Wouter
@wvanparys.bsky.social
Used to say what people didn't think.
Runs, reads, tries to learn. English, Dutch, French, a bit German.
Gent, Belgium.
I'm not Innocentius X.
Runs, reads, tries to learn. English, Dutch, French, a bit German.
Gent, Belgium.
I'm not Innocentius X.
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The finale of the great TV comedy show Blackadder goes Forth.
Back then I didn't expect one of the funniest programmes ever to end with a scene that makes me cry every time I see it.
Every single time.
Back then I didn't expect one of the funniest programmes ever to end with a scene that makes me cry every time I see it.
Every single time.
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The finale of the great TV comedy show Blackadder goes Forth.
Back then I didn't expect one of the funniest programmes ever to end with a scene that makes me cry every time I see it.
Every single time.
Back then I didn't expect one of the funniest programmes ever to end with a scene that makes me cry every time I see it.
Every single time.
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This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
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De beste vriendin van mijn zus heeft afgelopen week openhartig het verhaal gedaan over het bedrog van haar ex. Deze man (regio Antwerpen) heeft 20 jaar lang dubbellevens gejongleerd en een grote hoeveelheid vrouwen belazerd en misbruikt. Oprecht ziek en verwoestend: www.instagram.com/p/DQpMbohiJJ...
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November 9, 2025 at 9:13 AM
De beste vriendin van mijn zus heeft afgelopen week openhartig het verhaal gedaan over het bedrog van haar ex. Deze man (regio Antwerpen) heeft 20 jaar lang dubbellevens gejongleerd en een grote hoeveelheid vrouwen belazerd en misbruikt. Oprecht ziek en verwoestend: www.instagram.com/p/DQpMbohiJJ...
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Doing non-causal inference (and being explicit about it), yet using a causal word as second word in the title.
If you pay Nature € 10.690, they will publish this in Nature Ageing.
I can tell you what I think of that for free.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
If you pay Nature € 10.690, they will publish this in Nature Ageing.
I can tell you what I think of that for free.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
November 11, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Doing non-causal inference (and being explicit about it), yet using a causal word as second word in the title.
If you pay Nature € 10.690, they will publish this in Nature Ageing.
I can tell you what I think of that for free.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
If you pay Nature € 10.690, they will publish this in Nature Ageing.
I can tell you what I think of that for free.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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Pour ceux qui sont morts un peu "trop" tard et ne figurent pas sur les monuments aux morts de leur commune
Au centre Louis Michaud, 1897-1924 (Savoie)
Au centre Louis Michaud, 1897-1924 (Savoie)
November 11, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Pour ceux qui sont morts un peu "trop" tard et ne figurent pas sur les monuments aux morts de leur commune
Au centre Louis Michaud, 1897-1924 (Savoie)
Au centre Louis Michaud, 1897-1924 (Savoie)
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"For instance, randomized controlled trials could explicitly manipulate multilingualism"
November 11, 2025 at 8:28 AM
"For instance, randomized controlled trials could explicitly manipulate multilingualism"
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"Research released this month by economists at the Bank of England, the Bundesbank, King’s College London and the universities of Stanford and Nottingham underscored the economic hit from leaving the EU. Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6-8%"
on.ft.com/4p1NoHv
on.ft.com/4p1NoHv
Rachel Reeves signals she will break manifesto pledge with Budget tax rises
Chancellor hopes to win support from Labour MPs by lifting two-child benefit cap
on.ft.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
"Research released this month by economists at the Bank of England, the Bundesbank, King’s College London and the universities of Stanford and Nottingham underscored the economic hit from leaving the EU. Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6-8%"
on.ft.com/4p1NoHv
on.ft.com/4p1NoHv
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11 millions d’équidés, 100 000 chiens, 200 000 pigeons : enrôlés en masse pour la Grande Guerre, ils ont porté, tiré, secouru... et payé un très lourd tribut.
➡️ https://l.franceculture.fr/ntS
➡️ https://l.franceculture.fr/ntS
November 11, 2025 at 7:00 AM
11 millions d’équidés, 100 000 chiens, 200 000 pigeons : enrôlés en masse pour la Grande Guerre, ils ont porté, tiré, secouru... et payé un très lourd tribut.
➡️ https://l.franceculture.fr/ntS
➡️ https://l.franceculture.fr/ntS
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The last Belgian soldier to be killed during WWI was a private called Marcel Terfve. He was shot at 10.42 on 11/11 by a German machine gun near the Gent-Terneuzen canal. He in the Belgian army since 1914 and sadly almost made it throught the entire war #armisticeday #LestWeForget
November 11, 2025 at 7:07 AM
The last Belgian soldier to be killed during WWI was a private called Marcel Terfve. He was shot at 10.42 on 11/11 by a German machine gun near the Gent-Terneuzen canal. He in the Belgian army since 1914 and sadly almost made it throught the entire war #armisticeday #LestWeForget
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Le Soldat inconnu est le fils, le frère ou le père mort au combat lors de la Première Guerre mondiale et qui n’a jamais pu être identifié. Il fait partie des centaines de milliers de victimes disparues, dont la dépouille n’a jamais pu être rendue à leur famille.
➡️ https://l.franceculture.fr/349
➡️ https://l.franceculture.fr/349
November 11, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Le Soldat inconnu est le fils, le frère ou le père mort au combat lors de la Première Guerre mondiale et qui n’a jamais pu être identifié. Il fait partie des centaines de milliers de victimes disparues, dont la dépouille n’a jamais pu être rendue à leur famille.
➡️ https://l.franceculture.fr/349
➡️ https://l.franceculture.fr/349
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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Ethiopia last year banned the import of new gasoline-powered cars. Nepal reduced import duties on EVs so much that they are now cheaper than cars with internal combustion engines. Brazil raised tariffs on car imports to compel Chinese automakers to set up plants inside Brazil. Etc
A Flood of Green Tech From China Is Upending Global Climate Politics
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Ethiopia last year banned the import of new gasoline-powered cars. Nepal reduced import duties on EVs so much that they are now cheaper than cars with internal combustion engines. Brazil raised tariffs on car imports to compel Chinese automakers to set up plants inside Brazil. Etc
50 years ago today.
open.spotify.com/track/536L9C...
open.spotify.com/track/536L9C...
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
open.spotify.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
50 years ago today.
open.spotify.com/track/536L9C...
open.spotify.com/track/536L9C...
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This is such nonsense, Athanasius Kircher wrote a whole book about them showing that they are living creatures
November 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
This is such nonsense, Athanasius Kircher wrote a whole book about them showing that they are living creatures
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The Castello, an Italian WW1 machine gun position on Costabella Ridge in the Dolomites.
November 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The Castello, an Italian WW1 machine gun position on Costabella Ridge in the Dolomites.
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L'ancien Président Nicolas Sarkozy sort de prison.
La droite n'en pouvait plus ! Elle va enfin pouvoir reprendre sa petite rengaine préférée.
Pour soutenir la lutte dessinée, engagée et indépendante :
▶️ ko-fi.com/allanbarte
▶️ fr.tipeee.com/allan-barte
La droite n'en pouvait plus ! Elle va enfin pouvoir reprendre sa petite rengaine préférée.
Pour soutenir la lutte dessinée, engagée et indépendante :
▶️ ko-fi.com/allanbarte
▶️ fr.tipeee.com/allan-barte
November 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
L'ancien Président Nicolas Sarkozy sort de prison.
La droite n'en pouvait plus ! Elle va enfin pouvoir reprendre sa petite rengaine préférée.
Pour soutenir la lutte dessinée, engagée et indépendante :
▶️ ko-fi.com/allanbarte
▶️ fr.tipeee.com/allan-barte
La droite n'en pouvait plus ! Elle va enfin pouvoir reprendre sa petite rengaine préférée.
Pour soutenir la lutte dessinée, engagée et indépendante :
▶️ ko-fi.com/allanbarte
▶️ fr.tipeee.com/allan-barte
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Sky News just had Kelvin Mackenzie on, former editor of The Sun, one of the people at the centre of probably the most disgraceful front page in newspaper history, complaining about BBC journalists not being objective and 'fake news'. Astonishing. ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Sky News just had Kelvin Mackenzie on, former editor of The Sun, one of the people at the centre of probably the most disgraceful front page in newspaper history, complaining about BBC journalists not being objective and 'fake news'. Astonishing. ~AA
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"La prison "c'est dur, c'est éreintant", a confié Sarkozy aux juges qui examinent sa demande de remise en liberté. L'ex-président décrit un quotidien "répétitif, morne et difficile", décrivant "un cauchemar insupportable". Et lui qui défendait le tout carcéral quand il était au pouvoir...
November 10, 2025 at 11:36 AM
"La prison "c'est dur, c'est éreintant", a confié Sarkozy aux juges qui examinent sa demande de remise en liberté. L'ex-président décrit un quotidien "répétitif, morne et difficile", décrivant "un cauchemar insupportable". Et lui qui défendait le tout carcéral quand il était au pouvoir...
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Miquelon, situé sur l'archipel de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, au large des côtes canadiennes, culmine à seulement deux mètres au-dessus du niveau de la mer.
Il possède désormais le triste record d'être le premier village français à être déplacé en raison du changement climatique.
shorturl.at/He8a3
Il possède désormais le triste record d'être le premier village français à être déplacé en raison du changement climatique.
shorturl.at/He8a3
How do you move a village? Residents of France’s last outpost in North America try to outrun the sea
As rising tides eat away at the Saint-Pierre and Miquelon archipelago off Canada, plans to move the historic village to higher ground have divided residents
shorturl.at
November 10, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Miquelon, situé sur l'archipel de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, au large des côtes canadiennes, culmine à seulement deux mètres au-dessus du niveau de la mer.
Il possède désormais le triste record d'être le premier village français à être déplacé en raison du changement climatique.
shorturl.at/He8a3
Il possède désormais le triste record d'être le premier village français à être déplacé en raison du changement climatique.
shorturl.at/He8a3
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Un oublié du sciècle dernier, mais @amoatti.bsky.social redonne vie aux os.
Portrait d'un monde disparu via un certain M. Fabre.
Portrait d'un monde disparu via un certain M. Fabre.
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Un oublié du sciècle dernier, mais @amoatti.bsky.social redonne vie aux os.
Portrait d'un monde disparu via un certain M. Fabre.
Portrait d'un monde disparu via un certain M. Fabre.
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This morning, the burial ceremony for a Belgian soldier who fell during #WWI kicked off in Diksmuide. His remains were discovered in Sept 2025 during roadworks. Photo: Focus WTV #remembrance
November 10, 2025 at 7:29 AM
This morning, the burial ceremony for a Belgian soldier who fell during #WWI kicked off in Diksmuide. His remains were discovered in Sept 2025 during roadworks. Photo: Focus WTV #remembrance
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Your “growing anger” seems to come from a simple place: belief first, evidence later, if ever.
SARS-CoV-2 doesn’t have supernatural properties. Every claimed “special feature” has been observed in countless other viruses, and the data consistently shows this.
1/3
SARS-CoV-2 doesn’t have supernatural properties. Every claimed “special feature” has been observed in countless other viruses, and the data consistently shows this.
1/3
November 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Your “growing anger” seems to come from a simple place: belief first, evidence later, if ever.
SARS-CoV-2 doesn’t have supernatural properties. Every claimed “special feature” has been observed in countless other viruses, and the data consistently shows this.
1/3
SARS-CoV-2 doesn’t have supernatural properties. Every claimed “special feature” has been observed in countless other viruses, and the data consistently shows this.
1/3
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Damascus has long been on my list of cities that I want to visit. It’s the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world.
November 9, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Damascus has long been on my list of cities that I want to visit. It’s the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world.
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This (not from that piece) is one of those charts where I am completely aware of the data but my mental map of how the global economy works still almost refuses to update to the new reality. Because the pace of change has been so rapid.
November 10, 2025 at 7:57 AM
This (not from that piece) is one of those charts where I am completely aware of the data but my mental map of how the global economy works still almost refuses to update to the new reality. Because the pace of change has been so rapid.