(In honor of August, bringing this 🧵 over from twitter) August makes me think of the best summer restaurant I ever ate at. It didn’t have a name, just a tidy hand-painted sign: “Tomato Sandwiches—all you can eat.” #tomatosandwiches
HP van Stein Callenfels
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Letterknecht @ de Volkskrant. Guitar slinger @ Intender. Houdt van hobby's. Gevlucht van Twitter (ain't we all).
I hope this email finds you in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife I hope this email finds you behind the wheel of a large automobile
Incredible moment where Fox News puts up a graphic with all the reasons it opposes the DSA and why people should be afraid of them
"This was still his mountain, and he liked to let women know it" www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... via @newyorker.com
Did a Climber Leave His Girlfriend to Die at the Top of a Mountain?
An Austrian court pieces together the mysterious circumstances of a couple’s disastrous hike.
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Hittegolf van deze week laat zien: klimaat trekt zich niets aan van politiek gedraal
De klimaatrealiteit begint ons in te halen. Wen er maar aan
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Deze man heeft heleboel moeilijke woorden nodig om te zeggen: ik ben een lul. www.volkskrant.nl/columns-van-...
Ik ga nul luiers verschonen want ik ben baas in eigen balzak
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Here is the biggest problem Washington faces: Iran sees no need to compromise | Sina Toossi
Here is the biggest problem Washington faces: Iran sees no need to compromise | Sina Toossi
The US has failed to bomb Iran into submission. Now, from the strait of Hormuz to nuclear concessions, Tehran senses its position strengthening, says Sina Toossi of the Center for International Policy
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this--particularly given the authors--is good www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/o...
Opinion | The Trump Administration Is in a Psychotic State
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I want to quote screenshot this whole excellent piece from Marisa, but this especially - we *make* the words, we don't just regurgitate without the feeling, without the things that makes us human.
Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 4mo agoWhen it comes to writing, the process is the purpose. You don’t have to always like or enjoy the process, but if you don’t respect it enough to do it yourself, there is no purpose. AI will never fill that void. www.thehandbasket.co/p/refusing-t...
Lezen dit, zoveel inzichten over het Amerikaans-Israëlische imperialisme in het MO decorrespondent.nl/16823/de-aan...
De aanval op Iran is geen bevrijding, maar turbo-imperialisme, ziet deze Iraanse historicus
Historicus Peyman Jafari wil niets liever dan de val van het regime in zijn geboorteland Iran. Maar deze oorlog doet hem denken aan eerdere revoltes in Iran, waarbij het volk met geweld buitenspel wer...
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The piece is actually understated. And every major news organization around the globe should be writing daily about how manifestly unfit Hegseth AND Trump are to be leading a war.
Kim Masters@kimmasters.bsky.social · 5mo agoThis is how you do it. “With machismo, Christian nationalism and callousness toward the lives of US troops, they say, Hegseth’s puerile displays on TV are aimed at sating Trump’s desire for a warmonger worthy of the manosphere.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
From HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT: "Trump covers up crime with scandal. That is his main propaganda tactic, the one few seem to be able to discern...The crimes are much worse than the scandals, but the media will always take the scandal bait."
Johan Derksen krijgt weerwoord van longkanker patholoog @knmg.bsky.social
During the Vietnam War, U.S. troops regularly adorned Vietnamese corpses with “death cards” — either an ace of spades or a custom-printed business card claiming credit for their kills. Now, ICE is using them. theintercept.com/2026/02/03/i...
'It is well documented that strongmen are at their most dangerous when they feel threatened. That is why [..] Americans should brace for heightened militarized domestic repression and more imperialist aggression abroad.' www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
Opinion | History Shows Trump’s Worst Impulses May Backfire on Him
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Eindelijk: het gezicht achter die handgeschreven advertenties in de krant. De tapijtenman die al twintig jaar opheffingsuitverkoop houdt: www.volkskrant.nl/economie/na-...
Na twintig jaar opheffingsuitverkoop houdt De Perzenkoning het voor gezien. ‘Echt’
Met handgeschreven advertenties waarin hij aankondigt dat hij ‘ermee stopt’, trekt De Perzenkoning ruim twintig jaar de aandacht. Maar in mei sluit Jaap Vos (85) dan toch echt de deuren, bezweert hij....
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Yes, it’s a long thread, but worth every minute of your time. Highly recommended read 👇
Ruth Deyermond@ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 7mo ago1. Russia isn’t winning in Ukraine.
Ah ja, Tonny Eyk. Die ooit over mijn bandgenoten en mij zei: 'Ik heb veel in mijn leven gezien, maar nog nooit drie van zulke lelijke jongens.' www.volkskrant.nl/voorpagina/a...
Als studenten gaan rijmen op Sacha de Boer...
Het liedje kwam toen ze 'brak' voor de tv hingen. Ze zagen het journaal en binnen vijf minuten hadden ze hun tekst klaar, ondersteund door drie simpele akkoorden....
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A new PNAS paper finds that polarization increased immediately after the invention of smartphones and the advent of social media, which both appeared around the same year, 2008. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
