today our parliament debates the pandemic treaty. Listening is painful, we forgot it all. It is about autonomy, own choice, negotiating power, lack of trust. Sad state of affairs. While we have ongoing Mpox, H5N1 expanding to cows, reaching antarctic 😥 Hard to stay optimistic

Ik heb in mijn omgeving alle kansen van de wereld gekregen. Juist daarom zit ik in de politiek. Uit wederkerigheid.

Gezegd wat ik wilde zeggen en nu ga ik gewoon weer lekker aan de slag. Om te knokken voor volkshuisvesting en een brug te slaan tussen Fryslân en Den Haag.

Trevor got it absolutely spot on
This is how the whole world sees Britain 🤣🤣🤣

Gisteren op NPO Radio 1 sprak Marijke Wijnroks The Global Fund over #tuberculose in #Oekraïne , waar toegang tot zorg en voedsel schaars is.
Door direct mobiele zorgverlening in te zetten, kon GF enigszins toegang tot zorg blijven verlenen aan het front. De situatie blijft zorgwekkend.

Dit schreef de Speld in 1932: Duitsche kiezer maakt zich vooral zorgen over hooge leeftijd van politici speld.nl/2024/03/09/dit…

A long read but worth it! theguardian.com/world/2024/mar…

Zeventig nareizigers per jaar. Zeventig. Daarvoor bracht de VVD het land tot stilstand volkskrant.nl/columns-van-de…

Geweldig rake column 👇🏼

Freiburg coach Christian Streich was asked about the far right's rise in Germany.

This was his response.

The millions the Russian state has paid to influence European and US politics has paid far greater dividends for them than the billions they plowed into their military.

OK, here it is. I'll be so grateful if you'll take the time to listen to this - and then share it if you like the underlying idea. If kindness can go viral, it changes everything!

A social activist and Nobel laureate who brought honour and pride to the country is being persecuted on frivolous grounds. His conviction is a #TravestyofJustice .

theguardian.com/world/2024/jan… Muhammad Yunus

On January 1, 2014, I wrote a letter to my future self just before graduating.

Today, 10 years later, I opened it.

This hit me hard.

Everyone should do this.

I couldn’t resist making Dutch New Year Doughnuts – or, more properly, Oliebollen #RecipeOfTheDay ! Nor can I resist adding à la Fenella Fielding “Frying tonight?”nigella.com/recipes/new-ye…

The world is full of problems, which people are often very aware of. But most people have no idea about the many improvements we have visualized, and therefore they lose hope for the future and think the world is doomed.
gapminder.org/i

Het prachtige Marathoninterview dat SophieDerkzen met Mathieu Segers had (dec 2021), over Europa en Limburg en hemzelf - schitterend vpro.nl/programmas/mar…. Wat een verlies

De zorg voor kinderen is professioneler geworden, ziet kinderarts Elise van de Putte (66). Maar ze stelt óók vast dat ouders geen duidelijke kaders meer bieden. „Je ziet de wildste taferelen in je spreekkamer.”
nrc.nl/nieuws/2023/12…

Word of the day is ‘bayardism’ (17th century): a confidence that is rooted in ignorance or a wilful misunderstanding of reality.

How to keep an open mind:

1. Think like a scientist: treat your opinions as hypotheses and decisions as experiments

2. Embrace confident humility: argue like you’re right, listen like you’re wrong

3. Build a challenge network: seek out people who sharpen your reasoning

Incredible. And not in a good way.