Joris Luyendijk
@jorisluyendijk.bsky.social
Writer. Amsterdam.
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Not only bringing in some much-needed (and well-supported) optimism, but also lots of interesting aspects on how #Trump might yet get a place in history, as the guy who managed to unite quite the range of Europeans...
If you think that Europe is doomed, you’re not paying attention.
Wrote a recap of the latest developments and call me a hopeless Europtimist but I think Europe+ (including Canada) isn’t doing too bad in terms of offering Ukraine an actual perspective for the future. With or without the US.
Wrote a recap of the latest developments and call me a hopeless Europtimist but I think Europe+ (including Canada) isn’t doing too bad in terms of offering Ukraine an actual perspective for the future. With or without the US.
US administrations have always played a double game. Exhorting Europe to take more responsibility for its own defense... but always making sure Europe stayed sufficiently divided not to become a unified rival. Trump has blown up this game, presenting us with a unique opportunity.
They are flying robots. We really must stop using the word 'drone'. It sounds far too innocent.
⚡️3 drones reportedly spotted flying over Belgian nuclear power plant.
Three drones were spotted flying over the Doel Nuclear Power Plant in northern Belgium on the evening of Nov. 9, according to Deutsche Welle.
Three drones were spotted flying over the Doel Nuclear Power Plant in northern Belgium on the evening of Nov. 9, according to Deutsche Welle.
3 drones reportedly spotted flying over Belgian nuclear power plant
Three drones were spotted flying over the Doel Nuclear Power Plant in northern Belgium on the evening of Nov. 9
kyivindependent.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 AM
They are flying robots. We really must stop using the word 'drone'. It sounds far too innocent.
same is true for European journalists and opinion makers. The US has gone off the deep end and we need to start thinking for ourselves.
European officials and colleagues who hanker after a world in which America returns to its pre-2015 centrist "normal" are kidding themselves
November 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
same is true for European journalists and opinion makers. The US has gone off the deep end and we need to start thinking for ourselves.
There is a body under each of these crosses. These American service men gave their lives to save Europe from itself. Now the American government desecrates their memory. It is very painful.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
There is a body under each of these crosses. These American service men gave their lives to save Europe from itself. Now the American government desecrates their memory. It is very painful.
I suspect he is Belgian, probably Wallone. They do surrealism like no other.
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I suspect he is Belgian, probably Wallone. They do surrealism like no other.
Imagine an EU-wide government shut down in its 6th week leading to serious disruption of air traffic. We would not hear the end of it in Anglophone media.
Look forward to more grand declations about how Europeans must emulate an America whose government is in the sixth week of shutdown and now can't provide safe air travel
✈️ FAA Ops Summary - 09/0300 ✈️
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ADDITI0NAL STAFFING TRIGGERS ISSUED. LGA GROUND DELAY PROGRAM TIMED
OUT. DFW, IAH AND HOU GROUND DELAY PROGRAMS WERE CA... More info in image.
FAA Details. #AvGeek
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ADDITI0NAL STAFFING TRIGGERS ISSUED. LGA GROUND DELAY PROGRAM TIMED
OUT. DFW, IAH AND HOU GROUND DELAY PROGRAMS WERE CA... More info in image.
FAA Details. #AvGeek
November 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Imagine an EU-wide government shut down in its 6th week leading to serious disruption of air traffic. We would not hear the end of it in Anglophone media.
Tell me again these are not Europeans. Ukranians are incredible. They are giving their lives to belong to Europe and they protect us from the Russians.
Song for those who, despite the cold dugouts, constant fatigue and danger, protect our lives with their self-sacrifice.
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Center for Countering Disinformation
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Center for Countering Disinformation
November 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Tell me again these are not Europeans. Ukranians are incredible. They are giving their lives to belong to Europe and they protect us from the Russians.
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incredible that these guys have a massive hard on for a country that, if it were a state, would rank behind kansas in terms of wealth and which would be a total backwater if it weren’t economically integrated with more functional countries
November 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
incredible that these guys have a massive hard on for a country that, if it were a state, would rank behind kansas in terms of wealth and which would be a total backwater if it weren’t economically integrated with more functional countries
A fantastic film. Best seen on the big screen, without any preconceptions (or reviews in your mind).
‘In this world telling or believing in the truth is a terrible tactical error.’
Michael Wood watches ‘L’Histoire de Souleymane’, Boris Lojkine’s film exploring the experiences of a Guinean refugee in Paris.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Michael Wood watches ‘L’Histoire de Souleymane’, Boris Lojkine’s film exploring the experiences of a Guinean refugee in Paris.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Michael Wood · At the Movies: ‘L’Histoire de Souleymane’
The title seems a little tame if you haven’t seen the movie. L’Histoire de Souleymane: Souleymane’s Story (or...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 10:14 AM
A fantastic film. Best seen on the big screen, without any preconceptions (or reviews in your mind).
Voor al die sukkels bij de VVD, Elsevier, de Telegraaf en WNL die denken en roepen dat echte kerels gewoon geld verdienen door olie en gas te boren, en softies zich verliezen in linkse hobby's zoals zonnepanelen en windmolens. Ignorant fucks.
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Voor al die sukkels bij de VVD, Elsevier, de Telegraaf en WNL die denken en roepen dat echte kerels gewoon geld verdienen door olie en gas te boren, en softies zich verliezen in linkse hobby's zoals zonnepanelen en windmolens. Ignorant fucks.
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Maakt niet uit waar Luyendijk over praat: het is altijd interessant. Én leraren: bewust géén gebruik van powerpoint. Verder kraakt hij ook nog even groepswerk voor studenten af: "Ik kan niet samenwerken. Óf ik doe alles zelf, óf ik maak de anderen dood."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxZB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxZB...
Joris Luyendijk - omgaan met weerstand in de transitie naar een impact economie
YouTube video by Impact Economy Foundation
www.youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Maakt niet uit waar Luyendijk over praat: het is altijd interessant. Én leraren: bewust géén gebruik van powerpoint. Verder kraakt hij ook nog even groepswerk voor studenten af: "Ik kan niet samenwerken. Óf ik doe alles zelf, óf ik maak de anderen dood."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxZB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxZB...
that sounds about right.
Another datapoint that the narrative that Trump is the next Putin who will impose an authoritarian global order is an inaccurate distraction from a much more likely scenario where Trump is a delusional grifter surrounded by inept fanatics who will plunge the global order into chaos
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 PM
that sounds about right.
The maffioso in the White House is dropping all pretences.
Trump to the Novo Nordisk CEO: "Maybe you should give us a piece of the company like I've been asking for."
November 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The maffioso in the White House is dropping all pretences.
Britain is a former empire still suffering debilitating withdrawal symptoms. This comes out in weird ways and one of them is the refusal to understand the EU.
I have spent my entire professional life understanding the British point of view on foreign policy. I get certain historic and cultural differences. But the wilder the world gets the more infuriated I become by the dismissive attitude many Brits have towards the EU as a peace project./
November 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Britain is a former empire still suffering debilitating withdrawal symptoms. This comes out in weird ways and one of them is the refusal to understand the EU.
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Norway finds out that its electric busses - produced by a Chinese firm - can be remotely controlled from China!
The good news of this is that the Norwegians realised this because they did a cybersecurity test. We need to think about, and test, stuff like this more.
www.focus.de/panorama/wel...
Norway finds out that its electric busses - produced by a Chinese firm - can be remotely controlled from China!
The good news of this is that the Norwegians realised this because they did a cybersecurity test. We need to think about, and test, stuff like this more.
www.focus.de/panorama/wel...
Norweger stellen fest, dass China 850 ihrer Elektrobusse fernsteuern und sogar stoppen kann
Etwa 850 in Norwegen eingesetzte Elektrobusse können aus China vollständig kontrolliert werden. Das hat ein geheimer Test der öffentlichen Verkehrsbetriebe ergeben.
www.focus.de
November 6, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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Norway finds out that its electric busses - produced by a Chinese firm - can be remotely controlled from China!
The good news of this is that the Norwegians realised this because they did a cybersecurity test. We need to think about, and test, stuff like this more.
www.focus.de/panorama/wel...
Norway finds out that its electric busses - produced by a Chinese firm - can be remotely controlled from China!
The good news of this is that the Norwegians realised this because they did a cybersecurity test. We need to think about, and test, stuff like this more.
www.focus.de/panorama/wel...
All under the assumption that Trump and what's left of his entourage will keep on playing by the rules of democracy and the constitution.
Politico: 'Donald Trump enters his lame duck era. Republicans are starting to contend with the fact that the president will soon be gone, and they'll be fending for themselves.' www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Donald Trump enters his lame duck era
Republicans are starting to contend with the fact that the president will soon be gone, and they'll be fending for themselves.
www.politico.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:11 AM
All under the assumption that Trump and what's left of his entourage will keep on playing by the rules of democracy and the constitution.
Over tegenstanders, medestanders maar vooral... omstanders. Hoe overtuig je die, wanneer je zelf hopeloos brainy en inhoudelijk bent? Ik mocht een verhaaltje vertellen ("key-note speaker blahblah") bij de fantastische Impact Economy Foundation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxZB...
Joris Luyendijk - omgaan met weerstand in de transitie naar een impact economie
YouTube video by Impact Economy Foundation
www.youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Over tegenstanders, medestanders maar vooral... omstanders. Hoe overtuig je die, wanneer je zelf hopeloos brainy en inhoudelijk bent? Ik mocht een verhaaltje vertellen ("key-note speaker blahblah") bij de fantastische Impact Economy Foundation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxZB...
Really useufl term: polarised paralysis. Describes my own country the Netherlands very well.
I reckon Trump's people will mess with mid-term elections, but so ineptly that they screw it up and if things continue to drift even angrier Dems control Congress by 2026.
Best case scenario then is polarised paralysis where his damage is initially contained and then fixed over 4-6 years after 2028
Best case scenario then is polarised paralysis where his damage is initially contained and then fixed over 4-6 years after 2028
November 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Really useufl term: polarised paralysis. Describes my own country the Netherlands very well.
I may be guilty of buying into this myth.
What has been frustrating to watch is how so many at senior levels in EU/UK bought into MAGA myths of endless Trump dominance when even in Mississippi you see fragility.
Huge stability risks in the US because of Right wing paranoia and violence, but Trump is vulnerable
bsky.app/profile/miss...
Huge stability risks in the US because of Right wing paranoia and violence, but Trump is vulnerable
bsky.app/profile/miss...
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats have broken the Republican Party’s supermajority in the Mississippi Senate.
Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
buff.ly/nTvLlFI
Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
buff.ly/nTvLlFI
November 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I may be guilty of buying into this myth.
In the Netherlands it's about a tenth of this. But tell me again how Americans are so much richer than Europeans.
My health care costs for 2026 ⚕️
Note: this is considered a good health care" plan in the U.S.
Note: this is considered a good health care" plan in the U.S.
November 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
In the Netherlands it's about a tenth of this. But tell me again how Americans are so much richer than Europeans.
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Een podcast die u niet vaak genoeg kunt beluisteren.
Europa in gevaar: 'De VS verraadt ons' met Joris Luyendijk
David Boogerd en theoloog Stefan Paas in gesprek met Joris Luyendijk
@davidboogerd.bsky.social @stefanpaas.bsky.social @jorisluyendijk.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_sc...
Europa in gevaar: 'De VS verraadt ons' met Joris Luyendijk
David Boogerd en theoloog Stefan Paas in gesprek met Joris Luyendijk
@davidboogerd.bsky.social @stefanpaas.bsky.social @jorisluyendijk.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_sc...
Europa in gevaar: 'De VS verraadt ons' met Joris Luyendijk | De Ongelooflijke Podcast #239
YouTube video by De Ongelooflijke Podcast
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Een podcast die u niet vaak genoeg kunt beluisteren.
Europa in gevaar: 'De VS verraadt ons' met Joris Luyendijk
David Boogerd en theoloog Stefan Paas in gesprek met Joris Luyendijk
@davidboogerd.bsky.social @stefanpaas.bsky.social @jorisluyendijk.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_sc...
Europa in gevaar: 'De VS verraadt ons' met Joris Luyendijk
David Boogerd en theoloog Stefan Paas in gesprek met Joris Luyendijk
@davidboogerd.bsky.social @stefanpaas.bsky.social @jorisluyendijk.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_sc...
Zo eenvoudig om formatie te verkorten: een totale media black-out voor politici tot ze eruit zijn. Gewoon helemaal geen aandacht geven. Ik zweer: dan gaat alles tien keer zo snel. In de tussentijd zoeken Haagse redacties eens een keer iets uitzoek dat de schandalen over poppetjes overstijgt. #easy.
November 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Zo eenvoudig om formatie te verkorten: een totale media black-out voor politici tot ze eruit zijn. Gewoon helemaal geen aandacht geven. Ik zweer: dan gaat alles tien keer zo snel. In de tussentijd zoeken Haagse redacties eens een keer iets uitzoek dat de schandalen over poppetjes overstijgt. #easy.
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A total and utter hero
November 4, 2025 at 11:08 AM
A total and utter hero
luisteren jullie, PvdA en VVD? "Focus group driven politics that lacks the willingness to shape discourse."
Very interesting piece.
Though I'm often sceptical about how far US experiences can be transferred to Europe the critiques here of polling and focus group driven politics that lacks the willingness to shape discourse seem pretty universal
Though I'm often sceptical about how far US experiences can be transferred to Europe the critiques here of polling and focus group driven politics that lacks the willingness to shape discourse seem pretty universal
The job of a good message isn't to say what is popular. The job of a good message is to make popular what we need said.
MAGA and Madison Avenue have known and exploited this. But it also very much applies to campaigns for good.
www.weekendreading.net/p/bringing-a...
MAGA and Madison Avenue have known and exploited this. But it also very much applies to campaigns for good.
www.weekendreading.net/p/bringing-a...
November 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
luisteren jullie, PvdA en VVD? "Focus group driven politics that lacks the willingness to shape discourse."
Yes, we Europeans could do more. But Putin expected us to do far less - his other fatal miscalculation (the first being that Ukranians would buckle within the first three days of battle)
⚡️ EU to send Ukraine nearly $2.3B this week under its reform-linked aid program.
Ukraine to Receive $2.3 Billion From EU Under Reform-Linked Facility
This week, Ukraine will receive $2.3 billion from the EU, featuring the fifth tranche for the Ukraine Facility and funds related to asset recovery reforms.
united24media.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Yes, we Europeans could do more. But Putin expected us to do far less - his other fatal miscalculation (the first being that Ukranians would buckle within the first three days of battle)
Stop. It does NOT promise a new start. It promises to rebuild the open air prison of Gaza which the Israeli government will destroy again at some point. "Mowing the grass", it's called in Israeli government circles.
A U.S.-backed peace plan promises a new start for Gaza. Israel’s far right may have other plans.
Optimism for Gaza Is Based on Shaky Assumptions
U.S. President Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan clearly envisions that Palestinians should continue living in Gaza and that “Israel will not occupy or
warontherocks.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Stop. It does NOT promise a new start. It promises to rebuild the open air prison of Gaza which the Israeli government will destroy again at some point. "Mowing the grass", it's called in Israeli government circles.