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Jan Broersen

@broudsov

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linkhttps://www.uu.nl/staff/JMBroersen/0 calendar_today02-04-2012 18:15:08

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Natuurlijk heeft Jesse Klaver helemaal gelijk “De aanpak voor klimaatverandering is niet links of rechts. Het gaat om mensenrechten, daar is iedereen aan gehouden. Dus wereldwijd, alle politieke leiders wereldwijd moeten alles op alles zetten om klimaatverandering te stoppen”

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Maybe, had he not added "at least today", he might still be alive to confirm what we believe to know. ('Believing to know' is, I think, exactly the right combination of modalities describing our epistemic attitude towards Trump's sexual misconduct.)

Jacob Shamsian ⚖️ (@jayshams) 's Twitter Profile Photo

You're telling me that Todd Blanche, or the people on the House oversight committee, have familiarized themselves with all the details of her 10-year legal saga in the past week and are ready to talk to her? I don't buy it. Epstein's many victims aren't even in the loop!

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Murkowski is one of the weakest US politicians; she never truly stands up for what she believes in and is easily manipulated into compliance by her fellow Republicans.

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The answer is in the so-called bystander effect (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bystander…). And in the fact that that effect is actively exploited by Putin by sowing divisions among European countries (Brexit is only one example of that).

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It is unfathomable how serious educated people can reason like this. Rewarding aggression, injustice, and state terrorism is never the right choice.

Andrew Dessler (@andrewdessler) 's Twitter Profile Photo

If you want to understand why it’s BS, read this post, read my post on The Climate Brink and make sure to share that link with anyone who presents this plot as evidence that renewables raise the price of electricity. theclimatebrink.com/p/have-renewab…

Mark Z. Jacobson (@mzjacobson) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is just what we need, but even faster. Vietnam setting bans on gasoline motorcycles next year (in downtown Hanoi), followed by cars Ultimately, 72 million gasoline motorcycles will be banned, plus gasoline cars. electrek.co/2025/07/20/vie…

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What a great scene this is. Powell fact-checks Trump on the spot by quickly reading the paper Trump unexpectedly presents him to support his lie and to bluff his way through this. Trump never thought Powell could be so quick and sharp. Trump is fully exposed here as a

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Paul Manafort: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump. George Papadopolous: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump. Mike Flynn: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump. Roger Stone: Pardoned for lying to protect Trump. Next up, Ghislaine Maxwell.

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I am going to stop. Too much effort, too little gain, too much distraction. I am going to concentrate on my scientific writing.

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I enjoyed this clip immensely. Not because it was a well-structured discussion, but simply because I happen to like, enjoy, or be fascinated by all three speakers. And Roger Penrose, despite his old age, excelled again. He is the one person that I can almost always agree with. In