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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

The above photo is the real life version of this graphic we produced.

culture shift

Normal
Accepting road violence
Accepting road fatalities
Accepting pedestrian fatalities
Accepting cyclist fatalities
Accepting excessive speeds
Accepting unsafe streets
Accepting pollution
Accepting gridlock
Accepting the loss of youth mobility
Accepting the loss of senior mobility

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Olivier Beys @olivierbeys.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Well well well, we’ll just see about that. I don’t think we have the intention in parliament to be their lapdog.

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Olivier Beys @olivierbeys.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Analogy: we can still denounce the exclusionary features of neoliberalism even though we live under its boot and are forced to comply with a number of its precepts. Similarly, we can say that zionism has has nationalist and racist origins, but we shouldn't blame (Jewish) people for seeking security.

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Olivier Beys @olivierbeys.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

The difficulty with this statement is that many people will take it personally. They will say: me or my family/ancestors were not racists. They simply responded to the rythmand the context of the times. They cannot personally be held responsible for wanting to go to Palestine. And that is true.

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Olivier Beys @olivierbeys.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Regardless of personal motivations of people yearning for security or other goals, this entails a structural and institutional form of racism (because it excludes an entire people -- especially the people already living there). The people who created and boosted this, are thus inherently racist.

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Olivier Beys @olivierbeys.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

It is perfectly understandable why people take issue with the statement that zionism is racism, for reasons of personal background. At the same time, it's impossible to ignore the political aim of zionism, i.e. to create a Jewish only homeland through colonisation (of Palestine).

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Olivier Beys @olivierbeys.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

They pushed it at Alden-Biesen, and are now making a new attempt at resuscitating this corpse. Given the massive bureaucracies and bottlenecks in these three countries, it's especially ironic to hear them pass on the blame on the EU. The typical recipe of the set of leaders without any new ideas.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Trump has just extended two wars in exchange for a meaningless appeal to his vanity from Putin. snyder.substack.com/p/war-throug...

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War Through Weakness

Trump’s Superpower Suicide in Iran and Russia

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Olivier Beys @olivierbeys.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

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Olivier Beys @olivierbeys.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

It's actually embarassing that Carney's speech was more highly anticipated than any other European leader's speech in recent history, even among the people up there in the EU parliament.

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Olivier Beys @olivierbeys.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

But also: joy and community ✊

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Olivier Beys @olivierbeys.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

We need to stand on our own feet, that's what the project of a CRM Centre will do. And importantly, Europe and its Centre will need to do it -- not like the Chinese and the Americans, who care little about the health of people and planet, but the European way -- with respect for the living world 🙌

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Olivier Beys @olivierbeys.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is an economy in the interest of workers and businesses instead of global shareholders siphoning away their dividends offshore. But for those batteries, EVs, windmills and more to materialise here, we can't be dependent on the whims of Xi and Donald who decide who has access to key minerals.

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Olivier Beys @olivierbeys.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

We've been keeping busy lately! With the Accelerator Act and assorted policies to shift from a Germany inspired model based on exports + cheap gas (RIP) to a model that provides democratically legitimized strategic investments in green and circular manufacturing in Europe.

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Olivier Beys @olivierbeys.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I will be eager to hear how exactly these trade wars would supposedly unfold when the IAA simply does what other countries and our most important trade partners already do. It’s just a cover for shareholder interests that have pushed a model based on massive outsourcing and just in time production.

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Olivier Beys @olivierbeys.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

In statements like these it should be specified who these ‘portions’ are exactly. Most progressives I know and read condemn all acts of savagery. Often these allegations are based on a targeted selection of far left groups that don’t represent the ‘left’. Happens so often in right/liberal circles.

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Olivier Beys @olivierbeys.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Prachtig werk 👌 www.standaard.be/buitenland/s...

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Olivier Beys @olivierbeys.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Never forget de bloembakpisser 🙏

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Olivier Beys @olivierbeys.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This tells you everything you need to know about the manchild in the White House.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It’s a mark of the corruption of our whole way of thinking about the world that trying to meet a planetary emergency is routinely described as “ideological”, while continuing to accelerate it is presented as “pragmatic” and “economic”.

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Olivier Beys @olivierbeys.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

They’re not using enough AI 😱

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Olivier Beys @olivierbeys.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Het is soms dweilen met de kraan open in Europa 👇 Ik heb een donker vermoeden dat de Commissie in kader van het EU-India handelsakkoord achter de schermen heeft geplooid en zo onze recyclagesector te grabbel gooit. Maar in het Europees Parlement zijn we wel nog wakker. Dit mag niet passeren.

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Olivier Beys @olivierbeys.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Dat zou even belachelijk zijn ja.

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Olivier Beys @olivierbeys.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Volledig in lijn met de spandoeken in de sportzalen waarop staat dat “hier sport men in het nederlands”. Meteen een geweldige indruk bij de mensen uit heel Europa die in Brussel wonen en in mijn voetbalploegske meespeelden destijds. Jongens toch.

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Olivier Beys @olivierbeys.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It’s even worse considering the amount of time spent in a car. Most of the ones in the garage of my copropriété hardly ever leave, or only occasionally. It’s absurd. If at least they would do car sharing (like dégage), but no they’d rather complain about renovation, solar panel and echarger costs 🤦🏻‍♂️

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Olivier Beys @olivierbeys.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

As so often, David Roberts is spot on.

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Olivier Beys @olivierbeys.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Yeah maar we gebruiken ‘medium’ wel nog als enkelvoud, terwijl dat voor een scampo niet zo is. Media enkelvoud voelt daarom zo vreemd aan voor veel mensen.

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Olivier Beys @olivierbeys.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

En de manchild projecten van de techbros monopoliseren grafische kaarten en ram geheugen 🤬

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Olivier Beys @olivierbeys.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Vreemde woordkeuze toch wel. Dat van de tsjeverij uiteraard niet.

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Thread: The enormous unprecedented SCALE of the American AI investment boom is "crowding out" investment going into any other sector of the economy. At this point in mid 2026, it is literally sucking away all factors of production -capital, land, labour, knowledge, ecology. @katemac.bsky.social

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Olivier Beys @olivierbeys.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

It's been a while since I shared something about Tournevie, but here's some news that merits a post: a 33% expansion of our tool collection! Let's hope that translates to more people joining our citizen #commons project in #Brussels :)

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Olivier Beys @olivierbeys.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

In mijn ervaring houden veel middenveldsorganisaties net bewust afstand van politieke partijen uit angst om er teveel mee geassocieerd te worden. Maar rechts ziet hen sowieso toch als handpoppen (wat niet zo is natuurlijk) van links, dus je kan je afvragen of dat the way to go is.

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Olivier Beys @olivierbeys.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Idem voor verkozenen met fiscale (of economische) profielen. Linkse bewegingen moeten dringend opnieuw starten met strategische opbouw van kennis, opleidingstrajecten, headhunting etc van dat soort mensen, en hen dan in de politiek droppen op de juiste plaatsen.

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Olivier Beys @olivierbeys.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Cedric heeft gelijk dat studiediensten met dat soort competenties bij linkse partijen (dat zijn er natuurlijk ook niet zoveel) as such eigenlijk nauwelijks nog bestaan, of at most 1 mens (en dan nog zonder paardenkop). De beperkte verkiezingsresultaten (en dus middelen) helpen niet uiteraard.

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Jen McGowan @iamjenmcg.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

@gilduran.com said something that kind of blew my mind “Why would anyone trust tech oligarchs to share in abundance when they claim it will happen? We already have abundance. Have they shared that?”

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Olivier Beys @olivierbeys.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Niet bepaald, onbegrijpelijk zelfs...

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Olivier Beys @olivierbeys.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Mja ik lees dat Crawley meer ophaalde dan Hong (en peulschil ivgl met de republican): www.wsaw.com/2026/08/06/d.... Dat die attack ads op Hong van rechtse pacs haar helpen is framing van de moderates. Andere scenarios zijn ook mogelijk. Enfin we’ll see, zoals gezegd hebben ze nu een fighting chance

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David Crowley outraises Francesca Hong in July

The latest campaign finance reports show Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Tiffany raised more than $4.6 million in the Wisconsin governor’s race in July.

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Olivier Beys @olivierbeys.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Laten we niet onderschatten hoeveel geld er wordt gemobiliseerd tegen de linkse kandidaten (bv tegen al sayed 30 miljoen door AIPAC) die dat gebruiken om bepaalde demographics te bereiken. De shift zal niet zonder slag of stoot gebeuren, maar de tendens is toch duidelijk. Vroeger had links geen kans

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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 08/08/2026

It has been an extraordinary 24 hours, with tit-for-tat border controls between Spain and Italy resulting in checks in both countries. The fault lies with a 🇪🇺President who has refused to do her job as the guarantor of the Schengen treaty. My take:

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Schengen is unravelling. Where is von der Leyen?

The Commission has for years been letting national capitals play political games with Schengen "temporary" exemptions. Now Sanchez says: 'You want to play games? Let's play games.'

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