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On a glistening floodplain meeting the rising tide of bittersweet dreams.

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Our first stop: Housing Policy.

Why is rent so high? Is the crisis actually being solved anywhere? And what does the crisis have to do with wealth inequality?

Katz takes us to Vienna, Finland, and Paris in search of the policies that work.

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Housing policy: Who Does It Best? - Part 1 — The Europeans
Why is your rent so high? What are the policies that created this housing crisis, and what policies can get us out of it? This week we launch the first two parts of our new series, ‘Who Does It Best?...
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October 24, 2025 at 7:18 AM
The most vile, and the most sad, and the most shameful. The massacre of the innocent.

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Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead
Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive
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October 8, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Bitter black smoke billows
over the windows
it bites
and we hide

Burns into the keyhole
inside our home grows
cancer
demands an answer

Motherlove-filled knitted pillows
hide desperate to cover harrows
comes the scythe
steeped in spite
October 3, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Play on ball lioness

Play ball lioness and play on ball No man can scratch your pride So play ball, just play on ball Claws out lioness, claws well out Shred that hollow rubber sphere And play ball, just play on ball Rest above that heaving cesspit A crowned Cat in a tree, just waiting to play…
Play on ball lioness
Play ball lioness and play on ball No man can scratch your pride So play ball, just play on ball Claws out lioness, claws well out Shred that hollow rubber sphere And play ball, just play on ball Rest above that heaving cesspit A crowned Cat in a tree, just waiting to play ball, to play ball Your heart is bigger, lioness…
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July 1, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Invest it in green energy to cut away from oil. Make it sting twice.
⚡️EU reportedly eyes riskier investments for frozen Russian assets to boost Ukraine aid.

According to Politico, the proposed plan would redirect the frozen Russian assets into a special investment fund under EU control, allowing for higher returns without confiscating the assets.
EU reportedly eyes riskier investments for frozen Russian assets to boost Ukraine aid
According to Politico, the proposed plan would redirect the frozen Russian assets into a special investment fund under EU control, allowing for higher returns without confiscating the principal.
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June 20, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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May 18, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Extreem-rechtse politici argumenteren dus dat over heel Europa een radicale onderstroom gisteren naar het meest pluralistische spektakel van het jaar heeft zitten kijken, alleen maar om een statement te maken vóór genocide/tegen woke. Occam’s razor zegt: Laat maar. Dit was manipulatie vanuit Israel.
Misschien dat we een onderzoek moeten doen naar mogelijke buitenlandse beïnvloeding van stemming en mogelijke contacten Israël met Belgische politici en opiniemakers.
May 18, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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May 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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When we discuss the genocide in Gaza, we must choose our words carefully.

My letter in today's edition of the @irishtimes.com
May 16, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Listen to the Europeans every week. Win your humanity back. @europeanspod.bsky.social

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Europe, an unfinished love story
The Europeans | European news, politics and culture · Episode
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May 16, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Beste @vrtnws.be. Is het niet mogelijk en dringend nodig om naar die geblokkeerde (voedsel)voorraden toe te gaan - in Israel aan de grens met Gaza?
vrtnws.be vrtnws @vrtnws.be · May 15
"Ik geloof dat in Gaza volkerenmoord plaatsvindt": VRT NWS spreekt met genocidewetenschappers Dirk Moses en Shmuel Lederman vrtnws.be/p.JN0MKeJpQ?t=174... @vrtnws.be
"Ik geloof dat in Gaza volkerenmoord plaatsvindt": VRT NWS spreekt met genocidewetenschappers Dirk Moses en Shmuel Lederman
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May 16, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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Journalisten noemen zichzelf onafhankelijk en neutraal, maar concentreren zich vaak alleen op wat machthebbers zeggen - ook als dat niet feitelijk of discriminerend is. Juist de wens om objectief te zijn, brengt journalisten verder van de waarheid, zeggen experts.
Waarom staan journalisten zo vaak aan de kant van de macht? - OneWorld
Journalisten noemen zichzelf onafhankelijk en neutraal, maar concentreren zich vaak alleen op wat machthebbers zeggen - ook als dat niet feitelijk of discriminerend is. Juist de wens om objectief te…
buff.ly
May 15, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Oplossing: Klimaat is de grootste nationale dreiging. Tel het mee en spendeer daar 3% aan.
Het gemak waarmee deel punditklasse aanvaarden dat we straks 5% van ons BBP moeten uitgeven aan defensie staat wel in extreem groot contrast met de fiscale en budgettaire retoriek tot voor kort. Er is nergens geld voor maar wel opeens om budget Belgisch leger 500% te verhogen. Ga toch weg.
May 16, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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OPINION: US President Donald Trump has more tariff chaos up his sleeve — and this time, medicine is in his sights.
Big Pharma is using tariffs to hold Europe to ransom
We can have a world where everyone has access to the medicines they need. But both Trump and pharma companies will push us in the opposite direction.
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May 15, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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Mijn afsluiting vorig jaar van de Hoflandlezing. Het verhaal van het bombardement op Rotterdam is het verhaal van elke verwoeste stad door bommen vanuit de lucht.
May 14, 2025 at 7:50 AM
What do you call wholesale bombing and starvation, you amoral band of hacks? Is cynicism made flesh what passes for the UK government these days?

“No evidence of genocide in Gaza, UK lawyers say in arms export case”
May 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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May 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Let it in

Has the hollow hunger been close to bone? Not a daily clawless heady craving Nor a late-night need quickly filled by phone But such soul-consuming pain and raving Holds some horror when month-old waste looks fresh All the mind sees, grass may yet boil Cook rats and horses to sustain the…
Let it in
Has the hollow hunger been close to bone? Not a daily clawless heady craving Nor a late-night need quickly filled by phone But such soul-consuming pain and raving Holds some horror when month-old waste looks fresh All the mind sees, grass may yet boil Cook rats and horses to sustain the flesh Stomach scheming to maybe take bare soil Three pounds less every turn of the spindle…
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May 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Wisten jullie dat Viktor Orbán eigenlijk helemaal niet zo’n competente leider is? youtu.be/gCPBz_8NnzQ?...
How Orbán "Trolled" The West (and helped cause the Bataclan massacre)
YouTube video by Adam Something
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May 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Question. Did Russia attack Ukraine to turn it into a vassal state, but failed, and turned itself into a Chinese vassal state? It could be a wry but somehow beautiful irony.
May 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Johan Bonny is ne goeie mens
www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
Bisschop Johan Bonny houdt stille actie voor Palestina aan Antwerpse Kathedraal: "We willen dat het leed en geweld stopt"
www.vrt.be
April 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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3 dagen na ontdekking massagraf vol hulpverleners in #Gaza, draagt De Wever het internationaal recht mee ten grave.

Een onbegrijpelijke en verbijsterende uitspraak die de geloofwaardigheid van zijn eigen regeerakkoord, en van de Belgische diplomatie, in één klap verpulvert:🧵

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11.11.11 veroordeelt uitspraken van premier Bart De Wever over arrestatiebevel Netanyahu | 11.11.11
11.11.11 veroordeelt met klem de uitspraak van premier Bart De Wever, die stelt dat België het internationaal arrestatiebevel tegen de Israëlische premier Netanyahu niet zou moeten uitvoeren.
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April 4, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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Inclusief een oproep aan Amerikanen om de website Release the Kids te bezoeken en contact op te nemen met hun congresleden.

www.releasethekids.com
Release the Kids
There will be no peace in Ukraine until Russia releases nearly 20,000 kids from captivity.
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April 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Vandaag publiceert @amnesty.org hun rapport 'Unhoused and unheard – How Belgium’s persistent failure to provide reception violates asylum seekers’ rights'.

Het is vrij ongezien dat Amnesty een rapport uitbrengt over een EU-lidstaat.

www.amnesty.org/en/documents... 1/2
Belgium: Unhoused and unheard - How Belgium's persistent failure to provide reception violates asylum seekers' rights - Amnesty International
Since October 2021, Belgian authorities have failed to provide adequate reception and protect the human rights of thousands of asylum seekers, including access to healthcare and hygiene facilities to ...
www.amnesty.org
April 3, 2025 at 5:52 AM