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Bij sociale huur denken we aan subsidie. Bij villa's denken we aan 'hard werken'. Jaarlijks subsidieert de overheid eigenwoningbezit met €14 miljard. Ruim twee keer meer dan de €6 miljard huurtoeslag. Dat is een herverdeling van arm naar rijk. Nederland kent hierdoor een netto subsidie op vermogen.🧵

submitted 6 hours ago • 18 comments

If the justice system is gutted, and replaced by a regime where cronyism makes adherence to laws optional, who will want to hire skilled lawyers trained to counsel clients on complying with the law? That's a question lawyers thinking about joining Trump's attack on the rule of law should be asking.

submitted 2 days ago • 76 comments

Wat als…? Interessante draad.

submitted 9 hours ago • 0 comments

www.npr.org/2025/02/21/n... NO THIS IS DANGEROUS SOMEONE COULD BE KILLED OMG NO NO HATE, IGNORANCE, and CRUELTY running rampant ESPECIALLY HATE 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️WE MUST STAND AND FIGHT FOR OUR TRANS SISTERS AND BROTHERS AND YOUTH 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

submitted 22 hours ago • 98 comments

Nieuw stuk op @anti-populista.bsky.social : “Deze regering is niet klaar voor het Trump-tijdperk: de NAVO is passé” Delen wordt gewaardeerd.

submitted 23 hours ago • 6 comments

De tegenstelling is schrijnend. Terwijl de grootste regeringspartij van Wilders in de Tweede Kamer tegen moties voor Oekraïne stemt, blijft Schoof wanhopig het standpunt “van de regering” aan Zelensky uitleggen.

submitted 1 day ago • 21 comments

Volgens Faber is Wilders wel degelijk democratisch gekozen tot PVV-leider

submitted 1 day ago • 30 comments

De Poetin-propaganda zit in Nederland gewoon aan tafel in de ministerraad. Levensgevaarlijk voor Oekraïne en ons eigen land. D66 wil een debat over deze uitspraken van Faber. Hoe lang blijft het voor VVD en NSC acceptabel dat zij in het kabinet zit?

submitted 1 day ago • 83 comments

Is dit vrolijk genoeg? @schimmelpenninck.bsky.social #Ik#kanOokHeusWelEenLelijkePosterMakenHoor

submitted 1 day ago • 17 comments

Heb veel respect voor @petebuttigieg.bsky.social. Vermoed dat deze man nog veel gaat betekenen voor Amerika. Hoop dat zijn moreel gezag en doortastendheid velen inspireert te vechten voor het behoud van de democratische rechtstaat. Want op dat punt zijn we inmiddels aangekomen, ook in Europa.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Take Russia's frozen assets now (written in December 2023, now even more urgent) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

submitted 1 day ago • 31 comments

Standing up to the authoritarian wave requires more than cheerleading for democracy; it demands making democratic societies more participatory, responsive, and adaptable at all levels, from local to national, in response to the societal shifts driven by the Internet over the past 15 years.

submitted 2 days ago • 35 comments

'Elon Musk en Tim Cook stonden stoer te doen op het podium naast de isolationist Trump, maar zonder Congo’s mineralen zijn ze nergens.' Waarom de door Rwanda aangestuurde inname van Goma net zoveel aandacht verdient als de invasie van de Russen in de Donbas:

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

Here’s an idea: regeer niet met de PVV.

submitted 3 days ago • 60 comments

Europe’s dependence on US tech is a critical weakness. From @marietjeschaake.bsky.social on.ft.com/3X4ryYo

submitted 3 days ago • 63 comments

If the block on the Federal Register isn’t removed in the next few months, I fear a majority of labs will close within a year. This small procedural wrench has the power to kill US science indefinitely, losing an entire generation of discovery and innovation.

submitted 4 days ago • 25 comments

I had been away from X and after I deleted all my accounts, I didn't feel the need to try another social media, but there is too much chaos right now to remain cut off from what is happening. I never thought my first post on this platform would be about this...this is how a lab dies...1/n 👇

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

After we let Russia occupy part of your country and steal your resources, we will occupy the other part and do the same. Quite the starting point for the Americans.

submitted 5 days ago • 196 comments

Democracy under threat. How a group of American tech oligarchs, backed by Trump, want to undermine European Institutions because they don’t want to be regulated. Excellent piece by @anneapplebaum.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

I've spent the past year talking to James Murdoch about his father's "twisted" behavior, the mind games at the family-counseling retreat, how Fox News really works, and the war over his family's media empire. My cover story for The Atlantic's April edition: theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

submitted 8 days ago • 75 comments

I wrote about the worst people in the world, charting the depths of their depravity and vastness of their incompetence, and offered some thoughts about the opportunity presented by their failure to acknowledge reality and their refusal to access any form of human virtue. www.the-reframe.com/the/

submitted 7 days ago • 123 comments

"Democracy needs Science. Science needs Democracy". Germany is facing a landmark federal election. I am proud to be part of a university whose presidential board takes a clear stance that argues from the self-image of science. Please share👇

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

@franstimmermans.groenlinkspvda.nl heeft gelijk. Poetin heeft oorlog nodig. Bij vrede zullen Russen zich realiseren hoe slecht hun leven is.

submitted 7 days ago • 4 comments

Goed gesprek bij @buitenhof.bsky.social over geopolitiek, Rusland, de VS en Oekraïne. Met duidelijke waarschuwing van Geert Mak: de VVD is heel gevaarlijk bezig door de PVV te normaliseren en stukje bij beetje de Nederlandse democratie uit te hollen.

submitted 7 days ago • 13 comments

PVV bewindslieden: volksverlakkers in optima forma

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Commemorating Alexej Navalny’s death last year. Drawing attention to the plight of political prisoners still lingering in Russian prisons. I wish more governments did this: www.gov.uk/government/n...

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments

I’m in Munich and people keep asking me to decode Vance’s speech. OK: In Vance English “free speech” means “Let Musk run your elections” and “democracy” means “let Russia run your elections.” Now move on. 2025 is about what Europeans do, not what Americans say.

submitted 7 days ago • 312 comments

Mijn Hemel, NOS, waar ben je mee bezig? Trump is bezig met een fascistische machtsovername en ontslaat ambtenaren om te vervangen door loyalisten. Hoe idioot moet je zijn om dat te framen als 'draconische bezuinigingen op overheidspersoneel'. Stop met normaliseren van een fascistische staatsgreep.

submitted 7 days ago • 26 comments

Goed item net bij #Kassa over eiwitrijke voeding. De nieuwste marketingtruc vd zuivelindustrie: onnodig eiwitrijk voedsel voor jonge mensen die al genoeg binnen krijgen. Gemaakt met #sloopmelk, van koeien die een leven lang lijden, zegt Wakker Dier. www.bnnvara.nl/kassa/artike...

submitted 7 days ago • 17 comments

For decades, the U.S. has funded science, then left scientists to direct their own work. Science has flourished, and the country has benefited. Now the government is testing just how much it can renegotiate that relationship, @katherinejwu.com writes:

submitted 7 days ago • 33 comments

A historic decision! @royalhistsoc.bsky.social closes X account (and embraces 🦋) Royal societies across all fields and sciences should do the same. @academic-chatter.bsky.social

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

⚡️Zelensky calls for creation of 'army of Europe' amid US support uncertainty. "Let's be clear: We cannot rule out the possibility that America may refuse to cooperate with Europe on issues that threaten it," Volodymyr Zelensky said at the Munich Security Conference.

submitted 8 days ago • 104 comments

Steun de democratie door journalistiek te steunen. Neem bijvoorbeeld een abonnement op @groene.nl en lees de stukken van politiek verslaggever @coenvdven.bsky.social, zoals dit: Achter de gezwollen taal van dit kabinet schuilt opmerkelijk weinig dadendrang www.groene.nl/artikel/de-c...

submitted 8 days ago • 13 comments

Essential to watch: US VP JD Vance’s 14/2 Munich Security Conference speech Historical turning point when US leadership says “democracy” but means “autocracy” & speaks of “European friends” but means “adversaries” if they act on pressures on democracy from within www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ivhe...

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment