Marijn

Global Marketing Manager at LEGO Education || Dutchman in Denmark || Dad || Cycling geek || All views expressed are my own

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

WOW -- Danish reporter *goes there* with Mark Rutte

"You sit next to Donald Trump at moments when he talks about conquering Greenland, talks about lashing out at allies like Spain -- things it doesn't seem like the old Mark Rutte would approve of. Does this have any affect on your self-respect when you sit there and say nothing?"

[Rutger Bregman @rutgerbregman]

Riveting, extraordinary and brutally honest speech by Mark Carney, Canada's prime minister. God, I wish we would have European leaders like this.

Here's an excerpt:

In 1978, the Czech dissident Václav Havel, later president, wrote an essay called “The Power of the Powerless,” and in it he asked a simple question: how did the communist system sustain itself?

And his answer began with a greengrocer.

Every morning, the shopkeeper places a sign in his window: “Workers of the world unite.” He doesn’t believe in it. No one does. But he places the sign anyway to avoid trouble, to signal compliance, to get along. And because every shopkeeper on every street does the same, the system persists — not through violence alone, but through the participation of ordinary people in rituals they privately know to be false.

Havel called this living within a lie. The system’s power comes not from its truth, but from everyone’s willingness to perform as if it were true. And its fragility comes from the same source. When even one person stops performing, when the greengrocer removes his sign, the illusion begins to crack.

Friends, it is time for companies and countries to take their signs down.

For decades, countries like Canada prospered under what we called the rules-based international order. We join its institutions, we praised its principles, we benefited from its predictability. And because of that, we could pursue values-based foreign policies under its protection.

We knew the story of the international rules-based order was partially false, that the strongest would exempt themselves when convenient, that trade rules were enforced asymmetrically, and we knew that international law applied with varied rigor, depending on the identity of the accused or the victim.

This fiction was useful, and American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, open sea lanes, a stable financial system, collective security, and support for frameworks for resolving disputes.

So we placed the sign in the window. We participated in the rituals, and we largely avoided calling out the gaps between rhetoric and reality.

This bargain no longer works.

Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition.

Read/listen in full: https://t.co/1Cxm0Kxz7a

[Lukáš Ronald Lukács @lucxsronald]

THIS IS CYCLING 🫶🏻 #RenewiTour

📷: mr.pinko

[Mihai Simion @faustocoppi60]

What a rider, for Christ sake!
#TDF2025

[Marijn @MDelhez]

@thijszonneveld @LaMachineCC Groves #glazenbolcup

[Marijn @MDelhez]

@tibordelgrosso Refreshing and admirable to see high-profile riders praise and support colleagues, especially those who are (for the time being) on smaller teams. Ingebrigtsen in ToN, and now here. Classy, Tibor, I’m sure it means something to those on the receiving end 👊

[LEGO Education @LEGO_Education]

Dig in and explore the FIRST® LEGO® League #UNEARTHED season, launching August 5! 🔨 @firstlegoleague #FirstChamp #STEM

[Marijn @MDelhez]

@thijszonneveld Mooi nieuws, hier hoopte ik op! Ik luister zo’n beetje alle wielergerelateerde podcasts, en die van jullie is mijn favoriet. 👊

[Milano Sanremo @Milano_Sanremo]

🏆 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚.

📸 LaPresse

#MilanoSanremo presented by @CA_Ita

[Marijn @MDelhez]

@BasTietema @rockets_cycling Wat is Kubis extreem goed in het positioneren. Volg hem steeds op de helicopterbeelden en hij zit echt constant in het juiste wiel, handhaaft zich in het gedrang, kan goed sturen. Die grote vis gaat er al snel komen denk ik! 🫡

[Marijn @MDelhez]

@thijszonneveld @Sockeloen Reusser #glazenbolcup

[Marijn @MDelhez]

@thijszonneveld @Sockeloen Victor Campenærts #Vocsnor #glazenbolcup @RobStuber

[Marijn @MDelhez]

@BenjiNaesen Insufferable at first, ruining my sleep/hearing/ mood. After 30+ ENT exams I accepted that it wouldn’t go away. Daily 🚴 or 🏃‍♂️ has been my main coping mechanism since, reducing the restlessness at night. Proper sleep has been key for me to reverse that spiral. Hang in there 🙏

[Marijn @MDelhez]

@AddictedOnSport @thijszonneveld Zo, tegen die ijzersterke vergelijking heb ik uiteraard he-le-maal niets in te brengen. Ik neem terug dat ik “grow up” zei, want ik sta simpelweg schaakmat in deze woordenwisseling. 🫡

[Marijn @MDelhez]

@AddictedOnSport @thijszonneveld Zo’n flauwe dooddoener dit. Alsof iemand nooit iets mag heroverwegen, of mag besluiten voortaan een duidelijker signaal af te geven. Grow up.

[LEGO Education @LEGO_Education]

"Science class in a box." @FastCompany shares how we designed and developed LEGO® Education Science to make #science more approachable to students. https://t.co/hnQdSJ88SK

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Mr. President: Instead of stealing Greenland from Denmark, I have a better idea.

In Denmark, everyone is guaranteed health care, college education is free, parents receive 1-year of paid paternity leave & workers don’t make less than $22 an hour. 

Let's steal those ideas.

[Marijn @MDelhez]

@irishpeloton I’ll never understand this argument from people who say they love the sport. We’re privileged to watch such a generational athlete at the absolute top of his game. To me, the races without him are much less interesting, despite the close battles between the 2nd tier riders.

[Marijn @MDelhez]

@VelonCC NICE! Looks great, and it will stand out nicely in the bunch.

[Marijn @MDelhez]

@faustocoppi60 I’d be surprised if anyone has ever been able to ride these cobbles THIS fast. Absolute poetry in motion 🥹 @mathieuvdpoel