AJ Venter
@aj.venterfamily.org
Bisexual, dadbod, leftist, metalhead from the Netherlands. Mastodon: metalpoetnl@metalhead.club / Tiktok: metalpoetnl I do weekly fun gaming streams at https://twitch.tv/metalpoetnl and sometime I blog at https://ajmetalpoet.wordpress.com
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Happy Hogswatch to all who celebrate. Ho! Ho! Ho!
December 25, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Happy Hogswatch to all who celebrate. Ho! Ho! Ho!
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I’m reading a book about the history of conversion therapy in 20th Century 🇬🇧 and it’s striking how much the NHS had exactly the same institutional issues back then as they have in trans healthcare right now. Everyone blamed everyone else, complaints went nowhere, and politicians ignored it
September 16, 2025 at 11:39 AM
I’m reading a book about the history of conversion therapy in 20th Century 🇬🇧 and it’s striking how much the NHS had exactly the same institutional issues back then as they have in trans healthcare right now. Everyone blamed everyone else, complaints went nowhere, and politicians ignored it
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NW “A Very British Brothel,” which there are three seasons of, god bless the English media brain
September 11, 2025 at 1:57 AM
NW “A Very British Brothel,” which there are three seasons of, god bless the English media brain
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Amazing how those democratic lawmakers who were hunted down in their homes in the middle of the night in Minnesota weren’t a watershed moment of political violence, huh?
The assassination of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk marks a watershed moment in a surge of US political violence, one that some experts fear will inflame an already-fractured country and inspire more unrest reut.rs/41PWH4l
Nation on edge: Experts warn of “vicious spiral" in political violence after Kirk killing
The assassination of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk marks a watershed moment in a surge of U.S. political violence, one that some experts fear will inflame an already-fractured country and inspire more unrest.
reut.rs
September 11, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Amazing how those democratic lawmakers who were hunted down in their homes in the middle of the night in Minnesota weren’t a watershed moment of political violence, huh?
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So, can somebody explain to me why it's always "the left has to tone down their rhetoric - even in the face of civilisation-ending threats" and never "the right has to tone down their policies even when these are creating civilisation-ending threats" ?
September 11, 2025 at 8:40 AM
So, can somebody explain to me why it's always "the left has to tone down their rhetoric - even in the face of civilisation-ending threats" and never "the right has to tone down their policies even when these are creating civilisation-ending threats" ?
@loweringthebar.bsky.social seems we got sovereign citizen problems here in the Netherlands too: and ours apparently have gone full terrorist...
www.dutchnews.nl/2025/09/sove...
www.dutchnews.nl/2025/09/sove...
"Sovereign citizens" in court for plotting bomb attack on mayor - DutchNews.nl
A group of so-called sovereign citizens, some of whom are appearing in court on Wednesday, were planning to firebomb the house of Leeuwarden mayor Sybrand van Haersma Buma, current affairs programme N...
www.dutchnews.nl
September 10, 2025 at 8:50 AM
@loweringthebar.bsky.social seems we got sovereign citizen problems here in the Netherlands too: and ours apparently have gone full terrorist...
www.dutchnews.nl/2025/09/sove...
www.dutchnews.nl/2025/09/sove...
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i'm reminded of jimmy savile by all this stuff about epstein's famous friends. it was a very open secret what he was like, but the mainstream media kindly held off any serious investigations until after he died
September 9, 2025 at 8:19 AM
i'm reminded of jimmy savile by all this stuff about epstein's famous friends. it was a very open secret what he was like, but the mainstream media kindly held off any serious investigations until after he died
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This is a fantastic article.
The New Camouflage of the Far Right - Darren McGarvey
https://darrenmcgarvey.substack.com/p/the-new-camouflage-of-the-far-right
The New Camouflage of the Far Right - Darren McGarvey
https://darrenmcgarvey.substack.com/p/the-new-camouflage-of-the-far-right
The New Camouflage of the Far Right
9 rhetorical tricks from the far-right playbook
darrenmcgarvey.substack.com
September 4, 2025 at 5:40 AM
This is a fantastic article.
The New Camouflage of the Far Right - Darren McGarvey
https://darrenmcgarvey.substack.com/p/the-new-camouflage-of-the-far-right
The New Camouflage of the Far Right - Darren McGarvey
https://darrenmcgarvey.substack.com/p/the-new-camouflage-of-the-far-right
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Americans, I am once again begging you to consider that sometimes people aren't in America and may be discussing their own bad governments on the niche microblogging website. Please. I am begging.
September 3, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Americans, I am once again begging you to consider that sometimes people aren't in America and may be discussing their own bad governments on the niche microblogging website. Please. I am begging.
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I can't believe this has to be said: ONE asylum seeker (allegedly) murdered Lisa.
No other asylum seeker is responsible for her death. Her murder does not justify xenophobia, islamophobia or any-refugee sentiments of any kind.
By all means, be furious at the monster who killed her. If the […]
No other asylum seeker is responsible for her death. Her murder does not justify xenophobia, islamophobia or any-refugee sentiments of any kind.
By all means, be furious at the monster who killed her. If the […]
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metalhead.club
August 27, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I can't believe this has to be said: ONE asylum seeker (allegedly) murdered Lisa.
No other asylum seeker is responsible for her death. Her murder does not justify xenophobia, islamophobia or any-refugee sentiments of any kind.
By all means, be furious at the monster who killed her. If the […]
No other asylum seeker is responsible for her death. Her murder does not justify xenophobia, islamophobia or any-refugee sentiments of any kind.
By all means, be furious at the monster who killed her. If the […]
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I am sickened by the relentless demonisation of refugees.
No refugee underfunded a school.
No refugee closed a hospital.
No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled.
We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!
No refugee underfunded a school.
No refugee closed a hospital.
No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled.
We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!
August 27, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I am sickened by the relentless demonisation of refugees.
No refugee underfunded a school.
No refugee closed a hospital.
No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled.
We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!
No refugee underfunded a school.
No refugee closed a hospital.
No refugee took away support from the sick and disabled.
We need solutions not scapegoats. Stop blaming refugees and tax the rich instead!
www.dutchnews.nl/2025/08/ship...
Let me fix that headline for you: "Shipowners say if a country won't let them discriminate, they will go to a country that will"
Let me fix that headline for you: "Shipowners say if a country won't let them discriminate, they will go to a country that will"
Ship owners worried after low pay for Asian crew ruled unlawful - DutchNews.nl
Shipping companies have threatened to fly under another country’s flag after a verdict from the Netherlands Institute for Human Rights that said an Indonesian and Filipino worker should not have been ...
www.dutchnews.nl
August 22, 2025 at 8:15 AM
www.dutchnews.nl/2025/08/ship...
Let me fix that headline for you: "Shipowners say if a country won't let them discriminate, they will go to a country that will"
Let me fix that headline for you: "Shipowners say if a country won't let them discriminate, they will go to a country that will"
If I ever create an MMORPG the fishing skill will have subskills: Reeling in, hooking the line, baiting the line etc.
These will have the usual progression: apprentice to master.
Would all this just be an elaborate scheme get people hunting the "master baiter" achievement ?
Yes.
Yes it would.
These will have the usual progression: apprentice to master.
Would all this just be an elaborate scheme get people hunting the "master baiter" achievement ?
Yes.
Yes it would.
August 20, 2025 at 8:02 AM
If I ever create an MMORPG the fishing skill will have subskills: Reeling in, hooking the line, baiting the line etc.
These will have the usual progression: apprentice to master.
Would all this just be an elaborate scheme get people hunting the "master baiter" achievement ?
Yes.
Yes it would.
These will have the usual progression: apprentice to master.
Would all this just be an elaborate scheme get people hunting the "master baiter" achievement ?
Yes.
Yes it would.
New series starting on the hour.
Fallout Tale of Two Wastelands using the Begin Again modpack.
Come hang out. twitch.tv/metalpoetnl
Fallout Tale of Two Wastelands using the Begin Again modpack.
Come hang out. twitch.tv/metalpoetnl
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Transplanted South African metalhead, nerd and gamer living in The Netherlands.
twitch.tv
August 18, 2025 at 5:56 PM
New series starting on the hour.
Fallout Tale of Two Wastelands using the Begin Again modpack.
Come hang out. twitch.tv/metalpoetnl
Fallout Tale of Two Wastelands using the Begin Again modpack.
Come hang out. twitch.tv/metalpoetnl
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
So the official position of the liberal/corporate wing of the democratic party is that a sex criminal who has repeatedly stolen taxpayer money is ... better than a democratic socialist ?
That New Yorkers would be better off with a rapist thief than free busses ?
This is where we are at ?
That New Yorkers would be better off with a rapist thief than free busses ?
This is where we are at ?
June 23, 2025 at 9:46 AM
So the official position of the liberal/corporate wing of the democratic party is that a sex criminal who has repeatedly stolen taxpayer money is ... better than a democratic socialist ?
That New Yorkers would be better off with a rapist thief than free busses ?
This is where we are at ?
That New Yorkers would be better off with a rapist thief than free busses ?
This is where we are at ?
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Why is it okay for Andrew Cuomo to sexually harass people?
Why is that something the Democratic establishment is officially endorsing?
Why is that something the Democratic establishment is officially endorsing?
June 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Why is it okay for Andrew Cuomo to sexually harass people?
Why is that something the Democratic establishment is officially endorsing?
Why is that something the Democratic establishment is officially endorsing?
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Incredible how Cuomo is absolutely DWARFING everyone else in money and spend and yet it’s still close enough that they’re pulling these stops out.
They’re scared.
They’re scared.
Former President Bill Clinton is endorsing former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, his former HUD secretary, as the Democratic establishment tries to attempt to ensure Zohran Mamdani does not win the Democratic primary for NYC mayor. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/n...
Bill Clinton Endorses Andrew Cuomo for New York City Mayor
www.nytimes.com
June 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Incredible how Cuomo is absolutely DWARFING everyone else in money and spend and yet it’s still close enough that they’re pulling these stops out.
They’re scared.
They’re scared.
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So somebody tossed out some black IKEA furniture. I salvaged the stained pine from a dumpster.
And with the help of my CnC used some to make a silhouette image.
#making #makestodon #cnc #CNC_3018 #upcycling
And with the help of my CnC used some to make a silhouette image.
#making #makestodon #cnc #CNC_3018 #upcycling
May 27, 2025 at 6:01 AM
So somebody tossed out some black IKEA furniture. I salvaged the stained pine from a dumpster.
And with the help of my CnC used some to make a silhouette image.
#making #makestodon #cnc #CNC_3018 #upcycling
And with the help of my CnC used some to make a silhouette image.
#making #makestodon #cnc #CNC_3018 #upcycling
Maybe its just me but I think the bad thing kids shouldn't have to learn in school is "dodging bullets", sex-ed is good actually.
May 10, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Maybe its just me but I think the bad thing kids shouldn't have to learn in school is "dodging bullets", sex-ed is good actually.
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“Science has no passport, no gender, no ethnicity, no political party.”
EC President Ursula von der Leyen, announcing a €500M initiative to attract top global talent.
In a fractured world, science remains a unifying force – rooted in diversity, driven by curiosity, and shared by all humanity.
EC President Ursula von der Leyen, announcing a €500M initiative to attract top global talent.
In a fractured world, science remains a unifying force – rooted in diversity, driven by curiosity, and shared by all humanity.
May 6, 2025 at 11:26 AM
“Science has no passport, no gender, no ethnicity, no political party.”
EC President Ursula von der Leyen, announcing a €500M initiative to attract top global talent.
In a fractured world, science remains a unifying force – rooted in diversity, driven by curiosity, and shared by all humanity.
EC President Ursula von der Leyen, announcing a €500M initiative to attract top global talent.
In a fractured world, science remains a unifying force – rooted in diversity, driven by curiosity, and shared by all humanity.
Last week we fought the hag and accidentally broke our oath.
Now my #livestream #baldursgate3 adventure continuous.
Come hang out with us:
twitch.tv/metalpoetnl
Now my #livestream #baldursgate3 adventure continuous.
Come hang out with us:
twitch.tv/metalpoetnl
May 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Last week we fought the hag and accidentally broke our oath.
Now my #livestream #baldursgate3 adventure continuous.
Come hang out with us:
twitch.tv/metalpoetnl
Now my #livestream #baldursgate3 adventure continuous.
Come hang out with us:
twitch.tv/metalpoetnl
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