Derek Vandivere
@vandivere.net
Ex American Dutch guy living in Amsterdam. Professionally, an enterprise architect. Recreationally, spends too much time making vegetarian food, playing jazz and classical trombone, and tending to the cats.
Posts mainly stuff about Amsterdam
Posts mainly stuff about Amsterdam
In het Engles zou je het een 'tripwire force' noemen.
January 15, 2026 at 2:41 PM
In het Engles zou je het een 'tripwire force' noemen.
Does this mean we're stick with her?
January 14, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Does this mean we're stick with her?
Clearly it's the expats in this case.
January 13, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Clearly it's the expats in this case.
I'm not sure I'm on board with all these puns about current events.
January 13, 2026 at 1:53 PM
I'm not sure I'm on board with all these puns about current events.
You weren't supposed to take it littoraly.
January 13, 2026 at 11:08 AM
You weren't supposed to take it littoraly.
NAS Pax River represent!
January 13, 2026 at 11:07 AM
NAS Pax River represent!
We watched the stream of the winter solstice at Newgrange, and I really felt a deep connection to the past as I imagined people gathered round a thousand years ago and being disappointed in the cloudy weather.
January 13, 2026 at 10:53 AM
We watched the stream of the winter solstice at Newgrange, and I really felt a deep connection to the past as I imagined people gathered round a thousand years ago and being disappointed in the cloudy weather.
Thanks for sharing - passed on my best wishes as a faithful reader.
January 13, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Thanks for sharing - passed on my best wishes as a faithful reader.
And you wonder why people block you
January 11, 2026 at 6:33 PM
And you wonder why people block you
I don't think that's the reason, to be honest, if I look at your posts here.
January 11, 2026 at 5:12 PM
I don't think that's the reason, to be honest, if I look at your posts here.
Gee, I wonder why that might be.
January 11, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Gee, I wonder why that might be.
I think that's a ridiculous opinion, not based on anything he's actually posted here or written about Trump.
January 11, 2026 at 4:33 PM
I think that's a ridiculous opinion, not based on anything he's actually posted here or written about Trump.
Christ, these posts are tiresome. His entire message is that you use different strategies to counter a society moving towards fascism than one that's already arrived at it. Why is that so difficult to understand?
January 11, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Christ, these posts are tiresome. His entire message is that you use different strategies to counter a society moving towards fascism than one that's already arrived at it. Why is that so difficult to understand?
No, he's frustrated with people who neither read, write, nor think clearly.
January 11, 2026 at 8:23 AM
No, he's frustrated with people who neither read, write, nor think clearly.
Realizing just now there was probably one thing I should've done (tried to have done) before renouncing my US citizenship...
January 10, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Realizing just now there was probably one thing I should've done (tried to have done) before renouncing my US citizenship...
All I can think about is how itchy that much be.
January 9, 2026 at 5:05 PM
All I can think about is how itchy that much be.
Nah, more midwestern white leftist women...
January 9, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Nah, more midwestern white leftist women...
Do I correctly recall something about pigeons being used to guide bombs by pecking at the target image?
January 9, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Do I correctly recall something about pigeons being used to guide bombs by pecking at the target image?
The man's gotta make his nut.
It's the whole alt-right schtick: make people angry at someone else and profit. I'm still about 50% sure he doesn't believe all the garbage he says (Baudet, on the other hand, may just be nuts).
It's the whole alt-right schtick: make people angry at someone else and profit. I'm still about 50% sure he doesn't believe all the garbage he says (Baudet, on the other hand, may just be nuts).
January 9, 2026 at 8:39 AM
The man's gotta make his nut.
It's the whole alt-right schtick: make people angry at someone else and profit. I'm still about 50% sure he doesn't believe all the garbage he says (Baudet, on the other hand, may just be nuts).
It's the whole alt-right schtick: make people angry at someone else and profit. I'm still about 50% sure he doesn't believe all the garbage he says (Baudet, on the other hand, may just be nuts).