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Nausicaa Marbe wrote that she found the reactions of older white men on television interesting when Mona Keijzer said she had no need for rainbow flag displays from PRO. According to Marbe, the party otherwise did not want to talk about the migration background of perpetrators of violence against LGBTQ+. #pauwendewit https://t.co/HlbosvUpu2 #media #LGBTQ #politiek (translated)

Wouter van Bernebeek wrote that he had photographed the colorful aurora from the previous evening, along with a thunderstorm on the horizon. According to him, lightning was visible on the right side of the storm cloud. The photo was taken with an exposure time of 10 seconds. https://t.co/20ieExIWLm #noorderlicht #natuur #fotografie (translated)

Wouter van Bernebeek reported that shortly before, a pink-purple northern light was visible in the northern sky. According to him, the peak seemed to be over, but a faint glow was still visible. He said that the photo was taken with a phone exposure of four seconds. https://t.co/xuE9VmBY9U #noorderlicht #natuur #schoonheid (translated)

The author wrote that Trump merely said what the informed would know: There is no peace with Zelensky. He argued that Zelensky profits from the war and cannot be voted out during this time. Therefore, in his view, there is no reason for Zelensky to make a deal. #Trump #Selensky #Frieden #UA #US (translated)

Sander Sassen addressed Henri Bontenbal and wrote that he had been little visible for months, despite an earlier column by Sassen about his absence. According to Sassen, Bontenbal had published a long thread on October 7, in which he labeled Hamas a terrorist organization and reflected on the victims and the Jewish community. Sassen felt that Bontenbal had subsequently blurred the responsibility for the violence by talking about a chain of violence, the Israeli response, and civilian casualties. He also believed that Bontenbal had pointed to Benjamin Netanyahu's settlement policy as an obstacle to a two-state solution. Sassen argued that this approach equated Hamas's attack and kidnappings with Israel's response, thereby fueling antisemitism. Sassen also criticized Bontenbal's reference to an article in Trouw about Maoz Inon, who lost his parents to Hamas, and Aziz Abu Sarah, whose brother died in an Israeli prison. Sassen described their pursuit of reconciliation as hopeful but felt that Bontenbal presented this initiative as a serious way forward without giving sufficient attention to Hamas's persistence and objectives, according to him. He also stated that Hamas deliberately saddled Palestinian children with hatred for Jews. Sassen wrote that, in his opinion, Bontenbal offered false hope and insufficiently placed responsibility for Hamas's violence on the perpetrators. He claimed that Hamas and its supporters aimed for the destruction of Israel and stated that disarmament by Palestinians, in his view, would bring peace, while Israel's disarmament would lead to a new attack like the one on October 7. #Israël #Hamas #Antisemitisme (translated)

Max von Kreyfelt criticized Cora van Nieuwenhuizen's transition from the ministry to Energy-Nederland. He wrote that Van Nieuwenhuizen was appointed as chair of the industry association on August 31, 2021, and that same day she resigned as a minister. She started working for the organization on October 1. According to Von Kreyfelt, Van Nieuwenhuizen had already informed Prime Minister Mark Rutte on July 23 that she would be nominated, but she remained a minister until the end of August. He wrote that Rutte later acknowledged that government officials had access to cabinet documents and could possibly gain information about the area of their future positions. On August 26, Rutte concluded, according to Von Kreyfelt, that the appointment did not go well with the ministry. Arrangements were made to transfer files that could affect her new position to a colleague if necessary. Von Kreyfelt also reported that Energy-Nederland praised her managerial experience in the Netherlands and Europe. He stated that the transition raised questions about the closeness of public positions and private interests, but wrote that the matter in itself did not prove corruption. He advocated for independent assessment of subsequent positions, more transparency regarding contacts, and a mandatory waiting period before former government officials began working in a sector organization. According to him, public experience should not automatically grant access to private influence. https://t.co/V2P6pFuNy1 #Energie #Overheid #Transitie (translated)

Quincet is 22 and that is quite impressive for a Poitou. But still a stately, beautiful guy. His bones feel the years, but when Dahlia goes to the meadow, he gets up and follows her. Two old souls, together. ❤️ How BEAUTIFUL they are together! #LaVieEstBelle when love keeps you going. #Pferde #Liefde #OudereDieren (translated)

So very, very rarely are there those rare moments that remind you that you still live in the Netherlands. The Netherlands! The beautiful country where I was born half a century ago. This professor reminds me of that country: level-headed, businesslike, without ideological capers and with a clear awareness of what institutions are and are not intended for. A university is NOT a Ministry of Foreign Affairs and should explicitly NOT conduct its own foreign policy. Moreover, those who glorify violence should not be able to hide behind academic freedom or political engagement. A university has a responsibility for the safety of ALL students and for the rule of law that applies in the Netherlands. Sometimes you might almost forget that these were once completely normal premises. Not every social conflict needs to be imported by our institutions, not every radical belief deserves institutional whitewashing, and tolerance does not mean that a university may look the other way when genocidal anti-Semitic violence is glorified. This is the foundation of the Netherlands I knew: freedom, but no boundlessness; tolerance, but no capitulation; universities that pursue education and science instead of geopolitical activism. #Nederland #onderwijs #vrijheid (translated)

De wedstrijd kleur gegeven 🧡 Hij wilde de koers hard maken en dat heeft hij gedaan! Mathieu van der Poel was vandaag een van de grote smaakmakers tijdens de wegwedstrijd op het WK 👊 Na een prachtige koers knokt hij zich naar het WK-brons! 🥉 #TeamNL https://t.co/Oai7C3Tj5H #WK2023 #Wielrennen #MathieuVanderPoel

Wat een ongelooflijke uitputtingsslag was dit WK wielrennen. Alleen al om naar te kijken, laat staan om mee te doen. Dit zijn kerels die weten wat lijden is. Surrealistisch. Sport in onwaarschijnlijke vorm, met een dik verdiende winnaar en prachtig brons voor Van der Poel. #WKwielrennen #Wielrennen #Sport

Wat een PRACHTIGE dag. Wat heb ik genoten! Met 136 mensen hebben we een feestje gevierd. Ik werd ingezegend als heilssoldaat bij het Leger des Heils, waar ik ook al 14 jaar werk. Zo komen Welzijns- en Gezondheidszorg (werk) en kerkgenootschap samen in mijn leven. #Blessed https://t.co/coocvkdlm3 #Zegen #Samen #Feest