JanPieter 🇪🇺
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amateur futurist / 🇳🇱 in 🇩🇪 / frenologist / wannabe stoic / postsocial / 🇺🇦! + 🇵🇸! / pandiculist / prötser / entropist / etc
Does anyone still remember this wet blanket 🤔?
December 16, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Does anyone still remember this wet blanket 🤔?
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Wybren van Haga (BVNL) heeft zijn keutel tegen MOB (dwangsom € 50.000 /dag) alweer ingetrokken. Wat een prutser. Hij gaat zich concentreren op zijn kernactiviteit: huisjesmelken.
December 16, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Wybren van Haga (BVNL) heeft zijn keutel tegen MOB (dwangsom € 50.000 /dag) alweer ingetrokken. Wat een prutser. Hij gaat zich concentreren op zijn kernactiviteit: huisjesmelken.
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Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
December 15, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
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Spanje draait ontdekking van Amerika terug
Spanje draait ontdekking van Amerika terug
De ontdekking van Amerika wordt na bijna vijf en een halve eeuw teruggedraaid.
speld.nl
December 15, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Spanje draait ontdekking van Amerika terug
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Again… Germany 🇩🇪 is on the wrong side of history 😬 #amazing
NEW: Final talks are still ongoing but we have it confirmed by officials that the EU will scrap its combustion engine ban and instead allow carmakers a small amount of emissions so long as they meet certain conditions such as using green steel
www.ft.com/content/0e16...
www.ft.com/content/0e16...
Brussels plans to scrap 2035 combustion engine ban
Carmakers will be allowed to make a limited number of petrol and diesel-fuelled cars after deadline
www.ft.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Again… Germany 🇩🇪 is on the wrong side of history 😬 #amazing
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European governments are voluntarily handing the keys of their vital IT systems in police, health care and intel to #Palantir, whose boss explicitly wants to end democracy. The Swiss seem to be the only ones who are paying attention when all the others have gone into snooze mode
Terrifying that Wes Streeting continues to try and pressurise hospitals into giving patient data to Palantir.
Take action here: goodlawproject.org/campaign/sto...
Take action here: goodlawproject.org/campaign/sto...
December 15, 2025 at 10:01 AM
European governments are voluntarily handing the keys of their vital IT systems in police, health care and intel to #Palantir, whose boss explicitly wants to end democracy. The Swiss seem to be the only ones who are paying attention when all the others have gone into snooze mode
"But officer, I have the volume set at *minus* 14, how loud can that be?"
December 15, 2025 at 9:45 AM
"But officer, I have the volume set at *minus* 14, how loud can that be?"
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Hard-right and far-right politicians now lead the polls in France, the U.K. and even Germany.
Here’s how the power of populist hardliners differs across European countries 👇
🔗 politi.co/3MyT6Tp
Here’s how the power of populist hardliners differs across European countries 👇
🔗 politi.co/3MyT6Tp
December 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Hard-right and far-right politicians now lead the polls in France, the U.K. and even Germany.
Here’s how the power of populist hardliners differs across European countries 👇
🔗 politi.co/3MyT6Tp
Here’s how the power of populist hardliners differs across European countries 👇
🔗 politi.co/3MyT6Tp
EU when 🤔?
Please cover how they’re going to start blocking kids from Google next! This is bad regulation www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
Australia is quietly rolling out age checks for search engines like Google
Just as Australians are adjusting to the idea of having their ages checked for social media, age assurance rules are being applied to search engines and many other corners of the internet.
www.abc.net.au
December 15, 2025 at 1:16 AM
EU when 🤔?
Strangely enough, German 🇩🇪 beer crates (24x33cl) are pretty dumb 🥴.
They lack a handle in the middle, so they are very awkward and uncomfortable to carry (not balanced), and the side handles break easily 🙄.
They lack a handle in the middle, so they are very awkward and uncomfortable to carry (not balanced), and the side handles break easily 🙄.
December 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Strangely enough, German 🇩🇪 beer crates (24x33cl) are pretty dumb 🥴.
They lack a handle in the middle, so they are very awkward and uncomfortable to carry (not balanced), and the side handles break easily 🙄.
They lack a handle in the middle, so they are very awkward and uncomfortable to carry (not balanced), and the side handles break easily 🙄.
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Grote techbedrijven als Google, Meta en X hebben de informatievoorziening ‘helemaal in hun greep’. Daar maakt Nienke Venema, directeur van Stichting Democratie en Media, zich grote zorgen om. Ze roept het nieuwe kabinet daarom op om de Nederlandse media te beschermen – ook in Brussel.
Directeur Stichting Democratie en Media: ‘Big tech heeft de Nederlandse informatievoorziening in z’n greep’
In ‘Follow the Money interviewt’ spreken journalisten Annette van Soest en Harm Ede Botje met sleutelfiguren uit verschillende FTM-dossiers. Van toezichthouders en wetenschappers tot politici en juris...
www.ftm.nl
December 14, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Grote techbedrijven als Google, Meta en X hebben de informatievoorziening ‘helemaal in hun greep’. Daar maakt Nienke Venema, directeur van Stichting Democratie en Media, zich grote zorgen om. Ze roept het nieuwe kabinet daarom op om de Nederlandse media te beschermen – ook in Brussel.
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Het speelveld voor het mobiliseren van regeerkracht en stabiliteit is door de opkomst van het populisme al klein. De VVD onder Yesilgöz maakt het door haar blokkadepolitiek nog kleiner. De kleingeestige machtsdrift rond de Hofvijver is altijd groter dan het landsbelang.
December 13, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Het speelveld voor het mobiliseren van regeerkracht en stabiliteit is door de opkomst van het populisme al klein. De VVD onder Yesilgöz maakt het door haar blokkadepolitiek nog kleiner. De kleingeestige machtsdrift rond de Hofvijver is altijd groter dan het landsbelang.
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30 yrs ago; Dec 14, 1995 – Monbiot nails it with “it’s happening” article, after release of 2nd IPCC report.
The “data should be enough to throw us all into a muck sweat.”
Atmospheric CO2 was roughly 361ppm. As of 2025 it is 425ppm,
allouryesterdays.info/2024/12/14/d...
The “data should be enough to throw us all into a muck sweat.”
Atmospheric CO2 was roughly 361ppm. As of 2025 it is 425ppm,
allouryesterdays.info/2024/12/14/d...
December 14, 1995 - Monbiot nails it with "it's happening" article - All Our Yesterdays
Twenty nine years ago, on this day, December 14th, 1995, George Monbiot wrote in Guardian “It’s Happening” As memories of the scorching summer are soothed away by snow, the 600 water tankers trundling...
allouryesterdays.info
December 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
30 yrs ago; Dec 14, 1995 – Monbiot nails it with “it’s happening” article, after release of 2nd IPCC report.
The “data should be enough to throw us all into a muck sweat.”
Atmospheric CO2 was roughly 361ppm. As of 2025 it is 425ppm,
allouryesterdays.info/2024/12/14/d...
The “data should be enough to throw us all into a muck sweat.”
Atmospheric CO2 was roughly 361ppm. As of 2025 it is 425ppm,
allouryesterdays.info/2024/12/14/d...
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😱 The EU plans to remove renewal deadlines for most pesticides. That means companies wouldn’t have to test for new risks & toxic pesticides could stay on the market indefinitely.
📢 Speak up now and tell the Commission: people, farmers, and nature come first - not industry profits!
#ProtectMyPlate
📢 Speak up now and tell the Commission: people, farmers, and nature come first - not industry profits!
#ProtectMyPlate
December 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM
😱 The EU plans to remove renewal deadlines for most pesticides. That means companies wouldn’t have to test for new risks & toxic pesticides could stay on the market indefinitely.
📢 Speak up now and tell the Commission: people, farmers, and nature come first - not industry profits!
#ProtectMyPlate
📢 Speak up now and tell the Commission: people, farmers, and nature come first - not industry profits!
#ProtectMyPlate
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Wennink stelt een snelle oplossing van de stikstofcrisis wel als prioriteit maar durft niet concreet aan te geven dat hiervoor een forse reductie van de veestapel nodig is. Willen we schone industrie of vee-industrie? Hierin is een harde keuze nodig.
Ook misser mbt Schiphol: belast overstappers!
Ook misser mbt Schiphol: belast overstappers!
Rapport Wennink toont blinde vlek voor torenhoge kosten van de Schiphol-hub
Het recent verschenen rapport van ex-ASML-topman en regeringsadviseur Peter Wennink schetst een ambitieus plan om de toekomstige welvaart van Nederland veilig te stellen door te investeren in een…
schipholwatch.nl
December 14, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Wennink stelt een snelle oplossing van de stikstofcrisis wel als prioriteit maar durft niet concreet aan te geven dat hiervoor een forse reductie van de veestapel nodig is. Willen we schone industrie of vee-industrie? Hierin is een harde keuze nodig.
Ook misser mbt Schiphol: belast overstappers!
Ook misser mbt Schiphol: belast overstappers!
Hmm 🤔, I'd like small Alexa-enabled speakers (to control the lights by voice) that are also capable of playing music from Roon. My Amazon Echo (Dot) speakers unfortunately can't play Roon (or Tidal, in Europe). So… the Denon 150?
I guess the Alexa in the Denon speaker still only controls Spotify?
I guess the Alexa in the Denon speaker still only controls Spotify?
December 14, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Hmm 🤔, I'd like small Alexa-enabled speakers (to control the lights by voice) that are also capable of playing music from Roon. My Amazon Echo (Dot) speakers unfortunately can't play Roon (or Tidal, in Europe). So… the Denon 150?
I guess the Alexa in the Denon speaker still only controls Spotify?
I guess the Alexa in the Denon speaker still only controls Spotify?
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Russia destroyed 100% of Odesa’s energy infrastructure. All substations were destroyed by missiles and drones.
The city has been completely left without electricity, hot water, and heating for over one million people, including all critical infrastructure.
The city has been completely left without electricity, hot water, and heating for over one million people, including all critical infrastructure.
December 14, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Russia destroyed 100% of Odesa’s energy infrastructure. All substations were destroyed by missiles and drones.
The city has been completely left without electricity, hot water, and heating for over one million people, including all critical infrastructure.
The city has been completely left without electricity, hot water, and heating for over one million people, including all critical infrastructure.
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Someone on Facebook brought up this classic YouTube video, and I had to share it here.
youtu.be/RXJKdh1KZ0w?...
youtu.be/RXJKdh1KZ0w?...
Rockwell Retro Encabulator
YouTube video by rlcarnes
youtu.be
December 13, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Someone on Facebook brought up this classic YouTube video, and I had to share it here.
youtu.be/RXJKdh1KZ0w?...
youtu.be/RXJKdh1KZ0w?...
The software on the (kinda new?) Ugreen NAS and its available apps are surprisingly good actually, more user friendly and less bloaty than Synology & Qnap imho 👍. And totally not what I expected from a company I only knew from their phone chargers and cables 😄.
December 13, 2025 at 3:08 AM
The software on the (kinda new?) Ugreen NAS and its available apps are surprisingly good actually, more user friendly and less bloaty than Synology & Qnap imho 👍. And totally not what I expected from a company I only knew from their phone chargers and cables 😄.
Inequality & poverty
December 13, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Inequality & poverty
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Het CDA dat je wist dat zou komen.
December 12, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Het CDA dat je wist dat zou komen.