Tom Cools
@tomcools.bsky.social
Coördinator Vermeylenfonds | organisator Maandrang poëziefestival | podiumdichter | voorzitter Vermeylenfonds Mechelen | bestuurder PEN Vlaanderen | bestuurder VC De Schakel | bestuurder LEIF-punt Mechelen | bestuurder Vrienden van het GO! regio Mechelen
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#USA 🇺🇸 @rsf.org warns that proposed visa restrictions for journalists would have catastrophic consequences for press freedom, limiting reporting and public access to information.
USA: Proposed journalist visa restrictions would have catastrophic consequences for press freedom
The Trump administration is proposing new, severe restrictions on how long foreign journalists would be permitted to live and work in the United States. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) opposes the…
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September 12, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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2 years in prison merely for a photo on social media: #Morocco's authorities should overturn sentence against activist & abolish draconian blasphemy law abused to crush free speech.
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Morocco: Exonerate, Release Activist Sentenced for Blasphemy
Moroccan authorities should urgently overturn the 30-month sentence of an activist convicted on blasphemy charges for wearing a t-shirt authorities deemed offensive.
www.hrw.org
September 11, 2025 at 6:56 AM
2 years in prison merely for a photo on social media: #Morocco's authorities should overturn sentence against activist & abolish draconian blasphemy law abused to crush free speech.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
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Détentions arbitraires, disparitions forcées, torture : Les divers belligérants au #Yémen – les Houthis, le Conseil de transition du Sud et le gouvernement officiel – ont commis de graves abus à l’encontre des journalistes.
Notre enquête ⤵
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Notre enquête ⤵
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Yémen : Des journalistes visés par des attaques
Les divers belligérants au Yémen – les Houthis, le Conseil de transition du Sud (CTS) et le gouvernement officiel – ont commis de graves abus à l’encontre des journalistes de ce pays, selon un nouveau...
www.hrw.org
September 11, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Détentions arbitraires, disparitions forcées, torture : Les divers belligérants au #Yémen – les Houthis, le Conseil de transition du Sud et le gouvernement officiel – ont commis de graves abus à l’encontre des journalistes.
Notre enquête ⤵
www.hrw.org/fr/news/2025...
Notre enquête ⤵
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We are on the third circle of this.
August 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
We are on the third circle of this.
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are you tired of being brainwashed by the mainstream media?
July 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM
are you tired of being brainwashed by the mainstream media?
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Zo gruwelijk.
Zo gruwelijk.
Mijn collega’s van persbureau AFP in Gaza kunnen ieder moment omkomen - als het niet door een bom is, dan door de honger
Zo gruwelijk.
Mijn collega’s van persbureau AFP in Gaza kunnen ieder moment omkomen - als het niet door een bom is, dan door de honger
July 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Zo gruwelijk.
Zo gruwelijk.
Mijn collega’s van persbureau AFP in Gaza kunnen ieder moment omkomen - als het niet door een bom is, dan door de honger
Zo gruwelijk.
Mijn collega’s van persbureau AFP in Gaza kunnen ieder moment omkomen - als het niet door een bom is, dan door de honger
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“Ik snap wel dat de fascisten geen ‘fascisten’ genoemd willen worden.”
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July 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
“Ik snap wel dat de fascisten geen ‘fascisten’ genoemd willen worden.”
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Je groeit op om agent te worden en boeven te vangen… en eindigt met het arresteren van een arts die vreedzaam protesteert tegen genocide en collega artsen in Palestina steunt.....
July 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Je groeit op om agent te worden en boeven te vangen… en eindigt met het arresteren van een arts die vreedzaam protesteert tegen genocide en collega artsen in Palestina steunt.....
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Gates Foundation wil haar volledige budget 200 miljard dollar uitgeven: "Musk heeft kinderen de dood ingejaagd om geld te besparen"
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Gates Foundation wil haar volledige budget 200 miljard dollar uitgeven: "Musk heeft kinderen de dood ingejaagd om geld te besparen" | VRT NWS: nieuws
De Gates Foundation, de filantropische organisatie van techondernemer Bill Gates, is van plan om tegen 2045 haar budget van 200 miljard dollar (zo'n 177 miljard euro) uit te geven. Dat blijkt uit een ...
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May 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Gates Foundation wil haar volledige budget 200 miljard dollar uitgeven: "Musk heeft kinderen de dood ingejaagd om geld te besparen"
vrtnws.be/p.qEyGjd41V Respect!
vrtnws.be/p.qEyGjd41V Respect!
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Terzake interviewde mensenrechtenadvocaat Philippe Sands: "Internationale recht wordt niet meer gerespecteerd"
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Terzake interviewde mensenrechtenadvocaat Philippe Sands: "Internationale recht wordt niet meer gerespecteerd"
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April 24, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Terzake interviewde mensenrechtenadvocaat Philippe Sands: "Internationale recht wordt niet meer gerespecteerd"
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'De narcistische persoon heeft een onzichtbare muur om zich heen gebouwd. Hij is alles, de wereld is niets. Of liever: hij is de wereld.'
#ErichFromm
#ErichFromm
April 11, 2025 at 5:34 AM
'De narcistische persoon heeft een onzichtbare muur om zich heen gebouwd. Hij is alles, de wereld is niets. Of liever: hij is de wereld.'
#ErichFromm
#ErichFromm
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See the signs spotted across the US on Saturday among some 1,200 demonstrations against President Trump and his billionaire ally Elon Musk reut.rs/4liW9vF
47 signs from the anti-Trump Hands Off! protests
Signs spotted across the U.S. on Saturday among some 1,200 demonstrations against President Trump and his billionaire ally Elon Musk.
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April 7, 2025 at 10:09 AM
See the signs spotted across the US on Saturday among some 1,200 demonstrations against President Trump and his billionaire ally Elon Musk reut.rs/4liW9vF
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Poetry is an ever-evolving medium—and over the past 25 years, authors have pursued astonishing new forms and reinvented old ones. The Atlantic’s editors compiled the best American poetry collections from the 21st century: theatln.tc/IdlTsUZQ
March 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Poetry is an ever-evolving medium—and over the past 25 years, authors have pursued astonishing new forms and reinvented old ones. The Atlantic’s editors compiled the best American poetry collections from the 21st century: theatln.tc/IdlTsUZQ
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Greenland will form a new coalition government that comprises all but one party elected to its legislature, a show of political unity in the face of ongoing takeover threats from United States President Donald Trump.
Greenland forms new unity government on eve of JD Vance visit
Four of the five parties elected to Greenland’s parliament two weeks ago have agreed to band together in a broad coalition.
www.politico.eu
March 27, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Greenland will form a new coalition government that comprises all but one party elected to its legislature, a show of political unity in the face of ongoing takeover threats from United States President Donald Trump.
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March 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Meiselas: Steve Witkoff, was allegedly in Moscow while he was on this group chat. Do you believe the Russians now have all of that information and potentially more?
Rice: Well, yes—the Russians have whatever Witkoff was doing or saying on his personal cell phone. The Russians undoubtedly have it.
Rice: Well, yes—the Russians have whatever Witkoff was doing or saying on his personal cell phone. The Russians undoubtedly have it.
March 26, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Meiselas: Steve Witkoff, was allegedly in Moscow while he was on this group chat. Do you believe the Russians now have all of that information and potentially more?
Rice: Well, yes—the Russians have whatever Witkoff was doing or saying on his personal cell phone. The Russians undoubtedly have it.
Rice: Well, yes—the Russians have whatever Witkoff was doing or saying on his personal cell phone. The Russians undoubtedly have it.
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Musk does not want freedom of speech for everyone.
He wants it only for himself and those politically aligned with his right wing agenda.
It’s a Nazi thing.
Valerie Costa, a true American Shero tells us.
He wants it only for himself and those politically aligned with his right wing agenda.
It’s a Nazi thing.
Valerie Costa, a true American Shero tells us.
March 22, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Musk does not want freedom of speech for everyone.
He wants it only for himself and those politically aligned with his right wing agenda.
It’s a Nazi thing.
Valerie Costa, a true American Shero tells us.
He wants it only for himself and those politically aligned with his right wing agenda.
It’s a Nazi thing.
Valerie Costa, a true American Shero tells us.
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"If it continues like this, the United States will not score as a democracy when we release 2025 data"
"US democracy will not last another 6 months."
Source: 31 million data points for 202 countries, by 4,200 scholars, measuring 600 different attributes #3E #EndOligarchy
www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7486317
"US democracy will not last another 6 months."
Source: 31 million data points for 202 countries, by 4,200 scholars, measuring 600 different attributes #3E #EndOligarchy
www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7486317
U.S. could lose democracy status, says global watchdog
www.cbc.ca
March 19, 2025 at 10:09 PM
"If it continues like this, the United States will not score as a democracy when we release 2025 data"
"US democracy will not last another 6 months."
Source: 31 million data points for 202 countries, by 4,200 scholars, measuring 600 different attributes #3E #EndOligarchy
www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7486317
"US democracy will not last another 6 months."
Source: 31 million data points for 202 countries, by 4,200 scholars, measuring 600 different attributes #3E #EndOligarchy
www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7486317
Waanzin. De horror.
REPORT: Information from the Ministry of Health database reveals that 73% of those killed in Israeli strikes today are children, women, or the elderly.
WATCH | Australian medic Muhammad Mustafa describes the aftermath of last night’s attacks at Baptist Hospital in Gaza City:
“It was just mostly women and children burned head to toe, limbs missing, heads missing…”
“It was just mostly women and children burned head to toe, limbs missing, heads missing…”
March 18, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Waanzin. De horror.
Braindrain USA! VUB wil academici uit VS naar België halen als reactie op Trump-beleid, ook aan UGent zijn ze welkom
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VUB wil academici uit VS naar België halen als reactie op Trump-beleid, ook aan UGent zijn ze welkom
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March 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Braindrain USA! VUB wil academici uit VS naar België halen als reactie op Trump-beleid, ook aan UGent zijn ze welkom
www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
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The American government is now our enemy. Unbelievable. Terrifying.
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The Heritage Foundation, the group behind the radical pro-Trump Project 2025 agenda, held a private discussion this week about how to dismantle the EU.
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The Heritage Foundation, the group behind the radical pro-Trump Project 2025 agenda, held a private discussion this week about how to dismantle the EU.
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Heritage Foundation and Allies Discuss Dismantling the EU
The group that drafted a key blueprint for Donald Trump’s second term convened a meeting in Washington D.C. this week to consider proposals for bulldozing the European Union (EU). The Polish investiga...
www.desmog.com
March 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The American government is now our enemy. Unbelievable. Terrifying.
"Wij zullen nooit Amerikanen worden": Groenlanders komen massaal op straat tegen Trump
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"Wij zullen nooit Amerikanen worden": Groenlanders komen massaal op straat tegen Trump
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March 16, 2025 at 6:13 PM
"Wij zullen nooit Amerikanen worden": Groenlanders komen massaal op straat tegen Trump
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