Na twee dodelijke ongelukken: verkeerspsycholoog waarschuwt fietsers 'automobilist is niet sociaal' #rijnmond #algemeen

“[Israeli] settlers have continued their attacks since the beginning of March. 13 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank during settler raids on Palestinian villages, some of them by civilians, some of them by settlers who serve in the army.”

It seems counterintuitive, but more intense, irregular rainstorms --driven by climate change -- are actually causing the planet's land to dry out. @eroston.bsky.social explains important new research (🎁) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The European Commission has urged member states to ban "barbaric" conversion practices targeting LGBTIQ+ people. As of today, only eight countries prohibit them. But the recommendation falls short of the EU-wide ban requested by a citizens' initiative.

Nigel Farage’s party waves the Bible but opposes loving thy neighbour and helping those in need ✏️ @nigelwarburton.bsky.social

BURGUM: When the sun goes down, solar produces zero electricity HUFFMAN: I want to enter into the record this amazing new technology that apparently the secretary is unaware of -- it's a battery

More than 28 million heat pumps have been installed across Europe, outselling traditional gas boilers in many nations. ➡️ https://l.euronews.com/c2MC

Europe’s few AI plays soar as US tech frenzy goes global ft.trib.al/cIOOSdN

Maybe the wars against Iran and Ukraine teach the world that middle-sized countries can defend themselves against major powers, sufficiently to not let them win.

Het verkeersinstituut Vias vraagt om zo snel mogelijk speekseltesten te voorzien die ketamine kunnen opsporen. Vandaag wordt in het federaal parlement een wetswijziging goedgekeurd om de drug te verbieden in het verkeer.

Terecht. Binnenkort komen weer met z'n allen op tegen kanker, maar nu zijn degenen die er aan lijden profiteurs

More than 700 private flights flew to and from Cannes Film Festival for last year’s star-studded event, burning two million litres of fuel.

Some people leave prison quieter. Others return determined to speak out loud. Read this moving article by Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, the journalist recently freed from a Kuwaiti prison after nearly two months behind bars.

De premisse dat het volstaat om iemand van de ziekenkas te smijten om die terug aan het werk te krijgen, rammelt.

NATO is openly backing renewables and other non-fossil fuel sources of energy as key to the alliance’s security, even as its most powerful member actively undermines attempts to shift away from oil and gas.

Die AfD stellt sich als unbesiegbar dar, besonders im Osten. Doch dieses Jahr verlor sie dort bisher fast alle Kommunalwahlen. Was sich daraus lernen lässt lest ihr hier 👉️ taz.de/!6173862/

Opinie: Walvissen zoals Timmy redden we niet met een transportbak, maar met een verdrag

Polen is Europees koploper defensie-investeringen. Het mondt uit in onnodige aankopen, tegenstrijdige strategieën en een enorme schuldenberg. 👉 www.groene.nl/artikel/pole...

To challenge the Greens, Labour attacks the Greens. To challenge Reform, Labour copies Reform.

Palestine is the moral issue of our time, as was apartheid in the 1970s and 80s. your stance and your silence define you.

Threatening to bomb innocent men women and children again! This isn’t being strong; it’s lack of negotiating ability. Obama stopped Iran’s nuclear program with a Treaty won without a war! Trump ripped it up. Because Obama! Trump is a barbarian.

Hulde aan mensen die effectief aan de slag gaan met maatschappelijke uitdagingen! 🙏 www.gva.be/binnenland/a...

#OTD in 1432, one of the greatest paintings in the history of Western art was revealed at the St John’s Church in Ghent. The ‘Ghent Altarpiece’ by the Van Eyck brothers, commissioned by local magistrate Joos Vijdt, is still considered a wonder of the world

‼️ Russia violates Zelenskyy's ceasefire within minutes

A former model who said she fought off Jeffrey Epstein with a sex toy has gone missing in New York, according to reports.

«Cela revient à brûler des euros» : chasser les fuites de méthane pourrait aider à résoudre la crise énergétique Lors d’un sommet sur le méthane,, il a été décidé d’élargir le champ de surveillance des fuites au secteur des déchets et du charbon. Analyse :

The second half of this year will almost certainly see the start of an El Niño phase that could lead to extreme heat across much of the globe, and James Hansen expects that to make this year surpass 2024 as the hottest on record

Driverless cars can now be ticketed in Los Angeles. How?

Waarschijnlijk gaan er mensen naar dat concert gaan omdat Shani een symbool van steun aan Israël geworden is. Ik hoop dat cultuurbeleving die mensen beweegt tot medemenselijkheid.

Removing CO2 from the atmosphere by capturing the carbon from burning biomass is supposed to save the planet, but it looks like the flagship project will never happen

Ik was gisteren met een vriend scenario's aan het bedenken over hoe de VS verder zou evolueren. Een plausibel maar wreed scenario was dat Trump sterft en de machtsstrijd binnen de GOP het land verder verscheurt.

Esperanza Spalding was the first jazz artist to win the Grammy for Best New Artist (2011), beating out Justin Bieber and Drake. The now 5-time Grammy-winning virtuoso bassist, singer, and composer is a leading figure in 21st-century #jazz. #JazzDay #music #musicsky

Corn ethanol serves no purpose and is purely a handout to farmers. It costs more and emits more than normal petroleum. And it takes up half as much land area as all urban and suburban land in the US. If we replaced the land with solar, we'd get 3x as much power as the US uses.

Duidelijk wie voordeel zal halen uit de aankoop van de kerncentrales…

Captured by @jonoallenphotography: Mãhina, a white humpback calf spotted in Vava’u, Tonga. 1 in 40K humpbacks are born w/ this lack of pigmentation. “Mãhina” means “moon” in Tongan. #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/s...

Israël heeft schepen van de Global Sumud Flotilla voor Gaza in de buurt van de Griekse kust geënterd, onklaar gemaakt, en bemanningsleden ontvoerd. Vanuit Europa blijft het stil. rightsforum.org/israel-valt-...

AMOC collapse on front page. If it happens, effects for the Netherlands can be bad: cold winters, heavy storms, drought, extra sea level rise. Some scientific research now estimates a probability of 50%. Still, it's hard to get a few millions of funding for ocean measurements, scientists complain.

Twee van mijn naaste vrienden hebben hard gewerkt om goedbetaalde verantwoordelijke jobs te doen in bedrijven, die nu plots opgekocht worden door private equities. En nu, in hun 50s, haten die hun leven.

Decennia is volgehouden dat de gezondheidsproblemen na de kernramp in Tsjernobyl in 1986 minimaal zijn, maar via plaatselijke archieven ontdekte onderzoeker Kate Brown dat de schade zwaar onderschat is. 👉 buff.ly/gfjcUsD

End of an era: last hereditary peers exit UK parliament. The Labour government has axed the 92 spots in the unelected upper chamber reserved for peers who inherit their position as a member of an aristocratic family u.afp.com/SaPo

The U.S. air and sea war against Iran is costing the American taxpayer roughly 3.5 times more per month than the previous support for Ukraine did at its peak.

Ukraine pushes for sanctions on Israel over ‘looted’ grain

Pour la première fois, les énergies renouvelables ont dépassé le charbon en 2025 pour la production d’électricité

« Il ne faut jamais oublier pourquoi la paix, signée entre Israël et le Liban en 1983, s’est effondrée moins d’un an plus tard »

Activists organised a protest in solidarity with Palestine on Saturday in Stockholm, Sweden. They were seen depicting far-right Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir covered in blood, holding a toy representing a child’s body, alongside a soldier raising the Israeli flag.

No one should be going to the US for football, the Olympics or anything else they don't have to. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

. The fact we are going to have our first trillionaire before everyone has access to clean drinking water is proof our current system is not for the greater good but for the greedy. .

Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft are all planning huge layoffs. Amazon got $17.5B in federal tax breaks last year. Jeff Bezos is worth $271B. Meta saved $13.7B in taxes. Mark Zuckerberg is worth $231B. Microsoft saved $12.5B last year. Its CEO is worth $1.3B. This is what a rigged economy looks like.