President Zelensky has indicated that Ukraine is still experiencing problems with the Starlink connection, which limits the speed of Ukrainian drones, while he also calls for more support from European allies in light of the recent Russian airstrikes. #Oekraïne #Zelensky #Starlink (translated)
Martin Bosma wrote that people who claimed to strive for dialogue and connection about slavery, meanwhile had a Hamas flag and a sticker calling PVV members fascists brought to the table by Jeffrey Affreye. He asked what the Prime Minister was doing about that. https://t.co/1hF1ppnjGC #slavernij #dialoog #verbinding (translated)
After twelve years of delays, the new Yalu River Bridge between North Korea and China has finally opened, restoring the connection between Dandong and Sinuiju and strengthening the economic ties between both countries. #NoordKorea #China #handel (translated)
Elon Musk has stated that the possible limitations of the military satellite network Starshield in Ukraine fall under the responsibility of the U.S. government, and not his company SpaceX, while the connection to the Starlink network has meanwhile been improved. #Ukraine #ElonMusk #Starlink (translated)
The Walloon Region has decided that 8 km of the 85 km long Boucle du Hainaut connection must be constructed underground, despite the wishes of local residents for a larger underground section. #BoucleDuHainaut #GouvernementWallon #Énergie (translated)
The SGP stated that the Dutch flag should hang above the Dutch parliament, with exceptions for other national or supranational flags. The party described the rainbow flag not as a national flag, but as a symbol of interest groups and activism. According to the SGP, a motion had been submitted outside the usual order of debate that would require the raising of the rainbow flag next Sunday. The party wrote that this activism alienated many people, including those for whom the flag might have been intended. Because the House of Representatives represented the entire Dutch people, the SGP believed that caution was necessary with symbols that were not perceived as unifying by everyone. The party referred to the Dutch tricolor as the flag that united all Dutch people and said it would vote against the motion. https://t.co/F1BtVCURCb #Nederland #TweedeKamer #activisme (translated)
Cor Verkade wrote that he thought it was clever that Israeli President Isaac Herzog, after what he deemed a rightful and very sad observation, sought rapprochement and invited Prime Minister Rob Jetten to come and see what had happened. He wondered what Jetten would do with the invitation. https://t.co/J5Fj7mVuhv #Israël #politiek #samenwerking (translated)
"Words about reconciliation and connection are not enough as long as economic and racial inequality continues to exist." Mitchell Esajas, co-founder of The Black Archives, is disappointed in the king's response and is returning his honor. #KoningWillemAlexander #kolonialisme #verzoening (translated)
"Words about reconciliation and connection are, in my opinion, not enough as long as this fundamental economic and racial inequality continues to exist." There is outright disapproval from antiracism activist Mitchell Esajas, known for Kick Out Zwarte Piet and the Black Lives Matter protests. #koloniaalverleden #slavernij #verzoening (translated)
Letschert in a tight spot! The Jewish and Israeli students in Maastricht are stating it clearly. They are no longer carried away by the dialogue merry-go-round of the D66 Minister of Education, after spending years in her merry-go-round when she led the university. Result: an antisemitic climate and the import of hate rallies. Letschert's reward: the plush of The Hague. Read the letter below. Support these brave students who let their voice, and only their voice, be heard. Who do not bow to the established order and do not allow themselves to be exploited and misled by them. Bravo! To the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, IJAR Maastricht has learned that Minister of Education Rianne Letschert intends to organize a meeting about Jewish students, following the recent developments at Maastricht University. As the representative organization of Jewish and Israeli students at Maastricht University, we have received no formal invitation from the minister or her ministry. Nor have we been informed about the purpose, the mandate, the intended participants, or the measures that may be considered. If the subject concerns the position and experiences of Jewish and Israeli students at Maastricht University, consultations should begin with the organization that represents these students and within the university environment where the relevant events take place. During Ms. Letschert's previous term at Maastricht University, Jewish and Israeli students and their representatives spoke with her and other members of the university administration on numerous occasions. They repeatedly expressed concerns about safety, intimidation, the campus climate, institutional decisions, and the implications of those decisions for Jewish and Israeli students. From those discussions, it appeared that consultations were taking place, but in our experience, they did not lead to measures that corresponded to the issues raised. Clear lines of accountability were also not established for what followed. This history means that the mere fact that there is again a meeting cannot be considered an achievement in itself. Other Jewish organizations and individuals elsewhere in the Netherlands may have legitimate perspectives on broader issues concerning Jewish life, antisemitism, or national policy. However, they do not represent the Jewish and Israeli students at Maastricht University and cannot replace the representative organization of the students whose campus, lecture halls, and daily living environment are directly at stake. A meeting held elsewhere, with discussion partners who do not represent these students, can be viewed as discussions with Jewish organizations, but cannot reasonably be presented as a consultation with the representative organization of Jewish and Israeli students studying at Maastricht University. For that reason, we believe that if the minister wishes to address what is happening at Maastricht University, she should come to Maastricht and engage directly in conversation with the representative organization of Jewish and Israeli students here. The location is important, as responsibility must be aligned with where the issue occurs and not be disconnected from it: the issues being discussed involve this university, the decisions being made here, and the students who experience the consequences of those decisions. Thus, consultations regarding Maastricht should take place in Maastricht and begin with those who are institutionally responsible for representing the involved students. Before such a meeting takes place, we also demand clarity about what the minister aims to achieve with it. We expect to know what questions are being investigated, what decisions or measures remain open, what responsibility the ministry will take on itself, what responsibility it expects from Maastricht University, what concrete follow-up steps are foreseen, and how the outcomes of the meeting will be recorded and communicated. Without that information, participation threatens to serve mainly as proof that consultations have taken place, rather than as a means by which those consultations can actually have an impact. Our concern, therefore, is not about whether there will be a meeting, but about the relationship between consultation and responsibility. We have previously participated in discussions, we have laid out the problems before, and our presence has previously shown that a dialogue existed. What too often has remained unclear, however, is who was responsible for acting on what was raised during those discussions and what actually changed as a result of those discussions. A representative consultation should not end once the participants leave the room, but should record who is responsible for the issues raised, what actions follow from that, and how those actions will be assessed. We remain willing to engage seriously with the minister in Maastricht. However, that consultation must take place with the representative organization of the Jewish and Israeli students whose situation is at stake, with a clear purpose, with well-defined responsibilities, and with an explicit connection between listening and acting. Anything less than that threatens only to reproduce the form of consultation, while the substance — and the responsibility for it — remains unresolved. Signed, The Board of IJAR Maastricht *link to the original letter in the tweet below #antisemitisme #onderwijs #studentenrechten (translated)
Puck van Doorn, een jonge agent, beschrijft hoe een traumatische ervaring met een steekpartij haar kijk op het leven en de gevolgen van kleine ruzies heeft veranderd, waardoor ze nu de waarde van menselijke kwetsbaarheid en verbinding nog meer waardeert. #Politie #Levensbesef #Hulpverlening
Nog opmerkelijker dan die absurde en m.i. strafbare uitingen van @MinPres is dat in de hele zaal vol D66 prominenten er niet een was die opstond en zei: sorry Rob, dit kan echt niet. Ze kwijlden, ze klapten, ze lachten, ze waren intens tevreden met Rob en met zichzelf. Kijk naar Van Huffelen. Naar Ollengren. Naar Pechtold. Naar Dittrich. Naar Paternotte. Naar Kaag. Naar Van Meenen. Altijd de mond vol over verbinding en fatsoen. Nu klappen voor een oproep tot geweld. Dat @D66 is nog walgelijker dan we al wisten. #politiek #D66 #Nederland
In de Ooijpolder laat hoogleraar plantenecologie Hans de Kroon zien hoe goed natuurbeleid, door samenwerking met boeren en het aanleggen van ecologische verbindingen zoals hagen en poelen, kan bijdragen aan het herstel van de biodiversiteit en de betrokkenheid van de lokale gemeenschap. #Natuurbeleid #Biodiversiteit #AgrarischeSamenwerking
Het heeft natuurlijk ook met mijn naderende einde te maken, maar ik wil het toch een beetje anders gaan doen hier. Ik ben tot nu toe altijd een verbinder geweest, een allemansvriend. Iemand die met meel in de mond praat. Mensen samenbrengt. Heb het idee dat ik mij wat meer uit moet spreken. #verandering #zelfontplooiing #verbinding
Pepijn Schoneveld maakt een theaterputtende voorstelling over zijn donkerste periode, waarin hij zijn strijd met een angststoornis en depressie deelt, en benadrukt de waarde van persoonlijke groei en verbinding met anderen. #depressie #angststoornis #theater
Ondanks de opstootjes en arrestaties op enige afstand ging de Israël-manifestatie in alle rust door. Een volle Dam, waar gezang en verbinding uiteindelijk de overhand hielden. 🇮🇱🎶 #IsraëlManifestatie #Amsterdam #17september https://t.co/3s1Z3vBG4v #Israël #Amsterdam #Manifestatie
Corruptieverdachte Jim B. weigert na bedreigingen in de rechtbank verder te praten over zijn betrokkenheid bij illegale databevragingen die in verbinding staan met ernstige geweldsincidenten. #corruptie #misdaad #Amsterdam
Ondertussen op Bluesky… je weet wel, dat warme platform van verbinding, verdraagzaamheid en fatsoen. Totdat iemand een andere politieke overtuiging heeft natuurlijk. Dan mag blijkbaar zelfs een pasgeboren baby worden ingezet voor een walgelijke politieke sneer. Wat een misselijkmakende post. Politieke kritiek op Lidewij de Vos? Prima, daar is ze als politica op aanspreekbaar. Maar haar pasgeboren kind afbeelden in een nazi-uniform is geen politieke kritiek, het is gewoon een baby gebruiken om je afkeer van de moeder te etaleren. #politiek #maatschappij #verantwoordelijkheid
In een uitverkocht Concertgebouw in Amsterdam werd een eerbetoon gehouden aan de 90-jarige Libanese zangeres Fairuz, waarbij de Palestijnse zangeres Nai Barghouti en de Syrische zanger Wasim Arslan haar muziek uitvoerden, die al meer dan zestig jaar een symbool van verbinding en liefde is in de Arabische wereld. #Fairuz #Concertgebouw #ArabischeMuziek
De oude Suurhoffbrug op de A15, de belangrijkste verbinding naar de Maasvlakte, is deels afgesloten door scheuren in de dragende onderdelen, waardoor Rijkswaterstaat direct ingrijpt en verkeershinder en vertraging voor automobilisten en vrachtverkeer verwacht wordt. #Suurhoffbrug #Rotterdam #Verkeershinder
