Thijs van der Vossen
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In september vorig jaar nam de Tweede Kamer een motie aan om ‘antifa’ tot terroristische organisatie te bestempelen. En hoewel er geen organisatie bestaat die ‘antifa’ heet zijn er veel mensen actief antifascistisch. Wat verstaan zij onder antifascisme? ‘Wij zijn weerbaar, maar niet de agressor.’
Antifascisten: ‘Wij willen voorkomen dat extreemrechts ongehinderd door de stad loopt’
'Antifa' is geen organisatie, maar er zijn wel veel mensen actief antifascistisch.
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February 10, 2026 at 7:00 AM
In september vorig jaar nam de Tweede Kamer een motie aan om ‘antifa’ tot terroristische organisatie te bestempelen. En hoewel er geen organisatie bestaat die ‘antifa’ heet zijn er veel mensen actief antifascistisch. Wat verstaan zij onder antifascisme? ‘Wij zijn weerbaar, maar niet de agressor.’
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any ideology that makes a serious parallel between a human body and property rights is rotten and so is anyone who believes in it
February 10, 2026 at 5:08 AM
any ideology that makes a serious parallel between a human body and property rights is rotten and so is anyone who believes in it
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Been getting asked about tooltips a lot at work lately and now I can't stop finding useless tooltips. Like this one from Google Drive.
February 9, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Been getting asked about tooltips a lot at work lately and now I can't stop finding useless tooltips. Like this one from Google Drive.
not to mention but to mention that most of the people alive om this planet right now learned English as a second language from the music they listened to
“I’m mad I can’t understand Bad Bunny’s lyrics because they’re not in English”
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist
February 9, 2026 at 9:36 AM
not to mention but to mention that most of the people alive om this planet right now learned English as a second language from the music they listened to
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Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
February 8, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
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in an era when carnivore diet influencers are in charge of the american nuclear arsenal we have to admit the "annoying vegan" stereotype barely ever actually existed and the "all meat diet guy" is real, increasingly omnipresent, and way more annoying and inconvenient to actually be around
February 8, 2026 at 5:59 PM
in an era when carnivore diet influencers are in charge of the american nuclear arsenal we have to admit the "annoying vegan" stereotype barely ever actually existed and the "all meat diet guy" is real, increasingly omnipresent, and way more annoying and inconvenient to actually be around
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Palestinian Uncles doing freestyle poetry battles coming with some of the hardest lines I’ve heard in a long time.
February 8, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Palestinian Uncles doing freestyle poetry battles coming with some of the hardest lines I’ve heard in a long time.
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consumer-facing llm chatbots must be stopped.
it's like crack to some people. worse, maybe, because they are being led to believe they're doing the smart thing by using "AI"
it's like crack to some people. worse, maybe, because they are being led to believe they're doing the smart thing by using "AI"
according to a pediatric ER doctor my wife follows on Instagram they have started to see children coming in sick because their parents are asking ChatGPT what the correct dosage is on over the counter medication instead of just looking at the instructions on the bottle
One of the easiest ways to shoot down the idea that "AI" is an expert is to show how it deals with something people know about.
Younger readers may not get this as most appliances come pre-wired, but anyone 35+ can see these are chaotic fire hazards.
From Mastodon, AI asked how to wire a plug:
Younger readers may not get this as most appliances come pre-wired, but anyone 35+ can see these are chaotic fire hazards.
From Mastodon, AI asked how to wire a plug:
February 8, 2026 at 4:44 PM
consumer-facing llm chatbots must be stopped.
it's like crack to some people. worse, maybe, because they are being led to believe they're doing the smart thing by using "AI"
it's like crack to some people. worse, maybe, because they are being led to believe they're doing the smart thing by using "AI"
Abolish billionaires.
Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
www.gofundme.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Abolish billionaires.
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the magic of the Muppets is that there are two fourth walls. they constantly break the one that reminds the audience they are performers. they NEVER break the one that reminds the audience they are puppets. this dynamic is the key to their entire comedy style
MY KIDS: so why are there muppets in the AUDIENCE
ME: THE CONCEIT!! IS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING ON A VARIETY SHOW!!! IN A WORLD WHERE MUPPET AND HUMAN COEXIST!!! YOU ARE WATCHING A DOCUMENTARY!! FILMED!! IN REAL TIME!!!
ME: THE CONCEIT!! IS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING ON A VARIETY SHOW!!! IN A WORLD WHERE MUPPET AND HUMAN COEXIST!!! YOU ARE WATCHING A DOCUMENTARY!! FILMED!! IN REAL TIME!!!
February 8, 2026 at 6:22 AM
the magic of the Muppets is that there are two fourth walls. they constantly break the one that reminds the audience they are performers. they NEVER break the one that reminds the audience they are puppets. this dynamic is the key to their entire comedy style
"Substack was contacted for comment but did not respond." www.theguardian.com/media/202...
Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:30 PM
"Substack was contacted for comment but did not respond." www.theguardian.com/media/202...
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If there is one thing Chance The Rapper fans love it’s bare metal compute. Absolutely perfect market. Just check out how enthusiastic his fans are! They love it and they’re ready to move their cloud infrastructure.
February 7, 2026 at 6:48 AM
If there is one thing Chance The Rapper fans love it’s bare metal compute. Absolutely perfect market. Just check out how enthusiastic his fans are! They love it and they’re ready to move their cloud infrastructure.
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Finneas is better at political messaging than 99% of the Democratic consultants in DC.
February 6, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Finneas is better at political messaging than 99% of the Democratic consultants in DC.
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If you're building a startup in 2026, you are expected to work with the world's largest venture capital firm (which is not even really a VC firm), where one partner strangled my neighbor to death for being Black, and another actively sought Jeffrey Epstein's counsel for years. This is *normal*.
February 6, 2026 at 10:44 PM
If you're building a startup in 2026, you are expected to work with the world's largest venture capital firm (which is not even really a VC firm), where one partner strangled my neighbor to death for being Black, and another actively sought Jeffrey Epstein's counsel for years. This is *normal*.
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Over de broer van Eva Vlaardingenbroek en zijn vriend en studiegenoot, Marlon U, die samen al een paar jaar de VU terroriseren.
Geweld, agressie, LHTBI-haat, aanranding, vandalisme, gescheld met k****r.
Alles waarvan ze migranten beschuldigen.
www.parool.nl/amsterdam/ho...
Geweld, agressie, LHTBI-haat, aanranding, vandalisme, gescheld met k****r.
Alles waarvan ze migranten beschuldigen.
www.parool.nl/amsterdam/ho...
Hoe student Marlon U. de Vrije Universiteit al jaren teistert met intimidatie en geweld, zonder dat de universiteit ingrijpt: ‘Ik maak je dood, ik sla je kankerbek in’
Marlon U. (25), leider van de rechts-conservatieve studentenpartij VSP, teistert al drie jaar lang studenten en medewerkers aan de Vrije Universiteit. Hij zingt naziliedjes, intimideert, vernielt, bed...
www.parool.nl
February 6, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Over de broer van Eva Vlaardingenbroek en zijn vriend en studiegenoot, Marlon U, die samen al een paar jaar de VU terroriseren.
Geweld, agressie, LHTBI-haat, aanranding, vandalisme, gescheld met k****r.
Alles waarvan ze migranten beschuldigen.
www.parool.nl/amsterdam/ho...
Geweld, agressie, LHTBI-haat, aanranding, vandalisme, gescheld met k****r.
Alles waarvan ze migranten beschuldigen.
www.parool.nl/amsterdam/ho...
Where can I buy my kid a dress like this in Amsterdam?
February 6, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Where can I buy my kid a dress like this in Amsterdam?
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when people say that all these evils are connected it's because all these evils are connected
Revealed: private jet owned by Trump friend used by ICE to deport Palestinians to West Bank
Revealed: private jet owned by Trump friend used by ICE to deport Palestinians to West Bank
Exclusive: Luxury aircraft owned by property tycoon close to US president’s family has twice flown Palestinian men from Arizona to Tel Aviv
On the morning of 21 January, Israeli authorities left eight Palestinian men at a West Bank checkpoint. Disoriented and cold, they were dressed in prison-issued tracksuits and carried their few belongings in plastic bags.
Hours earlier, they had been sitting with their wrists and ankles shackled on the plush leather seats of a private jet owned by the Florida property tycoon Gil Dezer, a longtime business partner of Donald Trump. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:23 PM
when people say that all these evils are connected it's because all these evils are connected
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One of the reasons I so greatly dislike the “can men and women be friends?” nonsense (yes, full stop, shut up) is that it casts suspicion on people with opposite-sex friends instead of where it more often belongs: on people with no opposite-sex friends.
Anyway, yeah. The overwhelming impression one gets from so many of these emails is that a lot of them are guys who have never had a real, serious friendship with a woman in their lives.
Which sucks for them, but also sucks for every woman who has to deal with them, ever.
Which sucks for them, but also sucks for every woman who has to deal with them, ever.
February 5, 2026 at 6:47 PM
One of the reasons I so greatly dislike the “can men and women be friends?” nonsense (yes, full stop, shut up) is that it casts suspicion on people with opposite-sex friends instead of where it more often belongs: on people with no opposite-sex friends.
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Name them
shame them
shame them
February 5, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Name them
shame them
shame them
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The dream was for AI and robots to automate manual labor so we could be more creative. We got the nightmare where it's used to automate creativity so we can do manual labor.
February 5, 2026 at 4:17 PM
The dream was for AI and robots to automate manual labor so we could be more creative. We got the nightmare where it's used to automate creativity so we can do manual labor.
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the wildest part is watching VCs throw billions at "what if we automated the part of creative work people actually enjoy" while real problems sit unsolved
like yeah lemme get an AI to play my video games for me next 🙄
like yeah lemme get an AI to play my video games for me next 🙄
February 5, 2026 at 4:00 AM
the wildest part is watching VCs throw billions at "what if we automated the part of creative work people actually enjoy" while real problems sit unsolved
like yeah lemme get an AI to play my video games for me next 🙄
like yeah lemme get an AI to play my video games for me next 🙄
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D66 springt over de schaduw van 70.000 dode Palestijnen heen. Voor de samenhang.
Een Tweede Kamermotie voor het erkennen van de Palestijnse staat heeft het niet gehaald. De beoogde coalitiepartners stemden tegen, wat vooral over D66 vragen oproept. https://rightsforum.org/d66-verloochent-verkiezingsprogramma-en-stemt-tegen-erkenning-palestijnse-staat/
D66 verloochent verkiezingsprogramma en stemt tegen erkenning Palestijnse staat - The Rights Forum
Voor een rechtvaardig Midden-Oosten beleid
rightsforum.org
February 5, 2026 at 11:00 AM
D66 springt over de schaduw van 70.000 dode Palestijnen heen. Voor de samenhang.
"We can't bail out the Earth like we did the banks" www.theguardian.com/environme...
Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn
States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:48 AM
"We can't bail out the Earth like we did the banks" www.theguardian.com/environme...
Why do so many people who make software hate making software? Why do they keep trying someone or something else to make it for them, to then pretend they made it themselves? Is this unique to this field?
February 5, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Why do so many people who make software hate making software? Why do they keep trying someone or something else to make it for them, to then pretend they made it themselves? Is this unique to this field?