Birol Akkuş
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Birol Akkuş
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Asst.Prof @ youthstudiesuu.bsky.social Utrecht Uni, social, cultural & political psychology
Research: endorsement of inequality.
Also: Politics, science & football in NL, EN &TR
#LFC #Feyenoord

Personal account: my opinions, my interests. Likes=bookmarks
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It's easier when you remember this: none of them say or do anything in good faith. Everything they do is a means to further their cause, which is to dominate everyone and everything that doesn't belong to their tribe. Morals, facts, rights are not relevant to them. Our rights, that is.
Things look scary now, but it's actually even worse: Trump is not the cause, but the symptom. If he can take things this far, so can the next president. And the next one may not be a dementia addled clown, whose fastfood addiction will stop him soon. The next one may be competent besides being evil.
January 7, 2026 at 8:50 PM
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Bedrijven zouden Nederland massaal verlaten, zo klinkt het in de media en uit de mond van minister Karremans. Maar klopt daar eigenlijk wel iets van? Spoiler alert: de massale uittocht van bedrijven blijkt een stuk minder spectaculair dan wordt geschetst.
Keren bedrijven Nederland massaal de rug toe? Dat blijkt reuze mee te vallen
Volgens demissionair minister Vincent Karremans van Economische Zaken en zijn topadviseur Peter Wennink zouden bedrijven Nederland en masse verlaten. Maar klopt dat wel? Uit niets blijkt dat er een ma...
www.ftm.nl
January 7, 2026 at 7:43 AM
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"I’m going to pause here just to review: an institution that purports to be a university has told a philosophy professor he is forbidden from teaching Plato."

surreal times

dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
Texas A&M Bans Plato - Daily Nous
Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. That's a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy a...
dailynous.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Schrödinger's cat fight
January 7, 2026 at 9:43 AM
I don't even know a 1000th of what Gary Marcus does on this topic. But considering he draws the same conclusions that I did, I think that means I agree with him: you can't aim to achieve 'intelligence' if you don't have a model of what that constitutes.
Breaking: Marcus weighs in (mostly) for LeCun
LeCun’s ugly departure from Meta - and why I mostly sympathize with him (but nonetheless doubt he will succeed at his new gig)
open.substack.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Als nog iemand overtuigd moest worden dat de VVD geen liberale partij is en zo ver mogelijk van het bestuur zou moeten blijven.
VVD = MAGA

Eric van der Burg: "Trump levert wat hij beloofd heeft. Niemand is rouwig over het feit dat Maduro, die niet democratisch gekozen is, weg is. Maduro had banden met hele foute regimes Iran, Hamas etc. We kijken positief terug op Jalta daar werd ook gewoon de wereld in stukken verdeeld."
January 6, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Yeah, man, it's your Nobel prize, you can give it to anyone you like. And this does scream democracy, doesn't it?
January 6, 2026 at 12:25 PM
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USA is threatening 1) a EU country and 2) regime changes across Europe.

And we are giving contracts to palantir who is in bed with it all.

Are we mad?
January 6, 2026 at 7:19 AM
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amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
January 5, 2026 at 6:50 AM
Ik wist al dit ik een infantiel gevoel voor humor heb, maar de bevestiging is altijd weer welkom 😂
January 5, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Onze politici zouden eens een basiscursusje Ethiek moeten komen volgen. Zelfs vanuit een utilitaristisch perspectief (waarbij niet de intentie, maar de uitkomst bepalend is) is dit een verkeerde inschatting, want we kennen die uitkomst niet. En laat ik maar zwijgen over de deugdenethiek.
Maduro was een wrede dictator. Hij stortte zijn land in de afgrond, verloor de verkiezingen en bleef onrechtmatig aan de macht. Veel Venezolanen zullen opgelucht zijn dat hij weg is. (1/3)
January 4, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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Some thoughts on what Trump has done in Venezuela and what it might mean for US national security. Caveat: not a Latin America scholar so this is focused on US policy. Clearly huge consequences for Venezuela that others can address.

First, despite the buildup, I didn't think Trump would do it.

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January 3, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Also, a big fat FU to Reuters for implying that Trump had Maduro kidnapped for his 'heavy-handed rule'.
January 3, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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"Maduro is a brutal authoritarian dictator," I wisely intone, as the corrupt demented paedophile US President violating Constitutional Law while operating a gestapo and concentration camps illegally arrests a foreign leader on charges which read like they were written on a paper placemat in crayon.
January 3, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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VVD kiest genocide
January 1, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Als privilege een columnist was dan heette ze Rosanne.
Maar hé, dan haal je ook wel een powerhouse binnen natuurlijk.
January 2, 2026 at 8:52 AM
100% with you on both the pen/red call and that being called Scouse is a badge of honor. #YNWA
January 1, 2026 at 8:39 PM
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De gedrags- en gezagscrisis:
January 1, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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Zo stom geweest om gisteravond mijn fiets niet op slot te zetten dus die bleek weg 🤦‍♀️
Mocht iemand in Utrecht een vintage Gazelle zien versierd met rozen en Dolle Mina sticker laat me weten
January 1, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Gelukkig Nieuwjaar, Happy New Year, Mutlu Yeni Yıllar!

It can only get better !!(?)
December 31, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Dankzij de @vvdonline.bsky.social van Dilan Yesilgöz is extreemrechts salonfähig.
December 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Edwards and Hughes (too?), I would say.
December 30, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Tegen wie zegt Mories dit?
December 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Trump's DOJ was monitoring all the movements of the Miami Herald reporter who was covering the Epstein case.
December 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM