Joshua Livestro
@joshualivestro.bsky.social
Historian, essayist, senior advisor European affairs. Member of European Integration Committee, Dutch Advisory Council on International Affairs.
8 September 1932 | Jewish boy of Polish origin, Bernard Furmanski (right), was born in Paris. Deported to #Auschwitz from #Pithiviers on 21 September 1942. He was murdered after the arrival selection with, among others, his four-year-younger brother Raymond (left).
Thread. Note the exception of England, where test scores remained more or less stable. That’s about the peculiarly English obsession with teaching to the test, no doubt. But it’s also important to note England was the one country that stuck to established teaching methods in the 2010s.
John Burn-Murdoch@jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 10h agoTwo extraordinary charts from today’s PISA test results: 1) School test scores continue to collapse internationally, underscoring how this is no longer a Covid effect but sustained decline. Those falls in reading and maths are equivalent to about two years of lost schooling.
I think the worst part of Labour's response to the fascist mobilisation is Andy Burnham's absence. He's the most popular politician in the country, with social media reach and actual powers of persuasion, and he's saying nothing in public. He can actually be of use here but he's choosing not to
The BBC bothsiding a fascist street thug gathering is very 21st century, though
Paul Hebden@paulhebden.bsky.social · 15h agoWhat a ridiculous question. Once again the BBC drives a nail into it's own coffin.
Rechtse partijen zeggen dat werken moet lonen maar kiezen er elke keer voor om de belasting op werk te verhogen. Ondertussen wordt er wél geld gevonden voor belastingcadeaus bij vermogen en winst. Onverstandige en onrechtvaardige politieke keuzes van VVD, CDA & D66.
@ stephenkb.bsky.social hitting the nail on the head of course. "the Labour Party has now produced two governments whose response to acts of thuggery and intimidation is to reiterate that perhaps the thugs have a point" - as.ft.com/r/97d33f08-a...
Labour’s muddled migration policy won’t stop thuggery
A government that can’t distinguish between ‘legitimate concerns’ and open racism is only making things worse
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In honor of Uber shutting down in Nigeria this week, here’s my favorite story about Uber in Nigeria.
8 septembre 1940 : Alors qu’il se promène avec son chien aux alentours de Montignac en Dordogne, Marcel Ravidat découvre l’entrée de la grotte de Lascaux. Surnommé la « chapelle Sixtine de l'art pariétal », elle est aujourd’hui l’un des sites emblématiques de l'art préhistorique 🏞️🎨. #CeJourLà
Another round of "brilliant" negotiations is completed. The only difference this time is that Witkoff and Kushner came to deliver Putin's demands personally after kissing his boot in the Kremlin. We are on, what, 9th circle of this cycle? 1,5 years wasted and countless lives.
People don't watch the news anymore. If it doesn't come at them through their socials, they don't know about it. Burnham has worked this out with his regular reels.
YouGov@yougov.co.uk · yesterdayBritons tend to feel the masked demonstrations over the weekend were not a legitimate way of protesting, by 38% to 31% Note: Only a minority of the public report following the news closely
Een vergissing van tien miljard. Zoals VVDers altijd zeggen: het geeft niet, want het is maar belastinggeld.
Joop.nl@joop.nl · yesterdaySophie Hermans (VVD) loog over torenhoge subsidie voor Tata Steel: geen 2 miljard maar bijna 11 miljard euro www.bnnvara.nl/joop/artikel...
Cowardice dressed up as constitutional propriety
Adam Bienkov@adambienkov.bsky.social · yesterdayAsked if the Government considers the masked thugs swarming British ports “far right” Andy Burnham’s spokesman replies that “it's an operational matter for the police to set out their response to the protests on the ground. So I will leave them to respond to that.”
Het gaat ongetwijfeld over BSW van de door Wierd Duk verheerlijkte Sahra Wagenknecht, een met Poetin heulende club die openstaat voor vormen van samenwerking met AfD. Zo ontstaat een Weimarachtige situatie waarin het centrum (breed gedefinieerd) niet langer een meerderheidscoalitie kan sluiten.
IJsbrand van Veelen@ijsbrand.eurosky.social · 2d agoGoeie vragen 👇🏻
NRC: Monsterzege in Saksen-Anhalt brengt AfD dichter dan ooit bij regeren Volkskrant: Grote overwinning AfD in Saksen-Anhalt, waarschijnlijk geen absolute meerderheid Trouw: Historische overwinning AfD in Saksen-Anhalt Libération:
🇧🇦 🇷🇸 “Any glorification of war criminal Mladić is disgusting. (…) Public figures and political leaders have a special responsibility: stop using the past to create artificial divisions and hatred to divert attention. Unacceptable behavior will have consequences” #Mladic #warcrimes Full interview👇
Europski parlamentarac Thijs Reuten uputio poruku Srbiji zbog veličanja zločinca Mladića: "Odvratno"
Holandski zastupnik u Europskom parlamentu Thijs Reuten izjavio je da je svako veličanje presuđenog ratnog zločinca Ratka Mladića "odvratno". Piše: B. Brljavac Ovaj europski političar poslao je oštru ...
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Sie sind wieder da. The German postwar order was based on the mission to prevent exactly this moment. It has clearly failed.
Europe Elects@europeelects.bsky.social · 2d agoGermany: Saxony-Anhalt regional parliament election today 🇩🇪 🇪🇺 Exit polls suggest the far-right AfD (ESN) is getting its best result in a regional parliament election so far. Explore the data: https://europeelects.eu/2026/08/30/germany-regional-parliament-election-in-saxony-anhalt-2026/
Exit polls from the election in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt are in and the news is not good: * The far-right AfD appears on track to exceed expectations with 44.5% of the vote. Unclear whether the AfD has enough support to govern. But big win. * Merz's CDU has badly underperformed at 18.5%
Als altijd een nuttig overzichtje
Wim uit Voorhout@wbcs99twit.bsky.social · 3d agoMijn economisch overzicht over de afgelopen week, met o.a. Golfconflict laait op en energieprijzen stijgen, Amerikaanse werkgelegenheidsgroei trekt aan, inflatie in het eurogebied loopt op, Nederlandse benzineprijs op record. wbcs99sub.substack.com/p/overzicht-...
Mine is Richard II. For sheer drama, and for the John of Gaunt monologue (“this other Eden…”). No Churchill without it.
Roland Smith@rolandmcs.bsky.social · 3d agoMy favourite so far is easily Richard III. Midsummer Night's Dream was just potty. Not my thing.
