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Who would have predicted in the eighties that it could be much worse than Reagan?

The fact-freeness of the current US administration knows no boundaries.

Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran.com · 3d ago

I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.

Dr Fauci is one of the greatest medical minds of our time. His work has certainly saved millions of lives around the world. During the COVID pandemic, he, along with the world’s best doctors and scientists, stopped an epidemic. The current witch hunt against him is a total disgrace.

Dr Fauci Anthony Fauci

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If you have spent so much time reading and thinking about the European Court of Human Rights (@echr.coe.in), the least you can do is pay it a visit one day.

I am currently reading "The Ministry of the Future" by Kim Stanley Robinson (fiction), and this article just makes it a little less fiction. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

‘The heat took him from me’: India’s death toll rises amid escalating heat crisis

As extreme heat claims the lives of workers in India’s poorest areas, many fear the true mortality rate is being dangerously undercounted

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Word.

Karersee, Dolomites, South Tyrol, Italy.

Who would have expected that?

Een mooi interview met Göran Sluiter: een optimist tegen de klippen op over het internationale recht en het leven. www.uva.nl/shared-conte...

‘We hebben mensen nodig die het internationaal recht blijven beschermen’

Hoogleraar Internationaal strafrecht Göran Sluiter neemt na 20 jaar aan de UvA noodgedwongen afscheid vanwege zijn ziekte. Bij de pakken neerzitten doet hij niet. ‘Het internationaal recht is belangri...

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Look how cute we were, precisely 23 years ago. With @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social

This is a great interview with a humane politician. NYT journalist Lulu Garcia-Navarro interviews Zohran Mamdani after six months as mayor of New York City. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/18/m...

Zohran Mamdani Knows He Has Political Capital. And He Intends to Spend It.

Lulu Garcia-Navarro sits down for an interview with the mayor of New York City.

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Music-wise, I am very much an 80s person and very fond of Mark Hollis and Talk Talk. Recently, I rediscovered their third album, "Spirit of Eden" (1988), commercially the end of the band's success, but what a beautiful, restrained album.

Paula Lozada, PhD student bij @um-foundations.bsky.social, @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social is een van de Faces of Science van de @knaw-nl.bsky.social. In dit filmpje neemt ze ons mee naar het Andesgebergte om over haar onderzoek naar de rights of nature te vertellen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdKi...

Faces of Science 2026 - Paula Lozada

YouTube video by De KNAW

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En dan blijkt opeens dat F**ing Piccailly perfect is om ietwat laffe humus op te leuken. Ja, we zijn al druk met het fusionkoken op de vrijdagochtend!

Robert F Kennedy will soon breathe new life into this ancient tradition. www.kron4.com/news/nationa...

Last American polio survivor in an iron lung dies at 78

She lived more than 70 years at the mercy of the machine.

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Een column van Geert ten Dam van acht jaar geleden. Toen wij het hele spel van desinformatie dat moest leren begrijpen.

Trump slowly realises that starting a war is like entering Hotel California. You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 4w ago

The U.S. and Iran traded fresh strikes early Thursday and accused each other of violating the terms of their tenuous deal, hours after President Trump said he thought the cease-fire was over. Get the latest updates.

Non.

Tefal Mark Rutte. I am not sure whether it looks good on him.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4w ago

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?"

Beste Gidi: Het feit dat de wet in de 2e en 1e Kamer is aangenomen is meer dan genoeg bewijs voor voldoende democratisch draagvlak. Het is een beter idee dat uw partij en de weigergemeenten dit feit accepteren en aan het werk gaan, in plaats van de Kamer in de zomer nogmaals bijeen te roepen.

Mona Keijzer weet wat er in deze wereld belangrijk is.

Zie de overeenkomst: rechts lullen rechts vullen.

What everyone saw coming, except for the Belgians. Did they really have to win last night's game?

Thinking about this scene from the BLUES BROTHERS today for no particular reason.

Ayatollah Khamenei’s funeral in Tehran attracts more visitors than Trump’s Freedom 250 celebrations all over the US.

De taak van deze dag.

Uitstekend stuk van @dicktimmer.bsky.social, @huubbrouwer.bsky.social & @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social. Over de grote rol van erfenissen bij het doorgeven van ongelijkheid over generaties heen. En waarom erfbelasting een rechtvaardige egaliserende werking kan hebben. www.trouw.nl/opinie/opini...

Opinie: Bij hoeveel erfenis worden kansen ongelijk? Daar begint de vraag over belasting

Een eerlijk debat over erfbelasting draait om de vraag wanneer afkomst meer gewicht krijgt dan inspanning, talent en behoefte. Daar ligt de crux, vinden hoogleraar economie Ingrid Robeyns en universit...

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Portishead's Dummy remains a true work of art.

Portishead - Glory Box: Give Me A Reason To Love You

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