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Ruud Holswilder

@ruudholswilder.bsky.social
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(E)Aviator, retired airline pilot flying gliders and light E-aircraft for fun. Interests: aviation, sustainability, airspace and politics. Pro EV, pro Tesla, ANTI Elon Musk. linktr.ee/ruudholswilder

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The Verge @theverge.com · 30/09/2026
Who needs legally binding regulations when you can be your own AI safety judge? www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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Here’s what AI leaders are saying about Trump’s new safety plan
Suprising? No. But they sure are…interesting.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Not one
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Ruud Holswilder @ruudholswilder.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Trump Spooked by Plane at Xi Meeting & Sen. Tuberville Rails Against Flying Furries | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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Ruud Holswilder @ruudholswilder.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Report: T&E “Every airport we (T&E) tested overshoots its fair-share 1.7°C carbon budget, even after SAF uptake and more efficient aircraft are accounted for - a sign that technological advancement is not a panacea.” www.transportenvironment.org/articles/ove...
transportenvironment.org
Overshoot: How expansion plans break European airports’ carbon limits
The case for rejecting airport expansion on climate and legal grounds
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Ruud Holswilder @ruudholswilder.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Waar was Donald Trump nu écht tijdens 9/11? | LUBACH
YouTube video by LUBACH
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/09/2026
LMAO -- Mike Johnson claims of Trumpapalooza that "every seat all the way to the rafters is full" as the camera pans out and shows gobs of empty seats
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Ruud Holswilder @ruudholswilder.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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Constructieve stemmen verdwijnen uit Den Haag. Onderschat het gevaar niet
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Goverdina Maria 📚 🎨 🇪🇺 💜 @ienvdpol.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Lucht pompen in een lekke band.
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Ruud Holswilder @ruudholswilder.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Waarschuwing voor telefoonnummer +31 85 889 38 07 Een persoon bleef aanhouden dat ik een energiecontract zou hebben afgesloten bij Essent, wat niet het geval is. Na diverse ontkenningen van mijn kant werd de verbinding door de beller verbroken. Oplichting mislukt.
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Ruud Holswilder @ruudholswilder.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
MAGA-influencers, die belangrijk waren in de opkomst van Donald Trump, zijn verwikkeld in ruzies. Ze verliezen kijkers en sommigen keren zich tegen Trump…. youtu.be/jdbRNAFqGdg?...
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Hoe Trump zijn grip op MAGA verliest
YouTube video by Nieuwsuur
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Ruud Holswilder @ruudholswilder.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Dringt het besef eindelijk door dat MST geen gezonde toekomst heeft of blijven ze trekken aan een dood Limburgs paard? www.l1nieuws.nl/nieuws/32240...
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Geheimzinnigheid troef rond Maastricht Aachen Airport
De toekomst van het noodlijdende Maastricht Aachen Airport (MAA) blijft in nevelen gehuld omdat het provinciebestuur nauwelijks informatie verstrekt aan de buitenwereld. Werden er in 2022 nog gouden b...
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Michael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The decoy plane did not have to take off. It could have sat on the tarmac. The President could have been taken out of harms way and the journalists could have deplaned after a long wait. This administration wanted Air Force One be a decoy and put those lives on board at risk unnecessarily.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 10/07/2026
this is one of the many small changes Trump is making in his attempt to manipulate the midterms
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/07/2026
WOW -- Danish reporter *goes there* with Rutte "You sit next to Trump when he talks about conquering Greenland, lashes out at allies like Spain -- things it doesn't seem like the old Mark Rutte would approve of. Does this have any affect on your self-respect when you sit there and say nothing?"
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CNN @cnn.com · 02/07/2026
As President Donald Trump’s wealth has soared since retaking office, a new financial disclosure shows his two premier Florida resorts have also delivered record-breaking surges in revenue – a potent illustration of how Trump’s personal business and presidential politics overlap.
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Soaring revenue at Mar-a-Lago shows how Trump’s business interests and politics intersect | CNN
As President Donald Trump’s wealth has soared since retaking office, a new financial disclosure shows his two premier Florida resorts have also delivered record-breaking surges in revenue.
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Ruud Holswilder @ruudholswilder.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
LEGACY GLOBAL AUTOMAKERS FALTER IN AMBITION DESPITE MOMENTUM IN THE EV TRANSITION As the only all-electric automakers in the rating, Tesla and BYD, once again came out ahead. theicct.org/pr-legacy-gl...
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Legacy global automakers falter in ambition despite momentum in the EV transition - International Council on Clean Transportation
Legacy automakers across the United States, Japan, and Europe risk falling further behind new market leaders, finds the fourth annual Global Automaker Rating, published today by the International Coun...
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Ruud Holswilder @ruudholswilder.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Karma www.foxsports.com.au/ufc/ufc-boss...
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UFC boss in emergency talks as weather threatens $60m White House blockbuster
UFC boss in emergency talks as huge threat to $60m White House blockbuster looms
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Trump spent 16 months trying to drag the power grid backward to save the coal industry by force. The grid ignored him. For the first time in US history, solar just beat coal. You can bully a cabinet secretary, but you can't bully the sun. Full story: 👇 www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/grand-juro...
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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
The world's first trillionaire did this
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 13/06/2026
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com Sunday’s UFC fight at the White House “is not just a garish spectacle,” Jamelle Bouie writes; “it is an expression of the president’s contempt for the ritual and symbolism of American democracy — which is just another way to say, his contempt for democracy itself.”
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Opinion | Only One President Could Come Up With This Spectacle
Trump has gone beyond kayfabe.
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Ruud Holswilder @ruudholswilder.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
De winnaar van de FIFA PEACE PRICE, dictator Trump, verpest het FIFA wereldkampioenschap. 💐 www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
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Trump lijkt helemaal niets om het WK-feest te geven. ‘Hoe lang laten we één man nog het wereldvoetbal verpesten?’
WK voetbal: Trumps inreisverboden en zijn oorlog met Iran eisen bij de start van het WK voetbal in de Verenigde Staten de aandacht op. Maar dat hoeft de belofte van het wereldkampioenschap als feest v...
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Ruud Holswilder @ruudholswilder.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
On the day the FIFA World Cup begins, the winner of the FIFA PEACE PRICE 🏅 lights up his war on Iran, risking a dangerous new phase. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/06...
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Here’s the latest.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Let me get right to the point. The Senate should not confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general. Here's why: robertreich.substack.com/p/the-sena…
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Mathijs Bouman @mathijsbouman.nl · 09/06/2026
geef die jongen een batterij www.techradar.com/home/lidl-la...
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'This makes me very optimistic': Lidl launches cheap, solar-powered balcony battery that's hopefully a taste of the money-saving gadgets to come
Lidl's new balcony battery lets you store solar energy to use later or in an emergency, potentially saving you money or keeping the lights on.
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Follow the Money @ftm.nl · 08/06/2026
Een ‘extra gasrekening van 850 miljoen euro’ moet Tata Steel betalen als de twee cokesfabrieken gedwongen dichtgaan. Althans, dat zegt het bedrijf zelf. Follow the Money rekende het na, en kwam op een heel ander bedrag uit. Lees hier de hele analyse 👉 www.ftm.nl/artikelen/ta...
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Waarom stopt Tata Steel niet gewoon met zijn vervuilende cokes­fabrieken?
Volgens de een leidt sluiting van de cokesfabrieken van Tata tot gigantische problemen, volgens de ander kan de staalfabriek in IJmuiden dat prima aan. Wie heeft gelijk? Follow the Money dook in de ci...
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Ruud Holswilder @ruudholswilder.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Na ruim 1800 km ervaring met Tesla Full Self Driving (supervised) lijkt mij een betere aanduiding FULL SUPERVISED self driving.
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Ruud Holswilder @ruudholswilder.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Global biofuel demand set to grow by nearly 70% as food prices rise - www.transportenvironment.org/share/global...
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Campaigning for cleaner transport in Europe
Europe’s leading advocates for clean transport & energy
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Ruud Holswilder @ruudholswilder.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
www.transportenvironment.org/articles/whi...
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Which EU countries incentivise company fleets to go electric?
A new ranking reveals major gaps in how European governments taxes company cars
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Ruud Holswilder @ruudholswilder.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Triest nieuws 😢 Overname mislukt, Delftse maker elektrisch vliegtuig failliet. www.rtl.nl/nieuws/econo...
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Overname mislukt, Delftse maker elektrisch vliegtuig failliet
Maeve Aerospace, de ontwikkelaar van een hybride elektrisch vliegtuig uit Delft, is failliet. Het bedrijf slaagde er niet in om tientallen miljoenen aan broodnodige vervolginvesteringen op te halen bi...
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Bart Schuurman @bartschuurman.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
En voor wie liever een fantastische rapportage leest in plaats van naar tabellen kijkt, dit is echt een heel goed stuk over één van de meest schokkende plots die Rusland ondernemen heeft, namelijk de poging in 2024 om DHL toestellen neer te halen: vsquare.org/revealed-how...
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Revealed: How Russia’s GRU Plotted Europe’s Parcel Explosions - VSquare.org
These parcel explosions were stagemanaged by the GRU, Russia’s military intelligence service, via the social media platform Telegram.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
“.. Elon Musk gleefully boasted about feeding the United States Agency for International Development into a ‘wood chipper.’ “.. An Ebola outbreak in the region in 2018 took nearly two years to contain. .. This time around, we have far less capacity to respond.” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/o...
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Ruud Holswilder @ruudholswilder.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Geef boeren en woningbouw voorrang op Lelystad Airport, zegt de Tweede Kamer www.ad.nl/politiek/gee...
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Geef boeren en woningbouw voorrang op Lelystad Airport, zegt de Tweede Kamer
Als er zeldzame stikstofruimte vrijkomt, mag die niet eerst naar Lelystad Airport. Dan moeten boeren zonder vergunning en de bouw van nieuwe huizen voorrang krijgen. Dat vraagt een meerderheid van de ...
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Common Sense doc @commonsensedoc.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
These people (yes, I said “these people”) have no bottom, so I’m afraid your question is unanswerable. They will keep diving deeper into the cesspool that is this regime.
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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.com · 20/05/2026
Trump seems willing to hand over the democracy of Taiwan to the Chinese Communist Party out of spite, willfully oblivious to the cost such a catastrophe would impose on US companies that rely on Taiwan's unmatched semiconductor manufacturing prowess, as I discussed here.
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Trump goes to China, without any cards
It's enough to make the Nixon era seem like the good old days.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 20/05/2026
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Americans should be cleareyed about what the president is doing. He is taking their money and showering it on criminals,” the editorial board writes.
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Opinion | Trump’s Slush Fund Will Reward Criminals. Americans Will Pay for It.
The president’s corruption and subversion of democratic tradition risk becoming the norm.
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Ruud Holswilder @ruudholswilder.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Conman endorsing conman 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/u...
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Republican Senators Are Livid at Trump’s Endorsement of Paxton
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Ruud Holswilder @ruudholswilder.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Een mix van vakantievluchten en F-35’s is een volkomen verkeerde keuze. www.ftm.nl/artikelen/va...
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Vakantie­vluchten én straaljagers: verbouwing Lelystad Airport zal (weer) honderden miljoenen kosten
Lelystad Airport wordt in allerijl klaargemaakt om de eerste vakantievluchten af te handelen. Na jaren onzekerheid heeft het kabinet groen licht gegeven, omdat Defensie er straaljagers wil stationeren...
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Ruud Holswilder @ruudholswilder.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Elon Musk and EBOLA youtube.com/shorts/18P-o...
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WATCH: Elon Musk lied about Ebola prevention
YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen
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Ruud Holswilder @ruudholswilder.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
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How ‘ultra-frequent flyers’ are threatening Europe’s housing market
YouTube video by T&E
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Ruud Holswilder @ruudholswilder.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
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Trump Makes His Most Brazenly Corrupt Move Ever, Blabs About Ballroom & Backs Off Iran Deadline
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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Ruud Holswilder @ruudholswilder.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Wannabe a millionaire? Start as a billionaire and buy an airline.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
FACT: Elon Musk spent $290 million to help elect Donald Trump. Since then, the world’s richest man has gained another $563 billion in wealth while slashing humanitarian aid, projected to contribute to the deaths of 4.5 million of the world’s poorest children.
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BD Max 🌵 🏜️ 🌄🌎🌏🌍💙🇺🇦🦋🧢 @bdmax54.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
The last week of the Late Show starts with the staff that produced Stephen Colbert’s show for 11 years in the audience. So red states can go screw themselves all the way for supporting a whining crybaby so much that he put all these people out of work in the midst of a failed economy he created.
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Ruud Holswilder @ruudholswilder.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
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The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell 5/18/2026 | MSNBC Breaking News Today May 18 2026
YouTube video by ME Sick
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Ruud Holswilder @ruudholswilder.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
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Trump Gushes Over Xi & Jon Helps 2026 Graduates Land a Job the Trump Way | The Daily Show
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Ruud Holswilder @ruudholswilder.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
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Trump’s Crazy Posting Spree, Embarrassing Trip to China & a Deep Dark Government Conspiracy!
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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Ruud Holswilder @ruudholswilder.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
TACO TRUMP: “we will NOT be doing the scheduled attack of Iran tomorrow…. …..but have further instructed them to be prepared to go forward with a full, large scale assault of Iran, on a moment’s notice, in the event that an acceptable Deal is not reached.”
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EDEN GATEKEEPER @edengk.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
TRUMP AND ELON HAVE STOLEN BILLIONS
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Graham Sinclair @esgarchitect.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Instead we have big oil and big data pushing us to “markets will decide” with slogans from 1930s and 1950s. They will fry the earth to sell one more drop, for more paper money, while whining they are the victims. The world’s most trading partner economy is unrecognisable to fossil fueled minds.
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Ruud Holswilder @ruudholswilder.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Greece is partnering with the DEVIL 👿 “Greece has totally embraced Trump’s vision on energy and is actively rolling out efforts that will begin early next year to pursue possible natural gas off the coasts of its islands in deep water drilling pushes.” www.breitbart.com/politics/202...
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Exclusive – Greek Energy Minister Reveals Trump’s ‘Trademark Move’
Greek Minister of Environment and Energy Stavros Papastavrou told Breitbart News that President Donald Trump’s “trademark move” as the leader of the West is to use energy deals to advance American int...
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