Looking at the war maps, it still looks like the situation is still heavily entrenched with slow improvements by the Russians. This 'massive attack' sounds like propaganda. The city does not seem to be in serious threat.

It was very adventurous. I'm sad it's gone.

Sir, I understand you have your opinions, but this kind of abusive talk is really not okay. I'm gonna put you on mute.

In some cases. In other cases not.

SNEAK PEAK FINAL EPISODE

Well, well, well. I fell with my nose in the butter and found some photos from the old box. I even found two squatting manuals and my squating action flyers. Will share this cool stuff next episode.

This photo was taken in the room with the balcony from the Ruyschstraat (my room). In the beginning of a new squat you have to properly occupy your house. So you invite all your friends for a sleepover so there's always someone present in the place who can operate the jack post barricade and secure the flat.

Yes, we had to institute a 5 item limit, because they were shipping out bags in vans to Romania after they got wind of our operation.

But after the limit rule people starting taking boxes and hid smaller items in them. Quite the policing job it became. We didn't want to do it, but natural buddhist laws didn't work unfortunately.

No, not according to Dutch law at the time.

Owners don't lose ownership over the property, they only lose access.

Squatters were protected by law when the space was vacant for over a year.

Potentially.

My squatting history has definitely influenced me becoming a bitcoiner.

Squatting is hacking a house.

Bitcoin is hacking the money.

Both groups are freedom maxis.

Squatters are a heterogenous group of socialists, animal activists, artists, dancers, anti-fascists, musicians, international activists, etc...

Some people had jobs. Others worked infrequently. Hard to group and label them.

Cool. I like that one with De Niro.

send a picture. I'll paint you if you want.

thanks. me too

Thank you. And thanks also for addressing the post on the live stream.

Not really below freezing anymore over the last decades. We used to skate the canals.

But we would def have been fucked in that apartment if we had stayed through the winter.

Our next flat had central heating fortunately.

I was definitely socialist leaning when I was younger (upbringing also).
Over the years I've shifted more libertarian, due to my experiences as an entrepreneur and life in general. Many folks in the squatting movement are idealists and I didn't adhere to much of their philosophies (also not back then). In that sense I was a very 'soft' squatter and clearly a tourist/stranger/outsider in that community (which made this story possible).

The squatting culture was a mix of people, ideas and practices both ugly and beautiful. Impossible to label it under 'good' or 'evil', like anything else. It's nuanced.

It depends on the individual squat and the people who occupy it.
Some are morally permissible, others aren't.
The squatting scene as a whole is neither good or bad imo.
From the owner's point of view it is definitely not a wonderful thing.
Though even among them there are supporters.