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Kevin Schoenmakers

@kevinschoenmakers.bsky.social
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Reporter at ANP in the Netherlands // via Shanghai and New York // kevin.schoenmakers@anp.nl // 宋楷文

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Once again, I ask why the New York Times & every other media outlet immediately & instinctively reports on the 🇩🇪 AfD as a “far right” or “extremist” party but does not regularly cover the 🇺🇸 Republican Party as such: bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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New York Magazine @nymag.com · 08/09/2026
Wasians were more visible than ever this year: from Alysa Liu to Hudson Williams to Olivia Rodrigo. But this incoming generation, simply by their existence, has dislodged a crooked anxiety that the new face of Asian America is Wasian.
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The Wasian Generation
How the sudden pop-cultural dominance of part white, part Asian Americans triggered a collective identity crisis.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
applying "Make ___ Great Again" to Germany really does kinda give the game away
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Andrew Deck @andrewdeck.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I dug into the DOJ’s letter yesterday backing OpenAI in its ongoing copyright litigation with The New York Times. One of the strangest arguments: a ruling in favor of the Times would actually hurt small and independent news publishers. www.niemanlab.org/2026/09/trum...
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Trump administration says a New York Times win in OpenAI lawsuit would “threaten national security” and hurt small newsrooms
The Department of Justice filing argues that large publishers will disproportionately benefit if AI companies have to pay to use copyrighted content.
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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
If you haven’t read the dedication of Gloria Steinem’s autobiography My Life on the Road, it is really worth taking a second today.
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Dr. Black's Medieval Remedies @winstonblack.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
My god, what an image. Dead kings in a plastic box, carried off as the world burns.
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Kevin Schoenmakers @kevinschoenmakers.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Zelfrijdende techniek lost veel problemen van de auto op. Minder ongelukken, minder uitstoot, minder tijdverspilling. Maar hij neemt nog net zoveel ruimte in. En dat wordt een steeds groter probleem. Mijn artikel in @decorrespondent.nl
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Dan Watson @wats.ink · 28/07/2026
this is great stuff because the surface story is “man responds to personal tragedy with initiative to help others” but the subtext is “bleak, stupid country structures daily life in a way that kills people constantly”
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EMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I wrote about the Nolan Odyssey for the LRB. I'll summarize some of my main points below, in case you don't feel like reading all that. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man
As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...
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WIRED @wired.com · 17/07/2026
Yesterday, WIRED learned that Madison Square Garden was suing us for our accurate reporting. We stand by our work. That’s why we’re removing the paywall from two of the MSG stories they don’t want you to read, making them free for everyone.
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Incredible stuff here
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De Speld @speld.nl · 13/07/2026
Klimaat enorm aan het drammen met talloze overstromingen en hitterecords #despeld
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Klimaat enorm aan het drammen met talloze overstromingen en hitterecords
Steeds meer mensen ergeren zich aan het gedram van het klimaat. Met hittegolven in Europa, bosbranden in Canada, Zwitserland en de Canarische Eilanden, en aardverschuivingen in Colombia voelt het voor veel mensen alsof het klimaat echt over de schreef gaat.
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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
well this is all totally outrageous www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/u...
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How Marco Rubio Is Running Venezuela From Afar
The secretary of state effectively controls Venezuela’s finances, the distribution of its natural resources and its government. His grip on the country is a vivid manifestation of American power in th...
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
“.. Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro on the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C.” @reuters.com
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Abbey @abbeyarletto.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
NYT investigates US car bloat: “About 200 to 400 pedestrians a year would not have died if vehicles had remained approximately the same size over the past quarter-century. That represents about 10 percent of the recent increase in pedestrian deaths.”
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The Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s
The vehicles on American roads have grown larger — and they are killing thousands more pedestrians, a Times investigation found.
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NOS @nieuws.nos.nl · 16/06/2026
Zelfde groepje actievoerders te zien bij 48 asielprotesten door hele land
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Zelfde groepje actievoerders te zien bij 48 asielprotesten door hele land
De NOS analyseerde beschikbaar beeld van protesten en 7000 Facebookberichten om te kijken of er sprake was van een vorm van organisatie, zoals ook de AIVD onderzoekt.
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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Edward Luce in the Financial Times about Musk:
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
I generally don't like cross-posting from Twitter, but Mike Young absolutely nails how the US wound up with a resurgence of the flesh-eating screwworm decades after it had been eliminated.
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Mike Spangenberg @mikespangenberg.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
We don’t often get NYT column reprints, but I was very glad to see this from @jamellebouie.net in today’s print StarTribune. Really strong piece warning of the dangers of Dems just trying to go back to “normal” after Trump. It’s among Bouie’s best (which is saying something)
Photo of a print op ed by Jamelle Bouie titled “American broke something when it gave Trump a second chance.”
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Tariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
In his first interview since being kicked out of the US, FIFA referee Omar Artan tells’s the NYT’s Matt Bigg that the biggest dream of his professional life has been shattered. The World Cup ref was questioned for 11 hours, held in a cell and then dumped on a plane. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/w...
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Somali Referee Says His World Cup Dream Is Dashed After U.S. Denies Entry
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Ben Phillips @benphillips76.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
You need to read Mamdani’s “Mayor’s Order” repealing kids’ bedtime so they can watch the Knicks in the final. This is how to do politics with joy.
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Taffy Brodesser-Akner @taffyakner.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Woke up this morning wanting to swallow your own tongue? Here, then, I wrote this for you!
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I Profile Celebrities for a Living. Nothing Prepared Me for Tilly Norwood.
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China Books Review @chinabooksreview.com · 29/05/2026
Read Kevin Schoenmakers' review-essay on "workers' literature" in translation: chinabooksreview.com/2026/05/21/w...
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Kevin Schoenmakers @kevinschoenmakers.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
China’s middle classes are anxious about the economy, and to make sense of what is happening they are turning to workers’ literature. I reviewed two recent books that have been translated into English.
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Viola Zhou @violazhou.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
For my latest feature, I wrote about the Chinese math kids turned AI superstars: their (and my) STEM education, their allegedly boring life, aspirations for an AI-powered world, and anxieties over money and politics. restofworld.org/2026/chinese... via @restofworld.org
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The Chinese whiz kids of Silicon Valley
Chinese-born tech workers have fueled Silicon Valley for decades. In the AI era, they're superstars.
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Emily Feng @emilyzfeng.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
1/ Totally fascinating story from NYT on how homeowners associations and private property are spaces for political resistance in China: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/w...
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Inside a Fight by Homeowners for Control of Their Community in China
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Sense Hofstede @sensehofstede.nl · 19/04/2026
Formosa Review: Beijing expels New York Times correspondent Vivian Wang over Taiwan row – ’as she was outside the country reporting from Seoul’
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BREAKING: Beijing expels New York Times correspondent Vivian Wang over Taiwan row
Exclusive: Visa denial followed Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te’s appearance at NYT’s DealBook summit.
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 20/04/2026
THREAD: The IEA global energy review 2026 * CO2 record high, but growth nearly ground to halt * Clean energy shaved 3bn tonnes off CO2 * Fossil-fuel power pushed into reverse * Age of Electricity "confirmed" * "Extraordinary" solar growth * Batteries up 40% * EVs up 20% 1/10
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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 19/03/2026
Something extraordinary – yet predictable – has happened over recent days on Facebook. Fake accounts that usually post anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim content generated using AI to fuel division and hate in UK are now pushing out AI-gen content asking: "Should the UK produce its own fuel again?"
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Lauri Myllyvirta @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
New from me: No increase in global coal power generation after Hormuz closure - solar and wind growth covered the fall in gas-fired generation. The record buildout of clean energy in 2025 helped mitigate the impact of the Hormuz closure.
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Laura Tamman @lauratamman.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
“Most of my published work appears already to be inside these models, shaping their outputs in ways I never agreed to and will never fully understand. Grammarly just had the bad manners to put my name on it.”
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
New NBER paper finds that US crash deaths rise by ~15% on dates of major album releases. Distraction from smartphones is a likely culprit. www.nber.org/papers/w34866
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 09/02/2026
More than a dozen children—most of whom were born to surrogate mothers—were found in an L.A. mansion. Ava Kofman reports on the mysterious couple behind this story. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/VOPv86
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The Babies Kept in a Mysterious Los Angeles Mansion
A wealthy couple obtained dozens of children through surrogates. Did they want a family, or something else?
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Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Particularly when CBP agents have already been caught wearing Meta glasses to immigration raids even without facial recogntion www.404media.co/a-cbp-agent-...
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A CBP Agent Wore Meta Smart Glasses to an Immigration Raid in Los Angeles
Video obtained and verified by 404 Media shows a CBP official wearing Meta's AI glasses, which are capable of recording and connecting with AI. “I think it should be seen in the context of an agency t...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/02/2026
"For years, a cottage industry of political observers has contorted itself to obscure and occlude the obvious. That regardless of what others see in him, Trump’s entire political career...cannot be understood outside the context of his bitter, deep-seated racism." (gift link)
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Opinion | This Is Just Who Trump Is
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
⚠️ The CIA World Factbook has been shut down. (link: www.cia.gov/stories/stor...)
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STORIES -
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THE WORLD FACT-BOOK AS WE BID A FOND FAREWELL
February 4, 2026
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Wrong Station @thewrongstation.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
DOCTOR: I told him he needed to get out to a show, that was how he would cure his depression. CHOTINER: So you learned this technique in school? DR: No, not— listen it was good advice. Pagliacci was in town. C: Right. Is it standard to give advice before learning a patient’s name? DR: Now look
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Matt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Jew in Amsterdam here. Please use Anne Frank as a comparison point to explain how state persecution of scapegoats impacts children, that is the point of her example, thanks
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Meduza in English @meduza.io · 28/01/2026
Low oil prices, a global glut of crude, a strong ruble, and sanctions are all weighing on Russia’s oil and gas revenues. Here’s what that means for the Kremlin’s budget. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
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Russia’s oil and gas revenues are shrinking. Meduza explains what that means for the Kremlin’s war chest. — Meduza
Low oil prices, a global glut of crude, a strong ruble, and sanctions are all weighing on Russia’s oil and gas revenues. As a result, oil and gas accounted for a record-low share of the federal…
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
NYT says ICE shot him in the back: An “agent aims his own firearm at Mr. Pretti’s back and appears to fire one shot at close range… A third agent unholsters a weapon. Both agents appear to fire additional shots into Mr. Pretti as he lies motionless… At least 10 shots appear to have been fired…” 🎁🔗
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Videos Show Moments in Which Agents Killed a Man in Minneapolis
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
It's hard to even explain what a disaster this is for the US economy in the short-term — as well as US innovation and industry in decades to come. Immigrants and foreign students at our universities are—as always have been—the wellspring of American invention and innovation.
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Tom Louwerse @tomlouwerse.nl · 20/01/2026
Seven MPs of Geert Wilders' Freedom Party (PVV) quit the party and start their own parliamentary party group in the Dutch House of Representatives. They refer to the fact that Wilders is the only party member of the PVV and the lack of results. www.dutchnews.nl/2026/01/dutc...
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Dutch far-right PVV falls apart, seven MPs form new party - DutchNews.nl
Seven MPs from the far-right PVV have left the party in a dispute over strategy with its leader, founder and only member, Geert Wilders. A document drawn up by the dissidents shows the group demanded ...
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Chris Nelder @chrisnelder.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Power demand in China hit a new peak in 2025 but all of the growth was more than met by renewables, so coal-fired power generation actually fell. www.reuters.com/sustainabili... 2/2
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Renewables push China's fossil‑fuelled power into first annual drop in 10 years
China's mostly coal-based thermal power generation fell in 2025 for the first time in 10 years, government data showed on Monday, as growing renewable generation met growth in electricity demand even ...
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 14/01/2026
2025 was an exceptional year for the Earth's climate ⬆️ Warmest ocean heat content ⬆️ Tied as second warmest surface temps ⬆️ Second warmest troposphere ⬆️ Record high sea level and GHGs ⬇️ Record low winter Arctic ice New State of the Climate over at Carbon Brief: www.carbonbrief.org/...
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Kevin Schoenmakers @kevinschoenmakers.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
In crisisgebieden zijn zonnepanelen onmisbaar. In Oekraïne, Gaza, Myanmar en Jamaica gaat het de mensen niet om groen, maar om overleven. Ook Nederland wordt weerbaarder met meer hernieuwbare energie. Mijn artikel voor @decorrespondent.nl
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 13/01/2026
NEW – Analysis: Coal power drops in China and India for first time in 52 years after clean-energy records | @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/WqnAVhP
Growth in coal-fired power generation in China and India by year, %, 1972-2025. Source: Analysis by Lauri Myllyvirta for Carbon Brief.
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Federal Reserve @federalreserve.gov · 12/01/2026
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG... www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
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Noah Barkin @noahbarkin.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
The dust hasn’t settled on Trump’s attack on Venezuela. Now he is contemplating new strikes on Iran. The New Yorker is asking the right question: “Is Donald Trump creating the conditions for another world war?” podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/t...
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The Political Scene | The New Yorker
Politics Podcast · Updated weekly · Join The New Yorker’s writers and editors for reporting, insight, and analysis of the most pressing political issues of our time. On Mondays, David Remnick, the edi...
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Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
In case you are unaware that digital images are also being manipulated to depict women and children as victims of physical violence. It's not just about bikinis.
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