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Annabel Nanninga wrote that people who claim to sympathize with the Palestinians should henceforth avoid the marches for the "red line." According to her, it became clear during the previous march what dubious forces were behind it, and participants could no longer use ignorance as an excuse. #Palestina #DeelJeStem #Menselijkheid (translated)

I was a daughter who had just lost her mother. Cavallar continues: “I was a daughter who had just lost her mother. It was incredibly painful to have to undergo a doping test under those circumstances; it felt completely out of place and disrespectful to my family.” #Wielrennen #Dopingcontrole #Menselijkheid (translated)

Lawyer Alex Buelens is locking himself in for 24 hours in the new prison of Antwerp, De Kade, to observe the detention possibilities and reintegration conditions from the inside and thus stimulate a broader debate about the humanity of detention and the conditions for detainees. #Justice #Prison #DignitéHumaine (translated)

Roy, who described himself as a politically right-leaning former member of the VVD, wrote that he no longer knew who to vote for. He excluded a populist party on the right and even mentioned considering PRO, although that didn't make economic sense and wasn't logical for him personally. According to him, the party members were at least honest and human. Roy wrote that he had previously found Jesse Klaver weak and unconvincing, but that he now made a different impression: Klaver was, in his opinion, substantively strong and seemed to be developing leadership qualities. Roy also stated that Mark Rutte had called for people to look out for one another upon his departure, while the VVD under Dilan Yesilgöz did the opposite according to him. Yesilgöz, according to Roy, had ruined much for her party, although he found her good on Defense and previously on Justice and Security. According to Roy, PRO was precisely a party that paid attention to others. As an example, he mentioned the Self-Podcast by Sander Schimmelpenninck and Jaap Reesema featuring Lisa Westerveld. He claimed Westerveld dedicated herself day and night to underprivileged Dutch citizens. In the podcast, he also heard how demotivating work in the House of Representatives could be: requested debates from Westerveld sometimes did not make it to the agenda, while the right-wing majority preferred to debate asylum again. When a topic made the news, politicians were, in his opinion, always at the front. Roy wrote that the world would be a better place with more people like Westerveld. #politiek #VVD #Nederland (translated)

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)

Kirsten Verdel wrote that the United States was not part of the ICC, but according to her, it wanted to dismantle the body that prosecuted crimes against humanity, genocide, and war crimes. She asked how far the country had morally declined and in what deeply sad state it found itself. #ICC #mensenrechten #oorlogsrecht (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)

Former UN human rights chief Navanethem Pillay has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of her commitment to international law and human dignity, while the Nobel Committee warns of the pressure on the international legal system. #Nobelprijs #InternationaalRecht #Mensenrechten (translated)

Asha ten Broeke describes in her article the devastating impact of human climate change on the Earth, expressing the joy and gratitude for our existence while simultaneously mourning the damage we inflict on natural wonders such as glaciers. #klimaatverandering #gletsjers #natuurverwoesting (translated)