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Steven Arrazola de Oñate wrote that Trump was right according to him, and that Volodymyr Zelensky should have reached an agreement earlier. He suggested that European leaders should have focused more on negotiations from the beginning and had to face the military situation; this could have possibly prevented a lot of human suffering. According to Arrazola de Oñate, Russia occupied about a fifth of Ukrainian territory and the war had reportedly claimed nearly two million military casualties, including dead, wounded, and missing. He believed that European politicians and media did not fundamentally question their strategy nonetheless. Arrazola de Oñate wrote that he never believed Ukraine could win the war militarily and that he did not expect the country to reclaim all the lost territory. He acknowledged that his position could provoke negative reactions and stated that he wanted more European leaders to express what he called uncomfortable truths. He also asked how many lives would still be sacrificed before diplomacy took precedence over political rhetoric. #Oorlog #Diplomatie #Vrede (translated)

Surgeon Frans van Workum believes that artificial intelligence will operate independently in 20 years and may perform better than human surgeons, while he and Estefania Talavera Martinez are researching whether AI can learn the intuition of an experienced surgeon to accurately assess tissue tension during surgeries. #AIinChirurgie #KunstmatigeIntelligentie #DigitaleRevolutie (translated)

Maurits Vande Reyde wrote that, according to him, hardly anyone outside the traditional media believed that Filip De Winter had entered the town hall to pick a fight with a family. He suggested that politicians in Belgium could be assaulted with impunity and still be portrayed as victims in the press. He explained that this was why trust in the traditional media had reached a low point. #Media #Politiek #Vertrouwen (translated)

Jonathan Krispijn wrote that Geert Wilders again advocated for a Nexit, because according to Wilders, an opt-out for asylum and immigration would never come. Krispijn stated that Wilders had previously abandoned his Nexit positions, had been photographed with Zelensky, had acknowledged climate change, and had supported funding for Ukraine. He wondered who still believed Wilders. #wilders #nexit #pvv #politiek #nederland #nexit #wilders #politiek (translated)

"asylum policy cannot exist without a credible return policy, where frustrating returns can no longer be accepted." Van den Brink went further and stated that criminalization would only apply to "persistent return frustrators." #terugkeerbeleid #asielbeleid #illegaliteit (translated)

Marcel Crok wrote that network costs had risen sharply according to him. He claimed that network operators blamed households, stating that they all wanted to cook at the same time. Crok argued that the electricity consumption of households had remained constant for years, while the production of solar and wind energy had increased significantly. He asked whether people still believed the explanation from the network operators. #energie #duurzaamheid #klimaat (translated)

Bart Nijman wrote that Dutch media in 2015 portrayed participants in the Ukrainian referendum, including GeenPeil, as antidemocratic and pro-Putin. Nevertheless, he called the referendum a great success. In 2017, according to him, newspapers and parts of the NPO tried to boycott GeenStijl but were unsuccessful. He also accused the media of labeling critics of Greta Thunberg as climate deniers in 2019 and of presenting support for Black Lives Matter as a civic duty in 2020, while according to him, Zwarte Piet was pressured with unfounded accusations of racism. During the coronavirus pandemic, according to Nijman, the media shielded criticism of the measures and labeled those who deviated as irrational. He argued that this permanently damaged the credibility of the press and trust in its fairness and objectivity. From 2021, he stated that media opposed the farmers' movement with reporting on nitrogen that journalists did not understand sufficiently, and starting in 2022, labeled critics of Ukrainian accession to the EU or NATO's contribution to the escalation as pro-Putin. Nijman wrote that after October 7, 2023, many media condemned Israel and Jews in general and based reporting on genocide and starvation on lies. According to him, the media concealed the reasons for Hamas' attack and subordinated facts to information from NGOs, including Oxfam. He also claimed that journalists who disagreed were not offering enough public dissent, partly because they had to save for a mandatory heat pump in 2028. Furthermore, Nijman accused the media of shifting their own problems onto disinformation and Elon Musk and of leaving X for their own, small online environment. According to him, DPG, RTL, and the NPO imposed standards that many Dutch people did not conform to. He wrote that readers should hate the mainstream media even more and asserted that the free press had again chosen the wrong side on October 7. #Media #Nederland #VrijePers (translated)

Susanne wrote that parties that had promised stricter asylum measures, including the distribution law contingent on a lower influx, should be punished if they continued to frustrate those measures. According to her, undermining asylum policy should not pay off. She therefore advised voters not to vote for the VVD, D66, or the CDA any longer. She also stated that asylum policy required a credible cabinet and called the cabinet ineffective, despite the strong rhetoric about punishments for frustrating return. #KabinetJetten #Asielbeleid #Asielbeleid #Politiek #Kiesrecht (translated)

“Nathan is still young, but incredibly eager to learn. He feels a strong connection with this team and with the ambitions we share. As a former rider, he also has the credibility and experience to provide a clear opinion on the sport.” CEO Richard Plugge is praising the new sports director. #NathanVanHooydonck #VismaLeaseABike #wielrennen (translated)

Sander van Dam wrote that, according to him, only one faith used loudspeakers for the call to prayer. He stated that the serene sound of church bells could not be compared to what he described as annoying sound from minarets. https://t.co/ThfLm5rsvu #geloof #cultuur #religie (translated)

The SGP wrote that the Islamic confession of faith was increasingly being heard loudly in the streets of the Netherlands. According to the party, Islam thus demanded a more dominant place in public space than other religions. The SGP and JA21 submitted an initiative law. https://t.co/pCt38UVSLW #Islam #Nederland #Religie (translated)

Bart Nijman wrote that an Israeli who wanted to learn Dutch at a language school was refused because he did not unconditionally acknowledge a "genocide." In contrast, he stated that a Gazan who, in his opinion, had suggested being involved on October 7 had received residence status and a full scholarship. Nijman said that this, in his view, aligned with the government's motto: "It is possible." #taalonderwijs #discriminatie #ongelijkheid (translated)

More than ever, I have the feeling that a huge gap has arisen between the reality as it is presented to us daily and what you hear when you talk directly to people. That the media - and by extension its celebrities - try to convince us that "the majority of the population" agrees with a certain narrative. That the population collectively believes in climate madness. That toy drones pose a real threat to Europe. That everyone is for more weapons, more escalation, and an expansion of the war. And so on. But… when you talk to people themselves… on the street, in a café, at work, among friends. Just, outside the media and social media bubble, I find something completely different. Of the people I speak to, the vast majority does not agree with that madness at all. On the contrary. And then I begin to wonder: Is this really "public opinion"? Or are we mainly hearing what public opinion is supposed to be? Or do people no longer dare to speak out of fear, thinking that their opinion is that of a small minority? #PubliekeOpinie #Media #Klimaatdebat (translated)

Busy with the alleged masturbation of Koen Schuiling (I don't believe a word of it, knowing the man a bit). Busy with insulting texts about two women by Jan Roos and Dennis Schouten, clowns that no one takes seriously. Busy with me because the taxi driver Ibrahim, who was dismissed for persistent misconduct by TCA, believes that I called him a "fucking Moroccan" (something that high-ranking PvdA members actually said and worse, without any action from the Public Prosecution). But no time for serious crime. The Public Prosecution brings so many nonsense cases to the courts that it has become very common for rulings to take two to three years now. It's just insane. https://t.co/3QfrSOpCCs #Justitie #Waarheid #Media (translated)