“I keep forgetting that there’s a freaking football game.” Fans are throwing “Bad Bunny Bowl” or “Benito Bowl” parties on Sunday in celebration of the Puerto Rican superstar who is headlining the Super Bowl halftime show.

DON'T TALK TO ME TILL I'VE HAD MY FERMENTS

Total dog count on the shores of Katwijk this afternoon? 128. Here’s # 50 and # 51. #yupwecountdogs #duringbeachwalks

Do they know it’s Super Bowl Sunday at all? #probablynot #goodafternoonforawalk #SuperBowl #GoSeahawks

How much worse could it be than kopi luwak coffee? #beer #hmmm www.oregonlive.com/beer/2026/02...

*Very* amusing to see a certain Rotterdam district embracing this and turning it into winter lights. Quite a reversal given the controversy of its inspiration when it first debuted. #Rotterdam #wow #sofestive

Back in 2015, I completed a middle reader novel and tried to get it published. Didn’t go well. Things have *not* improved in the industry since then.

Tiger, tiger, burning not so bright, In the forest of the, er, Markthal. #Rotterdam #IFFR

Well that's sure to start a rebellion...

NBC has some explaining to do www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Not sure what this is, but they are still planning to light the torch sometime tonight, right? #WinterOlympics #OpeningCeremony

even if you don't care about sports you gotta admit it's awesome that this guy had to hear to his face how the world feels about him

“I’d say he’s getting a mixed reception, but I don’t want to be contentious.” Just now on the BBC. #OpeningCeremony #WinterOlympics #JDVance

Just in case anybody out there wanted to know how you say the Netherlands in Italian. #OpeningCeremony #WinterOlympics #nowweknow

2026 Olympic Opening Ceremony Locations (ranked) 1. Cortina* 2. Livigno 3. Predazzo 4. San Siro * I suspect they’re just strolling from one wine bar to another. They seem awfully perky up there. #Olympics #WinterOlympics

Seems like the sort of thing that can wait until after the midterms, especially given: 1. All of Trump’s shenanigans. 2. All the DOGE nonsense. 3. Oh, and the fact ICE has terrorized entire cities, broken countless laws, and killed innocent people. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u... 1/2 #ICE

Random scene from a cafe from a few months back. One of these things is not like the other? #cat #cafe #dotheyknowhesthere

Could be an “interesting” Olympics, needless to say. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/w...

High prices and room shortages lead more students to stay home www.dutchnews.nl?p=263271

"William Shakespeare, 400 years ago" - Sir Ian McKellen

Meanwhile, in Lake Oswego, Oregon... variety.com/2026/film/ne...

Movie Review Haiku # 14 Brain Damage Grimy horror flick. Never trust parasitic aliens from space. Grade: C+ youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=ub0QVniKTmg #MovieReviewHaiku #BlueSkymovies 📽️ Film #cultcinema

Better keep your cats indoors, Portlanders. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Anybody surprised? Don’t think so.

That said, The Muppet Show special is the best thing the Muppets have done since that movie with Tina Fey way back in 2014. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

The Muppet Show is back? Hooray! But it's just a one-off, 32 minute special? Sigh... Beck has a new album? Hooray! But it's mostly a compilation of old covers and songs from soundtracks? Sigh... #Muppets #Beck

Marble bums are still apparently fit to print over on X but, well, yeah. That whole thing. Hrmmm… Now let’s see if Bluesky censors this screenshot…

Guess Bluesky’s moderation bots can’t handle photos of ancient marble nudes. (and it’s just a bum, folks. C’mon now…)

INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.

Washington Post, 2017: Democracy dies in darkness! Washington Post, 2026: [Emperor Palpatine voice] Democracy dies in darkness.

Who’s buying pumpkin spice milk in February? I mean, besides me?

Movie Review Haiku # 13 Rental Family Tonally, it’s all over the place. The subject matter? Compelling. Grade: B- www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0pq... #MovieReviewHaiku #BlueSkymovies 📽️ Film

Okay, but where are you sending them next?

Movie Review Haiku # 12 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Weird to watch after Andor, but it’s still the fourth best Star Wars movie Grade: A- www.youtube.com/watch?v=frdj... #MovieReviewHaiku #StarWars #BlueSkymovies 📽️ Film

Bezos's bungling of the WP is rather mind-boggling. Why isn't he playing the long game? He has billions to burn, his empire is on solid ground, and there's no need for him to continue groveling to Trump. Rather pathetic, no? #WashingtonPost

Queen Máxima to train as an armed forces reservist: Dutch media www.dutchnews.nl?p=263152

Think of newspaper layoffs as a form of union busting and it becomes clear what the point is. Make it impossible to cover the costs of doing journalism, by making it impossible for journalists to pool resources (aka start a newspaper).

Great article in the local daily down here about the ongoing problems with university housing. The "student houses" (the Dutch equiv of frats and sororities) don't want to open their doors to non members, even though rooms are available. 1/3 www.leidschdagblad.nl/regio/leiden... #Leiden

Code red in the north due to black ice, train services cancelled www.dutchnews.nl?p=263141

Weird few days of weather here in the NL. Grey and murky in most of the country, but chaos up north. The roads are so icy salting trucks are slipping into ditches and both the schools and the Jumbos are opening late. #coderood #weer #Netherlands

If you’ve ever encountered this somewhat infamous Leiden feline, you’ll know this was probably the calm before the storm. At one point, this cafe had a large sign by the entrance that said in multiple languages “Do *Not* Let the Cat In!” #cat #chaos #Leiden #Netherlands

Movie Review Haiku # 12 Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Odd to watch after Andor. It’s still the fourth best Star Wars movie. youtu.be/frdj1zb9sMY?... #MovieReviewHaiku #StarWars #BlueSkymovies 📽️ Film

The US sure could use more folks like Judge Biery. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Again, many of these proposals are pretty rubbish and I suspect no other parties are going to help them out.

I think this is a neat idea, speaking as someone who uses BBC 6 as background noise most workdays and doesn’t like it when they break out distracting spoken word tracks (or that awful ballad they’ve been playing daily with all the whistling). #BBC

Another word for these folks? Masochists. But if they’re willing to take the middle seats, god bless ‘em. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/t...

KLM shakes up management team, evaluates January snow chaos www.dutchnews.nl?p=263100

Started by Americans living abroad, and welcoming any like minded people. We stand up for democracy and against fascism. Please follow Indivisible NL here on BSky and elsewhere. Full chapter and website coming soon @indivisiblenetherlands.nl

Brilliant idea by @arjenlubach.bsky.social: The NAAGGA hat. ‘Naagga’ means ‘No’ in Greenlandic. Sold out already! lubach.shop/product/naag...

Went to the January edition of Lab 111’s Straight to Video series on Friday night. Great crowd, great vibe. As for the film, well… Some folks dug it, but one girl in the crowd loudly said “never again!” to her friends afterward. Buy the ticket, take the ride… #cultcinema #Amsterdam #cinema