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"They came within tens to hundreds of meters of our satellites, far too close to be reassured." SpaceX has recently seen "many examples" of satellites that came dangerously close to those of the company, executive Michael Nicolls told the International Astronautical Congress that took place in Turkey until Friday. #SpaceX #satellieten #ruimtevaart (translated)

Sander Sassen asked Grok if Israel had offered to annex the Gaza Strip, which was then under Egyptian control, shortly after the war of 1948 and grant all Palestinians there full Israeli citizenship. He added two links as sources. https://t.co/loCFnELLFf https://t.co/6thZMiIR9w #Israël #Gaza #Palestijnen (translated)

Mona Keijzer, who will not become the new party leader of the New Social Contract, is causing confusion within the party by seeking 'sensible, conservative right-wing people', while members reject her and the party is in crisis without leadership. #MonaKeijzer #NieuwSociaalContract #Politiek (translated)

Beach Roy wrote that he thought the midterm elections were approaching. He stated that his reach on X suddenly dropped by 80 percent and claimed that Elon Musk was actively limiting him. According to Beach Roy, he had contributed to the downfall of FVD and PVV and the electoral victory of D66 on X. He added that political scientist, lobbyist, and publicist Kirsten Verdel had noted the same thing, and asked who could see his message. #midterms #socialmedia #politiek (translated)

During the party congress of the NSC, a portion of the attending members left the room during the speech of Mona Keijzer, who is seeking conservative people, which led to unrest within the party and even a motion of no confidence against the board. #MonaKeijzer #NSC #politiek (translated)

There was no direct or formal communication from the US, I did not receive a letter. One morning I was called by the board of the Criminal Court, they told me that I had been placed on the sanctions list. They were, I suspect, informed through the embassy. Criminal Court judge Kimberly Prost, who has been on the sanctions list since August 2025, explained in NRC that the procedure is unclear even for those directly involved. #InternationaalStrafhof #sancties #VerenigdeStaten (translated)

Syp Wynia wrote that the government could easily cut costs by starting with what he considers the very expensive top civil servants of the General Administrative Service. He referred to a contribution by Harald Hameleers in Wynia's Week. https://t.co/m7fyCeS1uV #overheid #besparen #topambtenaren (translated)

Mona Keijzer wrote that the woman, in her opinion, did not realize what the men she praised so much would do with her. She suggested asking Lara Logan about it and called the situation a complete failure of education, the media, and the administrative elite. #onderwijs #media #samenleving (translated)

Rob Roos wrote that Dutch officials, in his opinion, were careless with their words. He referred to Prime Minister Jetten, who had said that opponents would be dealt with harshly. A day later, Jetten referred to that as a slip of the tongue according to Roos, saying that it was not meant literally and did not constitute a call to violence. Roos also cited Minister Yeşilgöz's statement in the House on October 8 that Russia was no longer the aggressor, but "our enemy." According to him, Yeşilgöz simultaneously stated that the Netherlands was not at war and that policy would not change. Roos called both statements careless but made a distinction between Jetten's metaphor at a party congress and Yeşilgöz's qualification of a nuclear power. He wrote that the word "enemy" was not a declaration of war, which would require approval from the States General, but that a minister spoke on behalf of the cabinet in their own domain as long as no distance was taken from it. According to Roos, Moscow had already asked whether the qualification was the official position. He found a debate appropriate regarding whether the cabinet distanced itself from that. https://t.co/D4nlpMtjp9 #Politiek #Nederland #Communicatie (translated)

Rob Roos wrote that fear, according to him, was once again used as a policy instrument, this time with increasingly harsh war rhetoric. He stated that centrist parties in Europe saw their power decline after leading the continent to the brink of disaster with climate policy, energy problems, open borders, and soaring debts. According to Roos, the same pattern was visible in many European countries, and therefore a major crisis, possibly a war, threatened again. He described the leaders as power-hungry marketing agencies without vision and called their approach life-threatening. #beleid #oorlog #Europa (translated)