Wouter
@wvanparys.bsky.social
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Used to say what people didn't think. Runs, reads, tries to learn. English, Dutch, French, a bit German. Gent, Belgium. I'm not Innocentius X.
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Israel has already killed least 51 people in Gaza since the ceasefire came into effect, now it’s resuming airstrikes.
BREAKING: The Israeli military says it has begun a wave of air attacks on southern Gaza as the precarious ceasefire comes under threat.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/7g8svh
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1912 house by Henri Van Massenhove for sale in Schaerbeek. I don't know if the art nouveau wall paintings are original, but here they are anyway.
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Maybe they're Bonapartist extremists and this was their game plan all along - is it an accident that France is in the middle of a constitutional crisis?
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DMs open, if you want those links from AAUP.
Fellow US faculty, it might be a good idea to begin drafting resolutions opposing the Trump loyalty oaths, if you haven't already. Happy to share some resources sent around by the AAUP yesterday, if interested--just DM me.
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I'm thinking this through further and there is no difference between deporting people to form a "culturally coherent group of people" and Hitler saying jews could not be aryan.

Caution around Godwin's Law should be dropped. Katie Lam has openly supported nazi ideology.
She said both that integration matters but was very pessimistic about how possible it is after *many* generations

Language of "a mostly but not entirely culturally coherent group of people" conveys a sense that *some* people may remain too visibly different, somehow, to be "culturally coherent"
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Sofia “Mamma Erasmus” Corradi, founder of the EU student exchange programme that sent 16 million students abroad, has died in Rome at 91.
Sofia Corradi, founder of the Erasmus programme, dies aged 91
Sofia Corradi, founder of the Erasmus programme, dies aged 91
www.brusselstimes.com
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"Breaking in through a window" just seems a little anti-climatic when you hear someone robbed the Louvre. If there isn't at least one fake briefcase, a copy of a horse statue, and a helicopter used are they even trying?
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I am pleased at how thoroughly this bit of understanding about authoritarianism has become mainstream in the US.
Pritzker: Throughout history we've learned that tyranny doesn't arrive with dramatic proclamations. Most times it comes quietly wrapped in the language of law and order, with fingers pointed at someone who doesn't look like you, promising safety while demanding that we sacrifice our neighbors.
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🚨 NEWS: Colombian President Gustavo Petro accuses U.S. government officials of murder and violating Colombia’s sovereignty and says the Trump-ordered strike of a boat in the Caribbean killed a fisherman named Alejandro Carranza.
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This remarkable bronze cobra with eyes inlaid with glass paste likely originated from a workshop in Alexandria.
The cobra motif is prevalent in Egyptian iconography, symbolizing royal authority and safeguarding against the Pharaoh's enemies.
The Greek author Plutarch indicates that...🧵1/2

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24 years of satellite data reveal a dynamic, cyclic pattern of ice shelf damage across Antarctica.

Damage, linked to flow acceleration, strain, and thinning, shows strong sensitivity to climate warming, suggesting current models may underestimate future retreat.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Damage development on Antarctic ice shelves sensitive to climate warming - Nature Climate Change
Damages such as crevasses or cracks can be early indicators of ice shelf weakening. Here, the authors quantify changes in damage structures in Antarctic ice sheets, which show sensitivity to warming
www.nature.com
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I hope each and every one of the fascists who rule this country read this and choke.
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What obviously links Trump II's justification for murdering people off the coast of Venezuela and its characterizations of No Kings is that it is willing to lie.

But its claims are so over the top that it's clear to everyone (Dems and MAGA alike, as well as the press) that the govt is lying.
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I’ve seen just one counter-protester at No Kings San Diego. He’s got a Trump 2024 flag and this guy has been following him around for probably an hour playing Benny Hill and circus music.
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Historians are gonna have such a weird time talking about this moment in history
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Vertel aan alle oudere mensen hoe oplichters te werk gaan. En dat je altijd, wat het verhaal ook is, even naar je kinderen moet bellen om te dubbelchecken. Ook als ze zeggen dat dat niet kan/mag/geen tijd voor is. Een tante van ons werd opgelicht met een verhaal waarvan (1)
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Een marathon onder de twee uur lopen? Dan moet je meer eten
www.demorgen.be/sport/een-ma...
*dan moet je (oa)
- uit Oost-Afrika komen
- in staat zijn 250 km/w te lopen (incl hoge intensieve trainingen)
- max 60 kg wegen
-minstens een VO2 max van 80 hebben
(slim koolhydraten eten kan ook helpen 😉)
Een marathon onder de twee uur lopen? Dan moet je meer eten
Nieuwe inzichten in de voedingsleer helpen duursporters aan betere prestaties. Brengt de zogeheten koolhydratenrevolutie de magische barrière van twee uur op de marathon dichterbij?
www.demorgen.be
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The White House Bluesky account @whitehouse-47.bsky.social is currrently followed by fewer than 5000 accounts. Over 65.000 accounts have blocked it.

Source: ClearSky: clearsky.app/whitehouse-4...
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Today, Lower Silesia celebrates 15 years as a voivodeship and, as they put it, 80 years of ‘postwar Lower Silesia.’ Whatever the occasion, just wanted to relaunch my posting with this photo from around 8 years ago. That’s exactly when my research started — and so did my layered love for the region.