Als ik ziek ben zijn mijn dromen vaak levendiger. Vannacht zag ik in een droom mijn pijn en verdriet als een grote plas water in een kelder. Een soortgelijk beeld heb ik vaker gezien en het roept meestal angst op omdat het water zwart is en ik de rand van de plas niet helder kan zien, waardoor 1/2

Maar er zijn tenminste nog geen muggen

Nederland draait nu alleen op zon en wind en biomassa: 99% hernieuwbare elektriciteit en dan exporteren we ook nog 16% naar Belgie. app.electricitymaps.com/map/zone/NL/...

Reminds me that every time a lie was exposed people said 'but it could have been true'. It was never about truth, but about reinforcing ideas. Also you would see more realistic commercials if truth was effective. But that would only be boring. 'This energy drink literally gives wings' works better

De invloed van Pete Hegseth wordt misschien nog steeds wel onderschat, zoals menige agressieve schreeuwlelijk in de geschiedenis is onderschat

'I may just never see you again, or might as well You took advantage of a world that loved you well I'm going to a town that has already been burnt down I'm so tired of you, America Making my own way home, ain't gonna be alone I've got a life to lead, America' www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtVy...

Daar doet het linkse college in Amsterdam dus niks tegen, ondanks eerdere beloften dat de verkoop van sociale woningen wordt stopgezet.

The newsletter of Paul Krugman is entertaining

Olifanten in boekhandel Scheltema

Goede uitleg van Nu punt nl. Uit andere artikelen werd me niet precies duidelijk hoe de wet in elkaar zat. www.nu.nl/buitenland/6391035/israel-bereikt-nieuw-dieptepunt-met-doodstrafwet-apartheid-in-extreemste-vorm.html

we leven in de lelijkste eeuw ooit en elke dag doen architecten en designers hun best om daar twee eeuwen van te maken

Vanmiddag luisterde ik naar de livestream van de Matthäus. Nu, bladerend door de verzamelde gedichten van Nijhoff kom ik dit gedicht tegen. Ik vraag me ineens af, vanwege het slaan en liefhebben, of 'Ik had hem lief' van Reve verwijst naar dit gedicht van Nijhoff.

Live stream right now: people of the world united listening to Bach www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Jqy...

How can the USA make the same mistake again? People underestimate the addiction of intense events. Hitler served in WW1, saw the incredible suffering there, and started WW2. Putin was at the heart of Russian cold war and started the same repression. Pete Hegseth served in Iraq and Afghanistan. So...

Martyn F. Overweel is dead. This makes me very sad. He was a nice guy and a great artist. Amsterdam was his natural home, his style with erotic, chaotic, ironic, iconic elements represents the freedom and weirdness of this city. I met him a few times, at parties that were equally weird. R.I.P.

Anthropic has the best names again. Mythos and Operon sound great

Trump can just say 'we won the war, greatest success ever' and stop it. His critics nor his supporters really care if he claims another fake win. Sure Donny, well done, maybe focus on your ballroom for a while? I can't see any reason for him to continue, except that Pete Hegseth now controls America

I really enjoy NDE stories. I hope they are not fantasies but translations of other layers of existence. But even as stories, fantasies, I think many of them are among the best stories ever told. But in non of these reports I found a good justification for the amount of suffering in the world.

Lief dagboek,

De belangrijkste taak van een moderne ontwerper is om wat mooi is aan de natuur, de zachtheid, de ronde vormen, details, organische orde, te vervangen door hoekige vormen en chaos, om elk verwijt van sentimentaliteit te voorkomen.

Still beautiful. The Judas Passion www.youtube.com/watch?v=URWa...

Ik krijg kleine elektrische schokjes van het warme water in de keuken. Loodgieter is al geweest en gaat een andere loodgieter raadplegen. De douche lijkt nog veilig. Sowieso heb ik een doodsverlangen. Maar wil ik naakt geëlektrocuteerd in de douche eindigen? Het kan me eigenlijk niet veel schelen.

Just in time for spring 🌱

Ten years ago I looked at this image at least once every day. I still like it, it is humourous, true, scary and relaxing at the same time.

This would be a good time for the Netherlands to recognize the Palestinian state. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Pierre Cuypers op zijn eigen gebouw

it is the greatest refreshment of the spirits of man; without which, buildings & palaces are but gross handy-works

Lief dagboek,

In the past if you were an artist with no success, you could always die with the hope that your art would be discovered by posteriority. But I see a future where humans, if we survive, change themselves genetically and will quickly become a different species The past will look like slime to them 1/2

I live 33 years in Amsterdam and I still discover new details all the time. What do the architects of today create for future generations?

So much winning

Nearly all culture and media is an instrumental proxy whose purpose is to get us to relate to other people. The fate of society rests on everyone realizing that in time.

Kind of ironic that AI is mostly invented by Americans but also will hurt them the most, because for Americans work is their identity. Italians will be happy if the robot does the work. They will vote for redistribution of the gains and just go to the beach.

Rembrandt self 22 years old

Can we have a film about Anton Bruckner played by Anthony Hopkins?

Weird how I find it uncomfortable with modern classical composers that they are alive but not with pop artists. It has something to do with intimacy. Maybe with pop musicians their persona is part of the act which creates distance. With death people it doesn't matter who they were. 1/2

The first green tree! I love this spot. I will probably post a lot of similar videos from here, showing the changing seasons

If the Iran war is a big failure for the USA, the window of opportunity for China to attack Taiwan gets bigger. Trump will hesitate to start yet another war. Allies will hesitate to cooperate with the USA. Trump can be bought by Xi.

The latest World Happiness report is out. Arguably the most important report in the world. Happy to see that some eastern European countries are moving up: Kosovo, Lithuania, Poland are happier than for instance the UK. Latin America generally does well, especially considering their often low GDP

That feeling in nature when you see something weird, complex, chaotic, but it makes sense when you look closer

I am very happy to live in the most prosperous century ever but esthetically I prefer any century in the past. Of course this sophisticated level of beauty wasn't everywhere, but at least it was appreciated. These shapes give great joy and you can add any meaning or story, what more do you want?

“Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/w...

When a musician tells a composer that a certain note may just be reachable but with great difficulty, the composer will just write that note. I always felt guilty when I did that but now that I am writing for my own voice, I still do that. So at least I treat myself equally badly.

Boek van @robvanessen.bsky.social uit. Psychologisch mysterie over de vraag waarom het wonder niet gevierd mag worden maar problematisch en deprimerend moet zijn. Er gebeurt iets onmogelijks maar alles moet op het niveau van kots, dweilen en patat blijven. De angst voor hoop doordrenkt het boek.

Lief dagboek,

I'm writing a song about an old friend of me and I found this nice article about him. 'bohemian, raconteur extraordinaire, socialite, painter and artist, actor, Garbo-esque character, source of inspiration and fascination' visayandailystar.com/adieu-emmanu...

Moscow is still good at corrupting people. Now the Belgian prime minister, who refused to confiscate Russian funds because 'Moscow made it clear that if that happens, Belgium and I personally will feel the consequences forever' is pressing for negotiations with Russia and to 'normalize relations'.

The propaganda videos the White House makes about the war are a new level of disturbing. Real people are dying, mutilated for life, traumatized for life, and the White house presents war as a game and a triumph. I don't want to fill bluesky with reports of horror, but this propaganda is a dark sign

I find it very tiresome that for the sake of diplomacy world leaders don't speak their mind about each other. I also very much wonder if this politeness is effective. When there is a spat, there is often still dealing after that, so why not let your people and the world know where you stand.