Molly Quell
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I've already been sent to The Hague. Tell me things:
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In things that are not an April Fool, the Dutch choose April Fools day to legalize gay marriage.
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Amsterdam celebrates 25 years since the world's first same-sex weddings
Amsterdam is marking 25 years since the world's first gay marriages were celebrated in the Netherlands.
https://apnews.com/article/gay-marriage-netherlands-25-anniversary-lgbtq-d96f6f88bd9e2365322a9056017ba8fa
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Someone on a podcast just described PSV as a "very small, very isolated" football team.
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Friends are having us around for dinner and I offered to bring some cake I had made.
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I have crashed a meeting of very smart people discussing the future of the European Court of Human Rights.
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"They will see us pass through our current spinning apocalypse, and the crash that will come after it, and they will see the currently unimagined things that will come after that: the transformations, revelations, the possible liberations."
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Katherine Rundell · Consider the Greenland Shark
I am glad not to be a Greenland shark; I don’t have enough thoughts to fill five hundred years. But I find the very...
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v42/n09/katherine-rundell/consider-the-greenland-shark
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I went to see One Battle After Another last night and while it was great, it should be illegal to make movies that last longer than 90 minutes.
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Has anyone calculated the increased wear and tear on their vehicle from driving on Belgian roads though?
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Husband: I replied to that Derrick guy. Me: Who is Derrick? Husband: The fashion dude? Me: YOU BROUGHT THE SPOTLIGHT OF THE MENSWEAR GUY ONTO YOU? Husband: Yeah? Is that bad? Me: If anyone asks, we were divorced before you did that. I am not getting cancelled by proxy.
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The Dutch (and Belgians) may not have the same reputation for crime literature as the Scandinavians but the winters here are as dark and the skies as grey, and Dutch Treats has gathered the best short Dutch crime fiction into one gritty collection.
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Dutch Treats: juicy crime stories to accompany a stroopwafel - DutchNews.nl
The Dutch (and Belgians) may not have the same reputation for crime literature as the Scandinavians but the winters here are as dark and the skies as grey, and Dutch Treats has gathered the best short...
https://www.dutchnews.nl/2026/03/dutch-treats-crime-stories-to-be-read-with-a-stroopwafel/
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This year seemed to be the year that both politicians and the Dutch media woke up to the fact that internationals are a huge untapped well of voters. Here’s the thing. If you want to be important, you have to actually vote.
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Want to complain like the Dutch? Vote like the Dutch. - DutchNews.nl
Our regular columnist Molly Quell thinks that more internationals need to avail themselves of their right to vote. It was a beautiful sunny Wednesday afternoon and I was walking through the city cent...
https://www.dutchnews.nl/2026/03/want-to-complain-like-the-dutch-vote-like-the-dutch/
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There is absolutely no way you can anticipate where this goes.
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"Why am I paying that final editor?” Peter Vandermeersch asked in an interview last year with Belgian newspaper De Morgen, arguing AI could take over the role.
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Former NRC editor suspended for using AI quotes which are fake - DutchNews.nl
The former editor-in-chief of the NRC has been suspended by publisher Mediahuis following revelations that he used AI to write multiple newsletters. Peter Vandermeersch confirmed that he used AI langu...
https://www.dutchnews.nl/2026/03/former-nrc-editor-suspended-for-using-ai-quotes-which-are-fake/
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I would agree. That should be considered dangerous ice.
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Oil prices are ruining my dream of being shot directly into the sun.
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I am finding the carpetbagging discourse funny today as there is someone running for my local town council in the Netherlands who lives in Bogota.
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They really just let anyone vote here.
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At the Permanent Court of Arbitration, Rwanda has filed a claimed against the United Kingdom for failing to honour its end of the deal under the Asylum Partnership Agreement.
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Even the ballots for local elections in the Netherlands are huge.
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That hits.
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Housing tops the list of issues in Maastricht but there are also worries about bike parking and the thousands of André Rieu fans.
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In Maastricht, the big concerns are housing and tourism - DutchNews.nl
The Netherlands goes to the polls to vote for 342 local councils on March 18 and Dutch News is focusing on the campaigns in 10 towns and cities where most internationals live. Housing tops the list of...
https://www.dutchnews.nl/2026/03/in-maastricht-the-big-concerns-are-housing-and-tourism/
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Technically, Trump is a former president himself.
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This is the exact expression my husband makes when he opens up the dishwasher after I load it.
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Residents of Amsterdam and The Hague have told
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the biggest concern for upcoming local elections is housing and Delft is no different.
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Local election watch: Housing in Delft - again the biggest issue - DutchNews.nl
The Netherlands goes to the polls to vote for 342 local councils on March 18 and Dutch News is focusing on the campaigns in 10 towns and cities where most internationals live. Residents of Amsterdam ...
https://www.dutchnews.nl/2026/03/local-election-watch-housing-in-delft-again-the-biggest-issue/
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Downside of tightly packed together Dutch houses: You can hear your neighbors. Upside of tightly packed together Dutch houses: You can hear your neighbors laughing when you send them a funny message.
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Everything is bad in this world but I just texted a friend to see if they wanted to grab a drink and they replied they were currently roasting a chicken and would have a plate and a cold beer ready for me when I arrived.
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The International Criminal Court is dropping an investigation into whether U.S. sanctions against Venezuela qualified as crimes against humanity.
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International court drops investigation into US sanctions on Venezuela
Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court are dropping an investigation into whether U.S. sanctions against Venezuela qualified as crimes against humanity.
https://apnews.com/article/icc-venezuela-sanctions-belarus-69050a392fbe77023cab37b3195afbfb
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In a filing obtained on Thursday by The Associated Press, the U.S. says that the accusations are part of a “broader campaign” against Israel and the Jewish people “to justify or encourage terrorism against them.”
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US defends Israel against South Africa's allegation of genocide filed to top UN court
The United States will intervene in the genocide case against Israel at the U.N.’s highest court, according to a filing obtained by The Associated Press.
https://apnews.com/article/world-court-israel-genocide-us-south-africa-1194b83a65c37541753a9b804133f9fd
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The Office of the Prosecutor is dropping an investigation into whether US sanctions against Venezuela qualify as crimes against humanity. Venezuela referred the matter to the court in 2014.
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ICC Office of the Prosecutor concludes preliminary examinations into Venezuela II and Lithuania/Belarus
The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has concluded its preliminary examinations into the Situation in Venezuela II, and the Situation in Lithuania/Belarus, both refer...
https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/icc-office-prosecutor-concludes-preliminary-examinations-venezuela-ii-and-lithuania/belarus
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Molly Quell
Bellingcat
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De Telegraaf, the Netherlands’ largest newspaper, recently published an interview with a woman promoting €1,600 seats on private evacuation flights from Dubai. Bellingcat found that her image was likely AI-generated, and flight data suggests no such plane took off.
www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...
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AI Used to Promote Non-Existent Evacuation Flights From the Middle East - bellingcat
A Dutch newspaper published a story about private evacuation flights from Dubai, but the photo shows signs of AI generation and the flights appear never to have existed.
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03/12/ai-used-to-promote-non-existent-evacuation-flights-from-the-middle-east/?utm_source=bluesky
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It's the "made with AI" that really seals it.
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Editor: Go to Maastricht and write about local elections. Me: Sure, absolutely, elections, right on it, straight away.
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An appeals chamber at the ICC says Edmond Beina will stay in the Central African Republic to face justice at the Special Criminal Court and will face trial in The Hague.
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ICC Appeals Chamber confirms decision on inadmissibility of the case against Edmond Beina
Today, 11 March 2026, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) confirmed Pre Trial Chamber II's Decision on the Central African Republic’s challenge to the admissibility of the ca...
https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/icc-appeals-chamber-confirms-decision-inadmissibility-case-against-edmond-beina
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Picked up the next book for review for
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The judges appointed to assess the investigation into International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Kham have handed in their report.
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Spotted in the wild. As if 2026 wasn't bad enough.
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A U.S. submarine’s deadly attack on an Iranian warship does not appear to have violated international or American military law, though it’s not yet clear whether the sub took sufficient measures to rescue nearly three dozen survivors, legal experts said.
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The US attack on an Iranian warship did not violate international law, experts say
Legal experts say a U.S. submarine’s deadly attack on an Iranian warship does not appear to have violated international or American military law.
https://apnews.com/article/iran-torpedo-war-crime-attack-submarine-7e2f883bae6af25fd0fa0aafd2a063ff
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You know who is getting things done today? ICC appeals court judges. They just released a decision keeping former Philippine President Rodrigo Dutertein custody.
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Is anyone getting anything done today?
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Liked it, didn't love it.
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I punched Nelson Mandela in the face.
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27 days ago
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Temperatures were well below freezing in Buffalo, New York in the days after Nurul Amin Shah Alam went missing in February 2026. February was notoriously one of the snowiest months for the city, over a six-hour drive north of New York City.
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The Rohingya Are Done Waiting for Justice | The Juggernaut
Exclusive: Reporting from The Hague, where the stateless community demanded the world name the violence they faced in 2017.
https://www.thejuggernaut.com/rohingya-genocide-case-myanmar-junta-icj-hearings
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In fun timing, the International Court of Justice has set deadlines today for the United States and Iran to submit filings about frozen assets because, they have been "unable to reach an agreement on the issue of compensation."
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Housing is at the top of the list of concerns for voters. Estimates vary but the city will need between 40,000 – 80,000 more houses in the coming five years, if population growth continues at the same pace.
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Local election watch: housing tops the concern list in Utrecht - DutchNews.nl
The fourth largest city in the country, Utrecht is known for the cartoon character Miffy, the iconic Dom tower and the largest bike parking garage in the world. A large part of the city’s population i...
https://www.dutchnews.nl/2026/03/local-election-watch-housing-tops-the-concern-list-in-utrecht/
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Meanwhile, the Dutch sent a plane to repatriate folks stranded.
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28 days ago
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This is like 250,000 people and the air space in many of these countries is closed.
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Ok Borges I am going to need you to take it down a notch.
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I demanded an English translation and Diego complied.
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Everything is bad but I read a bunch of books in February so I am going to tell you about them.
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Molly Quell
Diego Velazquez
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Exclusive revelations: The Luxembourg state bank has closed the ICC's institutional bank accounts in the aftermath of Trump's sanctions against the court. full story via
@wort.lu
www.wort.lu/politik/wie-...
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Wie der luxemburgische Staat klammheimlich Trumps Willen vollstreckt
Die Spuerkeess hat aus Angst vor US-Repressalien die Konten des von Trump sanktionierten Internationalen Strafgerichtshofs geschlossen – und die Regierung sah tatenlos zu.
https://www.wort.lu/politik/wie-der-luxemburgische-staat-klammheimlich-trumps-willen-vollstreckt/137345490.html
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