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Maksim Tonyushkin

@maksim.brussels.bsky.social

Blue Skying? from Brussels ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช. Student Master Business Adminโ€‹istration (MSc). Broadening in International Relations and European Public Policy.

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TBH Iโ€™m not against the plane. Weโ€™ve accepted gifts before like the Statue of Liberty. Letโ€™s stick to the same rules as before, congress votes to accept the gift, its government property and (as we did with Reagan) when the plane is decommissioned it can be displayed at Trumpโ€™s museum.

14.05.2025 08:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The Smell of Success - The Story of Belgium's First Tech Unicorn, Collibra
YouTube video by Startup Stories The Smell of Success - The Story of Belgium's First Tech Unicorn, Collibra

My friend & I, Uni students in Brussels, are making videos on Belgian founders & startupsโ€”just covered Collibra, a VUB spin-off now worth โ‚ฌ5B. Check it out & share your feedback! ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿš€ www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhO_...

09.03.2025 18:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The same week that Elon Musk baselessly called Social Security a "Ponzi scheme," his co-president Donald Trump announced that he wants to create a national crypto reserve.

This could result in taxpayer dollars being used to prop up an actual Ponzi scheme.

Hello?

03.03.2025 17:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9067    ๐Ÿ” 2741    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 313    ๐Ÿ“Œ 105

Vance blew up that meeting on purpose

28.02.2025 20:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9175    ๐Ÿ” 1423    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 563    ๐Ÿ“Œ 125

Better see some โ€œyou lieโ€ energy and actions from the democrats at Trumpโ€™s โ€œown the libsโ€ joint session of congress speech next week. Otherwise what are they even for there?

28.02.2025 13:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I don't think Olaf, Jake and Joe are getting the credit they deserve for allowing me to hang on for long enough to have Trump surrender to me.

17.02.2025 19:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 891    ๐Ÿ” 125    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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History buffs will know that every authoritarian leader eventually converges on some version of: "I *am* the state. I can not break the law, I am the law, the law is instantiated in me."

Our march to authoritarianism so far has been excruciatingly by-the-book. Hitting every beat. No surprises.

15.02.2025 19:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12196    ๐Ÿ” 3248    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 326    ๐Ÿ“Œ 138
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Iโ€™m having great difficulty right now seeing how our political system doesnโ€™t devolve into violence.

15.02.2025 22:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 52268    ๐Ÿ” 9414    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6190    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1128
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the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president

15.02.2025 18:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 98225    ๐Ÿ” 21423    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5402    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2382

Wild that the UK is just forcing Apple to remove end-to-end encryption, and there isn't more outrage.

16.02.2025 11:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hey so what are all the other branches of government doing about the fact the president just tweeted heโ€™s above the law?

15.02.2025 19:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This is a flat-out, clear-cut violation of the First Amendment.

11.02.2025 21:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21236    ๐Ÿ” 6151    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1033    ๐Ÿ“Œ 237
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This is crazy #brussels www.brusselstimes.com/brussels/143...

12.02.2025 10:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Your First Business Idea is Never the Final One
YouTube video by Startup Stories Your First Business Idea is Never the Final One

I've been working on this podcast/video series about entrepreneurship in Belgium. The first video is now up. Go check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH4N...

08.02.2025 01:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
WHO | Programme Budget Web Portal

BTW, this makes Bill Gates the largest donor to the WHO now. More than any country. open.who.int/2024-25/cont...

21.01.2025 14:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Bill Gates โ€˜Impressedโ€™ With Trumpโ€™s Interest in Global Health During Three-Hour Dinner In an interview with Wall Street Journal Editor in Chief Emma Tucker, the Microsoft co-founder said he and the president-elect discussed HIV, polio and global health.

So I really wonder what BillGates' opinion is on pulling out of the @who.int ... Last time he called it "as dangerous as its sounds." www.wsj.com/politics/pol... #publichealth #trump

21.01.2025 14:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Say what you will about the Trump-Biden debate, this past day has still been FAR more embarassing.

21.01.2025 10:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Honestly, the Dems questions today for Hegseth seemed weak, and they let him get away with too much. They need to do better

15.01.2025 00:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10386    ๐Ÿ” 1125    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1105    ๐Ÿ“Œ 111

I'm sorry but the Dems are ridiculously bad at their Hegspeth questions. IMO, if you want to prove someone is incompetent, you ask them the hardest strategic questions they will have to know to succeed at the job

15.01.2025 03:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 48231    ๐Ÿ” 4941    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4525    ๐Ÿ“Œ 615
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Google LM Notebooks feels like a crazy magic trick when it takes some notes and slides I have to make a Planet Money style podcast. But also uncanny and unsettling when they start taking positions and opinions, urging me to make some change, in their conclusion... like you're a robot

13.01.2025 19:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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