Maarten Ornstein
@maartenornstein.bsky.social
📤 486
📥 219
📝 906
A life in music. Clarinetist and composer. Has a camera. Amsterdam. maartenornstein.com
pinned post!
Good morning here's my news
open.substack.com/pub/maarteno...
loading . . .
Snowdrops & Thunder
It's Maarten Ornstein with the news
https://open.substack.com/pub/maartenornstein/p/snowdrops-and-thunder?r=57vgsg&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
24 days ago
0
1
0
Ha!
add a skeleton here at some point
about 11 hours ago
0
1
2
reposted by
Maarten Ornstein
The Rights Forum
about 12 hours ago
Israël wil Palestijnen ophangen aan de galg. En Nederland? De Tweede Kamer verwierp een motie die oproept om zich uit te spreken tegen de doodstraf. Teken de petitie:
rightsforum.org/petitie/stop...
7
70
77
reposted by
Maarten Ornstein
Museo del Prado
1 day ago
A solas con las Pinturas Negras de Goya: "Perro semihundido" (entre 1820 y 1823)
loading . . .
3
126
54
Of course you knew this, but still
www.bbc.com/news/article...
loading . . .
Meta and TikTok let harmful content rise after evidence outrage drove engagement - whistleblowers
Companies allowed more harmful content on user’s feeds, knowing their algorithms ran on outrage, BBC hears.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqj9kgxqjwjo
4 days ago
0
2
1
Toch even opgezocht maar het is idd kattebelletje zonder n
add a skeleton here at some point
4 days ago
0
1
0
reposted by
Maarten Ornstein
Sardonicus
4 days ago
On this day 20 years ago Twitter was launched. Whilst I made a lot of friends there, I don't regret leaving it.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006
loading . . .
2006 - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006
7
84
5
#Amsterdam
now
#photography
#iPhone
5 days ago
0
5
0
reposted by
Maarten Ornstein
Open Culture
6 days ago
Orson Welles Narrates an Animated Parable About How Xenophobia & Greed Will Put America Into Decline (1971)
loading . . .
Orson Welles Narrates an Animated Parable About How Xenophobia & Greed Will Put America Into Decline (1971)
More than 50 years and 10 presidential administrations have passed since Orson Welles narrated Freedom River (1971). And while it shows signs of age, the animated film, a parable about the role of imm...
https://www.openculture.com/2024/10/orson-welles-narrates-an-animated-parable-about-how-xenophobia-greed-will-put-america-into-decline.html
1
40
17
Gestemd. Maar ik vertrouw nog steeds niemand
7 days ago
0
2
1
This
add a skeleton here at some point
8 days ago
0
0
1
reposted by
Maarten Ornstein
De Wissel (Aad van Nieuwkerk)
9 days ago
Elke maandag weer een nieuwe aflevering van de podcast Muziekmakers Der Nederlanden. Vandaag met bassist en contrabassist Koos Wiltenburg. Check
www.concertzender.nl/programma/mu...
loading . . .
0
2
2
Today at 3 PM in this beautiful church: Tell it to the Sky. My songs on poetry from Gaza. Tickets here:
concertenwittekerk.nl/styled/
11 days ago
0
7
5
Ha!
add a skeleton here at some point
11 days ago
0
0
0
reposted by
Maarten Ornstein
Karin Ramaker
12 days ago
Alsof de gelijkwaardigheid van mannen en vrouwen een kwestie is waarover nog eens stevig gediscussieerd moet worden! (Met reactie van de hoofdredactie.) Nee! Praat niet mee! What the F..!
#AD
!
www.met-k.com/2026/03/14/n...
👇
#blog
#nieuws
1
4
3
reposted by
Maarten Ornstein
Sardonicus
14 days ago
6
590
168
From The Hague to
#Amsterdam
crossing the Dutch mountains. Coming back from
#cornetto
lesson 5.
#photography
15 days ago
0
19
3
#Amsterdam
now.
#photography
#iPhone
18 days ago
0
14
2
Act One done! Well, mostly. Lots of polishing to do but the frames are there. Well done, me.
#newopera
19 days ago
0
0
0
I guess this is where Bob Ross got it from
add a skeleton here at some point
22 days ago
1
2
0
reposted by
Maarten Ornstein
De Wissel (Aad van Nieuwkerk)
22 days ago
Deel twee van het mooie en boeiende gesprek dat ik had met componiste Vanessa Lann, voor de podcast Muziekmakers Der Nederlanden. Check
www.concertzender.nl/programma/mu...
loading . . .
0
1
1
reposted by
Maarten Ornstein
Nadim Mansour
23 days ago
Laat je niks anders wijsmaken. Dit is hoe de bevrijding van de Iraanse bevolking door de VS en Israël eruit ziet.
0
28
9
Good morning here's my news
open.substack.com/pub/maarteno...
loading . . .
Snowdrops & Thunder
It's Maarten Ornstein with the news
https://open.substack.com/pub/maartenornstein/p/snowdrops-and-thunder?r=57vgsg&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
24 days ago
0
1
0
reposted by
Maarten Ornstein
Sardonicus
24 days ago
It occurs to me that I could quite happily live the rest of my life without hearing a single thing about America ever again.
12
251
21
Day’s end
28 days ago
0
1
0
Some days, the noise pollution really gets to me. I think there should always be a silent space within 500 meters or so. Just to read or write. I can dream
29 days ago
0
3
0
Four years of senseless war and suffering
#ukraine
30 days ago
0
4
0
reposted by
Maarten Ornstein
Gijs Levelt
about 1 month ago
Nice one! ⬇️
add a skeleton here at some point
0
0
1
Fun fact about the cornetto: The instrument was played by the great Paul Hindemith. I bet you didn't know. Did you?
about 1 month ago
1
2
0
reposted by
Maarten Ornstein
Ton Aarts
about 1 month ago
Er is géén (!) asielcrisis Wij sloten 50 locaties na 2017 "wegens sterk teruggelopen aantallen" Duitsland kan 2x zoveel asielaanvragen per inwoner dan NL VIER keer sneller verwerken. Voor 2,5 x minder geld per persoon Omdat wij narcistische 'Prinsesje Petronella' figuren als Mona Keijzer hebben
add a skeleton here at some point
9
202
109
Not bad at all
#Finland
about 1 month ago
0
0
0
Earlier today, en route to cornetto lesson 4
about 1 month ago
0
3
0
reposted by
Maarten Ornstein
SunRaUniverse
about 1 month ago
Some people had some idea that I was going to save the world, it’s not my world how can I, all I got to talk about is folks getting together. In a big Universe like this, there ought to be something better than what there is.. (Sun Ra)
0
19
8
This
add a skeleton here at some point
about 1 month ago
0
0
0
Just flipped through the digitised version of this. Wow
add a skeleton here at some point
about 1 month ago
0
1
0
Just saw a kingfisher catching a meal, right here in the canal next the house. Amazing
about 1 month ago
0
1
0
Thanks. Very handy
add a skeleton here at some point
about 1 month ago
0
2
0
reposted by
Maarten Ornstein
Sardonicus
about 2 months ago
5
211
42
In the Dutch mountains
#mist
#photography
#iphone
about 2 months ago
0
10
0
#Amsterdam
7:30AM
#photography
#iPhone
about 2 months ago
0
7
0
We all knew it
techoversight.org/2026/01/25/t...
loading . . .
TECH OVERSIGHT REPORT: UNSEALED COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW TEEN ADDICTION WAS BIG TECH’S “TOP PRIORITY” - Tech Oversight Project
New documents show the tactics Meta, Google, Snap, and TikTok execs used to disrupt learning, prey on minors, and co-opt the PTA to control the narrative with parents WASHINGTON, DC – Today, The Tech ...
https://techoversight.org/2026/01/25/top-report-mdl-jan-25/
about 2 months ago
0
0
0
Started on a new piece today. A chamber opera for 6 singers and 6 instruments. I'm excited
about 2 months ago
0
4
0
reposted by
Maarten Ornstein
Johan Fretz
about 2 months ago
Bedank maar weer, voor helemaal niets,
@robjetten.bsky.social
. We hebben deze beelden gewoon nog he? Ken enige schaamte.
loading . . .
26
427
177
Morning all, my latest newsletter is out. Read it here:
substack.com/home/post/p-...
about 2 months ago
0
1
0
reposted by
Maarten Ornstein
David Boughton
about 2 months ago
It’s Fabruary Make it so xxx
3
18
3
Listening back to the recordings of Al-Khymia, the project with amazing cellist Frances Marie Uitti. It's lot of music and I'm very happy with the results so far. More about this in my next newsletter. Interested? Subscribe here for €0:
substack.com/@maartenorns...
about 2 months ago
0
1
0
Yes it’s time
about 2 months ago
0
2
0
Fresh snow on the palm trees today.
#amsterdam
#photography
#iphone
about 2 months ago
0
6
0
reposted by
Maarten Ornstein
Jenny
about 2 months ago
Windmills + fog = drama.
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekDForDramatic
2
110
18
#Amsterdam
now
about 2 months ago
1
20
2
On my way home from Cornetto lesson 3.
about 2 months ago
2
6
0
Load more
feeds!
log in