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Nederlands bluesky, alsjeblieft. Gebruik alt-text. Beschrijf je afbeeldingen, zodat blinde en slechtziende mensen ook volledig mee kunnen doen hier.
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More music with a guitar
December 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
More music with a guitar
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We will be reporting on this protest today.
Watch this thread at 12 as that will be when the protest is scheduled to start.
Watch this thread at 12 as that will be when the protest is scheduled to start.
Gonna be going to the girl guiding protest in London to do some live reporting.
Should be interesting to see.
One thing I learnt from my scout leader parents is that guide leaders and scout leaders can organise really bloody well.
Should be interesting to see.
One thing I learnt from my scout leader parents is that guide leaders and scout leaders can organise really bloody well.
December 13, 2025 at 10:17 AM
We will be reporting on this protest today.
Watch this thread at 12 as that will be when the protest is scheduled to start.
Watch this thread at 12 as that will be when the protest is scheduled to start.
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December 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
For a limited time only, snag the signed, limited edition paperback of @derekkunsken.bsky.social 's SciFi novella POLLEN FROM A FUTURE HARVEST (set 40 years before THE QUANTUM MAGICIAN) exclusively from our website for only 2.99 wherever you are in the world!
Buy now: https://geni.us/Solarissale
Buy now: https://geni.us/Solarissale
@eliwray.bsky.social wait wait wait, poly space opera next year?!?! I need that in my life! (or well... On my ereader 😋)
December 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
@eliwray.bsky.social wait wait wait, poly space opera next year?!?! I need that in my life! (or well... On my ereader 😋)
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Once again, I need people to stop confusing the order of your awareness with the order of oppression.
Ableism is not new. The popularity of ableist beliefs, including those about ADHD, is not new, and it’s pretty insulting to watch you “discover” it like a European guy tripping over a continent.
Ableism is not new. The popularity of ableist beliefs, including those about ADHD, is not new, and it’s pretty insulting to watch you “discover” it like a European guy tripping over a continent.
December 9, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Once again, I need people to stop confusing the order of your awareness with the order of oppression.
Ableism is not new. The popularity of ableist beliefs, including those about ADHD, is not new, and it’s pretty insulting to watch you “discover” it like a European guy tripping over a continent.
Ableism is not new. The popularity of ableist beliefs, including those about ADHD, is not new, and it’s pretty insulting to watch you “discover” it like a European guy tripping over a continent.
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Ik dacht even een kort artikeltje/draadje te schrijven over de woekerpraktijken van Klarna en hoe rampzalig dat soort kredieten in de VS uitpakken.
Maar ik ben in een gat gevallen over 'open finance' en het (mogelijke) échte verdienmodel van Klarna.
🧵Klarna: gegevensdief vermomd als krediethaai
Maar ik ben in een gat gevallen over 'open finance' en het (mogelijke) échte verdienmodel van Klarna.
🧵Klarna: gegevensdief vermomd als krediethaai
Spaar schulden met de #klarna schuldenpas. Geen limiet, daar doen we niet aan. Schulden moet en zal je hebben, zoveel mogelijk. En het liefst vanaf zo jong mogelijke leeftijd.
- nos.nl/l/2593308
- nos.nl/l/2593308
Betaalpas voor achteraf betalen in winkels al 70.000 keer gedownload, AFM bezorgd
Sinds september kunnen klanten ook in fysieke winkels achteraf betalen met betaaldienst Klarna. De Autoriteit Financiële Markten (AFM) maakt zich grote zorgen over deze stap.
nos.nl
December 7, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Ik dacht even een kort artikeltje/draadje te schrijven over de woekerpraktijken van Klarna en hoe rampzalig dat soort kredieten in de VS uitpakken.
Maar ik ben in een gat gevallen over 'open finance' en het (mogelijke) échte verdienmodel van Klarna.
🧵Klarna: gegevensdief vermomd als krediethaai
Maar ik ben in een gat gevallen over 'open finance' en het (mogelijke) échte verdienmodel van Klarna.
🧵Klarna: gegevensdief vermomd als krediethaai
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Bluesky’s head of trust & safety responding with a sarcastic image macro to a woman upset her husband was kidnapped by ICE is embarrassingly unprofessional & cruel behavior.
that account was then banned by Bluesky Trust & Safety. horrendously poor community management. what purpose does this serve?
that account was then banned by Bluesky Trust & Safety. horrendously poor community management. what purpose does this serve?
December 8, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Bluesky’s head of trust & safety responding with a sarcastic image macro to a woman upset her husband was kidnapped by ICE is embarrassingly unprofessional & cruel behavior.
that account was then banned by Bluesky Trust & Safety. horrendously poor community management. what purpose does this serve?
that account was then banned by Bluesky Trust & Safety. horrendously poor community management. what purpose does this serve?
Yeah... Some of the St. Nicolaas stories are dark!
As a Dutch person, I was aware of this one.
As a Dutch person, I was aware of this one.
are YOU one of today's ten thousand to find out about the story of st. nicholas resurrecting four boys who'd been killed by a butcher and put in a pickling tub????
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
Saint Nicholas with the Three Boys in the Pickling Tub - South Netherlandish - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy.
www.metmuseum.org
December 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Yeah... Some of the St. Nicolaas stories are dark!
As a Dutch person, I was aware of this one.
As a Dutch person, I was aware of this one.
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My org @fightforthefuture.org has been “de-googling” for the last year.
We’re totally off Google suite, Google docs, Drive, Calendar.
We’re using Signal and Element for chat, Nextcloud for docs, etc
Planning to publish a “how to” guide for other nonprofits and activist groups soonish.
We’re totally off Google suite, Google docs, Drive, Calendar.
We’re using Signal and Element for chat, Nextcloud for docs, etc
Planning to publish a “how to” guide for other nonprofits and activist groups soonish.
December 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
My org @fightforthefuture.org has been “de-googling” for the last year.
We’re totally off Google suite, Google docs, Drive, Calendar.
We’re using Signal and Element for chat, Nextcloud for docs, etc
Planning to publish a “how to” guide for other nonprofits and activist groups soonish.
We’re totally off Google suite, Google docs, Drive, Calendar.
We’re using Signal and Element for chat, Nextcloud for docs, etc
Planning to publish a “how to” guide for other nonprofits and activist groups soonish.
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Even if this wasn't official, it's ludicrous to ban trans women when several trans women streamers made the game popular.
Several teams of female gamers have dropped out of the Dead by Daylight Women's World Cup after trans women were banned.
Women gamers boycott global esports tournament over trans ban
Several teams of female gamers have dropped out of the Dead by Daylight Women's World Cup after trans women were banned.
bit.ly
December 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Even if this wasn't official, it's ludicrous to ban trans women when several trans women streamers made the game popular.
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I don't think Netflix should get to eat anything else until it finishes all the prematurely cancelled shows on its plate
December 6, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I don't think Netflix should get to eat anything else until it finishes all the prematurely cancelled shows on its plate
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I know there are a lot of genocides going on and it's hard to keep track of them all (which is in and if itself terrifying and horrific), but please remember what's being done to trans people in the United States is genocide too. Our community is being criminalized and erased.
December 6, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I know there are a lot of genocides going on and it's hard to keep track of them all (which is in and if itself terrifying and horrific), but please remember what's being done to trans people in the United States is genocide too. Our community is being criminalized and erased.
@meredith.cc Oh hey! You're here too!
December 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
@meredith.cc Oh hey! You're here too!
I'm... I'm in shock. What the fuck. WHAT THE FUCK!
December 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I'm... I'm in shock. What the fuck. WHAT THE FUCK!
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I built myself a flight tracker that shows airplanes on an old cash register display!
samuel.karp.dev/blog/2025/12...
samuel.karp.dev/blog/2025/12...
December 6, 2025 at 8:31 AM
I built myself a flight tracker that shows airplanes on an old cash register display!
samuel.karp.dev/blog/2025/12...
samuel.karp.dev/blog/2025/12...
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Gouke Moes hoopt dat er nog een omroep is die alsnog een artiest wil klaarstomen voor het Songfestival, want “een groot deel van Nederland wil dat graag”. Nou Gouke M., er is ook een groot deel v NL dat het volledig eens is met de beslissing v AvroTros om NIET mee te doen. Accepteer dat.
#Kockelman
#Kockelman
December 5, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Gouke Moes hoopt dat er nog een omroep is die alsnog een artiest wil klaarstomen voor het Songfestival, want “een groot deel van Nederland wil dat graag”. Nou Gouke M., er is ook een groot deel v NL dat het volledig eens is met de beslissing v AvroTros om NIET mee te doen. Accepteer dat.
#Kockelman
#Kockelman
In Stockholm! First time in Sweden 🇸🇪
My discoveries so far:
- why is the public transport signage so BAD?
- it gets dark so early! It's not even 4pm and the sun is down
-... A windmill? I thought I LEFT the Netherlands this morning?
My discoveries so far:
- why is the public transport signage so BAD?
- it gets dark so early! It's not even 4pm and the sun is down
-... A windmill? I thought I LEFT the Netherlands this morning?
December 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
In Stockholm! First time in Sweden 🇸🇪
My discoveries so far:
- why is the public transport signage so BAD?
- it gets dark so early! It's not even 4pm and the sun is down
-... A windmill? I thought I LEFT the Netherlands this morning?
My discoveries so far:
- why is the public transport signage so BAD?
- it gets dark so early! It's not even 4pm and the sun is down
-... A windmill? I thought I LEFT the Netherlands this morning?
Waiting at my gate at Schiphol. Usually I'm at gates so much at the end of those huge halls Schiphol has, where the nearest coffee point is at least three gates away (and usually closed, so lovely people like @didichanoch.bsky.social have to rescue me 😂).
December 3, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Waiting at my gate at Schiphol. Usually I'm at gates so much at the end of those huge halls Schiphol has, where the nearest coffee point is at least three gates away (and usually closed, so lovely people like @didichanoch.bsky.social have to rescue me 😂).
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How about we worry less, as a society, about whether individuals might be cheating to get a disability accommodation or some help buying food, and more about whether extremely wealthy people and corporations are paying their fair share of taxes?
December 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
How about we worry less, as a society, about whether individuals might be cheating to get a disability accommodation or some help buying food, and more about whether extremely wealthy people and corporations are paying their fair share of taxes?
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Hoover: that's me, i just love living on a farm
Hoover: i
Hoover: ugh, what is that awful smell???
Ursula Vernon: oh sorry that's me
Vernon: i just got back from working my farm
Vernon: you're probably smelling honest work sweat
Vernon: and also pig manure
Hoover: i
Hoover: ugh, what is that awful smell???
Ursula Vernon: oh sorry that's me
Vernon: i just got back from working my farm
Vernon: you're probably smelling honest work sweat
Vernon: and also pig manure
December 2, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Hoover: that's me, i just love living on a farm
Hoover: i
Hoover: ugh, what is that awful smell???
Ursula Vernon: oh sorry that's me
Vernon: i just got back from working my farm
Vernon: you're probably smelling honest work sweat
Vernon: and also pig manure
Hoover: i
Hoover: ugh, what is that awful smell???
Ursula Vernon: oh sorry that's me
Vernon: i just got back from working my farm
Vernon: you're probably smelling honest work sweat
Vernon: and also pig manure
Pack last things in bag, shower, and go to bed. Early alarm tomorrow to go to Schiphol for a trip to Stockholm!
December 2, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Pack last things in bag, shower, and go to bed. Early alarm tomorrow to go to Schiphol for a trip to Stockholm!
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LONG RAMBLING EMOTIONAL THREAD:
It's World AIDS Day. Since the Administration has decided to keep it quiet, I'd like to share my introduction to AIDS.
I grew up in Seattle. My mom remarried a man who had a brother who was a King County Sheriff's Deputy. His name was Terry and he was gay. 1/x
It's World AIDS Day. Since the Administration has decided to keep it quiet, I'd like to share my introduction to AIDS.
I grew up in Seattle. My mom remarried a man who had a brother who was a King County Sheriff's Deputy. His name was Terry and he was gay. 1/x
December 2, 2025 at 3:59 AM
LONG RAMBLING EMOTIONAL THREAD:
It's World AIDS Day. Since the Administration has decided to keep it quiet, I'd like to share my introduction to AIDS.
I grew up in Seattle. My mom remarried a man who had a brother who was a King County Sheriff's Deputy. His name was Terry and he was gay. 1/x
It's World AIDS Day. Since the Administration has decided to keep it quiet, I'd like to share my introduction to AIDS.
I grew up in Seattle. My mom remarried a man who had a brother who was a King County Sheriff's Deputy. His name was Terry and he was gay. 1/x
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OK EVERYONE GO DIRECTLY TO ALL OF THE AMAZING SPECULATIVE POETRY ARCHIVES OUT THERE DO NOT PASS GO DO NOT DO ANYTHING ELSE BUT READ SPECULATIVE POETRY WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT'S THE HOLIDAYS AND YOU NEED TO DO STUFF JUST READ SPECULATIVE POETRY
ok and adore your cats, but SPECULATIVE POETRY
ok and adore your cats, but SPECULATIVE POETRY
December 1, 2025 at 5:49 PM
OK EVERYONE GO DIRECTLY TO ALL OF THE AMAZING SPECULATIVE POETRY ARCHIVES OUT THERE DO NOT PASS GO DO NOT DO ANYTHING ELSE BUT READ SPECULATIVE POETRY WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT'S THE HOLIDAYS AND YOU NEED TO DO STUFF JUST READ SPECULATIVE POETRY
ok and adore your cats, but SPECULATIVE POETRY
ok and adore your cats, but SPECULATIVE POETRY
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O, frabjous day!
I am so very excited that 2026 will have a Best Poem Hugo!
I am so very excited that 2026 will have a Best Poem Hugo!
In Anaheim did Worldcon
a special Hugo Award decree
where sci-fi verse
with rhymes diverse
were celebrated as best poetry
(With apologies to Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
Yes, there will be a Hugo for Best Poem in 2026. The press release is out. The LAcon V will be updated later today.
a special Hugo Award decree
where sci-fi verse
with rhymes diverse
were celebrated as best poetry
(With apologies to Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
Yes, there will be a Hugo for Best Poem in 2026. The press release is out. The LAcon V will be updated later today.
December 1, 2025 at 5:49 PM
O, frabjous day!
I am so very excited that 2026 will have a Best Poem Hugo!
I am so very excited that 2026 will have a Best Poem Hugo!
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