Associate Prof of Private Law at Amsterdam Law School. Teaches EU consumer law, worries about climate catastrophe, sometimes writes at the intersection of these two - but also gets distracted more often than not.
Candida Leone
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In Dutch news - German tourist gets compensation because during the family’s vacation on Kos (Greece) they were never able to find a spot close to the swimming pool: the hotel prohibited (the very German practice of) using towels to claim spots in advance but did now enforce.
More than 40% of ships globally transport fossil fuels. Nearly all of them run on fossil fuels too.
One more thing about this: Roberts’ intervention to help coal and gas happened *before* Trump’s first term as president.
Trump’s stance on fossil fuels — like his climate denial — is an expression of Republican ideology.
Really — it’s not just Trump’s madness! The rot and lawlessness is systemic.
Should “settlers blocked pupils’ access” not be somewhere in the maim title I wonder? “israeli forces fire teargas at schoolchildren as settlers deny them access to school”?
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
The rich are getting richer. While the rest of us get squeezed. True in Europe, true around the world.
It’s we gotta keep organizing and fighting for polices that advance workers’ interests!
AI data centers will use up enough clean water for 1.3 bn people by 2030, according to a United Nations report.
We can live without as many data centres, but not clean water!
time.com/article/2026...
went from “you can’t use state money to present on LGBTQ topics” here in Florida to a Texas public university literally telling students that they can’t write about or study anybody but straight people.
Rogue state olympics. #ceasefire
They didn’t just double tap. They hunted her like an animal. First they sent her death threats. They struck her, then followed her to where she tried to take shelter & struck her there. They struck the rescue workers who came for her & only after hours, after she died, did they allow retrieval
Incident took place on first day back at school in small village, as settlers blocked pupils’ access
Duitser krijgt schadevergoeding om handdoekjeleggen op Kos
Wow. SCOTUS’s “shadow docket” was first established to stop the Clean Power Plan.
It’s remarkable how many assaults on democracy, or at least on established process, over the last decade have served to protect fossil-fuel interests from the energy transition.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...
The number of people with at least $30 million (€25.7m) in wealth is growing across Europe. Germany has by far the most ultra-rich, and continues to add more.
Who has the most ultra-rich in Europe in 2026 and where are they growing fastest?
https://l.euronews.com/5OS5
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Candida Leone
Childless Dog Lady is PISSED OFF 🍉🌺
Lina Mounzer
Khalil was killed and her colleague injured in what Lebanese officials are calling a 'double-tap' strike by Israel https://aje.news/5nsarp
De man en zijn gezin konden geen vrije zwembadstoel meer vinden, hoewel ze om 06.00 uur opstonden.
1. In a draconian new policy, Texas Tech is banning writing about LGBTQ+ topics.
The ban is the first don't say gay or trans policy to apply to students themselves.
It applies to any thesis/dissertation moving forward.
They are using AI to scan everything.
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The ban applies to theses and dissertations, and is expected to begin going into effect on a rolling basis.
