Madelon Polak 📚♿
@maluce.bsky.social
Retired librarian, wheelchair dependent, reader, GenX, European, Ally.
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I visited an asylum centre (AZC) in south Holland today and honestly, it was the loveliest experience. Friendly staff; nice facilities; cheerful young residents from Eritrea, Somalia, Syria making guests injera, baklava and coffee. Just as far as you can imagine from stereotypes of violent thuggery.
September 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I visited an asylum centre (AZC) in south Holland today and honestly, it was the loveliest experience. Friendly staff; nice facilities; cheerful young residents from Eritrea, Somalia, Syria making guests injera, baklava and coffee. Just as far as you can imagine from stereotypes of violent thuggery.
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Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
May 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
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Repost if you’re still calling it the Gulf of Mexico. ✋🏽
May 14, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Repost if you’re still calling it the Gulf of Mexico. ✋🏽
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FACT CHECK: TRUE
May 17, 2025 at 9:54 AM
FACT CHECK: TRUE
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Posting this again because I love it 🤣
April 29, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Posting this again because I love it 🤣
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Same Hate
Different Hat
Different Hat
April 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Same Hate
Different Hat
Different Hat
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It is not a “DEI” rollback it is the resegregation of American universities. Headline writers could at least be honest about this.
"At Michigan, students have been told the casualties include orientation events for new Latino, Arab and Asian American students, along with the LEAD Scholars program, a financial aid award for Black, Latino and Native American students."
These things harm no one. He just wants nonwhite suffering.
These things harm no one. He just wants nonwhite suffering.
DEI rollbacks hit campus support systems for students of color
As U.S. colleges are pulling back on diversity, equity and inclusion practices, students of color say they are starting to lose campus mentors, move-in events, scholarships and diversity offices where...
apnews.com
April 19, 2025 at 11:56 AM
It is not a “DEI” rollback it is the resegregation of American universities. Headline writers could at least be honest about this.
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Ik heb een korte animatie gemaakt naar aanleiding van mijn brief aan minister Keijzer. #WonenZonderDrempels
Willen jullie dit delen?
Alvast bedankt!😊
*Geluid aan voor mijn voice-over.
Willen jullie dit delen?
Alvast bedankt!😊
*Geluid aan voor mijn voice-over.
April 18, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Ik heb een korte animatie gemaakt naar aanleiding van mijn brief aan minister Keijzer. #WonenZonderDrempels
Willen jullie dit delen?
Alvast bedankt!😊
*Geluid aan voor mijn voice-over.
Willen jullie dit delen?
Alvast bedankt!😊
*Geluid aan voor mijn voice-over.
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“The European Union alone has a GDP about 10 times that of Russia, and if you add the U.K. and Norway to that calculation, the imbalance in favor of Ukraine grows even larger.”
Good piece on why Russia is in dire straits and everyone should get behind Ukraine.
Good piece on why Russia is in dire straits and everyone should get behind Ukraine.
Russia Is Losing the War of Attrition
Ukraine is not on the verge of collapse. That makes the Trump administration’s decisions particularly shortsighted and tragic.
www.theatlantic.com
March 7, 2025 at 11:41 PM
“The European Union alone has a GDP about 10 times that of Russia, and if you add the U.K. and Norway to that calculation, the imbalance in favor of Ukraine grows even larger.”
Good piece on why Russia is in dire straits and everyone should get behind Ukraine.
Good piece on why Russia is in dire straits and everyone should get behind Ukraine.
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Tot nog toe was de stilte van Europese leiders na iedere provocatie van Trump oorverdovend.
Die stilte is niet langer houdbaar.
Ze moeten zich uitspreken. Grenzen stellen. En geen millimeter weggeven aan dit Amerika.
Die stilte is niet langer houdbaar.
Ze moeten zich uitspreken. Grenzen stellen. En geen millimeter weggeven aan dit Amerika.
February 28, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Tot nog toe was de stilte van Europese leiders na iedere provocatie van Trump oorverdovend.
Die stilte is niet langer houdbaar.
Ze moeten zich uitspreken. Grenzen stellen. En geen millimeter weggeven aan dit Amerika.
Die stilte is niet langer houdbaar.
Ze moeten zich uitspreken. Grenzen stellen. En geen millimeter weggeven aan dit Amerika.
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Het dieptepunt van 2024, in feite van de parlementaire democratie, was het aan de macht komen van de PVV van Geert Wilders.
Op basis van de relevante wetenschappelijke literatuur kan worden vastgesteld dat de PVV aan vrijwel alle kenmerken van het fascisme voldoet. Een analyse. 🧵
Op basis van de relevante wetenschappelijke literatuur kan worden vastgesteld dat de PVV aan vrijwel alle kenmerken van het fascisme voldoet. Een analyse. 🧵
December 15, 2024 at 3:24 PM
Het dieptepunt van 2024, in feite van de parlementaire democratie, was het aan de macht komen van de PVV van Geert Wilders.
Op basis van de relevante wetenschappelijke literatuur kan worden vastgesteld dat de PVV aan vrijwel alle kenmerken van het fascisme voldoet. Een analyse. 🧵
Op basis van de relevante wetenschappelijke literatuur kan worden vastgesteld dat de PVV aan vrijwel alle kenmerken van het fascisme voldoet. Een analyse. 🧵
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Zo onomwonden stond kritiek op Trump nog niet eerder in een van de Nederlandse kranten. Of heeft iemand een bewijs van het tegendeel?
February 20, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Zo onomwonden stond kritiek op Trump nog niet eerder in een van de Nederlandse kranten. Of heeft iemand een bewijs van het tegendeel?
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Wake. Up. America. 👇
Like NOW!!
Like NOW!!
February 18, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Wake. Up. America. 👇
Like NOW!!
Like NOW!!
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For anyone talking to the press:
-call this shit what it is—a coup
-call these assholes what they are—fascists
-call the H5N1 shitshow what is is—an immediate threat to millions of lives & the global economy
-call on others to resist this attempt to subvert and destroy democracy
-call this shit what it is—a coup
-call these assholes what they are—fascists
-call the H5N1 shitshow what is is—an immediate threat to millions of lives & the global economy
-call on others to resist this attempt to subvert and destroy democracy
February 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
For anyone talking to the press:
-call this shit what it is—a coup
-call these assholes what they are—fascists
-call the H5N1 shitshow what is is—an immediate threat to millions of lives & the global economy
-call on others to resist this attempt to subvert and destroy democracy
-call this shit what it is—a coup
-call these assholes what they are—fascists
-call the H5N1 shitshow what is is—an immediate threat to millions of lives & the global economy
-call on others to resist this attempt to subvert and destroy democracy
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Don’t just say DEI as if it’s a bad word. Spell it out.
Say diversity, which is the lifeblood of American society & culture & innovation.
Say equity, which a just society should pursue.
Say inclusion, because decent people believe in increasing belonging, not isolating people who are different.
Say diversity, which is the lifeblood of American society & culture & innovation.
Say equity, which a just society should pursue.
Say inclusion, because decent people believe in increasing belonging, not isolating people who are different.
February 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Don’t just say DEI as if it’s a bad word. Spell it out.
Say diversity, which is the lifeblood of American society & culture & innovation.
Say equity, which a just society should pursue.
Say inclusion, because decent people believe in increasing belonging, not isolating people who are different.
Say diversity, which is the lifeblood of American society & culture & innovation.
Say equity, which a just society should pursue.
Say inclusion, because decent people believe in increasing belonging, not isolating people who are different.
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call it what it is
What is it called when an erratic billionaire, whom nobody elected, rampages through the federal government, purging civil servants, seizing functional control over trillions of dollars, and attempting to destroy entire agencies—all in violation of the law?
This is a coup. slate.com/news-and-pol...
This is a coup. slate.com/news-and-pol...
February 4, 2025 at 7:14 PM
call it what it is
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Stel dat Wilders dit over Joden had gezegd. De wereld was te klein geweest en het was einde politieke carrière Geert Wilders. Het fascistische spook is terug en we weigeren het monster in de bek te kijken. Dit is geen populisme, dit fascisme.
February 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Stel dat Wilders dit over Joden had gezegd. De wereld was te klein geweest en het was einde politieke carrière Geert Wilders. Het fascistische spook is terug en we weigeren het monster in de bek te kijken. Dit is geen populisme, dit fascisme.
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February 4, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Mijn column van 1 februari 2025.
Over de immer wijzende vinger naar vrouwen.
Over de immer wijzende vinger naar vrouwen.
February 1, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Mijn column van 1 februari 2025.
Over de immer wijzende vinger naar vrouwen.
Over de immer wijzende vinger naar vrouwen.