Henk de Vos
henkdevos.bsky.social
Henk de Vos
@henkdevos.bsky.social
Social scientist. Retired Associate Professor. Blogger. https://toegepastesocialewetenschap.blogspot.com/
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November 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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First the Dutch announce (publicly!) that they won’t share certain critical intelligence with the US because of its politicization. Now the UK won’t share intelligence to enable what it (rightly!) says are illegal strikes. That’s how you emasculate your national security. www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
www.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Heb ik het goed dat Mikael Boon morgen gewoon opnieuw als PVV kamerlid wordt beëdigd? De man die neppe haatplaatjes maakte over Timmermans.

Dat kan toch niet zomaar?
Waarom is daar zo weinig aandacht voor?
November 11, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Iedereen die ooit met een pestkop te maken heeft gehad herkent deze trieste lafheid. Mentaal en intellectueel geen enkele ontwikkeling doorgemaakt sinds het schoolplein maar toch Kamerlid worden: bij de PVV is het de norm.

www.volkskrant.nl/politiek/pvv...
PVV-Kamerleden lopen weg na vragen over AI-afbeeldingen van Frans Timmermans
PVV-Kamerleden Maikel Boon en Patrick Crijns weigerden dinsdag vragen te beantwoorden over hun betrokkenheid bij het maken van AI-afbeeldingen van Frans Timmermans. Toen ze in de Tweede Kamer werden b...
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November 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Gavin Newsom replaced Trump at the UN Climate Summit in Brazil this week.

“I’m stunned” Newsom forcefully said. “The hell is going on in my country? Not one person from the administration shows any respect to any of you … Instead, middle finger with 50% tariffs. That’s shameful.”

Go here for more:
Newsom Replaces Trump At UN Summit and Blasts His Shameful Tariffs, While Dems Push Back On 'Giant Betrayal' Shutdown Deal
We’re not negotiating with propaganda—we’re tearing it down
www.dworkinsubstack.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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It's being an extraordinary warm November in Europe where hundreds of records have fallen from West to East from South to North.
The exception is Italy,which is also the only country worldwide which hasn' t broken a single heat record in the whole season and is not expected to do so

Map by Dr. Maue
November 11, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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#economics
I am looking forward to @isabellamweber.bsky.social 's next awesome #book “Antifascist Economics” --- It will be published soon by @suhrkamp.de (German) and #penguinrandom (English) www.suhrkamp.de/buch/isabell...
November 11, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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De Telegraaf is inmiddels meer dan enkel een krant. Met sociale media, podcasts en televisie bereiken ze meer dan een miljoen Nederlanders. Wat krijgen zij voorgeschoteld? Lotfi El Hamidi dompelde zich deze verkiezingscampagne onder in dit rechtse media-ecosysteem.
Nederland volgens De Telegraaf: islamisering en antisemitisme bedreigen de nationale identiteit
De Telegraaf is inmiddels meer dan enkel een krant. Met sociale media, podcasts en televisie bereiken ze meer dan een miljoen Nederlanders. Wat krijgen zij voorgeschoteld? Lotfi El Hamidi dompelde…
buff.ly
November 11, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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In my series on the national accounts guidelines: ´Labour´ rwer.wordpress.com/2025/11/10/a...
Real-World Economics Review Blog
Posts are by authors of papers published in the RWER. Anyone may comment.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Musk and Mamdani: The End of Harsh Capitalism?
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
Musk and Mamdani: The End of Harsh Capitalism?
In opposite ways, Musk and Mamdani pose the same question
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November 10, 2025 at 9:13 AM
The Week Ahead
November 9, 2025
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November 10, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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Zolang deze wrede en verwoestende bezuinigingen op @vluchtelingenwerk.bsky.social niet zijn teruggedraaid zijn wij moreel verplicht deze belangrijke organisatie financieel te steunen. Doe ook mee en doneer maandelijks, eenmalig, of met belastingvoordeel. actie.vluchtelingenwerk.nl/geef-voor-vl...
November 10, 2025 at 8:19 AM
"For years, much of the public has been horribly wrong about basic facts about society. Which alerts us to the likelihood that the media does not properly inform us."
Being a news avoider open.substack.com/pub/chrisdil...
Being a news avoider
Even with the best journalists, the news gives us a distorted picture of the world.
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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.. and misinformation. Almost every corner of the biosphere is reeling from intensifying heat, storms, floods, droughts, or fires. The window to prevent the worst outcomes is rapidly closing."

Activists? Nah, just a scientific assessment:
The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink
November 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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"We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. The consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer future threats but are here now. This unfolding emergency stems from failed foresight, political inaction, unsustainable economic systems, ..
November 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Schiff: "Ultimately, what's gonna protect the American people is what we saw on Tuesday -- the voters coming out and rejecting Republicans, rejecting increased healthcare costs, rejecting a president who is more focused on his personal enrichment than he is on trying to help people who are hungry."
November 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM