Pieter
@theflydutchman.bsky.social
Social researcher, here for the thoughts of wiser people (and my favourite podcast(er)s). 🇳🇱🇺🇸🇬🇧
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My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
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*More than half of the GOP believe the 2020 election outcome was the result of fraud
*More than 4 out of 10 believe 9/11 was an inside job
*37% believe the Holocaust did not happen or was exaggerate
*36% believe NASA faked the moon landing
*1 in 3 believe vaccines cause autism
*More than 4 out of 10 believe 9/11 was an inside job
*37% believe the Holocaust did not happen or was exaggerate
*36% believe NASA faked the moon landing
*1 in 3 believe vaccines cause autism
December 6, 2025 at 1:21 PM
*More than half of the GOP believe the 2020 election outcome was the result of fraud
*More than 4 out of 10 believe 9/11 was an inside job
*37% believe the Holocaust did not happen or was exaggerate
*36% believe NASA faked the moon landing
*1 in 3 believe vaccines cause autism
*More than 4 out of 10 believe 9/11 was an inside job
*37% believe the Holocaust did not happen or was exaggerate
*36% believe NASA faked the moon landing
*1 in 3 believe vaccines cause autism
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Pros And Cons Of War With Venezuela https://theonion.com/pros-and-cons-of-war-with-venezuela/
December 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Pros And Cons Of War With Venezuela https://theonion.com/pros-and-cons-of-war-with-venezuela/
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Zack Polanski calls for cap on political donations after £9m gift to Reform UK, saying democracy should 'never be for sale' - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Keir Starmer says deportation policies touted by Reform UK ‘would tear our country apart’ – UK politics live
Prime minister says Britain may not survive as ‘tolerant, diverse country’ if Nigel Farage takes power
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Zack Polanski calls for cap on political donations after £9m gift to Reform UK, saying democracy should 'never be for sale' - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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Kristi Noem and Tom Homan hiring the best and the brightest for their new ICE Army. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
December 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Kristi Noem and Tom Homan hiring the best and the brightest for their new ICE Army. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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So the line is that he wasn't getting paid for any of this
November 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
So the line is that he wasn't getting paid for any of this
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There is more to this than the obvious corruption. I suspect it is the latest attempt to withhold the incriminating Epstein files. If DOJ has an open, ongoing investigation into Epstein again, it can use that fact as a pretext for withholding any documents, lest it undermine the case. So shady.
November 14, 2025 at 11:49 PM
There is more to this than the obvious corruption. I suspect it is the latest attempt to withhold the incriminating Epstein files. If DOJ has an open, ongoing investigation into Epstein again, it can use that fact as a pretext for withholding any documents, lest it undermine the case. So shady.
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Is there a Home Secretary who, since 2005, *hasn’t* “introduced” safe return reviews for refugees? Other than Grant Shapps, who only had a few hours. Re-announcing an old, existing and totally pointless policy is very, very tired.
November 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Is there a Home Secretary who, since 2005, *hasn’t* “introduced” safe return reviews for refugees? Other than Grant Shapps, who only had a few hours. Re-announcing an old, existing and totally pointless policy is very, very tired.
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Michael Prescott and Sir Robbie Gibb both bailed out of journalism years ago, and enjoy lucrative careers in corporate PR. And now they are the arbiters of BBC editorial standards. Go figure www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
The BBC has bigger impartiality problems than its coverage of Trump
It is the BBC’s entire governance structure–rather than individual stories–that should cause most concern
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Michael Prescott and Sir Robbie Gibb both bailed out of journalism years ago, and enjoy lucrative careers in corporate PR. And now they are the arbiters of BBC editorial standards. Go figure www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
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Your daily reminder that the government continues to commercially support an individual who wants to destroy it through fascist violence.
Elon musk: ‘Civil war in Britain is inevitable. Just a question of when.’
October 29, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Your daily reminder that the government continues to commercially support an individual who wants to destroy it through fascist violence.
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Fuck winter, I hate it iandunt.substack.com/p/today-it-r...
October 24, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Fuck winter, I hate it iandunt.substack.com/p/today-it-r...
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'Vote Reform to die horribly in a sovereign Britain increasingly cut off from the world'.
Old people need to start understanding that Farage's immigration approach would directly impact the health service upon which they rely.
Old people need to start understanding that Farage's immigration approach would directly impact the health service upon which they rely.
October 24, 2025 at 9:03 AM
'Vote Reform to die horribly in a sovereign Britain increasingly cut off from the world'.
Old people need to start understanding that Farage's immigration approach would directly impact the health service upon which they rely.
Old people need to start understanding that Farage's immigration approach would directly impact the health service upon which they rely.
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A simple first step: No more vox pops in deserted midday high streets when the only people likely to have the time or inclination to speak to a camera crew are wholly untypical. Pensioners, in other words.
Focus groups get a bad rep but I have never once run one during normal working hours.
Focus groups get a bad rep but I have never once run one during normal working hours.
Broadcasters - especially the BBC - have been working hard to ensure they give a voice to the 25-35% of people willing to vote Reform (and harder groups within that, like anti-asylum protest and Tommy protest)
Need to pay as much attention to the unheard majority who fear that form of politics
Need to pay as much attention to the unheard majority who fear that form of politics
October 24, 2025 at 8:16 AM
A simple first step: No more vox pops in deserted midday high streets when the only people likely to have the time or inclination to speak to a camera crew are wholly untypical. Pensioners, in other words.
Focus groups get a bad rep but I have never once run one during normal working hours.
Focus groups get a bad rep but I have never once run one during normal working hours.
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Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America
October 24, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America
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Almost nobody in the Cons Party or beyond it had noticed that the Shadow Home Secretary with two other frontbenchers and 5 backbenchers tabled a bill in May to deport 3 million people - stripping almost every pensioner, parent or nurse who did not take out citizenship of their right to live here
October 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Almost nobody in the Cons Party or beyond it had noticed that the Shadow Home Secretary with two other frontbenchers and 5 backbenchers tabled a bill in May to deport 3 million people - stripping almost every pensioner, parent or nurse who did not take out citizenship of their right to live here
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Surely the headline should be <Trump fails to have 2nd VP killed>?
October 20, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Surely the headline should be <Trump fails to have 2nd VP killed>?
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AOC has just officially become the top House fundraiser, beating out Hakeem Jeffries. Now lemme take a big sip of coffee as I look at the age distribution of donors to AOC vs Jeffries
October 16, 2025 at 8:51 PM
AOC has just officially become the top House fundraiser, beating out Hakeem Jeffries. Now lemme take a big sip of coffee as I look at the age distribution of donors to AOC vs Jeffries
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Today’s “One First” looks at how #SCOTUS and its defenders have responded to criticisms of the Court’s behavior in Trump cases either by knocking down straw men or by attacking the critics—without meaningfully defending what the Court is actually *doing*:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/183-the-mi...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/183-the-mi...
October 13, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Today’s “One First” looks at how #SCOTUS and its defenders have responded to criticisms of the Court’s behavior in Trump cases either by knocking down straw men or by attacking the critics—without meaningfully defending what the Court is actually *doing*:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/183-the-mi...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/183-the-mi...
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Kristi Noem’s America, folks. That poor dog. That poor family.
October 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Kristi Noem’s America, folks. That poor dog. That poor family.
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Miriam Margolyes is a mensch.
Miriam Margolyes is just a warrior woman. That's the post.
She said it all.
She said it all.
October 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Miriam Margolyes is a mensch.
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DEI is unfair tho'
Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...
Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job
US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board
www.telegraph.co.uk
October 11, 2025 at 5:51 PM
DEI is unfair tho'
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The thing I'm "stunned" about is why this isn't the biggest domestic news item on every flipping platform
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...
'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny
Insiders have told Byline Times it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements
bylinetimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The thing I'm "stunned" about is why this isn't the biggest domestic news item on every flipping platform
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...
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It’s extraordinary that Biden’s main weaknesses were inflation and cognitive decline and now America has inflation and cognitive decline as well as tariffs, authoritarianism, blatant corruption, etc
October 10, 2025 at 8:19 AM
It’s extraordinary that Biden’s main weaknesses were inflation and cognitive decline and now America has inflation and cognitive decline as well as tariffs, authoritarianism, blatant corruption, etc
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The U.S. government will now provide more than $34 billion a year to the fossil fuel industry in subsidies — but Chris Wright, the country’s top energy official, is claiming that those subsidies… don’t exist.
@emdashsanders.bsky.social unpacks why that might be.
@emdashsanders.bsky.social unpacks why that might be.
October 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The U.S. government will now provide more than $34 billion a year to the fossil fuel industry in subsidies — but Chris Wright, the country’s top energy official, is claiming that those subsidies… don’t exist.
@emdashsanders.bsky.social unpacks why that might be.
@emdashsanders.bsky.social unpacks why that might be.