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Erich M.

@harkank@chaos.social
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Hacking nature, radio waves & minds

Semi-retired investigative IT journo focused on surveillance & digital rights matters. M.A. English, American & German literature & linguistics. Modern Greek, some ancient Greek and Latin. Lover of antiquity. #Ρεμπέτις
#debian #hamradio #kilowatt class, as life is too short for QRP. #fedi22

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Erich M. @harkank@chaos.social
· 4mo ago
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Gentlemen, here is a logo that my daughter who is a graphic designer produced for the likes of us. 😎 @SteveBellovin@infosec.exchange @Cdespinosa@mastodon.social@bert_hubert@eupolicy.social
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Erich M. @harkank@chaos.social
· 5mo ago

The Libertarians of yesterday's Dotcom bubble are the Fascists of the AI bubble today.

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Erich M. @harkank@chaos.social
· 6mo ago

Jetzt hat auch Österreich seinen Luftraum für US-Militärflugzeuge gesperrt. Das war auch an der Zeit.

https://orf.at/#/stories/3425732/

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Erich M. @harkank@chaos.social
· 2mo ago
1/mehr Nach 43 Jahren werden Ronald Reagans "Star Wars"- Pläne umgesetzt. Heute Nacht bringt eine Falcon9 die ersten Sats für das Raketenabwehrsystem der US #SpaceForce in den Orbit. Die erste Tranche von 154 Sats ist primär ... https://www.golem.de/news/raumfahrt-spacex-und-die-militarisierung-des-leo-orbits-2607-210892.html #SpaceX
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Erich M. @harkank@chaos.social
· 2mo ago

Die #Nasdaq hat erstmals wieder unter 25.000 abgeschlossen. Der IT-Hardwaresektor hat fest aufs Aug gekriegt. Die Raketenpartie samt #Tesla hat auch was abgekriegt. #SpaceX ist um 15 % unter den Ausgabewert gefallen 1/2

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Erich M. @harkank@chaos.social
· 5mo ago
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🧵 3/more I covered the technical part assisted by the Nomen Nescios. This happened less than three weeks ago. After our research was published the Russian ambassador was summoned to the Austrian foreign ministery and informed that the counter espionage unit of the Austrian police DSN demand that the immunity of three persons of the Russki embassy be suspended. https://www.golem.de/news/satellitenspionage-eine-relaisstation-fuer-putins-afrikakorps-2604-207591.html
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Erich M. @harkank@chaos.social
· 5mo ago
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🧵 4/more These three Russian embassy staffers were accused of #SIGINT espionage against the interests of Austria. The Russian ambassador denied the request to suspend the immunity of these three persons. By the end of last week the foreign ministry declared them personae non gratae: They have left for Moscow already. On Sunday evening Hubert came out with this https://on.orf.at/video/14321887/16081568/spionageverdacht-russische-diplomaten-ausgewiesen
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Erich M. @harkank@chaos.social
· 5mo ago
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St. #Debian 4/4 Und so sah das dann schon am Abend aus. Jetzt ist noch ein bisserl tweaking und twisting angesagt. Und Backups, Synchroniserung & ham radio tools Das geht unter Debian noch einfacher als unter Ubuntu. Und dafür brauchts keine Hohepriester & Exorzisten, das schupf ich dann selber als Mesner mit Fürbitten auf der Bash Kilo tnx @braumasta@fosstodon.org & @wurzelmann@mastodon.wurzelmann.at !
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Erich M. @harkank@chaos.social
· 5mo ago
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St. #Debian 🧵 1/4 Der @braumasta@fosstodon.org hat heut das Böse fulminant exorziert. Natürlich hat es Brösel gegeben, denn der Satan M$ hatte sich tief im Bios festgekrallt. Die Fotos wuiderspiegeln die Dramatik des Vorgangs, will heißen, sie sind halbwegs Scheiße geworden. Hier wurde der M$-Incubus unter Heulen und Bitknirschen gnadenlos expurgiert.
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Erich M. @harkank@chaos.social
· 5mo ago
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Die letzte Ölung wird der @braumasta@fosstodon.org morgen am Nachmittag verabreichen. Ich werde ihm als Mesner zur Seite stehen mit Fürbitten: O heiliger Sankt Debian Bring uns die Performance Und segne CPU und RAM 😎
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Erich M. @harkank@chaos.social
· 5mo ago
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🧵 2/more #SIGINT This double reflector motorized Ku-band dish - aka Gregorian - has a transmitter PA and points to some sat ~ 15 ° west, +/- 2 degrees. Equipment most likely from Norsat, Canada as in use on the Russian UN embassy in Vienna
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Erich M. @harkank@chaos.social
· 5mo ago
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🧵 3/more Another, larger central fed C-band dish - motorized, but PA removed - on an embassy building behind could be measured with a lower error rate. We used both a sat direction finder and a nautical proggie. Same ~ 15° west . https://www.golem.de/news/satellitenspionage-eine-relaisstation-fuer-putins-afrikakorps-2604-207591.html
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Erich M. @harkank@chaos.social
· 5mo ago
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9/9 And make no mistake: The Nomen Nescio Club is an association of senior Austrian technologists from civil society, many with ham radio callsigns. We do NOT get briefings from state agencies, but we brief them. #SIGINT #OSINT Post/scrypt: Russkis were not amused Diplomaten ausgewiesen: Russland empört https://orf.at/#/stories/3428768/
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Erich M. @harkank@chaos.social
· 5mo ago
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🧵 5/more So who are these three spies? They were not under diplomatic cover. As @mattblaze@federate.social pointed out to me, unlike diplomats technical/administrative staff enjoy only limited immunity. This is why their immunity could have been suspended. These personae non gratae were all from the SVR who run these #SIGINT stations, most likely the Vienna executive amongst them. https://wien.orf.at/stories/3352548/
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Erich M. @harkank@chaos.social
· 5mo ago
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9/more 'Russki #Relay And here is the eastward, non-motorized part of the station. The two dishes to the left are pointe to 35-40° east. On 36° is Ekspress AMU1 and on 40° Ekspress AM7. Both sats were built by Airbus Defence & Space, ironically, for the Russians. AMU1 was even a joint venture with Eutelsat 😎 Russki communication lines & TV propaganda originate from there, relayed via Vienna to Africa & elsewhere. More to come by tomorrow. https://www.golem.de/news/satellitenspionage-eine-relaisstation-fuer-putins-afrikakorps-2604-207591.html
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Erich M. @harkank@chaos.social
· 6mo ago
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4/mehr Oracle muss asap 50 Mrd US- vor allem durch Aktienverkäufe und Kredite auftreiben. LOL! Der Kurs hat sich seit den OpenAI-Verträgen vom September mehr als halbiert. So traurig schauts heute aus, eine knappe Stunde vor Börsenschluss. https://www.golem.de/news/tech-konzerne-an-der-nasdaq-druckabfall-in-der-ki-blase-2603-207049.html
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Erich M. @harkank@chaos.social
· 5mo ago
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🧵 6/more Here is part of today's international media echo https://apnews.com/article/austria-espionage-russia-antennas-dd51684528e52a2c5a7e0997e54bbcad
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Erich M. @harkank@chaos.social
· 5mo ago
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6/more #Russki #Sigint From left to right. Transmitter dish for the uplinks to Ekspress AM8. Another one hid behind and the large c-band dish to the right for AM8 downlinks. Nomen nescio friends neede to enter the top floor of a nearby building to shoot this.
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Erich M. @harkank@chaos.social
· 5mo ago
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5/more So the transmitter dish in 1030 Vienna serves Ekspress AM8 with feeds. AM8 Ku and C-Band footprints cover the entire northern half of Africa. Virtually all territories where the former Wagner Group, now Russian Africa Corps ist active, from Libya, to Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso et al. https://www.satbeams.com/satellites?id=2539
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Erich M. @harkank@chaos.social
· 5mo ago
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🧵4/more Satsig.net lists 4 Russki sats +/- 15° west. We could exclude: Ekspress AM44 [11° w] deprecated. Elektro L2 [14,5° w] weather sat, L-band. Luch 5B [16,5° w] mainly relay sat for the ISS. And BINGO! Ekspress AM8 featuring C-band and Ku-band links on 14° west! https://www.satsig.net/sslist.htm
List of geostationary satellites
satsig.net

List of geostationary satellites

List of geostationary satellites with orbital longitude positions

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Erich M. @harkank@chaos.social
· 5mo ago
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St. #Debian 2/4 Nach dem Exorzimus, war das BIOS dermaßen fertig, dass unter gewaltigem Fauchen des Ventilators ein längerer Selbstheilungsprozess notwendig war. Hernach verdunkelte sich alles. Im Hintergund lief nämlich die alchymische Hochzeit eines 17 GB schweren Mailarchivs [Beginn 1995] mit der letzen Version von Thunderbird. Das wurde vor dem Neustart unter großem Gefluche mit dem USB-Weihrauchkännchen transferiert.
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Erich M. @harkank@chaos.social
· 5mo ago
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7/more https://kyivindependent.com/austria-expels-russian-embassy-staff-members/
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Erich M. @harkank@chaos.social
· 5mo ago
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8/9 By tomorrow my follow-up article will be published at golem: "Spy versus Spy on the Roofs of Vienna". How the Brits and Americans spy on the Russians and vice versa with hidden roof installations. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/04/austria-expels-three-russian-embassy-staff-vienna-suspicion-of-spying
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Erich M. @harkank@chaos.social
· 5mo ago
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8/more Nomen Nescios had to enter another nearby bulding to shoot this video showing the butts of the station. From left: three dishes pointing 30° to 40 degrees east & the c band dish [14°west] Background: orthodox church on the premises of the #Russki embassy. Iconic! Right: Ku band transmitter dish [14° west] & Ku band #SIGINT dish [7° west]
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Erich M. @harkank@chaos.social
· 5mo ago
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7/more #Russki #SIGINT The dish hiding behing the Gregorian transmitter dish is a #SIGINT dish. Pointed at Eutelsat 7A west serving Western and Northern Africa with VSAT-Internet connections via 6 Ku-band transponders. https://www.eutelsat.com/satellite-network/GEO-fleet/eutelsat-7/8-west
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Erich M. @harkank@chaos.social
· 5mo ago
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🧵 2/more Hubert shot this piece for ORF Vienna and went for some in-depth research in the political sphere https://youtu.be/fBxSn3mxmwA
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Erich M. @harkank@chaos.social
· 2mo ago
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"Mutmaßlich" @tagesschau@ard.social ? Habts ihr Tomaten auf den Augen, dass ihr keine Videos rezipieren könnts? Da ist ein Auto NACHWEISLICH in eine Menschenmenge gefahren.
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Erich M. @harkank@chaos.social
· 6mo ago
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@zzoo Die verirren sich eh nie zu uns. Es kommen immer nur die Amis über Ramstein rüber. Während des Irakkriegs ham die gemeint, sie bräuchten sich nicht einmal bei Traffic Control anmelden. Unsere alten Saab Draken haben unten in den Alpentälern gelauert und zack waren sie hintendran. "F-16 commander you are locked on. Report to traffic contol immediately on 28.60". Damals mehr als einmal gehört.
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Erich M. @harkank@chaos.social
· 5mo ago
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St. #Debian 3/4 Und dann kam das. Sehr sympathisch, dass die SSD-verschlüsselung schon vor dem Hochfahren des GUI ein pwd verlangt. Zu dem Zeitpunkt stieß noch der gestrenge Firewall-Wizard dazu, aka Junior Adrian, & hat seinen armen, alten Vater dafür geschmäht, dass der am letzten Ende des Netzwerks 1en rogue unmanaged Switch drangehängt hat. 😎 Immerhin wurde dann alles liturgiegemäß samt Mac- & IP-Adressen im Palo-Alto-Taufbuch eingetragen
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Erich M. @harkank@chaos.social
· 4mo ago
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Hopefully your new walking stick is solid enough for "dual use" purposes 😎 Here are the vector graphic versions: EPS .SVG .AI. Packed all of these into this . ZIP file on my nextcloud. Licence is copyleft, what else.😎 Feel free to create a Spanish version. https://cloud.terahost.at/s/tTk3SRnjDATtcyE @LaMaricaVieja@tech.lgbt@SteveBellovin@infosec.exchange @Cdespinosa@mastodon.social @bert_hubert@eupolicy.social
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Erich M. @harkank@chaos.social
· 4mo ago
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@SteveBellovin@infosec.exchange @Cdespinosa@mastodon.social @bert_hubert@eupolicy.social And this is the creator, my daughter Laura. You may leave her a message there, if you wish. https://pixelcat.at/
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Erich M. @harkank@chaos.social
· 5mo ago
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@HerbertGnauer@chaos.social @braumasta@fosstodon.org Dafür bräuchts meiner Schätzung nach mehrere Gebetskreise und mindestens 23³ Rosenkränze samt Avemarias
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Erich M. @harkank@chaos.social
· 5mo ago
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@mattblaze@federate.social Vertical hf transmitter antenna not yet identified. Photo upcoming after a short break for food showing it in full size. Hints much appreciated.
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Erich M. @harkank@chaos.social
· 4mo ago
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@mav@masto.hackers.town Here are the vector graphic versions: EPS .SVG .AI. Packed all of these into this . ZIP file on my nextcloud. Licence is copyleft, what else. 😎 https://cloud.terahost.at/s/tTk3SRnjDATtcyE
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Erich M. @harkank@chaos.social
· 4mo ago
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@Libby_@mstdn.social Herer are the vector graphic versions .EPS .SVG .AI] Packed all of these into this . ZIP file on my nextcloud. Licence is copyleft, what else.😎 Feel free to use these at your discretion. https://cloud.terahost.at/s/tTk3SRnjDATtcyE
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Erich M. @harkank@chaos.social
· 4mo ago
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@Libby_@mstdn.social This the creator, my daughter Laura. If you wish you may leave her a message there https://pixelcat.at/
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Erich M. @harkank@chaos.social
· 4mo ago
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@mav@masto.hackers.town This is the creator, my daughter Laura. If you wish you might leave her a message there. https://pixelcat.at/
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Erich M. @harkank@chaos.social
· 4mo ago
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@SteveBellovin@infosec.exchange @Cdespinosa@mastodon.social @bert_hubert@eupolicy.social Ladies and Gentlemen. As I can't post these file formats [ .EPS .SVG .AI] here, I packed all of these into this . ZIP file on my nextcloud. The initial German version [attached below] is included. It is derived from an anarchist slogan we used to chant in the late 70ies: "legal illegal scheissegal". Licence is copyleft, what else.😎 Feel free to use these at your discretion. https://cloud.terahost.at/s/tTk3SRnjDATtcyE
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Erich M. @harkank@chaos.social
· 5mo ago
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@stefanct@chaos.social Is viel älter als deins. Der muss nicht viel können bei mir. Schreibmaschine, Web, Musik Präsentationen, weil beim Zenbook mit dem lahmen Intel5 ist der Micro hdmi port im Arsch. Dazu bash proggies wie nmap, sdr++, vna steuern etc. Nix rendern oder kompilieren, weil ich das gar ned kann.
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Erich M. @harkank@chaos.social
· 5mo ago
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@whvholst @rysiek @stf ROTFL!
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Erich M. @harkank@chaos.social
· 6mo ago
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@herzmut +1 Ich hab weitaus nicht alles unterbringen können, was ich eigentlich wollte. OpenAI muss nach dem Hosenrunter auch noch definieren, wie groß das Zumpferl bei bestmöglichem Betriebszustand werden könnte. 😎
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Erich M. @harkank@chaos.social
· 4mo ago
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@TrueNorthSpice@mastodon.world @SteveBellovin@infosec.exchange @Cdespinosa@mastodon.social @bert_hubert@eupolicy.social It was initially addressed to the three gentlemen here. Had not expected that this would go viral 😎
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Erich M. @harkank@chaos.social
· 5mo ago
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@stefanct@chaos.social Meine HF-station wird derzeit noch von einem X121e gesteuert 😎
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Erich M. @harkank@chaos.social
· 4mo ago
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@TrueNorthSpice@mastodon.world Toot was an answer in a thread by @SteveBellovin@infosec.exchange with these fine gentlemen in CC @Cdespinosa@mastodon.social @bert_hubert@eupolicy.social
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Erich M. @harkank@chaos.social
· 4mo ago
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@JonSaenzAgirre@mastodon.social Here are the vector graphic versions: EPS .SVG .AI. Packed all of these into this . ZIP file on my nextcloud. Licence is copyleft, what else.😎 https://cloud.terahost.at/s/tTk3SRnjDATtcyE
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Erich M. @harkank@chaos.social
· 6mo ago
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@marcel Völlig irrelevant, was der senile Depp von sich gibt. Die werden mit Schimpf und Schande abziehen müssen. Und die Golfstaaten wissen jetzt, wieviel US-Sicherheitsgarantien wert sind, nämlich nix.
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