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Milou Carstens 🇳🇱🇪🇺🇺🇦
@miloucarstens.bsky.social
MA Historian specialized in Eastern Europe 📚✍️|
UN Sustainable Development Goals advocate 🌱🌍
“Een democratie gaat zelden van de ene op de andere dag ten onder. Ze wordt geleidelijk uitgehold door overgave: rationalisaties en compromissen van machthebbers die zichzelf wijsmaken dat een klein beetje toegeven veiligheid biedt…”

www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Opinie | Waarschuwingen uit Weimar
Extremisme: Extremisten kunnen alleen aan de macht komen met hulp van partijen die uit ambitie of lijfsbehoud met ze samenwerken. Dat is de les van de Weimarrepubliek, zegt Daniel Ziblatt.
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October 7, 2025 at 8:32 AM
“De humanisering van de chatbot zal leiden tot de dehumanisering van de mens, aangezien de chatbot nooit in staat zal zijn om de mens te begrijpen en doorgronden, om als een Ander tegenover hem te staan.” Prachtig essay van Tom Grosfeld in @groene.nl www.groene.nl/artikel/bete...
De humanisering van de chatbot is de dehumanisering van onszelf
Steeds meer mensen voeren persoonlijke gesprekken met een chatbot, die zich voordoet als een toegewijde vriend. Totdat er nergens meer een echte Ander te bekennen is. Pas dan is de winst voor Big Tech...
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October 3, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Kharkiv right now. Moscovia bombs sleeping families. 4 victims including kids.

Don’t tell me about peace that Putin wants. Do not dare.
August 18, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Provocerende persiflage aan de Stadhouderslaan, tegenover het accreditatiecentrum v/d Navo-top
June 25, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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Zelenskyy at Albania summit: “This week we had a real chance, but Putin was scared to come to Turkey. Russia sent empty heads to talks, ruining diplomacy. If they’re just acting, the world must respond decisively,” per Nexta.
May 16, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Ondertussen worden aan deze ietwat kinderachtig ogende onderhandelingstafel in Tirana toch veel volwassenere gesprekken gevoerd dan daar in Istanbul. Viel te verwachten…
May 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Wie wil weten waar de wereld naartoe gaat, moet romans lezen www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Wat vindt NRC | Wie wil weten waar de wereld naartoe gaat, moet romans lezen
Boekenweek
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March 19, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Het ‘we zijn helemaal klaar met de VS, en dat hadden we allang moeten zijn’-sentiment groeit sneller dan ooit op ons continent, en dat is geheel terecht. Maar laten we ervoor waken dat we nu niet, binnen de mist van de razendsnelle ontwikkelingen, de nuance verliezen en vallen voor complottheorieën.
March 5, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Worth stating simply what’s happening. An American government is launching a full-scope political & economic assault on an ally repelling an ongoing invasion to compel them to terminate martial law, topple their president, hand over minerals to America & accept a ceasefire w/out security guarantees.
March 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Just a quick reminder: “The Russian president can’t win his war against Ukraine unless he persuades its allies to betray it”, as historian @anneapplebaum.bsky.social writes in The Atlantic.

www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

“The only war that Putin is winning is inside of Trump’s head.”
March 3, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Here I react to the shameful behavior of American leaders and media toward the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share.
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Five Failures in the Oval Office (video)
America hurt itself badly today.
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March 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
“Through the Cold War period, Americans were haunted by the fear that a person with clandestine loyalties to a hostile foreign power might somehow rise to high office.
(…)
But what if the loyalties were not clandestine, not secret?”
“Trump and Vance have revealed to Americans and to America’s allies their alignment with Russia, and their animosity toward Ukraine in general and its president in particular,” writes @davidfrum.bsky.social. “The truth is ugly, but it’s necessary to face it.” theatln.tc/OBWzC38t
At Least Now We Know the Truth
The truth is ugly, but it’s necessary to face it.
theatln.tc
February 28, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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"NATO is not the thing that Russia is afraid of. Russia is afraid of democracy expanding to Russia. Why are we in NATO? Its because we are afraid of Russia. And the only thing that really works – the only security guarantee that works – is NATO's umbrella," Kaja Kallas said in an interview with AFP
February 28, 2025 at 8:13 AM
WHAT WAR IS - a poem by Ostap Slyvynsky (via @timothysnyder.bsky.social )

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WHAT WAR IS
A poem by Ostap Slyvynsky
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February 24, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Amsterdam Dam Square yesterday.
February 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Excellent piece by former PM of Finland.

Now is the time for Europe to show strength, not division, argues Sanna Marin
www.economist.com/by-invitatio...
Now is the time for Europe to show strength, not division, argues Sanna Marin
Finland’s former leader makes the case for stumping up tens of billions more for Ukraine
www.economist.com
February 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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With #MSC2025 underway, Europe has a chance to influence Ukraine’s future. Putin is now Washington’s "special negotiation partner"—but he’s not offering real compromise. @camillegrand.bsky.social on why Europeans must step up before others decide for them 👇
Ukraine negotiations: How Europeans can be at the table, not on the menu
Donald Trump has spoken to Vladimir Putin, and they are ready to begin negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. Already, the US has ceded to two major Russian demands. How Europeans respond is crucial…
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February 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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"My husband, who is also my constant companion, is at the frontlines fighting against the Russians." Veronika Puhach

This #ValentinesDay, CEPA highlights stories of love & resilience as Russia’s war in Ukraine continues.
The Compass of My Love
My husband, my constant companion, is at the Ukrainian front fighting the Russians, writes Veronika Puhach.
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February 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM