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Een heerszuchtig mens ontbreekt het aan de soepelheid om anderen te begrijpen. Hij wil dat iedereen herschapen wordt naar een vorm die hem aanstaat. Søren Kierkegaard, 1847

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My timeline over the past few days has looked like this (replace Science with Economists).

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Stop Investigate the source Find other trusted sources Trace claims and media Stop spreading of mis and disinformation.

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“…the Silicon Valley bros currently running the country are people who don’t know anything about how government works and have no idea what they don’t know”

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Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

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Die Union droht Organisationen, die ihre gezielte Kooperation mit der AfD im Bundestag kritisieren und unsere Demokratie gegen diesen Tabubruch verteidigen, jetzt mit dem Entzug der Gemeinnützigkeit. Das sind Methoden, wie sie Trump und Orban anwenden. Wir lassen uns nicht einschüchtern!

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Primitives Verständnis von Christlichkeit zu meinen, man könne durch Versprechung von Schutz für kirchliche Pfründe oder Drohung mit ihrem Entzug Willfährigkeit erreichen.

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Wie fahrlässig manche Politiker mit ihrer Sprache umgehen: FDP-Fraktionschef Christian Dürr spricht eben im DLF permanent von der AfD als einer bloß "rechten" Partei. Hat er nicht begriffen, dass es eine mit Rechtsextremisten durchsetzte rechtsradikale Partei ist? Er will doch nicht verharmlosen?

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„Auch wer demokratische Konkurrenten mit dem möglichen Rückgriff auf Stimmen menschenverachtender Extremisten gefügig machen will, handelt schon unmoralisch. Anschließend zu heucheln, eine solche Allianz habe man gar nicht gewollt, macht die Sache noch abstoßender.“ www.katholisch.de/artikel/5929...

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En Allemagne, plus de 200 000 personnes manifestent à Munich contre l’extrême droite

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Trump has shut down the office enforcing sanctions on the oligarchs who fund my genocide. He has put sanctions on the ICC, whose job is to punish genocide.

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Heerlijk gegeten bij “de jongens van de branding” in Blauwdörrep

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Dit interview in @trouw.nl met wetenschapper @leoniedejonge.bsky.social legt goed de verschillen in de omgang met extreem-rechtse partijen en politiek bloot waaraan ik als Duitse expat hier in Nederland vaak een beetje vertwijfel... Excerpt: www.trouw.nl/politiek/we-...

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Bitte verbreitet diese Bilder aus Wien. Auch hier geben sich die Leute nicht einfach geschlagen. Vergesst uns nicht.

submitted 26 days ago • 73 comments

No they don’t. Canada and Mexico want none of this. They want the president of the United States to respect and abide by the trade treaty he negotiated with them - and not make up bogus pretexts for plunging us all into a gratuitous no win economic debacle.

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Very interesting read 👇

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Seems like a fair question.

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Erst bricht die #CDU ein seit 1945 zentrales Tabu & kassiert damit ihre eigenen Versprechen. Dann schwärmen ihre Leute aus & behaupten, das wäre so alles gar nicht passiert, Grüne und SPD trügen die Schuld & bei den aktuellen Demos seien die Konservativen die neuen Juden. Was für eine eklige Partei.

submitted 28 days ago • 9 comments

Mooie passage om dit weekend eens op te reflecteren. Welke keuzes maak ik/jij? Dank voor dit citaat @geertjanblanken.bsky.social .

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I wonder at what point businesses benefiting from EU regional funds will be banned from lobbying in Brussels?

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Fresh from its attack on environmental NGOs, the European Parliament is now going after public integrity watchdog Transparency International (which also scrutinises MEP conduct). Who needs Orbán, Trump or the European far right when you have the German conservatives? (Source: Politico EU Influence)

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Es gibt so eine sehr perfide Taktik: Linke, grüne, sozialdemokratische oder allgemein progressive Parteien dafür verantwortlich machen, dass konservative Parteien mit rechtsextremen Parteien paktieren. Das ist nicht nur unpolitisch, sondern verschiebt Verantwortung.

submitted 29 days ago • 96 comments

'PVV-ers weigeren iedere uitnodiging om aan te schuiven bij talkshows' (of andere interviews) was ook een kop geweest www.telegraaf.nl/entertainmen...

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29. Januar 2025 Der Tag beginnt im Bundestag damit, dass man der Shoah gedenkt und er endet damit, dass Nazis jubeln.

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♦️🔷️♦️ Erst rufen sie "Nie wieder" im Bundestag, dann stimmen sie mit der AfD.

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Risk #1: information pollution, particularly algorithmically amplified rage-bait rhetoric targeted at those who already hold legitimate and/or perceived grievances.

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Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

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The USAF removed Tuskegee Airmen & Women Airforce Service Pilots of WWII from basic training curriculum. For 30 years I promised these women I would not let them ever be forgotten again. We worked for decades to have them remembered. The Airmen too. Knowledge is power. 🗃️ www.msn.com/en-us/societ...

submitted 36 days ago • 471 comments

In de wereld van de geest is er geen sprake van spel of speling van het lot, daar maken geluk en toeval niet de een tot koning, de ander tot bedelaar. In de wereld van de geest is iemand alleen buitengesloten als hij zichzelf buitensluit. Søren Kierkegaard, 1844 🎨 Edvard Munch

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just absurd that the backlash to making it slightly less automatic for white men to get handed everything led us to this point I’m a white man and let me tell you there have been zero roadblocks to anything I’ve achieved in life because of it skill issue on the part of the dipshits

submitted 36 days ago • 27 comments

If your Christianity causes you to be offended by someone asking the most powerful person in the country to be merciful towards the powerless, then you have profoundly misunderstood the teachings of Jesus Christ.

submitted 39 days ago • 202 comments

Concerns about how TikTok owners potentially exploit platform data or influence users should apply to all platform owners. Hyper-focus on this singular platform seems performative, even if concerns are valid. It is quite plausible a new owner could do worse harm than the incumbent.

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a good alternative to TikTok is your local public library

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Fico: 'Russia has never deceived us, unlike Ukraine'. Er, what about 1968? kyivindependent.com/fico-accuses...

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A metaphor for economic policymaking in a small, open economy like Britain which I am very proud of. Feels apt to dust it off again. www.theguardian.com/books/2022/o...

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My letter in today's Guardian. Just asking, like. But I think we know the answer.

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Distraction is a common disinformation campaign tactic. Discussions of territorial expansion wishlists may be designed to push the news cycle away from more relevant issues. How does one train journalists to assess whether they are being baited? @sambrook.bsky.social @jayrosen.bsky.social

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Avondwandeling in Maastricht

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Socrates wist het al: de kunst om mensen van hun dwaasheden te beroven kan slechts met veel gevaar worden beoefend. Terwijl ze wat hen in hun dwaasheid bevestigt liefde noemen. Søren Kierkegaard, 1847 #FXFabre

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Dank voor het delen van je overdenking @jjvpeperstraten.bsky.social “… je kan goed en kwaad uiteindelijk niet buiten jezelf plaatsen”. “Elke generatie mag het leven opnieuw aangaan, op eigen voorwaarden”.

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It is really quite amazing to see a number of commentators try and find explanations for Musk’s supposed “obsession with Britain”. Guys. He is just as obsessed with Germany. Do read some international news.

submitted 57 days ago • 42 comments