There was construction near the Manneken Pis; in the spirit of the times, it was dressed up. Statues at a 15th century town hall. Both, Brussels, Belgium.

Simple pleasures.

SCIENTIA NON HABET INIMICUM NISI IGNORANTEM

1M (or so) fewer people working in the US than before the orange menace. Yet, the stocks rally? Man, those corporate earnings expectations (helping to prop up this rally) better come to fruition (hint: they won’t)! Interest rates aren’t going to save this economy.

For the haters in the thread: this kind of law isn’t about sheriffs dragging off FBI agents. What the law does is set a clear boundary, give the state standing if federal agencies push back, and create political pressure against masked federal operations. It’s about accountability, not theatrics.

Oh ffs. Though, as AI systems are all made by bros, I guess this is t too surprising.

While the UK panders to billionaires, the EU getting the real work done.

When in Belgium…

Ahhhh…the point of the state visit to the UK is now clear. Billionaires positioning themselves to get more.

here's a direct link to canceling your Disney+ account. post your cancellations in the comments. www.disneyplus.com/commerce/acc...

Kudos to Hawaii for being a part of the West Coast Health Alliance.

Apropos of nothing, my first 1k likes post. When I was in Kauai, I started a study (based of a Spanish paper) to look at microplastics in the ocean waters around the island. I gave up; I didn’t finish the study-it was too depressing. It was everywhere.

Of course they won’t.

We, the consumer, will not hold them accountable. How many people have cancelled their ABC content (via Walt Disney Company)? How many people have cancelled their CBS content (via Paramount)? How many people have cancelled their MSNBC content? How many people have cancelled their Fox content?

Pu’u Ka Pele Forest Reserve, Kaua’i. A lifetime ago.

I appreciate the contrast to where I currently find myself: the Netherlands…where my science background has been welcomed with open arms.

Oh no! A brewery 4 min away!

This image ( The Truman Show vibes) makes it look like stepping out of the U.S. is a clean breakthrough into freedom and clarity, but the lived reality is much messier. Leaving your home country is not just an escape from what’s broken; it’s also a severing. 1/4

i've been doing this for years lol dutchreview.com/news/four-da...

The news cycle here for me in NL is not quite what I was expecting. It all doesn’t seem so far away any more.

1. They do it because they can. 2. They continue b/c the consequences are acceptable. 3. When the consequences become unacceptable, the behavior will change. 4. Until the consequences become unacceptable, the behavior will continue. Make the consequences unacceptable.

Need a mental break? The Residence. Netflix. Great watch.

Moon over the Netherlands

Pointing out Charlie Kirk's hate speech is not hate speech. It's objective reporting. Apologize to Matthew Dowd and rehire him. A full-throated embrace of genocide is hate speech – beyond all measure. Fire Brian Kilmeade. Immediately.

Jupp

This article was taken down by the current administration. First paragraph is all you really need to read. archive.is/2024.10.24-2...

Ah, yes. Another domestic white terrorist.

feeling a little more Dutch every day.

@ellearmageddon.bsky.social Who said I was mad? Just marveling how shit your posts are.

things that make you go... ....hmmmm?

@ellearmageddon.bsky.social Ad hominem attacks. Turning off replies and reposts. Quaint.

NOBODY should live in fear because of gun violence. I disagree with him: "I think it’s worth it. I think it’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights." (LA Times, 2025)

It's about damn time. No need to accept the cookies; it's about smoking bans in Spain (targeting UK tourists, mostly). www.thesun.co.uk/travel/36643...

Age verification? I wrote my college admissions essays on an Apple Iic and a dot-matrix printer.

Views from a walk, part 2.

Some views from a walk today

it's almost as if nothing has changed in the past 150 years.

I hate Zuckuckerprick with every fiber of my being.

Oh hell yes

What does one do at 3 am when one cannot sleep? Why, make bagels, of course!