Timothy Roes

@TimothyRoes
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Lawyer, dad, academic | #EUlaw, #constitutional law, #internationallaw | Antwerp, BE
~Put your panic on a hold / amplify your very soul~

Why the abundant availability of renewable energy in NL, GER and BE doesn't lead to lower energy prices (unlike in Spain). Apparently wind energy isn't well connected to the transmission grid so a big chunk of it goes unused?!

https://www.euractiv.com/opinion/europes-electricity-market-isnt-broken-its-working-exactly-as-designed/

Given what it's gonna do to the world economy when the bubble will burst I think it's better if we drop all references to intelligence and just start calling it subprime computing

Isn't it interesting how, in the last few years, national criminal investigations have served as a check on EU power? Remember the Belgian investigations into MEP Kaili and the College of Europe funding, now France investigates the former head of Frontex.

In US constitutional law this would likely be seen as interference with federal powers, but under EU law, it's a healthy demonstration of EU #federalism, in the spirit of Federalist 51.

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2026/03/24/french-judge-probes-former-eu-border-chief-for-complicity-in-crimes-against-humanity_6751767_7.html

French judge probes former EU border chief for complicity in crimes against humanity

Fabrice Leggeri, now a far-right member of the European Parliament, was accused of tolerating pushbacks of asylum seekers during a seven-year spell as Frontex chief that began in 2015.

Le Monde
Ordered 16GB of Hynix RAM on eBay for €90. It doesn’t work in my server. Was it too good to be true?

In 2020, the European Commission pledged to restrict the export of hazardous pesticides banned within the EU.

Nothing happened and nothing will happen.

Politics, trade tensions and industry pressure have exposed the growing discrepancy between the EU’s environmental ambitions at home and its practices abroad.

👇

https://www.euractiv.com/news/political-shift-in-brussels-clouds-toxic-pesticide-export-ban-pledge/

Updated "greek task list":

orphean task: when you almost succeed, but lose everything the moment you turn around to check your progress.

daedalean task: when you’re forced to design something brilliant and functional… that you yourself will inevitably become trapped inside.

medusan task: when your project becomes so horrifying that everyone involved freezes in place rather than deal with it.

tantaline task: when success is right there, but bureaucracy or budget cuts keep snatching it away at the last moment, forever.

pandoran task: when fixing one small issue unleashes a thousand new ones, but hey — at least there’s still hope somewhere in the ticket backlog.

odyssean task: when the assignment technically has an end, but it’s buried under so many side quests that you forget what the original goal was.

narcissian task: when the entire effort is about maintaining appearances rather than achieving anything of substance.

promethean task: when you give people a powerful new tool that could transform their work — and are punished eternally for doing so.

orestian task: when the mess you’re cleaning up is the direct result of the last cleanup you performed.

thesean task: when the only way to finish is to disassemble everything piece by piece — until you’re no longer sure if what’s left is the same project you started.

achillean task: when your work is flawless except for that one fatal oversight that will, inevitably, destroy you.

penelopean task: when you diligently undo by night what you accomplish by day, just to keep the stakeholders pacified.

midasean task: when everything you touch turns into paperwork, compliance documents, or gold-plated nonsense nobody actually needs.

gordian task: not intended to be actually done, but violence is the answer.

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Door minder dieren te fokken en te doden in ons land, los je in één klap zoveel problemen op.

De wooncrisis. De natuurcrisis. De stikstofcrisis. Maar ook schade aan onze waterkwaliteit, onze gezondheid en het klimaat. En natuurlijk: je voorkomt ontzettend veel dierenleed 💔🐷

De oplossing ligt recht voor ons. Maar de politiek blijft zorgvuldig om de roze olifant in de kamer heen draaien 🤦‍♀️

Today, in #PoliciesThatMakeNoSense: in #flanders gas heating is still cheaper than using a heat pump ... because taxes. No worries, it will be remedied by ... 2032. By all means, take your time.

🌍 It’s the #InternationalDayOfWomenJudges!

Today, we honour Fidelma O’Kelly Macken, who was appointed the first woman Judge at the Court of Justice in 1999. ⚖️

Her legacy continues to inspire new generations.

#WomenInLaw #EULaw #CJEU