Tom VdP
@tomvdp.bsky.social
Quiet guy. I'm here to read, not so much to actively contribute.
Rather than legally requiring platforms to spy on kids (to exclude them from being targeted by platforms' algorithms), we could prohibit platforms from spying on *anyone*, including kids, meaning kids couldn't be identified (much less targeted) by algorithms: pluralistic.net/2026/06/23/d... 5/
Pluralistic: Spying on kids to save kids from spying is very, very stupid (23 Jun 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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Tens of thousands rally in Albania's capital against a resort linked to US President Donald Trump's family, in the largest protest since a movement against the project began weeks ago. u.afp.com/SKAD
Think of CO₂ removal like a time machine. How far back does planting 100 million trees take us? One mature tree takes up ~25 kg of CO₂/year, so 100 million trees will take up 2.5 MtCO₂. That's a time machine that takes us back ~33 minutes in a year. Nature will not save us from fossil fuel CO₂.
DeLorean Time Travel: Back To The Future
Alt: DeLorean Time Travel: Back To The Future
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America isn’t just losing the Iran war, we’re losing it fractally. A fractal looks the same no matter how far you zoom in or out. So does the War in Iran Here's an important yet often overlooked branch of this Mandelbrot Disaster: Trump's decision to alienate Oman 🧵
Losing Friends and Alienating People: Oman Edition
Trump's Fractal Fuckup Continues
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Follow live updates at: www.nasa.gov/blogs/missio... Most recent at 12:23 p.m.: Liquid oxygen (LOX) fast fill is now complete for the SLS (Space Launch System) upper stage, marking another major milestone in tanking operations.
LIVE: Artemis II Launch Day Updates - NASA
Live updates for launch of NASA's Artemis II test flight will be published on this page. All times are Eastern.
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🐋 Exceptionally rare footage of sperm whale giving birth in the wild Scientists have released footage of a spectacular event rarely witnessed by humans: a sperm whale giving birth while other females worked together to support the mother and her newborn 📹 Project CETI
vrtnws.be/p.VLGl7eoWV "In de loop van hun leven werd 1 op de 5 vrouwen al verkracht." Excuseer?! Dat kan toch niet?
Na stevig debat met Soundos in De Afspraak: dit zeggen de cijfers over geweld tegen vrouwen en onveiligheidsgevoel | VRT NWS: nieuws
Bijna alle Belgische jonge vrouwen kregen al te maken met seksuele intimidatie op straat. En Belgische vrouwen voelen zich ook vaker onveiliger op straat dan mannen. Dat blijkt uit verschillende Vlaam...
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Weten jullie nog, vorige week, toen er "minstens 7 nepcitaten" in het essay 'Waarheid' van Rik Torfs stonden? Die "minstens" was terecht. Ik heb het boekje nu ook eens gelezen en vond nog een hele hoop andere gehallucineerde citaten en referenties. 1/ www.knack.be/nieuws/belgi...
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@vrtnws.be www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20... Kunnen we daar ajb een netje over spannen? Mooi doelwit voor een Russische drone.
Engie opent grootste batterijpark van België in Vilvoorde | VRT NWS: nieuws
In Vilvoorde is het grootste batterijpark van België officieel ingehuldigd. Het park van het Franse energiebedrijf Engie heeft een vermogen van 200 megawatt. Vlaams minister van Energie Hans Bonte (Vo...
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Comedian Ricky Gervais has donated almost £2.5 million from his “Mortality” stand‑up tour. 💸 👉 Find out more: https://veganfta.com/articles/2025/12/17/ricky-gervais-channels-2-4-million-mortality-tour-profit-into-animal-charities/ #rickygervais #comedian #vegancelebrities #animals #animallover
Stop. Read the post below. Do what it says. Look at Earth - our home world - from the surface of Mars. You are a terranaut on that fragile planet. This moment brought to you courtesy of NASA Science.
Paul Byrne@theplanetaryguy.com · 7mo agoOpen up this picture fully. Then look at the surface of Mars. Then look up to the top right. Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky. Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos. That's Earth.
#delhaize registreert via mijn klantenkaart al mijn aankopen. Ik koop nooit vlees. Wel veel veggie. Daarnet deze reclame voor het consumeren van dood dier ontvangen. Jakkes! 🤢
The EU could soon censor words like ‘veggie burger’ and ‘plant-based steak’, a gift to the meat industry that raises costs & red tape for sustainable food producers -- unless we stop it! Join the call to EU Heads of State to reject the 'veggie burger' ban secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/... #Veggie
🍔 A ban on the word ‘veggie burger’?!
Tell EU leaders to vote against it!
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This is an extremely interesting article about the collapse of early farming societies across Europe around ~5000 BC. We like to think of prehistoric times as being largely peaceful, but it seems early civilisations weren't immune to ritualistic violence & cultural collapse.
Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished
Wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture
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Garry Kasparov @garrykasparov.bsky.social: Four years Ukraine is fighting for the whole Europe. NATO was built to fight only one war, not to go to Afghanistan, not to go to Syria. One war to save free Europe from Russian aggression.
Not eating animals is a very robust rule of thumb when it comes to reducing your environmental footprint and the amount of suffering your diet may be producing.
Henry Mance@henrymance.ft.com · 9mo agoFT investigation: Tuna-fishing has among the worst working conditions of any fishing. If you buy tuna from a UK supermarket, you may be buying the product of modern slavery. ig.ft.com/supermarket-...
Daarnet werd ik uitgescholden door een bende jagers(*) voor "vegetariër". 🤷 (*) clowns in een kaki uniformpje
Gaat een zakje knikkers genoeg zijn om ze tegen te houden?
Anton Gerashchenko@antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 9mo agoChinese company UBTECH Robotics has assembled an army of humanoid robots for factory work. They don’t need recharging - the humanoids are capable of changing their own batteries, making their presence in production almost independent of humans.
Obama kan speechen. Vergelijk dat met het incoherent gebrabbel van Trump.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 9mo agoObama: "The weird videos of a US president with a crown on his head flying a fighter jet & dumping poop on American citizens - that's not even worth booing about. Because all of that is a distraction from the fact that your situation, your life has not gotten better. They do it so you won't notice"
Om jullie een idee te geven hoe betrouwbaar ChatGPT is, vroeg ik informatie over Katastroof, de band waar ik zo'n 20 jaar (en af en toe nog) in speelde en waar ik dus zeer veel over weet. Het resultaat zat boordevol flagrante fouten! Hieronder noem ik ze even op...
This lovely photo has reminded me to share a great MinutePhysics video about how to spot bad moon fakery in media: youtu.be/yY7ZUIbWTyc?...
Common Moon Mistakes
YouTube video by minutephysics
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James Petruzzi@hawaiianimages.bsky.social · 10mo agoQuick cell phone snap on my way to work: Venus and crescent Moon w/earthshine. 🔭
