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Dimo Kavadias

@dkavadia.bsky.social
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Brussels based political scientists (@VUB Vrije Universiteit Brussel), interested in Brussels, Education, political psychology, Science Fiction, and everything that keeps me from my actual work.

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Dimo Kavadias @dkavadia.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Ik stel mij opnieuw kandidaat voor de Raad van het GO! Een sterke samenleving begint in de klas — niet op sociale media. 10 jaar Raad leerden mij: goed bestuur vraagt geduld, ook als het moeilijk wordt. #GOonderwijs #FieroponsGO @go-onderwijs.bsky.social
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Verkiezing Raad van het GO! voor het eerst digitaal
In oktober vindt de verkiezing van de Raad van het GO! plaats. Voor het eerst verloopt die verkiezing digitaal. Benieuwd wie de kandidaten zijn? Bekijk hun voorstellingspagina op GO! pro.
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Dimo Kavadias @dkavadia.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Some musings (and analyses on the REDIRECT-data) on democracy and insecurity... www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
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Rethinking Democratic Disconnect: Ontological Insecurity, Institutional Trust, and Democratic Support Across Generations | Article | Politics and Governance
Dimokritos M. Kavadias, Eline Severs, Elly Mansoury
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Dimo Kavadias @dkavadia.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Steunpuntdag Toetsen, deze keer over Leerwinst ;-) => 26/11 steunpunttoetsen.be/steunpunt-st...
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Steunpunt Studiedag 2026 – Samen naar meer schoolontwikkeling - Steunpunt Centrale Toetsen in Onderwijs
Hoe kunnen toets- en onderwijsdata bijdragen aan krachtiger onderwijs en meer gelijke onderwijskansen? Welke inzichten bieden de Vlaamse toetsen? En hoe kunnen scholen en onderwijsprofessionals met de...
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Dimo Kavadias @dkavadia.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Cool paper by cool @lkavadia.bsky.social
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Dimo Kavadias @dkavadia.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Goed Interview met pionier Anne Verougstraete www.bruzz.be/actua/samenl...
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Abortuspionier Anne Verougstraete: 'Het recht op abortus zal altijd ter discussie staan'
Nu het debat rond zwangerschapsafbreking weer op volle toeren draait, waarschuwt Anne Verougstraete voor nieuwe tendensen die het verworven recht onderuit kunnen halen.
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Dimo Kavadias @dkavadia.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Go @sanders.senate.gov !
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Dimo Kavadias @dkavadia.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
"... how could you speak out loudly if you’re not an American citizen?” (...) “And if you can’t speak out loudly if you’re not an American citizen, when will they come for the American citizens? ” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Yale professor who studies fascism fleeing US to work in Canada
Jason Stanley, who says grandmother fled Berlin with his father in 1939, says US may become ‘fascist dictatorship’
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Dimo Kavadias @dkavadia.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Light the Beacons!
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Dimo Kavadias @dkavadia.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
(By way of @aliamjadrizvi.bsky.social on fb) The play-button might be all too appropriate
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Dimo Kavadias @dkavadia.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
No education, no problem?
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
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Dimo Kavadias @dkavadia.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Last calls voor de studiedag van @brio-brussel.bsky.social morgen over de Rand als Regio ... www.briobrussel.be/node/19221 Inschrijven kan nog via forms.gle/gJwm5UL7X9Ro...
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Studiedag 'De Rand als regio? Gelijkenissen en verschillen in de Rand' | BRIO Brussel
Op dinsdag 18 maart organiseert BRIO de studienamiddag ‘De Rand als regio? Gelijkenissen en verschillen in de Rand’ in GC de Zandloper, Kaasmarkt 75, 1780 Wemmel.
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Dimo Kavadias @dkavadia.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Claude Malhuret in the French Senat on the US position concerning Ukrain ... youtu.be/G-lh0TUTtvI?... (with subtitles www.youtube.com/watch?v=unSS... )
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Guerre en Ukraine : "Washington est devenu la cour de Néron", lance Claude Malhuret
YouTube video by Public Sénat
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Dimo Kavadias @dkavadia.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Op 18/3 organiseren we een studiedag over de Rand als Regio. Deelname is gratis, maar wel graag inschrijven via => docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Allen daarheen!
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brio-brussel.bsky.social @brio-brussel.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Volgende week dinsdag is het zover! De studienamiddag 'De Rand als regio? Gelijkenissen en verschillen in de Rand' focust op de eigenheid van de Randgemeenten binnen Vlaanderen. Meer info en inschrijven op: www.briobrussel.be/node/19221
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Dimo Kavadias @dkavadia.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
(via @eds66.bsky.social op FB)
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G-EPIC Project @g-epicproject.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
📢 Join the Final MSCA Lunchtime Conversation on Democracy! 🗓️ Date: 7 March 2025 🕛 Time: 12:30 – 14:00 CET 💻 Format: Online 🔗 Registration Deadline: 6 March 2025, 12:00 CET Don't miss this insightful conversation! 👉 Register now: marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/event/msca-l...
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Tim Snyder brilliantly analyzes what this bit of Trump’s lunacy yesterday revealed: open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Here I react to the shameful encounter between American leaders and media and the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share. snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
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Five Failures in the Oval Office (video)
America hurt itself badly today.
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Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 28/02/2025
As a kid watching Red Dawn in the 80s, I definitely though the Russian takeover of the US would involve at least *some* tanks
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Reto Mitteregger @indubioproreto.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Even more distinct among young women:
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Dimo Kavadias @dkavadia.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
from another medium
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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Given this, and Gebbia's position as Board Chair at Airbnb, I plan to take my lodging business elsewhere. www.newsweek.com/airbnb-joe-g...
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Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia joins growing DOGE team under Elon Musk
Joe Gebbia is the latest tech guru to join Elon Musk's growing team of staffers within DOGE.
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Dimo Kavadias @dkavadia.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
The road to dictatorship ...
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Joseph E. Stiglitz @josephestiglitz.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
It's time. Morally, economically, realistically. #TaxThePower @icrict.bsky.social
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Lectrr @lectrr.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
#cartoon #staking #vakbond (via www.lectrr.com)
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Jennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Restricting civil liberties, like free press, is a hallmark of authoritarian regimes.
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Dimo Kavadias @dkavadia.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
How a 21st century coup looks like? ===> Elon Musk Reinstates DOGE Member Who Resigned Over Racist Posts truthout.org/articles/elo...
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Elon Musk Reinstates DOGE Member Who Resigned Over Racist Posts
In one of Marko Elez’s many disturbing online posts over the past year, he proudly referred to himself as a racist.
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Dimo Kavadias @dkavadia.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
"Ondanks de beperkte middelen zetten onze CLB’s steeds sterker in op preventie en op professionalisering van ankerfiguren binnen de scholen, om zo de groeiende problematiek het hoofd te bieden." #CLB #GO! pro.g-o.be/nieuws/de-ki...
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De kijk van Koen: toekomstkansen bieden is een taak van heel de samenleving
In hun jaarverslag kaarten de CLB's een aantal pijnpunten aan en formuleren ze aanbevelingen om alle leerlingen toekomstkansen te bieden. Alle leerlingen toekomstkansen bieden is een opdracht die het ...
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Dimo Kavadias @dkavadia.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
The National Science Foundation, is screening papers through a list of words ( “female,” “disability,” “LGBT”, “hate speech”) to check whether they comply with ‘DEI’ guidelines concerning “forbidden words” - the codex is back, with a vengeance…
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The Braes o' Bonúll @bonullbraes.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Brexit making the headlines.
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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Don't just ask how Musk/Trump actions serve their supposed purposes. Ask how they aid the attempt to seize power paulkrugman.substack.com/p/autogolpe
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What’s really happening beneath the Musk/Trump chaos
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 07/02/2025
#BREAKING UN urges Trump to reverse ICC sanctions
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Dimo Kavadias @dkavadia.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
apt description of current affairs through an artist's gaze - found on a banksy fan-page (banksy art forever on fb)
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Dimo Kavadias @dkavadia.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
"The cessation and sudden downsizing [of USAID] are undermining U.S. credibility internationally and increasing national security risks. They also have the potential for significant long-term effects on U.S. economic interests.” www.brookings.edu/articles/wha...
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The implications of a USAID shutdown
Brookings experts consider the ramifications of a shutdown of USAID and freeze on U.S. foreign assistance under Trump.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Of course it’s a coup. Miss the obvious, lose your republic. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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Of course it’s a coup
Miss the obvious, lose your republic
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The Social Study @thesocialstudy.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
[reminder] 📣The Social Study opens a call for questionnaire proposals to be fielded among 2000 French-speakers in Belgium. ⏱️Apply by February 10
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 05/02/2025
they are mostly targeting black employees so this is quite literally just a repeat of woodrow wilson’s segregationist purge of the federal government
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The Independent @the-independent.com · 04/02/2025
A newly proposed law could see people in the US face significant fines or even jail time for using the Chinese AI app DeepSeek. The bill aims to “prohibit United States persons from advancing artificial intelligence capabilities within the People’s Republic of China, and for other persons”.
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DeepSeek users could face million-dollar fine and prison time under new law
Hugely popular Chinese AI app has raised security, privacy and ethical concerns
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Dimo Kavadias @dkavadia.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
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Jonathan Huseman @jonhuus.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Oud premier Olmert die overigens al een tijd waarschuwt voor apartheid #Israel.
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Unrwa decries 'disinformation campaign' as Israeli ban sets in - www.middleeasteye.net/news/unrwa-de…
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Unrwa decries 'disinformation campaign' as Israeli ban sets in
UN agency says it was forced to abandon all facilities in northern Gaza and other areas amid claim facility was used to hold hostage
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Dimo Kavadias @dkavadia.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Inderdaad… de echte cancelcultuur wordt nu pas een realiteit…
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apache/ @apache.be · 29/01/2025
Het overlijden van “historicus van opleiding, socioloog van beroep en wetenschappelijk activist” Stephen Bouquin dompelt de Belgische linkerzijde in rouw. "Zijn werk en engagement kunnen ons veel leren over de rol van intellectuelen in de sociale strijd", schrijft @vschelti.bsky.social.
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Stephen Bouquin: intellectueel voorop in de sociale strijd
Het plotse overlijden van academicus Stephen Bouquin (1968-2025) dompelt de Belgische linkerzijde in rouw.
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CNN @cnn.com · 29/01/2025
President Trump says he's ordering the federal government to prepare the US Naval base at Guantanamo Bay to house tens of thousands of migrants. Read more: cnn.it/3PUwMly
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
This! 👇
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Dimo Kavadias @dkavadia.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental (or not?)
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Lectrr @lectrr.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
#cartoon #formatie #bdw (via www.lectrr.com)
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Dimo Kavadias @dkavadia.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
By all means necessary… (?!)
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