Erik van Haren wrote that Max Verstappen had collected the most points since the summer break, despite his retirement in Zandvoort. According to Van Haren, the present Red Bull executives in Singapore saw reasons for optimism: the updates worked and a new wind tunnel would be coming in 2027. https://t.co/s1pCNL43wG #F1 #Verstappen #RedBull (translated)
American AI companies are increasingly buying old books from German antiquariums, leading to a rapid decline in the availability of rare and valuable works, while the public and politics pay little attention to this issue. #Antiquariate #KünstlicheIntelligenz #Urheberrecht (translated)
"The tires are giving up, I can't go faster than this." Lewis Hamilton hears that he needs to drive faster to make the strategy work. "The tires are giving up, I can't go faster than this," says the seven-time world champion. #F1 #MaxVerstappen #SingaporeGP (translated)
"But NATO does not have a menu." When the EU recently announced it was working on its own variant of Article 4 of NATO, the American expert Ivo Daalder called it "the wrong answer to the right problem." #Navo #RussischeProvocaties #EuropeseVeiligheid (translated)
The Indian authorities are massively detaining young people demanding protests against the electoral commission's policies, which could potentially backfire in suppressing discontent. #India #protest #jeugd (translated)
Forum for Democracy stated that the claim that a low VAT rate would cost the government a lot of money pretended as if the state earned the money and the workers took it away. The party called that reasoning the world upside down. #btwtarief #overheid #werkgelegenheid (translated)
Bas Paternotte questioned the direction of the CDA under Henri Bontenbal. He stated that the party preferred to collaborate with Extinction Rebellion rather than shift to the right, and described the organization as extreme left and antisemitic. He also used the hashtag #Fatsoen. #Fatsoen https://t.co/eqC9UD7AUQ #CDA #Extreemlinks #Politiek (translated)
NBA star Victor Wembanyama expresses his concerns about the growing influence of online gambling companies in sports and refuses to work with such sponsors because he wants to promote things that have a positive impact. #VictorWembanyama #Sportsponsoring #Onlinegokken (translated)
The Netherlands has nearly 5 million part-timers, and if they were to work just two hours more per week, it would have remarkable consequences. #cookies #beveiliging #websitesecurity (translated)
Joost Jansen wrote that the ICC had been in existence for 24 years, employed about 900 people, and had an annual budget of approximately 200 million euros. During that time, according to him, there were 15 convictions. He believed that more action could be expected for that amount. https://t.co/wwuYtOGlSq #ICC #Justitie #Mensrechten (translated)
Julien De Wit wrote that a colleague had posted his testimony on LinkedIn and that he found it worth sharing. The self-employed individual mentioned that he had received chemotherapy with Taxotere and Cyclophosphamide three years earlier, followed by radiotherapy. A month after his last radiation treatment, he had returned to work, although his supervising doctor thought it was too soon according to him. He had quickly reduced his replacement income of about 40 euros per day. The colleague wrote that he worked as a self-employed individual without staff through a company and had no fixed salary, paid sick leave, or vacation pay. If he was sick or took a holiday, he earned nothing. With a full schedule ahead, he was afraid of getting sick this month, he wrote. He opposed what he considered to be negative perceptions of self-employed individuals with a management company and called for respect for the risks they themselves bore. https://t.co/JNrZ60Kq3n #zelfstandigen #ondernemen #respect (translated)
A balanced wealth tax is economically better, regardless of whether one desires a higher or lower tax burden, according to Marike Stellinga, who advocates for a tax system that encourages working and entrepreneurship instead of clever tax structures. #belastingstelsel #economischeongelijkheid #vermogenbelasting (translated)
Erik van Haren wrote that the moment when Verstappen would have passed Hamilton under yellow was only examined after the sprint qualification. According to him, the onboard footage on F1TV was not working at that moment, making it temporarily impossible for him to review the footage. #F1 #F1 #Verstappen #Hamilton (translated)
The Nobel Prize in Literature leads to an increase in demand for the awarded works, which poses challenges especially for smaller publishers and shows that not all laureates benefit equally from this Nobel Prize effect. #Nobelpreis #Literatur #Buchbranche (translated)
Forum for Democracy wrote that the tax and benefits system was, according to the party, far too complex and that this explained the implementation problems at the Tax Authorities. The party reported that Biem Yati advocated for a tax-free allowance of €30,000 and a flat tax of 20%, which would largely render benefits unnecessary and make work more rewarding again. https://t.co/jcfzWr516R #belastingstelsel #toeslagen #economischbeleid (translated)
At the last UN annual meeting, Trump called the institution a "rogue anti-American tribunal" where "malicious people" work. #Nobelprijs #InternationaalStrafhof #Trump (translated)
The teachers must, according to Minister Geffray, start working at the 514 schools where the teacher shortage is the greatest. #onderwijsprotesten #lerarentekort #Frankrijk (translated)
Jol@ndE wrote that Defense is investigating possible corruption regarding millions in aid to Ukraine. According to the author, officials from the procurement department were accused of involvement in bribery and leaking trade secrets to competitors. The author added: "Wow..." https://t.co/m7qnm5afzj #corruptie #Oekraïne #Defensie (translated)
Marie Luise Knott, the translator of Anne Carson, talks in an interview about the challenges and the beauty of translating Carson's lyrical works, which are deeply rooted in Greek mythology, and describes her translation as a means of accessing special light effects in the text. #AnneCarson #Lyrik #Übersetzung (translated)
This leads to playful and ironic works that not only balance between classical and modern poetry but also between different genres and art forms. Anders Olsson, chairman of the Nobel Committee for Literature of the Swedish Academy, praises Carson's writing style. #Nobelprijs #AnneCarson #Literatuur (translated)
