Bas Straathof

‼️ We hebben geen andere keuze dan onze activiteiten te staken omdat onze klinieken zijn omsingeld door Israëlische troepen. ‼️

Ik hoop vooral vurig dat de aankomende verkiezingen, naast een fonkelnieuwe zetelverdeling, ons ook iets uit het verleden teruggeven. Een politiek die, ondanks grote meningsverschillen, bereid is een eindje met de ander mee te lopen. Niet om je zin te krijgen, maar om iets goeds te doen.

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The Fed fights back.

We Are All Lisa Cook Nobody is safe from weaponized government

If you think the attack on the Fed's Lisa Cook has nothing to do with you, you're wrong — any one of us may be next paulkrugman.substack.com/p/we-are-all...

Wat jammer nou voor de bedreiger dat dit rapport toch gewoon openbaar te vinden is.

En nog vervelender voor de bedreiger als iedereen het rapport deelt! Help je mee?

#pesticiden #Natura2000 @vlinderstichting.bsky.social

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August 1, 2025 AMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION Committee on Economic Statistics and Committee on Government Relations Statement from the American Economic Association on the Dismissal of the BLS Commissioner Leaders of the American Economic Association express their grave concern over the dismissal of the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) earlier today. The independence of the federal statistical agencies is essential to the proper functioning of a modern economy. Accurate, timely, and impartial statistics are the foundation upon which households, businesses, and policymakers make critical decisions. Undermining the independence or credibility of these agencies threatens the integrity of the information that markets, institutions, and the public rely on every day. Measuring the vast and dynamic U.S. economy in real time is inherently challenging. It is standard practice for statistical estimates to be revised as more complete and higher-quality data become available. These revisions reflect the commitment of statistical agencies to accuracy, transparency, and methodological rigor-not failure or bias. The BLS has long had a well-deserved reputation for professional excellence and nonpartisan integrity. Safeguarding this tradition is vital for the continued health of the U.S. economy and public trust in our institutions. We call upon elected officials to respect and preserve the independence of the nation's statistical infrastructure. Lawrence Katz President, American Economic Association Katharine Abraham President-Elect, American Economic Association Karen Dynan Chair, American Economic Association Committee on Economic Statistics Kenneth Troske Chair, American Economic Association Committee on Government Relations

Statement from the largest economics association about the BLS firing

As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements

This is a big deal

Graph with number of Israeli and Palestinians killed in the conflict between Israel and Palestine, per year from 1987 onward, next to each other. The number of Palestines killed always outnumber the number of Israeli, except in 1996. The most significant years are 2001 to 2009, 2014 and now 2023 and 2024. 2024 shows 257 Israeli deaths and 24145 Palestinian deaths. 2025 shows 70 Israeli deaths and 14746 Palestinian deaths. Total numbers in this graph, 73242 Palestinians killed and 3367 Israeli. Data source: B'Tselem, OCHA and Wikipedia Oct-Dec 2023 and years 2024 and 2025 unverified for Gaza. Only fully identified casualties till Oct 2023 for all territories, and Oct-2023 till Dec-2024 for all territories except Gaza, plus Ocha data West Bank Aug-2024 till April 2025.

Deaths in wars/conflicts between Israel & Palestine 1987-2025.

Vermogensaanwasbelasting dan?

Overdrachtsbelasting on steroids? Dan komt de hele woningmarkt stil te liggen. Kan je beter een landelijke OZB invoeren

Breaking news: Boston Consulting Group modelled the costs of 'relocating' Palestinians from Gaza and entered into a multimillion-dollar contract to help launch a new aid scheme for the shattered enclave https://on.ft.com/3TrfEpn

Twee vliegen in één klap!

Indicators of Global Climate Change 2024: annual update of key indicators of the state of the climate system and human influence Abstract. In a rapidly changing climate, evidence-based decision-making benefits from up-to-date and timely information. Here we compile monitoring datasets (published at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15639576; Smith et al., 2025a) to produce updated estimates for key indicators of the state of the climate system: net emissions of greenhouse gases and short-lived climate forcers, greenhouse gas concentrations, radiative forcing, the Earth's energy imbalance, surface temperature changes, warming attributed to human activities, the remaining carbon budget, and estimates of global temperature extremes. This year, we additionally include indicators for sea-level rise and land precipitation change. We follow methods as closely as possible to those used in the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) Working Group One report. The indicators show that human activities are increasing the Earth's energy imbalance and driving faster sea-level rise compared to the AR6 assessment. For the 2015–2024 decade average, observed warming relative to 1850–1900 was 1.24 [1.11 to 1.35] °C, of which 1.22 [1.0 to 1.5] °C was human-induced. The 2024-observed best estimate of global surface temperature (1.52 °C) is well above the best estimate of human-caused warming (1.36 °C). However, the 2024 observed warming can still be regarded as a typical year, considering the human-induced warming level and the state of internal variability associated with the phase of El Niño and Atlantic variability. Human-induced warming has been increasing at a rate that is unprecedented in the instrumental record, reaching 0.27 [0.2–0.4] °C per decade over 2015–2024. This high rate of warming is caused by a combination of greenhouse gas emissions being at an all-time high of 53.6±5.2 Gt CO2e yr−1 over the last decade (2014–2023), as well as reductions in the strength of aerosol cooling. Despite this, there is evidence that the rate of increase in CO2 emissions over the last decade has slowed compared to the 2000s, and depending on societal choices, a continued series of these annual updates over the critical 2020s decade could track decreases or increases in the rate of the climatic changes presented here.

Our new paper updating key metrics in the IPCC is now out, and the news is grim:

⬆️ Human induced warming now at 1.36C
⬆️ Rate of warming now 0.27C / decade
⬆️ Sharp increase in Earth's energy imbalance
⬇️ Remaining 1.5C carbon budget only 130 GtCO2

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1. Trump's tax cuts overwhelmingly help the rich
2. His spending cuts are targeted at the poor
3. Tariffs cost the poor a larger share of their income

Roll these three regressive policies together and you get the largest redistribution from poor to rich in American history.

The anti-Robin Hood.

Het hoofdredactioneel commentaar op Wilders in de Telegraaf is echt…. on point?

So higher tariffs make transfer pricing more costly? That would be one reason to believe Trump will back down in the end

Breaking news: The US has been stripped of its top-notch triple-a credit rating by Moody’s on concerns about rising levels of government debt www.ft.com/content/e456...

His bank accounts here in the UK have been frozen. This is his home country. Never shut the fuck about this.

Zero ships from China are bound for California’s top ports. Officials haven’t seen that since the pandemic | CNN Business On Friday morning, West Coast port officials told CNN about a startling sight: Not a single cargo vessel had left China with goods for the two major West Coast ports in the past 12 hours. That hasn’t ...

CNN: Ship traffic from China stops...

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International Law Under Pressure

Excellent and very precise analysis of the first six weeks of the Trump administration, and how its executive orders and statements already violate the international legal system

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“The university said it had agreed to hire a new internal security force of 36 “special officers” who will be empowered to remove people from campus or arrest them.”

Even iets anders over de zaak ̶B̶1̶0̶0̶ L10: de top vd Nederlandse overheid gooit nog steeds lustig de gevoelige inhoud over de WhatsApp via Amerika. Keer mee ophouden?

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The fallout The suspension of billions in US aid has brought the global development sector to its knees. The fight against Aids was hit hardest

Al 15.000 doden sinds 24 januari
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Grote zorgen patiënten en experts: medicijnen borstkanker niet meer helemaal vergoed Patiënten met uitgezaaide hormonale borstkanker en medisch oncologen maken zich zorgen over de vergoeding van twee borstkankermedicijnen. Sinds 1 januari dit jaar worden de geneesmiddelen ribociclib e...

Dit artikel lijkt het begin van iets dat veel groter is. Een deel van de perspectieven komt hier aan bod.

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a valentine 's day card with two kittens in a box and flowers . ALT: a valentine 's day card with two kittens in a box and flowers .

Hé

This is amazing. Via @nytimes.com

The Trump administration is defying the courts.

Rule of law in the US is teetering.

Regering-Trump ontbindt financiële toezichthouder Het CFPB, een ombudsman-achtige overheidsinstantie die Amerikaanse burgers moet beschermen tegen woekerpraktijken van financiële dienstverleners, gaat voor de bijl. Het is de volgende zet in de veldtocht van de regering-Trump tegen de eigen overheid.

Regering-Trump ontbindt financiële toezichthouder

Elon Musk dendert de Amerikaanse overheidsdiensten binnen – hoe ver wil hij gaan? Verenigde Staten: Met het Departement of Government Efficiency is Musk de Amerikaanse overheidsdiensten binnengetreden om – zo zegt Musk – de overheidsbureaucratie door te lichten. „Het is een…

Terwijl de wereld dit weekend vooral aandacht had voor de importheffingen die Trump invoerde, kreeg Elon Musk toegang tot belangrijke overheidsdiensten. „Het is een vijandige overname van de Amerikaanse overheid door de rijkste man op aarde.” https://buff.ly/4b1h9Tj

OM en Rijksrecherche: Nederlandse wet voor vervolging van corruptie schiet tekort Onderzoek: Het Openbaar Ministerie en de Rijksrecherche verzoeken het ministerie van Justitie om de anti-corruptiewet aan te scherpen. Nederland is het enige EU-land waar ‘handel in invloed’ – corrupt...

Zaken Sywert, Aad de Mos, Jos van Rey en Neelie Kroes laten zien dat corruptie in Nederland juridisch te makkelijk door de vingers wordt gezien, zeggen OM en politie. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...