Tom VdP
@tomvdp.bsky.social
Quiet guy. I'm here to read, not so much to actively contribute.
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Stop.
Read the post below.
Do what it says.
Look at Earth - our home world - from the surface of Mars.
You are a terranaut on that fragile planet.
This moment brought to you courtesy of NASA Science.
Read the post below.
Do what it says.
Look at Earth - our home world - from the surface of Mars.
You are a terranaut on that fragile planet.
This moment brought to you courtesy of NASA Science.
Open up this picture fully.
Then look at the surface of Mars.
Then look up to the top right.
Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.
Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.
That's Earth.
Then look at the surface of Mars.
Then look up to the top right.
Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.
Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.
That's Earth.
December 31, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Stop.
Read the post below.
Do what it says.
Look at Earth - our home world - from the surface of Mars.
You are a terranaut on that fragile planet.
This moment brought to you courtesy of NASA Science.
Read the post below.
Do what it says.
Look at Earth - our home world - from the surface of Mars.
You are a terranaut on that fragile planet.
This moment brought to you courtesy of NASA Science.
#delhaize registreert via mijn klantenkaart al mijn aankopen. Ik koop nooit vlees. Wel veel veggie. Daarnet deze reclame voor het consumeren van dood dier ontvangen. Jakkes! 🤢
November 29, 2025 at 11:07 AM
#delhaize registreert via mijn klantenkaart al mijn aankopen. Ik koop nooit vlees. Wel veel veggie. Daarnet deze reclame voor het consumeren van dood dier ontvangen. Jakkes! 🤢
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The EU could soon censor words like ‘veggie burger’ and ‘plant-based steak’, a gift to the meat industry that raises costs & red tape for sustainable food producers -- unless we stop it! Join the call to EU Heads of State to reject the 'veggie burger' ban secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/... #Veggie
🍔 A ban on the word ‘veggie burger’?!
Tell EU leaders to vote against it!
secure.avaaz.org
November 27, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The EU could soon censor words like ‘veggie burger’ and ‘plant-based steak’, a gift to the meat industry that raises costs & red tape for sustainable food producers -- unless we stop it! Join the call to EU Heads of State to reject the 'veggie burger' ban secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/... #Veggie
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This is an extremely interesting article about the collapse of early farming societies across Europe around ~5000 BC.
We like to think of prehistoric times as being largely peaceful, but it seems early civilisations weren't immune to ritualistic violence & cultural collapse.
We like to think of prehistoric times as being largely peaceful, but it seems early civilisations weren't immune to ritualistic violence & cultural collapse.
Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished
Wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture
www.science.org
November 28, 2025 at 8:25 AM
This is an extremely interesting article about the collapse of early farming societies across Europe around ~5000 BC.
We like to think of prehistoric times as being largely peaceful, but it seems early civilisations weren't immune to ritualistic violence & cultural collapse.
We like to think of prehistoric times as being largely peaceful, but it seems early civilisations weren't immune to ritualistic violence & cultural collapse.
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Garry Kasparov @garrykasparov.bsky.social:
Four years Ukraine is fighting for the whole Europe.
NATO was built to fight only one war, not to go to Afghanistan, not to go to Syria. One war to save free Europe from Russian aggression.
Four years Ukraine is fighting for the whole Europe.
NATO was built to fight only one war, not to go to Afghanistan, not to go to Syria. One war to save free Europe from Russian aggression.
November 27, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Garry Kasparov @garrykasparov.bsky.social:
Four years Ukraine is fighting for the whole Europe.
NATO was built to fight only one war, not to go to Afghanistan, not to go to Syria. One war to save free Europe from Russian aggression.
Four years Ukraine is fighting for the whole Europe.
NATO was built to fight only one war, not to go to Afghanistan, not to go to Syria. One war to save free Europe from Russian aggression.
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Not eating animals is a very robust rule of thumb when it comes to reducing your environmental footprint and the amount of suffering your diet may be producing.
FT investigation:
Tuna-fishing has among the worst working conditions of any fishing.
If you buy tuna from a UK supermarket, you may be buying the product of modern slavery. ig.ft.com/supermarket-...
Tuna-fishing has among the worst working conditions of any fishing.
If you buy tuna from a UK supermarket, you may be buying the product of modern slavery. ig.ft.com/supermarket-...
November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Not eating animals is a very robust rule of thumb when it comes to reducing your environmental footprint and the amount of suffering your diet may be producing.
Daarnet werd ik uitgescholden door een bende jagers(*) voor "vegetariër". 🤷
(*) clowns in een kaki uniformpje
(*) clowns in een kaki uniformpje
November 15, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Daarnet werd ik uitgescholden door een bende jagers(*) voor "vegetariër". 🤷
(*) clowns in een kaki uniformpje
(*) clowns in een kaki uniformpje
Gaat een zakje knikkers genoeg zijn om ze tegen te houden?
Chinese company UBTECH Robotics has assembled an army of humanoid robots for factory work.
They don’t need recharging - the humanoids are capable of changing their own batteries, making their presence in production almost independent of humans.
They don’t need recharging - the humanoids are capable of changing their own batteries, making their presence in production almost independent of humans.
November 15, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Gaat een zakje knikkers genoeg zijn om ze tegen te houden?
Nasdrovje!
In Russia, the first domestically produced humanoid robot powered by AI was presented.
By creating it in their own image and likeness, the Russians have made the world’s first drunkard robot.
By creating it in their own image and likeness, the Russians have made the world’s first drunkard robot.
November 12, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Nasdrovje!
Te koop op een veilingsite.
Hart, getest en werkend.
Hart, getest en werkend.
November 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Te koop op een veilingsite.
Hart, getest en werkend.
Hart, getest en werkend.
Obama kan speechen. Vergelijk dat met het incoherent gebrabbel van Trump.
Obama: "The weird videos of a US president with a crown on his head flying a fighter jet & dumping poop on American citizens - that's not even worth booing about. Because all of that is a distraction from the fact that your situation, your life has not gotten better. They do it so you won't notice"
November 2, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Obama kan speechen. Vergelijk dat met het incoherent gebrabbel van Trump.
Straf verhaal. Gelezen @jbaert.bsky.social ?
October 26, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Straf verhaal. Gelezen @jbaert.bsky.social ?
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Om jullie een idee te geven hoe betrouwbaar ChatGPT is, vroeg ik informatie over Katastroof, de band waar ik zo'n 20 jaar (en af en toe nog) in speelde en waar ik dus zeer veel over weet. Het resultaat zat boordevol flagrante fouten!
Hieronder noem ik ze even op...
Hieronder noem ik ze even op...
October 23, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Om jullie een idee te geven hoe betrouwbaar ChatGPT is, vroeg ik informatie over Katastroof, de band waar ik zo'n 20 jaar (en af en toe nog) in speelde en waar ik dus zeer veel over weet. Het resultaat zat boordevol flagrante fouten!
Hieronder noem ik ze even op...
Hieronder noem ik ze even op...
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This lovely photo has reminded me to share a great MinutePhysics video about how to spot bad moon fakery in media: youtu.be/yY7ZUIbWTyc?...
October 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This lovely photo has reminded me to share a great MinutePhysics video about how to spot bad moon fakery in media: youtu.be/yY7ZUIbWTyc?...
McDonalds, niet te druk. Dank je Google Maps.
October 15, 2025 at 11:22 AM
McDonalds, niet te druk. Dank je Google Maps.
Waarom is het voor Nederlanders zo moeilijk om de Engelse uitspraak goed te krijgen? Dit klinkt als een karikatuur.
NATO Secretary General Rutte:
…Now there is hardly any Russian naval presence in the Mediterranean left
There is a lone&broken Russian submarine limping home from patrol.What a change from the 1984 Tom Clancy novel The Hunt for Red October.Today, it seems more like The Hunt for the Nearest Mechanic
…Now there is hardly any Russian naval presence in the Mediterranean left
There is a lone&broken Russian submarine limping home from patrol.What a change from the 1984 Tom Clancy novel The Hunt for Red October.Today, it seems more like The Hunt for the Nearest Mechanic
October 14, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Waarom is het voor Nederlanders zo moeilijk om de Engelse uitspraak goed te krijgen? Dit klinkt als een karikatuur.
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📣 Germany's close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private comms-& Signal-in the EU.
Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.
Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.
We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...
signal.org
October 6, 2025 at 6:46 AM
📣 Germany's close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private comms-& Signal-in the EU.
Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.
Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.
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Food causes 22-34% of climate change.
But it only gets 4% of the media coverage.
Why? Neglect. Misunderstanding. And a hell of a lot of greenwashing.
But it only gets 4% of the media coverage.
Why? Neglect. Misunderstanding. And a hell of a lot of greenwashing.
“Emissions from food are still very underreported,” @jennysplitter.bsky.social, Sentient's editor-in-chief, tells Anay Mridul of Green Queen. Learn more about our analysis of 11 major U.S. outlets:
Less Than 4% of US Media Climate Coverage Mentions Meat & Dairy's Emissions Toll: New Analysis
An analysis of hundreds of online articles from US media shows that less than 4% mention and contextualise the role of meat in climate change. Here's why.
buff.ly
October 3, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Food causes 22-34% of climate change.
But it only gets 4% of the media coverage.
Why? Neglect. Misunderstanding. And a hell of a lot of greenwashing.
But it only gets 4% of the media coverage.
Why? Neglect. Misunderstanding. And a hell of a lot of greenwashing.
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Jane Goodall, the most prolific primatologist of a generation, has died at the age of 91. abcnews.go.com/International/...
Jane Goodall, famed primatologist and conservationist, dies at 91
Jane Goodall, the most prolific primatologist of a generation, has died. She was 91 years old.
abcnews.go.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Jane Goodall, the most prolific primatologist of a generation, has died at the age of 91. abcnews.go.com/International/...
Steek geen dood dier in je mond. Zo simpel kan het zijn om je bijdrage te leveren aan een betere wereld.
Soybeans are overwhelming used for feed. 80% of protein produced on Brazil's croplands is used to feed animals iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1....
The recent tariff issue is a prime example of how the world's taste for meat (not soy) is shaping distant landscapes. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
The recent tariff issue is a prime example of how the world's taste for meat (not soy) is shaping distant landscapes. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
How the world’s taste for soya is eating Brazil’s Amazon
Cultivation of the crop has made a few wealthy but at a huge cost to untouched forest as it spreads across vast areas of former wilderness
www.theguardian.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Steek geen dood dier in je mond. Zo simpel kan het zijn om je bijdrage te leveren aan een betere wereld.
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“As Yuri Andropov once put it, “We just need to plant the seeds. Others will harvest and re-plant for us.” Useful idiots abroad—politicians, activists, or commentators—spread and legitimize Russian narratives…”
tomorrowsaffairs.com/putins-lies-...
tomorrowsaffairs.com/putins-lies-...
Putin’s Lies Hide Weakness
Russia has thrived on lies for centuries; its undoing will come when truth proves more powerful than the fictions it desperately spins
tomorrowsaffairs.com
September 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
“As Yuri Andropov once put it, “We just need to plant the seeds. Others will harvest and re-plant for us.” Useful idiots abroad—politicians, activists, or commentators—spread and legitimize Russian narratives…”
tomorrowsaffairs.com/putins-lies-...
tomorrowsaffairs.com/putins-lies-...
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Imagine all cars were electric, and then one Volkswagen engineer comes up with another idea …
#EMobility
#EMobility
August 11, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Imagine all cars were electric, and then one Volkswagen engineer comes up with another idea …
#EMobility
#EMobility
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Trump Spends Entire U.K. Trip Trying To Figure Out Where He Knows Prince Andrew From
Trump Spends Entire U.K. Trip Trying To Figure Out Where He Knows Prince Andrew From
LONDON—Claiming that he recognized the member of the royal family, but his memory was hazy, President Donald Trump has spent his entire trip to the U.K. trying to figure out where he knows Prince Andr...
theonion.com
September 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Trump Spends Entire U.K. Trip Trying To Figure Out Where He Knows Prince Andrew From