So with the final results in... It appears that every municipality went with the most NIMBY party they could. (Stupid Dutch greens in a lot of cases.)

So... In today's municipal elections The Hague just gave a huge mandate to the far right. Basically ran on the promise of closing every single asylum center. 17 out of 45 seats. Country remains ungovernable.

How to vote in the Netherlands. Register to vote with ID. Receive voter registration card. Vote with ID, in person, on day of only. Just want to point out that on somethings the USA is far to the left of Europe.

When "journalists" cannot even be bothered to read the abstract.

In America people vote against taxes because they believe they will one day become millionaires. In Europe they vote for pension increases because they think they will one day get a pension.

Actual #humanscale

While these calls for other metric are appropriate, I don't know why advocates are constantly dismissing the horrific quality of American drivers. I am once again calling on all Americans to lose their driver licenses. Everyone of you sucks at driving.

The fact that the NY Times is finally discovering that Queens exist, and is in fact the culinary capital of the world... Is probably a bad sign. youtu.be/3Q7Km1yQuoA?...

Dutch greens are the worst. Literally. "We need more affordable housing" Ask "are you going to build in this bordering farming area?" "No, we like riding bikes there." "Are you going to demolish canal homes and build flats?" "No, we like the views." Hukou? youtu.be/t05cFv02pzY?...

If a European quantum company goes public via a SPAC listed on NASDAQ, is it still a European company? P.S. a SPAC is about as real as a quantum computing company at this point!

I think one of the biggest cultural difference between northern/southern Europe and the USA is their various response to plans. Northern Europe will die for a outdated plan that was built by consensus. Southern Europe will protest to change the plan. America will just ignore the plan.

Excellent take down and explainer of one of the countries with the worst urban planning in the western world. youtu.be/d7ZbGw20L_4?...

Been going to Guy's for over a decade in the alternate universe Netherlands. Best sandwiches I have ever had. The European mind cannot comprehend. youtu.be/fUd0qcR2PbA?...

PANYNJ does not care about customer experience. News at 11:00

Strictly speaking from a carbon budget point of view it is probably better to not build the park and build more dense housing. Substituting for sprawl development on the periphery.

Education results have gotten worse during a period of time when we’ve decided to try less hard to teach kids

Got read into commercial building ConED subsidy project. Few things are weird. Apparently a large portion of the steam supply is now intentional and not cogen? Since it can only be used for heat it the winter, buildings are now installing steam engines to generate electricity.

It is always amazing how NYers consider spending the measurement of success rather than actual delivery and outcomes.

Slack's Direct Messaging feature causes far more harm to a organization's ability to execute than helps.

Dutch intend to stop providing additional support to Ukraine.

Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) the nationalized operator of most Dutch intercity rail reports profit of €11 million for 2025. www.nsjaarverslag.nl

Every Iranian I work with (diaspora bias). "Glad the fucker is dead, shame it was a side effect of imperialism."

On bike ride in 's Gravenhage (pretend you are drunk to pronounce correctly.) Coming up on a protest. 🚨 See Iranian flags. 🚨🚨 See Israeli flags. 🚨🚨🚨 See mutual dancing. ❕ I remember the feeling when Bin Laden was killed, but diaspora often don't represent the remaining population fully.

As the person who used to manage the much simpler, cheaper, and more reliable two-way radio system for MTA Bus Co. I know what a hit piece is, but I still laugh at the idiot, underperforming, and overly complex radio system they replaced it with. www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...

The grass is always greener... Especially when you don't understand the local language and end up living in an expat bubble with relatively high incomes.

Minimum zoning fixes this!

In the Netherlands foreign investors have totally abandoned investing in the rental housing market. Returns are too low and the investment environment is too hostile. Result: the shortages will continue to worsen. nltimes.nl/2026/02/24/d...

The biggest landlord in NYC is 100% by far the worst landlord in NYC and they absolutely need to be broken up.

Ohhh another opportunity to shit on Amsterdam! Behold, the shittiest zoning in the world! Where mid-rise and high-rise buildings are (mostly) only allowed to be constructed around the ring road highway.

Further evidence that the left edge of the Overton window is often way to the left of even the most progressive European countries.

I am once again calling on all Americans to lose their driver's license. Everyone of you sucks at driving, you need to stop blaming infrastructure for your total lack of will to enforce quality through licensing restrictions and police action. Make it expensive and a privilege!

Ah yet another bike stolen. This time out of my backyard in the middle of the night.

Local elections. "Yes to height where it fits" (missing middle NIMBYs) "Clean and safe streets" "Green living" "Tackle littering" "FUCK THEM WIND TURBINES!"

Given the current tax regime changes pretty much making independent saving a waste of time AND the raising of the pension age. I am pretty sure Dutch millennials and yomger are just stuck working until they are dead.

Flu epidemic burning through the Netherlands, Dutch healthcare getting overwhelmed. If only this country wasn't filled with a bunch of RFK Jr. morons. (PITA to get a vaccine.) www.iamexpat.nl/expat-info/d...

Minimum zoning!

This is such a uniquely north American debate.

The illegality of bleach in this stupid country is so damn annoying.

We don't have many Jews left, see my other post on Dutch antisemitism, but the Matzah! (it's not Kosher, atheist Dutch did adopt and now produce it as an easter tradition.)

Water from a plane holding tank bidet?

I am again calling on all Americans to lose their drivers license. You universally suck at it.

The current coalition plan of the newly formed Dutch government makes two things very clear. The generosity of the welfare system is getting significant cuts. Taxes are getting significant increases. Demographics and losing the American defense subsidy make a brutal reality. My current plan...

Apparently Utrecht's bus system is falling apart. Made the decision to switch from diesel to all electric. Failed to: - install enough chargers. - buy enough buses for added downtime. In Dutch tradition, 1/5 drivers are now burnt out from the stress from the change. youtube.com/shorts/h5rDK...

I think Dutch anti-Semitism can best be described as "What happened to them is terrible, but good thing we don't have to live with them, so strange." "We placed a gold stone in front of the house we expropriated, btw they owe us property taxes from when they were in the camps."

Interesting implication that other healthcare systems are underspending on healthcare as a % of GDP rather than just the USA overspending.

This is a absolutely brutal way to protest. Schiphol customs to check all arriving passengers until 1:30 p.m. in pay protest | NL Times share.google/zqEkR0yujFOB...

Spent 15 minutes explaining to three people what "sanctuary ________" meant in the American context. I still don't think they could believe the concept of state or city not collaborating with the federal government.

This is exactly how we solve this problem in the Netherlands. Cost per stall is €35.000 - €75.000

Wtf?!?

When you are doing pull ups and some Crossfiter starts throwing a medicine ball against the target on the rack, in the persuit of some satanic ritual.