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Topadviseur Peter Wennink over de toekomst van Nederland: ‘Nu zijn we nog rijk, maar straks komt de man met de hamer’ | de Volkskrant
https://www.volkskrant.nl/economie/topadviseur-peter-wennink-over-de-toekomst-van-nederland-nu-zijn-we-nog-rijk-maar-straks-komt-de-man-met-de-hamer~b8349047/
Een heel lang interview, maar dit pak ik er even uit.
Al heel lang moet Nederland keuzes maken: -alles kan niet-, dat wordt een puinhoop, zoals het nu al een tijd aan het worden is.
Daarvoor hebben we -gewoon- een heel breed kabinet nodig wat op ruime steun kan rekenen en dat bereid is om -in overleg- tot afgewogen keuzes te komen.

Sources and filings: Peter Thiel donated $3M to a group to beat California's wealth tax, the first of several expected major donations by tech leaders in 2026 (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/us/politics/peter-thiel-california-weal…

Thiel Gives $3 Million to Group Seeking to Block California Wealth Tax
More large donations from wealthy Silicon Valley figures are expected as they try to marshal opposition to a proposed ballot measure that would impose a new tax on billionaires.

Palantir co-founder #Peter #Thiel has donated 👉$3m to a California lobbying group advocating AGAINST a proposed wealth tax that would target billionaires in the state.
The seven-figure contribution comes as several ultra-wealthy tech moguls have left or threatened to leave California over the tax.
Thiel, worth so…

Alternatively, in this case, "you didn't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blew".
Mandleson had been publicly disgraced, and sacked from public office, not once, but twice.
"Vetting process for Mandelson needed more awkward questions, expert says"
…

Me, in my fedi-hole: It seems like the tide is finally shifting and academics are rejecting GenAI.
Academics in my work email: Join the revolution! Produce more papers faster with AI! This is Science!
#genai #science #academia

Columbia faculty received notification from the university that we can submit claim forms asking for part of the $20 million Columbia is paying out to Jewish or Israeli members of the community who have been victims of antisemitism.
Quite a few of my Jewish colleagues are trying to figure out if they qualify
-- because of what happened to them when they expressed opposition to the genocide in Gaza
- Peter Woit (Not Even Wrong)

The Situation at Columbia XXXV
A quick update on what has been going on here at Columbia in recent months: The campus has been rather quiet this semester, about to get much more so as the semester ends and we go into winter brea…

Happy #DarwinDay! 🧪
#OTD Charles Darwin was born 217 years ago today.
It’s not all cheetahs versus gazelles
Darwin the botanist • UNESCO recognition • Darwin’s address book • Charles Lyell • Leonard Jenyns • punctuated equilibria • what the heck are chins for? • and lots more…
-- MU-Peter Shimon

Richard Carter, FCD (@friendsofdarwin.bsky.social)
The latest edition of my free Friends of Charles Darwin newsletter went out earlier today to mark the 217th anniversary of Darwin’s birth. You can read it here… #HistSci https://substack.com/home/post/p-187638684

Please, please, please let's be clear about the use or lack of use of cyber to cut off power in Venezuela. I began researching this possibility the second Trump finished his press conference, in which he referenced that the US has "expertise" to cut off power, which most people immediately concluded was cyber.
At this point, I've spoken to a bunch of ICS cyber experts. Given that the Venezuelan government claims the power outage was caused by the destruction of two su…

Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Energía Eléctrica
#Video 📹 | La agresión militar de Estados Unidos (EE.UU.) afectó la operatividad de la subestación Panamericana, encargada de alimentar los circuitos Nueva Granada, Caricuao, Prado de María, Escuela Militar y Coche. El ministro del Poder Popular para la Energía Eléctrica, Jorge Márquez, constató la devastación sufrida en equipos esenciales y en la sala de control, acompañado por trabajadores de CORPOELEC, quienes se mantienen desplegados y trabajando sin descanso para resti…

Peace prize winner celebrates terrorist attack on her country.
The Nobel committee had already lost any credibility.
This caps even that.
La opositora María Corina Machado celebra la intervención militar de EEUU en Venezuela: "Estamos listos para tomar el poder"
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La opositora María Corina Machado celebra la intervención militar de EEUU en Venezuela: "Estamos listos para tomar el poder"
"Llegó la hora de la libertad", ha señalado la líder opositora. Sin embargo, en estos momentos no parece probable que se haga efectivo un cambio de régimen en Venezuela

Gustavo Petro of Colombia and Donald Trump have had a tense relationship
that escalated into threats by Mr. Trump,
before easing.
Anything could happen at their Feb. 3 meeting.
The meeting between the two presidents
— arranged after Trump threatened Mr. Petro with military action
— is meant to de-escalate tensions, diplomats said.
It is also meant to address topics such as “the fight against transnational organized crime, especially on the border,”…

Colombia’s President, an Outspoken Trump Critic, Heads to the White House
Gustavo Petro of Colombia and President Trump have had a tense relationship that escalated into threats by Mr. Trump, before easing. Anything could happen at their Feb. 3 meeting.