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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 1h

The Rider

Naomi Shihab Nye, 1952

A boy told me if he roller-skated fast enough his loneliness couldn't catch up to him, the best reason I ever heard for trying to be a champion. What I wonder tonight pedaling hard down King William Street is if it translates to bicycles. A victory! To leave your loneliness panting behind you on some street corner while you float free into a cloud of sudden azaleas, pink petals that have never felt loneliness, no matter how slowly they fell.

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Maria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 13h

Hannah Arendt, born on this day in 1906, on human nature vs. culture, what equality really means, and how language confers reality upon our existence www.themarginalian.org/2017/04/04/h...

Hannah Arendt on Human Nature vs. Culture, What Equality Really Means, and How Our Language Confers Reality Upon Our Experience

“An experience makes its appearance only when it is being said. And unless it is said it is, so to speak, non-existent.”

www.themarginalian.org

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Angélique van Drunen 🇪🇺 @avdrunen.bsky.social · 5h

Nepnieuws. Het is immers GroenLinks-PvdA, niet PvdA-GroenLinks. @groenlinks-pvda.bsky.social

De Speld @speld.nl · 6h

PvdA/GL verspreidt genuanceerde AI-plaatjes van mensen die ondanks hun meningsverschillen gewoon in gesprek blijven

Na bekendmaking van het nieuws dat minstens twee PVV-kamerleden racistische en xenofobe AI-plaatjes en video’s maken en verspreiden, slaat PvdA/GL nu terug.

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International Committee of the Red Cross @icrc.org · 6h

Israel and the Occupied Territories | Last night, we facilitated the transfer of four deceased hostages to Israeli authorities.

Our teams also facilitated the transfer of 45 deceased Palestinians to Gaza.

Read more: ms.spr.ly/63326s4Tdn

"We know that the families won't give up on their loved ones, and neither will we – we are prepared to fulfil our role for as long as it takes, and as agreed by the parties. It is the responsibility of the parties to search for, collect, and evacuate human remains. The parties must endeavor to facilitate the return of the remains of the deceased to their families. The ICRC can fulfil its functions as a neutral intermediary only through the cooperation of all actors, and within the framework of the current agreement.”

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 6h

The real challenge for tech bros is striking the fine balance between completely destroying humanity and retaining enough of it that their billions are still worth something.

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🇺🇦 paul q. brussée @paulbrussee.bsky.social · 7h

'De denkende voorhoede is inmiddels aanbeland bij de invloed van sociale media op de kiezer (“nepnieuws!”, ”influencers!”), terwijl achter hun rug bedrijven, autocraten en investeerders plannen maken voor een afscheid van het staatsbegrip.’ Maxim Februari

@nrc.nl
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 17h

Thou sayest the King grows mad, I’ll tell thee, friend,
I am almost mad myself.

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Angélique van Drunen 🇪🇺 @avdrunen.bsky.social · 17h

Het was een soort toneelstukje, @arnonyy.bsky.social die vragen stelde aan Coetzee die de antwoorden had voorbereid en ze vanaf papier voorlas. Maar wel een leuk toneelstukje met goede acteurs die niet probeerden te verbergen dat ze acteerden. - www.crossingborder.nl/nl/upcoming-... #crossingborder

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Angélique van Drunen 🇪🇺 @avdrunen.bsky.social · 1d

'Meer humanities in de bèta, niet andersom' @felienne.bsky.social -
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

Opinie | Met programmeren bereik je niet een betere digitale wereld

Programmeren: Een inclusievere digitale wereld moet nog steeds het streven zijn, schrijft Felienne Hermans. Maar de manier daarvoor is niet om meer mensen de wereld van de programmeertalen in te lokke...

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 2d

Lawren Harris’ Mountain Forms, 1926

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ART @art.bsky.social · 8d

Kandinsky, analytical drawings (Dance Curves)
#art

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Levi @levi98k.bsky.social · 2d

Hoi @nu.nl

www.nu.nl/binnenland/6...

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland | Nesrine Malik

Western leaders attending the Sharm el-Sheikh summit have enabled and sponsored this slaughter. They are in no position to build a Palestinian future, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

www.theguardian.com

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 2d

“She'll die.”
“Aye. That's a consequence of being alive.”

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Angélique van Drunen 🇪🇺 @avdrunen.bsky.social · 2d

Trending: (big) arches.

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Angélique van Drunen 🇪🇺 @avdrunen.bsky.social · 2d

Bij metrostation De Pijp in Amsterdam schalt klassiek door de luidsprekers. Vast bedoeld om hangjongeren te weren, maar ik vind dat heel fijn wachten.

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Angélique van Drunen 🇪🇺 @avdrunen.bsky.social · 3d

Nou, wij waren met meer.

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 3d

www.blipfoto.com/entry/1953693

a street sign
there and back again lane
Bristol

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www.slowtravelberlin.com @slowberlin.bsky.social · 3d

Berlin-Tiergarten, 1945 - civilians growing vegetables next to the ruins of the Reichstag.

Photographer unknown.

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Angélique van Drunen 🇪🇺 @avdrunen.bsky.social · 3d

En dan wandelschoenen en een meter boeken mee.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3d

Splendid isolation: 10 beautifully remote getaways in the UK

From a Scottish island lighthouse to a lakeside cabin in Cornwall, these secluded places to stay are bound to reinvigorate and inspire

www.theguardian.com

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 3d

Estonia has closed the Saatse border crossing with Russia due to an unusually large Russian military presence on the other side. The Estonian Police and Border Guard (PPA) noted increased patrols and military movements that were much higher than normal, which were deemed beyond routine activities.

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 3d

9-yr-old Ukrainian Sasha Paskal has won gold&bronze medals at the All-Ukrainian Rhythmic Gymnastics Competition "Black Sea Cup"

In the summer of 2022she was seriously injured by a Russian strike and underwent a leg amputation

Sasha didn’t give up.She went through rehabilitation
📹bokareva.solovey.m

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Angélique van Drunen 🇪🇺 @avdrunen.bsky.social · 4d

You know who else had an arch built during his presidency?
- architecturetoday.co.uk/reflections-...

- fresques.ina.fr/mitterrand/p...

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Angélique van Drunen 🇪🇺 @avdrunen.bsky.social · 4d

Ik ga je boek kopen. Daarom mag ik elitair zeggen dat ik verbaasd ben over de ietwat middelmatige kennis van Le Coultre van de geschiedenis van studentenverenigingen: 'die waren er toen blijkbaar ook al'. Behoorlijk lang ja: www.historischnieuwsblad.nl/hoe-studente... @historischnwsbl.bsky.social

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