David Jaques
@dtjaques.bsky.social
Father of 3 & grandfather to 5. Walker. British Scot turned Dutch European.
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Dit zou een stemwijzer moeten zijn:
October 2, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Dit zou een stemwijzer moeten zijn:
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"On 6 July 1988, fire engulfed Piper Alpha, killing 167 men. With dramatic testimony and emotional interviews, this is the minute-by-minute story of that night and the search for truth."
#PiperAlpha
#PiperAlpha
Disaster at Sea: The Piper Alpha Story
On 6 July 1988, fire engulfed Piper Alpha, killing 167 men. With dramatic testimony and emotional interviews, this is the minute-by-minute story of that night and the search for truth.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 26, 2025 at 8:58 AM
"On 6 July 1988, fire engulfed Piper Alpha, killing 167 men. With dramatic testimony and emotional interviews, this is the minute-by-minute story of that night and the search for truth."
#PiperAlpha
#PiperAlpha
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The US is openly siding with Putin in a war on an EU candidate country. This is the new normal, Europe should get over its broken heart asap and face reality. Neither grovelling for Trump nor the promise of 800 bio new debt will give UA what it needs. Support for UA must be radically stepped up
The US has rejected a Canadian proposal to establish a task force that would tackle Russia’s so-called shadow fleet of oil tankers.
US Vetoes G-7 Shadow Fleet Task Force Plan, Signals More Change
The US has rejected a Canadian proposal to establish a task force that would tackle Russia’s so-called shadow fleet of oil tankers, as the Trump administration re-evaluates its positions across multil...
www.bloomberg.com
March 9, 2025 at 9:22 AM
The US is openly siding with Putin in a war on an EU candidate country. This is the new normal, Europe should get over its broken heart asap and face reality. Neither grovelling for Trump nor the promise of 800 bio new debt will give UA what it needs. Support for UA must be radically stepped up
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Boeiend interview met Frans Timmermans door Alastair Campbell en Rory Stewart
open.spotify.com/episode/54AT...
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122. How Europe can survive Trump (Frans Timmermans)
Leading · Episode
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February 24, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Boeiend interview met Frans Timmermans door Alastair Campbell en Rory Stewart
open.spotify.com/episode/54AT...
open.spotify.com/episode/54AT...
Bob Dylan’s genius is ageless “The Times They Are A Changing”.
Finally saw this tonight. A beautiful fictionalised biopic.
youtube.com/watch?v=TcNN...
Finally saw this tonight. A beautiful fictionalised biopic.
youtube.com/watch?v=TcNN...
youtube.com
February 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Bob Dylan’s genius is ageless “The Times They Are A Changing”.
Finally saw this tonight. A beautiful fictionalised biopic.
youtube.com/watch?v=TcNN...
Finally saw this tonight. A beautiful fictionalised biopic.
youtube.com/watch?v=TcNN...
“We are in our documentary moment”
youtube.com/watch?v=Z_v0...
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February 24, 2025 at 12:10 PM
“We are in our documentary moment”
youtube.com/watch?v=Z_v0...
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So far in 2025, in California:
> Solar up 33.8% v. 2024
> Fossil gas use for electricity down 28%
> Battery use is up 78%
> Solar has already met 100% of demand in the midst of winter
Renewable energy is now unstoppable
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/02/21/c...
> Solar up 33.8% v. 2024
> Fossil gas use for electricity down 28%
> Battery use is up 78%
> Solar has already met 100% of demand in the midst of winter
Renewable energy is now unstoppable
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/02/21/c...
February 22, 2025 at 7:20 AM
So far in 2025, in California:
> Solar up 33.8% v. 2024
> Fossil gas use for electricity down 28%
> Battery use is up 78%
> Solar has already met 100% of demand in the midst of winter
Renewable energy is now unstoppable
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/02/21/c...
> Solar up 33.8% v. 2024
> Fossil gas use for electricity down 28%
> Battery use is up 78%
> Solar has already met 100% of demand in the midst of winter
Renewable energy is now unstoppable
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/02/21/c...
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Wat een walgelijke klootzak.
February 19, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Wat een walgelijke klootzak.
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Ukraine's independence and territorial integrity are unconditional.
Our priority must now be strengthening Ukraine and providing robust security guarantees.
In any negotiation, Europe must have a central role.
Our Weimar+ statement ↓
Our priority must now be strengthening Ukraine and providing robust security guarantees.
In any negotiation, Europe must have a central role.
Our Weimar+ statement ↓
February 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Ukraine's independence and territorial integrity are unconditional.
Our priority must now be strengthening Ukraine and providing robust security guarantees.
In any negotiation, Europe must have a central role.
Our Weimar+ statement ↓
Our priority must now be strengthening Ukraine and providing robust security guarantees.
In any negotiation, Europe must have a central role.
Our Weimar+ statement ↓
“The American love affair with Europe, now so existential for the young Western Europe (post WW2) will sooner or later be over”
Mathieu Segers 2022
europeanreviewofbooks.com/nl/flags-bon...
Mathieu Segers 2022
europeanreviewofbooks.com/nl/flags-bon...
Vlaggen & botten – The European Review of Books
europeanreviewofbooks.com
February 13, 2025 at 7:07 AM
“The American love affair with Europe, now so existential for the young Western Europe (post WW2) will sooner or later be over”
Mathieu Segers 2022
europeanreviewofbooks.com/nl/flags-bon...
Mathieu Segers 2022
europeanreviewofbooks.com/nl/flags-bon...
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My full lecture and Q&A about information disorder and what to do about it at Leiden University youtu.be/UfX5RLAcgLg?...
Information Disorder - Public Lecture by Eliot Higgins
YouTube video by Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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February 8, 2025 at 7:26 AM
My full lecture and Q&A about information disorder and what to do about it at Leiden University youtu.be/UfX5RLAcgLg?...
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Brilliant satirical cover from Private Eye, mocking spineless media organisations and journalists who submit and cower in the face of power 👏
January 22, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Brilliant satirical cover from Private Eye, mocking spineless media organisations and journalists who submit and cower in the face of power 👏
A reality check for those seeking a nuclear magic bullet for the energy transition: small modular reactors are not new or advanced and “will not produce cheaper outcomes”
#BigMyth #Nuclear
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#BigMyth #Nuclear
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David Toke on Substack
The very strange case of so-called small modular reactors https://open.substack.com/pub/davidtoke/p/why-small-modular-reactors-do-not?r=trzmy&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
substack.com
January 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
A reality check for those seeking a nuclear magic bullet for the energy transition: small modular reactors are not new or advanced and “will not produce cheaper outcomes”
#BigMyth #Nuclear
substack.com/@davidtoke/n...
#BigMyth #Nuclear
substack.com/@davidtoke/n...
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"For 47 days, many Georgians have been demonstrating non-stop, every evening, for a European🇬🇪, for freedom and democracy. They are speaking out against a regime that is committed to the Russian way of life instead of the European way of life. I‘m proud and grateful to join them"
— Michael Roth
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— Michael Roth
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January 13, 2025 at 11:15 PM
"For 47 days, many Georgians have been demonstrating non-stop, every evening, for a European🇬🇪, for freedom and democracy. They are speaking out against a regime that is committed to the Russian way of life instead of the European way of life. I‘m proud and grateful to join them"
— Michael Roth
🇬🇪🇪🇺✊
— Michael Roth
🇬🇪🇪🇺✊
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Truth matters. But when debunking climate misinformation, we have to understand that science denial is just an excuse for solution aversion. If we don’t want to fix it, any excuse will do: it’s not real! not us! not serious! That’s why talking solutions is so important. #AMS25
If I just explain the facts, they'll get it, right?
YouTube video by Global Weirding with Katharine Hayhoe
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January 12, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Truth matters. But when debunking climate misinformation, we have to understand that science denial is just an excuse for solution aversion. If we don’t want to fix it, any excuse will do: it’s not real! not us! not serious! That’s why talking solutions is so important. #AMS25
Just your everyday racketeering. Taking the “unseemly trends in the American system and magnifying them, making them more naked and much more lucrative”
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MAGA has Built a Castle of Lies, But it is Grounded on Two Truths
Unless the Truths are Dealt with, The Damage may be Irreversible
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January 8, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Just your everyday racketeering. Taking the “unseemly trends in the American system and magnifying them, making them more naked and much more lucrative”
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open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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Clarence Thomas Torn Over Case Where Both Sides Offer Compelling Scuba Trips
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December 19, 2024 at 7:38 PM
Clarence Thomas Torn Over Case Where Both Sides Offer Compelling Scuba Trips
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Great read from earlier this year by @jksteinberger.bsky.social; the model detailed goes beyond the fossil fuel industry and climate change; it applies to many/all large industries writ large
jksteinberger.medium.com/what-we-are-...
jksteinberger.medium.com/what-we-are-...
What we are up against
Exposing the secret history of the making of the climate crisis should change everything about how we act to stop it.
jksteinberger.medium.com
December 25, 2024 at 5:05 AM
Great read from earlier this year by @jksteinberger.bsky.social; the model detailed goes beyond the fossil fuel industry and climate change; it applies to many/all large industries writ large
jksteinberger.medium.com/what-we-are-...
jksteinberger.medium.com/what-we-are-...
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I wish articles like this would point out that carbon dioxide removal only makes sense as a last-5% solution. We should do all the things that are cheaper first (e.g., 95% cleaner power, avoid contrails, decarbonize most steel). Then maybe use CDR for the last bit.🔌💡 www.nytimes.com/2024/12/22/c...
Removing Carbon From the Sky Could Be the Next Climate Gold Rush (Gift Article)
Investors are betting that they can make a dent in global warming, and healthy profits, with companies that alter the atmosphere.
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2024 at 3:27 PM
I wish articles like this would point out that carbon dioxide removal only makes sense as a last-5% solution. We should do all the things that are cheaper first (e.g., 95% cleaner power, avoid contrails, decarbonize most steel). Then maybe use CDR for the last bit.🔌💡 www.nytimes.com/2024/12/22/c...
The unfortunate era of Colonial style industrial exploitation must now surely be coming to an end.
A fair and just damage compensation would likely influence free-market recklessness.
jordensvanner.se/the-environm...
A fair and just damage compensation would likely influence free-market recklessness.
jordensvanner.se/the-environm...
The environmental crimes of Stora Enso: A testimony from Brazil
In the shadow of the majestic Monte Pascoal, a symbol of Indigenous resistance and ancestry, stretches a stark contrast: eucalyptus plantations and deforested, arid land, with dry soil bearing the sca...
jordensvanner.se
December 22, 2024 at 11:22 AM
The unfortunate era of Colonial style industrial exploitation must now surely be coming to an end.
A fair and just damage compensation would likely influence free-market recklessness.
jordensvanner.se/the-environm...
A fair and just damage compensation would likely influence free-market recklessness.
jordensvanner.se/the-environm...