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Foundational and curiosity-driven physics research and education
🚀 Leiden cosmology research is going to space ~ 2030!
@esa.int
adopts ARRAKIHS Mission: mapping the halo of nearby galaxies will reveal crucial information about dark matter. Europe leads the exploration of the low surface brightness universe!
@fnvunileiden.bsky.social
@leidenscience.bsky.social
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NWO Open Technology grant! Leiden professors Dirk Bouwmeester and Irene Groot will investigate the concept of a 🔄circular power plant. This enables commercial energy storage without fossil fuels, biomass, radioactive materials, or rare resources 🎉.
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@leidenscience.bsky.social
6 days ago
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Wetenschap hoort niet alleen thuis in vakbladen en conferentiezalen, maar ook midden in de samenleving. Professor Alessandra Silvestri vertelde over
#donkereenergie
bij het Science Café Nijmegen. Gemist? Bezoek haar lezing in Wageningen op 16 september!
edu.nl/mc4wj
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7 days ago
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Weekblad Mare schreef over het onderzoek door onze PhD's en studenten: "Kwantumloodgieters weten: in het lab werkt niks. ‘Je moet trots zijn op je fouten’". Wij zijn heel trots op hun doorzettingsvermogen en de resultaten!
edu.nl/jq38e
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@leidenscience.bsky.social
11 days ago
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The Improved Cold Vibration Isolation for Science and Industry Consortium gathered at
@unileiden.bsky.social
. Connecting around next-generation enabling technologies like
@einsteintelescope.bsky.social
,
#quantum
and
#semiconductor
applications!
@sronspace.bsky.social
@nikhef.bsky.social
14 days ago
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Hoe maak je
#MRI-scanners
meer toegankelijk voor miljoenen mensen? Thomas O'Reilly en Karina Soemarwoto werken aan deze missie. Hun bedrijf
#OpenImaging
maakt betaalbare MRI-scanners die in een bestelbus passen —
#innovatie
#wereldwijd
#impact
.
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@unileiden.bsky.social
15 days ago
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Vedran Dunjko and Jordi Tura i Brugués have received a grant of 1,1 million euro for a new quantum project 'Advancing Machine Learning using Quantum Features'. Funding by NWO and the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST). Congratulations!
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18 days ago
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🎪 Julia Cramer deed live onderzoek naar quantum en wetenschapscommunicatie op Nerdland Festival in België 🎪 Lees meer over hoe ze dit deed:
edu.nl/rhphp
19 days ago
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🔥 Al 50 inschrijvingen in de eerste twee dagen🔥 De 2e editie van onze geweldige
#natuurkunde
#minor
- speciaal voor niet-natuurkundigen - gaat in september 2026 weer van start. Er is plek voor 100 studenten. Schrijf je snel in via 👉https://edu.nl/e8tpj
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🎉 In september 2026 start onze multidisciplinaire Masterspecialisatie HighTechInnovation! 🎉
#scheikunde
,
#natuurkunde
, #wiskunde,
#informatica
,
#sterrenkunde
en
#projectmanagement
! Lees meer, p32 in de Leidraad:
edu.nl/a7nc7
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Leidraad mei 2026
Alumnimagazine van de Universiteit Leiden Leidraad verschijnt 3 maal per jaar en wordt kosteloos verspreid onder oud-studenten en relaties van Universiteit Leiden. Voor andere belangstellenden is een
https://edu.nl/a7nc7
about 1 month ago
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🎉 Vandaag is hun 125e verjaardag 🎉 Felicitaties aan onze buren de Leidse instrumentmakers School. We hebben samen een geschiedenis om trots op te zijn. En kijken vooruit naar een toekomst waarin jullie instrumentmakers de wetenschap gaan versnellen.
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Ivo van Vulpen
2 months ago
Absolutely love how this project at
@leidenphysics.bsky.social
turned out 🤩🤩 Text/photo's: Caren Huygelen
www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2026...
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On
#QuantumDay
, the promise of quantum technology feels closer than ever. Physicists at
@unileiden.bsky.social
are working every day to better understand this fascinating field of physics. From new microscopes, to building networks and great outreach projects!
@leidenscience.bsky.social
2 months ago
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Just kicked off the Quantum Limits Scientific Meeting with Lieven Vandersypen! The Quantum Limits research project aims to investigate the fundamental limits on physical processes imposed by the laws of quantum mechanics.
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2 months ago
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Registration is open for the 'Quantum & Law' conference on 23 April 2026!
edu.nl/ygktu
Join the conference for a discussion on how quantum technology can safely be introduced in society.
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@leidenscience.bsky.social
3 months ago
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🪱 Alive or not? Tiny 3D printed robots that swim and navigate just like animals! These microscopic robots that can swim, navigate, and adapt — without sensors, software, or external control.
edu.nl/fk48a
Created by
@danielajkraft.bsky.social
of
@unileiden.bsky.social
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We are excited to invite you to NanoMRI8, all about nuclear magnetic resonance, nanomechanics, and quantum physics. From 22–26 June 2026 at
@unileiden.bsky.social
, the Netherlands. Deadline registration and abstracts: Tuesday March 31st!
edu.nl/a4brn
3 months ago
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Van harte gefeliciteerd,
@sensevdmolen.bsky.social
! De wetenschappelijk directeur van ons instituut en hoogleraar Fysica van de gecondenseerde materie is nu benoemd tot lid van de Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen (KHMW).
@unileiden.bsky.social
@leidenscience.bsky.social
3 months ago
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Is Natuurkunde studeren misschien iets voor jou? Bezoek zaterdag 7 maart de
#BachelorOpenDag
van de
@unileiden.bsky.social
@leidenscience.bsky.social
en ontdek wat we jou te bieden hebben.
#quantum
#kosmologie
#softmatter
4 months ago
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A world first at the microscopic scale: Metamaterials that can shrink and expand on their own. Published in Nature, research by Julio Melio,
@danielajkraft.bsky.social
, Martin van Hecke and Silke Henkes:
edu.nl/kuj9x
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Pivoting colloidal assemblies exhibit mechanical metamaterial behaviour - Nature
A method is described for the manufacture of pivoting colloidal assemblies comprising rotating diamond and rotating triangle geometries that show tunable folding and unfolding by thermal fluctuations&...
https://edu.nl/kuj9x
4 months ago
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🔬 A new microscope for the quantum era! How do quantum materials really behave? Leiden physicists and QuantaMap technicians have now built an instrument that allows us to see this directly for the first time.
edu.nl/bpybp
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A new microscope for the quantum age: finally seeing how quantum materials behave
Physicists in Leiden have built a microscope that can measure no fewer than four key properties of a material in a single scan, all with nanoscale precision. The instrument can even examine complete q...
https://edu.nl/bpybp
4 months ago
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The ITCILO Masterclass 🔸Quantum Readiness for the World of Work🔸 has officially opened! Great teamwork by the International Training Centre of the ILO, Quantum Delta Leiden ( @unileiden.bsky.social and QuantumDeltaNL) and Politecnico di Torino. Watch the trailer:
vimeo.com/1159644952/2...
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https://edu.nl/9xhpb
4 months ago
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🎓 Are you considering a
#PHYSICS
#master’s
programme? On 6 February 2026, Leiden University hosts the Master’s Open Day. Come and visit us!
edu.nl/f7mjt
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Master in Physics - Leiden University | Leiden Institute of Physics - LION
🎓 Are you considering a #PHYSICS master’s programme? On 6 February 2026, Leiden University hosts the Master’s Open Day. https://lnkd.in/eWVz3cxb The 8 specialisations offered in our MSc Physics programme : 🔸 Theoretical Physics: you follow a two-year programme constisting of 3/5ths of coursework and one 9month long project that prepares you for scientific research towards a PhD in a broad range of topics in theoretical Physics. 🔸 Quantum Matter and Optics: you follow a programme in experimental physics constisting of 50% course work and 2 research projects in Condensed Matter problems. 🔸 Biological and Soft Matter Physics: you follow a programme in experimental physics consisting of 50% coursework and 2 research projects in Biophysics or Soft Matter. 🔸 Cosmology: You follow a joined programme with the department of Astronomy where you cover all aspects of modern astrophysics and carry out research projects tackling observation, interpretation, simulation and theory. 🔸 Physics and Business Studies: You combine a training in Physics (1 year of courses and research project) with courses in business and entrepreneurship and an internship with a company 🔸 Physics and Education (in Dutch): You combine a training in Physics (1 year of courses and research project) with courses in education and a teaching internship at a Dutch highschool. It leads to a teaching qualification valid for secondary education. 🔸 Physics and Science Communication and Society (SCS): You combine a training in Physics (1 year of coursework and research project) with courses in communication and relating science to the public. #master #masterprogramme | Marije Boonstra | Koenraad Schalm | Leiden Science - Universiteit Leiden
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Ivo van Vulpen
5 months ago
Vandaag verdedigde Aletta Meinsma bij
@unileiden.bsky.social
haar proefschrift over haar onderzoek naar communicatie over quantum(technologie) - met
@juliacramer.bsky.social
,
@ionica.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy
en Gudrun Reijnierse. Belangrijkste punten:
inpress.studiowetenschap.nl/alettameinsm...
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Ivo van Vulpen
5 months ago
Gisterenavond tijdens een bijeenkomsten voor natuurkundedocenten uit het voortgezet onderwijs (Contact.VWO - organisatie Lianne van der Meer) een schitterende lezing van Jan Aarts van
@leidenphysics.bsky.social
over de natuurkunde achter de Nobelprijs natuurkunde 2025. 🤩
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prof. John van Noort: ‘Our research can already analyse DNA on a large scale at single-molecule level. With this joint
@science.org
article, we place our techniques in a broader context and describe opportunities for future research.’
edu.nl/rctx4
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@leidenscience.bsky.social
5 months ago
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🌐 🎮 Learn about quantum by playing! The Quantum Game Lab of
@unileiden.bsky.social
hosted a workshop of Carlos Errando Herranz and his QuTech team for secondary school students. This Qbead helps to explain the concept of qubits.
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🎓
#PhD
candidate Aletta Meinsma investigated how people understand
#quantum
— and what role communication plays in that process. Her findings reveal a striking
#paradox
: increased understanding, but lower confidence:
edu.nl/h4dxw
@unileiden.bsky.social
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Communicating about quantum: explanations improve understanding but reduce confidence
Quantum technology has the potential to transform society. But how can you effectively inform the public about such complex and enigmatic science and technology? PhD candidate Aletta Meinsma explored ...
https://edu.nl/h4dxw
5 months ago
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🎓 Leiden’s High-Tech Innovation master’s specialisation is a brand-new track, designed for students aiming to pursue a research-driven career in industry. HTI bridges the gap between cutting-edge science and market-ready solutions.
edu.nl/3eaet
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@leidenscience.bsky.social
5 months ago
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🌟 Young Talent Award 2025 was awarded out to Leiden physics student Jelle Oonk. He won the prize for the best
#bachelor's
thesis for his research on
#neutrinos
. Well done, Jelle!
5 months ago
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Leiden Institute of Physics
Daniela J Kraft
5 months ago
Floppy lattices are exciting model systems, however, so far, we have been making them by optical tweezers. Our newest work by
@yogeshshelke.bsky.social
and with
@danpearce.bsky.social
in
@natcomms.nature.com
uses self-assembly through tuning of the kinetic pathways:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Self-assembly pathways towards floppy colloidal square lattices - Nature Communications
Rearrangements govern many properties of materials and molecules, but it has been largely unexplored how to create flexible structures from the bottom up. Here, the authors use colloidal particle...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-67792-4
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Componeren als een natuurkundige: ‘Muziek ervaren gaat veel verder dan taal’. Lees dit artikel op Mare online over het concert op 10 december in de Stadsgehoorzaal Leiden.
edu.nl/em4bd
@unileiden.bsky.social
#piano
#quantum
#music
6 months ago
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Microscopy reinvented: peeking into living worlds by
@sensevdmolen.bsky.social
. Tuesday Talk at our
@leidenscience.bsky.social
at 16.00 on December 9 2025.
edu.nl/6uqnk
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Componeren als een natuurkundige: ‘Muziek ervaren gaat veel verder dan taal’. Prachtig artikel over het concert van Rakhat-Bi Abdyssagin, vandaag in de Mare!
edu.nl/vg9dt
@sensevdmolen.bsky.social
@unileiden.bsky.social
@leidenscience.bsky.social
6 months ago
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🎉 NWO en Groeifonds-financiering voor onderzoek naar slimme chips die op licht reageren. De onderzoeksgroep van Michiel de Dood van de
@unileiden.bsky.social
ontwikkelt slimme chips die ze met licht kunnen instellen. Lees meer:
edu.nl/c9jyv
.
@leidenscience.bsky.social
6 months ago
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NWO Perspectief Funding awarded to project PURECOOL to develop the freezers of the future, with prof. Tjerk Oosterkamp of Leiden University. Read more:
edu.nl/tcrrw
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7 months ago
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🎶🎹 Ontdek de
#Quantum
#Muziek
van Rakhat-Bi Abdyssagin op 10 December in de Stadsgehoorzaal Leiden. Een avond vol kunst en wetenschap: een lezing, een gedicht en een pianoconcert. Er zijn nog tickets — mis deze kans niet om erbij te zijn!
tinyurl.com/2zr6hju6
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Rakhat-Bi Abdyssagin - Pianoconcert Rakhat-Bi Abdyssagin - Leidse Schouwburg - Stadsgehoorzaal
Een avond vol kunst & wetenschap - een pianoconcert door pianist, componist en schrijver Rakhat-Bi Abdyssagin.
https://tinyurl.com/2zr6hju6
7 months ago
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Listening to the deep sea: NWO Roadmap funding for the highly successful
#KM3NeT
telescope! Leiden physicist Dorothea Samtleben: ‘This funding will enable us to finish our detector and address long-standing, crucial, and unresolved questions in particle physics'.
@leidenscience.bsky.social
7 months ago
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Quantum theatershow voor 1600 Amsterdamse basisschoolkinderen, mede ontwikkeld door Michiel Thijssen van
#Quantum
Delta Leiden. Hét educatieproject van Editie 14
#Amsterdam
Lights Festival.
7 months ago
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🎉 NWO Vidi grant for Bas Hensen and Evert van Nieuwenburg! These two physicists will continue their research on🧲Levitated magnets with a twist and a spin: towards macroscopic quantum superpositions and 🎮Formal games for solving hard quantum control problems.
@leidenscience.bsky.social
8 months ago
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Postdoctoral researcher vacancy Are you interested in research at the intersection of ML and quantum sciences? How about working with Anna Dawid at LIACS and the
LeidenPhysics.bsky.social
. Apply by November 17th!
edu.nl/4uyhe
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8 months ago
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🎹Pianist Rakhat-Bi Abdyssagin brings music and science together in Leiden during this concert at the Stadsgehoorzaal Leiden on December 10, 2025! Learn more about the concert:
edu.nl/gc7hk
, get your tickets:
edu.nl/tutnx
@sensevdmolen.bsky.social
@unileiden.bsky.social
@leidenscience.bsky.social
9 months ago
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reposted by
Leiden Institute of Physics
Ivo van Vulpen
9 months ago
Ik had twee virtuele personages nodig in mijn relativiteitstheorie college: de beroemde waarnemers die ten opzichte van elkaar bewegen. Heb mijn keuzevrijheid gebruikt om onze student-assistenten Rosa en Tim van
@leidenphysics.bsky.social
een rol in het verhaal te geven.
#MinorDeMysterieuzeRealiteit
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Now online in journal American Physical Society: 'Unoccupied bands in the molybdenum dichalcogenides MoS2, MoSe2, and MoTe2' by J. Jobst, E.E. Krasovskii, R. Ribeiro, T. A. de Jong, C.R. Dean, R.M. Tromp and
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DOI:
doi.org/10.1103/8hvv...
9 months ago
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Leiden Institute of Physics
Ali Azadbakht
12 months ago
🔗 Paper link below if you’d like the details.
doi.org/10.1039/d4sm...
🙌 Thanks to
@danielajkraft.bsky.social
for brilliant work and guidance, and to
@leidenphysics.bsky.social
for funding the project. Interested in membrane mechanics or how we perform experiments? Feel free to contact me.
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Repulsions and attractions between membrane-deforming spheres, Janus-particles, and opposite tube-like deformations in giant unilamellar vesicles
Lipid membrane deformations have been predicted to lead to indirect forces between the objects that induce these deformations. Recent experimental measurements have found an attractive interaction bet...
https://doi.org/10.1039/d4sm01415d
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Ivo van Vulpen
12 months ago
Muurformule merchandise
@sensevdmolen.bsky.social
🤩 De
#GIREP
conferentie over natuurkunde onderwijs wordt dit jaar (deze week) georganiseerd door
@leidenphysics.bsky.social
. De organisatie vond muurformulemokken een goed idee. Wij ook 😀 GIREP programma:
indico.cern.ch/event/1175859/
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Julia Eckert
9 months ago
The last paper from my PhD is now online! 🥳 👉
pubs.aip.org/aip/rsi/arti...
We have designed a new device based on the elastic micropillar array assay to measure the detachment forces between spread cells.
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🐯The
#Quantum
Safari — an interactive journey that reveals how quantum is already part of our everyday lives, and how much more is possible. This Saturday, we’ll be at the
#NachtvanOntdekkingen
at the Oude Sterrewacht in
#Leiden
, starting from 7 PM
@leidenscience.bsky.social
@unileiden.bsky.social
9 months ago
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📢 The House of Quantum in
#Leiden
has officially opened! At LION, we are very proud to host this first location of the HoQ outside of Delft! This new hub brings
#quantum
to the health, bio- and med-tech sector at the Bio Science Park!
@leidenscience.bsky.social
@unileiden.bsky.social
edu.nl/aq6fa
.
9 months ago
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LION Science Day 2025! Our annual first event of the new academic year: welcoming our first-year master's students and new
#PhD's
and
#Postdocs
to our institute by highlighting the newest research and socializing.
@unileiden.bsky.social
@leidenscience.bsky.social
@sensevdmolen.bsky.social
9 months ago
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