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US sanctions force The Netherlands off Microsoft and toward alternative NixOS

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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. jeroenhd · 1790693317 · focus · HN ↗
    The many war crimes the US has committed are the main reason they don't want to participate or recognise the ICC. They don't like it when their people get punished for their war crimes and will threaten their alies with invasion to make sure nobody dares to try.
    Murdering people on international waters is not even the latest war crime, IIRC the Hague Invasion Act was created because of the war crimes they were comitting in the Middle East 25 years ago.
    esseph · 1790696147 · focus · HN ↗
    <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members%27_Protection_Act" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members%27_Pr...

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