Thread

US sanctions force The Netherlands off Microsoft and toward alternative NixOS

388 points · 396 comments · mywacaday

guidoiaquinti · 1790685221 · focus · HN ↗
Several International Criminal Court (ICC) judges have been unable to access their bank accounts or receive routine salary payments and financial transfers due to financial blockages triggered by United States sanctions. In the country where they live
1. RunSet · 1790688962 · focus · HN ↗
  Killing the survivors of a shipwreck[0] is a textbook example of a war crime[1] and would explain why the liar-in-chief is so sweaty about the ICC.
  [0] <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/11/28/hegseth-kill-them-all-survivors-boat-strike/" rel="nofollow">https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/11/28/...
  [1] <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/cnns-elie-honig-points-out-alleged-us-strike-on-defenseless-survivors-is-literally-a-textbook-example-of-a-war-crime/" rel="nofollow">https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/cnns-elie-honig-points-out...
  1. jermaustin1 · 1790691094 · focus · HN ↗
    > would explain why the liar-in-chief is so sweaty about the ICC.
    In what world do you think Trump even remembers about the double tap on a fishing vessel more than a day ago? He has no worry about anything, he has escaped prosecution for everything he's ever done, and I doubt he believes he might face a tribunal at the Hague, if he even actually knows what the Hague, or a tribunal, or the ICC actually are.
    RunSet · 1790691494 · focus · HN ↗
    <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/china/trump-calls-all-icc-members-resign-immediately-2026-09-22/" rel="nofollow">https://www.reuters.com/world/china/trump-calls-all-icc-memb...

Open on Hacker News to reply ↗

Unofficial Hacker News client; not affiliated with Y Combinator.