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Buying a villa in Veldhoven? Yeah, you might have to compete against a foreign buyer who works for ASML.
But your daughter can’t afford a flat in Woerden? That’s the fault of national housing policy and cuts to social housing and tax regimes and NIMBYs - not expats.
But your daughter can’t afford a flat in Woerden? That’s the fault of national housing policy and cuts to social housing and tax regimes and NIMBYs - not expats.
September 18, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Buying a villa in Veldhoven? Yeah, you might have to compete against a foreign buyer who works for ASML.
But your daughter can’t afford a flat in Woerden? That’s the fault of national housing policy and cuts to social housing and tax regimes and NIMBYs - not expats.
But your daughter can’t afford a flat in Woerden? That’s the fault of national housing policy and cuts to social housing and tax regimes and NIMBYs - not expats.
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A Hong Kong paediatric infectious diseases ward is full of young, unvaccinated COVID patients.
In the past 4 weeks, 30 of 81 severe adult cases died.
The COVID test positivity rate rose to 13.66%—the highest in a year.
Source: archive.md/BpXFd
In the past 4 weeks, 30 of 81 severe adult cases died.
The COVID test positivity rate rose to 13.66%—the highest in a year.
Source: archive.md/BpXFd
May 19, 2025 at 4:58 AM
A Hong Kong paediatric infectious diseases ward is full of young, unvaccinated COVID patients.
In the past 4 weeks, 30 of 81 severe adult cases died.
The COVID test positivity rate rose to 13.66%—the highest in a year.
Source: archive.md/BpXFd
In the past 4 weeks, 30 of 81 severe adult cases died.
The COVID test positivity rate rose to 13.66%—the highest in a year.
Source: archive.md/BpXFd
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This is the act an authoritarian regime, not one interested in the rule of law.
His student visa was suddenly revoked but he wasn’t notified—“they don’t want ICE to lose the advantage of surprise” (!!!)—and four days later he was arrested at the hospital where he works.
Indonesian man details surprise ICE arrest in Minnesota hospital
Critics condemn the “silent” nature of his arrest as part of an aggressive new trend in immigration enforcement.
www.startribune.com
April 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This is the act an authoritarian regime, not one interested in the rule of law.
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if you're in the UK and have an outdoor cat (like most UK cats), I would be seriously thinking about switching them to an inside cat given the bird flu situation; there's already been dozens of US cat cases (where outdoor cats are much rarer but bird flu growing) and UK bird flu cases are rising
February 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
if you're in the UK and have an outdoor cat (like most UK cats), I would be seriously thinking about switching them to an inside cat given the bird flu situation; there's already been dozens of US cat cases (where outdoor cats are much rarer but bird flu growing) and UK bird flu cases are rising
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It’s getting some attention now but I’m not sure your average news watcher knows exactly what is unfolding in global health around the world now. It’s a catastrophe, of a really unprecedented kind, which could well kill hundreds of thousands of people
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Just received this photo from a friend of a warehouse in Kinshasa. These are tuberculosis medications--ALREADY PAID FOR--that aren't being distributed due to the Trump Administration's stop work order.
TB treatment is being interrupted in SO many patients around the world. What does that mean? (1/2)
TB treatment is being interrupted in SO many patients around the world. What does that mean? (1/2)
February 8, 2025 at 10:28 AM
It’s getting some attention now but I’m not sure your average news watcher knows exactly what is unfolding in global health around the world now. It’s a catastrophe, of a really unprecedented kind, which could well kill hundreds of thousands of people
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“What keeps us going, ultimately, is our love for each other, and our refusal to bow our heads, to accept the verdict, however all-powerful it seems. It’s what ordinary people have to do. You have to love each other. You have to defend each other. You have to fight.”
-Mike Davis
-Mike Davis
January 31, 2025 at 2:31 PM
“What keeps us going, ultimately, is our love for each other, and our refusal to bow our heads, to accept the verdict, however all-powerful it seems. It’s what ordinary people have to do. You have to love each other. You have to defend each other. You have to fight.”
-Mike Davis
-Mike Davis
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Lebensunwertes Leben/"life unworthy of life": en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_un...
I don't want to scare you into paralysis. But you need to understand we have been here before and you need to understand what's at stake.
*Act* fucking accordingly.
I don't want to scare you into paralysis. But you need to understand we have been here before and you need to understand what's at stake.
*Act* fucking accordingly.
February 2, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Lebensunwertes Leben/"life unworthy of life": en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_un...
I don't want to scare you into paralysis. But you need to understand we have been here before and you need to understand what's at stake.
*Act* fucking accordingly.
I don't want to scare you into paralysis. But you need to understand we have been here before and you need to understand what's at stake.
*Act* fucking accordingly.
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Also, I don't blame our loss on "DEI firefighters" or space lasers or antifa or Gavin Newsom or wokeness not allowing forest floors to be raked. There's no cartoon villain here. This was a catastrophic wind storm that caused bone dry vegetation to ignite. It's climate change.
January 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Also, I don't blame our loss on "DEI firefighters" or space lasers or antifa or Gavin Newsom or wokeness not allowing forest floors to be raked. There's no cartoon villain here. This was a catastrophic wind storm that caused bone dry vegetation to ignite. It's climate change.
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I used to think that when global warming truly began to bite, deniers would face reality & we could act. Now I think it's more likely it will lead to a kind of fascism that will respond to global warming by, like, executing everyone who says global warming is real.
January 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I used to think that when global warming truly began to bite, deniers would face reality & we could act. Now I think it's more likely it will lead to a kind of fascism that will respond to global warming by, like, executing everyone who says global warming is real.
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VVD/NSC last week: we can happily send refugees back to the safe haven of Syria, where they can live under Assad in prosperous bourgeois domesticity
VVD/NSC this week: so thankful that the vicious dictator Assad has fallen, ending his nightmarish reign of terror and making Syria safe for refugees
VVD/NSC this week: so thankful that the vicious dictator Assad has fallen, ending his nightmarish reign of terror and making Syria safe for refugees
December 10, 2024 at 8:24 AM
VVD/NSC last week: we can happily send refugees back to the safe haven of Syria, where they can live under Assad in prosperous bourgeois domesticity
VVD/NSC this week: so thankful that the vicious dictator Assad has fallen, ending his nightmarish reign of terror and making Syria safe for refugees
VVD/NSC this week: so thankful that the vicious dictator Assad has fallen, ending his nightmarish reign of terror and making Syria safe for refugees
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Dutch politicians often seem to think they operate in a tiny sphere, where only a few million Dutch-speaking voters can hear them.
But the rest of the world does actually see this stuff going on. They note the tone of the debate, and where it’s going. And they make investment decisions accordingly.
But the rest of the world does actually see this stuff going on. They note the tone of the debate, and where it’s going. And they make investment decisions accordingly.
Protest planned against Dutch parliament motion to keep records on migrants
Protest planned against Dutch parliament motion to keep records on migrants
The VVD party, of the ruling rightwing coalition, plans to ‘keep records on cultural and religious norms and values of Dutch people with a migration background’
Protests are planned in the Netherlands in response to a motion accepted by the Dutch…
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2024 at 7:53 PM
Dutch politicians often seem to think they operate in a tiny sphere, where only a few million Dutch-speaking voters can hear them.
But the rest of the world does actually see this stuff going on. They note the tone of the debate, and where it’s going. And they make investment decisions accordingly.
But the rest of the world does actually see this stuff going on. They note the tone of the debate, and where it’s going. And they make investment decisions accordingly.
Lol, that's why my favorite coffee store prices their Christmas special coffee at 22 euros
December 1, 2024 at 10:07 AM
Lol, that's why my favorite coffee store prices their Christmas special coffee at 22 euros
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If you don’t understand why disabled ppl are speaking out against assisted dying - or why they’re scared it could be used against them - please read these articles
We are often first to be discarded. Left to die, slapped with DNRs & neglected
When society doesn’t value us - how can we feel safe?
We are often first to be discarded. Left to die, slapped with DNRs & neglected
When society doesn’t value us - how can we feel safe?
For more on this - here’s the article on Dominic Cummings white board while discussing pandemic response: www.bbc.com/news/health-...
And an article about DNRs being placed - without consent - on those with learning disabilities: www.theguardian.com/world/2021/f...
And an article about DNRs being placed - without consent - on those with learning disabilities: www.theguardian.com/world/2021/f...
Dominic Cummings: What was on his whiteboard?
The notes reveal a scramble to decide the country's pandemic response ahead of the first lockdown.
www.bbc.com
December 1, 2024 at 8:34 AM
If you don’t understand why disabled ppl are speaking out against assisted dying - or why they’re scared it could be used against them - please read these articles
We are often first to be discarded. Left to die, slapped with DNRs & neglected
When society doesn’t value us - how can we feel safe?
We are often first to be discarded. Left to die, slapped with DNRs & neglected
When society doesn’t value us - how can we feel safe?
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Anyone who tells me that disabled people aren't being coerced or pressured into MAID need to read Normand Meunier's experience because something as simple as a damn mattress would have prevented him choosing MAID.
AID (as in care and help) before MAID.
AID (as in care and help) before MAID.
Another horrifying example of neglect leading to assisted dying:
Normand Meunier (a quadriplegic) developed bedsores after being left FOUR days on ER gurney. He wasn’t turned & his pleas for a specialized mattress were ignored.
He decided he didn’t want to “be a burden”
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Normand Meunier (a quadriplegic) developed bedsores after being left FOUR days on ER gurney. He wasn’t turned & his pleas for a specialized mattress were ignored.
He decided he didn’t want to “be a burden”
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
December 1, 2024 at 4:01 AM
Anyone who tells me that disabled people aren't being coerced or pressured into MAID need to read Normand Meunier's experience because something as simple as a damn mattress would have prevented him choosing MAID.
AID (as in care and help) before MAID.
AID (as in care and help) before MAID.
Oh, so are we in Europe going to have a big war? Is global climate change not a big enough challenge? Are we really in competition to see who can collapse our civilization and environment the fastest?
November 30, 2024 at 10:58 AM
Oh, so are we in Europe going to have a big war? Is global climate change not a big enough challenge? Are we really in competition to see who can collapse our civilization and environment the fastest?
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Been thinking about how to resist digital enshittification and erasure.
One thing I plan to do in my own capacity is buy physical records and CDs of my favorite artists.
Take and develop more actual photos and keep photo albums.
And yes, write down our stories and family histories.
One thing I plan to do in my own capacity is buy physical records and CDs of my favorite artists.
Take and develop more actual photos and keep photo albums.
And yes, write down our stories and family histories.
November 28, 2024 at 11:32 AM
Been thinking about how to resist digital enshittification and erasure.
One thing I plan to do in my own capacity is buy physical records and CDs of my favorite artists.
Take and develop more actual photos and keep photo albums.
And yes, write down our stories and family histories.
One thing I plan to do in my own capacity is buy physical records and CDs of my favorite artists.
Take and develop more actual photos and keep photo albums.
And yes, write down our stories and family histories.
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You know what would **really** disrupt the publishing industry?
Fair contracts and decent pay for authors.
No AI training without the creator’s consent.
Artists and translators on the cover.
No NDAs for ghostwriters.
Fair contracts and decent pay for authors.
No AI training without the creator’s consent.
Artists and translators on the cover.
No NDAs for ghostwriters.
November 27, 2024 at 2:04 PM
You know what would **really** disrupt the publishing industry?
Fair contracts and decent pay for authors.
No AI training without the creator’s consent.
Artists and translators on the cover.
No NDAs for ghostwriters.
Fair contracts and decent pay for authors.
No AI training without the creator’s consent.
Artists and translators on the cover.
No NDAs for ghostwriters.
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🇫🇷 Adam Siao Him Fa has withdrawn from the Grand Prix Final due to an ankle injury sustained at the Cup of China, he has been advised to take a 3 week break with the aim of competing at Europeans.
As first alternate, 🇰🇿 Mikhail Shaidorov will receive the call up.
www.ffsg.org/Communique-F...
As first alternate, 🇰🇿 Mikhail Shaidorov will receive the call up.
www.ffsg.org/Communique-F...
FFSG
new akilia 1
www.ffsg.org
November 27, 2024 at 10:35 AM
🇫🇷 Adam Siao Him Fa has withdrawn from the Grand Prix Final due to an ankle injury sustained at the Cup of China, he has been advised to take a 3 week break with the aim of competing at Europeans.
As first alternate, 🇰🇿 Mikhail Shaidorov will receive the call up.
www.ffsg.org/Communique-F...
As first alternate, 🇰🇿 Mikhail Shaidorov will receive the call up.
www.ffsg.org/Communique-F...
Another skater is injured. I really think the ISU should limit the number of quad jumps in programs. How many top skaters have to be injured before a change is made?
November 22, 2024 at 6:34 AM
Another skater is injured. I really think the ISU should limit the number of quad jumps in programs. How many top skaters have to be injured before a change is made?
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🇨🇦 Wesley Chiu has withdrawn from #CupofChina due to medical reasons
November 22, 2024 at 6:27 AM
🇨🇦 Wesley Chiu has withdrawn from #CupofChina due to medical reasons
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Albert Heijns ‘duurzame’ zalm draagt bij aan vernietiging van Chileense natuurparken
Albert Heijns ‘duurzame’ zalm draagt bij aan vernietiging van Chileense natuurparken
Het ASCkeurmerk voor duurzaam gekweekte vis certificeert ook zalmkwekerijen in beschermde natuurgebieden in Chili. Die zalm belandt vervolgens in de diepvriesschappen van Albert Heijn en Delhaize. Consumenten denken daardoor dat ze duurzame vis kopen, terwijl de kwekerijen verlies van biodiversiteit, chemische vervuiling en vernietiging van leefgebied in Chileense natuurgebieden veroorzaken.
www.ftm.nl
November 21, 2024 at 5:01 AM
Albert Heijns ‘duurzame’ zalm draagt bij aan vernietiging van Chileense natuurparken
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me: Vanity Fair has a profile of Cormac McCarthy's muse. do you have any guesses about her?
my sister, a child trauma therapist who works with, among other things, trafficking survivors: teenager.
me: yep
sister: adopted.
me: foster care
sister: every time.
my sister, a child trauma therapist who works with, among other things, trafficking survivors: teenager.
me: yep
sister: adopted.
me: foster care
sister: every time.
November 20, 2024 at 3:13 PM
me: Vanity Fair has a profile of Cormac McCarthy's muse. do you have any guesses about her?
my sister, a child trauma therapist who works with, among other things, trafficking survivors: teenager.
me: yep
sister: adopted.
me: foster care
sister: every time.
my sister, a child trauma therapist who works with, among other things, trafficking survivors: teenager.
me: yep
sister: adopted.
me: foster care
sister: every time.