Ferdy

[Bart De Meulenaer @BartDeMeulenaer]

Politici in de hele wereld, met een jaarbudget van 15 biljoen $, klagen dat Musk met zijn vermogen van 1 biljoen $ de problemen die politici hebben gecreëerd, niet oplost.
Ze troggelen op 7 jaar tijd 105 biljoen van alle burgers ter wereld af, maar Musk is schuldig aan hún chaos.

[The Rabbit Hole @TheRabbitHole]

Thomas Sowell on envy and social justice

[X Freeze @XFreeze]

Elon Musk breaks down the exact playbook legacy media uses for propaganda and how they intentionally shape false narratives:

“Unfortunately, what I’ve learned is that legacy media propaganda is very effective at making people believe things that aren’t true

An example is people calling me a Nazi over a random hand gesture at a rally, when all I was saying was, ‘My heart goes out to you,’ while talking about space travel”

They do it on repetition all at once; essentially, that will end up outweighing the reality

Repeat a narrative enough times, amplify it across headlines, television, and social media, and millions will believe it without ever examining the full context or even the actual reality

[Skscartoon @skscartoon]

This is what life looks like under occupation.
Your country is gone

[Brivael Le Pogam @brivael]

Je reçois de plus en plus de messages privés de personnes très proches des élites parisiennes.

Le constat est simple :

Je suis devenu radioactif.

Pourquoi ?

Parce que je défends des idées devenues presque interdites dans certains cercles :

La liberté d’expression.
La liberté individuelle.
Le droit d’entreprendre.
La responsabilité personnelle.
La réduction du poids de l’État.
La simplification radicale de la bureaucratie.
L’idée qu’un individu libre crée plus de valeur qu’un comité.
L’idée qu’aucun bureaucrate à Bruxelles, Paris ou ailleurs ne sait mieux que des millions de citoyens ce qui est bon pour eux.

Je pense que les entrepreneurs créent davantage de prospérité que les administrations.

Je pense que l’innovation résout plus de problèmes que la réglementation.

Je pense que la technologie est le plus puissant moteur de progrès que l’humanité ait jamais connu.

Et oui, j’admire Elon Musk.

Pas parce qu’il est parfait.

Mais parce qu’avec une fraction des moyens des États, il a :

Révolutionné le spatial.
Accéléré la transition vers les véhicules électriques.
Déployé un réseau Internet mondial.
Fait avancer les interfaces cerveau-machine.
Contribué à démocratiser l’IA.

Pendant que des armées de bureaucrates produisent des milliers de pages de régulations, certains bâtissent.

Et je préfère les bâtisseurs.

Comme disait Victor Hugo :

« Vous avez des ennemis ? Tant mieux. Cela signifie que vous avez défendu quelque chose dans votre vie. »

Et pour être honnête, c’est même pire que ça.

À partir du moment où défendre ces idées crée des ennemis, j’ai tendance à redoubler d’efforts.

L’opposition n’est pas un signal d’arrêt.

C’est souvent un signal que l’on touche à quelque chose d’important.

Alors à ceux qui veulent entrer en conflit avec moi sur ces sujets : allez-y.

Le débat, la confrontation des idées et le combat intellectuel sont un carburant.

Je ne cherche pas les ennemis.

Mais je ne les crains certainement pas.

Les bâtisseurs n’ont jamais obtenu la permission de construire le futur.

[Ferdy @B16Ferdy]

@arnowellens “I don’t think we have mate.” kun je nog letterlijk nemen ook. Ze geven het slachtoffer de schuld

https://t.co/kz74nPiMCK

[Banned Police BodyCams @BannedBWV]

@ianmiles Police have since responded to the complaint by blaming the victim for deliberately impaling his own neck on the metal spike.

[Laurence Fox @LozzaFox]

You’ve just left me with a life changing facial disfigurement.

I don’t think we have mate.

[Diana Panchenko 🇺🇦 @Panchenko_X]

BREAKING: Ukrainians VS Zelensky

Crowds of Kyiv citizens taking to the streets right now to oppose Zelensky regime.

People are blocking roads and pushing back against the police in response to the forced mobilisation.

Police are using tear gas against women and children!

Help!

Ukrainians are against war!

[Sam @DigitalSamIAm]

Can we debunk this nonsense?

Elon Musk was awarded (note: not given) cost-per-result contracts to perform a service for the US government. The total of those for SpaceX specifically is ~$22B, which includes repaid loans, state tax incentives, etc.

The deal was simple: put stuff into LEO at or below a set cost. If SpaceX does it below the set cost, SpaceX keeps the difference. If it doesn’t, the company is responsible for the overrun.

End result? SpaceX & Elon lowered the cost of getting 1 kg into LEO by 95-97% vs what NASA was paying previously.

And for the record, every other company around at the time was offered the same opportunity to bid on the contract - Musk/SpaceX just took it.

The handout narrative implies the taxpayer is the patron and SpaceX the dependent. The cost data shows the opposite: before SpaceX, NASA paid Russia’s Soyuz $80-86M per seat; SpaceX delivered at ~$55 million. SpaceX saved the US taxpayer $300M-$465M each year on that alone (the US sends 12-15 astronauts to space each year)

On the lunar lander, NASA estimated SpaceX’s fixed-price bid saved $20B-$30B vs the Boeing-preferred cost-plus approach.

So: SpaceX saved the US taxpayer more than the total value of contracts it earned on a single project, PLUS provided the US government with the requested services (put stuff in LEO) at the best possible price.

[Verontruste Burger 💥 @Prikkel2016]

#pensioen
#WTP
We zullen ons Carola Schouten en Wouter Koolmees nog lang herinneren als ministers die
€ 1.700.000.000.000
onteigenden van miljoenen werkenden en gepensioneerden en ze met een casinopensioen opzadelden.
#pensioenwet wordt groter schandaal dan
#toeslagenschandaal

[Ken Cao-The China Crash Chronicle @KenCao_onChina]

Ten years ago, Elon Musk and Jack Ma both looked like avatars of the future.

Musk was building electric cars, rockets, satellites, and AI. Jack Ma was building Alibaba, the crown jewel of China’s internet economy.

Fast forward a decade: Musk is worth $1.1 trillion.
Jack Ma was forced into silence, Ant Group’s IPO was crushed, Alibaba lost its aura(its stock plunged by more than 60% since 2020), and China’s tech sector went from world-beating to politically domesticated.

One entrepreneur was allowed to compound.
The other was reminded who really owns the scoreboard.

This is not just a story about two billionaires.
It is a story about two systems. One system lets madmen build rockets to Mars.

The other cuts down its most successful entrepreneur for flying too close to the sun.

That is why Musk became the world’s first trillionaire.
And Jack Ma became a warning label.

[JonasMeyerSchrijft @Dawi997040]

Zwitserland stemt, en dat mag blijkbaar niet

Toch blijft het interessant. Zodra inwoners zelf mogen meepraten over migratie, bevolkingsgroei, woningdruk en de toekomst van hun land, wordt dat al snel weggezet als xenofoob. Niet als democratie. Niet als burgerinspraak. Niet als een normaal debat over draagkracht. Nee, meteen hangt er een moreel waarschuwingsbord boven: gevaarlijk, onmenselijk, anti-Europees.

Maar juist dát is democratie. Mensen mogen zeggen wat zij zien, voelen, vrezen en willen. Niet alleen wanneer hun mening past binnen het wereldbeeld van activistische politici, journalisten en belangengroepen. Democratie is niet pas legitiem wanneer de uitkomst links-progressief klinkt.

Zwitserland stelt een simpele vraag: hoeveel groei kan een land aan? Meer inwoners betekent meer druk op woningen, zorg, infrastructuur, onderwijs en sociale voorzieningen. Dat zijn geen xenofobe vragen. Dat zijn bestuurlijke vragen. Juist politici die weigeren die vragen serieus te nemen, voeden wantrouwen.

En dan komt natuurlijk het bekende dreigement: Zwitserland zou afdrijven van Europa. Daar kun je bijna om lachen. De EU, die zelf geen gecontroleerde instroom weet te organiseren. De EU, waar grenzen zo lek zijn als een mandje. De EU, waar mensen doorreizen naar het land dat hun het beste bevalt. De EU, waar burgers al jaren hun zorgen uiten over woonruimte, belastingdruk, uitkeringen, opvang en veiligheid, maar vaak worden weggezet als dom, bang of extreem.

En die EU, of haar bewonderaars, gaan Zwitserland de maat nemen?

Misschien is het echte probleem niet dat Zwitsers mogen stemmen. Misschien is het probleem dat ze nog mogen stemmen over onderwerpen waar andere landen liever geen echte volksraadpleging over houden. Want stel je voor dat burgers een ander antwoord geven dan de bestuurders willen horen.

Zwitserland drijft niet af van democratie. Zwitserland gebruikt haar juist. En precies dat lijkt voor sommigen het meest bedreigend.

Viva la democratie.

https://t.co/cfiGzseR0f

[RadioGenoa @RadioGenoa]

British police want to arrest Christian preacher because his prayers have caused anxiety and distress to Muslims. Allah first.

[Ferdy @B16Ferdy]

@henkwestbroek @RemcoDutchMan Pensioenfondsen kunnen beter op een later moment instappen. Veel insiders met een hoop aandelen in bezit. Insiders zullen in het 1e jaar aanzienlijk wat aandelen verkopen waardoor de prijs daalt. Later instappen kan dus meer rendement opbrengen

[Ferdy @B16Ferdy]

@SanderSassen @WolfgangRichtEU Parodie Sander 😉

[Ferdy @B16Ferdy]

@japan_nobunaga As someone who goes on vacation to Italy a lot, this is true. Also, don’t order a cappuccino after breakfast. Cappuccino is only for breakfast, some places just give you an espresso even if you do try to order it.

[🇯🇵SAIGOU🇯🇵郷田剛士🇯🇵 @oidonhagouda]

A Nigerian living in Japan posted a video warning his fellow Nigerians to “be careful” because Japan is now seriously cracking down on illegal immigrants. He mentioned that those caught will be deported immediately, and that Ibaraki Prefecture is even offering a reward of 10,000 yen to anyone who reports them.

It’s quite telling that someone who appears to be part of an illegal immigrant community feels the need to tell his friends to “protect themselves.” If they are in Japan without legal status, then of course they would need to be cautious — that much should be obvious.

What stands out is the framing. Instead of acknowledging that breaking immigration laws carries consequences, the message comes across as if Japan is unfairly targeting them. When people who are already violating the rules start warning each other to hide, it says a lot about how they view their own presence here.

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

What?? The British Empire lost… to PAPER??

Right, listen.

Men convicted of trafficking children for sex in Rochdale.

UK: "You're being deported."
Man: "Nah."

UK: "Excuse me? We've stripped your British citizenship, off you pop."
Man: "Then I renounce my Pakistani citizenship too — RRRIP (passport)."

UK: "…what."
Man: "I'm now stateless. Citizen of nowhere. International law says you can't deport the stateless. Owned."

UK: "ngghhh…"

"record scratch"

Hang on hang on.

He did this by tearing up his passport a few days before the Court of Appeal ruling.

One little RIP — and the entire machinery of the British state just powered down.

Battleships, colonies, MI6, James Bond — beaten by an origami crane somebody tore in half. "honk"

UK phones Pakistan.

UK: "Your national has—"
PAK: "Not ours, mate. He renounced it himself. Not our problem."

UK: "Couldn't you just—"
PAK: "click" beeeeep…

The tribunal: "Honestly, it'd be fairly easy for these lads to get their Pakistani nationality back."

The criminal: "don't wanna ♡ (unwilling)"

UK: "Ah. Can't be done, then." — IT CAN BE DONE.

Why is a convicted trafficker's "don't wanna ♡" beating an entire G7 nation?!

Ministers who swore to close this loophole: a long, proud line of them.
Every one defeated by a bit of paper.

You lot think you're running a country.

You're doing arts and crafts. Scissors and glue.

Grade: D minus.

Honest question: in a country where a convicted child trafficker can stay put with a shrug and a paper-tear —
what was the point of actually winning the trial?

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

HUH???

The dad who went to RESCUE his daughter got ARRESTED???

Not the men who raped her — the DAD??

Hey! The casting's all wrong, get the scriptwriter OUT here!!

Rotherham. Two fathers found the houses where their daughters were locked up and abused — on their own two feet, because the police would not move a single millimetre.

They went in to take their kids back.

And THAT is the moment the police hit their personal-best sprint — cuffs, on the fathers.

THERE?? You go full Usain Bolt THERE??

Honestly, the British police must be some kind of creature.

Normally a sloth on the sofa, crisps everywhere, scratching its belly — "a crime? eh, I'll get to it next life" — flat-out asleep,

but the instant ONE weak, decent man walks in,
the eyes snap open, "PREYYY,"
and it comes charging across the room —
RAAAH I AM THE LAW I AM JUSTICE I AM CHIEF INSPECTOR JUSTICE-MAN,
cuffs go click-click ohh that feels GOOD, APPREHENDEDDD —

then the second an actual rapist is in the room it goes silent,
melts into the wall, full camouflage, chameleon, no —
becomes the wallpaper,
becomes a framed oil painting titled "The Useless Officer," artist unknown, now in the national gallery,

and the moment the truth's about to leak,
QUICK-CHANGE into a fireman costume,
the child is literally on fire but it's hosing down the town's REPUTATION instead,
full pressure, WRONG TARGET CHIEF, WRONG TARGET—

…hahh… hahh… (okay, breathe)

And by the way — every bit of this is in the UK's own official inquiry, the Jay Report, 2014. Not made up.

One parent was reportedly told an "older Asian boyfriend" was a "fashion accessory" for the local girls.

His daughter is being raped — we're not discussing earrings, mate.

Honest question:
in a country where the father who runs to save his daughter is the one who gets the cuffs —
what was the parent supposed to do instead?

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

2008: rubble and doubt.
Today: rockets in the sky.

He didn't let the rubble win.

If you're standing in yours right now —
Don't quit.
Build.