Olivier Beys
Works at EU Parliament on circular economy and green industry transition | Founder of Tournevie tool library | Fond of commons projects and Brussels | www.tournevie.be
- Reposted by Olivier BeysHannah Arendt did not mince words, did she? 'Totalitarianism replaces all first-rate talents with crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.' From "The Origins of Totalitarianism" (1951)
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- Voici un excellent résumé pourquoi le traité avec le Mercosur n’est pas une bonne idée pour notre souveraineté, une idée pourtant défendue par bcp de commentateurs récemment
- L’accord UE-Mercosur et le piège de la réponse géopolitique à Donald Trump. saskiabricmont.eu/priorites/24...
- Reposted by Olivier Beys🇨🇦PM Carney just schooled our cowardly European leaders at #Davos. This speech was clearly aimed at them: "We must actively take on the world as it is, not wait around for a world we wish to be." "What does it mean for middle powers to live the truth? First it means naming reality..." (🧵1/6)
- Dit is precies het soort opvattingen die Europa naar de slachtbank hebben geleid. Zoals Mexico, Brazilië en China aantoonden moet je Trump weerstand bieden. Hij ziet militaire en commerciële chantage als een legitieme tactiek. Je moet hem tonen dat het niet werkt. www.standaard.be/opinies/eu-m...
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- It has never as clear as today. I would hope the people and political leaders act accordingly
- ‼️ Billionaire wealth jumps three times faster in 2025 to highest peak ever, sparking dangerous political inequality. Read Oxfam's new report ahead of #Davos 🔗 www.oxfam.org/en/press-rel... #RuleOfTheRich #FightInequality #TaxTheSuperRich #WEF26
- Pretty ironic to see the orange manchild in the White House throw tantrums like this, and accuse Europe of ‘civilisational decline’. As always, watch out for declining empires (like the US) as they flail wildly about them.
- Reposted by Olivier BeysIn sum, Europe has little to lose in hitting back hard. The hope here is Europe hits back hard and prompts Trump to deescalate, just as he has done on China. Thus by escalating Europe is also creating a pathway to deescalate this crisis.
- Excellent piece. Contrary to the ridiculous claims in the US NSS that Europe is in 'civilisational decline', it has never been as relevant as today. That is exactly why powers such as the US and China (and multinationals and techbros) actively attempt to undermine it. Elbows up, Europe!
- Europe Is Stronger Than Its Leaders Think My latest for @projectsyndicate.bsky.social to counter the dominant narrative of a weak EU doomed to fail prosyn.org/nsSlUOT
- Brilliant takedown of the technocrats in Europe 👌
- The MAGA elite is afraid of civilisational erasure in Europe and intends to boost the far right in upcoming elections. Sounds to me like they should be shitting their pants over their own demise. www.ft.com/content/f123...
- Shoutout to Bsky! X is cesspit filled to the brim with disinformation, porn and AI slop. It is poisoning our minds, societies and politics Now #Musk is using it to destroy the EU and boost the far right Sign this to call on your representatives to abandon X 📣 www.openpetition.eu/petition/onl...
- Project promotors are usually convinced that ‘their’ project will push out the others on the market, not the other way around. Or they have friends in high places, with big guns. There’s a logic in the madness.
- Despite the fact that the world is clearly oversupplied for oil in the coming years, it hasn't put a single dent in enthusiasm for accelerated expansion of new oil projects The idea that this industry operates on a rational or logical basis is itself irrational... productiongap.org/2025report/#...
- Great rant once again, reflecting about every sane person’s mood right now 👌
- Trump Vs The World. www.youtube.com/watch?v=296-...
- Europa heeft een probleem. En het zijn niet onze regeltjes om onze natuur en leefmilieu te beschermen, zoals ons alom wordt wijsgemaakt. Nee, het is onze cultuur. Case in point: een CEO zoals Dumarey, wiens uitspraken uit 2023 'have not aged well' to say the least. www.standaard.be/economie/aut...
- This is Trump's manchild Homeland Security Advisor. In light of these (and other) tantrums, we shouldn't be surprised to see the US acting as a wrecking ball to international relations. A remidner to do everything we can to isolate this regime -- contrary to the spiel of European leaders right now.
- Good summary
- Reposted by Olivier BeysGiven everything happening right now, I updated this article with options for weather apps, web forms, and translation services — along with some tweaks to existing categories. I hope it helps your transition off US tech!
- And in a country like Belgium, Tesla sales went down -50% in one year. Let this be a lesson to all that going far right is bad for business
- True today as it was then. That is, if our rulers stop foisting surrender deals and submission on us as they did in 2025.
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- About ten years in between these pics in Piran and Genoa respectively, still rooting for the protein transition; and especially in the meantime have truly discovered the secrets (and delights) of #tofu 👌
- American fascists taking the cue from European fascists of the past
- Projects like @tournevie.bsky.social prefigure a joyful and hopeful future. When the bubble bursts, models such as ours stand ready to provide economic and democratic security in contrast to the problematic techbro capitalist AI fever dream that divides and crushes people's agency and creativity 💪
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- Steengoed artikel in DS. De geïnterviewde experts leggen de vinger op de wonde wat betreft de modernisering (en per definitie vergroening) van chemie: het blijvend subsidiëren van de fossiele status quo, ondanks de miljardendividenden die weglekken uit ons land. 1/3 www.standaard.be/economie/hee...
- We zoeken een collega in ons team!
