Rolf Schuttenhelm
@rolfschuttenhelm
Dutch science writer, specialised in climate, ecology, geosciences and energy - with some additional interests, including geopolitics & supporting Ukraine.
Although reports state the fire at Wildberries Yekatarinburg has been contained, if you take a good look at this picture there's probably a lot of smoke damage inside the building. This probably makes it inoperable for some time, contributing to the acute collapse of the whole distribution chain.
Four fires raging this morning at Russia's Yaroslavl oil refinery, one of the five largest of the country. Seems like a succesful Ukrainian strike.
Found this one somewhere else on the internet and of course I agree.
Sterke column van @mathijsbouman.nl: fd.nl/opinie/16015...
Ik mopper over onze passiviteit (zoals bij de schaduwvloot), maar het verdient ook erkenning dat er de afgelopen jaren veel mensen in Den Haag zijn geweest (waaronder @rubenbrekelmans.bsky.social) die het tijdsgewricht en wat dat van ons vraagt heel goed hebben begrepen. 🫡 www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
Yes indeed. Also speaks volumes. Odd though that when Melania is hugging Epstein and Ratner on a couch, here face is suddenly redacted by Trump's DOJ. "Why would that be...?"
"We moeten weer leren strategisch denken. We lopen tov China 20 tot 30 jaar achter." Generaal b.d. Tom Middendorp bij conferentie Energy InnovationNL (Topsector)
😢😢😢 In March 2022 a 9-year-old girl wrote this letter in Mariupol to her deceased mother. It just tears your heart apart, what happened there. It also fills my veins with anger. Not just towards Putin, but also to Trump. To be clear: Trump decided Putin should win, BECAUSE Trump raped children.
Meet the Iranian Shahed. It is widely misquoted as an attack drone (18kg pl), while it is in fact a HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PATRIOT INTERCEPTOR: 1. They catch 100% of Patriot missiles 2. They cost <1% of Patriot missiles 3. Iran has ~100x more Shaheds than US Patriot missiles Trump had no plan for this 🤯
Interesting to compare below two graphs. The first is the 5-year oil price. Yesterday's spike is lost in low resolution. Second is high-res version of current spike. Conclusion: Putin and Trump created two almost equal spikes (~115$) in the global oil price, with their attacks on Ukraine and Iran.
Good to also know the background: before the threats of war with Iran started the oil price was at 60$ - and projected to structurally decline over 2026. So once again Trump proves a life saver for Putin - while this is bad news for almost everyone else.
Meanwhile on the western front an email surfaces in which Epstein clarifies that a rape did not occur at a party but "AT MY HOUSE WITH DONALD AND I RAPING HER." So there child rapist, you start a fresh war everytime it comes close? How many wars you got planned?
Headlines in 🇳🇱 that Epstein ordered a giant replica of Massacre of the Innocents from 1591 by Dutch painter Cornelis van Haarlem. In Dutch it's called "CHILD MURDER of Bethlehem". The painting was intended as warning about evil kings (Herod = Philip II) - but to Epstein may have been inspiration 🤮
Ok, as a journalist, I really don't get this: so many news outlets - up to the BBC - have reported on this picture from the latest Epstein release, bc it shows Melania director Brett Ratner, "with an unidentied girl". Now we know that girl IS MELANIA no one follows up?? What incredible cowardice 🤯
...in case you haven't seen it here it is: MTG on Trump in latest Epstein release 💣
Voor de weerliefhebbers - vandaag mooi fenomeen: "rokende sneeuw". Zag het vandaag op meerdere plekken, bijvoorbeeld tegen bosranden waar nog sneeuwvelden liggen. Oorzaak: bijzondere combi van sneeuw met zeer hoge luchttemperaturen (+8,5C!) waardoor veel waterdamp boven de koude sneeuw condenseert.
In the long list of ignored warnings, this statement by Fiona Hill from 2019(!) deserves our attention (& shame). She explicitly describes Putin's 'Venezuela Swap' with Trump, for Ukraine. Putin's cries for his pall Maduro are as fake as Trump's care for the innocent people of Ukraine (& elsewhere).
Everyone who ever voted for Trump should be utterly ashamed.
Een goede derde kerstdag ziet er zo uit! (en fok climate change...)
WOW... the search for "Trump" was blocked(!!), but not for "Trump_". Turns out Trump is already 600 times inside the REDACTED bits of the tiny portion of the Epstein files that have been released. Giant fail, exposing there's a giant cover-up going on.
Geopolitiek zeer goed nieuws: na aankondiging staakt-het-vuren direct verdere daling mondiale olieprijs, richting niveau van voor losbarsten conflict Israël-Iran (zie grafiek). Analisten verwachten nu terugkeer marktkrachten en verdere structurele daling. Slecht nieuws voor Poetin! 👍
Zodra de puur symbolische tegenaanval op Amerikaanse bases plaatsvond, schoot de olieprijs omlaag. Dat betekent nml géén blokkade Hormuz. Nu moet het verdere gedonder niet te lang duren (tenzij snelle regime change), want hij moet rap nog weer veel verder omlaag...
Mooi artikel over @cruydthoeck.bsky.social in Trouw, met veel aandacht voor streekspecifieke benadering en de samenwerking met Streektuinen (oa 25 streekgebonden zadenmengsels!) 🥳 www.trouw.nl/duurzaamheid...
Hahaha! (Meanwhile solid irony and a proper insult to Zuckerberg that they don't trust conventional crap like WhatsApp...)
Dutch cartoonist Ruben Oppenheimer (paper @nrcnl.bsky.social) brilliant as ever...
Heb me de afgelopen dagen weer verbaasd over de enorme invloed van luchtvochtigheid (en wellicht gebrek aan convectie?) op ijsvorming aan het oppervlak. Lokaal 3 à 4 ijsdagen op rij, maar pas toen vanochtend dan eindelijk de mist wegtrok -pats- in één klap al het water dicht...
BREAKING WEATHER: de recordlange periode zónder #ijsdag voor De Bilt (762 dagen als ik goed heb) is per vandaag, zie deze maxima, dan ein-de-lijk voorbij. (Maar ja, ik wil gewoon schaatsen! Dat lukte vorig jaar nog wel.)
Raar winterweer: je zou zeggen dat De Bilt met deze maxima dan eindelijk z'n eerste #ijsdag heeft, behalve dat het er vannacht juist nipt bóven nul was. (Zuidoosten wel echte ijsdag.)