Most electricity in the Netherlands now comes from renewables.
This is today's @ourworldindata.org Data Insight from my colleague @simonvanteutem.bsky.social.
All our Data Insights are here: ourworldindata.org/data-insights
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Interested in Dutch, EUropean and International security, (geo)politics and liberal democratic rule of law, plus political propaganda, cartoons and satire.
Most electricity in the Netherlands now comes from renewables.
This is today's @ourworldindata.org Data Insight from my colleague @simonvanteutem.bsky.social.
All our Data Insights are here: ourworldindata.org/data-insights
As the Trump administrationโs โbig, beautiful billโ eliminates many clean-energy incentives in the United States, China continues huge investments in wind and solar power. See images of the scale of Chinaโs solar-power projects:
14.07.2025 01:15 โ ๐ 331 ๐ 114 ๐ฌ 18 ๐ 15"Solange das nicht ausgemacht ist, sind die Europรคer in der beschriebenen Pentarchie auf sich allein gestellt. Sie sind dann der einzige und letzte Bannertrรคger der Demokratie. Xi und Putin haben das erkannt und versuchen, die Europรคische Union zu zerlegen."
Genau das.
What if Ukraine falls? This is no longer a hypothetical question โ and it must be answered urgently | Simon Tisdall
13.07.2025 06:01 โ ๐ 197 ๐ 81 ๐ฌ 26 ๐ 19โThe fact that organized protest can break the spiral of silence, and correct our impressions of what other Americans think, is one of the most immediate and important values of protesting in the first place. Scientists have [shown] protests update our impressions of what other citizens believe.โ
12.07.2025 15:05 โ ๐ 560 ๐ 207 ๐ฌ 7 ๐ 24Lucky Luke
12.07.2025 13:50 โ ๐ 110 ๐ 13 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0Zelfs de baas van Signal gebruikt nog โgiftigeโ apps van big tech - hoe strijdt ze wรฉl tegen het โsurveillance-kapitalismeโ?
12.07.2025 15:36 โ ๐ 15 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0In @slate.com , I explained why Zohran Mamdaniโs proposal for fare-free buses is a bad idea for NYC.
The cost would be enormous, the benefits meh, and the downsides real.
If Mamdani can find $1 billion/year to improve transportation, there are many better ways to spend it.
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โWe are obsessed with personal choices โ diet, exercise โ and ignore the most important determinant of our health.
โPublic health measures like universal healthcare, drinkable water, clean air and safe roads have a much bigger impact on our health than any number of gym sessions or kale smoothies.โ
Welke fiscale aftrekposten en uitzonderingen schieten hun doel voorbij en kun je beter afschaffen? Zodat er meer geld naar de schatkist stroomt? Ambtenaren bij Financiรซn durfden het aan zich hierover te buigen.
02.07.2025 17:06 โ ๐ 17 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1Ik heb al 3 jaar blaren op mijn tong maar ga het toch herhalen: Rusland gaat de Baltics binnenvallen en de NAVO gaat niks doen.
www.bnr.nl/nieuws/inter...
Hereโs a good question โ why is riding a bicycle in the city turning into [actually, being deliberately turned into] a culture war?
Read this @momentummag.bsky.social article.
It doesnโt need to be this way. Itโs just smarter transportation that makes urban movement easier for EVERYONE.
Autoloze of -luwe stadsontwikkelingen zijn goed voor het milieu en de cohesie, en daarom een goed idee, schrijft NRC in het dagelijkse commentaar: buff.ly/BHiqSGu
25.06.2025 10:23 โ ๐ 16 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1Title card for podcast episode with Nicole Rust.
Mindscape 317 | Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social on Why Neuroscience Hasn't Solved Brain Disorders. Or, why Bench to Bedside is harder than it sounds. #MindscapePocast
www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2025...
Zou fijn zijn als we de komende verkiezingscampagne (die vandaag blijkbaar is gestart), dat obligate "problemen oplossen van de mensen in het land", niet meer horen.
Vertel welke keuzes je wil maken en welke afweging tussen kosten en baten daarbij hoort.
(column van vorig jaar:)
Stylised map of Europe formed by colorful interconnected cycling routes, representing all the EuroVelo routes across Europe. Three bicycle icons are placed across the map. The text reads: 'Two wheels. One Europe. Endless possibilities.' A logo of the European Commission is shown in the bottom right corner.
Cycling isnโt just good for your health โ Itโs good for the planet, our cities, and the economy.
โ๏ธ Over 92,000 km of EuroVelo cycling routes across Europe
โ๏ธ Nearly 10 million bicycles produced yearly in the EU
โ๏ธ 1.35 million jobs supported by the EU cycling sector
Full piece here: www.economist.com/britain/2025...
30.05.2025 06:00 โ ๐ 45 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Massive car interchange from the air
Just imagine investing this much money, time, energy, political will & space into smart walking, biking & transit infrastructure. There are maybe thousands of these. They not only induce a lot more driving, they make our cities think they canโt afford transport solutions that would ACTUALLY work.
29.05.2025 20:00 โ ๐ 434 ๐ 88 ๐ฌ 13 ๐ 8"I told them we already got one."
25.05.2025 11:50 โ ๐ 2962 ๐ 442 ๐ฌ 33 ๐ 4State Department Warns Americans Traveling Abroad To Avoid Lame Amsterdam Windmill Tour
State Department Warns Americans Traveling Abroad To Avoid Lame Amsterdam Windmill Tour
theonion.com/state-d...
"Met Trump, Xi, Putin en al die andere leiders die macht en prestige boven winst en welvaart stellen, moeten economen zich de wereldvisie van Keynes weer aanmeten..."
fd.nl/politiek/155...
Commentaar NRC: โHet antwoord van het kabinet-Schoof op de toenemende Russische dreiging is volstrekt onvoldoendeโ www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
25.04.2025 09:18 โ ๐ 17 ๐ 8 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 1In de twintigste eeuw was de grote kloof in de politiek die tussen staat en markt: het debat draaide om de balans tussen publiek belang en het belang van bedrijven. Vandaag gaat het om de balans tussen mens en machine
Mijn column in @nrc.nl
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Al meer dan een eeuw haalt Rusland steeds hetzelfde imperialistische trucje uit: onder valse voorwendselen โreddenโ ze een land dat daar niet om vraagt
@lisaweeda.bsky.social voor @nrcnl.bsky.social www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
There is a way to turn Trumpโs chaos into an opportunity. Here is what European leaders must do | Paul Taylor
21.04.2025 07:57 โ ๐ 98 ๐ 26 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 2De regering-Trump negeert een uitspraak van het Hooggerechtshof, die oordeelt dat Kilmar Abrego Garcia onterecht is uitgezet. Is dit het? Als de regering zich niets aantrekt van de uitspraken van het Hooggerechtshof โ markeert dat dan het einde van de Amerikaanse democratie?
19.04.2025 06:00 โ ๐ 54 ๐ 16 ๐ฌ 6 ๐ 4Before and after images showing street transformations in Amsterdam.
Before and after images showing street transformations in Amsterdam.
If you think Amsterdam managed to avoid being overrun by cars, youโre wrong.
They also surrendered their streets to cars for many decades.
But the people fought back, and forced leaders to see their mistake.
There's nothing magical about #Amsterdam.
They just saw their mistake, and changed it.
China's critical mineral supply chain chokeholds, ranked by their "weaponizability" (e.g. China's hold on the market, importance to US supply chains, lack of alternative markets).
Many of the minerals that top the list are now under some form of (heavy) export restriction.
Ruthlessly strategic.
Nostalgia for manufacturing will make the US poorer | Opinion
https://www.ft.com/content/845917ed-41a5-449f-946f-70263adbaeb7
Trump is waging war against professionals, intellectuals, scientists, education, writes Franklin Foer. We've seen this movie before - in Mao's China www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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