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Lady Boomer campaign for Zeeman. Poster was used at tram/bus/metro stops all over the Netherlands and part of Belgium. So many people sent me photos of it and saw it everywhere.🤩🥳
June 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Adding more details to the portrait!
April 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Video ~ Bear loves swings
April 7, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Psychologists have long debated the extent to which an IQ test is capable of measuring a person’s inherent intellect (and if such a thing even exists). Now, “IQ” has been uncoupled from the test itself and loosed into the discourse to justify Silicon Valley’s power, Amanda Hess writes.
What Is Elon Musk’s I.Q.?
The questionable measure of intelligence has now been uncoupled from any test and loosed into the discourse to justify Silicon Valley’s power.
www.nytimes.com
April 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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IT GETS WORSE

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth brought his wife, a former Fox News producer, to two meetings with foreign military counterparts where sensitive information was discussed, according to multiple people who were present or had knowledge of the discussions.

New via @wsj.com:
Exclusive | Hegseth Brought His Wife to Sensitive Meetings With Foreign Military Officials
The defense secretary’s handling of sensitive information is under fire after he shared details about a strike on Houthi militants in a group chat on a widely used app.
www.wsj.com
March 29, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I was interviewed and photographed about my style for the Dutch magazine, Margriet, issue #13.

Photography: Ellen van Bennekom, styling: Maartje van den Broek, makeup: Florence Claire.
March 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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It appears that Kristi Noem may have worn a $60K Rolex during her visit to the El Salvadoran prison camp today.
March 27, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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ELON IS TRYING TO BUILD OUT HIS FASCIST GRANDFATHER’S FANTASY

“The Technate will encompass the entire American Continent from Panama to the North Pole because the natural resources and the natural boundary of this area make it an independent, self-sustaining geographical unit.”
March 15, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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Sen. Mark Kelly is ditching his Tesla
I bought a Tesla because it was fast like a rocket ship. But now every time I drive it, I feel like a rolling billboard for a man dismantling our government and hurting people. So Tesla, you’re fired!

New ride coming soon.
March 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Indeed.
March 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Armed with a trove of campaign finance data, we answer the very important question: Where do members of Congress eat in D.C. — and how much are they spending? 👇
How to Dine Like a Washington Insider
Where Republicans and Democrats are spending their money in D.C.
www.politico.com
March 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Overheard: The Tesla Chainsaw Massacre.
March 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Prince Frederik, the second cousin of the heir to the Luxembourg throne, has died at 22 of POLG, or polymerase gamma, a genetic disease for which he spent his brief life raising awareness.
A Young Prince of Luxembourg Dies of a Rare Genetic Disease
Prince Frederik, 22, was a founder and the creative director of a foundation that raised awareness of POLG disorder.
www.nytimes.com
March 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Dolly Parton announced that Carl Dean, her husband of nearly 60 years who had inspired her to write several songs, had inspired a new ballad: “If You Hadn’t Been There.”

“Like all great love stories, they never end,” Parton wrote on Instagram.
Dolly Parton Memorializes Her Husband, Carl Dean, in a New Song
“Like all great love stories, they never end,” Parton wrote on Instagram before releasing the ballad “If You Hadn’t Been There.”
www.nytimes.com
March 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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It’s borderline criminal.
March 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Evil.
March 6, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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November 30, 2024 at 4:06 PM
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DOGE firings have upended the lives of thousands of hardworking civil servants — including park rangers, disease researchers, and veterans.

Meanwhile, DOGE's own staffers are drawing hefty six-figure government salaries from the very agencies they are sabotaging.

"Efficiency."
March 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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“Everyone should have seen this coming,” writes our economics correspondent @vtg2.bsky.social. “... And yet, investors — like everyone else — weren’t sure how seriously to take those warnings until this week.” politi.co/41EDNh3
March 4, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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NEW: A former top Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) official sued the Trump administration Tuesday claiming she was unlawfully fired without cause last month. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
FEMA Official Sues Trump Administration Alleging Unlawful Firing and Defamation
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
March 5, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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China responds to Trump's trade war
March 5, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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Have you said thank you once?
March 3, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Crocuses are popping up although it’s still too cold for them!
Sophialaan, The Hague.
March 2, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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New York Times, Jan. 26, 1935.
March 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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March 2, 2025 at 1:18 PM