Going to try and turn 4.9 kilos of figs into jam this morning without crying. There's roughly 15 more kilos in the freezer. Hoping by doing bigger batches then my usual 1 or 2 kilos it'll go a bit faster this year

Weird logo placement in this ad I got this morning

Another tough day for team “there’s no point in complaining about AI, just accept it.”

chat is it bad if fertilizer prices are up 45%

So that’s that, right? We don’t have to put up with endless drivel about how expensive it is to save the planet abd ourselves ever again? Cool.

We hebben iets teveel bezuinigt op jou onderweis

It's just so incredibly embarrassing to be human right now

Oh alright then

The Heat Will Kill You First

Long-time buddies Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols were out for a pleasant van drive in Oklahoma when, all of a sudden, their lives would change.

This lunch includes all five of the main Dutch food groups: cheese, cucumber, geometry, boredom and sorrow, with most of the vitamin content provided by the soul-destroying view of endless flatness spilling off the far-flung horizon.

*me, looking around sheepishly at current events* “Hey so I have a book coming out in May and it can teach you how to preserve food and feed your community. Maybe you’d like it?” bookshop.org/a/103396/978...

Funny, in France if a GP has to perform minor surgery on you, you get a prescription for all the necessary materials, including (but not limited to) the scalpel

''Het is hoog tijd dat de toezichthouders gaan handhaven op de schending van privacy door cyclusapps. Want nu worden gevoelige data over seksuele gezondheid doorgespeeld uit commerciële overwegingen,'' schrijft onze Actieonderzoeker Eva in de Volkskrant. www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...

De afschuwelijke Europese deportatiewet is erdoor. Met dank aan de fractie waar o.a. CDA en BBB in zitten.

Funniest thing about going to the gym in France is all the super fit looking gym bros smell of cigarette smoke

Attention all those harbouring any overripe bananas in their kitchen: #RecipeOfTheDay is Chocolate Banana Muffins in all their darkly smouldering glory! www.nigella.com/recipes/choc...

This is the warning on the blood pressure monitor my dad just got. Exceptional work. Anybody know what the fuck it’s supposed to mean? Last line is especially ominous

To be left dead by attacks is the natural state of the Middle Easterner, while in the Western culture (also Israel somehow) being killed is a major taboo.

Precies. Aan een beetje fascisme is nog nooit iemand doodgegaan, hè Wim.

"Yeah man, times were so good for farmers back then they wrote books about it!"

Reading news and found a new favorite example of false nostalgia

Drains across the Iranian capital Tehran are continuing to explode after earlier Israeli and US strikes on oil depots and infrastructure. Medical experts are warning the toxic smoke and runoff has increased the risk of deadly illnesses, including cancer.

This is what peak male performance looks like

If the only bread I'll ever be able to bake is Borodinksy bread (rye with molasses and coriander seeds) that's fine by me

pro-tip: als je statement over solidariteit met vrouwen steeds het woordje onze bevat dan doe je het verkeerd. vrouwen zijn van zichzelf

‘1 op de 3 Belgen vindt dat we in ons land zo ver gegaan zijn in het promoten van vrouwenrechten, dat mannen nu benadeeld worden. En 34 procent vindt dat er te veel van mannen verwacht wordt om gendergelijkheid te verkrijgen.’ Eén fucking derde. Mensen zijn de weg kwijt. www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...

there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for

can't believe The Menu was a documentary about Noma

It’s cool how people misunderstanding therapy speak has evolved into “politicians don’t owe voters anything”

Kreeg op insta een verzoekje voor de uil in situ, voor tot je kan zien hoe groot 'ie is. Dus doe ik die hier gewoon ook even ja toch niet tan.

Really important to wear your chef’s coat for this sort of thing

Would be nice if someone invented an anti-nail growth serum, these things are too much work and there's like 10 of them

Turns out there are good reasons to leave some places to be wild.

Echt. Voor wat kwartjes iets stoppen wat gewoon goed is. Beter voor mensen, beter voor de omgeving en ook financieel slimmer.

How it started / how it's going

If you're doomscrolling, guess what? So far there are 51 kākāpō chicks hatched and thriving this season, the same number of birds as we had in TOTAL in the 90s! Only one chick has died and there are still fertile eggs waiting to hatch!

De landelijke kwaliteitseisen zouden al voor voldoende bescherming zorgen, schrijft het Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat in een brief. Dat is opmerkelijk, want datzelfde ministerie concludeerde anderhalf jaar geleden het tegenovergestelde. buff.ly/DEOiLZV

I'll always remember Kristi Noem for the "Meth. We're on it." campaign.

Guess I've found a way to spend this evening

All these shelves used to be full but with all the people almost dying around me the past year and a half stuff makes me feel bogged down so I am slowly selling off a lot

Disturbing survey which shows the harm Andrew Tate, Jordan Peterson, Charlie Kirk, and all the TradLife influencers have done to young people. Restrictive gender roles and expectations harm everyone. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Morning walk at the old quarry turned nature reserve

gemiste kans voor open doel: de betutteling is dat de agrolobby het in de EU voor elkaar heeft gekregen dat je geen vegaburger meer mag zeggen omdat er helemaal geen burgers in zitten www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

Polymarket has created a market that would monetize a nuclear attack amid increasing concerns that bets are happening among government insiders who can make military decisions. What stage of the apocalypse is this? polymarket.com/event/nuclea...

World Central Kitchen head José Andrés confirms Israel has closed Gaza’s borders indefinitely and warns the NGO will run out of food this week. The group is currently cooking about 1 million hot meals a day.

First week in the BBC graphics department and already thriving

My head is still with soup season but it's 20 degrees outside