Johannes (Jan) Velterop
@villavelius.bsky.social
ORCID 0000-0002-4836-6568
Internationalist. Open Access. EU Citizen. ⓐ = I claim no rights other than attribution, and even that I'm relaxed about.
Pronounce: with a V, not an F or a W.
Pronouns: I don't care.
Internationalist. Open Access. EU Citizen. ⓐ = I claim no rights other than attribution, and even that I'm relaxed about.
Pronounce: with a V, not an F or a W.
Pronouns: I don't care.
Bij het electoraat is 'meeuwigheid' troef. Net als meeuwen slikken de kiezers vrijwel alles wat er hun wordt toegeworpen. Vooral als het om loze beloften gaat.
December 31, 2024 at 10:03 AM
Bij het electoraat is 'meeuwigheid' troef. Net als meeuwen slikken de kiezers vrijwel alles wat er hun wordt toegeworpen. Vooral als het om loze beloften gaat.
Thickotropy (not to be confused with thixotropy) is the turning to, or putting one's faith in, thickos/thickheads*. The phenomenon seems predominant in rightwing political circles.
* particularly stupid people, (sometimes deliberately so).
* particularly stupid people, (sometimes deliberately so).
February 13, 2024 at 12:31 PM
Thickotropy (not to be confused with thixotropy) is the turning to, or putting one's faith in, thickos/thickheads*. The phenomenon seems predominant in rightwing political circles.
* particularly stupid people, (sometimes deliberately so).
* particularly stupid people, (sometimes deliberately so).
“There’s maybe a little problem with his memory – it was actually a female president, not of a country but of the European Union.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/f...
Nato chief says Trump remarks may put US and EU lives at risk
Jens Stoltenberg says Nato ‘ready and able to defend all allies’, after Trump invited Russia to attack member countries
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2024 at 5:06 AM
“There’s maybe a little problem with his memory – it was actually a female president, not of a country but of the European Union.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/f...
The choice is stark: a slightly forgetful octogenarian versus an unhinged would-be dictatorial almost-octogenarian.
February 11, 2024 at 3:15 PM
The choice is stark: a slightly forgetful octogenarian versus an unhinged would-be dictatorial almost-octogenarian.
Trump, de volstrekt onbetrouwbare 'bondgenoot' en Putin Versteher
nos.nl/l/2508395
nos.nl/l/2508395
February 11, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Trump, de volstrekt onbetrouwbare 'bondgenoot' en Putin Versteher
nos.nl/l/2508395
nos.nl/l/2508395
De overeenkomst van carnaval en de eerste (in)formatiepoging is dat de kluchtigheid a.s. woensdag echt wel over is. Alaaf!
February 11, 2024 at 8:55 AM
De overeenkomst van carnaval en de eerste (in)formatiepoging is dat de kluchtigheid a.s. woensdag echt wel over is. Alaaf!
Catholics, but also rational people. They believed in life after death, of course, but quite possibly life on earth in general, just not their own.
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/f...
February 11, 2024 at 8:52 AM
Catholics, but also rational people. They believed in life after death, of course, but quite possibly life on earth in general, just not their own.
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/f...
'Unhinged' is an understatement, of course.
Trump says he would 'encourage' Russia to attack Nato allies who do not pay their bills Trump says he would 'encourage' Russia to attack Nato allies who do not pay their bills www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-u...
Trump says he would 'encourage' Russia to attack Nato allies who do not pay their bills Trump says he would 'encourage' Russia to attack Nato allies who do not pay their bills www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-u...
Trump says he would 'encourage' Russia to attack Nato allies who do not pay their bills
The US presidential hopeful says he would not protect any country failing to pay its bills.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 11, 2024 at 8:40 AM
'Unhinged' is an understatement, of course.
Trump says he would 'encourage' Russia to attack Nato allies who do not pay their bills Trump says he would 'encourage' Russia to attack Nato allies who do not pay their bills www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-u...
Trump says he would 'encourage' Russia to attack Nato allies who do not pay their bills Trump says he would 'encourage' Russia to attack Nato allies who do not pay their bills www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-u...