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Anton Dekker 🚲 / AntonDekker@mastodon.nl

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Maakt het niet erger / don't make it worse. Never experienced much, though impressionable for little things.

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Nutwerk🔻 @nutwerk.bsky.social · 3h
Inwoners van de gemeente Oldebroek kunnen gratis een regenboogvlag aanvragen. Hijs de vlag op zaterdag 10 oktober, de dag vóór Coming-Outdag. Aanvragen kan tot donderdag 8 oktober, 12.00 uur, zolang de voorraad strekt. oldebroekvooruit.nl/vlag
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Niet bij het gemeentehuis? Dan bij ons thuis. · oldebroekvooruit.nl
Inwoners van de gemeente Oldebroek kunnen gratis een regenboogvlag aanvragen en hijsen die op zaterdag 10 oktober, de dag vóór Coming-Outdag. Aanvragen tot donderdag 8 oktober, 12.00 uur.
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Howard French @hofrench.bsky.social · 3h
Same author as the Kane obit. This one, on a British historian of Africa, however, quotes no Africans, glosses unquestioningly over slavery's role in African demography, + wrongly likens Nkrumah to Eyadema. "How a Painstaking Scholar Reinterpreted African History" www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/o...
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How a Painstaking Scholar Reinterpreted African History
In six major books, John Iliffe centered his research not on kings, dictators and guerrilla chiefs but rather on ordinary African citizens. He has died at 87.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 6h
FUCK YES. This is the energy, morality, and courage that I expect from leaders. Unbelievably brave.
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 9h
Let me talk about 7 October 2023. Tbh I'm not comfortable doing so here. I don't trust you. On that day, and in the days following, my experience of social media was deeply, profoundly unpleasant. But a lot changed in my life as a result of the attack and the war. So I may as well share how.
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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 7h
The message Labour, Grüne, Linke, PSOE, PD and the rest of European Socialism and Social Democracy need to ram home is without social security there is no military security Welfare systems aren't bleeding business, they're underpinning social stability and military power needed for trade and growth
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Nina Zeelen @ninazeelen.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
VVD’ers weigeren AfD te veroordelen
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Anton Dekker 🚲 / AntonDekker@mastodon.nl @antondekker44.bsky.social · 17h
That is: Republika Srpska (one year after Trump lifted sanctions on the current president Dodik – including family and aides – who won again the elections last Sunday October 4 and had thanked Trump for that)
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Semafor @semafor.com · 17h
France is bracing for more intense student-led protests, as political upheaval ripples through Europe’s major economies. www.semafor.com/article/10/0...
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Ton Aarts @tonaarts.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Maar nu de vraag: Welke partij heeft het lef om te zeggen: 'We komen 80 miljard te kort, voor onderhoud bruggen in NL. Maar gaan 100 miljard uitgeven aan kerncentrales, UITSLUITEND voor multinationals. Ben ik nou gek of zullen we stoppen met gratis kerncentrales en dat geld in bruggen stoppen'
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Trouw @trouw.nl · 20h
Hulporganisaties leggen druk op Sjoerdsma: ‘Haal Gazaanse kinderen hierheen’
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Hulporganisaties leggen druk op Sjoerdsma: ‘Haal Gazaanse kinderen hierheen’
Hulporganisaties en kinderartsen vinden dat het kabinet meer zieke Gazaanse kinderen naar Nederland moet halen, terwijl het kabinet enkel geld geeft voor opvang in de regio. ‘We spreken erover alsof het een logistiek probleem is, maar het is bovenal een humanitair probleem.’
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 17h
Time was when to get into DOJ, you had to be top quarter of the class at a top 20 law school. Now it's the bottom quarter of the class with a mail-order degree. This is a grossly degraded institution.
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Justice Dept. Turns to Partisans and Conspiracists to Fill Depleted Ranks
The civil rights unit has recruited people whose questionable work histories and dearth of education and experience might have disqualified them in the past, former officials said.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19h
UPDATE: Trump just awarded another $3 BILLION military contract to a company backed by his son Don Jr. (and Peter Thiel) — what skilled businessmen these Trumps are! Robbing the American taxpayer in broad daylight.
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Anton Dekker 🚲 / AntonDekker@mastodon.nl @antondekker44.bsky.social · 22h
Nuclear project in Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen)
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Christoph Schmidt @christophschmidt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Het Lid Keijzer (1 zetel) doet kansloos dekkingsvoorstel voor accijnsverlaging en zegt: "Ik betaal dat door iets minder geld uit te geven aan Oekraïne en ontwikkelingssamenwerking." IK BETAAL DAT.
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 23h
Shin Bet refrained from probing professor who planned attacks on Arab civilians Josh Breiner reports www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Shin Bet refrained from probing professor who planned attacks on Arab civilians
The lecturer had a licensed weapon and an operations notebook detailing plans for attacks and recruiting activists. Despite this, senior Shin Bet officials ordered the service not to investigate, and ...
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Anton Dekker 🚲 / AntonDekker@mastodon.nl @antondekker44.bsky.social · 23h
"Mij overkomt het niet"
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Okke Ornstein @ornstein.org · 23h
Nederland wist het weer eens beter: “In andere landen werd er niet automatisch een asielaanvraag gedaan als iemand onder de Richtlijn Tijdelijke Bescherming viel. "Nederland is daar echt een uitzondering in"(…)” #asielprutsbeleid nos.nl/artikel/2633...
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IND moet met 140.000 aanvragen Oekraïners aan de slag, asielstelsel verder onder druk
Na een uitspraak van het Europese Hof van Justitie blijkt dat van meer dan honderdduizend Oekraïners in Nederland alsnog de asielaanvraag behandeld moet worden.
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Abu Aardvark @abuaardvark.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“as wars in the Middle East and the Horn become inextricably linked, a single security sphere is coalescing…instability will continue to ricochet in both directions, and the overlapping conflicts and disputes will become harder to resolve.” Good piece www.foreignaffairs.com/middle-east/...
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The New Red Sea Wars
Conflicts in the Middle East and the Horn of Africa have become inseparable.
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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
At 4 a.m. today, Israeli forces raided a five-story building in Al-Tur, East Jerusalem, forced Palestinian families out with barely anything in their hands, and demolished 10 apartments — leaving around 70 Palestinians without their homes.
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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Christoph Wehner wrote a great study in the 00s about how the refusal of insurance firms to provide basic cover to nuclear power projects fundamentally hampered the rollout of nuclear reactors beyond state-backed megaprojects. Something people working on AI frontier models might want to read
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Kemi Badenoch, who is currently purging the Tory candidates list, tells Today she stands for "uniting the country" and wants to "bring the country together". She then laments the Coalition years when "we had to make concessions". It's amazing how often "unity" means "everyone must agree with me".
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Josh Self @josh.politics.co.uk · 06/10/2026
Kemi Badenoch to Times Radio: “We haven't called it an Iron Dome” The Conservative press release:
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 06/10/2026
On the podcast: @naomiaklein.bsky.social and @astra.bsky.social join @adamshatz.bsky.social to discuss what fascism looks like in the age of AI, and why we have reached a point where tech billionaires declare they are ‘unapologetically on Team Humanity’. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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Fascism in a time of AI
Podcast Episode · The LRB Podcast · 6 October · 54min
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Football Heritage @footballheritage.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Football in Mostar is divided across clear ethnic and religious lines. There aren’t many other places in the world where this happens. In many ways, the football culture of Mostar is a microcosm of the divisions which were amplified during the Bosnian War.
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NRC @nrc.nl · 06/10/2026
Vergeleken met elf andere Europese landen blijkt Nederland als een van de weinige niet de staatsschuld extra te laten oplopen om defensie-uitgaven te financieren. En maar heel weinig andere landen bezuinigen op sociale zekerheid. Wat kan Nederland leren van die landen? buff.ly/YoNCX8J
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Vrijwel heel Europa leent voor de defensie-uitgaven, maar Nederland blijft bij het mantra van Heinen: ‘Elke euro betaald aan rente krijg je nooit meer terug’
Herbewapening: Vergeleken met elf andere Europese landen blijkt Nederland als een van de weinige niet de staatsschuld extra te laten oplopen om defensie-uitgaven te financieren. En maar heel weinig…
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Dagelijks een Gummbah @gummbahfan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
#gummbah
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Anton Dekker 🚲 / AntonDekker@mastodon.nl @antondekker44.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Weird
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Anton Dekker 🚲 / AntonDekker@mastodon.nl @antondekker44.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Ondertussen leuk lachen in een of andere podcast
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Just a reminder: Tillis persuaded the woman Hegseth allegedly raped to come forward with her story, and told her that if she did, it would sink the nomination. She did. At great risk to herself. Tillis then cast the deciding vote for Hegseth. Because he’s a goddamned coward.
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Outgoing Sen. Tillis regrets pivotal vote for Hegseth: ‘He’s an actor. He’s not a manager’
Outgoing Sen. Thom Tillis spoke to MS NOW about regretting his vote to confirm Pete Hegseth and his strained relationship with Trump.
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Ahmad Algohbary @ahmadalgohbary.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Breaking: A powerful explosion was heard in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, according to an AFP correspondent.
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Ahmad Algohbary @ahmadalgohbary.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Important notice from the Ministry of Interior: Anyone who photographs, publishes, or circulates information related to missile and drone interceptions, or the locations where they fall, will be subject to legal accountability.
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 05/10/2026
We're repeatedly told that the killer app for pervert glasses - Meta's AI-enabled camera glasses and their imitators - is that they will remind you of someone's name and spare you the social awkwardness of not recognizing them.
Medieval peasants working the fields in front of a walled city. Their overseer rides a horse; his head has been replaced with a robotic camera. From all sides, gory, anatomical eyeballs intrude upon the scene, each one with a different colored iris.
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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🧵 Nearly 12,000 (11,982) books were banned in public schools during the 2025-2026 school year, according to PEN America’s newly updated Index of School Book Bans. #BannedBooks #BannedBooksWeek
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
An economics lesson for Tucker Carlson from Britain’s Jacob Rees-Mogg. In reality, the war is what is currently keeping both the Russian economy and Putin’s power afloat. Ending the war will trigger a "demilitarization shock" to Russia’s budget.
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Vicente Valentim @valentimvicente.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Harder to think of a clearer example of normalization of far-right discourse. The idea of remigration is now something that can be argued should be a priority of what might very well be the next Spanish government. elpais.com/espana/elecc... 1/2
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Abascal pone condiciones a un futuro gobierno con el PP: “Prioridad nacional, desregulación y remigración”
El partido ultra, que aún no ha sufrido desgaste por volver a los gobiernos autonómicos, espera pescar en el electorado xenófobo de Aliança Catalana
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 05/10/2026
This is a much stronger statement than the one issued yesterday by the MPs and leadership of the Green Party of England and Wales
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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
They can't say this anymore after yesterday's motion. The call for one state is in direct contradiction to international law leftfootforward.org?p=174085
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Only the Green Party’s stance on Gaza is based in international law and human rights
Carne Ross explains the Greens' position, including support for a ban on arms sales to Israel
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Bas Kromhout @baskromhout.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
'Elke keer dat een ongefundeerd verhaal klakkeloos wordt overgenomen, vervaagt het onderscheid tussen wat mensen daadwerkelijk in Dachau hebben doorstaan en wat iemand, om welke reden dan ook, zich toe-eigent.'
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Het onbewezen Dachau-verleden van Willem Wilbrink
Willem Wilbrink zou in Dachau veertig mensen het leven hebben gered. Maar zijn naam komt niet voor in de gevangenenlijst van kamp Dachau.
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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
France and Germany's position towards China is heading towards the delusional, China may need the EU market but it is the largest trade partner for the majority of the world's countries, not a fly easily swatted away.
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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Support for the 2 state solution among Israeli Jews went from 40+ in 1994 to a peak of 70% in 2007-8. Netanyahu came to power in 2009 and it has been falling ever since. Source: Israel Democracy Institute.
https://en.idi.org.il/articles/24664 
Support for the Two States, among Jewish-Israeli Population

(%) 1994-2018
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Laura Kayali @laukaya.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Governments should change laws to allow defense companies to take down suspicious drones overflying their plants, a senior executive at Franco-German arms-maker KNDS told @politico.eu www.politico.eu/article/euro...
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Arms-maker urges Europe to let defense firms take down hostile drones
Weapons manufacturers should be treated as critical infrastructure, a top executive at KNDS tells POLITICO.
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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The main problem with Ukraine's accession to the EU has always been agriculture, but suggesting restrictions obviously goes against the entire basis of integration. That though is the inevitable follow-on to greater nationalism and fear across the bloc. www.ft.com/content/8463...
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EU to limit Ukraine’s access to farming subsidies if it joins bloc
Fear by member states of massive food exports by Kyiv leads to curbs on access to agricultural markets
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Jeremy Cliffe @jeremycliffe.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
With that, Europe's "super election year" starts early. To come in 2027: French presidential & legislative elections plus general elections in Estonia, Finland, Greece, Italy, Poland, Slovakia and major state elections in Germany. Roughly 6 in 10 EU voters at polls in a span of c.12 months.
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Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"The withdrawal was highly unusual: Such moves are rarely made so quickly from an allied air base in a peacetime country thousands of miles from a combat zone." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...
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U.S. Rushes to Withdraw Bombers From U.K. Air Base After New Threats
The withdrawal came with unusual speed, following what U.S. officials said were threats of an Iran-based plot against the installation.
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The silver lining to the horror story is that traditional pneumonic plague is inefficient at spreading - it kills its host far too quickly. However, given the international consensus that Russia has an active bioweapons programme, it would be presumptious to rule out a novel, weaponised strain.
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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A statement from the head of the @boell.de Foundation, the political foundation behind the German Green Party. 👇
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Just a reminder that these Haitian immigrants in Springfield -- who came here legally, did everything they were asked to do and more -- became a target of federal crackdowns because the white nationalist vice president shamelessly spread racist lies about them.
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J.D. Vance Defends False Claims Against Haitians: 'If I Have to Create Stories… That's What I'm Going to Do'
J.D. Vance defended his debunked claims that Haitian immigrants are eating pets in Springfield, Ohio.
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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Goddammit. The contempt these people have for everything wondrous and good and *human* is so grotesque.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 04/10/2026
There are new and specific numbers in this story, so it’s worth reading. I continue to resent the lack of credit to Nick Schwellenbach at @pogo.org, Dan Friedman at @motherjones.com, and me, who have previously reported every other aspect of this story, including that the sale prices were very high.
Kristi Noem's Agency Gave Her Donor a Lucrative Contract Just Before She
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The Homeland Security Department signed a multi-million dollar agreement to buy five aircraft from a company owned by a political contributor of the secretary on her last day, documents show.
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Anton Dekker 🚲 / AntonDekker@mastodon.nl @antondekker44.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Houthis Claim Attack on Aramco as Yemen Conflict Escalates
More than 200 U.S. intelligence and military analysts are in Saudi Arabia helping it provide assistance to its Yemeni allies, current and former U.S. officials say.
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