Joris Luyendijk

From my prison cell in Georgia, I implore Europe not to abandon us to Russia | Mzia Amaglobeli My fellow journalists are putting their lives in danger every day, but we refuse to surrender to a regime that threatens Europe’s own security, says imprisoned Georgian journalist Mzia Amaglobeli

If you read only one thing today, read this letter written from prison, where she has been languishing for several months, by the awesome Georgian journalist Mzia Amaghobeli.
She dared to speak the truth to the Moscow's puppets.
EU leaders don't have her courage.
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Denk hieraan als je in een talkshow weer een sympathieke clown hoort beweren dat Trump en Musk ergens heus okay zijn. Zonder overgangsregeling zo'n programma stilzetten. Dat is, op zijn minst, dood door schuld. Duizend- en duizendvoud.

Why 94 is the new 54 for moguls [FREE TO READ] The careers of moguls are growing to unprecedented lengths

The retirement age for moguls (Murdoch, Buffett, Armani etc) is now in the 90s. It will rise further for Musk, Zuckerberg et al. Meanwhile, politicians come and go like fruitflies. Me
@financialtimes.com on longevity reshaping the power class, + how Putin, Trump want some of that on.ft.com/46xjG6X

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The right and the art of putting on a united front In spite of bitter divisions, Trump’s Maga coalition always rallies round when it needs to

So true: "Cancel culture was never about going after people who were already considered beyond the pale; it was about weeding out those from your own side who are deemed guilty of wrongthink." The right gets how disastrous this dynamic is. The left does not.

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Spot the North-American anomaly: only region where social media use is still growing.
Great work by the FT’s @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
www.ft.com/content/a072... “Have we passed peak social media?”

I simply stop admiring people if they follow me.

it's shocking how unshocking antisemitic violence and terror has become. Same feeling among Jews in the Netherlands, is my impression. Really important for non-Jews to stand behind them, consistently and publicly.

And, just as importantly, that they would do the same for mosques, churches, temples, gurdwaras, or any other places of worship were they to be similarly threatened.

Something about the UK to be genuinely proud of, that the overwhelming majority of us help to build & maintain, despite everything.

wat interessant, dankjewel. Werkt erg goed, die visualisaties.

inflatie gecorrigeerd betekent toch dat je de component inflatie in de prijs aan de pomp aftrekt van die prijs? Maar dan zou de gecorrigeerde lijn onder die benzineprijs aan de pomp moeten liggen, toch? Ga ik weer twijfelen.

Line-up eerste grote televisiedebat: VVD komt met de schrik vrij en grote verliezer is BBB RTL en EenVandaag hebben hun selectie voor de televisiedebatten bekendgemaakt. Die spelen een grote rol in de verkiezingscampagne. Voor de VVD is het een opluchting dat lijsttrekker Dilan Yesilgöz aan...

Het gaat - volkomen terecht - veel over de macht van tech bedrijven en hun invloed op politiek en publieke opinie. Maar dit is pas echt macht: Een bedrijf bepaalt gewoon wie er mag debatteren en wie niet. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

Look at Trump does not what Trump says. And this is what he does now. Big stuff.

this deserves as much coverage and attention as possible.

Might be wrong, but I don't remember the fuel situation ever getting this bad in Ukraine since the start of Russia's invasion

10 november!
Masterclass Tricky Tijden, waar ik me zeer op verheug en waar n hele hoop slimme dingen gezegd gaan worden (@jitskekramer.bsky.social @jorisluyendijk.bsky.social Paul Iske) waar ik zo min mogelijk doorheen zal praten 😇

Remember the Saudi peace plan in 2002.

This is fantastic news.

We have Schadenfreude but my feelings about this seem to require a different German term. Leidenfreude?

ik doe niks anders. Jij?

This is in a nutshell the story of the Netherlands.

for those still insisting that the White House is working from a master plan

It is crucial to remain aware of stability risks around the US without succumbing to fatalism.

There is still time for MAGA to screw itself and everyone else to turn the American ship of state around before it hits the iceberg.

But there should be no illusions about America's current trajectory.

Remember all those books by US authors bristling with outrage over, say, German industry's complicity with authoritarianism. Look at American business now.

the success formula in today's political landscape: "provide a big tent for conspiracy theories". Interesting from a Dutch perspective where we have PR with lots and lots of different political parties (or tents). So each tent remains considerably smaller. FPTP is not a good system for our times.

Come to Europe! Yes, we tax you. On the other hand, those taxes pay for a functioning state. Also! Your kids won't have to do school shooter drills. We have the rule of law. Our food is better. You can still watch American entertainment. We speak English.

similar reluctance in news rooms, especially the finance desk.

this cannot be emphasized enough: the collapse of the US system.

So painfully true. Is this what Asians say to themselves, too, before we in Europe wake up?

When AI interacts with me, I feel like this phone.