Zoals wel vaker een stukje om duimen en vingers bij af te likken. Je kan lang proberen om een 'redelijk' debat te voeren, maar als je tegenstanders feitenvrije nonsens verkopen om hun eigen contradicties te verbergen, is de tijd aangebroken om man en paard te noemen.

This is who Chancellor Merz is allying Germany with.

Met 'bondgenoten' zoals Jim Ratcliffe van #Ineos heeft de Vlaamse regering, die nochtans dolgraag fossiele krakers in Antwerpen wil en er veel geld, tijd en middelen voor over heeft, geen vijanden nodig. www.tijd.be/ondernemen/c...

Morgen komen de Europese leiders samen in Alden Biesen. Context: de benarde situatie van de Europese industrie. De Wever en co misbruiken die situatie om te snijden in ons klimaatbeleid en Europa te versnipperen. Dat zal niks opleveren. Uiteraard bepleit de groene visie precies het omgekeerde 👇

This Thursday, European leaders gather at Alden Biesen on the future of our industry. De Wever, Merz and Meloni want to dismantle European rules and hand more power to member states. But that weakens Europe precisely when we need to stand strong. 1/4 👇 groen.be/greening_industry_makes_europe_strong

"Profits of pitchfork and hammer manufacturers expected to soar in coming years"

We staan voor een tweesprong: we kunnen kiezen voor de oude, gefaalde recepten van nationalistisch rechts met meer deregulering en 'flexibiliteit' voor lidstaten, of voor een gecoördineerd Europees en strategisch beleid gericht op investeringen in modernisering en vergroening 1/2

High energy prices, ageing assets, global overcapacity & delayed investments. Europe’s industry is under real pressure. These challenges are real & must be addressed. However, weakening rules protecting our health, climate & nature won't solve them. ✍️ @jenniferrankin.bsky.social @theguardian.com

De laatste maanden is een campagne bezig om Europees beleid af te bouwen, zogezegd om 'de industrie te redden'. En Bart De Wever speelt er een hoofdrol in. Laat je niet vangen. De recepten van BDW, Meloni en Merz zullen de net EU verzwakken 👇 @ecodenker.bsky.social www.standaard.be/opinies/dit-...

Hannah Arendt did not mince words, did she? 'Totalitarianism replaces all first-rate talents with crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.' From "The Origins of Totalitarianism" (1951)

Waarom volgens de zeer bedachtzame Jonathan Rauch, die het F-woord niet snel in de mond neemt en tot voor kort afwees, Trump’s bewind een vorm van fascisme is. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Voici un excellent résumé pourquoi le traité avec le Mercosur n’est pas une bonne idée pour notre souveraineté, une idée pourtant défendue par bcp de commentateurs récemment

🇨🇦PM Carney just schooled our cowardly European leaders at #Davos. This speech was clearly aimed at them: "We must actively take on the world as it is, not wait around for a world we wish to be." "What does it mean for middle powers to live the truth? First it means naming reality..." (🧵1/6)

Dit is precies het soort opvattingen die Europa naar de slachtbank hebben geleid. Zoals Mexico, Brazilië en China aantoonden moet je Trump weerstand bieden. Hij ziet militaire en commerciële chantage als een legitieme tactiek. Je moet hem tonen dat het niet werkt. www.standaard.be/opinies/eu-m...

🇪🇺 Het nieuwe Made in Europe-plan had er al lang moeten liggen, want het is vijf voor twaalf. Omdat fossiele grondstoffen elders goedkoper zijn, is onze industrie niet meer competitief. We moeten dus zo snel mogelijk van fossiele grondstoffen af. 1/2 www.tijd.be/politiek-eco...

It has never as clear as today. I would hope the people and political leaders act accordingly

Pretty ironic to see the orange manchild in the White House throw tantrums like this, and accuse Europe of ‘civilisational decline’. As always, watch out for declining empires (like the US) as they flail wildly about them.

In sum, Europe has little to lose in hitting back hard. The hope here is Europe hits back hard and prompts Trump to deescalate, just as he has done on China. Thus by escalating Europe is also creating a pathway to deescalate this crisis.

Excellent piece. Contrary to the ridiculous claims in the US NSS that Europe is in 'civilisational decline', it has never been as relevant as today. That is exactly why powers such as the US and China (and multinationals and techbros) actively attempt to undermine it. Elbows up, Europe!

Brilliant takedown of the technocrats in Europe 👌

The MAGA elite is afraid of civilisational erasure in Europe and intends to boost the far right in upcoming elections. Sounds to me like they should be shitting their pants over their own demise. www.ft.com/content/f123...

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Project promotors are usually convinced that ‘their’ project will push out the others on the market, not the other way around. Or they have friends in high places, with big guns. There’s a logic in the madness.

Great rant once again, reflecting about every sane person’s mood right now 👌

Europa heeft een probleem. En het zijn niet onze regeltjes om onze natuur en leefmilieu te beschermen, zoals ons alom wordt wijsgemaakt. Nee, het is onze cultuur. Case in point: een CEO zoals Dumarey, wiens uitspraken uit 2023 'have not aged well' to say the least. www.standaard.be/economie/aut...

This is Trump's manchild Homeland Security Advisor. In light of these (and other) tantrums, we shouldn't be surprised to see the US acting as a wrecking ball to international relations. A remidner to do everything we can to isolate this regime -- contrary to the spiel of European leaders right now.

Good summary

Given everything happening right now, I updated this article with options for weather apps, web forms, and translation services — along with some tweaks to existing categories. I hope it helps your transition off US tech!

And in a country like Belgium, Tesla sales went down -50% in one year. Let this be a lesson to all that going far right is bad for business

True today as it was then. That is, if our rulers stop foisting surrender deals and submission on us as they did in 2025.

One thing 2025 made clear: Durable progress on climate in the US will require structural reform to our corrupted political systems. Otherwise, steps forward will always be vulnerable to the bloody clawbacks we saw this year. A political strategy that doesn't center system reform is not "pragmatic."

About ten years in between these pics in Piran and Genoa respectively, still rooting for the protein transition; and especially in the meantime have truly discovered the secrets (and delights) of #tofu 👌

American fascists taking the cue from European fascists of the past

Projects like @tournevie.bsky.social prefigure a joyful and hopeful future. When the bubble bursts, models such as ours stand ready to provide economic and democratic security in contrast to the problematic techbro capitalist AI fever dream that divides and crushes people's agency and creativity 💪

RT @mazmhussain.bsky.social "The U.S. crackdown on Latin America is largely about pushing China out of the neighborhood and pivoting to a strategy of hemispheric defense instead of trying to contain China on its own turf. The trends in the below map in Latin America are unacceptable to Washington:

People keep figuring this out. One by one we'll get there.

The rest of the west is our only bet ft.trib.al/OtOJKiP

On the Trump admin's new national security strategy: "an imperialist strategy of primitive accumulation masquerading as a culture-warrior grand strategy." www.un-diplomatic.com/p/primitive-...

Flagging #Brussels and #Rome. Your imagined problems with the reparation loan are putting in jeopardy the safety of Ukraine and Europe.

Steengoed artikel in DS. De geïnterviewde experts leggen de vinger op de wonde wat betreft de modernisering (en per definitie vergroening) van chemie: het blijvend subsidiëren van de fossiele status quo, ondanks de miljardendividenden die weglekken uit ons land. 1/3 www.standaard.be/economie/hee...

We zoeken een collega in ons team!

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Another 'peace deal' brokered by Trump that isn't worth the paper it's written on. Will media outlets finally start tearing down Trump's delusional claim of being a harbinger of peace? And can FIFA mobster G. Infantino reclaim his newly invented 'peace prize' please? www.reuters.com/world/africa...

The alliance between Putin and Trump to destroy the EU and liberal democracy should be our first priority in the coming years.

Let the good times roll! 🥳 The orange man's approval rating continues to tank. Given that people find the state of the economy the most important issue by far, his disastrous economic and trade policies will continue to weaken his approval rating even more 👌 www.economist.com/interactive/...

ANYWAY Buy from small businesses Buy from independent creators Buy passion projects Buy commissions Buy art In a society that's decided that money is final word, be aware of where yours goes and to support what Yes it sucks, I don't like it either, but pretending it's not a thing does not help!

Finally some fresh ideas in the talks about ending Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

EU 2035 latest: The oil lobby’s push for an EU biofuels loophole could create an unsustainable demand for animal fats and used cooking oil – the equivalent of 120 pigs per car. A 🧵 on what this loophole would mean for Europe’s limited supply of advanced biofuels 👇

Very good interview and important fact-checking.