George
@maerklinman.bsky.social
Passionate European, lover of food, art, gardening, literature, languages and model railways, raised in Sweden, educated in England and now settled in Belgium. Earns a living at KU Leuven, father of six and generally very confused as to what just happened.
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George
@maerklinman.bsky.social
· Mar 29
When the seagulls follow the trawler, it’s because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea.
A British Labour PM says he supports the US, a Swedish conservative former PM says the US attack is a violation of international law. Glad I'm not British.
June 22, 2025 at 8:17 AM
A British Labour PM says he supports the US, a Swedish conservative former PM says the US attack is a violation of international law. Glad I'm not British.
Funny how some countries scream blue murder (Spain, Slovakia) over the new 5% rule and others (Sweden) reach cross-party concensus about it.
June 19, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Funny how some countries scream blue murder (Spain, Slovakia) over the new 5% rule and others (Sweden) reach cross-party concensus about it.
No idea if this is a coincidence or not but all the newsites I visit daily are reporting on the death of Frederick Forsyth, none of them mentioning his problematic politics. The one exception is The Guardian where the news is nowhere to be seen. Which is the correct approach. Still a great film.
June 10, 2025 at 6:38 AM
No idea if this is a coincidence or not but all the newsites I visit daily are reporting on the death of Frederick Forsyth, none of them mentioning his problematic politics. The one exception is The Guardian where the news is nowhere to be seen. Which is the correct approach. Still a great film.
Killing two Israeli citizens in cold blood in protest against the war in Gaza is disgusting and repugnant but not anti-semitic. Calling Soros the leader of a secret plot is anti-semitic. Pretty easy to understand, even for Trump surely.
May 22, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Killing two Israeli citizens in cold blood in protest against the war in Gaza is disgusting and repugnant but not anti-semitic. Calling Soros the leader of a secret plot is anti-semitic. Pretty easy to understand, even for Trump surely.
How take back control turned into the farce it always was.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Brexit food control post at Portsmouth ‘may have to be demolished’, says port director
Exclusive: £25m hi-tech facility at terminal had been called ‘white elephant’ even before latest EU deal scrapping some health and veterinary checks
www.theguardian.com
May 21, 2025 at 8:09 AM
How take back control turned into the farce it always was.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Hungary needs to be sanctioned.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Hungary passes constitutional amendment to ban LGBTQ+ gatherings
Amendment also enshrines recognition of only two sexes, providing basis for denying gender identities
www.theguardian.com
April 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Hungary needs to be sanctioned.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Obama: Imagine if I had done *ANY* of this
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
youtube.com
April 9, 2025 at 6:53 AM
So first Le Pen gets her come-uppance and now Susan Crawford wins. Too many pieces of good news in one week...
April 2, 2025 at 7:16 AM
So first Le Pen gets her come-uppance and now Susan Crawford wins. Too many pieces of good news in one week...
When the seagulls follow the trawler, it’s because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea.
March 29, 2025 at 10:48 AM
When the seagulls follow the trawler, it’s because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea.
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"Meta bewaart data die jou kunnen lokaliseren in tijd en ruimte. Ze hoeven vaak niet te zien wat je zegt om te weten met wie je praat en je bewegingen te kennen."
Is Signal veiliger dan WhatsApp? Bekijk de volledige #terzake reportage hier: vrtnws.be/p.yGLZmA1qk3O
Is Signal veiliger dan WhatsApp? Bekijk de volledige #terzake reportage hier: vrtnws.be/p.yGLZmA1qk3O
March 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
"Meta bewaart data die jou kunnen lokaliseren in tijd en ruimte. Ze hoeven vaak niet te zien wat je zegt om te weten met wie je praat en je bewegingen te kennen."
Is Signal veiliger dan WhatsApp? Bekijk de volledige #terzake reportage hier: vrtnws.be/p.yGLZmA1qk3O
Is Signal veiliger dan WhatsApp? Bekijk de volledige #terzake reportage hier: vrtnws.be/p.yGLZmA1qk3O
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And the physicists said that it was impossible to ever travel back to the past. Hah!
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
'Segregated facilities' are no longer explicitly banned in federal contracts
The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities.
www.npr.org
March 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
And the physicists said that it was impossible to ever travel back to the past. Hah!
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Funny how someone who claims to stand up for free speech and fewer business regulations thinks it is illegal not to buy a Tesla.
March 13, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Funny how someone who claims to stand up for free speech and fewer business regulations thinks it is illegal not to buy a Tesla.
Koen De Bouw en zoon Jolan spelen hoofdrollen in nieuwe reeks 'Breendonk' over WO II
www.vrt.be
March 11, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Anyone find it funny how when the UK releases the Cass review to ban trans care, we get everything ranging from New York Times push notifs to op-eds in every major US paper...
But when Germany, Switzerland, and Austria release pro-trans youth care guidelines, not a single article anywhere but mine?
But when Germany, Switzerland, and Austria release pro-trans youth care guidelines, not a single article anywhere but mine?
1. Major news in transgender care.
Germany, Switzerland, and Austria have just released their trans youth care guidelines.
They strongly recommend trans youth care and slam the
Cass Review in England.
Europe is not "pulling back" on trans care.
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Germany, Switzerland, and Austria have just released their trans youth care guidelines.
They strongly recommend trans youth care and slam the
Cass Review in England.
Europe is not "pulling back" on trans care.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
New German, Swiss, And Austrian Guidelines Recommend Trans Youth Care, Slam Cass Review
The recommendations, released by the Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany, come at a time when US politicians erroneously claim that Europe is "pulling back" on transgender care.
www.erininthemorning.com
March 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Anyone find it funny how when the UK releases the Cass review to ban trans care, we get everything ranging from New York Times push notifs to op-eds in every major US paper...
But when Germany, Switzerland, and Austria release pro-trans youth care guidelines, not a single article anywhere but mine?
But when Germany, Switzerland, and Austria release pro-trans youth care guidelines, not a single article anywhere but mine?
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It’s amazing to find out at this late date how much the rule of law depended on people simply deciding, on a voluntary, daily basis, not to break the law.
March 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
It’s amazing to find out at this late date how much the rule of law depended on people simply deciding, on a voluntary, daily basis, not to break the law.
A Conversation with John Lithgow
YouTube video by John F. Kennedy Library Foundation
www.youtube.com
March 9, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Sorry for link to Fox but this was in via the Swedish media who are reporting that Ratcliffe has essentially confirmed that they turned off intelligence sharing to force Ukraine to say sorry for the White House meeting. Words fail me...
www.foxbusiness.com/video/636963...
www.foxbusiness.com/video/636963...
President Trump will be known as the 'peace president': CIA Director John Ratcliffe | Fox Business Video
CIA Director John Ratcliffe details the capture of a long-wanted terror suspect, more U.S. allies working alongside the Trump administration and ongoing negotiations with Ukraine.
www.foxbusiness.com
March 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Sorry for link to Fox but this was in via the Swedish media who are reporting that Ratcliffe has essentially confirmed that they turned off intelligence sharing to force Ukraine to say sorry for the White House meeting. Words fail me...
www.foxbusiness.com/video/636963...
www.foxbusiness.com/video/636963...
My old home getting ready for war.
How NATO’s Most Strategic Island Trains for a Russian Invasion | WSJ
YouTube video by The Wall Street Journal
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March 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
My old home getting ready for war.
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“Ze maken ons langzaam kapot. Elke week een huis”, vertelt de Palestijnse Basel Adra in 'No other land'. Samen met de Israëlische Yuval Abraham documenteerde hij hoe Israël zijn gemeenschap Masafer Yatta probeert te verdrijven. De docu won zondag een Oscar. Lees via: www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20250...
March 4, 2025 at 11:41 AM
“Ze maken ons langzaam kapot. Elke week een huis”, vertelt de Palestijnse Basel Adra in 'No other land'. Samen met de Israëlische Yuval Abraham documenteerde hij hoe Israël zijn gemeenschap Masafer Yatta probeert te verdrijven. De docu won zondag een Oscar. Lees via: www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20250...
Some say that Europe can't do it. Really? As Tusk puts it: "500 miljon European asking 300 miljon Americans to protect them from 140 miljon Russians". Of course we can do it, and we have to do it.
March 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Some say that Europe can't do it. Really? As Tusk puts it: "500 miljon European asking 300 miljon Americans to protect them from 140 miljon Russians". Of course we can do it, and we have to do it.
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En direct, cessez-le-feu à Gaza : Israël « porte la responsabilité » du sort des otages, dit le Hamas, après la suspension de l’entrée de marchandises et d’approvisionnements dans Gaza
En direct, cessez-le-feu à Gaza : Israël « porte la responsabilité » du sort des otages, dit le Hamas, après la suspension de l’entrée de marchandises et d’approvisionnements dans Gaza
Le Hamas a exigé l’application de la deuxième phase du cessez-le-feu entré en vigueur le 19 janvier, estimant que la proposition américaine de trêve jusqu’à la mi-avril revient pour Israël à « se soustraire aux accords qu’il a signés ».
www.lemonde.fr
March 2, 2025 at 1:11 PM
En direct, cessez-le-feu à Gaza : Israël « porte la responsabilité » du sort des otages, dit le Hamas, après la suspension de l’entrée de marchandises et d’approvisionnements dans Gaza
Worth a watch.
The Dark Heart of Trump's Foreign Policy | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
www.youtube.com
March 2, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Worth a watch.