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Joris Luyendijk

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Joris Luyendijk @jorisluyendijk.bsky.social · Feb 26

US administrations have always played a double game. Exhorting Europe to take more responsibility for its own defense... but always making sure Europe stayed sufficiently divided not to become a unified rival. Trump has blown up this game, presenting us with a unique opportunity.

benjaminpohlberlin.bsky.social @benjaminpohlberlin.bsky.social · Feb 25

Not only bringing in some much-needed (and well-supported) optimism, but also lots of interesting aspects on how #Trump might yet get a place in history, as the guy who managed to unite quite the range of Europeans...

Minna Ålander 🌻 @alanderminna.bsky.social · Feb 25

If you think that Europe is doomed, you’re not paying attention.

Wrote a recap of the latest developments and call me a hopeless Europtimist but I think Europe+ (including Canada) isn’t doing too bad in terms of offering Ukraine an actual perspective for the future. With or without the US.

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Joris Luyendijk @jorisluyendijk.bsky.social · 7h

Netherlands bought Russian fossil fuels worth 500 million euros, an 72% increase compared to 2024. "The Dutch government noted it supports EU phase-out plans but until laws are in place, it cannot void existing contracts with Russian suppliers."
We're so rules-based if it suits us.

The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 10h

⚡️Seven EU states increase Russian energy imports in 2025, Reuters reports.

Seven EU states increase Russian energy imports in 2025, Reuters reports

Among the seven nations increasing their purchases, France saw a 40% jump, importing 2.2 billion euros ($2.5 billion), while the Netherlands’ imports surged 72% to 498 million euros ($579 million). Be...

kyivindependent.com

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Joris Luyendijk @jorisluyendijk.bsky.social · 1d

No. No. No. Israel gets everything here: hostages, buffer zone, dismantling Hamas, no mention of land seizures West Bank and East Jerusalem let alone persecution Israeli government for war crimes. Palestinians? They get some partial Israeli withdrawals and an end - for now - to the killing. Pfff.

ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · 1d

optimism grows as gaza approaches peace.
hurdles remain: hostages, withdrawals, and hamas governance complicate the path forward. let's hope for the best.
@gzeromedia.com

Trump's role in brokering Israel-Hamas deal | Ian Bremmer's Quick Take

YouTube video by GZERO Media

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Joris Luyendijk @jorisluyendijk.bsky.social · 1d

It is embarrassing. When I was ME correspondent (1998-2003) the Economist was the Gold Standard of ME journalism. Today you cannot find a single reputable ME expert who believes this stuff. It must be an editorial line imposed from above. Time to cancel the subscription!

Joris Luyendijk @jorisluyendijk.bsky.social · 1d

"The largest country on earth doesn’t need more land." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...

Opinion | Putin Is Escalating His War. If You Are Surprised, You Have Not Been Paying Attention.

www.nytimes.com

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Joris Luyendijk @jorisluyendijk.bsky.social · 1d

This is simply nonsense. And it's not the first time. Something has gone really, really wrong over at the Economist. Perhaps it's because many of the old ME hands are gone.

Frederick Deknatel @freddydeknatel.bsky.social · 1d

The Economist just might be getting ahead of itself on Trump and Gaza. Is it as thirsty for Trump to get a Nobel Peace Prize as he is? view.e.economist.com?qs=d6448b77a...

Instead of endless, abstract negotiations over maps and the hypothetical constitutional arrangements of two states, the Trump plan promises a practical approach in which Israelis and Palestinians can rebuild their lives. Success looks less like a ceremony in the White House and more like cement mixers spinning in Gaza, as the threat of missiles fades and ordinary people embrace a slowly rising belief in a safer, more prosperous future. It is a triumph for President Donald Trump's transactional, bullying style of diplomacy.

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Joris Luyendijk @jorisluyendijk.bsky.social · 1d

could you elaborate on why it actually makes sense (I imagine it's because this is undermining the euro's reserve currency status?). Are there specifically Belgian arguments, too?

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Joris Luyendijk @jorisluyendijk.bsky.social · 1d

If you believe this 'deal' is going to bring peace in the Middle East, I have several second hand cars to sell you. Indeed, an entire parking lot.

Sjoerd de Jong @sjoerdjong.bsky.social · 1d

With Mideast Deal, Trump Is on the Brink of a Major Diplomatic Accomplishment www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

With Mideast Deal, Trump Is on the Brink of a Major Diplomatic Accomplishment

www.nytimes.com

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Joris Luyendijk @jorisluyendijk.bsky.social · 2d

which would make this a morality tale.

Joris Luyendijk @jorisluyendijk.bsky.social · 2d

Amsterdammers call an individual of this calibre a Mensch.

Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 2d

"Any honest writer,journalist,or historian in Russia must always be ready for prison"

Russian food historian Pavel Syutkin was detained today on charges of allegedly spreading "false information about the army."Moscow's branch of the Investigative Committee said the reason was his posts on Telegram

Joris Luyendijk @jorisluyendijk.bsky.social · 2d

One can see all of Macron's faults and shortcomings and also observe that his successors will be so inept and ghastly - the antisemitic and monetarily delusional left as well as the Muslim hating fascist right - that in a couple of years' time, we look back on Macron with nostalgia. Or sooner.

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Joris Luyendijk @jorisluyendijk.bsky.social · 2d

I don't.

Joris Luyendijk @jorisluyendijk.bsky.social · 2d

Agree. Looking back we will realize that he was our last serious hope.

Sophie Pedder @sophiepedder.bsky.social · 2d

For sure, Macron’s troubles are partly of his own making. But there is something immensely sad about a pro-European leader and standard-bearer for the democratic centre ending up with such a political mess

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Joris Luyendijk @jorisluyendijk.bsky.social · 2d

dan was je er niet aan begonnen, Pierre.

Joris Luyendijk @jorisluyendijk.bsky.social · 2d

"The most devastating shortcoming of LLMs is that however many things they appear to know about the world, and however smoothly they express these things, they don’t actually know that there is a world." www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

James Meek · Computers that want things

For all the fluency and synthetic friendliness of public-facing AI chatbots like ChatGPT, it seems important to remember...

www.lrb.co.uk

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Joris Luyendijk @jorisluyendijk.bsky.social · 3d

The sort of piece that makes the LRB unique.

London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 3d

‘Speculation like this is bound to have some humans wondering why we need to do this to ourselves, and considering the efficacy of sledgehammers. Perhaps AI will get to that point on its own.’

@jamesmeek.bsky.social on the search for Artificial General Intelligence: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

James Meek · Computers that want things

For all the fluency and synthetic friendliness of public-facing AI chatbots like ChatGPT, it seems important to remember...

www.lrb.co.uk

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Jitske Kramer @jitskekramer.bsky.social · 4d

Op 10Nov een volle dag masterclass #trickytijden. Met lezingen van mij, @dolfjansen.bsky.social als MC en interviewer van @jorisluyendijk.bsky.social over de dynamiek op het wereldtoneel. Paul Iske over Briljante Mislukkingen. Tickets: humandimensions.nl/trainingen-e...

Masterclass Tricky Tijden - Human Dimensions

Een volle dag in het thema verandering & transformatie. Over de intrigerende, enge, avontuurlijke tussentijd van verandering. | Tricky Tijden

humandimensions.nl

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Nicolas Tenzer @nicolastenzer.bsky.social · 5d

If you read only one thing today, read this letter written from prison, where she has been languishing for several months, by the awesome Georgian journalist Mzia Amaghobeli.
She dared to speak the truth to the Moscow's puppets.
EU leaders don't have her courage.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

From my prison cell in Georgia, I implore Europe not to abandon us to Russia | Mzia Amaglobeli

My fellow journalists are putting their lives in danger every day, but we refuse to surrender to a regime that threatens Europe’s own security, says imprisoned Georgian journalist Mzia Amaglobeli

www.theguardian.com

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Joris Luyendijk @jorisluyendijk.bsky.social · 6d

Denk hieraan als je in een talkshow weer een sympathieke clown hoort beweren dat Trump en Musk ergens heus okay zijn. Zonder overgangsregeling zo'n programma stilzetten. Dat is, op zijn minst, dood door schuld. Duizend- en duizendvoud.

CNN @cnn.com · 19d

A US-funded nutrition program was helping to keep this woman’s baby alive. Days after the program was cut, he died. https://cnn.it/4ndDYbl

A US-funded nutrition program was helping to keep this woman’s baby alive. Days after the program was cut, he died | CNN

Weeds cover the grave of Yagana Usman’s baby – a painful reminder of the months that have passed since she lost her infant twin to malnutrition. Her surviving twin’s fate now hinges in part on decisio...

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Simon Kuper @simonkuper.bsky.social · 8d

The retirement age for moguls (Murdoch, Buffett, Armani etc) is now in the 90s. It will rise further for Musk, Zuckerberg et al. Meanwhile, politicians come and go like fruitflies. Me
@financialtimes.com on longevity reshaping the power class, + how Putin, Trump want some of that on.ft.com/46xjG6X

Why 94 is the new 54 for moguls

[FREE TO READ] The careers of moguls are growing to unprecedented lengths

on.ft.com

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Bert Hubert 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦 @berthub.eu · 6d

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Joris Luyendijk @jorisluyendijk.bsky.social · 6d

So true: "Cancel culture was never about going after people who were already considered beyond the pale; it was about weeding out those from your own side who are deemed guilty of wrongthink." The right gets how disastrous this dynamic is. The left does not.

www.ft.com/content/80f0...

The right and the art of putting on a united front

In spite of bitter divisions, Trump’s Maga coalition always rallies round when it needs to

www.ft.com

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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 6d

Spot the North-American anomaly: only region where social media use is still growing.
Great work by the FT’s @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
www.ft.com/content/a072... “Have we passed peak social media?”

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Joris Luyendijk @jorisluyendijk.bsky.social · 7d

I simply stop admiring people if they follow me.

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Joris Luyendijk @jorisluyendijk.bsky.social · 7d

it's shocking how unshocking antisemitic violence and terror has become. Same feeling among Jews in the Netherlands, is my impression. Really important for non-Jews to stand behind them, consistently and publicly.

Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 8d

One reflection talking to other Jews today is how unshocking this is.

Numbing, upsetting, scary but not shocking. We all knew it was coming. Given the enormous rise in antisemitic incidents in recent years, it's a surprise it hasn't happened more often.

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Amos @amosduveen.bsky.social · 8d

And, just as importantly, that they would do the same for mosques, churches, temples, gurdwaras, or any other places of worship were they to be similarly threatened.

Something about the UK to be genuinely proud of, that the overwhelming majority of us help to build & maintain, despite everything.

Gabriel Milland @gabrielmilland.bsky.social · 8d

Part of the burden of Jewish history is being touched, and proud, that the British police rushed to the site of this atrocity and that the reaction of the British prime minister was to send police reinforcements to synagogues. For millennia, this was not so. It is not taken for granted.

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