Thys Roes 🌌

Tech journalist/content creator/historian. Nature, space, drug policy, energy, American history 🍄🐈🌳🏡🌎🚀🌌 (aka Thijs Roes) 🇳🇱/🇺🇸

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I don't think Elon will be able to redeem himself. He should have stuck with rockets and EVs, but his god complex got the best of him.

History will judge hard on him despite his achievements a decade ago.

[Human Spaceflight @esaspaceflight]

📅 100 days
👥 6 volunteers
🔒 1 sealed research facility

What happens to us when we're cut off from the world?

The SOLIS100 study has officially begun in Germany to study the effects of isolation on humans: https://t.co/3TsCY8Jgfq

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@antalhorvath37 @SawyerMerritt That's the whole idea. You drive only if you need to - or if you don't know any better, like many tourists.

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Trump just did an April Fools speech. He performed a speech to the nation but said nothing.

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@warnerbros This is lovely. All these comments show what a cesspool of negativity X truly is.

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@ronrule @SeanR_1 @Microinteracti1 If that is indeed your retort, we can all sleep safely here. You speak in fiction, and prove you don't understand how (comfortable) life in Europe actually is.

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@ronrule @Microinteracti1 Bye! Have fun unraveling the world you built and gave you prosperity. We're going to be fine without you guys.

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@Microinteracti1 Europe could learn a few things from relationship therapy, yes.

[Gandalv @Microinteracti1]

Donald Trump: “NATO is nothing without America.”

Meloni: “Perfect. Then Europe will close the U.S. bases, tear up the sweetheart trade deals, and, just to make the message land, boycott McDonald’s too.”

That is the blunt reality: if Washington wants to talk like protection is a one way favor, Europe can answer like a partner with leverage, not a dependent begging for permission.

And honestly, that tone is long overdue. When someone says “you are nothing without me,” the correct reply is not gratitude. It is boundaries.

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@AP4Liberty You're really trying to do everything in your might to make that happen.

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@Acyn Americans have a hard time understanding that the American dream looks like an American nightmare to us very often. We're very happy with our healthcare, safety and public services.

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Does America have friends left? Except maybe some oil states in the Middle East?

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@FinalTelegraph @america You sound psychotic.

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@levelsio I have not had that experience in the Netherlands at all. Except when I was very young, maybe.

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This was a really good speech, but the free world will need to stand up together against the United States - if it cares about its former friend and its own security.

[𝔗𝔯𝔲𝔱𝔥 𝔐𝔞𝔱𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔰 @politicsusa46]

For anyone who would like to hear Mark Carney’s outstanding Davos speech in full here it is. This is what true global leadership looks like.

Canada should be immensely proud today, because they are leading the fight back when others dare not.

🎥 TikTok - https://t.co/BExGV2YIDq

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@SecRubio You guys are unraveling the American world order.

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Europe should stop thinking we can negotiate with the USA and take the pain of confronting the United States. I uploaded this two days ago but would obviously add that this is just a small part in what Europe needs to do now to confront Trump's imperialism.

https://t.co/H2Caa50UOD

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I've had the same TV for 16 years now, and I still don't see a good reason why I would want to upgrade...

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@WhiteHouse That the White House account is raped for purposes like these. Insane.

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I'm seeing 50 foreigners and supposedly 140 locals are locked up in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) after testing positive on drugs - after a raid on a night club call The Lighthouse, which had a full house because it was closing down after the last party on Saturday. Quite remarkable.

I'm hearing they're sleeping on the floor and embassies have not been informed yet. #HoChiMinhCity https://t.co/irY69FkOKB

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@KappaCheatma @lugubrious_lad @wanyeburkett I thought the US was pro business. Why not incentivice green card holders to start a business? You have to stay in the country for years to be eligible.