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Antonia Waltermann 🟥
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Legal theory & philosophy @ Maastricht University (NL). Interests: non-human agents and the social construction of (legal) reality, law & cognitive science. Also: plants, cats, food, hiking, mostly at @gardenandlibrary.bsky.social
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Today and tomorrow, @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social and @um-foundations.bsky.social are hosting the #RECONNET conference on Constitutionalism and Democracy: Tensions and Transformations, organised by @massimofichera.bsky.social, Donald Bello Hutt and Francesco Rizzi Brignoli
Massimo, Donald and Francesco kicking off the conference with words of welcome in the Feestzaal of Maastricht’s Faculty of Law
June 18, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Today, I stood & marched with 1500+ colleagues and students in opposition to the government’s budget cuts to higher education.

#WOinACTIE #DefendMaastrichtUniversity #KabinetSlooptHogerOnderwijs #StakingHO
protest march through the inner city of Maastricht: union flags and hats in front of the old Dutch houses. Also pictured a protest sign (in Dutch) that translates to “everyone has a right to education and peace” protesters, neatly sticking to one lane of the street, going up a bridge, as far as the eye can see at the Vrijthof, a wide shot of the protesting masses
April 16, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Upside down orange birthday cake 🎂
A self-made birthday cake, moist and with orange slices on top. Not professional, but delicious
February 6, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Picking this up again after the break, since the vote in the upper chamber (where the coalition does not have a majority) is coming up:

The right-wing Dutch gov is planning huge budget cuts to (higher) education. I'm posting a picture every (other) day from protests.

#WoInActie #DoeHetNiet 🟥
A banner held up, already somewhat dirtied from previous protests, that says "Stop de Eppocalyps", which translates to "Stop the Eppocalypse", a play on words with the first name of the minister of education, Eppo Bruin, who is in charge of the disastrous budget cuts to (higher) education. In the background, half of a star of Maastricht and some Christmas lights on Plein 1992 are visible. A protester (barely in frame) holding up a sign (which is the focal point of the picture) which says "Iedereen heeft recht op onderwijs & vrede!" which translates to "Everyone has a right to education and peace!".
January 14, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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I was going to do things, potentially, but nope, the cats have trapped me and I am fully incatpacitated. Stuck on the sofa. What a tragedy.
A big tabby and a small black cat snuggled up on and against legs stretched out under a knit blanket, effectively trapping the owner of said legs
December 29, 2024 at 2:28 PM
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🎄🎄🎄
Chocolate cookies in the shape of stars and Christmas trees, baked and decorated by yours truly, cooling on a rack One of the Christmas tree chocolate cookies from the previous picture, now hanging in a tree, surrounded by (blurry) lights and some other decoration
December 24, 2024 at 3:43 PM
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And lest anyone think it is just people from the university concerned about this: HBO (applied sciences), high school students, unions, children, even a dog withstanding the whistle concert were all showing up.
Geen hoger onderwijs is geen innovatie - no higher education means no innovation, a sign with the logo of the Zuyd university of applied sciences is balanced on a protester's foot.
December 11, 2024 at 3:41 PM
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Today at Plein 1992 in Maastricht - named after the signing of the Maastricht Treaty which aimed at a "closer union among the people of Europe - we gathered to protest the budget cuts to education in the Netherlands planned by the right-wing government: #DoeHetNiet #WOinActie @woinactie.bsky.social
Photograph taken from behind a colleague wearing a red vest of union FNV holding up a sign with statements about the international classroom and diversity entailing critical thinking and innovation needing diversity. Blurred in front are more protesters holding up more signs. Protesters, more protesters, the blurred facade of Centre Ceramique - housing Maastricht's city library - and a sign that says "stop met het slopen van ons onderwijs" (stop wreaking our education) Attached to a tree, a sign asking "Who fears an educated population?". Around that tree, a number of protesters (photographed from the back). Protesters (shown from the back) and a sign held high that says "onderzoek = toekomst" (education = future).
December 11, 2024 at 3:13 PM
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I also want to share these two pictures of a student I met at the protests in The Hague at the Malieveld. The government is not only planning to cut the budget, but also sharply decrease the number of international students, befitting their general nationalist agenda.
A student holding up a white sign that says "international students enrich the NL & " at the protest against budget cuts to (higher) education in the Hague. The same student holding up the same sign, other side displayed, which reads "make the country colourful!" - while all the letters are simply outlined in black, "colourful" is outlined in black and filled with a veritable rainbow. The exclamation point is a red heart.
December 11, 2024 at 9:34 AM
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The right-wing Dutch gov is planning huge budget cuts to (higher) education. I'm posting a picture every (other) day from protests.

Protests again today all over the country - in Maastricht at 14:30 @ Plein 1992. Let's fight to stop the Eppocalypse!

🟥 #DoeHetNiet #WOinActie 🟥
Two colleagues holding a large banner at the Vrijthof in Maastricht. The banner reads "Stop de Eppocalyps" (Stop the Eppocalypse), a play on words with 'appocalypse' and the first name of the minister of education, Eppo Bruins. #WOinActie #DoeHetNiet #StopTheEppocalypse #Stopdeeppocalypse
December 11, 2024 at 9:30 AM
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The right-wing Dutch gov is planning huge budget cuts to (higher) education. I'm posting a picture every (other) day from protests until a. the cuts are off the table, b. the gov falls or c. I run out of pictures.

Tomorrow may be decisive. We'll be back on the streets!

For today: 🟥 #DoeHetNiet
A bright red poster stating "van bezuiniggen kun je niet leren!" (you can't learn from budget cuts) with a sad smiley face. A white poster held high against grey skies stating "bezuinigen op h.o.?! NIET SLIM" (budget cuts to higher education? NOT SMART)
December 10, 2024 at 3:41 PM
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The right-wing Dutch gov is planning huge budget cuts to (higher) education. I'm posting a picture every (other) day from protests against these cuts until a. the cuts are off the table, b. the gov falls or c. I run out of pictures.

PS: It's not looking good in NL 😩

🟥 #WOinActie #DoeHetNiet 🟥
A sign held high at the Vrijthof in Maastricht at a local protest (replacing the cancelled one in Utrecht) stating "no money, no brainy".
December 9, 2024 at 12:24 PM
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The right-wing Dutch gov is planning huge budget cuts to (higher) education. I'm posting a picture every (other) day from protests against these cuts until a. the cuts are off the table, b. the gov falls or c. I run out of pictures.

🟥🟥 #WOinActie #DoeHetNiet 🟥🟥
A group of people, their backs to the camera, moving over the Malieveld. One protester is holding a sign that says "het loops allemaal in de soep" - literally "it's all running into the soup" and less literally but more accurately "it's all going to shit".
December 5, 2024 at 10:02 AM
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Home 🥰
Cats Atlas and Cosmos staring attentively at the treats in my hand
December 3, 2024 at 8:17 PM
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The right-wing Dutch gov is planning huge budget cuts to (higher) education. I'm posting a picture every (other) day from protests against these cuts until a. the cuts are off the table, b. the gov falls or c. I run out of pictures.

🟥🟥🟥 #WOinActie #DoeHetNiet 🟥🟥🟥
A cardboard sign held high above the Malieveld in Den Haag at the protest against budget cuts. It shows two figures, one asking "kunnen we dan straks nog vermengvuldigen en delen?" and the other responding "nee, alleen nog ons land verdelen", which translates to "will we still be able to multiply and divide?" and "no, only divide the country". Above the two figures, the caption says "bezuinging op educatie", "budget cuts to education".
December 3, 2024 at 10:52 AM
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Made it to Leeds and saw Trolley P— from the corner of my eye. Guess where my mind went.
December 1, 2024 at 6:59 PM
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Last leg of the journey: St Neots to Leeds. Two hours left to go! The way back will be considerably shorter, at least.

I’ve run out of tea and thus am considering taking LNER up on the offer to “order food, we’ll deliver it to you” to get more. Or something alcoholic.
December 1, 2024 at 4:34 PM
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Made it to London only to find that my next train was cancelled—but I was directed to an earlier one, so I’m on track anyway 🙌
The arrival terminal of the Eurostar at St Pancras in London—the grey steel of train stations, a board welcoming passengers to St Pancras and a pink neon sign in the distance saying “I want to take my time with you”
December 1, 2024 at 2:56 PM
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Another edition of academic train travel: heading to Leeds for the book launch of Science Fiction as Legal Imaginary tomorrow.

First leg: Maastricht to Liège.
December 1, 2024 at 8:31 AM
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The right-wing Dutch gov is planning huge budget cuts to (higher) education. I'm posting a picture every (other) day from protests against these cuts until a. the cuts are off the table, b. the gov falls or c. I run out of pictures.

#WOinActie 🟥
While marching towards the ministry of education as part of the big protest against the budget cuts to higher education by the Dutch government, a protester holds up a sign saying "democracy needs unruly thought"
November 29, 2024 at 12:31 PM
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The right-wing Dutch gov is planning huge budget cuts to (higher) education. I'm posting a picture every (other) day from protests against these cuts until a. the cuts are off the table, b. the gov falls or c. I run out of pictures.

Today, two shots from the Malieveld, 25/11/24.

#WOinActie 🟥
A woman, elegantly dressed and wearing a little smile, holding up a cardboard sign with colourful writing on it that says, in Dutch, "wil je een dictatuur? Pleeg dan stil censuur", which translates to "do you want a dictatorship? Then quietly exercise some censorship" Amidst other signs, one in focus that says "education cuts are nuts".
November 28, 2024 at 8:48 AM
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Some pictures from yesterday's #WOinActie protest against the budget cuts to higher education.

Thinking of doing a thing where I post a picture from a protest each day until a. the budget cuts are off the table, b. the government falls, or c. I run out of pictures. Yay or nay?
A close-up of a colleague's blonde hair in a bun, with a red square attached to it. A sign held high, saying "education cuts never heal" with a bloody knife pictured. Amidst a busy protest, a sign is held high that says "kennis is blijkbaar te woke", which translates to "knowledge is apparently too woke". A garbage bin with a sign on top of it that says "investeer in de toekomst!", which translates to "invest in the future!". The symbolism feels very on point for this one.
November 26, 2024 at 7:36 PM
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Mostly took pictures with the camera, and my battery’s dead, but one for the road from just after the protest.
A sign saying “don’t balance the budget on the backs of our children” leaning against a tree.
November 25, 2024 at 5:57 PM
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Good morning, it’s protest day!

Against the budget cuts to higher education in the Netherlands, against those that stand against innovation or fair working conditions, against those that would undermine giving folks the tools for critical thinking and make education less accessible.

🟥 #WOinActie
A red square, symbol of #WOinActie, safety pin attached and ready to wear at today’s protest
November 25, 2024 at 7:15 AM
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Hot off the press, expertly edited by @glexareen.bsky.social, @drmitchtravis.bsky.social & Kieran Tranter and with many contributions I'm looking forward to sinking my teeth into (and one by me that I'll let you judge).

Also: book launch on Dec 2 in Leeds: www.tickettailor.com/events/schoo...
On a desk, a book entitled 'science fiction as legal imaginary'. The book is edited by Alex Green, Mitchell Travis and Kieran Tranter and published in the TechNomos series by Routledge. Not on the cover, but insider info: the book is "first published 2025", so befitting a book on science fiction, it's doing its own kind of time travel.
November 18, 2024 at 4:03 PM