Tim
@timjoye.bsky.social
Joyful Husband+Dad
News Enthousiast on the Spectrum,
Thruth Warrior strengthening Democracy one post at a time.
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Posts predominantly in: English, Dutch
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News Enthousiast on the Spectrum,
Thruth Warrior strengthening Democracy one post at a time.
🇧🇪 🇪🇺 🇺🇦
Posts predominantly in: English, Dutch
Feel free to DM me.
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Stand with the people 💪💪
January 24, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Stand with the people 💪💪
Read a bunch of answers here and most say our current times feel equally bad, at the least. Both times being terrible.
I need to hear from the folks in the 60/70s and protesting Vietnam (and everything else)...did shit feel as corrupt, unjust, overwhelming, and impossible to overcome as they do now? Not inviting you to compare, more how you felt in the moment, not knowing what you know now
January 24, 2026 at 7:22 AM
Read a bunch of answers here and most say our current times feel equally bad, at the least. Both times being terrible.
@scottsantens.com Liberal party pitches NIT as opening bid to reclaim momentum on Belgian political scene.
Lode Cossaer is verbonden aan het Hoger Instituut voor Wijsbegeerte van de KU Leuven. Hij reageert op de opiniebijdrage van Jef Maes en Bert Engelaar over de negatieve inkomensbelasting.
Een negatieve inkomensbelasting zorgt ervoor dat elke euro die iemand verdient hem of haar netto vooruithelpt
www.demorgen.be
January 23, 2026 at 4:34 PM
@scottsantens.com Liberal party pitches NIT as opening bid to reclaim momentum on Belgian political scene.
"Anders" nu partij van de negatieve inkomstbelasting (NIT)?
January 23, 2026 at 4:24 PM
"Anders" nu partij van de negatieve inkomstbelasting (NIT)?
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A Wall Street Journal article on guaranteed income wouldn’t stop people from wanting to work. It challenges the notion that unconditional cash makes people “lazy,” noting that employment incentives depend on broader economic and social conditions. zurl.co/NJa9c
Essay | A Guaranteed Income Won’t Stop People From Wanting to Work
Economists worry that a ‘universal basic income’ would make recipients lazier. Data from programs around the world suggests the opposite is true.
www.wsj.com
January 23, 2026 at 7:00 AM
A Wall Street Journal article on guaranteed income wouldn’t stop people from wanting to work. It challenges the notion that unconditional cash makes people “lazy,” noting that employment incentives depend on broader economic and social conditions. zurl.co/NJa9c
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The internet blackout in Iran last now around 350h, more than 2 weeks.
It is evident that it is to control information leaving the country, but it is also meant to obstruct that Iranians can organize themselves against the regime.
It is evident that it is to control information leaving the country, but it is also meant to obstruct that Iranians can organize themselves against the regime.
January 23, 2026 at 9:53 AM
The internet blackout in Iran last now around 350h, more than 2 weeks.
It is evident that it is to control information leaving the country, but it is also meant to obstruct that Iranians can organize themselves against the regime.
It is evident that it is to control information leaving the country, but it is also meant to obstruct that Iranians can organize themselves against the regime.
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"Daarom is het jammer dat de Groenland-kwestie op het nippertje met zachte diplomatie werd afgedaan..."
fd.nl/opinie/15843...
fd.nl/opinie/15843...
Weer niet gebeten
De wereld weet sinds Davos niet of de EU écht kan bijten, ziet FD-columnist Mathijs Bouman. En nog belangrijker: Europa weet zelf ook niet of het dat durft.
fd.nl
January 23, 2026 at 10:23 AM
"Daarom is het jammer dat de Groenland-kwestie op het nippertje met zachte diplomatie werd afgedaan..."
fd.nl/opinie/15843...
fd.nl/opinie/15843...
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Like tariffs, the 'Board of Peace" is a thing Trump can use to bludgeon other countries
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Trump disinvites Canada from Gaza ‘Board of Peace’
The announcement comes after Canada’s Prime Minister asserted his nation’s independence in response to Trump.
share.google
January 23, 2026 at 10:24 AM
Like tariffs, the 'Board of Peace" is a thing Trump can use to bludgeon other countries
share.google/HHN8xqgHhS1S...
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Iets van 1 beeld zegt meer dan duizend leugens.
Huid donkerder gemaakt en tranen toegevoegd: Witte Huis deelt getrukeerde foto van zwarte gearresteerde betoger vrtnws.be/p.w7a3XBnpe?t=176... @vrtnws.be
Huid donkerder gemaakt en tranen toegevoegd: Witte Huis deelt getrukeerde foto van zwarte gearresteerde betoger
vrtnws.be
January 23, 2026 at 10:19 AM
Iets van 1 beeld zegt meer dan duizend leugens.
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A clear sign he's on to something✨
Trump withdraws Canada's invite to join Board of Peace
Trump withdraws Canada's invite to join Board of Peace
Trump did not provide a reason for the decision, which comes after Canada's PM Mark Carney warned of a "rupture" in the US-led global order.
www.bbc.com
January 23, 2026 at 6:49 AM
A clear sign he's on to something✨
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Under the arrangement, non-Chinese investors will own about 80 percent of the American venture. ByteDance will keep 19.9 percent of it. The new venture will license the app’s powerful recommendation algorithm from ByteDance and have the power to moderate content. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/b...
Who Owns TikTok in the U.S. Now?
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Under the arrangement, non-Chinese investors will own about 80 percent of the American venture. ByteDance will keep 19.9 percent of it. The new venture will license the app’s powerful recommendation algorithm from ByteDance and have the power to moderate content. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/b...
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“Look: Rome wasn’t burned in a day.”
Vance on the economy:
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
January 22, 2026 at 7:04 PM
“Look: Rome wasn’t burned in a day.”
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Great conversation between @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @frankfukuyama.bsky.social that got uploaded today. A really level summation of the current moment without shying away from its rather dark potential outcomes. Must watch www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Je-...
Francis Fukuyama on Trump's Bullying and Europe's Response
YouTube video by Conversations with Bill Kristol
www.youtube.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Great conversation between @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @frankfukuyama.bsky.social that got uploaded today. A really level summation of the current moment without shying away from its rather dark potential outcomes. Must watch www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Je-...
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more and more people are saying
ICE’s cruelty knows no bounds. Deporting children with cancer. Shooting moms. And now, using a 5 year-old as “bait” to detain his family.
It’s far past clear: ICE must be abolished. Congress should not give it any additional funding. And the people responsible for its crimes should face charges.
It’s far past clear: ICE must be abolished. Congress should not give it any additional funding. And the people responsible for its crimes should face charges.
"[M]asked agents apprehended 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos in his driveway on Tuesday...[the agent] led him to the door and directed him to knock on the door asking to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home, essentially using a 5-year-old as bait.”
January 22, 2026 at 5:47 PM
more and more people are saying
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Gefeliciteerd @pvddamsterdam.bsky.social! Per 1 mei geldt er in Amsterdam een verbod op fossiele en vleesreclames in de openbare ruimte! 🥳 Dit helpt enorm om van de fossiele economie af te komen. De @partijvoordedieren.nl wil nu snel een landelijk verbod!
www.parool.nl/amsterdam/am...
www.parool.nl/amsterdam/am...
Amsterdam verbiedt reclames voor vlees en fossiele brandstoffen in openbare ruimte
Amsterdam verbiedt fossiele en vleesreclame in de openbare ruimte. De gemeenteraad stemde donderdag in met een wijziging van de APV, tegen de wens van wethouder Melanie van der Horst. Zij waarschuwde ...
www.parool.nl
January 22, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Gefeliciteerd @pvddamsterdam.bsky.social! Per 1 mei geldt er in Amsterdam een verbod op fossiele en vleesreclames in de openbare ruimte! 🥳 Dit helpt enorm om van de fossiele economie af te komen. De @partijvoordedieren.nl wil nu snel een landelijk verbod!
www.parool.nl/amsterdam/am...
www.parool.nl/amsterdam/am...
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The brilliance of Carney's "Sign in the Window" speech was that he was not attacking totalitarianism, but the hypocrisy of liberal democracies. It's about how we pretended to believe the fiction of a rules-based international order because it was convenient—and that time has come to be honest.
“The system’s power comes not from its truth but from everyone’s willingness to perform as if it were true.”
Mark Carney explains how totalitarianism works.
The lesson couldn’t be more clear: do not obey in advance. That is how freedom erodes and dignity disappears.
Mark Carney explains how totalitarianism works.
The lesson couldn’t be more clear: do not obey in advance. That is how freedom erodes and dignity disappears.
January 22, 2026 at 8:24 AM
The brilliance of Carney's "Sign in the Window" speech was that he was not attacking totalitarianism, but the hypocrisy of liberal democracies. It's about how we pretended to believe the fiction of a rules-based international order because it was convenient—and that time has come to be honest.
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The TACO cycle:
Markets want to price in TACO. But TACO only works if Trump sees stocks tank.
So we get a loop: Trump does things → nothing happens (markets already priced in TACO) → that emboldens him to do more → until markets start to think he might not TACO → stocks fall → TACO is restored.
Markets want to price in TACO. But TACO only works if Trump sees stocks tank.
So we get a loop: Trump does things → nothing happens (markets already priced in TACO) → that emboldens him to do more → until markets start to think he might not TACO → stocks fall → TACO is restored.
January 21, 2026 at 7:48 PM
The TACO cycle:
Markets want to price in TACO. But TACO only works if Trump sees stocks tank.
So we get a loop: Trump does things → nothing happens (markets already priced in TACO) → that emboldens him to do more → until markets start to think he might not TACO → stocks fall → TACO is restored.
Markets want to price in TACO. But TACO only works if Trump sees stocks tank.
So we get a loop: Trump does things → nothing happens (markets already priced in TACO) → that emboldens him to do more → until markets start to think he might not TACO → stocks fall → TACO is restored.
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Very interesting analysis of the Greenland shockwaves by @michaelshurkin.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/shurkin/...
Post-Greenland Scenarios, the Three-Body Problem, and Life After the Pax Americana
The Greenland Crisis may be one of the most consequential events of post-war history, up there with Suez and the fall of the Berlin Wall.
open.substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Very interesting analysis of the Greenland shockwaves by @michaelshurkin.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/shurkin/...
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Wow.
Speechless with admiration.
Speechless with admiration.
Portland, Oregon: ICE thug physically attacks immigration lawyer Alicia Via Beeslev who was standing between him and her client.
She received a call from her client that ICE was lying about having a warrant for their arrest. She drove to the scene and chased ICE away.
She received a call from her client that ICE was lying about having a warrant for their arrest. She drove to the scene and chased ICE away.
January 21, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Wow.
Speechless with admiration.
Speechless with admiration.
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This is the best speech, just from a pure rhetoric perspective - its sophistication and persuasiveness - that I've seen a politician deliver in a good long while. Really recommend watching or reading the whole thing.
January 20, 2026 at 11:01 PM
This is the best speech, just from a pure rhetoric perspective - its sophistication and persuasiveness - that I've seen a politician deliver in a good long while. Really recommend watching or reading the whole thing.
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If there is one piece of advise I would give as a psychiatric nurse to the EU leaders and Canada in Davos it's this one: Give Trump the cold treatment, ignore him, cancel meetings with him. Make him feel isolated and meaningless. DO NOT FEED HIS NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY. That means no, DADDY shit!
January 20, 2026 at 11:43 PM
If there is one piece of advise I would give as a psychiatric nurse to the EU leaders and Canada in Davos it's this one: Give Trump the cold treatment, ignore him, cancel meetings with him. Make him feel isolated and meaningless. DO NOT FEED HIS NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY. That means no, DADDY shit!
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So now the’re death camps.
1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees
ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals
Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care
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ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment
ICE halted payments in October, and the situation will persist for at least several more months
popular.info
January 21, 2026 at 12:30 AM
So now the’re death camps.
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I say this about Carney's speech even as I think his decision to build a "new strategic partnership" with China will, long-term, be problematic. But if America plays stupid games, we shouldn't be surprised if it wins stupid prizes.
January 21, 2026 at 2:59 AM
I say this about Carney's speech even as I think his decision to build a "new strategic partnership" with China will, long-term, be problematic. But if America plays stupid games, we shouldn't be surprised if it wins stupid prizes.