Hens Breet
@monospace.com
Artist. Immigrant. Citizen. Dutch uncle.
Fine art and interactive multimedia since 1998
monospace.com
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Fine art and interactive multimedia since 1998
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Hens Breet
@monospace.com
· Dec 24
I’m pleased to announce my upcoming solo exhibition, Reflected Lowlands: Wetlands on the Urban Edge, on view at the Hoboken Historical Museum’s Upper Gallery from January 25 through March 8. Live-streaming interview by museum director Bob Foster on January 23, 7pm.
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If the motherfucking KING OF ENGLAND is willing to have his own brother arrested because he's a pedo, whomever is running in the midterms and in 2028 needs to bring fire and brimstone for EVERYONE in the files. Charles himself realizes how important this is! This is not an extreme position!
King Charles has issued a statement following his brother Andrew’s arrest
February 19, 2026 at 2:52 PM
If the motherfucking KING OF ENGLAND is willing to have his own brother arrested because he's a pedo, whomever is running in the midterms and in 2028 needs to bring fire and brimstone for EVERYONE in the files. Charles himself realizes how important this is! This is not an extreme position!
Driving home from Sandy Hook last summer, the orange glow of the setting sun and the bright reflections on the powerlines on the side of the road caught my eye. I’ve always had a thing for these “road perspectives.”
NJ Rte 36, Leonardo, NJ.
Acrylic on panel, 9"x12"
#art #artSky #fineArt #NewJersey
NJ Rte 36, Leonardo, NJ.
Acrylic on panel, 9"x12"
#art #artSky #fineArt #NewJersey
February 19, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Driving home from Sandy Hook last summer, the orange glow of the setting sun and the bright reflections on the powerlines on the side of the road caught my eye. I’ve always had a thing for these “road perspectives.”
NJ Rte 36, Leonardo, NJ.
Acrylic on panel, 9"x12"
#art #artSky #fineArt #NewJersey
NJ Rte 36, Leonardo, NJ.
Acrylic on panel, 9"x12"
#art #artSky #fineArt #NewJersey
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after billions upon billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies, Silicon Valley's environmental standard bearer Tesla isn't even trying to make compelling EVs, or grow the market with lower cost EVs, and is instead joining the race to increase fossil fuel consumption as fast as possible to fuel AI
February 19, 2026 at 5:28 PM
after billions upon billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies, Silicon Valley's environmental standard bearer Tesla isn't even trying to make compelling EVs, or grow the market with lower cost EVs, and is instead joining the race to increase fossil fuel consumption as fast as possible to fuel AI
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Ossoff: "There are some folks who are doomscrolling in the fetal position. Every day there is a new outrage. It's easy I know to fear that maybe we could lose our republic. I think what John Lewis would tell us is it's up to us. We have the power to right the ship. Nobody is gonna do it for us."
February 19, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Ossoff: "There are some folks who are doomscrolling in the fetal position. Every day there is a new outrage. It's easy I know to fear that maybe we could lose our republic. I think what John Lewis would tell us is it's up to us. We have the power to right the ship. Nobody is gonna do it for us."
Having an active Twitter or Substack account is an automatic mute. For starters.
February 19, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Having an active Twitter or Substack account is an automatic mute. For starters.
I’ve done lots of swamp paintings at this point. I never get tired of these saturated greens, the trees, and the water.
Great Swamp Wilderness, Morris County, NJ.
Acrylic on canvas panel, 12”x9”
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#art #artSky #fineArt #acrylic #landscapeArt #NewJersey
Great Swamp Wilderness, Morris County, NJ.
Acrylic on canvas panel, 12”x9”
art.monospace.com/great-swamp-3/
#art #artSky #fineArt #acrylic #landscapeArt #NewJersey
February 19, 2026 at 1:58 AM
I’ve done lots of swamp paintings at this point. I never get tired of these saturated greens, the trees, and the water.
Great Swamp Wilderness, Morris County, NJ.
Acrylic on canvas panel, 12”x9”
art.monospace.com/great-swamp-3/
#art #artSky #fineArt #acrylic #landscapeArt #NewJersey
Great Swamp Wilderness, Morris County, NJ.
Acrylic on canvas panel, 12”x9”
art.monospace.com/great-swamp-3/
#art #artSky #fineArt #acrylic #landscapeArt #NewJersey
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I can’t believe you lefty Luddites hate tech so much that you embrace mRNA vaccines, heat pumps, electric bikes, hybrid work, renewable power (and awesome advancements in storage), space telescopes, and hot/cold running water but reject the planet destroying plagiarism enrich the worst people bots!
February 18, 2026 at 1:07 PM
I can’t believe you lefty Luddites hate tech so much that you embrace mRNA vaccines, heat pumps, electric bikes, hybrid work, renewable power (and awesome advancements in storage), space telescopes, and hot/cold running water but reject the planet destroying plagiarism enrich the worst people bots!
“Prediction markets” are no different than making drunken bar bets
February 18, 2026 at 8:32 PM
“Prediction markets” are no different than making drunken bar bets
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Also, some of the discourse around technology products, and particularly the fervency by which people will defend their use at all costs as if part of an attack on their personal identity, is so resonant with things you see in anti-vaxx communities.
February 18, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Also, some of the discourse around technology products, and particularly the fervency by which people will defend their use at all costs as if part of an attack on their personal identity, is so resonant with things you see in anti-vaxx communities.
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I will take any opportunity to post this again
February 18, 2026 at 4:54 PM
I will take any opportunity to post this again
Two of the world's most urgent problems are ubiquitous Nazis and ubiquitous gambling. Leave it to Substack to find a way to make a buck off of both.
(If you use, or link to Substack you are part of the problem.)
(If you use, or link to Substack you are part of the problem.)
Finally, the funtionality Substackers have been clamoring for: seamless integration with illegal online gambling platform. So cool, so good
February 18, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Two of the world's most urgent problems are ubiquitous Nazis and ubiquitous gambling. Leave it to Substack to find a way to make a buck off of both.
(If you use, or link to Substack you are part of the problem.)
(If you use, or link to Substack you are part of the problem.)
Been saying that all along. The technology itself can be useful (in certain well-defined contexts) even though it has serious ethical drawbacks (piracy, theft, environment — which in theory could be overcome.)
The big problem with AI is the people in charge.
The big problem with AI is the people in charge.
I just for the life of me can't figure out why a large chunk of people are inherently hostile to new technology shaped by companies that actively support an anti-science, anti-humanist mass murder autocracy
The Problem With AI Is Shitty Human Beings
The problem with AI isn't going to be Skynet. It's going to be amoral extraction class assholes applying half-cooked automation at scale onto deeply broken sectors in exploitative ways in a country t...
karlbode.com
February 18, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Been saying that all along. The technology itself can be useful (in certain well-defined contexts) even though it has serious ethical drawbacks (piracy, theft, environment — which in theory could be overcome.)
The big problem with AI is the people in charge.
The big problem with AI is the people in charge.
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I don't know what to do but just keep repeating it so I don't go insane: the rise & eventual total domination of RW media is the single most significant political development of my lifetime and the entirely of the US political & media elite resolutely refuse to discuss or even acknowledge it.
February 18, 2026 at 2:51 AM
I don't know what to do but just keep repeating it so I don't go insane: the rise & eventual total domination of RW media is the single most significant political development of my lifetime and the entirely of the US political & media elite resolutely refuse to discuss or even acknowledge it.
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I’ll add that it seems perfectly possible to me that using Claude to do limited computer science work may be genuinely helpful while using Grok to create political content or using ChatGPT to mediate your understanding of the world is as detrimental as eating opium all day.
February 18, 2026 at 2:14 PM
I’ll add that it seems perfectly possible to me that using Claude to do limited computer science work may be genuinely helpful while using Grok to create political content or using ChatGPT to mediate your understanding of the world is as detrimental as eating opium all day.
Great Swamp Bog #2
Acrylic on canvas panel, 9”x12”
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#art #artSky #fineArt #acrylic #GreatSwamp #landscapeArt #bog #NewJersey
Acrylic on canvas panel, 9”x12”
More at art.monospace.com
#art #artSky #fineArt #acrylic #GreatSwamp #landscapeArt #bog #NewJersey
February 18, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Great Swamp Bog #2
Acrylic on canvas panel, 9”x12”
More at art.monospace.com
#art #artSky #fineArt #acrylic #GreatSwamp #landscapeArt #bog #NewJersey
Acrylic on canvas panel, 9”x12”
More at art.monospace.com
#art #artSky #fineArt #acrylic #GreatSwamp #landscapeArt #bog #NewJersey
Bingo
The only win for Trump, is people believing this could actually happen.
February 17, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Bingo
And get off Substack too while you're at it.
I'm not a big petitions person but our elected officials need to get off the nazi website. Have some self-respect
Tell Elected Leaders: Dump Your Toxic X
We are calling on elected officials, celebrities, activists and everyday people to Dump Your Toxic X. Elon Musk is making a profit by enabling the creation of sexualized deepfakes, which experts call ...
actionnetwork.org
February 17, 2026 at 6:02 PM
And get off Substack too while you're at it.
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I still don't know why Microsoft didn't learn from Clippy. We hated him and we hate this too. Also, I can just write my own email.
we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
February 17, 2026 at 5:43 PM
I still don't know why Microsoft didn't learn from Clippy. We hated him and we hate this too. Also, I can just write my own email.
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I think people usually call this going back to normal, you know, when they kill and kidnap nonwhite people and no one writes pop songs about it.
There is no drawdown. There is no retreat. ICE is just redistributing their assets to better avoid accountability.
The same day DHS announced the surge would end in Minnesota, ICE activity increased in small towns
The less densely populated areas outside the Twin Cities make it harder for protesters and observers to organize.
www.theverge.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:36 PM
I think people usually call this going back to normal, you know, when they kill and kidnap nonwhite people and no one writes pop songs about it.
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shades of the SS diverting war resources to the death camps even as the Red Army closed in
How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you’re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
February 17, 2026 at 3:48 PM
shades of the SS diverting war resources to the death camps even as the Red Army closed in
It’s easy to see why conservatives considered this man a threat.
I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
February 17, 2026 at 4:07 PM
It’s easy to see why conservatives considered this man a threat.
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One of my favorite modern joys is any post where someone says something like “I made this movie with AI. Time’s up Hollywood and all you fancy directors” and then the video sucks shit in ways you didn’t even know it was possible to suck shit.
February 16, 2026 at 10:50 PM
One of my favorite modern joys is any post where someone says something like “I made this movie with AI. Time’s up Hollywood and all you fancy directors” and then the video sucks shit in ways you didn’t even know it was possible to suck shit.
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I do like that the big bet on AI replacing the entire software industry requires everyone to take for granted that random people across every industry can imagine useful applications and then describe them in sufficient detail to make them real. I love this optimism for us
February 16, 2026 at 7:50 PM
I do like that the big bet on AI replacing the entire software industry requires everyone to take for granted that random people across every industry can imagine useful applications and then describe them in sufficient detail to make them real. I love this optimism for us
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Calling it now: the US political media's treatment of AOC is going to make their treatment of Hillary Clinton or Al Gore look like a model of balance and discretion.
Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?
February 16, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Calling it now: the US political media's treatment of AOC is going to make their treatment of Hillary Clinton or Al Gore look like a model of balance and discretion.
Oh gezellig. Met pensioen gaan in Nederland ziet er opeens een stuk minder aantrekkelijk uit.
Clingendael: meer dan helft Nederland steunt Maga-ideologie deels
Clingendael: meer dan helft Nederland steunt Maga-ideologie deels
Meer dan de helft van de Nederlanders steunt delen van de rechtse Maga-ideologie van de Amerikaanse president Donald Trump. Dat blijkt uit een onderzoek van instituut Clingendael.
www.trouw.nl
February 15, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Oh gezellig. Met pensioen gaan in Nederland ziet er opeens een stuk minder aantrekkelijk uit.