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John Boreout wrote that he had heard that his first childhood love, whom he had met at a metal concert, had died due to drug use. They had been together for thirteen years. Her mother had told him that she often talked about him. Boreout said he would have liked to help her if she had let him know how she was doing. #jeugdliefde #verlies #drugs (translated)

Bert Slagter wrote that he saw the 36% rate as the biggest problem of box 3. According to him, that levy was not comparable to income tax, because the return partly compensated for the loss of purchasing power due to inflation. With a return of 8% and inflation of 3%, the tax effectively resulted in 58% of the real return, which he found much too high. https://t.co/h4yfrUgWQa #belasting #inflatie #financiën (translated)

Robert Maaskant advocates for more flexible rules surrounding euthanasia in the Netherlands following the loss of his parents within a month and their experience with unbearable suffering, which makes discussing this topic even more difficult. #Euthanasie #VoltooidLeven #Mantelzorg (translated)

Anna asked whether a diesel agreement between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin could have been made before its announcement. She wrote that the tanker Minerva Zen left Saint Petersburg on September 22 – 17 days before Trump's announcement. The ship, sailing under the Greek flag, had an undisclosed destination since its departure and was supposed to reach the US East Coast on October 11 or 12, according to data from Windward and Vortexa, a week after the House of Representatives voted for the Graham sanctions law. The route is documented, but the cargo is not, Anna wrote. Shipping papers are not available; estimates range from 230,000 to 300,000 barrels of diesel. Shipping analyst Michelle Wiese Bockmann could not say whether the ship had been redirected after Trump's announcement or whether an agreement had already existed before. Anna also pointed out that the US Treasury Department had issued General License No. 135 less than 24 hours before the report, allowing the import of Russian diesel until April 2027. She related the issuance on Thursday, a phone call on Friday, and the departure of the tanker on September 22, stating that the timing seemed unusual. While Kyiv had urged Congress to implement the Graham law, Washington could have already planned differently, according to her account. She cited Windward and Vortexa, quoted by Nasha Niva, as well as UkrMedia and NPR. #DieselDeal #Trump #Putin (translated)

Mick van Wely stated that the support for Hamas in the Netherlands became more aggressive as the movement lost ground. He wrote that this, in his opinion, was especially true in the Randstad, but that it spread as a harmful development throughout the entire country. #Hamas #Nederland #Randstad (translated)

In a chaotic sprint race in Singapore, where only 13 out of 22 vehicles reached the finish line, Red Bull driver Isack Hadjar made headlines when he left the track after an engine failure and continued driving outside the regular course, while another driver, Arvid Lindblad, drove in the wrong direction on the track. #Formel1 #SingapurGP #MaxVerstappen (translated)

Pieter Willems (64) lost his home and ended up on the streets after a series of setbacks, including losing his job, and is now demonstrating against the housing crisis in Amsterdam while sharing his story about the impact of homelessness and the importance of assistance. #Dakloosheid #Woningnood #Levensverhaal (translated)

Nausicaa Marbe asked the prime minister and the Ministry of Justice and Security what could be other than the glorification of terrorism. According to her, those present were not marching in joy over the deaths caused by the IDF and the loss of defenseless Palestinians, which she deemed inhumane. She accused cruel antisemites of cheering for Hamas and stated that the authorities allowed this. #terrorisme #Palestijnen #antisemitisme (translated)