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Rob, I'm just jumping in. Team Netherlands, red-white-blue, the same freedom. Beautiful imagery, you surely have a premium ChatGPT account? But may I remind you that just four days ago you were at the D66 congress proclaiming that you were going to ‘hit certain people hard.’ And now suddenly it’s one big warm nest? Pressing question, if we all count, what about the members of parliament who just walked out during @biemyati's maiden speech instead of listening to her argument? Or don't @fvdemocratie members of parliament belong to Team Netherlands? Or am I misunderstanding, and does ‘we are all different’ only apply if the other has a different skin color or sexual preference, but is a member of @D66? You are the prime minister of the whole country, @RobJetten, not just of the people who applaud when you use aggressive language about ‘well-organized organizations’ that undermine our democracy. Show us that you are truly the prime minister of everyone, including the Dutch people you want to ‘hit hard,’ because indeed all Dutch people are different, but all deserve the same freedom, dignity, and the right to be heard, even if their political beliefs don’t agree with yours. Right? (translated)

PATIENT CHOICE OR WHEN A PODCAST IS WORTH SOMETHING IS ⚕️ And a bizarre unpleasant debate about colonoscopy can have one positive outcome. I can show you what specifically I want to change in healthcare. Capsule colonoscopy is a modern alternative; you swallow a small camera that takes thousands of images. However, if you choose it today instead of the covered standard, the insurance will not contribute even what it would otherwise pay for a regular examination. You have to pay for the entire procedure yourself. And that is exactly why I advocate for patient choice. The insurance will continue to pay for everything you are currently entitled to. However, if you choose a different, more expensive option, you will only pay the difference. We are not taking anything from anyone. We are just giving people a greater opportunity to decide about their own care. What do you think about that? 💙 (translated)

The master before the Constitutional Tribunal brilliantly summarized Tusk's character. "He is a terrible man who has lied, lies, and will lie. I can't say to the camera what I would convey to him. The worst thing that could have happened to us, he is destroying the country, let him go." Karol Nawrocki could not have put it better in his address. (translated)

Nephew is writing. Friends from the area of Turnov and Malá Skála, please take a look. I kindly ask for sharing! Today, October 1, 2027, between 8:27 and 8:30, this person came onto our property and stole a bicycle. Additionally, when leaving, he didn’t close the gate, so our dog ran away. Fortunately, we managed to find him and he is fine. I’m attaching a photo and video from the surveillance footage. If anyone recognizes this person or has any information, please send me a private message. We would really appreciate sharing this, so we can locate the individual. Thank you. (translated)

Ukraine has carried out attacks on oil facilities in the Samara region and other significant locations in Russia, including drone storage and launch sites and energy facilities in Crimea, while the Russian Ministry of Defense reports the downing of 330 Ukrainian drones. (translated)

‘met een privévliegtuig onder medische begeleiding gerepatrieerd en bij aankomst rechtstreeks naar het Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum (LUMC) gebracht en in strikte isolatie opgenomen’De patiënt wordt donderdag ‘met een privévliegtuig onder medische begeleiding gerepatrieerd en bij aankomst rechtstreeks naar het Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum (LUMC) gebracht en in strikte isolatie opgenomen’, schrijft minister Sophie Hermans (Volksgezondheid) in een brief aan de Tweede Kamer. #Ebola #LUMC #Gezondheidszorg

The #SaskiaKluit is a senator of #PRO. Earlier, as chair of the travelers' organization Rover, she showed sympathy for Extinction Rebellion, which occupied the tracks in support of the Palestinians. Now she finds it unacceptable that NOS gives a lot of attention to a "troubling incident," in which 180 people on an airplane escaped death. It is alarming that she talks about the "automated and industrial" killing of Palestinians. Kluit is a disgrace to the image of the Senate as a 'Chambre de Reflection' and a symbol of the complete decline of PRO when it comes to Israel. (translated)

This is no longer just a political blunder, but probably the most humiliating national failure in the history of Finland's industry. This analysis reveals black on white how totally and blindly the Finnish state leadership has sold the interests of its own citizens in front of the marketing department of Silicon Valley. Let's break down this "sleight of hand" into three devastating facts that make the government's actions completely inexcusable. First of all, despite all the prime minister-level hype, promises, and the liturgy of the green transition, the outcome is harsh. As a result of Google's massive investments, no new electricity production is being built in Finland—zero megawatts. The company's marketing department worded it so cleverly that the government, desperately thirsty for economic growth, swallowed the bait completely baffled. The leadership was smilingly taken in front of cameras as a guarantor for a project that will not bring a single new watt to the Finnish grid. The second issue is the hijacking of national base power. This is the real, chilling bomb of the news. Since no new electricity will come, where will these massive data centers draw their power? The answer: from our nuclear power. The analysis reveals that as much as 500 megawatts of Finland's nuclear power capacity is dedicated exclusively to Google until 2050. This nuclear power is not just any electricity. It is precisely that stable, weather-independent base power that is vital for Finland's price stability and security of supply. The government is thus surrendering half a gigawatt of infrastructure intended to safeguard Finnish citizens during cold days to a multinational monopoly for the next quarter century. Thirdly, the master has definitively become a servant. When 500 megawatts of stable nuclear power is tied to Google's inflexible use, and no new capacity is brought in, the mathematical equation is devastating for the Finnish consumer. When a calm cold spell strikes in January, our electricity grid will lack that 500-megawatt lifesaver. It is dedicated to AI computation, and the ordinary Finnish citizen will pay for it with horrendous spikes in market electricity prices and increased transmission fees from Fingrid. The Finnish government allowed a multinational company to blind itself with platitudes and let a foreign entity walk straight into the national switchboard. This is not an investment in Finland. This is a hostile resource grab, which the country's own leadership blessed with a smile, sacrificing the energy security and purchasing power of Finns at the altar of the company's marketing trick. In democracy, there is one simple and ruthless rule: if the highest leadership of the state cannot defend the interests of its own people, it must step aside. Looking at this chain of events and the facts revealed by Talouselämä, the demand for Prime Minister Orpo's resignation is no longer just political shouting. It is the only logical conclusion in a situation where the head of government has shown a total lack of judgment in securing national infrastructure and the economy. The prime minister's job is to be the master in his own country. His task is to sit at the negotiating table, look the world's richest companies in the eye, and say: "This is our grid, our nuclear power, and our nature. You will pay for the infrastructure, you will build the new electricity, and you will pay the royalties here. Otherwise, you can take your servers elsewhere." If the prime minister is not capable of this—if he is so desperate that he can be led by a marketing department's word games like a measuring cup—he does not have the backbone that leading Finland requires in this global squeeze. Then there is only one right action: hand the keys back to the people and resign. (translated)