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Geboortedag Joost Prinsen (1942-2025). Naast alles wat hij deed, vond ik het vooral fantastisch dat hij zo'n goede pleitbezorger van de poëzie was. Om Joost Prinsen en de poëzie te eren, daarom de vraag: wat is een favoriet Nederlandstalig gedicht van jullie?

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In 1986, Freddie Mercury sang “Tavaszi szél” in Budapest, uniting Hungary in a moment of joy and hope. Today, that song is the anthem of the opposition Tisza Party — a symbol of renewal. Hungary’s future must be chosen with courage, proudly with the EU 🇪🇺, not in Russia’s shadow. 🇭🇺🎤

🙏 The video shows the Russian strikes on Kyiv, filmed from the ISS on the night of December 27. You can see the downed missiles, hits in the capital and near the Trypillya TPP, and at the end, the interception of two ballistic targets.

Can you explain to me why Bin Laden, who destroyed two buildings, was hunted by the CIA for years — but a war criminal who bombs cities in Europe every day is having a meeting with the President of the United States?

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The Welsh told the Saxons this hill was called "pen" (meaning "hill"). The Saxons added their word for hill, "tor," and called it Torpen (hill hill). Later the Norse added their world for hill. So it became Torpen Haugr (Hill Hill Hill). Now the English call it Torpenhow Hill (Hill Hill Hill Hill)

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“Imagine being such a callous person that you would demand an apology from someone asking you to show mercy to your fellow man. President Trump is a disgrace,” Sara McPherson Horle writes in a letter to The Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/o...

Opinion | The Bishop and the President: A Plea, Unrequited

Reaction to Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde’s plea to President Trump. Also: Birthright citizenship; reporting on co-workers; a road to autocracy; post-disaster trauma.

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