Writer. Amsterdam.
Middle Powers cementing their alliances. In terms of political-culture I now feel closer to Japan than to the US. So very happy about this.
European CommissionJapan has now joined Horizon Europe. Japan’s researchers can now partner with teams across the EU. Together, we will advance global research in health, digital technologies, and climate neutrality ↓ link.europa.eu/YP7MtB
Lieve hobbydieren in kinderboerderij De Lage Landen, als jij echt NUL vertrouwen hebt in de overheid, dan houd je je mond daarover. Want dan heb je dus ook NUL vertrouwen dat je niet op een dag door de geheime politie wordt meegenomen, wegens kritiek op de overheid. Zoals in Egypte, Rusland, Iran.
KarinSteenwijkerlandHoe zit het met het zeggen, dat ik NUL vertrouwen meer heb in onze overheid?
Deze reactie is precies wat ik bedoel met SPD: superieur progressief defaitisme: het bijna triomfantelijk etaleren van de eigen moedeloze inertie.
CleoMatra"Mensen met positie en middelen" is in tegenspraak met het wezen van de rechtsstaat. Zolang politici straffeloos kunnen liegen, zolang media worden geknecht, zolang bedrijven straffeloos de wet overtreden, zolang de regering wetten naast zich neerlegt, zolang mensen zonder middelen niets kunnen. 🤷♀️
Dank. Ik ga zeker door. Waar het mij om gaat: wat heeft het voor zin je afschuw in eigen kring eindeloos te blijven uitventen, wanneer er geen plan is, zelfs geen aanzet daartoe, om de nu dominante vleugel binnen de VVD terug richting rechtsstaat te trekken? Engagement is meer dan zelfexpressie.
Roland van GaalenJe bent goed bezig op het Ukraïnefront, Joris, ga daarmee door, maar de #VVD (niet de PVV, niet FvD, niet JA21, niet BBB) is nu de kern van rechtspopulistische Nederland. @vvdonline.bsky.social
Dit soort uitspraken helpen op geen enkele manier bij het terugvechten. Ze legitimeren enkel een soort superieure inertie en apathie bij juist die mensen met de positie en middelen om terug te vechten. Als de rechtsstaat klaar was zou je dit niet meer durven zeggen. Discuss.
Nina ZeelenHet is klaar met onze rechtsstaat
Saw this add on the London tube and it filled me with intense joy. For me this is Britain when the country is at its very best: funny but not facetious, serious but not earnest.
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Zo'n goed punt van Jelle Postma: Forum heeft geen 'banden met extreem-rechts'. Forum IS extreem-rechts. Wij hebben dat tuig in de Tweede Kamer. Niet mensen met 'banden met' dat tuig. Het tuig zelf.
Daniël BoomsmaJelle Postma wederom de voice of reason.
In other words, Britain is decades behind
Alexander ClarksonThe old Haider, Bossi, Lepper-era populists produced huge surges of popularity that could suddenly implode because they hinged on individual dominant personalities However much Marine Le Pen or Meloni are still key, much of Europe's populist right is more institutionally structured than Reform
Wish more people understood this. The Ukrainian economy is functioning. Restaurants are open. You see electric cars. Factories are turning out good products, sometimes for export. The agricultural sector is huge. Ukraine is at war. But it is not a war zone. finance.liga.net/en/state-fin...
The National Bank has revised upward its forecast for Ukraine's economic growth in 2026The NBU has reverted to its January forecast of 1.8% GDP growth for the current yearfinance.liga.netEuropean unity for decency! Can we celebrate this, please? As we celebrated the win over Orban? And the fact that 30 million+ Ukrainians still live in freedom because of our support? Our politicians are ugly and we don't do cool speeches. But we are the only truly democratic big continent left.
Phil LewisUEFA's 55 member associations have voted to boycott World Cups if FIFA proceeds with its plan to sell stakes in its competitions to private investors
This is actually what I'm hoping for. I don't think Europe can free itself from American technological, military and cultural subjugation without more insight into what America has become. America is not what it is now because Trump. Trump is president because of what America has become.
Alexander ClarksonDon't think Americans on this and the other site fully understand how far Trump's capture of FIFA has the potential to fuel further anti-Americanism in Europe
I was on that beach two weeks ago. Truly surreal and bizarre. Also, you sit in a restaurant and the power is cut. Nobody seems to notice. The air alarm goes off. Nobody even flinches. It's like silent disco. As if I was the only one getting the sound.
Savchenko Volodymyr🇺🇦🙏Odesa. Surrealistic photos of Ukrainian everyday life.
Another example: how few foreign authors get translated into English. When there's a Nobel Prize for Literature winner from a small country, British publishers race to get the rights. Meanwhile the laureate will already be available in German, often in Dutch, Scandinavian languages and even French.
Alexander ClarksonIf anything, it is all of England from London to Exeter to Newcastle that suffers from the inherent cultural philistinism of Whitehall and Westminster. British policy processes defined by an awareness of the price of everything and the value of nothing.
Een nieuwe kwalificatie voor de 'boerenprotesten' is gevonden: rukkers op trekkers.
Joris LuyendijkIk stel voor: een boete ter waarde van hun tractor. Verder moet de term 'boerenprotest' moet echt vervangen. Een protest is volstrekt legitiem in een democratie. Dit is vandalisme en intimidatie.
this is worth your time (though you can easily listen on 1.5). Especially about reversing the technocratic order of taking a decision (on, say, immigration) and only then work on consent. And on the 'multitudes in each voter' that can be engaged. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDC-...
Why Trump and Farage voters aren't 'wrong' and 'dumb'YouTube video by Vlad Vexler Chatwww.youtube.comThis is so brave. European nations give massively, yes, but we are also behind the NATO shield. Azerbaijan... On its own. And yet, it supports Ukraine with stuff it really needs.
MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦🇦🇿🇺🇦 Azerbaijan donated nearly 40 tons of railway equipment to Ukraine to support its transport infrastructure. This assistance is intended to ensure the stable operation of both the energy sector and other critical infrastructure facilities amid the constant threat of Russian attacks.
If I believed in a heaven and a hell, I'd live a morally perfect life simply to avoid spending eternity with these three fucks.
Albert Pinto440/ Today: Netanyahu meets with Trump for the first time since the Iran war began Netanyahu on Lindsey Graham's funeral today: "“America has lost a great patriot. Israel has lost one of its greatest friends and supporters." apnews.com/live/trump-n...
He will not find many takers in Egypt for this.
The GuardianJavier Milei accuses US Democrats of financing ‘anti-Argentina campaign’ at World Cup