Hans Polak
athyhans.bsky.social
Hans Polak
@athyhans.bsky.social
Just a Dutch guy, living in Spain.
I literally wrote the same thing today in Spanish.

No minds were changed. 🤦🏾‍♂️
November 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Cheers, Jen!
November 17, 2025 at 6:05 AM
I just let myself topple forward, twisting to the right. Before impact, I protected my head with my right arm.

There was nothing to hold on to, so that was the best I could do.
November 16, 2025 at 11:50 PM
"On the way down." Bloody autocorrect.

Anyway, no harm done. I scraped my wrist with my watch, I'll probably get a bruise on my right knee, my right great toe is sensitive, and that's it.

I thought I had stained my ankle, but I don't think so.

When I started falling, I didn't try not to fall.
November 16, 2025 at 11:46 PM
That's harsh. In The Netherlands, almost every student gets a scholarship. Only the rich kids don't, because they're parents are forced to pay.

I'm sorry you had to live through that.
November 16, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The "barely legal" crowd?

#smh
November 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Right!
November 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Addendum: You should not forgive someone who isn't sorry.
November 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
It was a trifle of thirty eight years ago, but still the most traumatic event in my life to date.
November 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Oh. That's disgusting.

There was a scandal here, in Spain. One private university had just sold degrees to rich Italian kids.
November 16, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Also, there's no me and mine, nor they and them.

As I said: The history of the Catholic Church is filled with victims.
November 16, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Let's see.

There's a whole lot of wrongdoings in the long history of the Catholic Church.

The Catholic Church is, by far, the biggest and richest religion on this planet.

Giving back some artefacts is cool, but it means absolutely nothing.

You should tell the Catholic Church to be better.
November 16, 2025 at 11:19 AM
I wonder if fees should be the main source of income for universities.

I'm guessing that Brexit had a far worse impact on British academics.

I'm definitely not an expert.
November 16, 2025 at 11:09 AM
My dad committed suicide when I was eighteen. I was definitely a kid back then.
November 16, 2025 at 11:03 AM
To be fair, Trump treats reporters differently as well.

To be extra fair, the billionaires who own the media treat Trump, … royally.

That's what one big bad beautiful bill buys.
November 16, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Is the Catholic Church paying the victims of the Catholic Church?

If yes, cool.

If no, I'm going to maintain my opinion on the Catholic Church unchanged. They protected pedophile priests.
November 16, 2025 at 6:51 AM
So, indigenous people rank higher than women?

So woke.
November 16, 2025 at 6:37 AM
He

Ded

Yet

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November 15, 2025 at 10:22 PM