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DUB @dubnieuws.bsky.social · 14d

Opinie van @dickzijp.bsky.social en @mtschaefer.bsky.social. onder meer naar aanleiding van uitzending @nieuwsuur.nl en column van DUB-campuscolumnist.

‘Universiteit kan geen vrijplaats voor feitenvrije meningen zijn’

Dat de academische vrijheid onder druk staat, komt niet door de ‘linkse cancelcultuur’, betogen universitair docent Dick Zijp en universitair hoofddocent Mirko Tobias Schäfer. Zij hekelen de beeldvorm...

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Martijn Huysmans @huysmans.bsky.social · 26d

Siri, show me how a narcissist or sociopath might respond to the death of a dear family friend and ally.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26d

Q: My condolences on the loss of your friend Charlie Kirk. How are you holding up?

TRUMP: I think very good. And by the way, right there you see all the trucks. They just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they've been trying to get for about 150 years.

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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social · Sep 8

They published it, and it's even worse than I thought www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

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Martijn Huysmans @huysmans.bsky.social · Sep 3

If it's about remembering login details, I have started using @orcid.org to log in to all journal systems, works like a charm!

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · Aug 11

EJ Antoni has never worked in statistics collection. He is 5 years out of his PhD. He's only ever written one economics paper. His explicit, only qualifications are that he works in ultra-conservative think tanks & believes Trump's conspiracies about the BLS. Grim stuff.

Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · Aug 11

Donald Trump named EJ Antoni, chief economist of the conservative Heritage Foundation, to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Trump Names Heritage’s EJ Antoni to Lead Bureau of Labor Statistics

President Donald Trump named EJ Antoni, chief economist of the conservative Heritage Foundation, to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics after firing the former head of the agency earlier this month.

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Martijn Huysmans @huysmans.bsky.social · Aug 8

The fun doesn't end

Martijn Huysmans @huysmans.bsky.social · Aug 8

You can't make this up, continued... #"PhD level intelligence". #ai

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Martijn Huysmans @huysmans.bsky.social · Aug 8

Meta AI seems to be overcorrecting... But sure, current AI models have "PhD level intelligence".

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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · Aug 5

Stanford is hiring: tenure-track, assistant professor position in Sustainable Food Systems. Please share! #academia

Stanford | Faculty Positions: Details - Assistant Professor in Sustainable Food Systems

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jul 22

Trump pulls US out of Unesco in blow for UN culture and education agency

White House cites Unesco’s focus on ‘divisive social and cultural causes’ in latest withdrawal from global bodies The US will quit the United Nations’ culture and education agency Unesco as Donald Trump continues to pull out of international institutions, the US state department said on Tuesday. “Unesco works to advance divisive social and cultural causes and maintains an outsized focus on the UN’s sustainable development goals, a globalist, ideological agenda for international development at odds with our America First foreign policy,” a state department spokesperson, Tammy Bruce, said in a statement. Continue reading...

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EenVandaag @eenvandaag.nl · Jul 21

Mercosur-handelsverdrag tussen EU en Zuid-Amerikaanse landen lijkt er eindelijk te komen, maar Nederlandse boeren zijn niet enthousiast

Al 25 jaar wordt erover gepraat, maar deze zomer moeten er dan eindelijk handtekeningen onder worden gezet: het handelsakkoord tussen de EU en Mercosur, een blok van 5 Zuid-Amerikaanse landen. Maar Nederlandse boeren zijn bezorgd over de gevolgen.

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · Jul 12

EU Commission president responds to Trump's latest tariff letter
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Text of the press release. Full text in the link

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Martijn Huysmans @huysmans.bsky.social · Jun 5

I mean, if you want to be extremely charitable, it could be a way to raise revenue (i.e. tax your citizens), while potentially getting a small rebate through terms-of-trade. But then just come out and say that, rather than "there is no tariff if you grow the bananas (and the coffee etc) in the US"

Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · Jun 5

I am so glad "why tariff banana" thought is reaching members of Congress. It's the most obvious example of how insane this administration's trade policy has been—officials like Lutnick can't give a good justification for it because there simply isn't one

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jun 5

DEAN: What's the tariff on bananas?

LUTNICK: Generally 10%

DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8%

LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff

DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America

Martijn Huysmans @huysmans.bsky.social · Jun 3

Dutch cabinet in trouble as Wilders' PVV announces it is leaving the coalition.

Rob Jetten @robjetten.bsky.social · Jun 3

Het doek is gevallen voor het kabinet van PVV, VVD, NSC en BBB. Dat is geen verrassing. De keuze van de VVD om in zee te gaan met de PVV was onverantwoord – na maanden van chaos zien we nu het resultaat.

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Martijn Huysmans @huysmans.bsky.social · Jun 2

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Martijn Huysmans @huysmans.bsky.social · May 29

The EU's hand suddenly looks much stronger. Good that it didn't fall for the empty 50% threat and hasn't caved in any way.

Simon Lester @simonlester.com · May 28

So if you are a foreign government negotiating with the Trump administration about the IEEPA "Liberation Day" tariffs, and the tariffs have now been struck down (pending a probable appeal), it may be time to recalibrate your negotiating position.

Ilya Somin @ilyasomin.bsky.social · May 28

US Court of International Trade just issued decision in case against Trump tariffs filed by Liberty Justice Center and me. All "Liberation Day"/IEEPA tariffs ruled illegal, and blocked by injunction! See link for opinion. I will have much more to say soon: www.cit.uscourts.gov/sites/cit/fi...

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Simon Lester @simonlester.com · May 28

So if you are a foreign government negotiating with the Trump administration about the IEEPA "Liberation Day" tariffs, and the tariffs have now been struck down (pending a probable appeal), it may be time to recalibrate your negotiating position.

Ilya Somin @ilyasomin.bsky.social · May 28

US Court of International Trade just issued decision in case against Trump tariffs filed by Liberty Justice Center and me. All "Liberation Day"/IEEPA tariffs ruled illegal, and blocked by injunction! See link for opinion. I will have much more to say soon: www.cit.uscourts.gov/sites/cit/fi...

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Alan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social · May 29

My take on today's US court tariff ruling. This is an excellent opportunity for the EU and other trading partners to quit preparing packages of concessions, tell Trump to shove it and get on with trading without the US.

First 300 clicks free. It being 3.42am here in London, I am now going to bed.

Court tariffs bombshell should inspire trading partners to defy Trump

[FREE TO READ] The EU must stand up to the US president’s bullying for the sake of the world trading system

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Martijn Huysmans @huysmans.bsky.social · May 23

Latest episode in Trump trade wars:
www.politico.eu/article/trum...

Trump threatens EU with 50 percent tariff from June 1

Ultimatum comes hours before crunch call between U.S. and EU trade negotiators.

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Martijn Huysmans @huysmans.bsky.social · May 11

Leges sine moribus vanae. The motto of Penn, where a certain someone attended Wharton business school. One would almost think he understood that motto too well, but cynically - he can get away with anything if the republicans have no morality left.

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Martijn Huysmans @huysmans.bsky.social · May 11

Leges sine moribus vanae.

Dee @bigdee-dee.bsky.social · May 11

So we know it is illegal. What is the recourse against a corrupt DoJ & Exec Branch that are allowing this to happen? None. There is no recourse, so regardless of the ethics violations, if there is no one who can uphold those laws/rules, they are non-existent.

Martijn Huysmans @huysmans.bsky.social · May 11

In Europe, it's (rightly) a big scandal if members of European Parliament are found to have secretly taken money, gifts or holiday trips from foreign powers. In the US, the current President is overtly accepting a huge Qatari plane...

Abe Newman @abenewman.bsky.social · May 11

Focus of the article is bribery but think about security concerns of having a foreign government outfit the plane of the US president.

Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · May 11

Wait. WHAT??!! abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...

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Martijn Huysmans @huysmans.bsky.social · May 9

At the #EUSA conference @eustudies.bsky.social keynote, @katemcnamara.bsky.social just delivered a very stimulating lecture on the emerging EU military-industrial complex. I'm sure this will be much discussed at the reception and beyond after its publication in JEI.

Martijn Huysmans @huysmans.bsky.social · May 8

Interesting anecdote: the US Mint uses EU-made machines and technology to mint US dollars. Goes to show how integrated and co-dependent the US and the EU are.

Martijn Huysmans @huysmans.bsky.social · May 8

Excited to hear about the EU-US transatlantic relationship from the EU Ambassador at the #EUSA conference in Philadelphia.

Martijn Huysmans @huysmans.bsky.social · May 8

Or rather, the Ambassador @euambus.bsky.social was called together with other ambassadors for a meeting at the White House, so deputy chief of mission @euintheus.bsky.social Ruth Bajada is now addressing #EUSA.