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Mass tourism in Amsterdam has reached its limits, leading to significant nuisance for residents and lawsuits regarding the impact on their living environment, despite various measures taken by the municipality to reduce the crowds. #massatoerisme #Amsterdam #toeristenbelasting (translated)

Rein Bijlsma urged readers to remember the images. He wrote that people could now experience for themselves what it was like to witness the rise of Nazism and the growing hatred of Jews in the 1930s, and stated that this was now happening on the streets, in squares, at stations, and in the media. According to him, it seemed that no one in power was willing to do anything about it, and society had once again capitulated. #geschiedenis #antisemitisme #maatschappij (translated)

Alice van Drie wrote that the Dutch poultry farming sector was burdened with significant cost-increasing measures, while eggs were subsequently brought in from Turkey and Ukraine. She expressed anger about that. https://t.co/RTe7XK5nCl #pluimveehouderij #economie #voedselzekerheid (translated)

Symphony wrote to WNL Op Zondag that the warning to a guest to behave, otherwise they would end up in prison, sounded assertive on camera. According to Symphony, however, nothing changed: it remained just nice words for the stage and the execution was delayed. #debat #beleid #maatschappij (translated)

Carine Knapen wrote that Starlink had cut off all internet in Ukraine and that Elon Musk thought Zelensky had gone too far. According to Knapen, Zelensky was furious and the EU would undoubtedly be as well. She suggested that Zelensky could not fire rockets or control drones without internet. Knapen wondered whether Ursula would take measures against X again. https://t.co/qrXOStV9Ik #Oekraïne #Starlink #ElonMusk (translated)

Laura Korpinen wrote that Zelensky had made his last mistake by stepping on the toes of a U.S. agricultural producer. She said Trump was protecting his own and believed that Finnish decision-makers should do the same. According to Korpinen, however, the decision-makers were bragging about new aid packages for Ukraine, which Ukraine also used against Finnish agricultural producers. #Ukraina #Trump #maatalous (translated)

Lex Hoogduin wrote that he believed change was possible, but not in the way that the cabinet and the left envisioned. He advocated for a peaceful classical-liberal revolution with a smaller government, fewer rules, bureaucracy, and civil servants. According to him, the government should free citizens and protect their property, while reducing the tax burden and maintaining a limited safety net for people who faced real setbacks. He also argued for space for a revival of an independent civil society outside of the state, with communities in various fields. #liberalisme #overheid #belasting (translated)

An unstable rock formation threatens the Swiss mountain village of Kandersteg due to the thawing of permafrost as a result of climate change, but the residents are not too worried thanks to good monitoring and preparatory measures. #Kandersteg #Klimaatverandering #Natuurrampen (translated)

Harm Beertema wrote that those involved had walked away resolutely and with dignity, because they wanted to challenge Mona Keijzer and were convinced of their own correctness. He stated that they did not realize how close they were to a great threat and wondered why the New Social Contract still existed. #politiek #maatschappij #veranderingen (translated)

John Witkamp wrote that Victor Johan Vollenbroek was not portrayed as an independent activist, but as someone who, according to him, was cleverly managed by financially powerful parties. Witkamp claimed that Vollenbroek and his brother Frans made a lot of money at the expense of farmers and that their motivation, in his view, was financial, not environmental or social engagement. He also predicted that the brothers would soon become honorary members of D66. #milieumaffia #milieu #boeren #politiek (translated)

Ten Heerde compared three cases and wrote that Ali A., whom he described as Moroccan, had killed the pregnant Elizabeth while driving at 115 km/h and using laughing gas in his BMW, and then fled the scene. According to him, Ali A. received eight months in prison. Ten Heerde also wrote that the Turkish Emre A. had run a red light for 27 seconds at a speed of over 100 km/h and had killed the expecting father Bas; for this, Emre A. was said to have received six months in prison. According to Ten Heerde, Limburg resident John A. also received six months in prison for projecting a counterpart to Black Lives Matter on a bridge. Ten Heerde concluded that, in his opinion, the country was "very much broken." #justitie #veiligheid #maatschappij (translated)

Geert Noels wrote that he understood why parties stood up for the majority of the population who, according to him, contributed little. He called it immoral that they defended social abuses in his opinion with an appeal to solidarity and social arguments. #solidariteit #maatschappij #ethiek (translated)

Defense Minister Pete Hegseth is implementing increasingly extreme measures in the U.S. military, including mandatory testosterone checks for older soldiers and the announcement of a public execution of death row inmate Nidal Hasan, as part of his vision for a macho culture and a 'war against woke.' #Defensie #Machocultuur #PeteHegseth (translated)