Brigitte van der Sande
brigittevdsande.bsky.social
Brigitte van der Sande
@brigittevdsande.bsky.social
Art historian specialised in war as a daily, first-hand reality, cultural entrepreneur, founder of Other Futures (https://otherfutures.nl/en/), cook.

Now working on Culture House f.k.a. the Cannibals https://dekannibalen.nl/
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Absolutely shocking bsky.app/profile/tevi...
Maybe we all should be wearing tin foil hats🤷.
August 16, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Als de asielwet een meerderheid krijgt, zullen ongedocumenteerde mensen en iedereen die hen helpt strafbaar worden. Mail nu naar NSC-Kamerleden om dit tegen te houden! campagnes.degoedezaak.org/campaigns/ns...
Roep NSC op geen mens illegaal te maken: stop de asielwet!
Als de Tweede Kamer morgen voor de asielwet stemt, zullen ongedocumenteerde mensen strafbaar worden. Ook organisaties en mensen die hen helpen, kunnen dan vervolgd worden. Mail nu naar NSC-Kamerleden ...
campagnes.degoedezaak.org
July 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Kenyan #journalist Alvin Kaunda was reporting live from Nairobi when a curious baby #elephant, Kindani, decided to join the broadcast. The playful elephant stuck her trunk in Alvin's mouth, making for a hilarious moment! A joyful reminder of wildlife's charm and the work of the Sheldrick Trust!
April 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Nazi Skynet: “Powering the Kill Chain”
www.mind-war.com/p/nazi-skyne...
Nazi Skynet: “Powering the Kill Chain”
What could go wrong with the PayPal Mafia’s ‘Golden Dome’?
www.mind-war.com
April 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Tesla runs a subsidiary in Amsterdam – one that, on paper, resembles a giant car factory. It pulled in €26 billion in revenue last year, nearly a third of the company’s global turnover. But Tesla builds no car there – and pays almost no corporate tax in the Netherlands.
Shifting profits? Inside Tesla’s tax tactics in the Netherlands
Tesla is facing increasingly negative press, with falling sales globally attributed in part to the polarising politics of its CEO Elon Musk. The electric vehicle pioneer’s tax affairs have also come u...
www.ftm.eu
April 12, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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AI and social media merging www.theverge.com/openai/64813...
OpenAI is building a social network
ChatGPT versus X?
www.theverge.com
April 17, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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This is a very good point. About a very feeble excuse.
April 15, 2025 at 5:12 AM
So many fiction novels come to mind, but this is the US today. Shocking.
It sounds like something from a lawless or dictatorial foreign country, but it's happening here: Masked men are snatching students off the street and shipping them to far-flung detention centers.
The Biggest Scandal of the Second Trump Term Isn’t “Signalgate”
The national-security chat debacle certainly merits attention. But the Trump administration is now blatantly disappearing students and others who are in the country legally.
newrepublic.com
March 28, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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February 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Americans proposed that Ukraine concede half of the profits from its mineral rights in perpetuity... in exchange for essentially nothing. This is not a monetary proposition, let alone a "deal," but rather the demand that Ukraine become a permanent American colony.
snyder.substack.com/p/recoup-the...
"Recoup the costs"
The sadism of American policy to war-torn Ukraine
snyder.substack.com
February 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The Democrats don’t have a Plan B. Moodie totally nails it.
February 12, 2025 at 7:07 AM
mubi.com/en/nl/films/...

Beautiful movie by director Wanuri Kahiu, known for the scifi film Pumzi, the fantasy drama Look Both Ways and many more.

#LGBTQ+ #Kenia #Wanuri #Afrobubblegum #shapeshifter
Watch Rafiki (2018) on MUBI
In Nairobi, Kenya, Kena and Ziki long for a life beyond their circumstances. Despite the political rivalry between their families, the two girls support each other in pursuing their dreams within a co...
mubi.com
February 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
In Edgelanders: Amsterdam On Trial werken kunstenaars Ehsan Fardjadniya en Raul Balai aan een aanklacht tegen Amsterdam n.a.v. haar behandeling van ongedocumenteerden.

brakkegrond.nl/agenda/717/r...

#Amsterdamontrial #mensenrechten #ongedocumenteerden #vluchtelingen #volkstribunaal #performance
February 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Syrian queer artist Qaduda reflects on the harrowing, daily experience they went through during the past year: the endless cycle of death and destruction in Palestine, Lebanon, and beyond.

untoldmag.org/and-i-return...

#LGBTQ+ #untoldstories #art #illustration #criticaljournalism
February 3, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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THE GOOD OL' TOMORROW

Playing around with nostalgic memories from the future. Happy Sunday everyone!

#ai #tomorrow #midjourney #flux #krea #pimento #robots #babies #polaroid #family #living #future #kling #veo2
February 2, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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This Art Fair is organizing a great art fair from June 5 to 8, location: Open Door Space in Amsterdam. Are you a visual artist with an enterprising nature? Looking for customers, useful tips and a new network? See:
thisartfair.com
thisartfair.com/this-2025-ho...
Register no later than: 09/03
February 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Well played governor.
February 1, 2025 at 12:22 AM
At first glance, I thought: great!

Until I remembered the subversion of the Situationist practice of ‘derive’ and ‘détournement’ by Israeli military in the beginning of 2000s.

See Eyal Weizman’s article Lethal Theory for 2030: War Zone Amsterdam, 2009 : www.onlineopen.org/lethal-theory
UK Ministry of Defence enlists sci-fi writers to prepare for dystopian futures
Imaginations of science fiction community used to help policymakers prepare for potential crises in Britain
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Gotta love ppl who work in book shops
January 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Cannot stop thinking about how Octavia Butler wrote a book in 1993 about climate change. It opens with deadly fires in LA in 2025. In the story, a fascist President has just won office with the campaign slogan "Make America Great Again."

She was a modern day Nostradamus. If only we'd listened.
January 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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So pleased to see THE IMPOSITION OF UNNECESSARY OBSTACLES on this Esquire list of the best SFF of 2024 from @mollytempleton.bsky.social 💜💙💜 especially for a sequel, it's an amazing honor!

www.esquire.com/entertainmen...
The 30 Best Sci-Fi Books of 2024
This year’s best sci-fi outings are full of questions about how we might live differently with one another, on our troubled planet or in the farthest reaches of space.
www.esquire.com
December 12, 2024 at 11:39 AM
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This story was originally written in French, now translated into English: globalvoices.org/2024/12/08/i...
In Burkina Faso, the artist Fasky uses photography to promote resilience and social engagement
In Africa, artistic gatherings serve as excellent platforms for activists aiming to draw attention to social issues and human rights.
globalvoices.org
December 11, 2024 at 10:12 AM