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As the world finally punches back, was this the week Donald Trump went too far? | Jonathan Freedland
The US president took his bullying doctrine to Davos and hit a wall of opposition. If this creates a new western alliance against him, all to the good
The temptation is strong to hope that the storm has passed. To believe that a week that began with a US threat to seize a European territory, whether by force or extortion, has ended with the promise of negotiation and therefore a return to normality. But that is a dangerous delusion. There can be no return to normality. The world we thought we knew has gone. The only question now is what takes its place – a question that will affect us all, that is full of danger and that, perhaps unexpectedly, also carries a whisper of hope.
Forget that Donald Trump eventually backed down from his threats to conquer Greenland, re-holstering the economic gun he had put to the head of all those countries who stood in his way, the UK among them. The fact that he made the threat at all confirmed what should have been obvious since he returned to office a year ago: that, under him, the US has become an unreliable ally, if not an actual foe of its one-time friends.
Jonathan Freedland is a Guardian columnist
Continue reading...The US president has galvanised the Danish population against him, while Danes’ relations with Greenlanders are ‘under reparation’
For the last three weeks, 24 hours a day, Denmark has been consumed by discussions about whether or not Greenland, a largely self-governing part of the Danish kingdom, will be invaded by the US, the Danes’ closest ally.
“We got a wake-up call,” said Linea Obbekjær, 64, as she left a supermarket with her bike in Copenhagen’s sprawling Østerbro neighbourhood. “So we are thinking about what is important to us.” Many had been spurred by recent events to take action. “People want to do something,” said Obbekjær. “Not sit and look at the television, but go out and do something.”
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It’s been another busy week for Gianni Infantino. The Fifa head honcho spent Sunday in Rabat looking slightly sheepish as he stood alongside Morocco’s Prince Moulay Rachid. After trying his best not to hand the Afcon trophy to Senegal’s players, Big G moved front and centre again to console Brahim Díaz and present him with the award for the worst penalty ever taken tournament’s top scorer. Having reassured Díaz that, as president of Fifa, he makes colossal errors of judgment all the time and nobody seems to mind, Infantino then jetted back to his Alpine lair to check on the chances of Morocco and Senegal meeting at the Geopolitics World Cup.
Thomas Frank ascribes Tottenham’s knack issues to being ‘cursed or something like that’, heedless of the traditional remedy of a judicious sacrifice” – Nick Coupland.
Best uberkacktor (yesterday’s Football Daily letters)? Surely to be the best own goal the scorer must forget which way they are playing. I give you the finest of the genre” – Haydn Pyatt.
In search of the kacktor to end all kacktors, in 2016, Sammy Ndjock of Minnesota United gave Bournemouth a 2-0 lead with this gem that became an early entry for a gif when you type in ‘own goal’” – Dave Shelles.
I enjoyed learning about ‘Kacktor des Monats’ (yesterday’s letters). Perhaps Herr Arntz could advise us if the Germans have a term for ‘crappy football email of the day’?” – Michael Bland.
Just to say how chuffed I am that you chose my entry as your ‘letter o’ the day’ yesterday. Apparently Arnd Zeigler and his team were equally chuffed when I pointed out to them he had made it into Football Daily” – Holger H Arntz.
Not normally being one who fully reads, let alone bothers to write in response to owt written in your daily diatribe, yesterday’s edition has sparked my wrath and I’ve finally decided that I must concoct – with my left thumb – a ‘letter’. You quoted that well-known actor Timotheéeeeee Chalamet paying homage to the ‘English north-east accent’. Excited by the statement, hailing from Sunderland, I started to read … only to learn he was referring to the Hull accent. Since when has Hull been in the north east? Have you ever been further north than Leeds, or Manchester? Please learn some geography and realise that the north east starts (probably) north of the River Tees, passes the Rivers Wear and Tyne, and actually reaches the Scottish Borders. Within that magnificent region there are probably 10 distinct accents and not one ‘actor’ could master one of them, let alone all – take Vera as an example” – Kev Richardson.
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Vimeo is laying off employees around the world just months after Italian software company Bending Spoons completed its $1.38 billion acquisition of the video hosting platform. Dave Brown, Vimeo's former brand VP, described the cuts on LinkedIn as affecting "a large portion of the company." One video engineer claimed "almost everyone" was laid off, "including the entire video team," and another software engineer said he lost his job alongside "a gigantic amount of the company."
This marks Vimeo's second round of layoffs in less than six months. The company cut 10% of its workforce in September, just one week before Bending Spoons announced its acquisition plans. Bending Spoons has a history of post-acquisition layoffs at companies including WeTransfer, Filmic, and Evernote.
This marks Vimeo's second round of layoffs in less than six months. The company cut 10% of its workforce in September, just one week before Bending Spoons announced its acquisition plans. Bending Spoons has a history of post-acquisition layoffs at companies including WeTransfer, Filmic, and Evernote.
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Een maand niet drinken. Een maand niet roken. Een maand lang jezelf heruitvinden, liefst met een hashtag erbij. Challenges als Dry January en Stoptober zijn al jaren vaste prik op de kalender van de zelfverbetering. Maar zijn we na dertig dagen echt veranderd of vooral trots dat we het even hebben volgehouden?
Volgens gedragspsycholoog Roos Alink van Shift Gedrag is dat laatste vaker het geval dan we willen toegeven. “Een gewoonte in dertig dagen afleren is in de meeste gevallen niet genoeg. Het is eigenlijk een stuk genuanceerder dan dat”, zegt ze bij Radar. De populaire gedachte dat je in één maand je leven kunt resetten is erg aantrekkelijk, maar niet erg realistisch.
Complexe gewoontes
Dat zit ’m in de aard van gewoontes. Sommige zijn simpel te veranderen, maar vaak zijn ze taai. Wie zich voorneemt om elke ochtend een glas water te drinken of vaker te wandelen, heeft een redelijke kans dat dat binnen een maand lukt. Maar bij alcohol en roken ligt dat anders. “Je hebt complexere gewoontes, zoals verslavingen, die meer tijd nodig hebben om af te leren. Dit bereik je nooit binnen een maand. Dat wil niet zeggen dat een dertig dagen challenge geen goed idee is.”
Het verschil zit vooral in de context. “Roken of alcohol zijn moeilijker om af te leren omdat je zoveel verschillende sociale invloeden hebt op dat gedrag, wat het moeilijker maakt om daar een gewoonte van te maken.” Een verjaardag, een vrijdagmiddagborrel, stress na een lange werkdag. Het zijn allemaal momenten waarop goede voornemens sneuvelen.
Terugval
Daar komt bij dat gedragsverandering sowieso geen vast tijdspad kent. “Het kost tussen de achttien en 250 dagen om een nieuwe gewoonte aan te leren.” En dat is nog vrij optimistisch ingeschat. “Verslavingen hebben soms meer dan 250 dagen nodig.” Geen wonder dus dat veel deelnemers na Dry January in februari weer vrolijk inschenken. “Sommige mensen houden het vol, maar vallen daarna vaak terug in hun oude gedrag.”
Betekent dit dat die challenges zinloos zijn? Zeker niet. Mits je ze goed inzet. “Ik denk dat het een goed experiment is.” Vooral voor twijfelaars kan het werken. “Als je lang erover nadenkt om te stoppen met drinken, is zo’n challenge misschien wel hét moment om je dat laatste zetje te geven om te beginnen met iets af te leren.”
Proefrit
Zie het dus niet als een wondermiddel, maar als een proefrit. Of, zoals Alink het nuchter samenvat: “Je kan het zien als een detox of om te ervaren hoe het is om minder te drinken of roken. Dit kan een positief effect geven.” Maar verwacht geen magische metamorfose na dertig dagen. Gedrag laat zich niet haasten, ook niet met een hashtag.
Bron: Radar
Feyenoord haalde deze week twee nieuwe verdedigers binnen: Jeremiah St. Juste en Mats Deijl. In FC Rijnmond gaat het over dit duo en wat hun aantrekken zegt over de huidige staat van de Rotterdamse club.
Lawmakers and pro-Kremlin figures were quick to condemn the displays of luxury amid Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine.
Joy Machine is thrilled to present World in My Eyes, a duo exhibition of Chicago artists Kayla Mahaffey and Joseph Perez, a.k.a. Sentrock.
World in My Eyes is, first and foremost, rooted in the lives of everyday people. Both Sentrock and Mahaffey have long depicted friends and neighbors in their own Chicago neighborhoods, exploring how our city shapes its youngest residents. How are children cared for? How are their imaginations and dreams nurtured? These questions recur throughout both artists’ practices and always hinge on another: how do children thrive amid turmoil, whether political, cultural, or personal?
In World in My Eyes, Sentrock’s signature bird character meets Mahaffey’s energetic cast. Each artist confronts an underlying struggle—whether an unrealized dream or a physical need—not through an unrealistic swaddle of optimism but rather through the often-repeated idea that hope is a practice. For children, and for all of us seeking a better tomorrow, hope starts with courage.
An opening reception will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. on January 30. RSVP. See more from Mahaffey and Sentrock previously on Colossal.
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