Christophe Christiaens
@chchristiaens.bsky.social
Twitter exile.
Brompton evangelist and speciality coffee drinker. Day job in Public Affairs. Alumnus @collegeofeurope. Posts in English and Dutch. My views only; RT≠endorse
Brompton evangelist and speciality coffee drinker. Day job in Public Affairs. Alumnus @collegeofeurope. Posts in English and Dutch. My views only; RT≠endorse
Pinned
(Migrating some Twitter threads to BS)
With the #Holocaust Memorial day coming up (27 January, follow @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social ), I wanted to share a personal story from 2019.
In short, I found out that my parents-in-law in #Slovakia live on the site of a WW2 concentration camp (sort of).
With the #Holocaust Memorial day coming up (27 January, follow @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social ), I wanted to share a personal story from 2019.
In short, I found out that my parents-in-law in #Slovakia live on the site of a WW2 concentration camp (sort of).
Next week is #HolocaustRemembranceDay, do follow
@auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social
for more background on this.
I wanted to follow up on a story I a couple of weeks ago on the tragic history of the lost Jewish community in my wife's hometown of Nove Mesto Nad Vahom in #Slovakia.
@auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social
for more background on this.
I wanted to follow up on a story I a couple of weeks ago on the tragic history of the lost Jewish community in my wife's hometown of Nove Mesto Nad Vahom in #Slovakia.
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"By the end of 2017 a Tesla would be able to drive in full autonomous mode from Los Angeles to New York without the need for a single touch on the wheel"
(Elon Musk, Oct 19 2016)
The Netherlands just now: Tesla rams 5 cars waiting for a red light, plus a bicyclist
www.deorkaan.nl/tesla-richt-...
(Elon Musk, Oct 19 2016)
The Netherlands just now: Tesla rams 5 cars waiting for a red light, plus a bicyclist
www.deorkaan.nl/tesla-richt-...
Tesla richt ravage aan op Zaanweg in Wormerveer - De Orkaan
Op de Zaanweg in Wormerveer heeft een bestuurder van een Tesla woensdagmiddag – 19 november – een flinke ravage veroorzaakt. Het opmerkelijke ongeluk gebeurde even na 17.00 uur. Voor het verkeerslicht...
www.deorkaan.nl
November 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
"By the end of 2017 a Tesla would be able to drive in full autonomous mode from Los Angeles to New York without the need for a single touch on the wheel"
(Elon Musk, Oct 19 2016)
The Netherlands just now: Tesla rams 5 cars waiting for a red light, plus a bicyclist
www.deorkaan.nl/tesla-richt-...
(Elon Musk, Oct 19 2016)
The Netherlands just now: Tesla rams 5 cars waiting for a red light, plus a bicyclist
www.deorkaan.nl/tesla-richt-...
A movie that takes place where you are from
November 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
A movie that takes place where you are from
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Another social media thread turned into an article for easier reading:
Art review: Hunters in the Snow, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1565)
You can read it here;
fakehistoryhunter.net/2025/11/23/a...
Or here;
fakehistoryhunter.substack.com/p/art-review...
Art review: Hunters in the Snow, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1565)
You can read it here;
fakehistoryhunter.net/2025/11/23/a...
Or here;
fakehistoryhunter.substack.com/p/art-review...
Art review: Hunters in the Snow, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1565)
This article was originally a thread on social media, which is why it is formatted with lots of images and short responses.The text is about the image below that paragraph. Let’s do another p…
fakehistoryhunter.net
November 23, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Another social media thread turned into an article for easier reading:
Art review: Hunters in the Snow, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1565)
You can read it here;
fakehistoryhunter.net/2025/11/23/a...
Or here;
fakehistoryhunter.substack.com/p/art-review...
Art review: Hunters in the Snow, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1565)
You can read it here;
fakehistoryhunter.net/2025/11/23/a...
Or here;
fakehistoryhunter.substack.com/p/art-review...
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Antiquities wing of the Brussels art and history museum, designed 1956, opened 1966. Architects Robert Puttemans & Charles Malcause. A fantastic MCM space.
November 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Antiquities wing of the Brussels art and history museum, designed 1956, opened 1966. Architects Robert Puttemans & Charles Malcause. A fantastic MCM space.
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A cross party group of Irish MEPs has written to the president of the European Parliament requesting that Northern Ireland political representatives be granted observer status at the Brussels and Strasbourg chambers.
Observer status for NI politicians in European Parliament
A cross party group of Irish MEPs has written to the president of the European Parliament requesting that Northern Ireland political representatives be granted observer status at the Brussels and Stra...
www.rte.ie
November 19, 2025 at 11:04 AM
A cross party group of Irish MEPs has written to the president of the European Parliament requesting that Northern Ireland political representatives be granted observer status at the Brussels and Strasbourg chambers.
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Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
Reminds me to download STALKER 2 on steam
1/ Russian lawyers say that gamers could face up to six years in prison or charges of treason if they stream S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 or wear a S.T.A.L.K.E.R. T-shirt, following the Russian government's designation of its Ukrainian developers as an 'undesirable organisation'. ⬇️
a man in a gas mask is holding a glowing object in his hands
ALT: a man in a gas mask is holding a glowing object in his hands
media.tenor.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Reminds me to download STALKER 2 on steam
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22 November 1909 | A Polish woman, Zofia Skurska, was born in Warsaw. A university student.
In #Auschwitz from 14 October 1942.
No. 22549
She was evacuated to Ravensbrück and liberated there.
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A podcast about registration photos: https://youtu.be/c2l9hDA5MZc
In #Auschwitz from 14 October 1942.
No. 22549
She was evacuated to Ravensbrück and liberated there.
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A podcast about registration photos: https://youtu.be/c2l9hDA5MZc
November 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
22 November 1909 | A Polish woman, Zofia Skurska, was born in Warsaw. A university student.
In #Auschwitz from 14 October 1942.
No. 22549
She was evacuated to Ravensbrück and liberated there.
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A podcast about registration photos: https://youtu.be/c2l9hDA5MZc
In #Auschwitz from 14 October 1942.
No. 22549
She was evacuated to Ravensbrück and liberated there.
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A podcast about registration photos: https://youtu.be/c2l9hDA5MZc
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An ancient multiplication table in clay by a student named Suen-apil-Urim from the 1800s BCE
November 22, 2025 at 8:21 AM
An ancient multiplication table in clay by a student named Suen-apil-Urim from the 1800s BCE
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De werkloosheid onder jongeren stijgt, en daar speelt het gebrek aan jobs voor juniorprofielen door de opkomst van AI waarschijnlijk een rol in.
Tegelijkertijd zie ik veel sollicitanten dezelfde fouten maken. Misschien kunnen deze tips helpen: www.ljosmyndun.com/blog-posts/s...
Tegelijkertijd zie ik veel sollicitanten dezelfde fouten maken. Misschien kunnen deze tips helpen: www.ljosmyndun.com/blog-posts/s...
Solliciteren kan je leren | Ljosmyndun
Als pas afgestudeerde nu de arbeidsmarkt betreden is geen cadeau. Tegelijkertijd zie ik veel jonge sollicitanten dezelfde fouten maken. Solliciteren is niet eenvoudig, maar misschien kunnen deze tips ...
www.ljosmyndun.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
De werkloosheid onder jongeren stijgt, en daar speelt het gebrek aan jobs voor juniorprofielen door de opkomst van AI waarschijnlijk een rol in.
Tegelijkertijd zie ik veel sollicitanten dezelfde fouten maken. Misschien kunnen deze tips helpen: www.ljosmyndun.com/blog-posts/s...
Tegelijkertijd zie ik veel sollicitanten dezelfde fouten maken. Misschien kunnen deze tips helpen: www.ljosmyndun.com/blog-posts/s...
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21 November 1929 | A Polish Jewish girl, Sara Brukner, was born in Warsaw. She emigrated to France.
She arrived at #Auschwitz on 19 August 1942 in a transport of 997 Jews deported from Drancy. She was among 897 of them murdered in gas chambers after the selection.
She arrived at #Auschwitz on 19 August 1942 in a transport of 997 Jews deported from Drancy. She was among 897 of them murdered in gas chambers after the selection.
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
21 November 1929 | A Polish Jewish girl, Sara Brukner, was born in Warsaw. She emigrated to France.
She arrived at #Auschwitz on 19 August 1942 in a transport of 997 Jews deported from Drancy. She was among 897 of them murdered in gas chambers after the selection.
She arrived at #Auschwitz on 19 August 1942 in a transport of 997 Jews deported from Drancy. She was among 897 of them murdered in gas chambers after the selection.
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Inside Big Tobacco’s push to sway the World Health Organization
Inside Big Tobacco’s push to sway the World Health Organization
A meeting in Geneva should close with revised global rules for tobacco
dlvr.it
November 21, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Inside Big Tobacco’s push to sway the World Health Organization
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The dark truth behind supermarket tuna on.ft.com/48ph7od
The dark truth behind supermarket tuna
Major retailers are selling tuna from fisheries where crews say they are exploited and abused
on.ft.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:18 AM
The dark truth behind supermarket tuna on.ft.com/48ph7od
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21 November 1907 | A Dutch Jewish woman, Elisabeth Cohen-Duits, was born in Dordrecht.
In September 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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Learn about the fate of Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/
In September 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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Learn about the fate of Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/
November 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
21 November 1907 | A Dutch Jewish woman, Elisabeth Cohen-Duits, was born in Dordrecht.
In September 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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Learn about the fate of Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/
In September 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive.
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Learn about the fate of Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands to Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/32_en/
23.000 extra coviddoden door latere lockdown in het Verenigd Koninkrijk, zegt rapport onderzoekscommissie
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vrtnws.be/p.xZa6LPQ54
23.000 extra coviddoden door latere lockdown in het Verenigd Koninkrijk, zegt rapport onderzoekscommissie | VRT NWS: nieuws
Het Verenigd Koninkrijk ging tijdens de coronacrisis later in lockdown dan andere landen en dat heeft tot de dood van 23.000 mensen geleid, staat in een rapport van een onderzoekscommissie. De chaos b...
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November 21, 2025 at 6:53 AM
23.000 extra coviddoden door latere lockdown in het Verenigd Koninkrijk, zegt rapport onderzoekscommissie
vrtnws.be/p.xZa6LPQ54
vrtnws.be/p.xZa6LPQ54
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🤖 Can Brussels balance its desire to set guardrails for AI with its need to attract investment?
Must-read deep dive on how the EU botched its attempt to regulate artificial intelligence - and now is trying to desperately fix it, by @bmoens.bsky.social @melissahei.bsky.social
on.ft.com/4o59nws
Must-read deep dive on how the EU botched its attempt to regulate artificial intelligence - and now is trying to desperately fix it, by @bmoens.bsky.social @melissahei.bsky.social
on.ft.com/4o59nws
How the EU botched its attempt to regulate AI
[FREE TO READ] Can Brussels balance its desire to set the guardrails for tech with its need to attract investment?
on.ft.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:41 AM
🤖 Can Brussels balance its desire to set guardrails for AI with its need to attract investment?
Must-read deep dive on how the EU botched its attempt to regulate artificial intelligence - and now is trying to desperately fix it, by @bmoens.bsky.social @melissahei.bsky.social
on.ft.com/4o59nws
Must-read deep dive on how the EU botched its attempt to regulate artificial intelligence - and now is trying to desperately fix it, by @bmoens.bsky.social @melissahei.bsky.social
on.ft.com/4o59nws
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Last week, the European Parliament's center-right EPP worked with the far right to roll back green rules.
Now that the cordon sanitaire has fallen, there will be space for a right-wing majority to pass legislation.
🔗 politi.co/485yw3V
Now that the cordon sanitaire has fallen, there will be space for a right-wing majority to pass legislation.
🔗 politi.co/485yw3V
November 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Last week, the European Parliament's center-right EPP worked with the far right to roll back green rules.
Now that the cordon sanitaire has fallen, there will be space for a right-wing majority to pass legislation.
🔗 politi.co/485yw3V
Now that the cordon sanitaire has fallen, there will be space for a right-wing majority to pass legislation.
🔗 politi.co/485yw3V
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A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention webpage that previously stated "Vaccines do not cause autism" has been changed to cast doubt on the scientific research that supports the finding. n.pr/4oiyHPO
The CDC revives debunked 'link' between childhood vaccines and autism
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention webpage that previously stated "Vaccines do not cause autism" has been changed to cast doubt on the scientific research that supports the finding.
n.pr
November 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention webpage that previously stated "Vaccines do not cause autism" has been changed to cast doubt on the scientific research that supports the finding. n.pr/4oiyHPO
‘Ik kwam als jongen thuis met 35 kilo paleocene kalksteen in mijn rugzak’ - NRC share.google/VkK2nSfyOKjP...
‘Ik kwam als jongen thuis met 35 kilo paleocene kalksteen in mijn rugzak’
John Jagt | paleontoloog: Het geologische tijdperk Maastrichtien is nu door paleontoloog John Jagt gemarkeerd met een zilveren spijker. ‘Hier in Limburg is de laag uitzonderlijk goed te bestuderen.’
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November 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
‘Ik kwam als jongen thuis met 35 kilo paleocene kalksteen in mijn rugzak’ - NRC share.google/VkK2nSfyOKjP...
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BREAKING: The UK’s response to Covid was “too little, too late”, a damning official report on the handling of the pandemic has concluded, saying the introduction of a lockdown even a week earlier than happened could have saved more than 20,000 lives.
November 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
BREAKING: The UK’s response to Covid was “too little, too late”, a damning official report on the handling of the pandemic has concluded, saying the introduction of a lockdown even a week earlier than happened could have saved more than 20,000 lives.
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What's the matter with Germany? Because it's not what you think it is.
on.ft.com/4raAAk3
on.ft.com/4raAAk3
Germany’s problems are worse than you think
[FREE TO READ] It’s not as simple as blaming the unravelling of the global trading system
on.ft.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:31 PM
What's the matter with Germany? Because it's not what you think it is.
on.ft.com/4raAAk3
on.ft.com/4raAAk3
60 jaar geleden werden 4 arbeiders wereldberoemd in Vlaanderen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJl6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJl6...
60 jaar geleden werden 4 arbeiders wereldberoemd in Vlaanderen
YouTube video by VRT NWS
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November 20, 2025 at 11:20 AM
60 jaar geleden werden 4 arbeiders wereldberoemd in Vlaanderen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJl6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJl6...
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The EU’s scheme to protect the names of local cheese delicacies from replicas produced elsewhere has left the bloc’s small-time food producers in a bind: their protected status is vital for promoting their traditional products abroad, but charges of protectionism have soured some trade talks.
Europe’s premium cheese producers caught in global trade crossfire
The way Europe promotes exports of traditional local produce is loathed by competitors in the U.S. and Australia. But other trade partners are copying it.
www.politico.eu
November 20, 2025 at 8:41 AM
The EU’s scheme to protect the names of local cheese delicacies from replicas produced elsewhere has left the bloc’s small-time food producers in a bind: their protected status is vital for promoting their traditional products abroad, but charges of protectionism have soured some trade talks.
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Yes minister - 10 of bernards best one liners
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Bernard's best one liners | Yes, Prime Minister | BBC Comedy Greats
YouTube video by BBC Comedy Greats
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November 19, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Yes minister - 10 of bernards best one liners
youtu.be/gJC1LNhmtC4?...
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