Het is altijd spannend om iets nieuws uit te brengen. Zeker na zo'n lange tijd radiostilte mijnerzijds. Maar gelukkig krijg ik wat bestellingen binnen. Je hebt geen idee hoe blij me dat maakt 🥳🥹❤️ Mocht je nog willen bestellen: vanjojan.nl/kaarten

Dit is tot nu toe wel een recordje 😄 🧩 Puzzel #369 🤔 6 gokken ⏱️ 15s 🔗 alfagok.diginaut.net

This postcard I wrote to a young reader, Sasha Stephenson, was returned to me, as she no longer lives at the address she gave me. Please help me to get it to her if you can!

We beginnen de dag met dit prachtige gedicht van Toon Hermans Er moeten mensen zijn die zonnen aansteken #gedicht #verkiezingen #tweedekamer #verkiezing #tweedekamerverkiezingen #politiek #tk2025

Hey @tkingfisher.com

Deze verkiezingen verspreiden politici weer allerlei economische mythes. Hoog tijd om deze voor woensdag nog door te prikken! Afgelopen weekend publiceerde mijn team bij de @fnv.bsky.social daarom een de-bunk van de belangrijkste mythes in Vrij Nederland. Een draadje. (1/10)

Women started fandom. Women started fanfic. Women started star Trek cons. Women invented beer, and the novel, while we're at it. Stop trying to erase women from spaces, you stupid, lazy, misogynistic fucks.

Manager: "What's this milestone 'Living on a prayer' ?" Me: "That's the documentation deliverable." Manager: "What's the status of that?" Me: "We're halfway there" Manager: "Why is progress so slow?" Me: "You fired Tommy" Manager: "So?" Me: "Tommy used to work on the docs"

What a gorgeous portrait; basic, but seems to capture the essence of her personality.

I cannot recommend you enough to install the Wikipedia app on your devices and use it like you would any search engine. Nowadays they even have tabs so you can open many articles at once. And, if you can, please donate to the foundation. It has survived the internet enshittification that way.

Initiatieven als Hoek6 lijken een druppel op een gloeiende plaat en daarom ’niet de moeite waard’ voor dergelijke fondsen, maar voor deze jongeren, een hele kleine groep, kunnen ze het verschil maken. Ik heb gedoneerd, zullen we dat alsjeblieft allemaal doen? bsky.app/profile/ingr...

In 2004, Parisian police were conducting a training exercise in the french catacombs and found, after moving past a desk and a tape playing audio of snarling dogs, a fully functional movie theater and bar. When they returned 3 days later, the equipment was gone, with a note: “Do not try to find us.”

The badges I ordered from @henrieke.bsky.social have arrived! They're going to look so good on my bags 🤗 Now I just need to decide where I'll put the stickers 😄 Oh, and thank you for the adorable drawing on the envelope, Henrieke! So cute 😊

In Discworld, cities thrive because they welcome dwarfs, trolls, vampires, and humans alike. Ankh-Morpork works because everyone belongs. Funny how fiction can seem more humane than policy sometimes.

One of my favourite artists ❤️

I’m sad to hear the news that the wonderful Jane Goodall is no longer in the world. Her work with chimpanzees at Gombe in Tanzania taught us to look at other apes - and ourselves - differently. I was privileged to meet her later in life and tell her what an inspiration she was to me.

Het is weer kinderboekenweek. Kinderen houden echt wel van lezen. De kunst is om een passend boek voor ze te vinden. Waar? Nou hier in de bibliotheek.

The salve your soul needed. More of this. 🫶

Dus nog een keer voor de mensen achterin: je kunt te allen tijde je coronaprik plannen ☝🏼

Do I know anyone in the SC area who knows someone (or *is* someone) who wants to adopt two cats? I desperately need to find a home for my parents' two cats. I already have three, so I can't take them. They are boarding at their vet while I look, and I have to go home to PA in less than a week.

In Gaza vechten kinderen voor hun leven. Ziekenhuizen liggen in puin, zorg is bijna onmogelijk. Nederland weigert ieder verzoek om te helpen, terwijl de ziekenhuizen klaarstaan. Dat is onverteerbaar. ✍️ Teken de petitie: laat zieke kinderen uit Gaza toe! groenlinkspvda.nl/petitie/ziek...

Go home, predictive text. You're drunk.

A kind word, a gentle check-in, or simply listening can interrupt the darkest thoughts. You can save a life. #WorldSuicidePreventionDay 📞 UK: Samaritans 116 123 Your kindness could save a life. Sending love, soft purrs, and gentle headbumps your way today. @samaritans.bsky.social

Not all men? OK, wees dan onderdeel van de oplossing >>> (Te beginnen met dit stuk te luisteren en het te DELEN)

Any shares of this for algorithmical purposes much-appreciated. I'd love to get these books out of my spare room & into the world before my new novel comes out. I'll sign them all & I really am happy to let people choose what they pay. (Postage to UK is £4.)

Your Cherokee words for today. The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.

This sounds absolutely wonderful: you can wander around backstage in the V&A Storehouse. And it's free! www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Nieuwe vragenlijst! Over ... awel, nou ja ... van alles eigenlijk. 😊 forms.gle/d67uP2Beprab... Veel plezier! En vergeet zeker niet te delen. 🙂 #langsky #NederlandseTaal #taalvariatie @onzetaal.bsky.social @yvanspijk.bsky.social @languagewriter.bsky.social @meertens-knaw.bsky.social

My cartoons for this week’s @theguardian.com books #holiday #vacation #reading

it'd be great if folks can support The Lantern and the Night Moths for #WomenInTranslation month invisiblepublishing.com/product/the-...

Let’s be honest “First They Came For” is a historical version of “I never thought the leopards would eat my face.”

Inordinately proud of myself for having found a different - and shorter! - solution to NYT's LetterBoxed puzzle than they posted themselves (no spoilers: it's yesterday's puzzle)

Many thanks to anyone who chooses to share this. These are the last of the 53000+ books I bought from my ex-publisher Unbound earlier this year, after they stopped paying me and I took my rights back. We have 200-300 left and Jim would love to clear a bit of space in his room (he is very large).

Poor Ravioli has been at the shelter for a long time. 💔 He's very handsome and wants affection badly, but he's prone to getting overstimulated. Posting in hopes that maybe a quiet, cat-savvy person in Vermont might see this! www.hsccvt.org/Cats#sl_embe...

No cheating. Post the last pic of your pet. #TimelineCleanser

Ik word er een beetje moe van dat collectanten tegenwoordig eerst een heel verhaal afsteken en vervolgens je halve doopceel lichten voor een bijdrage. "We hebben uw naam, adres, telefoonnummer en mail nodig, en dan sturen we u een qr code..." Laat mij maar gewoon wat munten in een bus gooien.

De originele aquarellen zijn trouwens voor kleine prijzen te koop in mijn sale: www.vanjojan.nl/sale

Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on. slate.com/technology/2...

🧩 Puzzel #227 🤔 16 gokken ⏱️ 3m 3s 🔗 alfagok.diginaut.net

PERSON I JUST MET: my eyes are up here! ME [staring at their dog]: what

“Desire paths” are unofficial trails, usually bypassing a planned path, that reveal the most convenient route to get somewhere. The people (AKA meanderthals) that tramp along these routes often wear away grass, creating the secondary path Walk this way for more on desire paths (a thread / tread)...

Happy Pride, everyone! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🎊

Happy *quiet, chill* Pride.

Nog een paar dagen krijg je met code ZOMER 15% korting in mijn webshop. Ook op deze jongedame. Je vindt haar hier: www.vanjojan.nl/product/1916... Delen is fijn 🩵

Hey 2025 debut authors! Respond to this post with the title of your book, a link to buy it, and at least one cool thing about it. Let's make it easy to find new voices.

On the Glorious 25th May we remember John Keel, Dai Dickens, Ned Coates, Horace Nancyball, Billy Wiglet, Cecil Clapman, and (sort of) Reg Shoe. “They did the job they didn’t have to do, and they died doing it” #gnuterrypratchett #speakhisname #theglorious25may #HowDoTheyRiseUp

Zwelgje! 😭