Johan Wierenga
@jhawierenga.bsky.social
Python, Data, History, Science
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Do Europeans understand that Trump’s America just declared war on our way of life and on our Union?
December 7, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Do Europeans understand that Trump’s America just declared war on our way of life and on our Union?
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Alles wat Sheila zegt.
Je zou denken dat er binnen de VVD nog ergens een verstandig, liberaal mens rondloopt die koningin Dilan de deur wijst en de partij weer normaal laat doen. Maar ik vrees dat de rot inmiddels zo diep zit dat niemand nog weet hoe dat moet.
Je zou denken dat er binnen de VVD nog ergens een verstandig, liberaal mens rondloopt die koningin Dilan de deur wijst en de partij weer normaal laat doen. Maar ik vrees dat de rot inmiddels zo diep zit dat niemand nog weet hoe dat moet.
Yesilgöz zou deemoedig het hoofd moeten buigen, maar doet alsof ze de koningin van Seba is
Yesilgöz zou deemoedig het hoofd moeten buigen, maar doet alsof ze de koningin van Seba is
www.volkskrant.nl
December 6, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Alles wat Sheila zegt.
Je zou denken dat er binnen de VVD nog ergens een verstandig, liberaal mens rondloopt die koningin Dilan de deur wijst en de partij weer normaal laat doen. Maar ik vrees dat de rot inmiddels zo diep zit dat niemand nog weet hoe dat moet.
Je zou denken dat er binnen de VVD nog ergens een verstandig, liberaal mens rondloopt die koningin Dilan de deur wijst en de partij weer normaal laat doen. Maar ik vrees dat de rot inmiddels zo diep zit dat niemand nog weet hoe dat moet.
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"De VVD wil niet met GL-PvdA, maar wél met JA21: een club die als los zand aan elkaar hangt. Met abjecte denkbeelden. Intern broos, politiek samengeraapt, zonder fundament. De lijsttrekker heeft inmiddels in acht (!) verschillende politieke verbanden geopereerd." www.linkedin.com/posts/jandri...
#ja21 #formatie #verantwoordelijkheid #flexibiliteit #politiek #bestuur #leiderschap #nederland | Jan Driessen | 89 comments
Coalitieland Nederland ten dode opgeschreven als iedereen zijn poot stijf houdt
Besturen vraagt moed om te buigen, niet te blokkeren.
Nederland staat inmiddels al 2,5 jaar stil, niet uit politieke ...
www.linkedin.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:59 AM
"De VVD wil niet met GL-PvdA, maar wél met JA21: een club die als los zand aan elkaar hangt. Met abjecte denkbeelden. Intern broos, politiek samengeraapt, zonder fundament. De lijsttrekker heeft inmiddels in acht (!) verschillende politieke verbanden geopereerd." www.linkedin.com/posts/jandri...
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Dit bepaalt Cuperus op basis van zijn gevoel? De stelling dat “de uitslag veel rechtser was dan we lijken te beseffen” is totale onzin. De extreemrechtse coalitie verloor 37 zetels, rechts heeft geen meerderheid meer in de Kamer. Het centrum was de grote winnaar. Dat feit negeren zou crimineel zijn.
‘Agenda Bontenbal en Jetten best linksig, te progressief voor groot deel kiezers’
‘Agenda Bontenbal en Jetten best linksig, te progressief voor groot deel kiezers’
De snel verdwenen positiviteit over de plannen van D66 en CDA kan op langere termijn ook schadelijke effecten hebben op de partijen zelf. Daarvoor waarschuwt cultuurhistoricus Ren Cuperus Clingendael in BNRs Big Five. Door het huidige politieke gedoe in de hype van de formatie wordt volgens hem vergeten om na te denken over de langere termijn en over wat de kiezer heeft gezegd. De verkiezingsuitslag was een stuk rechtser dan men lijkt te beseffen.
www.bnr.nl
December 6, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Dit bepaalt Cuperus op basis van zijn gevoel? De stelling dat “de uitslag veel rechtser was dan we lijken te beseffen” is totale onzin. De extreemrechtse coalitie verloor 37 zetels, rechts heeft geen meerderheid meer in de Kamer. Het centrum was de grote winnaar. Dat feit negeren zou crimineel zijn.
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It’s unfair to compare Trump to Chamberlain. Chamberlain didn’t know if Hitler could be trusted, and he was a decent man trying to avoid another war.
Putin has no benefit of doubt left. He’s shown over and over he won’t honor any deal.
Putin has no benefit of doubt left. He’s shown over and over he won’t honor any deal.
November 22, 2025 at 3:09 AM
It’s unfair to compare Trump to Chamberlain. Chamberlain didn’t know if Hitler could be trusted, and he was a decent man trying to avoid another war.
Putin has no benefit of doubt left. He’s shown over and over he won’t honor any deal.
Putin has no benefit of doubt left. He’s shown over and over he won’t honor any deal.
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Het politieke midden (GLPvdA, D66, CDA, VVD) moet nu samenwerken en verregaande maatregelen nemen tegen de online verspreiding van fascisme en de invloed van algoritmes. Het is de laatste kans de hondsdolheid te beteugelen.
October 30, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Het politieke midden (GLPvdA, D66, CDA, VVD) moet nu samenwerken en verregaande maatregelen nemen tegen de online verspreiding van fascisme en de invloed van algoritmes. Het is de laatste kans de hondsdolheid te beteugelen.
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Politico reports that Hungary is actively working to form a "Ukraine-skeptic" alliance with Czechia and Slovakia. Balázs Orbán, a key adviser to Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán, said they aim to coordinate positions in the EU to reduce support for Ukraine.
Despicable and indefensible.
Despicable and indefensible.
October 28, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Politico reports that Hungary is actively working to form a "Ukraine-skeptic" alliance with Czechia and Slovakia. Balázs Orbán, a key adviser to Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán, said they aim to coordinate positions in the EU to reduce support for Ukraine.
Despicable and indefensible.
Despicable and indefensible.
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The report about the encirclement of 5,000 Ukrainian servicemen near Kupyansk and Pokrovsk is Russian Federation's bullshit - Zelenskyy
This time the fake is focused on the US to give the impression that Russia is supposedly winning.
This time the fake is focused on the US to give the impression that Russia is supposedly winning.
October 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The report about the encirclement of 5,000 Ukrainian servicemen near Kupyansk and Pokrovsk is Russian Federation's bullshit - Zelenskyy
This time the fake is focused on the US to give the impression that Russia is supposedly winning.
This time the fake is focused on the US to give the impression that Russia is supposedly winning.
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Twee kabinetten geleden stonden we ook op een keerpunt, was er spanning in de wereld en moesten we Nederland welvarend en veilig houden.
Toch liet de VVD Rutte 3 klappen ging het inmiddels mislukte avontuur met PVV aan.
Een gotspe, heet dit geloof ik.
Toch liet de VVD Rutte 3 klappen ging het inmiddels mislukte avontuur met PVV aan.
Een gotspe, heet dit geloof ik.
Minister Heinen van Financiën: ‘Nederland staat op een keerpunt’
Minister Heinen van Financiën: ‘Nederland staat op een keerpunt’
Spanningen in de wereld, oplopende overheidschulden. De politiek moet scherp kiezen om Nederland welvarend en een veilig land te houden, schrijft Eelco Heinen in het voorwoord van de miljoenennota.
fd.nl
September 16, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Twee kabinetten geleden stonden we ook op een keerpunt, was er spanning in de wereld en moesten we Nederland welvarend en veilig houden.
Toch liet de VVD Rutte 3 klappen ging het inmiddels mislukte avontuur met PVV aan.
Een gotspe, heet dit geloof ik.
Toch liet de VVD Rutte 3 klappen ging het inmiddels mislukte avontuur met PVV aan.
Een gotspe, heet dit geloof ik.
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Washington Post fires their last remaining Black opinion writer @karenattiah.bsky.social over the most benign comments in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's murder...
Meanwhile Fox still has Brian Kilmeade who casually said all homeless people should be killed.
Its all unfair & unbalanced. Wake up.
Meanwhile Fox still has Brian Kilmeade who casually said all homeless people should be killed.
Its all unfair & unbalanced. Wake up.
September 15, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Washington Post fires their last remaining Black opinion writer @karenattiah.bsky.social over the most benign comments in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk's murder...
Meanwhile Fox still has Brian Kilmeade who casually said all homeless people should be killed.
Its all unfair & unbalanced. Wake up.
Meanwhile Fox still has Brian Kilmeade who casually said all homeless people should be killed.
Its all unfair & unbalanced. Wake up.
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Aktion T4 redux.
Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
September 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Aktion T4 redux.
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South Korea and Brazil managed to do it. In the US, the Democrats chickened out and now the US republic is more or less lost.
This is how you protect your democracy. The US is a demonstration of what happens when you don't. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years for plotting military coup in Brazil
Former president sought to ‘annihilate’ country’s democracy after losing 2022 election
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:37 AM
South Korea and Brazil managed to do it. In the US, the Democrats chickened out and now the US republic is more or less lost.
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💥Poland’s foreign minister @radek-sikorski.bsky.social reminded Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán that he once again failed to name or condemn Russia — and that his government is still blocking €2 billion in EU funds meant to compensate Poland for the military aid it has provided to Ukraine.
September 10, 2025 at 12:26 PM
💥Poland’s foreign minister @radek-sikorski.bsky.social reminded Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán that he once again failed to name or condemn Russia — and that his government is still blocking €2 billion in EU funds meant to compensate Poland for the military aid it has provided to Ukraine.
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Look how far some of the drones penetrated into Poland.
This should serve as the final wake-up call for Europe
This should serve as the final wake-up call for Europe
September 10, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Look how far some of the drones penetrated into Poland.
This should serve as the final wake-up call for Europe
This should serve as the final wake-up call for Europe
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📉🇭🇺 DATA ANALYSIS: Viktor Orbán vowed to boost Hungary’s population without immigrants. But births keep falling—and emigration is soaring. Direkt36's investigation shows many young people are leaving, posing serious risks for the country’s future.
Inside Viktor Orbán’s Failure to Achieve His Demographic Goal - VSquare.org
The Prime Minister has long said that he would like to grow the population of Hungary without bringing in immigrants. Recently, births have fallen, but the number of people leaving the country has also soared.
vsquare.org
September 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
📉🇭🇺 DATA ANALYSIS: Viktor Orbán vowed to boost Hungary’s population without immigrants. But births keep falling—and emigration is soaring. Direkt36's investigation shows many young people are leaving, posing serious risks for the country’s future.
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Spot Fico in the back row 👀
Cool enough to walk away from the 27 most developed nations in the world, but happy to stand at the very end among thieves and mass murderers.
Cool enough to walk away from the 27 most developed nations in the world, but happy to stand at the very end among thieves and mass murderers.
September 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Spot Fico in the back row 👀
Cool enough to walk away from the 27 most developed nations in the world, but happy to stand at the very end among thieves and mass murderers.
Cool enough to walk away from the 27 most developed nations in the world, but happy to stand at the very end among thieves and mass murderers.
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Putin threatens to target any Western troops in Ukraine
Putin threatens to target any Western troops in Ukraine
Kyiv says security guarantees, backed by Western troops, are crucial to any agreement, in order to ensure Russia does not re-launch its offensive in the future
dlvr.it
September 5, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Putin threatens to target any Western troops in Ukraine
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Democracy beats autocracy every time.
russia is a failed state, America's power declines before our eyes without functional checks and balances, Hungary transformed from fairly prosperous former eastern bloc country to EU's poorest and most corrupt under Orban.
Freedom wins.
russia is a failed state, America's power declines before our eyes without functional checks and balances, Hungary transformed from fairly prosperous former eastern bloc country to EU's poorest and most corrupt under Orban.
Freedom wins.
September 3, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Democracy beats autocracy every time.
russia is a failed state, America's power declines before our eyes without functional checks and balances, Hungary transformed from fairly prosperous former eastern bloc country to EU's poorest and most corrupt under Orban.
Freedom wins.
russia is a failed state, America's power declines before our eyes without functional checks and balances, Hungary transformed from fairly prosperous former eastern bloc country to EU's poorest and most corrupt under Orban.
Freedom wins.
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NEW: The world’s largest professional organization of scholars studying genocide just voted overwhelmingly in support of a resolution declaring that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
apnews.com/article/geno...
apnews.com/article/geno...
Leading genocide scholars organization says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza
The largest professional organization of scholars studying genocide says that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
apnews.com
September 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
NEW: The world’s largest professional organization of scholars studying genocide just voted overwhelmingly in support of a resolution declaring that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
apnews.com/article/geno...
apnews.com/article/geno...
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The Guardian published casualty ratios of civilians vs. military in conflicts since 1989, in an article on civilian deaths in Gaza. Mariupol ranked second after Rwanda: during the Russian siege in 2022, 95% of those killed were civilians and 5% were military.
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
August 27, 2025 at 6:50 AM
The Guardian published casualty ratios of civilians vs. military in conflicts since 1989, in an article on civilian deaths in Gaza. Mariupol ranked second after Rwanda: during the Russian siege in 2022, 95% of those killed were civilians and 5% were military.
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
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Let us be honest, the DSA* (formerly USA) has abandoned Ukraine completely.
These are the arms and munitions supply figures of delivered goods to Ukraine from DSA (orange) and EU+ Friends (blue).
There's a lot to unpack here.
1/19
These are the arms and munitions supply figures of delivered goods to Ukraine from DSA (orange) and EU+ Friends (blue).
There's a lot to unpack here.
1/19
August 18, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Let us be honest, the DSA* (formerly USA) has abandoned Ukraine completely.
These are the arms and munitions supply figures of delivered goods to Ukraine from DSA (orange) and EU+ Friends (blue).
There's a lot to unpack here.
1/19
These are the arms and munitions supply figures of delivered goods to Ukraine from DSA (orange) and EU+ Friends (blue).
There's a lot to unpack here.
1/19
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In today’s Vatnik Soup, I’ll explain the Alaska Fiasco and how it marks the peak of Trump’s two-year betrayal of Ukraine. What was sold as “peace talks” turned into a spectacle of weakness, humiliation, empty promises, and photo-ops that handed Putin exactly what he wanted.
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August 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
In today’s Vatnik Soup, I’ll explain the Alaska Fiasco and how it marks the peak of Trump’s two-year betrayal of Ukraine. What was sold as “peace talks” turned into a spectacle of weakness, humiliation, empty promises, and photo-ops that handed Putin exactly what he wanted.
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Under the Trump-Putin deal, Ukraine would have to give up 6600 km² of Ukrainian land and would only get 440 km² of occupied Ukrainian land from the Russians. Mind you, those 6600 km² contain some of the strongest and most important Ukrainian defensive positions.
August 17, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Under the Trump-Putin deal, Ukraine would have to give up 6600 km² of Ukrainian land and would only get 440 km² of occupied Ukrainian land from the Russians. Mind you, those 6600 km² contain some of the strongest and most important Ukrainian defensive positions.
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Putin demanded Ukraine cede Donetsk and Luhansk region in exchange for freezing rest of front line www.ft.com/content/6b0b... via @financialtimes.com
Putin demanded Ukraine cede Donetsk and Luhansk in exchange for freezing rest of front line
Russian president reiterated ‘core demands’ that would undermine Ukraine’s statehood and roll back Nato expansion
www.ft.com
August 16, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Putin demanded Ukraine cede Donetsk and Luhansk region in exchange for freezing rest of front line www.ft.com/content/6b0b... via @financialtimes.com