Morgen stemt het Europarlement ópnieuw over chatcontrole, nadat het voorstel in maart al werd weggestemd. Massasurveillance van privéberichten hoort niet thuis in een democratie! 📩 Laat je stem horen: fightchatcontrol.eu 📞 Nog beter: bel de 9 NL'se europarlementariërs die het voorstel steunen!

WOW -- Danish reporter *goes there* with Rutte "You sit next to Trump when he talks about conquering Greenland, lashes out at allies like Spain -- things it doesn't seem like the old Mark Rutte would approve of. Does this have any affect on your self-respect when you sit there and say nothing?"

More balls than Mr. M.Rutte from NATO.

Black Mirror covered this #obligatory

Facebook’s own researchers found that “64% of all extremist group joins are due to our recommendation tools”, an internal report in 2016 found. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Ja okee, dan kijk ik dat ook niet. Is goed.

The New York Times says widespread noncitizen voting doesn’t exist, but it puts the phrase “noncitizen voting” in its main headline, which is likely to make more people think it exists.

everywhere you look, things are goin' great

The Dutch Archimedes: Christiaan Huygens, leading Dutch scientist, mathematician, horologist, pioneer of probability theory, died #OTD 1695. Portrait by Caspar Netscher, 1671 Rijksmuseum Boerhaave, Leiden

Geen beelden van, dus "trust me bro". www.nytimes.com/2026/07/07/u...

After 16 years of Viktor Orbán's rule, Hungary's state television has suspended its news broadcasts for restructuring. The main state TV channel, M1, displayed a black screen with the following message: "Public media must not lie. We apologize for doing so for many years."

BREAKING: in June 2026, *every single one* of the 1,062 refugees admitted in the U.S. were white South Africans. In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 7,727 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November), and nobody else. For reference, the U.S. admitted 100,060 refugees in 2024.

The story here is not this stupid movie – which will never get made and never come out – but how the Tilly Norwood people keep getting these credulous articles placed in national news sources despite zero demonstration of any success or demand for this.

data visualization is my passion.

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My nine-year-old son Mohammad, killed by Israeli soldiers, is not just another number | Alia Abdel Majid Al-Hallaq

RDW, you up? www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfu...

Tikkie schmalzy voice-over maar leuke blik op (in, rather) Vrijheidsbeeld youtu.be/FJ3yttjwqlg

this guy is the co-founder of Airbnb

This is one of the weirdest things I've ever seen. Fox News asked him to wave and he then waved. At the TV, not at them

new metaphor just dropped

The United States 1957 vs. 2026: The same vibe, an innocent black girl surrounded by the same damn problem, white supremacy.

Prima onder-kwartier essay over wat afsnijden van creative proces met ai doet mét creativiteit youtu.be/WeCSzEtZcUw

Onder het kopje ‘Ik heb daar ooit een lekkere hamburger gegeten, rondgereden en de Golden Gate’ gezien dus ik ben een Amerika-kenner deel 3.267. revu.nl/artikel/6899...

Energy Secretary Chris Wright: “I'm thrilled to report that after 35 years, on July 4th, we will end the subsidies for new wind and solar projects” So dumb

This artwork is a digital illustration created by the Spanish artist Tito Merello Vilar. He is well-known for his atmospheric, figurative digital paintings that often feature ethereal themes, stylized characters, and rich color.

I’m SO proud to call USAF member Jason Watson a friend of mine. He was arrested yesterday for protesting in his uniform against the administration. Bravo sir. #Impeach #Convict #Remove.

Self-proclaimed "free speech absolutist" Elon Musk suspended the account that was tracking Trump's stock trades.

It is the dawn of a new era. Hear our battle anthem. Welcome to the new InfoWars.

Here’s some straight talk from someone who knows some things.

Hilarious. Wait, are you saying this is real? Wow.

‘While SpaceX has the rating cos’ stamp of quality, the market grades its bonds closer to junk. What this tells you is the biggest, most sophisticated investors in the world see a harder road to success than Musk touts and demand to be compensated accordingly.’ www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

The new InfoWars site, which is insane and heavily influenced by shawarma machines, will debut later on tonight at theonion.info. Here's a sneak peek from FastCompany.

Echt ongelooflijk. Links heeft de afgelopen 20 jaar niet geregeerd, is geen veroorzaker van stikstofprobleem of schaalvergroting of het halveren van de boerenstapel. Maar rechts vindt het allemaal de schuld van links, en wil niks oplossen. www.volkskrant.nl/politiek/pro...

13 people killed by Russia in #Kyiv in last night's massive attack. Over 30 people injured. The search and rescue operations continue at the sites where Russia hit.

Noodzaak soevereine Europese AI exhibit 1235781: www.iex.nl/Nieuws/86977...

Eurovision - Europe, Australia, Canada - ultimately now well placed to replace NATO

The word in this headline that infuriates me is "colorful." No fact-challenged Democrat is ever called "colorful."

In elk normaal land waren de parlementaire enquêtes al aangekondigd www.rivm.nl/nieuws/pfas-... Ieder van ons is een wandelende anti-aanbakpan.

Thank you so much for all of your happy birthday wishes. Honestly, I don’t really feel 100. I feel pretty good. I feel like I’m only 98!

Not a great economy alert! Wall Street Bets users think Palantir spiked today because The Onion story titled “Palantir Acquires Pentagon for $800 Billion” hit their front page. They’re guessing trading bots indexed the top post on the subreddit reddit not understanding source.

I originally started filming Utrecht because of its cycling infrastructure. Looking back over seventeen years of footage, I realised I have documented something much bigger: the transformation of an entire city. Blog, video and playlist:

literally one day apart. goldfish would scoff at this lack of object permanence