NeonLiberal @neonliberal.bsky.social · 17hDe oldtimerregeling is wel van belang voor hobbyistenautos die 99% van de tijd in de garage staan en geen significant beslag op het wegennetwerk leggen. De oplossing hier voor is echter al decennia bekend. Betalen naar gebruik ipv bezit dmv rekeningrijden is veel eerlijker. 190
NeonLiberal @neonliberal.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Jaded ammo officer? Were you the guy who started the cold War the thread in tfr by any chance? 010
NeonLiberal @neonliberal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Cool, feel better now after being aggro at strangers? 000
NeonLiberal @neonliberal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026He's implying hegseth being on the other end of this new precedent after his conviction. 310
NeonLiberal @neonliberal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026What if I haven't seen don't look up? Is it better to see that first? I had no interest in it. 000
Reposted by NeonLiberalMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Actually, Americans are just like you. ~20-30% of them genuinely support fascism, as in ~every 🇪🇺 country. You are just more fortunate to have political institutions & a multiparty system that prevent that 20-30% from fully capturing the center-right party, becoming 51%, & controlling the government. 18844131025
NeonLiberal @neonliberal.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Trump is not uniquely evil. He's just uniquely stupid. 1150
NeonLiberal @neonliberal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Bin Laden while a Saudi national, was not on good terms with the Saudi government. He was being hosted and supported by the Taliban. 010
NeonLiberal @neonliberal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Here in NL a company doing layoffs must let people go roughly proportionate to their age group presence. So no firing all the new kids in a company with a mostly older workforce. 110
NeonLiberal @neonliberal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I was kinda surprised driving around the western US last year how accurate the media (GTA, really) depiction of rural America as dilapidated was. 040
NeonLiberal @neonliberal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I have premium because I hate ads yeah. I also like that apparantly more money goes to the actual creators I like watching. It also came with YouTube music which I use. 000
NeonLiberal @neonliberal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Thankfully Mechanical Engineering is a trade and not a academic discipline. 000
NeonLiberal @neonliberal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026My "ideological clowns are out" rally has a lot of people asking questions already answered by my rally. 000
NeonLiberal @neonliberal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Interesting that burning through resources is more common. I assumed most people had my anxiety about spending resources because what if I need them later? 020
NeonLiberal @neonliberal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It's fine, I don't know anything about education in Asia either. 011
NeonLiberal @neonliberal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Oh yeah our high school is completely different. Only the top 17% are on the pre research university track. You can get into a research university without, I did. But it requires jumping through some educational hoops. It's definitely not without it's downsides. 110
NeonLiberal @neonliberal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Somehow they and us manage without Gen Ed. Engineering traditionally was indeed "vocational" in the Dutch systems to the extent that you only studied engineering at a seperate Technische Hogeschool instead of a Universiteit. Engineering is a vocation and that's fine tbh. 120
Reposted by NeonLiberalAmrk @amrk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I do feel extremely sorry for this guy who for the crime of misunderstanding how American universities work (for Americans reading, many other countries have no concept of minors, you only take classes in what your degree is in), is being dogpiled like he said history classes are evil 4426
NeonLiberal @neonliberal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Actually you know what. I did get my wires crossed between different posts. Fair do. I apologize for misrepresenting your words. 110
NeonLiberal @neonliberal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026If you don't think the 1950s US creation of Gen Ed requirements is superior why argue against people who don't see the need for them? I appreciate history, actually did a 30ects minor in it. I'm still glad it wasn't a mandatory part of my degree and I stand by the value of our degrees. 100
NeonLiberal @neonliberal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Which is weird right? It's not like we don't have humanities programs or professors over here. 120
NeonLiberal @neonliberal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Every American student* Whole countries in Europe don't do Gen Ed. Somehow we haven't collapsed (yet). 150
NeonLiberal @neonliberal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026That's not so much a thing in Europe no. This guy studied in Scotland it seems. 010
NeonLiberal @neonliberal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Same for the Netherlands and I think also Germany. Maybe the rest of Europe? 010
NeonLiberal @neonliberal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I'm not coming at this from a RoI perspective. You can get a government subsided film and literature degree here and you nobody is going to force you to take physics or business classes or whatever either and that's great! 120
NeonLiberal @neonliberal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026But why are they deficient though foreign universities can function without Gen Ed? If things are universally important to everyone you should teach them in high school where everyone has to go. 100
NeonLiberal @neonliberal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026He isn't saying that someone would always choose engineering over history if they could or that engineering majors could breeze through history. Just that American style Gen ed requirements are kinda silly imho. 100
NeonLiberal @neonliberal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I think it's not a dunk and his point is misread. He is expressing bewilderment that a engineering student is forced to study history. That's not necessarily how things work in the rest of the world. He wouldn't study history in university because it wouldn't be required of him. 100
NeonLiberal @neonliberal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026What do you think of countries that don't have a liberal arts model? I find this American idea your education is incomplete if you don't spend a year doing stuff unrelated to your degree kinda silly tbh. 110
NeonLiberal @neonliberal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Reality is many non US universities don't subscribe to the liberal arts model and it's annoying to see Americans act like that means they're deficient. Meanwhile their own education system led to whatever the fuck is going on over there. So I don't believe liberal arts prevent fascism. 241
NeonLiberal @neonliberal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I did a history minor in my Dutch engineering degree for fun but we had no requirement to do any humanities and neither did we force humanities to do math. No Gen ed seems to work fine if your high school education is on point. 020
NeonLiberal @neonliberal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Prison is for containment is my unironic belief. 010
NeonLiberal @neonliberal.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I liked the middle ground Cyberpunk had between the Bethesda approach and true size. I don't need to explore the dwellings of every random npc. Bethesda moved a bit in this direction with starfield but not nearly far enough to be convincing in a grounded scifi setting. 000
NeonLiberal @neonliberal.bsky.social · 20/09/2026They don't have the means to fight Iran, kinda busy. Saying some words in support of the countries fighting Iran is materially cheap. Ukraine is going to do whatever gets them the most support of the west aligned nations because without it they cease to exist. I fully support them tbh. 100
NeonLiberal @neonliberal.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Iran provided the munitions raining on their heads for a while so yeah they're going to stand with whoever opposes Iran. I'm gonna bet that if the anti Junta forces had any hope of getting substantial help from outside they would take it too, don't care who. 110
NeonLiberal @neonliberal.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I don't disagree, but when it comes to big boy war for survival Finland allied with Hitler, the rest of us Allied with Stalin and today Ukro SF are helping Al Qaida kill Russians in Africa. 110
NeonLiberal @neonliberal.bsky.social · 20/09/2026To be clear I'm not optimistic. Quite possible this all ends in successful genocide of either population. Advantage Israel right now. If Russia does something truly the stupid in the Baltics every Euro leader might just give Israel free reign just to get them on our side for example. 220
NeonLiberal @neonliberal.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Seems much more realistic to pressure them on than single state IMHO. Economic pressure can shove a unpopular deal down their throat that doesn't actually affect the daily lives of Israelis inside 1967. Single state however is going to destroy Israeli life as they know it. Much harder sell. 120
NeonLiberal @neonliberal.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Iirc 1967 borders are the internationally most recognized borders Iirc. Also if you want as many countries on board as possible for effective leveraging sanctions that helps. 120
