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Seven members of the House of Representatives traveled to Copenhagen and Oslo to learn from the experience with minority governments in Denmark and Norway, where trust between politicians and voters is considered crucial for political success. #minderheidskabinet #TweedeKamer #politiek (translated)

Maurits Vande Reyde wrote that the podcast *Het Wassalon*, for which he claimed 800,000 euros had been allocated, was stopped after 342,619 euros had been spent. He stated that Minister Caro Gennez had initially called the podcast a success because it had reached 1.2 million views, translating that as one in five Flemish people having seen the podcast. According to Vande Reyde, the reach was partly due to 64,000 euros being spent on Meta ads. He argued that views alone said nothing about the impact of a campaign and questioned whether the podcast had actually contributed to the acceptance of LGBTQ+ individuals or to the sense of societal acceptance among people with disabilities. He cited an ad that led to an inclusive vocabulary list from Cavaria, featuring terms like “allosexual,” “amatonormativity,” “androphilia,” and “gray asexual.” Vande Reyde criticized the way the government evaluated campaigns, subsidies, and structures like service vouchers, claiming that standards were always found to label such initiatives as successful without determining what had actually changed. Regarding the cessation, he wrote that Gennez attributed it to hate and polarization caused by disinformation, mainly from the parliament, and that she referenced him in that context. Vande Reyde found that reasoning incorrect and stated that Sammy Mahdi, Ben Weyts, Melissa Depraetere, and others in the Flemish podcast world had also criticized the project the previous summer. He argued that the fiasco would yield no lessons and predicted that another useless subsidy would follow. #politiek #socialeimpact #mediaevalutie (translated)

Meri wrote that a mother demanded her son be allowed into the second grade, even though, according to her, he did not have sufficient Dutch language skills. The mother had sued the school, believing it should take his personal circumstances more into account and better assist him in learning Dutch. Meri argued that, in her opinion, the arrival of non-Western migrants had caused a decline in all aspects of society, particularly pointing to the level of education. She attributed that alleged decline to migrants and used derogatory language in doing so. https://t.co/CBZmKFGTEP #onderwijs #migratie #taalverwerving (translated)

A spacecraft has begun its journey to the moons of Mars on Tuesday with the aim of collecting unprecedented samples and possibly learning more about the origin of the solar system and life on Earth, with a planned arrival near Mars in August 2027. #MissionMMX #Phobos #ExplorationSpatiale (translated)

Mona Keijzer wrote to Rob Jetten, Dilan Yeşilgöz, and Henri Bontenbal that the current asylum policy, according to her, was a failure and that the Netherlands could no longer handle the numbers. She suggested reaching out to the man she referred to, to possibly learn from him. #asielbeleid #Nederland #migratie (translated)

Geert Noels wrote that Belgium could learn from Denmark, where social democrats had realized that social security, responsibility, and competitive strength could go hand in hand. He argued that Belgium should follow that course, otherwise it risked further taking the current French path and going bankrupt. https://t.co/EOt2JfyBOC https://t.co/UGFcZoQjQa #België #Denemarken #SocialeZekerheid (translated)

Fleur Agema stated that education should not belong to a political party or movement. According to her, children should learn how to think, not what to think. She wrote that this had not been happening for decades and that it suddenly became a problem now that someone with a different way of thinking started a school. #onderwijs #vrijheidvanmeningsuiting #denken (translated)

In her column, Marike Stellinga emphasizes that the recent Nobel Prize winners Robert Hall and Michael Woodford teach us valuable lessons about the necessity of credible, transparent, and stable policies to ensure economic stability, especially in times of crisis. #Nobelprijs #PolitiekeEconomie #Inflatie (translated)

"Worrying are the differences between students and schools (...) The new core objectives clearly indicate what students really need to learn (...) A high bar for the government also means that national policy is strictly followed." It is not difficult to point out the difference with the letter sent by his distant successor, Secretary of State Judith Tielen, on Friday to the House of Representatives. #leesonderwijs #onderwijs #autonomie (translated)

Strijder124 responded to statements by Douwe Filz about gender identity and sexual diversity in education. According to the author, the people at the table with Renze reacted indignantly to the discussion. Strijder124 believed that elementary school children could learn to calculate and read better than being exposed to gender ideology and sexual diversity starting from group 1. The author disputed Filz's description of transgenderism as something that was glorified and wrote that transgender people, in his view, primarily wanted to be treated equally. Strijder124 also questioned Filz's remarks about children coming out and about transgender people reading at schools. According to the author, Filz had said that sexually suggestive books for young children did not belong in kindergarten or the middle years and that this was up to the parents. Strijder124 sarcastically responded to this and suggested that Filz disapproved of learning about sex. (translated)

The prosecutor's office is conducting an investigation to provide complete clarity on the exact circumstances of this drama. The perpetrator or perpetrators will come to know the full force of the law. Belgian Minister of the Interior Bernard Quintin has said he is 'deeply shocked'. #Politie #Schietpartij #Brussel (translated)

Max von Kreyfelt proposed a compulsory integration course for D66 in his column. According to him, the party spoke excellent Dutch, but still needed to learn how to deal with people who have different beliefs. He referred to Jan Paternotte, who mentioned the Renaissanceschool associated with Forum for Democracy in the Chamber and asked for stricter rules for new schools. According to Von Kreyfelt, Rob Jetten had advocated for a swift evaluation and possible legislative changes. The proposed course would, according to Von Kreyfelt, include lessons on civil rights, freedom of education, diversity, democracy, and equal rights. He wrote that citizens should be allowed to think independently and vote for other parties, and that a political background in itself was not an offense. Regarding Jetten's statements on October 9 about taking stronger action against certain schools and online channels where, in his view, young people were learning incorrect ideas about equal rights, Von Kreyfelt noted that Jetten had not mentioned the Renaissanceschool. As an exam task, Von Kreyfelt described a parent who wanted to pass on different beliefs to their child than D66. According to him, a student would succeed with an answer that did not involve inspection, improvement processes, or legislative changes. He concluded that D66 needed to learn that a free society also existed without its permission. #Inburgering #Diversiteit #Democratie (translated)

Surgeon Frans van Workum believes that artificial intelligence will operate independently in 20 years and may perform better than human surgeons, while he and Estefania Talavera Martinez are researching whether AI can learn the intuition of an experienced surgeon to accurately assess tissue tension during surgeries. #AIinChirurgie #KunstmatigeIntelligentie #DigitaleRevolutie (translated)