What ChatGPT clearly lacks is not only intelligence but doubt. It seems to treat information with weights such that things more commonly stated must be more likely true.
What ChatGPT clearly lacks is not only intelligence but doubt. It seems to treat information with weights such that things more commonly stated must be more likely true.
If—as some argue—today’s egalitarians criticizing inequality are merely driven by toxic envy, does that also apply to historic objectors like Plato, Adam Smith or John Stuart Mill?
David Lay Williams argues invoking envy is a red herring:
buff.ly/FR7N6jn
HT @brankomilan.bsky.social
The end of a long period of decreasing global inequality?
Concept 3 is Gini between world citizens calculated from some 110+ representative national household surveys with incomes of individuals expressed in PPP dollars.
Alfred and Henri van der Linden, two brothers, brutally murdered by German Nazis just like 1.5 million children. Lest we forget - last year, this year, next year - always.🕯️
Uiteindelijk is hierover toch weer weinig politieke ophef.
Terwijl geldverspilling aan consultancy al vaker in kaart is gebracht.
En men tegelijk maar blijft beweren dat btw-verhogingen of indexsprongen onmisbaar zijn om het gat in de begroting te vullen.
www.tijd.be/politiek-eco...
I hope that the US bishops in touch with the White House realise (and communicate to the public) that there is an order of priority here:
- people being arrested and detained in the way we can see every day
- people in detention (Catholics) not able to receive sacraments.
An unexpected step was taken today by Synodal Assembly of Italian Church. Among the approved proposals is that "local Churches, overcoming the discriminatory attitudes sometimes widespread in ecclesial circles & society, commit to promoting the recognition & support of homosexual & trans people.”
My message at the United Nations General Assembly #UNGA80: "Welfare cuts are fuelling far right rise"
Press release ➡️: www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Denken dat de dalende cijfers in heel Europa slechts aan je eigen “strenge beleid” te danken is? Men maakt zichzelf iets wijs. Voor diverse migratie(s) per groep per land spelen andere factoren mee. Van stabilisatie (Syrië) tot te zwak om te vluchten of hoge sterfte (Soedan/gaza)
François Odinet : "Léon XIV se place résolument dans une critique de l’ultralibéralisme, non sur le plan économique mais sur le plan anthropologique : il critique le fait que cela crée des illusions et un aveuglement."
OPINION: Amos was not a professional prophet, but an uneducated shepherd who preached social justice and denounced exploitation of the poor by the rich.
religionnews.com/2025/09/24/a...
Grok is being sent to the reeducation camp
Dit uitstekend artikel van de @vrtnws.be redactie mag best wel eens door @sporza.be collega's gelezen worden... Lectuur voor wielercommentatoren Renaat Schotte en José De Cauwer? www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
Allouer 5% du PIB à la défense, c'est ajouter une immense pression sur le fonctionnement même de l'état...
📻 Que se passe-t-il dans les centres fermés ?
Derrière des grilles, loin des regards, hommes et femmes sont enfermés pour ne pas avoir les bons papiers.
À travers plusieurs témoignages, @lapremiere.bsky.social a voulu comprendre ce qui s'y passe
👉 À écouter sur Auvio
www.rtbf.be/article/cent...
"America’s financial outlook has darkened under Donald Trump’s leadership."
With the ten-year US Treasury yield still only 4.41% on June 13, 2025, holders of nominal US federal debt should be prepared for significant real losses, Willem H. Buiter and Anne C. Sibert.
Lundi 16 juin, des activistes de l’organisation House of Compassion et Palestinian Refugees for Dignity appellent à un jeûne solidaire de cinq jours, dans l’église Saint-Jean-Baptiste-au-Béguinage, à Bruxelles.
➡️ https://l.la-croix.com/qE
Reactie uit Oekraïne op Iran-Israël 👇
Dans le dernier numéro de la #RevueEnQuestion, 𝐆𝐚𝐞̈𝐥 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐝 recense le livre phare d’ 𝐀𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐭, 𝐿𝑎 𝐺𝑜𝑢𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑟 𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑠, paru aux éditions Fayrd.
Hi everyone who thinks it only happens to "the Other" 👋
Oscar Vansnick. Middelkerke. Gehuwd. politiecommissaris. Verzetsgroep Geheim Leger. Arrestatie op 9 mei '43. Opsluiting in Brugge en Sint-Gillis. Deportatie naar de concentratiekampen van Buchenwald, Gross Rosen, Dora en Nordhausen. Oscar sterft op 23 maart '45. 50 jaar. #heldenvanhetverzet
Rencontre inspirante avec un couple engagé, 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜̧𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧 et 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐚 dans la #RevueEnQuestion, signée par 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐫.
🚨 Israël est en train de rayer les camps de réfugiés palestiniens de Jénine, Tulkarem et Nour el Shams de la carte, déplaçant les réfugiés palestiniens de force vers les villes avoisinantes.
Qu’est que cela signifie?
🧵
www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-...
I decided to start a #thread 🧵 of stories about legal residents and tourists being (illegally) arrested, detained and/or deported by the Trump regime. I'll only post stories from serious sources, as rumors and conspiracies are really not needed in this authoritarian moment.
As simple as that