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A apărut un nou număr al revistei de cultură „Terra mirabilis” (anul I, nr. 3, iulie-august-septembrie 2026), publicație editată la Brăila. Ediția din această toamnă propune o selecție densă și eclectică de texte, structurată pe coordonate care unesc clasicismul universal cu avangarda și critica literară contemporană. https://www.infoest.ro/stiri/cultura-brailei/terra-mirabilis-nr-3-braila-prezentare.htm

This article discusses the increasing inequality between Caribbean and European Dutch since the autonomy of Curaçao and Sint Maarten in 2010, and criticizes the Netherlands for its selective interventions in finance while other vital sectors such as education and healthcare are being neglected. #KoninkrijkNederland #CaribischGebied #Ongelijkheid (translated)

The article describes a visit to the Nobel Peace Museum in Oslo, where the committee that awards the Nobel Peace Prize meets; the focus is on the nomination of Donald Trump and the secret of the selection process for the prize. #NobelprijsVoorDeVrede #DonaldTrump #Vrede (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)

The Bergen Group, an initiative of the Pentagon, will take place in October 2026 in Warsaw, but the absence of Romania and other essential European states raises questions about the selection criteria and their involvement in the future of NATO. #NATO #GrupulBergen #PoliticaExternă (translated)

Sophie Proost, a talented young female soccer player from Blaricum, receives good news during a flight to Lisbon from the national coach of the Oranje Leeuwinnen about her selection for the play-offs for a World Cup ticket, further shaping her impressive career in women's football. #SophieProost #OranjeLeeuwinnen #WomensFootball (translated)

"I want to share: we have 88 percent availability within our selection. That's a very nice number. I think you should also be around 85 to 90 percent availability if you really want to compete." Robin van Persie then looked at the paper he had brought with him and which had been in front of him since the beginning of the press conference and said: "I want to share: we have 88 percent availability within our selection. That's a very nice number. I think you should also be around 85 to 90 percent availability if you really want to compete." "We are currently at 71 percent and as a coach, you obviously want such a number to be much higher." Van Persie wasn't the worst and nodded. "We are currently at 71 percent and as a coach, you obviously want such a number to be much higher." #Feyenoord #GiovanniVanBronckhorst #Blessures (translated)

Henk Otten wrote that according to him, the Dutch had little expectations left of politicians, who according to him managed to exceed those expectations even further. He argued that the selection and recruitment of politicians were severely lacking and advocated for a different electoral system. https://t.co/0r2YRlqQ0B #politiek #verkiezingen #Nederland (translated)

Ferdinand Meeus wrote that Maarten had difficulty accepting the facts and stated that the Aletsch Glacier used to be 1,000 meters smaller. According to Meeus, glaciers have come and gone, and that had nothing to do with human CO₂ emissions. He accused Maarten of selectively choosing information and misleading readers with phrases like "maybe...". Meeus considered this concerning for a science journalist. https://t.co/pkOOKL5fRr #wetenschap #klimaat #gletsjers (translated)

Sander Sassen wrote that of the 70,000 people invited to the climate consultation, approximately 6 percent responded. According to him, a panel of 175 people was formed from that group through weighted lottery. He argued that participation in itself selected people based on interest and opinions, resulting in the panel not being a representative cross-section of the Netherlands. According to Sassen, the assignment was also limited beforehand: the consultation was not about whether climate policy should be implemented, but about its scope and ways in which the Dutch could eat, travel, and consume more climate-friendly. Documents requested through the WOO showed, according to him, that among others, Extinction Rebellion had provided input for the invitations, guiding principles, and knowledge panel. According to Sassen, critical experts were selectively fact-checked or neutralized. He concluded that the citizen consultation was therefore not a neutral democratic instrument but a process with a left-progressive and, in his view, even left-activist inclination. #Klimaatbeleid #Democratie #Feiten (translated)

Can someone tell me why it will be possible to apply capital gains tax for stocks, bonds, and securities from 2028, but for bitcoin, precious metals, and crypto only from 2031?! Which means that these assets will first fall under the wealth accumulation tax. Weren't the tax authority's systems what made capital gains tax impossible at this stage? Or have those systems suddenly become selective? #belasting #vermogenswinstbelasting #cryptocurrency (translated)

RTL meldt dat 15,8 procent van de Nederlanders het slaan van een vrouw niet onder alle omstandigheden afwijst. Staatssecretaris Judith Tielen noemt dat „schrikbarend”. Terecht. Weet u wat ook schrikbarend is? Wat RTL niet vertelt: de gebruikte World Values Survey stelde óók deze vragen: Q141: Mag een man zijn vrouw slaan? Q249: Tot welke religie behoort u? Met moslim als afzonderlijke categorie. Q123–128: Hoe belangrijk is God, hoe vaak bidt u en hoe religieus bent u? Q231–233: Waar zijn u en uw ouders geboren? Q250: Wat is uw etnische achtergrond? De officiële UvA-samenvatting is vervolgens glashelder: “Daarnaast zijn moslims gemiddeld traditioneler dan niet-religieuzen, ook als rekening wordt gehouden met hoe belangrijk religie voor iemand is.” De UvA voegt eraan toe dat dit verschil bij andere religies niet werd gevonden. RTL noemt wél leeftijd, geldzorgen en de manosfeer. Maar religie, herkomst en etniciteit: nul woorden. De uitslag is „schrikbarend”. De onderzoeksbevinding over moslims blijkbaar vooral ongemakkelijk. Dat is geen gebrek aan gegevens. Dat is journalistieke selectie: alle vragen stellen, alleen de comfortabele antwoorden publiceren. #Vrouwenrechten #veiligheid https://t.co/YTKprNOqIn https://t.co/fAe4gXnCeV #Vrouwenrechten #journalistiek #maatschappij

AI heeft de sollicitatiebrief geherdefinieerd, waardoor deze zijn waarde als selectiemiddel verliest en werkgevers geconfronteerd worden met nieuwe uitdagingen in het recruteren, terwijl de persoonlijke motivatie van kandidaten nog steeds cruciaal blijft. #AI #sollicitatie #toekomstvanwerk