Hans van de Koot
@hansvandekoot.bsky.social
Dutch guy living in Athens (Greece). Love running, tennis, dogs. Wondering what can be done to turn the tide of populist gut politics.
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Marching against genocide has nothing to do with antisemitism. And the more people are trying to frame solidarity with the Palestinian people as antisemitism, the more the word antisemitism looses meaning, which is not what we should want.
October 3, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Marching against genocide has nothing to do with antisemitism. And the more people are trying to frame solidarity with the Palestinian people as antisemitism, the more the word antisemitism looses meaning, which is not what we should want.
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The same people who valorize 'Western values' and talk about 'defending the West' allow this to happen. I don't even know what to say anymore.
Israeli forces kill 92 aid seekers in Gaza as 19 people starve to death
Israeli forces kill 79 aid seekers in north Gaza and 13 in the south as more Palestinians die from hunger, medics say.
www.aljazeera.com
July 21, 2025 at 2:19 AM
The same people who valorize 'Western values' and talk about 'defending the West' allow this to happen. I don't even know what to say anymore.
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A unanimous jury in New York found Trump to be a rapist. AOC is just stating a fact. No "labelling" involved.
AOC labels Trump a ‘rapist’ in brutal Epstein files rant amid Bondi-Bongino ‘war’
AOC labels Trump a ‘rapist’ in brutal Epstein files rant amid Bondi-Bongino ‘war’
www.independent.co.uk
July 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A unanimous jury in New York found Trump to be a rapist. AOC is just stating a fact. No "labelling" involved.
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Oh nothing nothing just the Vice President of the United States saying aloud the truth.
In the MAGA system, cutting people’s healthcare is mere minutiae as long as you can keep up with your mass deportations and fund your concentration camps.
In the MAGA system, cutting people’s healthcare is mere minutiae as long as you can keep up with your mass deportations and fund your concentration camps.
July 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Oh nothing nothing just the Vice President of the United States saying aloud the truth.
In the MAGA system, cutting people’s healthcare is mere minutiae as long as you can keep up with your mass deportations and fund your concentration camps.
In the MAGA system, cutting people’s healthcare is mere minutiae as long as you can keep up with your mass deportations and fund your concentration camps.
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It would, obviously, be asking too much for our media and political class to care more about the repeated, state-directed criminal massacres of starving civilians in Gaza than what some rappers say at Glastonbury.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hundreds of families displaced by Israeli air strikes on Gaza, witnesses say
At least five people were reported killed in the overnight attacks, as fears of an intensified ground offensive grow.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 30, 2025 at 12:57 PM
It would, obviously, be asking too much for our media and political class to care more about the repeated, state-directed criminal massacres of starving civilians in Gaza than what some rappers say at Glastonbury.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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A quick reminder to all the Reform and assorted right wing types losing their collective minds over Glastonbury that an elected Reform councillor in County Durham called for 1.9 billion Muslims to be "nuked". He remains in post, no consequences, his violent rhetoric ignored.
June 29, 2025 at 7:38 PM
A quick reminder to all the Reform and assorted right wing types losing their collective minds over Glastonbury that an elected Reform councillor in County Durham called for 1.9 billion Muslims to be "nuked". He remains in post, no consequences, his violent rhetoric ignored.
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It's increasingly obvious that Israel is using its current war to actively ethnically cleanse both Palestinian territories. The war crimes in Gaza are already many but that shouldn't overshadow its actions in the West Bank too.
Enough. Time for sanctions on the entire country.
Enough. Time for sanctions on the entire country.
May 29, 2025 at 11:06 AM
It's increasingly obvious that Israel is using its current war to actively ethnically cleanse both Palestinian territories. The war crimes in Gaza are already many but that shouldn't overshadow its actions in the West Bank too.
Enough. Time for sanctions on the entire country.
Enough. Time for sanctions on the entire country.
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"Apologists for Israel might want to reject the charge of genocide [and] suggest its hyperbole or even antisemitic, but the actual experts on genocide know a genocide when they see one - and they see one in Gaza."
My receipts on all the experts who say Gaza *is* a genocide.
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My receipts on all the experts who say Gaza *is* a genocide.
zeteo.com/subscribe
May 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
"Apologists for Israel might want to reject the charge of genocide [and] suggest its hyperbole or even antisemitic, but the actual experts on genocide know a genocide when they see one - and they see one in Gaza."
My receipts on all the experts who say Gaza *is* a genocide.
zeteo.com/subscribe
My receipts on all the experts who say Gaza *is* a genocide.
zeteo.com/subscribe
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"Is that it?" -- Trump did that thing again today where he signs a bunch of executive orders but doesn't seem to know what he's signing and needs to have it explained to him
May 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
"Is that it?" -- Trump did that thing again today where he signs a bunch of executive orders but doesn't seem to know what he's signing and needs to have it explained to him
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
A shameful act in a long shameful history of oppression in the West Bank. I would like to know whether there is any opposition to these pogroms from within the general public in Israel. Does anyone here know anything about that?
A shameful act in a long shameful history of oppression in the West Bank. I would like to know whether there is any opposition to these pogroms from within the general public in Israel. Does anyone here know anything about that?
Israeli settlers force about 150 Palestinians to leave their West Bank village
Two settlers under UK sanctions among those who carried out intimidation campaign under Israeli authorities’ watch
www.theguardian.com
May 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
A shameful act in a long shameful history of oppression in the West Bank. I would like to know whether there is any opposition to these pogroms from within the general public in Israel. Does anyone here know anything about that?
A shameful act in a long shameful history of oppression in the West Bank. I would like to know whether there is any opposition to these pogroms from within the general public in Israel. Does anyone here know anything about that?
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funny how the killings of hundreds of thousands of gazans doesnt seem to cast a harsh spotlight on israel
May 23, 2025 at 12:23 PM
funny how the killings of hundreds of thousands of gazans doesnt seem to cast a harsh spotlight on israel
I couldn’t agree more.
So this framing is fucking bullshit. The murder is horrific; acting like this is somehow the fault of the broader anti-genocide movement is fucking absurd.
The killings of two Israeli Embassy workers in Washington on Wednesday cast a harsh spotlight on the pro-Palestinian movement in the U.S. and the impact even peaceful protests might be having on attitudes against people connected to Israel.
May 23, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I couldn’t agree more.
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The top image:
The Guardian, July 2016
The article:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The bottom image:
The Guardian, May 2025
The article:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian, July 2016
The article:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The bottom image:
The Guardian, May 2025
The article:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
May 23, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The top image:
The Guardian, July 2016
The article:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The bottom image:
The Guardian, May 2025
The article:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian, July 2016
The article:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The bottom image:
The Guardian, May 2025
The article:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The land of the free!
His family said that ICE agents did release him after he was finally given the opportunity to prove he was a U.S. citizen—but only after many hours.
This construction site in Foley, Alabama was forced to shut down for at least the day. How many other businesses were affected?
This construction site in Foley, Alabama was forced to shut down for at least the day. How many other businesses were affected?
May 23, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The land of the free!
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His family said that ICE agents did release him after he was finally given the opportunity to prove he was a U.S. citizen—but only after many hours.
This construction site in Foley, Alabama was forced to shut down for at least the day. How many other businesses were affected?
This construction site in Foley, Alabama was forced to shut down for at least the day. How many other businesses were affected?
May 22, 2025 at 11:19 PM
His family said that ICE agents did release him after he was finally given the opportunity to prove he was a U.S. citizen—but only after many hours.
This construction site in Foley, Alabama was forced to shut down for at least the day. How many other businesses were affected?
This construction site in Foley, Alabama was forced to shut down for at least the day. How many other businesses were affected?
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Someone should shut the batards down! This is outright communism!
Someone should shut the batards down! This is outright communism!
Affordability
For 90% of American families, Harvard is more affordable than their local state school.
college.harvard.edu
May 23, 2025 at 7:55 AM
college.harvard.edu/admissions/w...
Someone should shut the batards down! This is outright communism!
Someone should shut the batards down! This is outright communism!
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Feel good moment of the day.
Groomer Grooving with snoop dog.
Groomer Grooving with snoop dog.
May 22, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Feel good moment of the day.
Groomer Grooving with snoop dog.
Groomer Grooving with snoop dog.
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I didn’t know @rorycj.bsky.social had written to the @financialtimes.com
May 23, 2025 at 6:48 AM
I didn’t know @rorycj.bsky.social had written to the @financialtimes.com
Why does this not surprise me?
BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: The Facebook account Trump shared with South Africa's president as "proof" of a genocide against white South Africans belonged to a fringe account that frequently posts racist imagery and pushes flat Earth conspiracies.
Exclusive: Trump Shared Racist, Flat-Earth Facebook Account With South African President
Trump handed President Ramaphosa a Facebook post from a fringe account that labelled his administration the “White Supremacy House"
www.meidasplus.com
May 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Why does this not surprise me?
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The original sin was failing to send Donald Trump to prison for the rest of his life for mounting a violent coup to overthrow the election of 2020.
May 21, 2025 at 3:02 AM
The original sin was failing to send Donald Trump to prison for the rest of his life for mounting a violent coup to overthrow the election of 2020.
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Bringing this to Bsky bc @steverattner.bsky.social hasn't posted it yet and it's so critical. The entirety of the cuts to Medicaid and food benefits are to pay for tax cuts for people earning more than half a million a year.
Call Congress: 202-224-3121
Call Congress: 202-224-3121
May 22, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Bringing this to Bsky bc @steverattner.bsky.social hasn't posted it yet and it's so critical. The entirety of the cuts to Medicaid and food benefits are to pay for tax cuts for people earning more than half a million a year.
Call Congress: 202-224-3121
Call Congress: 202-224-3121
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The ultimate irony of halving net immigration numbers:
You can do it without reducing small boats crossings at all!!
This is Nigel Farage’s immigration doom-loop & Starmer is up to his neck in the death trap like the Tories before him 🤦♀️
You can do it without reducing small boats crossings at all!!
This is Nigel Farage’s immigration doom-loop & Starmer is up to his neck in the death trap like the Tories before him 🤦♀️
May 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The ultimate irony of halving net immigration numbers:
You can do it without reducing small boats crossings at all!!
This is Nigel Farage’s immigration doom-loop & Starmer is up to his neck in the death trap like the Tories before him 🤦♀️
You can do it without reducing small boats crossings at all!!
This is Nigel Farage’s immigration doom-loop & Starmer is up to his neck in the death trap like the Tories before him 🤦♀️
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Conservative MP says that the 94% of all children who go to one of the schools his party was in charge of for the past 14 years will have a darker future in which their dreams will be "stifled" and their opportunities "crushed"
May 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Conservative MP says that the 94% of all children who go to one of the schools his party was in charge of for the past 14 years will have a darker future in which their dreams will be "stifled" and their opportunities "crushed"