Cinta Depondt
@depondt.bsky.social
Peace & conflict, societies & languages in Eastern Europe: Ukraine, Russia, Georgia
Nonviolent Communication (NVC) trainer, dialogue and process facilitator.
Author. Cyclist. Human.
attempting to put #NVCinpractice
Nonviolent Communication (NVC) trainer, dialogue and process facilitator.
Author. Cyclist. Human.
attempting to put #NVCinpractice
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So far the "Board of Peace" is Trump, Orban, Lukaschenko and Netanyahu.
Which if you wrote in a satire would be considered too outlandish and sent back.
Which if you wrote in a satire would be considered too outlandish and sent back.
January 21, 2026 at 7:16 AM
So far the "Board of Peace" is Trump, Orban, Lukaschenko and Netanyahu.
Which if you wrote in a satire would be considered too outlandish and sent back.
Which if you wrote in a satire would be considered too outlandish and sent back.
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Mark Carney's speech really is terrific: full text is here and very much worth your time.
The Carney doctrine
Open comment thread on the PM's Davos speech
paulwells.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Mark Carney's speech really is terrific: full text is here and very much worth your time.
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Did you know that Denmark had already sold an entire archipelago to the US once? That happened in 1917, and the archipelago was the Virgin Islands. 1/3
January 21, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Did you know that Denmark had already sold an entire archipelago to the US once? That happened in 1917, and the archipelago was the Virgin Islands. 1/3
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OTD in 2021 European Court of Human Rights found Russia guilty of ethnic cleansing of Georgian civilians in 2008 war & widespread, deliberate
-Killing of civilians
-Torture
-Burnings
-Evictions
i.e. “crimes against humanity".
Imagine EU leaders knowing this & still appeasing us
-Killing of civilians
-Torture
-Burnings
-Evictions
i.e. “crimes against humanity".
Imagine EU leaders knowing this & still appeasing us
January 21, 2026 at 10:44 AM
OTD in 2021 European Court of Human Rights found Russia guilty of ethnic cleansing of Georgian civilians in 2008 war & widespread, deliberate
-Killing of civilians
-Torture
-Burnings
-Evictions
i.e. “crimes against humanity".
Imagine EU leaders knowing this & still appeasing us
-Killing of civilians
-Torture
-Burnings
-Evictions
i.e. “crimes against humanity".
Imagine EU leaders knowing this & still appeasing us
Ik houd helemaal niet van voetbal (en heb geen waardeoordeel over mensen die dat wel doen), dus ik heb makkelijk praten.
Misschien zijn er nog meer mensen die het ook belangrijker vinden om niet mee te doen aan het toneelstuk waarin we doen alsof Trump ok is?
actie.degoedezaak.org/petitions/bo...
Misschien zijn er nog meer mensen die het ook belangrijker vinden om niet mee te doen aan het toneelstuk waarin we doen alsof Trump ok is?
actie.degoedezaak.org/petitions/bo...
Boycot het Trump-WK in de VS
Nu deelnemen aan een sportevenement alsof er niets aan de hand is, legitimeert Trumps expansieve politiek. Laat ons land en onze voetballers aan de goede kant van de geschiedenis staan. Hou onze jonge...
actie.degoedezaak.org
January 21, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Ik houd helemaal niet van voetbal (en heb geen waardeoordeel over mensen die dat wel doen), dus ik heb makkelijk praten.
Misschien zijn er nog meer mensen die het ook belangrijker vinden om niet mee te doen aan het toneelstuk waarin we doen alsof Trump ok is?
actie.degoedezaak.org/petitions/bo...
Misschien zijn er nog meer mensen die het ook belangrijker vinden om niet mee te doen aan het toneelstuk waarin we doen alsof Trump ok is?
actie.degoedezaak.org/petitions/bo...
It's going to be five years very soon...
Dnipro city is under attack right now. Russian drones. Many explosions reported. Yes, again. Yes, it never stops. It’s 4 years of it never stopping.
January 20, 2026 at 5:45 PM
It's going to be five years very soon...
Inspiring to see some EU leaders starting to use language worthy of joining Ukraine.
🙃
🙃
January 20, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Inspiring to see some EU leaders starting to use language worthy of joining Ukraine.
🙃
🙃
All you need to know about the "peace" potential of the proposed board.
👺 Lavrov backs Trump's "Peace Board" and says Russia has received draft charter
Lavrov backs Trump's "Peace Board" and says Russia has received draft charter
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has stated that he takes a positive view of US President Donald Trump's idea of creating a "Board of Peace".
www.pravda.com.ua
January 20, 2026 at 11:31 AM
All you need to know about the "peace" potential of the proposed board.
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Ursula von der Leyen:
Of course, nostalgia is part of our human story, but nostalgia will not bring back the old order.
And playing for time and hoping for things to revert soon will not fix the structural dependencies we have.
If this change is permanent, then Europe must change permanently too
Of course, nostalgia is part of our human story, but nostalgia will not bring back the old order.
And playing for time and hoping for things to revert soon will not fix the structural dependencies we have.
If this change is permanent, then Europe must change permanently too
January 20, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Ursula von der Leyen:
Of course, nostalgia is part of our human story, but nostalgia will not bring back the old order.
And playing for time and hoping for things to revert soon will not fix the structural dependencies we have.
If this change is permanent, then Europe must change permanently too
Of course, nostalgia is part of our human story, but nostalgia will not bring back the old order.
And playing for time and hoping for things to revert soon will not fix the structural dependencies we have.
If this change is permanent, then Europe must change permanently too
"Te inhoudelijk voor tv".
Nuance enzo, brrr.
Een vrouw met kennis, oei-oei-oei.
Ik kijk al jaren geen talkshows. Deze post vat mooi samen waarom.
Nuance enzo, brrr.
Een vrouw met kennis, oei-oei-oei.
Ik kijk al jaren geen talkshows. Deze post vat mooi samen waarom.
Nul talkshows die contact zoeken. Ik ben te inhoudelijk voor tv, vertelde een radiomaker me gisteren...
Heel interessant (hoewel als dagelijkse lezer niet nieuw natuurlijk) en wat kun jij goed uitleggen en verwoorden! Dat komt in de dagelijkse opsomming natuurlijk wat minder duidelijk naar voren. Laten ze jou maar in die praatprogramma's uitnodigen!
January 20, 2026 at 11:28 AM
"Te inhoudelijk voor tv".
Nuance enzo, brrr.
Een vrouw met kennis, oei-oei-oei.
Ik kijk al jaren geen talkshows. Deze post vat mooi samen waarom.
Nuance enzo, brrr.
Een vrouw met kennis, oei-oei-oei.
Ik kijk al jaren geen talkshows. Deze post vat mooi samen waarom.
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Toretsk💔
„2022: I’ll film the yard as a keepsake, because I don’t know when I’ll be able to come home next time.
2026:“
„2022: I’ll film the yard as a keepsake, because I don’t know when I’ll be able to come home next time.
2026:“
January 18, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Toretsk💔
„2022: I’ll film the yard as a keepsake, because I don’t know when I’ll be able to come home next time.
2026:“
„2022: I’ll film the yard as a keepsake, because I don’t know when I’ll be able to come home next time.
2026:“
Virtual creativity, memorialisation and dealing with loss all in one:
Ukrainian players are creating a universe in Minecraft where they recreate Ukrainian cities using memory, satellite images,&Google Street View
Valerii,one of the creators,rebuilt his destroyed home in Mariupol in meticulous detail: the grapevine, flowers, a fir tree nearby, and even a cat and a dog
Valerii,one of the creators,rebuilt his destroyed home in Mariupol in meticulous detail: the grapevine, flowers, a fir tree nearby, and even a cat and a dog
January 18, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Virtual creativity, memorialisation and dealing with loss all in one:
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I know many are tired, but please — we need you.
Do not look away.
Every single day Ukraine fights to survive.
Every single day russia tries to destroy us.
Dnipro 💔 people are hiding in shelters from russian missiles and drones.
Do not look away.
Every single day Ukraine fights to survive.
Every single day russia tries to destroy us.
Dnipro 💔 people are hiding in shelters from russian missiles and drones.
January 13, 2026 at 10:20 PM
I know many are tired, but please — we need you.
Do not look away.
Every single day Ukraine fights to survive.
Every single day russia tries to destroy us.
Dnipro 💔 people are hiding in shelters from russian missiles and drones.
Do not look away.
Every single day Ukraine fights to survive.
Every single day russia tries to destroy us.
Dnipro 💔 people are hiding in shelters from russian missiles and drones.
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In 2025 werden 2.514 Oekraïense burgers gedood door Rusland: het was het dodelijkste jaar voor burgers in #Oekraïne sinds 2022, het eerste oorlogsjaar vrtnws.be/p.11axj8jQJ#...
Oorlog Oekraïne - 2025 dodelijkste jaar voor Oekraïense burgers sinds Russische inval in 2022 | VRT NWS: nieuws
Volg alle updates over de oorlog in Oekraïne in deze liveblog.
vrtnws.be
January 12, 2026 at 8:32 PM
In 2025 werden 2.514 Oekraïense burgers gedood door Rusland: het was het dodelijkste jaar voor burgers in #Oekraïne sinds 2022, het eerste oorlogsjaar vrtnws.be/p.11axj8jQJ#...
Seen on other socials:
'Trump commenting on Denmark’s legal claim to Greenland:
"The fact that they landed a boat there 500 years ago doesn’t mean they own the land".
The sheer weight of historical irony should make something deep inside their little white racist minds implode.'
Food for thought
'Trump commenting on Denmark’s legal claim to Greenland:
"The fact that they landed a boat there 500 years ago doesn’t mean they own the land".
The sheer weight of historical irony should make something deep inside their little white racist minds implode.'
Food for thought
January 11, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Seen on other socials:
'Trump commenting on Denmark’s legal claim to Greenland:
"The fact that they landed a boat there 500 years ago doesn’t mean they own the land".
The sheer weight of historical irony should make something deep inside their little white racist minds implode.'
Food for thought
'Trump commenting on Denmark’s legal claim to Greenland:
"The fact that they landed a boat there 500 years ago doesn’t mean they own the land".
The sheer weight of historical irony should make something deep inside their little white racist minds implode.'
Food for thought
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#Berlin power outage: thread worth reading (including the comments):
In the early hours of January 3, 2026, a deliberate sabotage attack on critical electricity infrastructure near the Lichterfelde power station in southwest Berlin triggered a widespread brownout and partial blackout affecting tens of thousands of residents and businesses.
January 7, 2026 at 7:33 AM
#Berlin power outage: thread worth reading (including the comments):
There are quite a few lessons in resilience that we can learn from Ukrainians.
> during the blackout in Germany, Ukrainian refugees opened an invincibility point for charging devices and heating, same to the ones operating in Ukraine during blackouts
January 6, 2026 at 10:32 PM
There are quite a few lessons in resilience that we can learn from Ukrainians.
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This is, of course, nonsense; the problem is simply that when some people talk about the United States and say “no other country’s leader does this“, they are still thinking of other countries like France not Turkmenistan.
December 27, 2025 at 8:55 PM
This is, of course, nonsense; the problem is simply that when some people talk about the United States and say “no other country’s leader does this“, they are still thinking of other countries like France not Turkmenistan.
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A few arguments for those cheering the Trump Administration's act of aggression against Venezuela to consider:
thestartingpoint.net/rants/609/
thestartingpoint.net/rants/609/
January 4, 2026 at 6:28 AM
A few arguments for those cheering the Trump Administration's act of aggression against Venezuela to consider:
thestartingpoint.net/rants/609/
thestartingpoint.net/rants/609/
Fascinating language ('people need to have the right to decide their own fate without external intervention', 'resolve differences through dialogue') if you compare it to how Ru establishment and diplomacy talk about #Ukraine...
#Venezuela #Maduro
#Venezuela #Maduro
Russian Foreign Ministry statement is out and is extremely soft, calls for “prevention of further escalation and to focus on finding a way to advance through dialogue”.
January 4, 2026 at 7:34 AM
Fascinating language ('people need to have the right to decide their own fate without external intervention', 'resolve differences through dialogue') if you compare it to how Ru establishment and diplomacy talk about #Ukraine...
#Venezuela #Maduro
#Venezuela #Maduro
And absolutely illegal and against all principles of international law (if we were under the illusion of still having some of those left). The dismantling of any semblance of law-based international order continues at full speed.
Not a single US soldier died during the operation to extract Maduro, not even one piece of hardware was lost. One aerial vehicle, possibly a helicopter, was damaged, but all of them returned home.
Absolutely marvelous and professional operation by US forces.
Absolutely marvelous and professional operation by US forces.
January 3, 2026 at 5:33 PM
And absolutely illegal and against all principles of international law (if we were under the illusion of still having some of those left). The dismantling of any semblance of law-based international order continues at full speed.
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What happens when Maduro says in open court that as president he has immunity, and Pam Bondi has to say that president's don't have that?
January 3, 2026 at 5:27 PM
What happens when Maduro says in open court that as president he has immunity, and Pam Bondi has to say that president's don't have that?
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It performs rage for profit but generates real anger in the audience. That anger feeds real political behaviour. Performative signals become grievances, and the disordered discourse migrates from the feed into institutions and streets.
November 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
It performs rage for profit but generates real anger in the audience. That anger feeds real political behaviour. Performative signals become grievances, and the disordered discourse migrates from the feed into institutions and streets.
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It produces a performative ecosystem. Actors aren’t communicating; they’re staging provocations for yield. The result is disordered discourse: signals detached from truth, identity shaped by escalation, and a feedback loop where the performance eclipses reality itself.
November 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
It produces a performative ecosystem. Actors aren’t communicating; they’re staging provocations for yield. The result is disordered discourse: signals detached from truth, identity shaped by escalation, and a feedback loop where the performance eclipses reality itself.