. Nothing more, nothing less.
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Wijze les uit de Nederlandse diplomatie: als je op twitter de oorlogsmisdaden van Netanyahu blijft goedpraten krijg je promotie: landenvertegenwoordiger Israel bij BuZa.
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Ambtenaren verzwegen Palestijnse dodentallen voor Schoof
Premier Schoof is door ambtenaren van Buitenlandse Zaken bewust in het duister gehouden over het Palestijnse dodental in Gaza
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January 28, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Wijze les uit de Nederlandse diplomatie: als je op twitter de oorlogsmisdaden van Netanyahu blijft goedpraten krijg je promotie: landenvertegenwoordiger Israel bij BuZa.
www.vn.nl/ambtenaren-z...
www.vn.nl/ambtenaren-z...
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did Italy not have enough fascist police themselves or something
BREAKING: ICE agents will have a security role during the upcoming Winter Olympics, U.S. embassy sources confirm.
ICE agents will have a security role at Milan-Cortina Olympics, US sources say
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will have a security role during the upcoming Milan Cortina Winter Games, according to sources at the U.S. embassy in Rome.
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January 27, 2026 at 10:51 AM
did Italy not have enough fascist police themselves or something
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This is how fascism comes to America. It’s the endless events, day after day, until one day you wake up in a different country. Anti-immigrant rhetoric, censorship, attacks on universities, masked terror squads murdering people in the streets, enemy lists, denaturalization, camps
January 24, 2026 at 7:24 PM
This is how fascism comes to America. It’s the endless events, day after day, until one day you wake up in a different country. Anti-immigrant rhetoric, censorship, attacks on universities, masked terror squads murdering people in the streets, enemy lists, denaturalization, camps
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How Tucker Carlson brought far-right extremism to the mainstream of American politics. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Tucker Carlson’s Nationalist Crusade
The pundit’s contrarianism has swerved into openly racist and antisemitic tropes. What does his rise mean for the future of MAGA media?
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January 24, 2026 at 5:30 PM
How Tucker Carlson brought far-right extremism to the mainstream of American politics. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Jesus Christ.
Multiple goons had a man on the ground but that wasn't enough brutality for them. One had to pull his gun and shoot someone who was prone on the sidewalk.
They're going to tell us the agent feared for his life and was justified.
Multiple goons had a man on the ground but that wasn't enough brutality for them. One had to pull his gun and shoot someone who was prone on the sidewalk.
They're going to tell us the agent feared for his life and was justified.
January 24, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Jesus Christ.
Multiple goons had a man on the ground but that wasn't enough brutality for them. One had to pull his gun and shoot someone who was prone on the sidewalk.
They're going to tell us the agent feared for his life and was justified.
Multiple goons had a man on the ground but that wasn't enough brutality for them. One had to pull his gun and shoot someone who was prone on the sidewalk.
They're going to tell us the agent feared for his life and was justified.