Posting about AI, philosophy, politics, climate, logic, music, film. Professor of Philosophy, Logic, and AI at Utrecht University. I ignore anonymous accounts.
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Jan Broersen retweeted
Sırbistan'da öğrenciler doğrudan demokrasi yöntemini seçim siyasetine taşıdılar.
Liderlere dayalı, yukarıdan aşağıya bir örgütlenme yerine, herkesin söz alabildiği öğrenci genel kurulları (plenum) oluşturdular. Kararlar tartışılarak, mümkün olduğunca uzlaşmayla alındı.
Bu yöntemi üniversitelerin dışına da taşıdılar. Mahallelerde, kentlerde ve köylerde yurttaş meclisleri (zborovi) kuruldu. İnsanlar kendi sorunlarını tartışmak, çözüm önermek ve birlikte karar almak için toplandı.
250 kişilik milletvekili aday listesini de şöyle oluşturdular:
1- Önce 250 adaylık kontenjanı, öğrenci sayılarına göre altı üniversite kenti arasında paylaştırdılar. Belgrad'ın listeye hâkim olmaması için diğer kentlerin de üst sıralarda temsil edilmesini sağladılar. Ardından her kentin kontenjanını fakülteler arasında dağıttılar.
2- Ülke genelinde 80'den fazla fakültede öğrenci genel kurulları toplandı. Öğrenciler kendileri aday olmadı ama her biri aday önerebildi ve neden o kişiyi önerdiğini açıkladı. İsimler tartışıldı, önce uzlaşma arandı, gerektiğinde oylama yapıldı.
3- Mevcut siyasi kadrolara kapıyı kapattılar. İktidar partilerinin mevcut ve eski üyelerini, iktidar adına görev yapmış siyasetçileri ve bürokratları, muhalefet partilerinin üst düzey yöneticilerini aday göstermediler. Böylece hem iktidardan hem de yerleşik muhalefetten bağımsız bir liste oluşturdular.
4- Fakülteler birbirlerinin adaylarını da denetledi. Önerilen bütün isimler ortak bir listede toplandı ve tüm fakültelerin incelemesine açıldı. İtirazlar öğrenci kurullarında tartışıldı. Adayın elenmesi için kurulların yarısından fazlasının veto etmesi gerekiyordu. Tek bir fakültenin itirazı yeterli değildi.
5- Elenen veya çekilen adayların yerine yedekler getirildi. Böylece profesörlerin, doktorların, bilim insanlarının, işçilerin, sanatçıların ve aktivistlerin yer aldığı 250 kişilik liste ortaya çıktı.
Jan Broersen retweeted
This is so intelligent, I want to cry: The 140 seats won by the student opposition against Serbia's nationalist government party will be taken up not by students, but by academics, professors & public figures from pre-chosen pool of 250 experts, selected by student plenums.
Jan Broersen retweeted
Ukrainian Mi-24 pilot Air Davy showed the warm welcome he received from residents of Kharkiv region as he returned from a combat mission in Donetsk region.
"It's really special when Ukrainians greet you like this. It brought tears to my eyes. We see you waving to us, and we wave back, too," he wrote.
📹: airdavy / TikTok
Jan Broersen retweeted
She is absolutely right. Calling Hitler a left-wing socialist is not analysis. It is the far right looking into a mirror and demanding that someone change the label on the frame.
The leader worship, the scapegoating of minorities, the contempt for democratic restraints, the obsession with internal enemies, the promise of national greatness through intimidation: an uncomfortable amount of the political sales pitch looks familiar.
Hence the rebranding. If they cannot bear what the mirror shows, they can rewrite the caption.
Unfortunately, Elon, the mirror is working perfectly.
Jan Broersen retweeted
This is Novi Sad, the site of the horrific awning collapse that killed 16 people, sparking the massive student-led protests that led to Vučić's demise two years later.
Seeing the entire place bounce like this is truly a once-in-a-lifetime thing.
Jan Broersen retweeted
4/ 🇷🇸🇭🇺🇷🇺 First Orbán. Now Vučić.
Two of Putin’s most useful European accomplices removed by their own voters in six months.
Vučić joins the growing list of discarded Kremlin assets — Yanukovych, Orbán, Assad — who thought Moscow’s backing would keep them in power forever.
Jan Broersen retweeted
1/ 🇷🇸🇷🇺 Vučić just lost Serbia.
russia’s most useful Balkan ally called a snap election to cling to power. Students who spent 2 yrs in the streets crushed him.
Moscow spent a decade buying influence with cheap gas & political cover.
Europe didn't oust him. Serbians did.
Jan Broersen retweeted
Oh, Tina, Russians really shouldn't be delivering public lectures about rule violations.
Your country violated the most sacred rule of all in the international system by invading and annexing your neighbor's territory. I won't even mention the kidnapping, terrorism, and killing of innocent civilians. Those are violations of international law too.
Please spare us.
P.S. Isn't X banned in Russia? Aren't you violating your president's rules by tweeting here?
Jan Broersen retweeted
I’ll take a shot at answering one of these good questions. These poor young people are not dying for "no reason". They’re dying because Vladimir Putin's Russia invaded Ukraine and Ukrainians don’t want to be murdered. I hope this helps.
Jan Broersen retweeted
Let me make something absolutely clear.
Ukraine did not invade Russia. Russia invaded Ukraine.
Ukrainians are not fighting because Europeans want an endless war. We are fighting because Russia continues to attack our cities, occupy our territory, and kill our people.
I woke up at 6 AM today because of a Russian drone attack near my home in Kyiv.
And now I am reading accusations that those helping us defend ourselves are the ones prolonging this war.
Do you understand how profoundly dishonest that argument is?
If you genuinely want peace, explain how you intend to stop Russian aggression without stripping Ukrainians of their right to defend themselves.
Peace is not the same as surrender.
And demanding accountability from Russia is not warmongering.
Stop blaming those resisting aggression for the aggression itself.
Jan Broersen retweeted
Elon’s claim regarding violations of the terms of service in Ukraine is, as confirmed by the 🇺🇦 Ukrainian side, false.
Moreover, Elon has now admitted himself that he lied when he claimed he was not responsible for the slowing down of Starlink/Starshield services, as he has since confirmed that he throttled them himself.
Also, Starlink can be jammed, something that has already happened many times on the 🇷🇺 Russian side. and the only reason this is not currently the case is that Ukraine has developed technologies to identify the sources of the interference and subsequently destroys them.
Furthermore, while Ukraine is rightly very grateful for the system, the country would by no means collapse, not even close! Ukraine has proven that each time the system was shut down while relying on many other available option which are not as elegant but they work. In addition Ukraine is now getting its own system developed and installed too which will take time but they have alternatives if required in the meantime.
Lastly, not supporting Ukraine means extending the war and creating many more deaths, destruction and suffering and the US Government in particular Trump has done a lot to avoid any help for Ukraine, even supporting Russia and continues to do so.
So if there is someone to contempt the "endless slaughter and offer no realistic solution to the conflict" than it should be directed to those responsible which are the 🇺🇸 US and the 🇷🇺 Russian government.
The war in Ukraine could have been brought to a swift end had the United States thrown its full weight behind Ukraine right at its start and provided everything necessary, but this did not happen under Biden and under Trump, support from the US went to Russia and against Ukraine.
Elon Musk claims that Ukraine allegedly violated Starlink's terms of use and used the system on combat drones.
As someone who was inside the process at the Ministry of Defense, I can say with certainty that this is not true.
In February of this year, whitelists were introduced. Stationary terminals could be registered by both military personnel and civilians.
But for any satellite terminal to work while on the move, it had to be added to a special list and connected to the military Starshield system. Otherwise, no satellite communication terminals in Ukraine would work.
In other words, using civilian Starlink for drone missions was technically impossible. All drone missions that required satellite communication could only be carried out using Starshield.
We are very grateful to the United States and SpaceX for access to critically important satellite communications. Ukraine did not violate the terms of use.
Jan Broersen retweeted
He denied doing this literally a week ago. Pathetic
Musk says he was behind Starlink’s slowdown in Ukraine
thehill.com/policy/internati…
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According to The Economist:
"It appears to have come from a small circle around the president, Mr Musk and Steve Witkoff, the special envoy to Russia. Reports suggest Mr Musk wanted to punish Ukraine for striking Russian refineries. One official says he contacted the White House only after imposing the restrictions."
If true, this suggests Elon Musk imposed the terminal-speed restrictions unilaterally, before notifying the White House.
Congress must urgently investigate whether Musk acted without government authorization. It is unacceptable for a private citizen to exercise unilateral control over a vital military capability. Starshield is a defense system, and decisions to restrict its operational capabilities should rest with the appropriate government authorities, not the CEO of a private contractor.
This should alarm everyone.
The America-Ukraine link grows even spottier economist.com/europe/2026/10…
Jan Broersen retweeted
So, 10 days after Starlink/Starshield was limited over Ukraine, Musk has finally crafted his story and decided to break cover with an emotional explanation. Many will argue it exonerates him, I think it poses more questions than answers. Let’s see what’s missing here. 🧵1/6
Jan Broersen retweeted
That's not my definition of either free speech or democracy.
Elon Musk has cemented his record as the largest individual political donor in modern American history.
Musk poured $446 million of his own money into this year’s midterm elections, mostly aimed at preserving the Republican Party’s control of Congress. wapo.st/4igb5Kq
Jan Broersen retweeted
What this shows is that kissing Trump’s ass always fails. He reacts only to pressure. In this case terrible US polling, screaming Republicans, and catastrophic damage being done to US defense companies
⚡️Starshield operations restored to speeds of more than 400 km/h, Ukraine's Defense Ministry says.
"We record a speed of more than 400 kilometers per hour, the connection is stable," the ministry said.
kyivindependent.com/starshie…
Jan Broersen retweeted
The most important thing today is that Starlink and Starshield operations have been restored to the speeds we had before the restrictions. The speeds are now where they need to be. The restoration began overnight, and by this morning, speeds were already sufficient. This matters: for our frontline logistics, for defending Ukraine against jet-powered “shaheds.”
I thank all Americans and all our partners who took this seriously and truly helped – members of Congress, senators, all the media, the State Department, and the President. Protecting lives matters.
Jan Broersen retweeted
🇺🇦 ZELENSKYY: UKRAINE CANNOT AFFORD A WEAK PRESIDENT DURING WAR.
“Maybe after the war, Ukraine can have any kind of president. That is entirely the people’s choice.
But today, if Ukraine wants to survive, it needs a strong army, a strong president, and strong people.
That’s why my response to any pressure is strong. I will always respond.
Because otherwise, they will devour us. And by ‘they,’ I mean the Russians, of course.”
