Peter Vermij
@petervermij.bsky.social
Food for thought, per Anne Applebaum: Trump has [re]created a new stereotype: the unreliable, self-centered, brutal American. It will stay with us until long after he has left the stage. Could Europe have just found out what many countries have known all along? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Rise of the Brutal American
This is how the bad guys act.
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March 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Food for thought, per Anne Applebaum: Trump has [re]created a new stereotype: the unreliable, self-centered, brutal American. It will stay with us until long after he has left the stage. Could Europe have just found out what many countries have known all along? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Reposted by Peter Vermij
For eight decades, America’s alliances with other democracies were the bedrock of American foreign policy, trade policy, and cultural influence.
No longer
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No longer
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The End of the Postwar World
Trump and Vance are sending a dark message to America’s allies.
www.theatlantic.com
February 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
For eight decades, America’s alliances with other democracies were the bedrock of American foreign policy, trade policy, and cultural influence.
No longer
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
No longer
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Food for thought: American oligarchs want to undermine European institutions because they don’t want to be regulated. Only one institution on the planet has the power to make them change. Hence, the EU will probably become one of Trump's most prominent targets.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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Europe’s Elon Musk Problem
He and other tech oligarchs are making it impossible to conduct free and fair elections anywhere.
www.theatlantic.com
January 29, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Food for thought: American oligarchs want to undermine European institutions because they don’t want to be regulated. Only one institution on the planet has the power to make them change. Hence, the EU will probably become one of Trump's most prominent targets.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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Today's food for thought: in Bangkok, 'the rainbow flag is proudly flying over Thailand,' Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said. In Washington DC, Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to stop acknowledging the reality of gender diversity. www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/gen....
Hundreds wed as Thai same-sex marriage law takes effect
Same-sex couples across Thailand tied the knot at district offices and shopping malls amid smiles, tears and celebrations as the long-awaited Marriage Equality Act officially took effect on Thursda...
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January 23, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Today's food for thought: in Bangkok, 'the rainbow flag is proudly flying over Thailand,' Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said. In Washington DC, Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to stop acknowledging the reality of gender diversity. www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/gen....
Stof tot nadenken vandaag: waarom asielminister Faber strafrechtelijk kan en moet worden vervolgd wegens ambtsmisdrijf: willens en wetens nalaten mensen onder haar hoede veiligheid te geven. Geldt dat misschien ook voor de premier boven haar? www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
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January 21, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Stof tot nadenken vandaag: waarom asielminister Faber strafrechtelijk kan en moet worden vervolgd wegens ambtsmisdrijf: willens en wetens nalaten mensen onder haar hoede veiligheid te geven. Geldt dat misschien ook voor de premier boven haar? www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Today's food for thought: was/is the 'Change through Trade' philosophy a fatal mistake after all? Should we build trade walls around democracies? Mathias Döpfner, CEO of German publishing giant Axel Springer, thinks so. Not convinced yet.
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January 19, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Today's food for thought: was/is the 'Change through Trade' philosophy a fatal mistake after all? Should we build trade walls around democracies? Mathias Döpfner, CEO of German publishing giant Axel Springer, thinks so. Not convinced yet.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Today's food for thought: United States preparing to 'punish' everyone who helps bring international war criminals to justice -- and their families too. A brutal city on a hill. rollcall.com/2025/01/09/h...
House backs international court sanctions over Israeli warrants - Roll Call
The House gave bipartisan backing to sanctions against ICC officials over arrest warrants issued against two Israeli leaders.
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January 13, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Today's food for thought: United States preparing to 'punish' everyone who helps bring international war criminals to justice -- and their families too. A brutal city on a hill. rollcall.com/2025/01/09/h...
Food for thought: Last year the average global temperature breached the 1.5 degrees Celsius warming threshold for the very first time. Even if an outlier, it's pretty clear that we will race past that goal. "Now what?" www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
2024’s Record-Breaking Heat Brought the World to a Dangerous Threshold. Now What?
Global temperatures last year crept past a key goal, raising questions about how much nations can stop the planet from heating up further.
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January 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Food for thought: Last year the average global temperature breached the 1.5 degrees Celsius warming threshold for the very first time. Even if an outlier, it's pretty clear that we will race past that goal. "Now what?" www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Volt geeft weer het goede voorbeeld: stopt met communiceren via Twitter/X, eigendom en politiek instrument van een extreem-rechtse agitator belust op wereldwijde macht. Wie volgt? @d66nl.bsky.social? @d66amsterdam.bsky.social?
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Volt stapt als eerste partij in Nederland van X af
Weg van X: Politieke partij Volt zegt maandag zijn X-accounts op. Het medium van Elon Musk wordt volgens de partij te veel gebruikt voor zijn eigen politieke agenda. „We willen hier geen onderdeel mee...
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January 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Volt geeft weer het goede voorbeeld: stopt met communiceren via Twitter/X, eigendom en politiek instrument van een extreem-rechtse agitator belust op wereldwijde macht. Wie volgt? @d66nl.bsky.social? @d66amsterdam.bsky.social?
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This morning, Elon Musk tweeted his support for German Neonazi's. Who can still reasonably defend remaining on Twitter/X now?
December 20, 2024 at 1:31 PM
This morning, Elon Musk tweeted his support for German Neonazi's. Who can still reasonably defend remaining on Twitter/X now?
Food for thought of the day:
The war in Ukraine is about far more than freedom and Russian power: it's about raw materials worth trillions.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
The war in Ukraine is about far more than freedom and Russian power: it's about raw materials worth trillions.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Does Trump want Putin to get Ukraine’s $26 trillion in gas and minerals?
Kyiv controls vast gas and mineral deposits. Does Trump want those flowing west, or to Russia and China?
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December 18, 2024 at 9:07 PM
Food for thought of the day:
The war in Ukraine is about far more than freedom and Russian power: it's about raw materials worth trillions.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
The war in Ukraine is about far more than freedom and Russian power: it's about raw materials worth trillions.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Food for thought of the day:
Why ignorance and misinformed nostalgia about farming keeps us from making food production for 10 billion people truly sustainable.
"Sorry, but This Is the Future of Food" www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/o...
Why ignorance and misinformed nostalgia about farming keeps us from making food production for 10 billion people truly sustainable.
"Sorry, but This Is the Future of Food" www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/o...
Opinion | Sorry, but This Is the Future of Food
Every farm, even the scenic ones with red barns and rolling hills, is a kind of environmental crime scene, an echo of whatever wilderness it once replaced.
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2024 at 1:10 PM
Food for thought of the day:
Why ignorance and misinformed nostalgia about farming keeps us from making food production for 10 billion people truly sustainable.
"Sorry, but This Is the Future of Food" www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/o...
Why ignorance and misinformed nostalgia about farming keeps us from making food production for 10 billion people truly sustainable.
"Sorry, but This Is the Future of Food" www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/o...
Denkvoedsel van de dag:
De complexe hedendaagse wereld van internationale mis- en desinformatie, en de serieuze vraag of Nederlandse journalisten en hun methoden daar wel tegen zijn opgewassen.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/...
De complexe hedendaagse wereld van internationale mis- en desinformatie, en de serieuze vraag of Nederlandse journalisten en hun methoden daar wel tegen zijn opgewassen.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/...
De twee gezichten van Wang Jingyu: hoe een Chinese dissident zich verdacht maakt
Chinese intimidatie: China zou de in Nederland verblijvende dissident Wang Jingyu hebben geïntimideerd en bedreigd. Maar uit verhalen van andere dissidenten komt het beeld naar voren van een man met t...
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December 14, 2024 at 2:54 PM
Denkvoedsel van de dag:
De complexe hedendaagse wereld van internationale mis- en desinformatie, en de serieuze vraag of Nederlandse journalisten en hun methoden daar wel tegen zijn opgewassen.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/...
De complexe hedendaagse wereld van internationale mis- en desinformatie, en de serieuze vraag of Nederlandse journalisten en hun methoden daar wel tegen zijn opgewassen.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/...
Denkvoedsel van de dag:
Een nieuw wetsvoorstel wil 'etnisch profileren' door overheden verbieden. De overheid zou mensen niet meer verschillend mogen behandelen op basis van hun huidskleur of achtergrond. Eens kijken wie er paadjes vinden om daar tegen te zijn.
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Een nieuw wetsvoorstel wil 'etnisch profileren' door overheden verbieden. De overheid zou mensen niet meer verschillend mogen behandelen op basis van hun huidskleur of achtergrond. Eens kijken wie er paadjes vinden om daar tegen te zijn.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/...
Wetsvoorstel moet ervoor zorgen dat etnisch profileren écht niet meer gebeurt
Discriminatie: Een initiatiefwetsvoorstel van Kamerleden Mpanzu Bamenga (D66) en Willem Koops (NSC) moet duidelijker vastleggen dat de overheid geen onderscheid mag maken op basis van ‘raciale kenmerk...
www.nrc.nl
December 13, 2024 at 11:09 AM
Denkvoedsel van de dag:
Een nieuw wetsvoorstel wil 'etnisch profileren' door overheden verbieden. De overheid zou mensen niet meer verschillend mogen behandelen op basis van hun huidskleur of achtergrond. Eens kijken wie er paadjes vinden om daar tegen te zijn.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/...
Een nieuw wetsvoorstel wil 'etnisch profileren' door overheden verbieden. De overheid zou mensen niet meer verschillend mogen behandelen op basis van hun huidskleur of achtergrond. Eens kijken wie er paadjes vinden om daar tegen te zijn.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/...
Today's food for thought:
Two women jailed for being in a loving relationship. Let's think about them and so many others.
www.reuters.com/world/africa...
Two women jailed for being in a loving relationship. Let's think about them and so many others.
www.reuters.com/world/africa...
December 12, 2024 at 3:47 PM
Today's food for thought:
Two women jailed for being in a loving relationship. Let's think about them and so many others.
www.reuters.com/world/africa...
Two women jailed for being in a loving relationship. Let's think about them and so many others.
www.reuters.com/world/africa...
Denkvoedsel van de dag. Angst voor migranten komt van boven, niet van beneden.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/...
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Column | Hoe de extreemrechtse elite aan stemmen komt
In Europa: Caroline de Gruyter
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December 7, 2024 at 10:47 AM
Denkvoedsel van de dag. Angst voor migranten komt van boven, niet van beneden.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/...
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Denkvoedsel van de dag: hoe lang duurt het voor mensen notoire fantasten en bedriegers in hun omgeving durven te ontmaskeren? Lang. Heel lang.
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De ontmaskering van techmiljonair Pieter Vos
Reconstructie: Softwarebedrijf Rodeo was een van de meest veelbelovende start-ups van Nederland. Met een omzet van tientallen miljoenen, bakken geld van investeerders en snelle groei in Europa én de V...
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December 6, 2024 at 7:19 PM
Denkvoedsel van de dag: hoe lang duurt het voor mensen notoire fantasten en bedriegers in hun omgeving durven te ontmaskeren? Lang. Heel lang.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/...
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/...
Today's food for thought:
"Blue America, you really need to get over Angela Merkel"
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"Blue America, you really need to get over Angela Merkel"
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Blue America, you really need to get over Angela Merkel
Democrats inexplicably still extol Angela Merkel despite her manifest failures as Germany’s leader.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2024 at 8:35 PM
Today's food for thought:
"Blue America, you really need to get over Angela Merkel"
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
"Blue America, you really need to get over Angela Merkel"
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Stof tot nadenken vandaag.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/...
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Die sneeuwluipaard die dat uitgeputte steenbokje een duw geeft, waarna het hotsend en botsend het ravijn instort, is dat moord?
Herbert Prins | bioloog: Herbert Prins maakte lange reizen door de ruigste gebieden. Hij bestudeerde brandganzen en ontsnapte aan ijsberen en straatrovers. „Mag de natuur werkelijk vrij zijn van morel...
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December 2, 2024 at 5:08 PM
Stof tot nadenken vandaag.
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/...
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Lesson of the day:
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Trump Will Overplay His Hand. Here’s How to Be Ready.
I lived through the rise of authoritarianism in Turkey. Here’s what I learned.
www.politico.com
December 1, 2024 at 9:59 PM
Lesson of the day:
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"I Ran Operation Warp Speed. I’m Concerned About Bird Flu."
Avian influenza might mutate to enable human-to-human transmission" www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/o...
Avian influenza might mutate to enable human-to-human transmission" www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/o...
Opinion | I Ran Operation Warp Speed. I’m Concerned About Bird Flu. (Gift Article)
Avian influenza might mutate to enable human-to-human transmission.
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2024 at 12:20 PM
"I Ran Operation Warp Speed. I’m Concerned About Bird Flu."
Avian influenza might mutate to enable human-to-human transmission" www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/o...
Avian influenza might mutate to enable human-to-human transmission" www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/o...
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I Watched Orbán Destroy Hungary’s Democracy. Here’s My Advice for the Trump Era.
To dismantle the machinery of autocracy, you first need to understand how it works.
I Watched Orbán Destroy Hungary’s Democracy. Here’s My Advice for the Trump Era.
To dismantle the machinery of autocracy, you first need to understand how it works.
November 25, 2024 at 5:24 PM
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I Watched Orbán Destroy Hungary’s Democracy. Here’s My Advice for the Trump Era.
To dismantle the machinery of autocracy, you first need to understand how it works.
I Watched Orbán Destroy Hungary’s Democracy. Here’s My Advice for the Trump Era.
To dismantle the machinery of autocracy, you first need to understand how it works.
