Nobody protesting, no outcry by political leaders, no daily media headlines…..

Maybe more interesting than all other November 4 election results 👇

Democracy alive and kicking yesterday: www.npr.org/2025/11/05/n...

Abigail Spanberger wins Virginia’s governor race, returning the state to Democratic leadership. She will be its first female governor. 🔗 on.wsj.com/493FVmD

Only in America

A bargain…..https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/615-000-a-day-order-to-keep-coal-plant-open-ignites-debate-in-michigan-aa8bf2a6

Where are the protests?

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A welcome revival of the Dutch political centre on.ft.com/4hYkeqJ | opinion

Big loser of the night is the perpetual "Europe doomed" narrative. Great win for Center/center left parties, while far-right got dinged but remains part of the political landscape. The notion of the far-right always rising and it being 1933 in Europe has just grown really stale.

🚀 November 4 @5:30pm ASTROPOLITICS screens at Delphi Lux in Berlin — a 63-minute journey from the Cold War’s space race to today’s crowded cosmos. Can space become a domain of cooperation, or will history repeat itself? free event, registration required: bit.ly/47xpM6L

Like a rollercoaster www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

Look at what we can do if we want to. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Not commenting on this action, but if boycotts of Israel continue after it stops killing in Gaza, if they are not tied to a specific demand, the conclusion Israelis draw is “they hate us regardless and there is no point listening to them.”

Worthwhile the read! www.wsj.com/opinion/free...

I assume he wants people to pay for his book www.theverge.com/news/674366/...

Boycotting Israeli films is an ill-conceived means of achieving political change, Gershom Gorenberg argues. It targets “a vital source of artistic dissent rather than policy makers”:

The 2028 US election remains a long way off. But it is not too early for Europeans to start preparing for the possibility of a J.D. Vance presidency, writes Majda Ruge https://bit.ly/47TZxsQ

Access to minerals that power a battery has emerged as a vital geopolitical, economic & social concern. So where does the lithium, the nickel, and the cobalt come from? Who controls the supply? Thursday Oct 3 20.00 hrs Docu and Talk @debalie.bsky.social. debalie.nl/cinema/cined...

Too many subscription cancellations ?https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/jimmy-kimmel-live-return-abc-1236374942/

Whisper it softly - as it really doesn't fit the narrative - but the AfD has markedly underperformed in a series of recent mayoral elections in Germany's eastern states. Often where the rival candidate was a dynamic local figure commanding broad "popular front" support.

Great initiative, will other outlets follow? www.theatlantic.com/press-releas...

What is the next step for Belgium? Banning the average Israeli citizen? operawire.com/flanders-fes...

Space: the final frontier of human ambition. Can global powers collaborate or will old rivalries follow us beyond Earth? Don't miss screening of Astropolitics in Brussels 📅 Oct 6 |18:30 | @flageystudios.bsky.social, Studio 5 Free event, registration required 👉 www.flagey.be/en/activity/...

Surprise, surprise

What guardrails are we willing to put in place ?https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/chatgpt-ai-stein-erik-soelberg-murder-suicide-6b67dbfb

And we knew that risk was there a long time ago

As the EU prepares the next Russia sanctions package, @miriamkosmehl.bsky.social explains what could be an effective focus: oil trade and the shadow fleet; banks, dual-use goods and financial flows; and tackling circumvention through third countries. Read more here➡️ bst-europe.eu/economy-secu...

Swiss engineering 🇨🇭altitude 2360 meters

1/3 of the population

$50,000 signing bonus & $60,000 student loan forgiveness will surely make this attractive to many www.wsj.com/us-news/ice-...

Breaking News. (Die erste von vermutlich hunderten…).

Foreign leaders are once again recognizing Palestinian statehood. The motive “is not to bring peace to the Middle East. They hope instead to bring peace to their own streets,” David Frum argues—but they are unlikely to succeed.

No surprise www.wsj.com/opinion/ai-r...

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Interesting read www.wsj.com/economy/the-...

Frightening :https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/i-feel-like-im-going-crazy-chatgpt-fuels-delusional-spirals-ae5a51fc

NEW: @philuck.bsky.social cautions that U.S. tariffs on inputs to data centers, including a recent proposal to put a 100 percent tariff on semiconductors, threaten to undermine U.S. AI leadership and the high-value services it enables. Learn more: www.csis.org/analysis/how...

There are nearly 16,000 books bans affecting more than 4,000 titles in the US, so this 👇 is not about free speech let’s call a dog a dog www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Now the European consumer just needs to be convinced to buy American cars, beef, chicken and more… probably easier said than done www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/o...

National gerrymandering competition

3 sessions, 3 exciting topics, wonderful speakers! We keep learning every day!

It takes two to make peace. It keeps surprising me how little pressure EU politicians put on Hamas, no mention at all in this interview www.politico.eu/article/isra...

As a Dutch citizen a wholeheartedly agree with this message 😎https://www.ft.com/content/7a66685f-df17-4987-88f0-9acc7f4ec64c

As satellites shape everything from GPS to global security, space is becoming the next geopolitical frontier. @julianasuess.bsky.social from @swp-berlin.org unpacks in this interview what’s at stake for space security & international cooperation. Listen here: www.astro-politics.org/expert-inter...

In recent days, Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib has spoken with many Gazans who are furious about the starvation unfolding around them and hold Hamas responsible for their suffering. “The best way to undermine Hamas’s position is to instead flood Gaza with food,” he argues: https://theatln.tc/94SgOKOG

60 Jahre nach seiner Gründung durch Lyndon B. Johnson wird der öffentliche Rundfunk in den USA abgewickelt.