Yuri van Hoef
@vanhoef.bsky.social
IR and political history @erasmusuni | Expert on friendship in international politics, especially US politics and Franco-German relations | #History #International #Relations #Politics | PhD @UniversityLeeds
"Faced with something—someone—so ultimately unknowable, perhaps the best that anyone can do is decide on their own version of the truth and stick to it." www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The Rosenberg Boys
When Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were executed by the U.S. government, they left behind two sons, ages 6 and 10. All these years later, Robby and Michael are still trying to make sense of what happened...
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De schaduw rukt nu op, het is Een teken hoe de dag verglijdt En opgaat in geschiedenis Doeko Bosscher (1949-2026)
I want a warm and faithful friend, To cheer the adverse hour; Who ne'er to flatter will descend, Nor bend the knee to power, – A friend to chide me when I'm wrong, My inmost soul to see; And that my friendship prove as strong To him as his to me. www.kellscraft.com/wantsman.html
The Wants of Man
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"It is a performance of joy so excessive, so desperate, that it reveals the void it attempts to cover. It is the logic of the assembly line applied to human connection" www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-ban...
The Banal Horror of Jimmy Fallon
Under the sterile blue lights of his studio, Fallon laughs endlessly at the same pseudo-jokes, rubs elbows with Trump and Sam Altman, and ushers in the death of culture.
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“This was a very frank, very open discussion, but also a discussion between two good friends.” www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Trump criticizes NATO over Iran in meeting with alliance's boss
U.S. President Donald Trump vented his frustration with NATO during a private meeting with its secretary-general, Mark Rutte, on Wednesday as relations in the military alliance reached a crisis point...
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It's the fragment, not the day It's the pebble, not the stream It's the ripple, not the sea That is happening Not the building, but the beam Not the garden, but the stone Only cups of tea And history And someone in a tree www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpoK...
Someone in a Tree - Stereo - Pacific Overtures - Original Broadway Cast
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"fascism was not just present in German heads" framingthequestion.blog/2026/03/22/p...
Pseudohistory
Two images, both purporting to be of the site of Auschwitz II-Birkenau. The one on the left, however, is an AI-generated fabrication posted to Facebook earlier this month. One depicts a reality, th…
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Dr Jaime Ashworth@drjaimeashworth.bsky.social · 4mo agoAlso see my recent post on the challenges of historical distortion. We’re in really big trouble. framingthequestion.blog/2026/03/22/p...
Best student mail ever: "I wanted to write to apologize for some spelling errors in my paper, particularly the mistake regarding Dick van Len(g)te."
"The footage appears to contradict US President Donald Trump’s claim that it was an Iranian missile that hit the school on Feb. 28."
Eliot Higgins@eliothiggins.bsky.social · 5mo agoNew from Bellingcat - Video Shows US Tomahawk Missile Strike Next to Girls’ School in Iran www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...
Coincidence By the time you swear you’re his, Shivering and sighing, And he vows his passion is Infinite, undying— Lady, make a note of this: One of you is lying Dorothy Parker
I dread the dawn's recurrent light; I hate to go to bed at night. I snoot at simple, earnest folk. I cannot take the gentlest joke. I find no peace in paint or type. My world is but a lot of tripe. I'm disillusioned, empty-breasted. For what I think, I'd be arrested. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zOf...
Dorothy Parker - Symptom Recital -- scene from the movie Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
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Trump: Spain is "unfriendly". Maybe someone should study the role of friendship? share.google/RjvFtHwnXf1D...
Trump threatens to cut off trade with Spain over air bases
Spain is a member of the European Union, a 27-country bloc that operates a common trade policy, so any attempt to single out Madrid would create friction with other member states, like Germany, France...
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A dream lies dead here Walk not in woe, But, for a little, let your step be slow. And, of your mercy, be not sweetly wise With words of hope and Spring and tenderer skies. share.google/VdI9sJ2F412q...
Voetica Poetry Spoken
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"Starmer said in 2024 that the “special relationship” with the US “sits above whoever holds the particular office”. share.google/JQpI5VApVmqB...
Starmer faces greater quandary over ‘special relationship’ after Iran attack
PM is in diplomatically precarious position of declining to endorse US strikes while also refusing to condemn them
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"Ayatollah’s got his problems too And even Jimmy Carter’s got the highway blues I went and asked the Governor ’cause I thought that he would know You see I knew he’d been up all night listening to Mohammed’s radio" youtu.be/REYBMks2q3w?...
Warren Zevon - Mohammed's Radio - 4/18/1980 - Capitol Theatre (Official)
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“We are at enormous risk if we overestimate our conscious ability to differentiate [AI] from a real person – and that’s what we’re watching play out with the psychosis stories,” share.google/eRTg7qNxGlmZ...
Her husband wanted to use ChatGPT to create sustainable housing. Then it took over his life.
Kate Fox says Joe Ceccanti was the ‘most hopeful person’ before he started spending 12 hours a day with a chatbot
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"How dare you say shit about our fair city and our single child, when you won’t even help your own" clarkesworldmagazine.com/kim_02_24/
Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid In the Omelas Hole by Isabel J. Kim
Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.
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🎵 Cover me in sunshine Shower me with good times Tell me that the world's been spinning since the beginning And everything will be alright Cover me in sunshine 🎶
"Germany and its European allies should think about deeper military integration," writes Liana Fix for Foreign Affairs. "Because the United States has been pulling back, Europe will need to find military formats and structures outside NATO with which to defend itself."
Europe's Next Hegemon
The perils of German power.
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A kind reminder that the deadline to submit abstracts for @europeanisa.bsky.social (Lissabon) is 18 February. We are section S43 Friendship & Positive Peace Studies, and you can submit through the EISA portal: eisa-net.org/pec-2026/
PEC 2026 | EISA
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"sovereignty and national borders are less important than the singular role the United States plays as the protector of the West" www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
Patrick Bijsmans@patrickbijsmans.bsky.social · 7mo agoAsked in a wide-ranging interview with The New York Times if there were any limits on his global powers, Mr. Trump said: “Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me.” “I don’t need international law,” he added. 🇪🇺🇺🇳
“She’s, I guess, the president. She had a long conversation with Marco and said we’ll do what you need. She had no choice,” share.google/tMdYnsqG7D1Q...
Donald Trump says US is ‘going to run’ Venezuela after overnight strikes – live
US president says ‘we’re going to run the country until a safe, proper and judicious transition’ can take place and that he is ‘prepared’ for a second attack
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“When you have a group of kids you pick the one that is the most well behaved, that always does everything right, and you beat the living shit out of them. Because then the rest of them are like: ‘Oh, man, holy shit. If Dad does that to her, what would he do to me?’” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/m...
‘I Was Just So Naïve’: Inside Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Break With Trump
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Eliot Higgins@eliothiggins.bsky.social · 7mo agoThis isn’t MTG having some great moral revelation, just her dealing with the realisation Trump isn't aligned with the beliefs she's assigned to him.
I dread the dawn’s recurrent light; I hate to go to bed at night. I snoot at simple, earnest folk. I cannot take the gentlest joke. I find no peace in paint or type. My world is but a lot of tripe. I’m disillusioned, empty-breasted. For what I think, I’d be arrested. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zOf...
Dorothy Parker - Symptom Recital -- scene from the movie Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
YouTube video by ligia.kesisian
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