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Tara Kiekt wrote that she wasn't running very fast yet, but she was running faster than before and had achieved a personal record. She had started in May by alternating one minute of running and one minute of walking, and she was now running 7 kilometers without stopping. She was proud of that, she expressed. https://t.co/FBdsk9QSW7 #hardlopen #persoonlijkrecord #sport (translated)

A former woke teacher wrote that MP Nicole Moinat described, according to them, an established order that had lost its moral compass. The teacher stated that criminal organizations were recruiting very young people for explosions, drug trafficking, and assassinations because, according to them, juvenile offenders were hardly punished. In The Hague, according to the teacher, young criminals were primarily seen as victims of their circumstances. The teacher criticized explanations of crime based on disadvantage, personal problems, and a difficult childhood, because those explanations, according to them, obscured the responsibility of the offenders. The teacher also stated that the compassion for offenders was greater than the concern for victims. Young people deserved a second chance, according to them, but it should not outweigh the safety of society. The teacher wrote that the government, out of fear of appearing inhumane, no longer dared to set limits and that the consequences of this were borne by people who obeyed the law. #rechtstaat #criminaliteit #veiligheid (translated)

Caroline van der Plas wrote that Moorman had not included the full justification of her argument in her video, according to her. She stated that it was very serious that Moorman held her personally responsible for homophobia and argued that this was how PRO operated. https://t.co/DTwpnv5fTV #homohaat #discussie #vrijheidvanmeningsuiting (translated)

Arno Wellens wrote that the breaking of sanctions, according to him, resulted from a personal deal between Rutte and Putin. He claimed that the Ministry of Defense was aware of this but disregarded it to paint a frightening picture. According to Wellens, the sanction evasion took place through multiple 020 companies, including at Herikerbergweg 88. https://t.co/6ZxzuzTkYS #sancties #Rutte #Poetin (translated)

Disappointment prevails over the inaccurate accounts of 99-year-old Willem Wilbrink, who was considered a war hero, as it turns out that he did not stay in the Dachau concentration camp, raising questions about the reliability of such personal stories in the context of World War II. #TweedeWereldoorlog #Dachau #Oorlogsverhalen (translated)

Kevin Kreuger wrote that he was fine with hanging up the flag, but stated that progressives showed their lack of substance by celebrating this repeatedly. According to him, they emphasized symbolism and self-satisfaction without providing concrete solutions. #symboliek #politiek #oplossingen (translated)

Geert Dales wrote that the thought of Kati Piri feeling solidarity with him filled him with disgust. According to him, it was even worse that Piri would think that he and other gay men needed her to be able to be themselves. He called that thought almost traumatic and described such formulations as nauseating virtue jargon. #homorechten #solidariteit #persoonlijkervaring (translated)

Marcel Crok suspected that Tijs was referring to him with the term 'climate deniers' because he claimed to be about the only dissenting voice during an external expert day in March 2025. He called the term derogatory and pointed out that CDA leader Henri Bontenbal had also used it regularly, according to him. Crok invited Tijs to a lecture by Clintel given by Roger Pielke Jr. the following Sunday in Driebergen. He referred to an article by Pielke about a campaign against climate scientists with dissenting views. According to Crok, Australian activists, including a cartoonist, with the support of influential American climate scientists, created blacklists. Among those listed were Pielke, his father, and Judith Curry, according to him. Crok wrote that their academic careers were thereby hindered and called the issue concerning for Members of Parliament. Regarding his own participation in the Citizen's Assembly, Crok stated that the selection of citizens went well and that his discussions with KNMI director Maarten van Aalst were respectful. However, in hindsight, he claimed that the organization published an incorrect fact-check. He said he should have filed a forty-page complaint before he received any response. Crok argued that the debate about climate, just like the debate about corona which Tijs had previously struggled with as a journalist, was, in his view, being stifled. He spoke of a suffocating atmosphere in the academic world and wrote that no journalist had signed up to attend Pielke's lecture. #klimaat #wetenschap #discussie (translated)

Symphony mocked Dilan Yesilgöz and wrote that she had officially declared Russia an enemy. According to unconfirmed reports in the mail, she had attempted to invade Russia with three VVD brochures, a bicycle pump, and an inflatable Leopard tank. Mark Rutte reportedly asked from Brussels if someone could remove her batteries, while Vladimir Putin, according to Symphony, sat under his desk in the Kremlin out of fear. The author compared Yesilgöz to Napoleon and Rambo and suggested that a press conference from her would even make peace doves ask for bulletproof vests. Symphony also contrasted the alleged ambition to conquer Moscow with what the author described as the VVD's inability to get the Netherlands in order. #DilanYesilgöz #politiek #VVD (translated)

Marianne Zwagerman reported that a symposium on nitrogen policy was canceled. According to her, Sjoukje Heimovaara, director of Wageningen University and previously suggested by Zwagerman as a candidate for the position of Minister of Agriculture on behalf of D66, personally intervened. Heimovaara allegedly called the engineering association that organized the congress and said that she did not want it to take place. Zwagerman said that several people who were scheduled to speak confirmed this to her. https://t.co/NvlT061OiY #stikstofbeleid #WageningenUniversiteit #congres (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)

The Defense Readiness Act can have far-reaching consequences for the rule of law, the living environment, privacy, and cooperation between governments, and gives Defense the ability to set aside important laws and regulations and to collect personal data on a large scale. #WetOpDeDefensiegereedheid #Privacy #NatuurEnMilieu (translated)

The author wrote that during a pro-Palestinian demonstration at the John Frost Bridge in Arnhem, a large Palestinian flag was hanging from the bridge, and that one demonstrator was standing among the attendees with an Israeli flag. The author described his solo action as brave and steadfast and expressed respect for him. #Palestina #Israël #Demonstratie (translated)

Nausicaa Marbe wrote that the CBS was not under a ministry but was funded by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate. She stated that the government claimed to have no money but was paying officials who pressured people at home to read a message she deemed unwanted. Marbe called that behavior disgraceful and said that citizens should be left alone. #CBS #Overheid #Schandalig (translated)