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Researcher Hanne Nijtmans states that conspiracy thinking is not just for 'wappies', but that it is a broad phenomenon in which both men and women participate in their own way, often driven by a healthy critical attitude towards the government and life-changing events. #complotdenken #wappies #overheid (translated)

Bart Nijman wrote that the stuck plastic cap, in his view, symbolized the emptiness of European innovation. He stated that large technology companies and innovations in transport, logistics, and energy were mostly located in the United States and China. Nijman criticized the EU bureaucracy in Brussels and wrote that, in his opinion, it imposed new rules on workers and entrepreneurs while European companies weakened due to a lack of innovation and high energy prices. He mentioned companies in the steel and defense sector and German, French, and Italian car manufacturers. In contrast to Europe, he highlighted a man in the United States who, according to him, made cars drive with rocket boosters and thereby set an acceleration record of 0 to 100 in less than a second. Nijman concluded with the question of whether Europe would emerge from its own malaise and referenced images from several French cities that day. #innovatie #EU #technologie (translated)

Raisa Blommestijn wrote that Antifa had completely vandalized the car of SebastianNGi from Save Europe Act. She pointed out that Tim Hofman received a lot of appreciation in the Dutch media, in her opinion, while wearing a chain with the word 'Antifa', and stated that this did not lead to consequences, uproar, or criticism. https://t.co/j8eD9Wp9lb #Antifa #SaveEurope #Nederland (translated)

Susanne wrote that the performance of D66 member Heera Dijk had been mentioned in De Telegraaf, in an article titled 'Amateurism strikes in the House of Representatives'. According to Susanne, the clip had not been noticed by a journalist, but became known after she downloaded it and it was subsequently shared widely. According to her, it was recorded during the second round of a budget debate, at a late time when hardly anyone was watching. Susanne argued that the press had been too focused on protecting the current coalition. If the same had happened under the Schoof cabinet, talk shows would have covered it extensively, in her opinion. She wrote that the Jetten cabinet displayed even more amateurism, but that the established press failed to adequately cover this. Susanne called for another article about what she referred to as amateurism in parliamentary journalism. #Journalistiek #amateurisme #KabinetJetten #Journalistiek #amateurisme #TweedeKamer (translated)

Jan B. Hommel stated that virologists Shi Zhengli, Ralph Baric, and Vincent Munster had conducted research on adding a furin cleavage site to a sarbecovirus. According to him, Munster, as far as known, only worked with pseudoviruses, while Shi and Baric collaborated on DEFUSE, a project by Peter Daszak for DARPA, since 2017. Hommel pointed out that a pandemic broke out in Wuhan in early 2020 with a sarbecovirus with such a cleavage site and called that a striking coincidence. He wrote that Marion Koopmans did not see a link between those matters and told that Shi had said during Koopmans' visit to Wuhan that he had nothing to do with the outbreak and had only been at the Huanan market. Hommel also criticized Maarten Keulemans, who according to him continued to defend Koopmans. #OriginOfCovid #COVID19 #Virologie #Pandemie (translated)

The arrival of data centers in American villages is causing growing resistance among residents, driven by concerns about the impact on the environment, job loss, and the influence of Big Tech on their communities, leading to a new and widely shared NIMBY sentiment that is becoming an important theme in the upcoming midterms. #datacentra #BigTech #nimbyism (translated)

Maurits Vande Reyde wrote that the public broadcaster had, in his view, provided misleading coverage in recent weeks regarding alleged severe cuts at VRT. According to him, unions had been given uninterrupted radio and airtime, while VRT NWS had not provided objective context and had widely disseminated their message. He described this as a situation at the level of a banana republic. Vande Reyde stated that the funding for VRT had increased in recent years, with millions more for, among other things, combating fake news and pension costs, and that only limited cuts had been made. Furthermore, he argued that the broadcaster could have generated more revenue from digital advertising. During the previous budget discussions, new concessions had been made regarding this, allowing VRT to show millions more in digital advertising, he wrote. According to him, parliament had not been informed about those agreements. He claimed that VRT had negotiated directly at the government table and secured a lot, only to then loudly protest and strike. According to him, the news editorial team had adopted the alarming stories from the unions. Vande Reyde wrote that trust in the media had thereby reached a historic low. #VRT #fakenews #mediawijsheid (translated)

Eppo Tjuchem wrote that on stage at De Dam a song was performed that, according to him, amounted to a musical explanation about burglary. He described it as propaganda for squatting and destruction, wrapped in a cheerful guitar song, and claimed that it was a demand for self-invented rights to avoid paying rent. #Woonprotest #Woonprotest #muziek #protest (translated)