Rink Hoekstra

Scientist at the University of Groningen, Statistical inference, Open science, Open access, Meta science

[Matt Dillahunty @Matt_Dillahunty]

@elonmusk Atheism has just one aim
A response to any deity claim

A skeptics quest to support belief
Repeatedly fails and that's my beef

To "choose belief" one cannot do
Without admitting that it isn't true

And that's why Musk writes poetry
Because he's failed epistemology

[Owen Jones @owenjonesjourno]

Imagine an Iranian newspaper featured the equivalent front page, if Hezbollah had launched the same attacks on Israel.

It would be presented as evidence of Iranian barbarism.

I know it, you know it, we all know it

[Good Shepherd Collective @Shepherds4Good]

Indulge us this thread, which responds to a quite a simple lie of a post. Let's peel back some of the layers of deception underlying these claims. A few of them might be less obvious than you think. 🧵

[Abier @abierkhatib]

That's what indiscriminate killing does

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Tommy Robinson sent a letter to himself, he meant to log out and send it from a different account.

But he didn't.

Don't RT 🤣

[Pelham @Resist_05]

When Israel bombed the first hospital in Gaza the world would not believe it.

Israel said it was a misfired Hamas rocket and the mainstream media went into protection mode.

Israel has now destroyed all 36 hospitals, and bombed multiple refugee camps in Gaza… and not a single word of condemnation from the mainstream media or western governments…🇮🇱🇵🇸

[Kevin Courtney @cyclingkev]

I’m in tears at this.

A Holocaust survivor, the daughter of a holocaust survivor, the granddaughter of a holocaust survivor stand together against the genocide in Gaza.

Let love not hate dominate.

#CeasefireNow

[Owen Jones @owenjonesjourno]

Want to know my theory! My theory is that people like you have no principles. Unable to understand anyone who has principles, you instead project your own desire for self-advancement on to your opponents instead.

I say what I think. That's all I ever do. When I change my views, I explain why. As it happens, my principles and values have, overall, remained stubbornly consistent - unlike many of my critics, I would note.

My position on Palestine is an example of a subject on which I've remained stubbornly consistent. This is 2012: https://t.co/jTmSgmyA0f

You say my work in mainstream publications has dried up, therefore to make money I've shifted on to YouTube.

With respect, what are you talking about? I have worked for The Guardian since 2014. That hasn't changed.

My books are published by Penguin Random House. I've just signed a contract for a new booj with them.

I've had a YouTube channel for about a decade? I've always been interested in reaching a broad audience with left-wing ideas - through my books, media appearances, columns, books, videos, and so on.

What I say and do has nothing to do with my audience. What actual beliefs do you think I'm making up for the sake of my audience or for money? Do you think I don't actually believe Starmer lied to become Labour leader, or that utilities shouldn't be nationalised, or Israel isn't committing genocide?

What actually happened is not I changed, but that reality changed. The Labour leadership swerved drastically to the right. Israel initiated a genocide with the support of the British government and indeed Labour party. It really is as simple as that!

I'm not after 'forgiveness' from anyone. All I'm going to do is keep saying what I think, however much I get screamed at, which has been my reality as long as I've had a platform.

It is right that I'm critiqued and challenged. But I am so bored of my critics of whatever persuasion obsessing over me as a person, and projecting on to me their own failings, which in your case could not be more screamingly obvious.

You believe in nothing. Devoid of any coherent principles or values, you are left claiming that those who despise are the same. Well, in actual fact, I think you realise we are actually driven by our principles and beliefs, which makes you hate us all the more.

[Samira Mohyeddin سمیرا @SMohyeddin]

Jewish filmmaker Sarah Friedland accepts award at the Venice Film festival.

“I am accepting this award on the 336th day of Israel’s genocide in Gaza and 76th year of occupation…I stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine in their struggle for liberation.”

[Ashok Kumar @comrade_kumar_]

This was a painful watch. You can actually hear his mouth get dryer and dryer as the interview progresses

[adam @AdameMedia]

Over 1 MILLION people gathered in London to protest Israel’s genøcide ✊🏻

This represents 1/8 of the population of London!

And is one of the largest protests in the history of Great Britain 🇬🇧🇵🇸

[Richard Bentall #FBPE @richardbentall.bsky.social @RichardBentall]

A brief 🧵 about Brexit denialism currently suffocating the country.

1/19 As a psychologist, I am all too aware that, when faced with emotionally challenging issues and threats, facing them can be very scary and the temptation is to avoid. Can entire nations act similarly? Yes.

[Peter Hein van Mulligen @phvmulligen]

In de meeste westerse landen piekten de misdaadcijfers in de jaren 1990, om daarna weer af te nemen. Dit was ook de periode waarin Generatie X (geboren tussen 1965 en 1980) in de leeftijd was dat mensen het vaakst misdrijven begaan. Een vermoedelijke oorzaak? 1/5

[Dorothea Baur (Dr.) @DorotheaBaur]

Eric Schmidt: just steal content from Tik Tok; if you're succcessful, you buy lawyers to clean the mess up, and “if nobody uses your product, it doesn’t matter that you stole all the content.” When companies put themselves above the law... @parismarx https://t.co/72Vi1BkZTy

[Owen Jones @owenjonesjourno]

Striking, isn’t it, how so many who legitimised Israel’s genocidal onslaught against Gaza have simply stopped talking about it.

Perhaps they think everyone will forget their complicity in one of the worst crimes of our age, and they’ll escape accountability.

Bad luck!

[Erik Verweij @erikpjverweij]

Er zijn valide argumenten vóór en tegen erfbelasting, maar het argument "dat geld is al belast" blijft bespottelijk. Moest vandaag toch echt btw betalen bij de supermarkt, terwijl mijn werkgever ook al loonbelasting heeft betaald.

[Josh Kaplan @js_kaplan]

I covered Jan 6 as an investigative reporter back in 2021. Ever since, I’d wondered: After the Capitol riot, where does the militia movement go from here?

So I spent the last few months getting inside the turbulent, secretive world of one of the largest militias in the US...

[Owen Jones @owenjonesjourno]

Israeli soldiers gang raped a Palestinian detainee.

Israeli television then hosted a debate about the pros and cons of raping Palestinians.

Yes, you are reading this correctly. This is happening. If you are still silent, what is it going to take?