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Michiel van Hulten

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Democracy defender. Former EU/NL politician and official.

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06.03.2026 20:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My rule of thumb is that if you wouldn’t write for Das Reich, you probably also shouldn’t post on X.

06.03.2026 19:59 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

At a recent conference I went to a LSE professor said β€œI can’t leave X, I’ve got 170K followers!” I checked, and nearly half of those were gone already - only just over 100K left. And he got very little engagement on his tweets from his leftover crowd (bc Musk hides them of course). But hey, ego… πŸ˜‰

06.03.2026 19:57 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Alberto! I can’t believe you’re still posting on X. If you must post there, then at least don’t repost those posts here…

06.03.2026 19:46 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The casual way this post dismisses legitimate criticism of the casino capitalism world we live in, coupled with the offensive and suggestive juxtaposition of a principled leftwing leader with a far-right rabble-rouser makes this possibly the worst Economist take I’ve come across. And I’m a centrist!

06.03.2026 19:36 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Le Chat Chat with Mistral AI's cutting edge language models.

I asked Mistral’s Le Chat why I should choose it over rival AI agents. It gave a good reply, but there was something very obvious missing. I pointed this out to it, and it promised to change its ways… πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί

chat.mistral.ai/chat/0110949...

06.03.2026 16:53 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Don't be to hard on yourself. You're Gen X!

06.03.2026 06:57 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Good to see members of the new Dutch government including PM @minister-president.bsky.social Foreign Minister @ministerbz.bsky.social and Digital Sovereignty Minister @stasdigi.bsky.social leading by example, posting actively on Bluesky. EU politicians need to get over their X. πŸ‡³πŸ‡±πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί

03.03.2026 21:27 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Geveinsd.

03.03.2026 21:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Rutte goes full Trump 🀯

02.03.2026 17:47 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Eh. Again, ~90% of the reason it's all politics all the time is <gestures at the daily onslaught of lawless authoritarianism>. This is not a Bluesky problem. It's a society/polity problem. We will all go back to sh*tposting about TV, cocktails, sports, music, food, & puppies in the after-times.

01.03.2026 20:58 πŸ‘ 742 πŸ” 99 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 11
Two smiling tax administration employees standing at Arrivals section of an airport with a large hand-drawn banner with the text translated above

Two smiling tax administration employees standing at Arrivals section of an airport with a large hand-drawn banner with the text translated above

β€œTo all influencers and other tax exiles in Dubai, the tax authorities wish you a safe return to France”

01.03.2026 18:08 πŸ‘ 468 πŸ” 245 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 11
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Trump vies for Bush’s crown for worst foreign policy decision in history The US president upended half a century of US foreign policy in an eight-minute video with another act of Middle Eastern regime change

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

28.02.2026 18:59 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

With Trump-supporting Paramount acquiring CNN-owning Warner, this may be the last international crisis reported on at least somewhat objectively by CNN.

28.02.2026 18:44 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0