Bart Verbanck
@bartman99.bsky.social
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Mensen die vandaag nog actief zijn op X steunen willens nillens die man. Het is volkomen knetter dat overheden en politici een platform dat eigendom is van een extreem-rechtse gek die Rusland steunt en einde wil van de EU gebruiken als officieel platform om te communiceren. Het is crimineel.
December 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Mensen die vandaag nog actief zijn op X steunen willens nillens die man. Het is volkomen knetter dat overheden en politici een platform dat eigendom is van een extreem-rechtse gek die Rusland steunt en einde wil van de EU gebruiken als officieel platform om te communiceren. Het is crimineel.
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All of the companies that make the software I use are increasing their prices, to account for an "investment" in AI.
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
December 4, 2025 at 8:41 AM
All of the companies that make the software I use are increasing their prices, to account for an "investment" in AI.
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
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Starting //// going
December 1, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Starting //// going
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TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
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Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
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Writing about Elon Musk’s pay package without leading with this is like profiling John Wayne Gacy’s booming party clown career.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Writing about Elon Musk’s pay package without leading with this is like profiling John Wayne Gacy’s booming party clown career.
Urbanus heeft de Nobelprijs literatuur gewonnen!
October 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Urbanus heeft de Nobelprijs literatuur gewonnen!
“A.I. will revolutionize the world!”
The reality:
The reality:
October 2, 2025 at 8:04 AM
“A.I. will revolutionize the world!”
The reality:
The reality:
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Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/
September 26, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/
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Israël betaalt miljoenen aan Google voor advertenties op YouTube die hongersnood in Gaza ontkennen vrtnws.be/p.YbnPWBMpw?t=175... @vrtnws.be
Israël betaalt miljoenen aan Google voor advertenties op YouTube die hongersnood in Gaza ontkennen
vrtnws.be
September 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Israël betaalt miljoenen aan Google voor advertenties op YouTube die hongersnood in Gaza ontkennen vrtnws.be/p.YbnPWBMpw?t=175... @vrtnws.be
On the night train from Brussels to Prague.
Seems like apt reading material, @lewisbaston.bsky.social
Seems like apt reading material, @lewisbaston.bsky.social
September 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
On the night train from Brussels to Prague.
Seems like apt reading material, @lewisbaston.bsky.social
Seems like apt reading material, @lewisbaston.bsky.social
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The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.
September 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.
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The lyrics of Lou Reed’s song Sick of You (from New York, 1989) floated into my mind. Quite an uncanny set of scenarios.
![[Verse 4]
They ordained the Trumps and then he got the mumps
And died being treated at Mt. Sinai
And my best friend Bill died from a poison pill
Some wired doctor prescribed for stress
My arms and legs are shrunk, the food all has lumps
They discovered some animal no one's ever seen
It was an inside trader eating a rubber tire
After running over Rudy Giuliani
They say the President's dead, no one can find his head
It's been missing now for weeks
But no one noticed it, he had seemed so fit
I'm sick of it
I'm sick of you](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qwb7aulelog3wpb6o3nwx33e/bafkreicp6jcayvbnnedaksdpol5vuyu72amqylod3gsw6nshwpnoegsmza@jpeg)
September 1, 2025 at 7:37 AM
The lyrics of Lou Reed’s song Sick of You (from New York, 1989) floated into my mind. Quite an uncanny set of scenarios.
Venus Jupiter conjunction.
August 11, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Venus Jupiter conjunction.
I honestly believe Jordan Peele is writing a short story, one movie at a time:
- Get Out!
- Us?
- Nope, him!
- Get Out!
- Us?
- Nope, him!
August 8, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I honestly believe Jordan Peele is writing a short story, one movie at a time:
- Get Out!
- Us?
- Nope, him!
- Get Out!
- Us?
- Nope, him!
When grandpa starts wandering on the roof, screaming about putting up nukes, it’s time to look at nursing homes.
August 6, 2025 at 8:12 AM
When grandpa starts wandering on the roof, screaming about putting up nukes, it’s time to look at nursing homes.
Thats… Anthony Bourdain
July 31, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Thats… Anthony Bourdain
July 31, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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What a deal!
The EU has "agreed to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on additional US energy products and weapons, in exchange for the broad 15 per cent levy that covers many European exports including cars."
Not a misprint. Unthinkable during my lifetime. But this is 2025.
on.ft.com/4onuknM
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The EU has "agreed to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on additional US energy products and weapons, in exchange for the broad 15 per cent levy that covers many European exports including cars."
Not a misprint. Unthinkable during my lifetime. But this is 2025.
on.ft.com/4onuknM
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US and EU reach tariff agreement to avert trade war
Deal follows Scotland talks between Donald Trump and European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen
on.ft.com
July 28, 2025 at 5:35 AM
What a deal!
The EU has "agreed to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on additional US energy products and weapons, in exchange for the broad 15 per cent levy that covers many European exports including cars."
Not a misprint. Unthinkable during my lifetime. But this is 2025.
on.ft.com/4onuknM
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The EU has "agreed to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on additional US energy products and weapons, in exchange for the broad 15 per cent levy that covers many European exports including cars."
Not a misprint. Unthinkable during my lifetime. But this is 2025.
on.ft.com/4onuknM
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Tom Lehrer - Wernher von Braun
YouTube video by The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel
youtu.be
July 27, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Untamed:
a mystery series that isn't hard to figure out once you ask yourself why they would hire THAT actor for such a small, seemingly insignificant part.
a mystery series that isn't hard to figure out once you ask yourself why they would hire THAT actor for such a small, seemingly insignificant part.
July 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Untamed:
a mystery series that isn't hard to figure out once you ask yourself why they would hire THAT actor for such a small, seemingly insignificant part.
a mystery series that isn't hard to figure out once you ask yourself why they would hire THAT actor for such a small, seemingly insignificant part.