De Dépendance
@dedependance.eu
Platform for City Culture and Public Debate
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On Thursday, February 12, we welcome two of Europe’s most influential public intellectuals, Arnaud Orain and Caroline de Gruyter, to Rotterdam on occasion of the Dutch translation of Orain’s new book, ‘The Finitude of the World: Boundless Capitalism from the Seventeenth Century to Today’.
January 15, 2026 at 5:16 PM
On Thursday, February 12, we welcome two of Europe’s most influential public intellectuals, Arnaud Orain and Caroline de Gruyter, to Rotterdam on occasion of the Dutch translation of Orain’s new book, ‘The Finitude of the World: Boundless Capitalism from the Seventeenth Century to Today’.
As we wrap up 2025, we wanted to pause and say thank you. Thank you for attending and for being part of the conversations that matter.
We're taking a moment to rest and recharge, and we hope you are too. We can’t wait to welcome you all back in 2026.
We're taking a moment to rest and recharge, and we hope you are too. We can’t wait to welcome you all back in 2026.
December 24, 2025 at 11:30 AM
As we wrap up 2025, we wanted to pause and say thank you. Thank you for attending and for being part of the conversations that matter.
We're taking a moment to rest and recharge, and we hope you are too. We can’t wait to welcome you all back in 2026.
We're taking a moment to rest and recharge, and we hope you are too. We can’t wait to welcome you all back in 2026.
Membership: The Gift of Reflection 💭
Don’t know what to get your loved ones this season? Here’s a suggestion.
We all feel it: the holidays have become too commercial. You don't feel like supporting yet another big retail chain. Why not give something that truly lasts?
Don’t know what to get your loved ones this season? Here’s a suggestion.
We all feel it: the holidays have become too commercial. You don't feel like supporting yet another big retail chain. Why not give something that truly lasts?
December 23, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Membership: The Gift of Reflection 💭
Don’t know what to get your loved ones this season? Here’s a suggestion.
We all feel it: the holidays have become too commercial. You don't feel like supporting yet another big retail chain. Why not give something that truly lasts?
Don’t know what to get your loved ones this season? Here’s a suggestion.
We all feel it: the holidays have become too commercial. You don't feel like supporting yet another big retail chain. Why not give something that truly lasts?
On Thursday, February 12, we welcome two of Europe’s most influential and thought-provoking public intellectuals: @arnaudorain.bsky.social and @carolinedegruyter.bsky.social.
👉 dedependance.eu/events/finit...
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December 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
On Thursday, February 12, we welcome two of Europe’s most influential and thought-provoking public intellectuals: @arnaudorain.bsky.social and @carolinedegruyter.bsky.social.
👉 dedependance.eu/events/finit...
👉 dedependance.eu/events/finit...
Two new podcasts up for listening! Head to your platform of choice for engaging conversations on:
🔮 Indignity and the fragility of truth w/ @leaypi.bsky.social and Nuria Ribas Costa
🦅 Vulture capitalism w/ @graceblakeley.substack.com and Hani Salih
👉 dedependance.eu/podcasts
🔮 Indignity and the fragility of truth w/ @leaypi.bsky.social and Nuria Ribas Costa
🦅 Vulture capitalism w/ @graceblakeley.substack.com and Hani Salih
👉 dedependance.eu/podcasts
December 4, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Two new podcasts up for listening! Head to your platform of choice for engaging conversations on:
🔮 Indignity and the fragility of truth w/ @leaypi.bsky.social and Nuria Ribas Costa
🦅 Vulture capitalism w/ @graceblakeley.substack.com and Hani Salih
👉 dedependance.eu/podcasts
🔮 Indignity and the fragility of truth w/ @leaypi.bsky.social and Nuria Ribas Costa
🦅 Vulture capitalism w/ @graceblakeley.substack.com and Hani Salih
👉 dedependance.eu/podcasts
On Saturday March 14 we welcome two of today’s most incisive thinkers on technology, capitalism, political imagination and the rise of the populist right: Quinn Slobodian (Crack-Up Capitalism, Hayek’s Bastards) and @bentarnoff.com (Internet for the People, Voices from the Valley).
December 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
On Saturday March 14 we welcome two of today’s most incisive thinkers on technology, capitalism, political imagination and the rise of the populist right: Quinn Slobodian (Crack-Up Capitalism, Hayek’s Bastards) and @bentarnoff.com (Internet for the People, Voices from the Valley).
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Volg ook allemaal De Dépendance - je kunt blind tickets kopen voor hun events, áltijd steengoed. Je kunt ook nu blind dit advies van ze volgen ;)
Contribute to the development of critical narratives in Rotterdam and join our friends of @versbeton.nl. This is your chance to support radically independent journalism for a fairer and more distinctive city.
Until December 1st you can get a membership for just €50/year.
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Until December 1st you can get a membership for just €50/year.
👉 versbeton.nl/steun
Investeer in je stad met een abonnement op Vers Beton!
Ken je Vers Beton? Wij maken radicaal onafhankelijke journalistiek voor Rotterdam. Onze journalisten werken aan…
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November 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Volg ook allemaal De Dépendance - je kunt blind tickets kopen voor hun events, áltijd steengoed. Je kunt ook nu blind dit advies van ze volgen ;)
Contribute to the development of critical narratives in Rotterdam and join our friends of @versbeton.nl. This is your chance to support radically independent journalism for a fairer and more distinctive city.
Until December 1st you can get a membership for just €50/year.
👉 versbeton.nl/steun
Until December 1st you can get a membership for just €50/year.
👉 versbeton.nl/steun
Investeer in je stad met een abonnement op Vers Beton!
Ken je Vers Beton? Wij maken radicaal onafhankelijke journalistiek voor Rotterdam. Onze journalisten werken aan…
versbeton.nl
November 26, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Contribute to the development of critical narratives in Rotterdam and join our friends of @versbeton.nl. This is your chance to support radically independent journalism for a fairer and more distinctive city.
Until December 1st you can get a membership for just €50/year.
👉 versbeton.nl/steun
Until December 1st you can get a membership for just €50/year.
👉 versbeton.nl/steun
🫶🏽 Thank you for joining us last Monday at Debatpodium Arminius for our talk with philosopher and public intellectual Agnes Callard on The Case for a Philosophical Life.
October 23, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🫶🏽 Thank you for joining us last Monday at Debatpodium Arminius for our talk with philosopher and public intellectual Agnes Callard on The Case for a Philosophical Life.
Our latest podcast episode with Nikole Hannah-Jones is up!
Together with moderator Hani Salih, Nikole Hannah-Jones unpacks the struggle over narrative, the power of memory, and what it takes to defend democracy when its core ideals are under siege.
👉 dedependance.eu/nikole-hanna...
Together with moderator Hani Salih, Nikole Hannah-Jones unpacks the struggle over narrative, the power of memory, and what it takes to defend democracy when its core ideals are under siege.
👉 dedependance.eu/nikole-hanna...
October 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Our latest podcast episode with Nikole Hannah-Jones is up!
Together with moderator Hani Salih, Nikole Hannah-Jones unpacks the struggle over narrative, the power of memory, and what it takes to defend democracy when its core ideals are under siege.
👉 dedependance.eu/nikole-hanna...
Together with moderator Hani Salih, Nikole Hannah-Jones unpacks the struggle over narrative, the power of memory, and what it takes to defend democracy when its core ideals are under siege.
👉 dedependance.eu/nikole-hanna...
🫶🏽 Thank you for joining us Sept. 30th for our sold-out evening with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones on Democracy, Resistance & the Politics of Memory.
@nhannahjones.bsky.social
@nhannahjones.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 11:48 AM
🫶🏽 Thank you for joining us Sept. 30th for our sold-out evening with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones on Democracy, Resistance & the Politics of Memory.
@nhannahjones.bsky.social
@nhannahjones.bsky.social
📣 Last night at a sold-out OASE, @leaypi.bsky.social explored memory, survival, and solidarity in an age of crisis - from Ottoman aristocracy to modern Albania. We would like to thank you all for your presence, insightful questions and your commitment to thinking beyond the status quo.
September 27, 2025 at 9:37 AM
📣 Last night at a sold-out OASE, @leaypi.bsky.social explored memory, survival, and solidarity in an age of crisis - from Ottoman aristocracy to modern Albania. We would like to thank you all for your presence, insightful questions and your commitment to thinking beyond the status quo.
Heads up: tickets for our upcoming talk with @leaypi.bsky.social are moving fast. Join us this Friday for a timely conversation about the personal and political challenges that we currently face.
👉 Final tickets: dedependance.eu/events/lea-ypi
👉 Final tickets: dedependance.eu/events/lea-ypi
September 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Heads up: tickets for our upcoming talk with @leaypi.bsky.social are moving fast. Join us this Friday for a timely conversation about the personal and political challenges that we currently face.
👉 Final tickets: dedependance.eu/events/lea-ypi
👉 Final tickets: dedependance.eu/events/lea-ypi
Nikole Hannah-Jones’ The 1619 Project reframes the dominant narrative U.S. history by placing slavery and Black Americans’ contributions at its center. A landmark work that continues to spark urgent debates on democracy, memory, and justice.
September 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Nikole Hannah-Jones’ The 1619 Project reframes the dominant narrative U.S. history by placing slavery and Black Americans’ contributions at its center. A landmark work that continues to spark urgent debates on democracy, memory, and justice.
📖 Fri 26 Sept: Political philosopher @leaypi.bsky.social joins De Dépendance to present the Dutch translation of her new book Indignity. This powerful publication blends philosophy & autobiography to explore survival, solidarity & the fragility of truth in an age of crisis.
September 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
📖 Fri 26 Sept: Political philosopher @leaypi.bsky.social joins De Dépendance to present the Dutch translation of her new book Indignity. This powerful publication blends philosophy & autobiography to explore survival, solidarity & the fragility of truth in an age of crisis.
📚 Mon 20 Oct: Renowned philosopher Agnes Callard joins De Dépendance (Rotterdam) for The Case for a Philosophical Life to celebrate the Dutch translation of her book Open Socrates. This evening, @agnescallard.bsky.social explores philosophy as a shared practice of asking life’s hardest questions.
September 3, 2025 at 9:43 AM
📚 Mon 20 Oct: Renowned philosopher Agnes Callard joins De Dépendance (Rotterdam) for The Case for a Philosophical Life to celebrate the Dutch translation of her book Open Socrates. This evening, @agnescallard.bsky.social explores philosophy as a shared practice of asking life’s hardest questions.
On September 26, we welcome acclaimed political theorist and writer @leaypi.bsky.social on the occasion of the Dutch translation of her latest book, ’Indignity’. This evening explores what it means to survive in an age of extremes and reveals the fragility of truth - both personal and political.
August 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
On September 26, we welcome acclaimed political theorist and writer @leaypi.bsky.social on the occasion of the Dutch translation of her latest book, ’Indignity’. This evening explores what it means to survive in an age of extremes and reveals the fragility of truth - both personal and political.
In a moment when the foundations of American democracy are being shaken – and its past reshaped to serve partisan ends – Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, joins us for a conversation on the erosion of democracy and the tools for resistance.
@nhannahjones.bsky.social
@nhannahjones.bsky.social
August 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
In a moment when the foundations of American democracy are being shaken – and its past reshaped to serve partisan ends – Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, joins us for a conversation on the erosion of democracy and the tools for resistance.
@nhannahjones.bsky.social
@nhannahjones.bsky.social
On Friday, September 26, political theorist and writer Lea Ypi will speak at OASE on the occasion of the Dutch translation of her latest book, Indignity.
ℹ️ More info and tickets: dedependance.eu/events/lea-y...
ℹ️ More info and tickets: dedependance.eu/events/lea-y...
July 21, 2025 at 2:17 PM
On Friday, September 26, political theorist and writer Lea Ypi will speak at OASE on the occasion of the Dutch translation of her latest book, Indignity.
ℹ️ More info and tickets: dedependance.eu/events/lea-y...
ℹ️ More info and tickets: dedependance.eu/events/lea-y...
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The powerhouse that is Meredith Whittaker and her astute insights into privacy and AI. Highly recommended. @meredithmeredith.bsky.social @bitsoffreedom.bsky.social @dedependance.eu
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🎧New podcast: Signal president @meredithmeredith.bsky.social Whittaker in a conversation with Evelyn Austin of @bitsoffreedom.bsky.social about Signal, privacy and AI. Hosted by Nuria Ribas Costa and @dedependance.eu
👉 aboutsignal.com/videos-podca...
#signal #signalapp #signalmessenger #privacy
👉 aboutsignal.com/videos-podca...
#signal #signalapp #signalmessenger #privacy
Meredith Whittaker on Signal, surveillance and the future of AI - AboutSignal.com
Signal president Meredith Whittaker in a conversation with Evelyn Austin of Bits of Freedom about Signal, privacy and AI. Hosted by Nuria Ribas Costa and De Dependance.
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July 15, 2025 at 9:18 AM
The powerhouse that is Meredith Whittaker and her astute insights into privacy and AI. Highly recommended. @meredithmeredith.bsky.social @bitsoffreedom.bsky.social @dedependance.eu
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🎙️ NEW PODCASTS ALERT!
Just released:
• Meredith Whittaker on privacy, surveillance & AI.
• Rosie Collington on The Big Con of consulting firms.
• Angela Saini on the patriarchy and its construction.
Listen on your favorite platform:
dedependance.eu/podcasts
(@meredithmeredith.bsky.social)
Just released:
• Meredith Whittaker on privacy, surveillance & AI.
• Rosie Collington on The Big Con of consulting firms.
• Angela Saini on the patriarchy and its construction.
Listen on your favorite platform:
dedependance.eu/podcasts
(@meredithmeredith.bsky.social)
July 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
🎙️ NEW PODCASTS ALERT!
Just released:
• Meredith Whittaker on privacy, surveillance & AI.
• Rosie Collington on The Big Con of consulting firms.
• Angela Saini on the patriarchy and its construction.
Listen on your favorite platform:
dedependance.eu/podcasts
(@meredithmeredith.bsky.social)
Just released:
• Meredith Whittaker on privacy, surveillance & AI.
• Rosie Collington on The Big Con of consulting firms.
• Angela Saini on the patriarchy and its construction.
Listen on your favorite platform:
dedependance.eu/podcasts
(@meredithmeredith.bsky.social)
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Attended a great talk yesterday at @dedependance.eu hosted by Nuria Ribas Costa with @meredithmeredith.bsky.social, Evelyn Austin (@bitsoffreedom.bsky.social) about Signal, AI and Europe's "Big Tech Initiatives" (amongst other things).
July 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Attended a great talk yesterday at @dedependance.eu hosted by Nuria Ribas Costa with @meredithmeredith.bsky.social, Evelyn Austin (@bitsoffreedom.bsky.social) about Signal, AI and Europe's "Big Tech Initiatives" (amongst other things).
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Yes, it should be released as a podcast by them. I don't know timing, however.
July 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Yes, it should be released as a podcast by them. I don't know timing, however.
Thank you for joining us on our evening with @meredithmeredith.bsky.social.
Together with Evelyn Austin, CEO of @bitsoffreedom.bsky.social they shared valuable insights on encryption, surveillance, and AI governance, exploring how we can build technology that truly serves the public interest.
Together with Evelyn Austin, CEO of @bitsoffreedom.bsky.social they shared valuable insights on encryption, surveillance, and AI governance, exploring how we can build technology that truly serves the public interest.
July 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Thank you for joining us on our evening with @meredithmeredith.bsky.social.
Together with Evelyn Austin, CEO of @bitsoffreedom.bsky.social they shared valuable insights on encryption, surveillance, and AI governance, exploring how we can build technology that truly serves the public interest.
Together with Evelyn Austin, CEO of @bitsoffreedom.bsky.social they shared valuable insights on encryption, surveillance, and AI governance, exploring how we can build technology that truly serves the public interest.
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Bonus post with pica taken from a back row seat:
July 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Bonus post with pica taken from a back row seat: