Seven months (!) of writing in one tweet: Terror is always wrong. Revenge is not a strategy. A child is a child is a child. Release all hostages now. Let the aid flow. Neither the Israelis nor the Palestinians are leaving. Without hope for a shared future, this does not end.

This “you’re a foreign and so you can’t hold opinions about Belgium” is so tired 🥱

I live, work, and pay taxes in Belgium and I arrogate myself the right to talk about Belgium as much as I please. Block or mute my account if you don’t like that.

The map below is basically every electoral map of Paris since the French revolution.

The east votes for the left, the west votes for the right.

Legislative election 2022
Legislative election 2012
Legislative election 1951
Barricades during the commune

Should countries like Italy where population is stagnating but the number of dwellings increases really be a role model here?

Italy is the only country I know where high-profile politicians get *arrested* while holding positions of power. Whether that speaks of a more corrupt political class, or a more combative judiciary, I could never figure out. Probably a bit of both?

Today 60% of new cars are registered by companies, most of which are large corporations.

The EU should set a target for 100% of new cars in company fleets to be electric by 2030 as part of the ongoing public consultation on the topic.
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Read the letter from 12 Republican senators threatening ICC chief prosecutor Karim A. A. Khan KC with 'severe' consequences for him, his family & staff if he goes ahead with an arrest warrant for Netanyahu. 'You have been warned.'

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A full military incursion into Rafah will plunge the crisis into unprecedented levels of humanitarian need. A ceasefire is urgently needed for the sake of humanity. #Gaza

New paper fresh out of the oven in E&P B: Urban Analytics and City Science! 🥳 Led by Teemu Jama (his 1st paper, yay!), we study how urban density correlates with the growth of urban amenities and liveability/human activity at different spatial scales. #proudSupervisor #compactCity 👇doi.org/10.1177/239980…

This week may be Biden's last meaningful opportunity to materially break with Netanyahu's conduct of the Gaza war.

Two big hinge points:

1) Rafah offensive, which Biden has long cautioned against, appears to be moving ahead

2) NSM-20 report on Israeli conduct due to Congress

Head of global slavers condemns abolition of slavery.

Head of global horse carriages condemns introduction of cars.

Totally understandable that a Head of global something-I-earn-money-with condemns anything eroding that.

But also about time we say: Life goes on without you.

German Datenschutz and Digitalization:

The person prints off some paper with a QR code on it so I can access my data online.

He gives me the printout for a different patient.

I email them to say I need my data ASAP.

“We’ll send you a QR code by snail mail.”

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‼️ Climate emissions from aviation are 50% higher than previously reported.

A new study was able to calculate emissions from air traffic for nearly every country on the planet 👇🧵 1/

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