Markus Drake

@markusdrake.bsky.social

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Finnish Green in Brussels (chair of our local club) Cis Svenska, suomea, English, Deutsch Topics of interest: Europe, extremism (incl. my own), conflict, leisure

About 200 people blocking traffic in Rue des Colonies
Me, wearing a trippy purple print shirt, black-rimmed glasses and a cute brown-grey beard. The sun is shining into my eyes, the blue sky is almost cloudless, and my eyes are closed, taking in the heat. Deep-green trees give a bit of cool in the background
Crappiest rave ever: a couple of riot cops and a huge fence with disco lights flashing, carried on the front of an armoured police vehicle, blocking a wide street
Riot police and barbed wire barricades sealing off Parc Royal from regular people
A photo of three people at a March 8th International Women's Day protest in Brussels, Belgium
Butterfly meme where Helsingin Sanomat asks "Is this political analysis?" while looking at orientalism
"Given the important role of assembly rights in a democracy, the ECtHR concluded that it is not sufficient for German national courts to establish that an object, especially when it is of very simple construction, was intended to and capable of providing protection from coercive police measures. Instead, they must engage in a balancing exercise including the accused’s freedom of assembly, the legitimate aim of the restriction, and the concrete circumstance of the case."
Extremely kitchy image of blue human shape with marked chakras sitting on a generic planet slightly bigger than the human, blasting energy as a beam from the crown of the head. A good impression of how I felt by day 2 of the retreat, before the neoliberal ideology kicked in on day 6.
A plate of glistening tofu and vegetables and a bowl of rice, looking insanely delicious in various hues of carrot, bean, potato and purple mushrooms
11:51 The prosecutor adksy, where Vornanen kept his gun during that evening. "That evening I carried it in the right front pocket of my jeans."
"Oates is a liar and delights in being mean. Not a good human." X av Elon Musk
A traditional Chinese temple in Taichung, observed by three police cameras
Alkuperäinen kysymys johon "Jossain vasemmalla" hakee vastausta: "Mikä on tämä sosialismin autoritäärinen taipumus?" Vastasin yleisesti viittaamalla laajaan spektriin valtiososialismia, Ruotsin demareista Kiinan kansantasavaltaan, molemmat autoritäärisiä omalla tavallaan, molemmat sosialisteja, vaikka todella erilaisia. Näistä kahdesta tämä sankari päätti kyseenalaistaa Kiinan kansantasavallan autoritäärisyyden, ja alan olemaan melko varma että hän on sekä humoristi että trolli.
White middle-aged male in khaki-gray uniform with yellow star and shoulder badge carrying a big wooden pole that looks well suited to hurting people. He is moving away from a metal fence.
Hän hyödyntää tekoälyä esimerkiksi kirjoittaessaan ulkomaalaisille johtaville asiantuntijoille sähköpostiviestejä. Tekoäly muodostaa lyhyellä ohjeistuksella englanninkielisen ja asiallisen viestin nopeasti. Teksti pitää käydä huolellisesti läpi virheiden varalta ja Haapala tekee usein pieniä korjauksia sinne tänne, jotta kirjoitus sopii niin sanotusti omaan suuhun. Näistä työvaiheista huolimatta Haapala kokee tekoälyn säästävän häneltä aikaa.
Your Kentucky Derby horse name is: A symptom of one of your mental illnesses + the last thing you ate.
The far-right-coded Reject United Front, Defend Taiwan-movement campaigning for the recall-vote campaign
1 A330 MRTT & 5 F-16 in flyover
Big crowd under rainbow banners headed towards the bridge to cross the Danube
Marcher with flag of Polish group Homokomando
Markus posing in front of a sign saying "Freedom and love can't be banned"
Aktias börskurs, ner från 11+ till 9,5 €
Man wearing glasses and a lumberjack shirt, on a train, looking fed up
Horse cops getting caught in a quagmire just before the tide turns and they get driven back. Swedish mounted police are trying to do a mass arrest at the Hvitfeldtska school used as a convergence centre for the protests at the 2001 EU top meeting in Gothenburg. However, they are trapped between small blocks of protected White Overalls marching with Globalisering Underifrån (Globalisation from Below) and a black bloc of mainly AFA and Young Syndicalists. They massively escalated and were driven back. Screen cap from documentary På Hvitfeldtska Bodde Vi (We lived at the Hvitfeldtska), by Nils Petter Löfstedt.
Esimerkkejä Vasemmistoliiton teknisistä vaaliliitoista Keskustan, Perussuomalaisten, Kristillisdemokraattien, Kokoomuksen ja Vihreiden kanssa.
Esimerkkejä Vasemmistoliiton teknisistä vaaliliitoista Keskustan, Perussuomalaisten, Kristillisdemokraattien, Kokoomuksen ja Vihreiden kanssa.
"HS-analyysi | Yhdysvallat lähetti yllättäen kyselyn jäänmurtajia rakentaville telakoille"
Kuva Markuksesta ensimmäisellä VPK-rynnäköllään. Lievä paniikki loistaa silmistä. Teksti: "jos vihreät eivät ole etulinjassa kriisin iskeytyessä olemme epäoleellisia"
Excerpt from the Art Spiegelman comic "Maus", showing a mouse wearing a pig mask, representative of his Polish national army uniform, letting him pass as a "pig" (Pole), and gain the support of the train conductor, also a pig, to escape notice of the cats (Germans).
Tesla - 10,42% OMX Helsinki PI -3,37%
"Sikamessias" by Harro Koskinen, 1969. Considered blasphemous and put on trial for it. A haloed pig, crucified, smiling beatifically.
"Sikavaakuna" by Harro Koskinen, 1969. A painted version of the Finnish national coat of arms, with the lion rampant replaced by an obese pig holding the straight sword, wearing the crown and trampling a curved scimitar. The painting, along with other works of art, led to a legal case for "blasphemy" (due to the work Sikakrusifiksi) and "desecration of the Finnish national coat of arms" due to this work. Not prosecuted was a version of the symbol of the Finnish Police, Sikapoliisivaakuna. All three are solidly ensconced in the national arts canon of Finland.
"Demokrasi sokakta, diktatör sarayda" written on a banner at Place Lux in Brussels
Görlitzer Park "Public park & gardens with petting zoo"
Oglaf-comic where a blonde in a bar speaks to a brunette: Blondie: I've got this fantasy of sexual submission of. Want to dominate me? Brunette: Well... I can't help you there - I'm not a top. Blondie: You misunderstand. I'm submissive in the sense that I don't want to do any work or take any responsibility. So to dominate me, you'll just need to do everything I want. Usually before I know I want it. Brunette: So when you say 'I'm submissive' you mean 'I'm lazy and demanding' *pause* Blondie (looking deeply into Brunette's eyes): Yeeesss. And I deserve to be punished for it.
"There were reports on financial disagreements about the cost splitting between the Lithuanian and German governments. Whereas the German side expected Lithuania to provide all infrastructure associated with accommodating the German soldiers, Lithuania appeared unwilling to pay for the establishment of schools and kindergartens, or for parts of the accommodation, citing higher expected standards and hence costs compared to common conditions locally."
Kuvakaappaus ylemmästä kaupunkikuvasta jossa näyttää siltä että jättiläismäisen mediascreeni leijuu pilvenpiirtäjän yllä
"Kaupunginvaltuutettu tuomittiin vaimonsa kuristamisesta Perussuomalaiset ¦ Käräjäoikeus ei uskonut kertomusta vammojen synnystä" Smug-looking Jiri Keronen pictured on the left, the Espoo court on the right
Union, SPD, Grüne 414 Union, SPD 329 Union, Grüne 293 SPD, Grüne, Linke 270
HS: "Myös katolinen yhteys tuottaa ongelmia. Paavi Franciscus ärähti J. D. Vancelle tämän siteerattua Augustinuksen ordo amoris -periaatetta oikeutuksena massakarkotuksille. Maga-ajattelijoille Franciscusta mieluisampi paavi oli konservatiivinen Paavi Johannes Paavali II."
Demonstration with lots of Ukrainian flags
HS: "Ukrainan kohtalonhetket ¦ Mika Aaltola: Euroopalla kolme viikkoa aikaa suostua rauhanehtoihin - Orpo tyrmää väitteen"
SPIEGEL: Herr Professor, vor zwei Wochen schien die Welt noch in Ordnung... Adorno: Mir nicht.
Ulkoministeri Annalena Baerbock itäisen Ukrainan rintamalinjalla, mustassa turvaliivissä ja naamiossa sekä maastokuvioidussa kypärässä
Suffragette self-defence instructions for how to fight off an attacker
Suffragette self-defence instructions for how to fight off an attacker using an umbrella
A cartoon from Charlie Hebdo, first issue after 2015 terror attack, showing "gangsters" of the Vatican, Teheran And Jerusalem, with a Buddhist barely excluded, dividing up the world. The headline is "Yalta at the Vatican", with the "gangster pope" saying, in French, "me, I take the western sector, you, take the eastern sector".
Screenshot from Instagram suggesting I might like eithet the Finnish Communist Party or the Party of European Socialists & Democrats
HS-otsikko: "Huumeet: Asiantuntija: Ei ole todennäköistä, että eduskunnan vessassa olisi käytetty huumeita"
Diana Butler Bass, Jan 4,2025: “What do we do when Herod is on the throne? Be like the magi, those ancient wise men. Do not obey in advance. Discern deceit; trust the truth. Be brave. Following a star means moving at night. Sometimes the night will be very dark indeed. Keep on the journey; trust the way. The star will stop. We can kneel, worship, choose joy. Even when Herod enacts his evil schemes, God is with us. Love is here, born into the world. Offer your gifts. Travel light. Give thanks. Pay attention to your dreams. And, whatever you do, take another road home.”
Hakutulokset sanalle "pöyrääntyä": Kaksi tekstiä siitä miten tulevat vuodet voivat olla huonompia, mutta ei välttämättä, molempien kirjoittajana Mika Aaltola.
Bluesky-screenshot på Verboten Annas blupp om hur fina djur är, under en video någon gjort där dinosaurier från Jurassic Park har fått fjädrar, så som vi tror att de på riktigt såg ut, istället för ödleskinn.
Desperate-looking eyes. Panicked, maybe? Anyway, from most recent representative selfie. Before a great new year's.
Screencap of surveillance account @rosemaryee21.bsky.social
Cover of the most recent Fredrik Lång "Farväl Nappari - En kärleksroman", published by Förlaget. Pink sunset cover with a 30's car (photorealistic) driving along a purple winding road (cartoony).
"Drakar och Demoner - ett rollspel för 3 eller fler spelare från 11 år. Äventyrsspel" superimposed over a picture of Elric of Melniboné lifting his black sword Stormbringer against a green sky, with his foot on a giant skull, as a pterodactyl gargoyle flaps, and an oddly tilted castle seems to be sinking in the background.
German tweet from account @DrTalebJawad, text: "Meiner Erfahrung nach, ist die deutsche Polizei der echte Treiber des Islamismus in Deutschland. Meine Erfahrung ist 7 Jahre lang in denen die Polizei, zuletzt im März 2024, schmützige Taktiken gegen mich sowie andere Islamkritiker angewendet hat um unseren anti-islamischen Aktivismus zu zerstören. Die Linken sind Verrückt. Wir brauchen AFD um die Polizei vor sich zu schützen."
Meme with "the wealthy elite" embracing a "second gilded age", only to be surprised by "the return of outlaw folk heroes"
Transcript of the Peter Thiel interview linked above. Utterly incoherent.