@wimschaerlaekens.bsky.social
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Ook The Vremde Mirror reikt een eindejaarsprijs uit. De prijs beloont de persoon in het medialandschap die overal verstand van heeft en die kennis altijd en overal overdadig en onbaatzuchtig deelt. Wie is kortom de allesweter van het jaar? Lees hier het juryrapport.
vremdemirror.com/2025/12/26/o...
vremdemirror.com/2025/12/26/o...
Ons eindejaarslijstje: de allesweter van het jaar
Het einde van het jaar wordt druk gevierd met lijstjes en prijzen. Traditioneel reiken wij elk jaar vanaf heden (een traditie moet eens op een dag beginnen) de prijs voor allesweter van het jaar ui…
vremdemirror.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Ook The Vremde Mirror reikt een eindejaarsprijs uit. De prijs beloont de persoon in het medialandschap die overal verstand van heeft en die kennis altijd en overal overdadig en onbaatzuchtig deelt. Wie is kortom de allesweter van het jaar? Lees hier het juryrapport.
vremdemirror.com/2025/12/26/o...
vremdemirror.com/2025/12/26/o...
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In case you're unclear on what JD Vance is trying to do here maybe it will help to recall Italian writer Ignazio Silone's 1938 description of what fascism is:
“Fascism is a counter-revolution against a revolution that never took place.”
“Fascism is a counter-revolution against a revolution that never took place.”
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 21, 2025 at 8:36 PM
In case you're unclear on what JD Vance is trying to do here maybe it will help to recall Italian writer Ignazio Silone's 1938 description of what fascism is:
“Fascism is a counter-revolution against a revolution that never took place.”
“Fascism is a counter-revolution against a revolution that never took place.”
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Veel reacties vandaag op deze column van mensen die denken dat ze in 2035 nog een nieuwe brandstofauto gaan kopen. (benieuwd waar ze dan tanken, en hoeveel een litertje in 2035 kost als die laatste diehards de hele benzine-infrastructuur moeten betalen)
December 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Veel reacties vandaag op deze column van mensen die denken dat ze in 2035 nog een nieuwe brandstofauto gaan kopen. (benieuwd waar ze dan tanken, en hoeveel een litertje in 2035 kost als die laatste diehards de hele benzine-infrastructuur moeten betalen)
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Congrats again to everyone for pretending the far right authoritarian party’s assault on higher education was really about fighting antisemitism
JD Vance: "Wouldn't you rather lead a movement of freethinkers who sometimes disagree than a bunch of drones who take their orders from George Soros?"
December 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Congrats again to everyone for pretending the far right authoritarian party’s assault on higher education was really about fighting antisemitism
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Putin wants a weak and divided Europe.
Now Trump has joined him.
Their weapon: social media.
Pro-European voices are silenced.
Far-right extremists are boosted.
Europe has a weapon too, the Digital Services Act.
So why aren’t you using it, dear European Commission?
Now Trump has joined him.
Their weapon: social media.
Pro-European voices are silenced.
Far-right extremists are boosted.
Europe has a weapon too, the Digital Services Act.
So why aren’t you using it, dear European Commission?
December 18, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Putin wants a weak and divided Europe.
Now Trump has joined him.
Their weapon: social media.
Pro-European voices are silenced.
Far-right extremists are boosted.
Europe has a weapon too, the Digital Services Act.
So why aren’t you using it, dear European Commission?
Now Trump has joined him.
Their weapon: social media.
Pro-European voices are silenced.
Far-right extremists are boosted.
Europe has a weapon too, the Digital Services Act.
So why aren’t you using it, dear European Commission?
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made a graph about the return of psychoanalysis
December 19, 2025 at 10:46 PM
made a graph about the return of psychoanalysis
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👀 White House chief of staff Susie Wiles on Trump, Vance, Musk, Vought and Bondi: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...
December 16, 2025 at 2:11 PM
👀 White House chief of staff Susie Wiles on Trump, Vance, Musk, Vought and Bondi: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...
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Le dessin du jour chez @reporterre.net
December 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Le dessin du jour chez @reporterre.net
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Excellent piece by @gideonrachman.bsky.social - which frames the NSS correctly and walks through the three plausible implications for Europe. All of them are worrying, and will be a big part of our research coverage at Eurasia Group going forward
December 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Excellent piece by @gideonrachman.bsky.social - which frames the NSS correctly and walks through the three plausible implications for Europe. All of them are worrying, and will be a big part of our research coverage at Eurasia Group going forward
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📝 [#Blogpost] Politique extérieure de l’Europe : ce qui ne va pas et ce qu’il faut changer, par @gduval_perso
🎯Qui dirige l'action extérieure de l'UE ? Mr. Duval revient sur l'architecture institutionnelle dysfonctionnelle de celle-ci.
👇À lire ici: institutdelors.eu/publications...
🎯Qui dirige l'action extérieure de l'UE ? Mr. Duval revient sur l'architecture institutionnelle dysfonctionnelle de celle-ci.
👇À lire ici: institutdelors.eu/publications...
Politique extérieure de l’Europe : ce qui ne va pas et ce qu’il faut changer - Institut Jacques Delors
institutdelors.eu
December 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
📝 [#Blogpost] Politique extérieure de l’Europe : ce qui ne va pas et ce qu’il faut changer, par @gduval_perso
🎯Qui dirige l'action extérieure de l'UE ? Mr. Duval revient sur l'architecture institutionnelle dysfonctionnelle de celle-ci.
👇À lire ici: institutdelors.eu/publications...
🎯Qui dirige l'action extérieure de l'UE ? Mr. Duval revient sur l'architecture institutionnelle dysfonctionnelle de celle-ci.
👇À lire ici: institutdelors.eu/publications...
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Realtors know that, in many parts of the country, if you educate people about climate risk, the housing market will collapse.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Realtors know that, in many parts of the country, if you educate people about climate risk, the housing market will collapse.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
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if you came of age in the 20th century then this really sits you down about how much the Worlds changed in 21st century. no going back….
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/bri...
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/bri...
When Tony Blair came to power in 1997, the UK economy was bigger than China and India combined.
November 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
if you came of age in the 20th century then this really sits you down about how much the Worlds changed in 21st century. no going back….
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/bri...
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/bri...
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"Les jours de redoux, c'est beaucoup de tristesse", écrivait Bernard Clavel, écrivain jurassien qui adorait l'hiver. Que dirait-il aujourd'hui avec nos redoux XXL, nos rivières atmosphériques dopées au réchauffement climatique ?
moins vingt degrés un jour et le lendemain 60 mm de pluie.
moins vingt degrés un jour et le lendemain 60 mm de pluie.
November 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
"Les jours de redoux, c'est beaucoup de tristesse", écrivait Bernard Clavel, écrivain jurassien qui adorait l'hiver. Que dirait-il aujourd'hui avec nos redoux XXL, nos rivières atmosphériques dopées au réchauffement climatique ?
moins vingt degrés un jour et le lendemain 60 mm de pluie.
moins vingt degrés un jour et le lendemain 60 mm de pluie.
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A fascinating scene to understand how personalistic regimes work. First, there is an in-or-out decision by the leader. This is always in flux, deliberately uncertain and essential to extract rents and exert power. When you are on the inside the substance of what you say and do becomes secondary.
Q: “Are you affirming you think Trump is a fascist?”
TRUMP: “That’s ok, you can just say yes.”
ZOHRAN: “Ok. Yes.”
TRUMP: “That’s ok, you can just say yes.”
ZOHRAN: “Ok. Yes.”
November 22, 2025 at 9:29 AM
A fascinating scene to understand how personalistic regimes work. First, there is an in-or-out decision by the leader. This is always in flux, deliberately uncertain and essential to extract rents and exert power. When you are on the inside the substance of what you say and do becomes secondary.
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A few days later and now a similar pattern to what happened over North America 6 days ago has now emerged over Europe and North Africa were polar freezing air has moved so far south reaching Algeria in North Africa:
Opmerkelijk de #hoogtetrog gevuld met koude lucht (polair) die in de loop vd week helemaal tot over het NW van Afrika uitdiept. In bv #Algerije op 500 hPa dan temp. tot -20 a -25°C en op 850 hPa een graad of 0. In de bergen #Atlas gaat dan tot in de lagere delen (1500-1200m) sneeuw vallen.
November 16, 2025 at 10:22 AM
A few days later and now a similar pattern to what happened over North America 6 days ago has now emerged over Europe and North Africa were polar freezing air has moved so far south reaching Algeria in North Africa:
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"These issues know no ideology, no political boundaries. It’s not a liberal or a conservative thing."
That was George Bush senior in 1988, vowing to tackle climate change as president.
How the US became the vandal of world climate deals. It didn't have to be so:
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
That was George Bush senior in 1988, vowing to tackle climate change as president.
How the US became the vandal of world climate deals. It didn't have to be so:
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
The White House effect: Why America reneged on its pledges to tackle climate change
A new Netflix documentary tracks how, since 1989, the US has sabotaged efforts to reduce global emissions
www.irishtimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM
"These issues know no ideology, no political boundaries. It’s not a liberal or a conservative thing."
That was George Bush senior in 1988, vowing to tackle climate change as president.
How the US became the vandal of world climate deals. It didn't have to be so:
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
That was George Bush senior in 1988, vowing to tackle climate change as president.
How the US became the vandal of world climate deals. It didn't have to be so:
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
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From a crewmember on yesterday's Teal 74 mission into now-Category 5 Hurricane #Melissa. As clear of an eye as you will see in the Atlantic basin.
October 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
From a crewmember on yesterday's Teal 74 mission into now-Category 5 Hurricane #Melissa. As clear of an eye as you will see in the Atlantic basin.
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A Palestinian father gifted his daughter a cat on her birthday after she lost most of her pets in Israel's war on Gaza.
October 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
A Palestinian father gifted his daughter a cat on her birthday after she lost most of her pets in Israel's war on Gaza.
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🟠Tempête Benjamin : quelques valeurs de rafales relevées depuis la mi-journée ce jeudi ⬇️
➡️ 168 km/h à Cagnano, Cap Corse
➡️ 144 km/h à Vidauban, Var
➡️ 119 km/h à Chambéry, Savoie.
⚠️ Attention au risque d'avalanche en haute-montagne, dans les Alpes.
Point complet 👉 meteofrance.com/actualites-e...
➡️ 168 km/h à Cagnano, Cap Corse
➡️ 144 km/h à Vidauban, Var
➡️ 119 km/h à Chambéry, Savoie.
⚠️ Attention au risque d'avalanche en haute-montagne, dans les Alpes.
Point complet 👉 meteofrance.com/actualites-e...
October 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
🟠Tempête Benjamin : quelques valeurs de rafales relevées depuis la mi-journée ce jeudi ⬇️
➡️ 168 km/h à Cagnano, Cap Corse
➡️ 144 km/h à Vidauban, Var
➡️ 119 km/h à Chambéry, Savoie.
⚠️ Attention au risque d'avalanche en haute-montagne, dans les Alpes.
Point complet 👉 meteofrance.com/actualites-e...
➡️ 168 km/h à Cagnano, Cap Corse
➡️ 144 km/h à Vidauban, Var
➡️ 119 km/h à Chambéry, Savoie.
⚠️ Attention au risque d'avalanche en haute-montagne, dans les Alpes.
Point complet 👉 meteofrance.com/actualites-e...
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It's a strange state of affairs where world leaders have to consider whether public support of Trump's Nobel Prize quest can get them, say, a tariff reduction of 5 percentage points.
Johnson: "Together with my friend Speaker Ohana of the Israeli Knesset we're going to rally speakers and presidents of parliaments around the world so we will jointly nominate President Donald J Trump for next year's Nobel Prize. No one has ever deserved that prize more & that is an objective fact."
October 14, 2025 at 3:27 PM
It's a strange state of affairs where world leaders have to consider whether public support of Trump's Nobel Prize quest can get them, say, a tariff reduction of 5 percentage points.
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So true! Do not expect wealth creation, prosperity or competitiveness if decisions are not climate proof.
Prof Stern and @dpcarrington.bsky.social on a very timely message.
Worth reading, specially by all those looking for excuses to delay climate action.
Prof Stern and @dpcarrington.bsky.social on a very timely message.
Worth reading, specially by all those looking for excuses to delay climate action.
Climate action is the only economic growth story of 21st century, says leading economist Lord Stern
- Fossil-fuelled growth is futile as the damage it causes ends in economic self-destruction
#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Fossil-fuelled growth is futile as the damage it causes ends in economic self-destruction
#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate investment is growth opportunity of 21st century, says economist
Lord Stern says fossil-fuelled growth is futile as the damage it causes ends in economic self-destruction
www.theguardian.com
October 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
So true! Do not expect wealth creation, prosperity or competitiveness if decisions are not climate proof.
Prof Stern and @dpcarrington.bsky.social on a very timely message.
Worth reading, specially by all those looking for excuses to delay climate action.
Prof Stern and @dpcarrington.bsky.social on a very timely message.
Worth reading, specially by all those looking for excuses to delay climate action.
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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A very humid air with an elevated mixed layer (EML), combined with strong synoptic forcing, leads to a hybrid (partly stratiform, partly convective) heavy rainfall event in NE France, W Germany and BeNeLux during the night of Tuesday and Tuesday morning. #SevereWeather #Floods
September 8, 2025 at 11:35 AM
A very humid air with an elevated mixed layer (EML), combined with strong synoptic forcing, leads to a hybrid (partly stratiform, partly convective) heavy rainfall event in NE France, W Germany and BeNeLux during the night of Tuesday and Tuesday morning. #SevereWeather #Floods
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Nothing is certain except death, taxes, and highway engineers surprised by induced demand
A few days ago, Berlin opened a new stretch of urban motorway, with the stated aim to reduce congestion.
Today, the stretch was temporarily closed because of too much congestion.
Today, the stretch was temporarily closed because of too much congestion.
August 31, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Nothing is certain except death, taxes, and highway engineers surprised by induced demand