Matthias Bruggmann
@mattbr78.bsky.social
"Adrenaline-driven nutcase" Swiss homophone of a serious German who writes for Handelsblatt.
RageSkeets in French and English.
I do photography, not bsky.
http://www.boring.ch/matt
Syria book: https://tinyurl.com/UnspeakableViolence
Signal: mattbr.78
RageSkeets in French and English.
I do photography, not bsky.
http://www.boring.ch/matt
Syria book: https://tinyurl.com/UnspeakableViolence
Signal: mattbr.78
Tony Clifton, who then worked for @newsweek.com, Beirut, 1983.
September 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Tony Clifton, who then worked for @newsweek.com, Beirut, 1983.
Today in know your shitcoins: WASHTA, international currency of NGO bullshit.
July 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Today in know your shitcoins: WASHTA, international currency of NGO bullshit.
An oldie but goodie on the silence of #GazaGenocide activists during the Assad regime's destruction of Yarmouk.
This was written in 2015.
www.thetower.org/article/yarm...
This was written in 2015.
www.thetower.org/article/yarm...
January 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
An oldie but goodie on the silence of #GazaGenocide activists during the Assad regime's destruction of Yarmouk.
This was written in 2015.
www.thetower.org/article/yarm...
This was written in 2015.
www.thetower.org/article/yarm...
January 26, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Thanks.
To add to your collection, this is what I was told back then was a chlorine delivery device, from Talmenes in 2014.
To add to your collection, this is what I was told back then was a chlorine delivery device, from Talmenes in 2014.
January 26, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Thanks.
To add to your collection, this is what I was told back then was a chlorine delivery device, from Talmenes in 2014.
To add to your collection, this is what I was told back then was a chlorine delivery device, from Talmenes in 2014.
January 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Maybe fittingly, maybe coincidentally, the same engraving was used for the cover to the English edition of Susan Neiman's brilliant Evil in Modern Thought.
January 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Maybe fittingly, maybe coincidentally, the same engraving was used for the cover to the English edition of Susan Neiman's brilliant Evil in Modern Thought.
This (rare) interview of Patrick Haenni is an absolute must-watch for those who are curious, concerned, follow, or write about Syria.
For those who don't know, Haenni is one of the few westerners whose HTS work is solid both in the field and in theory.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F93f...
For those who don't know, Haenni is one of the few westerners whose HTS work is solid both in the field and in theory.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F93f...
January 20, 2025 at 8:14 AM
This (rare) interview of Patrick Haenni is an absolute must-watch for those who are curious, concerned, follow, or write about Syria.
For those who don't know, Haenni is one of the few westerners whose HTS work is solid both in the field and in theory.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F93f...
For those who don't know, Haenni is one of the few westerners whose HTS work is solid both in the field and in theory.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=F93f...
For those concerned about Syria's future, a must read is Patrick Haenni and Olivier Roy's recent working paper, "The management of religious law and police by HTS in the Idlib region between 2017 and 2024".
cadmus.eui.eu/handle/1814/...
cadmus.eui.eu/handle/1814/...
January 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
For those concerned about Syria's future, a must read is Patrick Haenni and Olivier Roy's recent working paper, "The management of religious law and police by HTS in the Idlib region between 2017 and 2024".
cadmus.eui.eu/handle/1814/...
cadmus.eui.eu/handle/1814/...
I thought there might be a joke to be made about the shifting meaning of "red line" in Barack Obama's vocabulary, but come to think about it, it meant the same thing in Syria and Ukraine.
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
January 18, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I thought there might be a joke to be made about the shifting meaning of "red line" in Barack Obama's vocabulary, but come to think about it, it meant the same thing in Syria and Ukraine.
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
Pour les Francophones: les frères de Mahmoud al-Jawabra, première victime de la répression de la révolution de 2011, sont mort noyés, avec leurs enfants, en essayant de passer en Europe.
Voilà.
Voilà.
January 15, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Pour les Francophones: les frères de Mahmoud al-Jawabra, première victime de la répression de la révolution de 2011, sont mort noyés, avec leurs enfants, en essayant de passer en Europe.
Voilà.
Voilà.
Et un autre petit rappel de contexte culturel et historique pour bien faire...
www.ft.com/content/cfbf...
www.ft.com/content/cfbf...
January 14, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Et un autre petit rappel de contexte culturel et historique pour bien faire...
www.ft.com/content/cfbf...
www.ft.com/content/cfbf...
Innit weird how a search on the "whatabout #GazaGenocide 🍉 🇵🇸" type accounts almost never, ever returns a single post on Yarmouk?
January 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Innit weird how a search on the "whatabout #GazaGenocide 🍉 🇵🇸" type accounts almost never, ever returns a single post on Yarmouk?
To help westerners understand what Syrian detainees mean by "overcrowded", this is a cell from Airforce Security at Mazzeh Airport.
The number on the piece of paper isn't the cell number, it's the number of detainees in the cell.
Ask an Arabic speaker what the number_s_ are.
The number on the piece of paper isn't the cell number, it's the number of detainees in the cell.
Ask an Arabic speaker what the number_s_ are.
January 8, 2025 at 10:59 AM
To help westerners understand what Syrian detainees mean by "overcrowded", this is a cell from Airforce Security at Mazzeh Airport.
The number on the piece of paper isn't the cell number, it's the number of detainees in the cell.
Ask an Arabic speaker what the number_s_ are.
The number on the piece of paper isn't the cell number, it's the number of detainees in the cell.
Ask an Arabic speaker what the number_s_ are.
Effectivement, Nabil Antaki a de quoi être inquiet, mais peut-être pas (que) pour ça.
December 31, 2024 at 11:54 AM
Effectivement, Nabil Antaki a de quoi être inquiet, mais peut-être pas (que) pour ça.
A couple of quick thoughts on this @nicolastenzer.bsky.social piece.
December 26, 2024 at 10:24 AM
A couple of quick thoughts on this @nicolastenzer.bsky.social piece.
Puisque les Jeux Olympiques de l'Indignité, lancés le 8 Décembre dans toutes les capitales Occidentales, battent leur plein, sachez qu'Omerta (non, pas @omerta-officiel.bsky.social) et @lepoint.fr sont au coude-à-coude dans le sprint de départ pour la médaille de la plus grosse dégueulasserie.
December 10, 2024 at 9:49 PM
Puisque les Jeux Olympiques de l'Indignité, lancés le 8 Décembre dans toutes les capitales Occidentales, battent leur plein, sachez qu'Omerta (non, pas @omerta-officiel.bsky.social) et @lepoint.fr sont au coude-à-coude dans le sprint de départ pour la médaille de la plus grosse dégueulasserie.
Nabil, Médecin à Alep, Chrétien, a perdu tout espoir.
Effectivement, maintenant que ses amis sont partis, il doit se sentir un peu seul...
Effectivement, maintenant que ses amis sont partis, il doit se sentir un peu seul...
December 10, 2024 at 5:05 PM
Nabil, Médecin à Alep, Chrétien, a perdu tout espoir.
Effectivement, maintenant que ses amis sont partis, il doit se sentir un peu seul...
Effectivement, maintenant que ses amis sont partis, il doit se sentir un peu seul...
Today, Assange is a free man.
Melzer is enjoying his sabbatical, after years of being paid hundreds of thousands.
And yesterday, Mazen Hamada, who was so distraught that his testimony was ignored that he returned to Syria despite having been horrifically tortured, was found at Sednaya.
Melzer is enjoying his sabbatical, after years of being paid hundreds of thousands.
And yesterday, Mazen Hamada, who was so distraught that his testimony was ignored that he returned to Syria despite having been horrifically tortured, was found at Sednaya.
December 10, 2024 at 10:54 AM
Today, Assange is a free man.
Melzer is enjoying his sabbatical, after years of being paid hundreds of thousands.
And yesterday, Mazen Hamada, who was so distraught that his testimony was ignored that he returned to Syria despite having been horrifically tortured, was found at Sednaya.
Melzer is enjoying his sabbatical, after years of being paid hundreds of thousands.
And yesterday, Mazen Hamada, who was so distraught that his testimony was ignored that he returned to Syria despite having been horrifically tortured, was found at Sednaya.
Why was Melzer silent about some of the worst crimes of our time, while occupying prominent positions at institutions that were designed to prevent them ?
In his words, "My ressources are scarce".
In his words, "My ressources are scarce".
December 10, 2024 at 10:54 AM
Why was Melzer silent about some of the worst crimes of our time, while occupying prominent positions at institutions that were designed to prevent them ?
In his words, "My ressources are scarce".
In his words, "My ressources are scarce".
Every last word of this.
December 10, 2024 at 9:28 AM
Every last word of this.
A catastrophic unscheduled decolonisation of Russia would fix quite a few things.
Just sayin'...
www.ft.com/content/fb48...
Just sayin'...
www.ft.com/content/fb48...
December 9, 2024 at 11:24 AM
A catastrophic unscheduled decolonisation of Russia would fix quite a few things.
Just sayin'...
www.ft.com/content/fb48...
Just sayin'...
www.ft.com/content/fb48...