Erik de Vlieger wrote that he and, according to him, the majority of the Netherlands had never cared about anyone's sexual orientation until D66 made it an issue. He stated that this stemmed from an inferiority complex and garnered votes. #Nederland #seksualiteit #politiek (translated)
The biggest challenge for Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, is getting control of his own hacking AI assistants, which have already caused safety risks multiple times by hacking their way through the internet. #OpenAI #AIveiligheid #SamAltman (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)
Erik van Haren wrote that the radio contact with race engineer Lambiase has been so far the biggest challenge for Verstappen in Singapore. According to Van Haren, Lambiase said he could hardly understand Verstappen. #F1 #Verstappen #SingaporeGP #F1 (translated)
The biggest difference compared to last year? That this coach (Massimiliano Allegri, ed.) does talk to me and tells me what I can do better," Lang said to Italian media. Last year was difficult for me, but now I feel the confidence. #NoaLang #Napoli #SerieA (translated)
Bauke Mollema, the down-to-earth Groningen native and 'pain reliever', ends his career as a professional cyclist after nineteen seasons with the Tour of Lombardy, where he achieved one of his greatest victories in 2019. #Wielrennen #BaukeMollema #RondeVanLombardije (translated)
Lower prices for our great farmers, ranchers, and truck drivers are my top priority. In his message, Trump states that diesel prices for Americans, and for the rest of the world, will fall quickly. #Diesel #Rusland #Trump (translated)
"Lower prices for Americans, especially for our great farmers, ranchers, and truck drivers, are my top priority," Trump said. #Trump #Rusland #energie (translated)
Lower prices for Americans, especially for our great farmers, ranchers, and truck drivers, are my top priority. U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that he has reached a deal with Russia for the supply of diesel. #Trump #Rusland #diesel (translated)
Defense Minister Dilan Yesilgöz referred to Russia as 'the enemy' during a budget debate in the House of Representatives, which caused controversy since her colleague from Foreign Affairs, Tom Berendsen, avoided the term and described Russia earlier as the greatest security threat. #Rusland #Defensie #Diplomatiek (translated)
Erik van Haren wrote that the FIA attributed the problems with the overtake mode after the restart in SQ1 to human error. As a result, the function did not work for him for most of the remaining session, disadvantaging several teams. Van Haren suspected that someone in race control had forgotten to press a button. #F1 #F1 #Formule1 #Motorsport (translated)
Health Minister Hermans has apologized to Q fever patients for the shortcomings of the government in protecting people affected by the largest Q fever epidemic in history. #Qkoorts #gezondheidszorg #excuses (translated)
Thieves have stolen no less than 30,000 bottles of wine from the famous Italian winery Marchesi Antinori in Tuscany, with a total value of 5 million euros, in what may be the largest wine theft in the history of Italy. #wijnroof #ItaliaansWijnhuis #MarchesiAntinori (translated)
Minister Rianne Letschert of Culture is working on the biggest reform of the subsidy system for culture in thirty years, in which the subsidy periods will be extended from four to eight years and a redistribution will take place to better support less affluent provinces. #kunstsubsidies #cultuurhervorming #samenleving (translated)
The prestigious Italian winery Antinori has been robbed of 30,000 bottles worth 5 million euros, which is considered the largest theft in the history of Italian wineries. #wijnroof #Antinori #ItaliaanseWijn (translated)
The Dutch industry grew by 12 percent in August compared to a year earlier, marking the largest increase in more than four years, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics. #Industriegroei #Nederland #Chipmachines (translated)
The largest cloud service in Russia, Yandex, is offline after a drone attack on a data center, while in Ukraine at least 33 people have died due to a Russian missile attack on a bus full of civilians. #OorlogOekraïne #RussischeAanval #Yandex (translated)
Construction company BAM has acquired A.Hak for 504 million euros, a specialist in underground infrastructure and district heating networks, to strengthen its growth strategy and positioning as the largest construction company in the Netherlands. #BAM #ondergrondseinfrastructuur #energietransitie (translated)
The warming of the seawater has led to the disappearance of half a million macaroni penguins on the sub-Antarctic island of Zavodovski, causing the largest penguin colony in the world to drastically decline. #klimaatverandering #penguins #Zavodovski (translated)
The mayor of Izmir, Cemil Tugay, has switched from the opposition party CHP to President Erdogan's AK party, making Turkey's third-largest city now led by an AKP member for the first time. #Turkije #CHP #AKP (translated)
