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The author said they were fed up with what they described as extreme climate fearmongering, arguing that it was scientifically unfounded. They criticized a metaphor portraying the world as a Japanese warrior slowly committing harakiri, with a knife in its belly and blood running down its body. https://t.co/CFU01YjXW3 #ClimateChange #ScienceCommunication #Fearmongering #JP

The author wrote that Belgians were debating whether to bring 13 traumatised Gazan students to the country, while people in the Netherlands were disputing whether one of their own had glorified the October 7 massacre. The author also described Laurent Simon as a “wunderkind” and said he was leaving Belgium, linking to a report. https://t.co/3d6L2x4O88 #Belgium #Gaza #Students #BE #NL #PS

The author said Israel’s economy was growing rapidly despite multiple wars they described as necessary, constant terrorist threats and major internal divisions, and predicted it would overtake the Netherlands in GDP per capita within 18 months. They also described Israelis as more innovative and began a point about civil society. #Israel #Economy #Innovation #IL #NL

The author criticized a warning that climate change, geopolitics, and artificial intelligence were threatening humanity like never before. He called that statement economically and historically illiterate and referred to the editor-in-chief of a "quality newspaper." The author also pointed to another statement about "declinism," but the message ended before that sentence was completed. https://t.co/cOukWDJNml #klimaat #geopolitiek #AI #NL (translated)

The author called the warning that climate change, geopolitical tensions, and artificial intelligence threaten humanity like never before economically and historically illiterate. The author sarcastically noted that someone with so much illiteracy must be the editor-in-chief of a 'quality newspaper' and then referred to a text that stated that 'declinism is...'. https://t.co/knhvPTVe7z #klimaat #geopolitiek #kunstmatigeintelligentie #NL (translated)

The author praised the chart and urged readers to examine both axes, saying it should put to rest critics’ claim that the decline in poverty was merely an effect of choosing a particular poverty threshold. They called for celebrating the progress. https://t.co/M8TnbytmmG #Poverty #Progress #DataVisualization #None

The author wondered if a Flemish newspaper would interview Joel Kotek. He described him as a genocide expert and professor at the Université libre de Bruxelles, and wrote that Kotek had published several books and articles on the Holocaust and other genocides. The author also noted that Kotek was releasing a new book. https://t.co/mlB72ZlHsp #genocide #Holocaust #boeken #BE (translated)

The author cited what they called “Moynihan’s Law”, arguing that more complaints about human rights violations in a country indicated stronger protection of those rights. They described Oct. 27 as a bitter moment for Palestinian citizens of Israel ahead of the polls, then began an unfinished sentence. #DroitsHumains #Élections #Palestine #IL #PS

The author wrote that an alliance between the White House and the Kremlin had once seemed like paranoid fiction, with Manchurian candidates and red presidents treated as imagined figures, but claimed that such an alliance now existed. #Política #RelacionesInternacionales #EstadosUnidos #US #RU

The author suggested that the KNAW increasingly pushed the central value of truth-finding in science to the background, while the institution, according to the author, placed more emphasis on concepts such as honesty, transparency, and inclusion. The author encouraged readers who thought this was not the case to continue reading. (translated)

The post’s author said they were incredulous that The Free Press had published a piece condemning Europe’s “war fever.” They called the article atrocious and said it portrayed a desire for existential purpose and a major war that would restore historical stature to political leaders and their peoples. #FreePress #War #History #EU

The author questioned why no newspaper or TV channel paid attention to the departure of Jewish scientists, intellectuals, and doctors from Belgium. They wrote that this was at least the third time that those anonymous testimonies were shared by Jews packing their bags. #België #Jodendom #Wetenschap #BE (translated)

The author said messages of this kind left them heartbroken, but that sadness soon turned to intense anger at what they called the cowardice of political and intellectual elites, whom they blamed for allowing a return to the conditions of the 1930s. They singled out progressive figures, saying they were unable to see what was happening.

The author described the episode as Ukraine’s most egregious betrayal since Volodymyr Zelensky’s dressing-down in the White House, which they said had been largely symbolic. They argued that Donald Trump was now betraying Zelensky in practice by making deals with Vladimir Putin for personal gain. The post also began to cite David Frum but ended before completing the thought. #Ukraine #Trump #Putin #UA #US #RU

The author said they were Belgian, had some North African ancestry and were not Jewish, but described themselves as a proud Zionist. They argued that Zionism had historically been among the world’s most benign, inclusive and progressive nationalisms, and added that a people had earned a country. https://t.co/QArNi8tXFe #Zionism #Nationalism #BeliefSystem #BE #MA

The author said that during a trip to Ukraine the previous month, they had repeatedly wondered whether they would enlist to defend their country if it were invaded. They wrote that their convictions, like those of most Europeans, had not been tested, and said they had addressed the question in a new essay for Quillette. #Freedom #Ukraine #Essay #UA

The author argued that whether genocide was occurring in Gaza was not merely a matter of semantics, and said people who had previously made confident assertions were now quietly retreating from them. They rejected describing it as a borderline case, a matter of interpretation or an issue on which reasonable people could disagree.

In a new essay for Quillette about a visit to Ukraine, the author urged others to support the country, which they described as fighting to join “our civilisation”. They questioned the purpose of that civilisation if people did not support Ukraine. https://t.co/GSPERLS6Q1 #Ukraine #Civilisation #Support #UA