Wouter van Wijk
@wouter.bsky.social
Journalist. Bij oa Trouw. Ontwikkelt rss-nieuwsapp Fiper (www.Fiper.net) Voorheen AD.nl, AD/Utrecht, Parool
Pinned
Wouter van Wijk
@wouter.bsky.social
· Oct 27
If the economy is so bad, why are stock markets booming?
YouTube video by Money & Macro
www.youtube.com
Veel van de problemen met multinationals kun je oplossen met een scheidsrechter (strakkere anti-trust-regels) en door af te dwingen dat (sociale) netwerken met elkaar kunnen praten. Daarom is de DMA in Europa zo belangrijk. En zo gehaat door FaceBook, Google, Apple...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-loW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-loW...
Reposted by Wouter van Wijk
It has become received wisdom in Brussels and Washington that there is a new “euro-sclerosis”: that the EU economy is lagging the US
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
December 12, 2025 at 12:32 PM
It has become received wisdom in Brussels and Washington that there is a new “euro-sclerosis”: that the EU economy is lagging the US
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
Reposted by Wouter van Wijk
Do something about it!
December 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Do something about it!
Beter, maar te weinig. Europa, of Nederland, moet in 2026 afdwingen dat alle social media een open algoritme gebruiken. Of blokkeren. Het is te gevaarlijk
Chronologische tijdlijn terug op Instagram en Facebook als voorkeursoptie
nos.nl/artikel/2596...
via Fiper.net / NOS Nieuws
Chronologische tijdlijn terug op Instagram en Facebook als voorkeursoptie
nos.nl/artikel/2596...
via Fiper.net / NOS Nieuws
Chronologische tijdlijn terug op Instagram en Facebook als voorkeursoptie
Bits of Freedom spande een rechtszaak aan tegen moederbedrijf Meta omdat gebruikers steeds opnieuw moesten aangeven dat ze hun berichten in chronologische volgorde willen zien.
nos.nl
December 31, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Beter, maar te weinig. Europa, of Nederland, moet in 2026 afdwingen dat alle social media een open algoritme gebruiken. Of blokkeren. Het is te gevaarlijk
Chronologische tijdlijn terug op Instagram en Facebook als voorkeursoptie
nos.nl/artikel/2596...
via Fiper.net / NOS Nieuws
Chronologische tijdlijn terug op Instagram en Facebook als voorkeursoptie
nos.nl/artikel/2596...
via Fiper.net / NOS Nieuws
Reposted by Wouter van Wijk
The last five decades have been marked by an explosion in wealth inequality and a growing distrust of America’s institutions.
Many Americans believe that the system as a whole is rigged against them.
They're right.
Many Americans believe that the system as a whole is rigged against them.
They're right.
December 31, 2025 at 1:01 AM
The last five decades have been marked by an explosion in wealth inequality and a growing distrust of America’s institutions.
Many Americans believe that the system as a whole is rigged against them.
They're right.
Many Americans believe that the system as a whole is rigged against them.
They're right.
Reposted by Wouter van Wijk
My wish for 2026 is that Europeans will be as critical and vigilant about authoritarianism and racism in their own country as they are about them in the U.S. and that Americans will be as critical and vigilant about authoritarianism and racism in the U.S. as Europeans are.
December 31, 2025 at 3:06 PM
My wish for 2026 is that Europeans will be as critical and vigilant about authoritarianism and racism in their own country as they are about them in the U.S. and that Americans will be as critical and vigilant about authoritarianism and racism in the U.S. as Europeans are.
Reposted by Wouter van Wijk
Het geloof in de VS en bigtech van partijen als de VVD en veel media, was altijd al slaafs en vreemd. Nu is het gevaarlijk
December 31, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Het geloof in de VS en bigtech van partijen als de VVD en veel media, was altijd al slaafs en vreemd. Nu is het gevaarlijk
Reposted by Wouter van Wijk
If you want do something re X this is my new habit.
Reply to e-mails displaying X in the footer:
"Please don't send me e-mails marketing X-corp by displaying their icon and a link to them."
We must make companies and organisations understand that there is a […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
Reply to e-mails displaying X in the footer:
"Please don't send me e-mails marketing X-corp by displaying their icon and a link to them."
We must make companies and organisations understand that there is a […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
December 25, 2025 at 6:54 AM
If you want do something re X this is my new habit.
Reply to e-mails displaying X in the footer:
"Please don't send me e-mails marketing X-corp by displaying their icon and a link to them."
We must make companies and organisations understand that there is a […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
Reply to e-mails displaying X in the footer:
"Please don't send me e-mails marketing X-corp by displaying their icon and a link to them."
We must make companies and organisations understand that there is a […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
Het IT amateurisme, zelfs bij de geheime dienst, is bloedstollend en gevaarlijk
Zo bizar met elkaar verweven, dat Europa om veilig te zijn mee zou moeten kunnen beslissen welke halvegare President van de VS wordt. En dat kan niet
‘Textkernel zegt op zijn beurt gegevens te kunnen delen met Amazon en Google. De AIVD stopte naar aanleiding van vragen van FTM met die werkwijze. ‘
‘Textkernel zegt op zijn beurt gegevens te kunnen delen met Amazon en Google. De AIVD stopte naar aanleiding van vragen van FTM met die werkwijze. ‘
Als je bij de geheime dienst solliciteert, weet Google dat als eerste
Amerikaanse techbedrijven als Google, Amazon, Cloudflare en Microsoft kunnen meekijken wie er online solliciteert voor een functie bij de Nederlandse inlichtingendiensten. Deze informatie kan bij Amer...
www.ftm.nl
December 30, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Het IT amateurisme, zelfs bij de geheime dienst, is bloedstollend en gevaarlijk
Dat Maurice sneu was wisten we al. Toch doet hij er telkens weer een schepje bovenop
Dat dit soort banaliteit en kleinzieligheid niet meer tot eeuwige diskwalificatie in het publieke debat leidt, vind ik onbegrijpelijk.
December 30, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Dat Maurice sneu was wisten we al. Toch doet hij er telkens weer een schepje bovenop
Finally
Europe's cloud challenge: Building an Airbus for the digital age
Europe's cloud challenge: Building an Airbus for the digital age
Countries that banded together to challenge Boeing in the air try to do the same to AWS, Microsoft, and Google on the ground
Feature More than half a century ago, a consortium of European aerospace businesses from the UK, France, Germany and Spain joined forces to take on America's Boeing. Fast forward to the 21st century and the countries are applying the same model needs to the world of cloud computing, giving the continent a fighting chance to reduce the digital domination of Big Tech.…
dlvr.it
December 29, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Finally
Reposted by Wouter van Wijk
It’s truly amazing how Zelensky is able to see up close and personal what Putin is doing to his country and its people day after day with barbarity and cruelty, then stand next to Trump without losing it while he makes asinine statements expressing sympathy for the mass murderer.
December 29, 2025 at 2:09 AM
It’s truly amazing how Zelensky is able to see up close and personal what Putin is doing to his country and its people day after day with barbarity and cruelty, then stand next to Trump without losing it while he makes asinine statements expressing sympathy for the mass murderer.
Niet heel lang geleden was de VVD een partij met best veel sympathieke mensen. Waarom steunen die dit afbraakbeleid? Je kunt ook je lidmaatschap opzeggen
Met dank aan de kongsi van de VVD met de gokkoningen.
Bedankt Frits Huffnagel, Sander Dekker, Fred Teeven. Lekker gewerkt.
Bedankt Frits Huffnagel, Sander Dekker, Fred Teeven. Lekker gewerkt.
December 29, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Niet heel lang geleden was de VVD een partij met best veel sympathieke mensen. Waarom steunen die dit afbraakbeleid? Je kunt ook je lidmaatschap opzeggen
Reposted by Wouter van Wijk
When I was a kid, the average annual temperature here in the Netherlands was 9.2°C.
The first time it exceeded 11°C was in 2006. This year is the tenth year it does, and the fourth in a row: 11.4°C.
The first time it exceeded 11°C was in 2006. This year is the tenth year it does, and the fourth in a row: 11.4°C.
December 29, 2025 at 8:18 AM
When I was a kid, the average annual temperature here in the Netherlands was 9.2°C.
The first time it exceeded 11°C was in 2006. This year is the tenth year it does, and the fourth in a row: 11.4°C.
The first time it exceeded 11°C was in 2006. This year is the tenth year it does, and the fourth in a row: 11.4°C.
Reposted by Wouter van Wijk
Just sent out this piece about the Trump-Zelensky-Putin pantomime yesterday. People who think this brought peace closer cannot face the truth. This meeting was a continuation of Trump's efforts to help Putin and demean Ukraine. And he succeeded. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Why the Pantomime? Its Always Been About Defending Putin
And Perhaps Getting A Nobel Prize
open.substack.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Just sent out this piece about the Trump-Zelensky-Putin pantomime yesterday. People who think this brought peace closer cannot face the truth. This meeting was a continuation of Trump's efforts to help Putin and demean Ukraine. And he succeeded. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Sleepy Don
December 29, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Sleepy Don
Reposted by Wouter van Wijk
The outrageous sanctioning of EU lawmakers and citizens in order to pressure democratically-elected European governments to change their laws shows just how intent the US government is on controlling Europeans' lives.
We must go into 2026 with eyes open.
We must go into 2026 with eyes open.
The US can destroy a European's life with the swipe of a pen
This week's US sanctions against European lawmakers and privacy activists is a major escalation. And it shows the dangers of Europe relying on American economic infrastructure.
open.substack.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:09 AM
The outrageous sanctioning of EU lawmakers and citizens in order to pressure democratically-elected European governments to change their laws shows just how intent the US government is on controlling Europeans' lives.
We must go into 2026 with eyes open.
We must go into 2026 with eyes open.
Reposted by Wouter van Wijk
1991: The United States thinks it has decisively won the Cold War against Russia.
2025: The United States' foreign policy is being dictated by Russia.
2025: The United States' foreign policy is being dictated by Russia.
December 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
1991: The United States thinks it has decisively won the Cold War against Russia.
2025: The United States' foreign policy is being dictated by Russia.
2025: The United States' foreign policy is being dictated by Russia.
Mocht AI heel veel banen vernietigen (verre van zeker overigens), dan gaat al het geld naar de tech-oligarchen. Die lullen soms vaag over universeel inkomen, maar als het puntje bij paaltje komt houden ze natuurlijk alles zelf, precies zoals nu gebeurt
Bernie Sanders: "We need to be thinking seriously about a moratorium on data centers. You gotta slow this process down. It's not good enough for the oligarchs to tell us 'you adapt.' Are they gonna guarantee healthcare to all people? What are they gonna do when there are no jobs? Make housing free?"
December 29, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Mocht AI heel veel banen vernietigen (verre van zeker overigens), dan gaat al het geld naar de tech-oligarchen. Die lullen soms vaag over universeel inkomen, maar als het puntje bij paaltje komt houden ze natuurlijk alles zelf, precies zoals nu gebeurt
Reposted by Wouter van Wijk
Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy Center. Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Wolf, Low Cut Connie, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., have also canceled. Lin-Manuel Miranda has canceled the entire Kennedy Center run of Hamilton.
December 28, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy Center. Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Wolf, Low Cut Connie, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., have also canceled. Lin-Manuel Miranda has canceled the entire Kennedy Center run of Hamilton.
Ben benieuwd welke hersenkronkels racisten gebruiken om in hun hoofd het feit 'goed' te praten dat deze held een lichtgetinte Syrische moslim is
"Ik wilde gewoon mensenlevens redden": held van Bondi Beach vertelt over overmeestering schutter
www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
via Fiper.net
"Ik wilde gewoon mensenlevens redden": held van Bondi Beach vertelt over overmeestering schutter
www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
via Fiper.net
"Ik wilde gewoon mensenlevens redden": held van Bondi Beach vertelt over overmeestering schutter | VRT NWS: nieuws
"Ik wilde gewoon mensenlevens redden." Dat zegt de "held van Bondi Beach" Ahmed Al Ahmed in een interview bij de Amerikaanse nieuwszender CBS. "Ik wilde geen mensen zien vermoord worden, ik wilde de s...
www.vrt.be
December 29, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Ben benieuwd welke hersenkronkels racisten gebruiken om in hun hoofd het feit 'goed' te praten dat deze held een lichtgetinte Syrische moslim is
"Ik wilde gewoon mensenlevens redden": held van Bondi Beach vertelt over overmeestering schutter
www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
via Fiper.net
"Ik wilde gewoon mensenlevens redden": held van Bondi Beach vertelt over overmeestering schutter
www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
via Fiper.net
The usability of MacOS Tahoe explained
December 28, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The usability of MacOS Tahoe explained
Reposted by Wouter van Wijk
Een van de ergste ontwikkelingen van het web in 2025 is hoe Google nu via meerdere van hun applicaties links die je deelt omzet in google links. Met een share.google link trackt Google precies wie wat met wie deelt & verhult voor de ontvanger juist waar het nieuws vandaan kwam. Strontvervelend:
Scientists Discover New Forms of Life Inside Human Bodies That Don't Match Anything Biology Has Classified share.google/jLOfcfR59ouY...
Scientists Discover New Forms of Life Inside Human Bodies That Don't Match Anything Biology Has Classified
Scientists have uncovered a hidden class of RNA structures deep inside the human microbiome, completely unlike anything seen before.
share.google
December 28, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Een van de ergste ontwikkelingen van het web in 2025 is hoe Google nu via meerdere van hun applicaties links die je deelt omzet in google links. Met een share.google link trackt Google precies wie wat met wie deelt & verhult voor de ontvanger juist waar het nieuws vandaan kwam. Strontvervelend:
Reposted by Wouter van Wijk
No red carpet for Zelenskyy......
Zelensky has arrived in Miami, where a meeting with Trump is scheduled for today.
December 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
No red carpet for Zelenskyy......
Misschien maar geen Amerikaanse wapens meer kopen
🇺🇸🇳🇬🚀 At least three Tomahawk missiles from the US's strike on ISIS targets in Nigeria fell short of their targets: the morning after the attack, locals found missile debris and unexploded warheads, - Militarnyi
December 27, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Misschien maar geen Amerikaanse wapens meer kopen