Gijs Van Gassen
@gijs-vg.bsky.social
Taal, boeken, nare ziektes, andere dingen. Ik werk voor @sciensano.be maar spreek voor mezelf.
https://ghvanderstruijck.blogspot.com/
"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be."
https://ghvanderstruijck.blogspot.com/
"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be."
Het was altijd al de moeite om @lauropea.bsky.social te volgen, maar nu ze in een Fraaie Bibliotheek met Prachtige Manuscripten werkt nóg meer.
today on the book farm: Cree Syllabics (Stations of the Cross, 1856)
November 27, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Het was altijd al de moeite om @lauropea.bsky.social te volgen, maar nu ze in een Fraaie Bibliotheek met Prachtige Manuscripten werkt nóg meer.
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Is there any object that has changed less in the last 4000 years than a gaming die? There's an astonishingly human and above all social story around that profound survival.
This terracotta die comes from the ancient city of Mohenjo-Daro, one of the first urban centres in human history 🎲⠀
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Gaming with dice has been a popular pastime in India for millennia, with this object dating back to 2500–1900 BCE.
🎲 Terracotta Die, 2500–1900 BCE. 2 x 2 x 2 cm. EAMd.25
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Gaming with dice has been a popular pastime in India for millennia, with this object dating back to 2500–1900 BCE.
🎲 Terracotta Die, 2500–1900 BCE. 2 x 2 x 2 cm. EAMd.25
November 27, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Is there any object that has changed less in the last 4000 years than a gaming die? There's an astonishingly human and above all social story around that profound survival.
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Finally, the most ambitious crossover in history y'all have been waiting for! 😉
Two of my fav social media accounts, @moudhy.bsky.social and @dieworkwear.bsky.social, teaming up for: ancient Mesopotamian foot wear. 🏺👞
Two of my fav social media accounts, @moudhy.bsky.social and @dieworkwear.bsky.social, teaming up for: ancient Mesopotamian foot wear. 🏺👞
I guess I now have to do a thread on shoes in ancient Mesopotamia in response to this (which happens to be from one of my favourite accounts).
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
can't believe this ancient mesopotamia shoe wearing ass said people need to dress up at the airport
November 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Finally, the most ambitious crossover in history y'all have been waiting for! 😉
Two of my fav social media accounts, @moudhy.bsky.social and @dieworkwear.bsky.social, teaming up for: ancient Mesopotamian foot wear. 🏺👞
Two of my fav social media accounts, @moudhy.bsky.social and @dieworkwear.bsky.social, teaming up for: ancient Mesopotamian foot wear. 🏺👞
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Many men feel the stripper really likes them. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Many men feel the stripper really likes them. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something
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Now for some sports news...
(this week's cartoon for @theguardian.com books pages)
(this week's cartoon for @theguardian.com books pages)
November 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Now for some sports news...
(this week's cartoon for @theguardian.com books pages)
(this week's cartoon for @theguardian.com books pages)
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“A rabbit and and a priest walk into the bar. The bartender asks the rabbit ‘what’ll you have?’. The rabbit replies ‘I dunno, I’m only here because of autocorrect’”
November 19, 2025 at 11:10 PM
“A rabbit and and a priest walk into the bar. The bartender asks the rabbit ‘what’ll you have?’. The rabbit replies ‘I dunno, I’m only here because of autocorrect’”
Bij eencelligen is akelig en onverantwoord gedrag simpelweg de standaard. Bij insecten is het schering en inslag. Zoogdieren volgen meestal netjes de regels, behalve vleermuizen. Vleermuizen zijn de eencelligen onder de zoogdieren.
🤯 Wild shit here. They put biologgers on greater noctule bats and found them pursuing, capturing, and eating birds in-flight. The recording of a European Robin getting blasted and snacked on is nuts.
Sci Am story: www.scientificamerican.com/article/this...
Paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Sci Am story: www.scientificamerican.com/article/this...
Paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Bat vs. Robin—Scientists Capture Real-Life Audio of Midair Hunt
Scientists suspected that Europe’s largest bats snack on migrating songbirds when they can, but a stunning newly published observation proves it
www.scientificamerican.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Bij eencelligen is akelig en onverantwoord gedrag simpelweg de standaard. Bij insecten is het schering en inslag. Zoogdieren volgen meestal netjes de regels, behalve vleermuizen. Vleermuizen zijn de eencelligen onder de zoogdieren.
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Maggie De Block heeft destijds al groot onderzoek laten doen naar fraude binnen ocmw's, toen al conclusie: beperkt, veel kleiner dan sociale en fiscale fraude en veel kleiner dan non take up. Houdt de heren en dames niet tegen om tien jaar later de leefloners te viseren vanuit het buikgevoel.
November 20, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Maggie De Block heeft destijds al groot onderzoek laten doen naar fraude binnen ocmw's, toen al conclusie: beperkt, veel kleiner dan sociale en fiscale fraude en veel kleiner dan non take up. Houdt de heren en dames niet tegen om tien jaar later de leefloners te viseren vanuit het buikgevoel.
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Francophones, looking for a translation of 'Souillard' – the late medieval name of a Very Good Dog. It clearly has 'dirty' or 'grubby' connotations, but how best to translate it? Google focuses its modern meaning of a sink plug-hole but I don't think that was meant in the C15! Please RT!
November 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Francophones, looking for a translation of 'Souillard' – the late medieval name of a Very Good Dog. It clearly has 'dirty' or 'grubby' connotations, but how best to translate it? Google focuses its modern meaning of a sink plug-hole but I don't think that was meant in the C15! Please RT!
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... die nooit de schuld was van Europa. Maak een site zonder third party tracking, en je hebt die banner niet nodig.
Europa wil einde maken aan "stortvloed" cookie-meldingen op websites vrtnws.be/p.9397ZKxkb?t=176... @vrtnws.be
Europa wil einde maken aan "stortvloed" cookie-meldingen op websites
vrtnws.be
November 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
... die nooit de schuld was van Europa. Maak een site zonder third party tracking, en je hebt die banner niet nodig.
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saturation with Tolkien spinoffs has somehow not prepared our culture for the arrival of dark lords bearing a gift that everyone becomes convinced they can wield to accomplish great things but just makes them dependent and start whispering about preciouses if you suggest just throwing it away
November 19, 2025 at 11:16 AM
saturation with Tolkien spinoffs has somehow not prepared our culture for the arrival of dark lords bearing a gift that everyone becomes convinced they can wield to accomplish great things but just makes them dependent and start whispering about preciouses if you suggest just throwing it away
Dit moesten meer schrijvers doen :-)
Vandaag was ik bij de Relay in Den Haag CS en heb even snel de Fokke & Sukke boekjes stiekem gesigneerd. Ik ben nauwelijks te verstaan, geloof ik.
November 19, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Dit moesten meer schrijvers doen :-)
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I thought this was going to turn into a story needing its own True Crime Netflix series, but no.
This is quite something.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/18/w...
This is quite something.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/18/w...
'We invited a homeless man for dinner - he stayed for 45 years'
The man was only meant to stay for a day.
metro.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I thought this was going to turn into a story needing its own True Crime Netflix series, but no.
This is quite something.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/18/w...
This is quite something.
metro.co.uk/2025/11/18/w...
"Decision-based evidence-making" is wel een briljante term.
"Decision-based evidence-making" — that's how one former #CDC leader described the approach to scientific decision making under the HHS secretary in a meaty examination of Kennedy's unprecedented tenure by several @statnews.com colleagues. www.statnews.com/2025/11/18/r...
How RFK Jr., America's celebrity health secretary, is steamrolling science
RFK Jr. is plowing ahead with sweeping changes to U.S. health care that have thrilled supporters, purged opponents, and horrified critics.
www.statnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
"Decision-based evidence-making" is wel een briljante term.
November 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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This is SO EASY to use seriously if you've ever written anything go check if you're owed money
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Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
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November 18, 2025 at 10:23 AM
This is SO EASY to use seriously if you've ever written anything go check if you're owed money
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why can they not just fix it
![[Scene is MCcDONALDS PICKUP POINT but for the most part we can only see the close up faces of tha CUSTOMER and the McDONALDS EMPLOYEE at the serving point].
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CUSTOMER:
Hi - I’m afraid this isn’t what I ordered
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McDONALDS EMPLOYEE:
Number 187?
CUSTOMER:
Yes
3
CUSTOMER:
Maybe I pressed the wrong thing?
I just ordered one strawberry milkshake.
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EMPLOYEE:
Oh - yeah sorry
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EMPLOYEE:
The milkshake machine’s not working.
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EMPLOYEE:
The only flavours we can do are vanilla, banana, and Labour Leader Pretending to be Nigel Farage.
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CUSTOMER:
Is that a new flavour?
EMPLOYEE:
Yeah
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[We now see that the employee has placed a gigantic milkshake cup on the counter]
EMPLOYEE:
If you look inside, there’s a Labour leader pretending to be Nigel Farage.
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[Customer looks inside the cup]
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[Show Keir Starmer dressed as Nigel Farage inside the cup]
CUSTOMER:
So there is
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CUSTOMER:
Is that something people want, then?
EMPLOYEE:
No! No, not at all.
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EMPLOYEE:
It just keeps happening when we press banana.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
why can they not just fix it
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Nu het #WAAW is, schreef ik voor EOS een blog over ons onderzoek met CRUN in Burkina Faso.
Waarom zijn er zoveel ernstige resistente bacteriële infecties op een plek waar antibioticagebruik niet excessief is?
www.eoswetenschap.eu/gezondheid/w...
#AMR @itmantwerp.bsky.social
Waarom zijn er zoveel ernstige resistente bacteriële infecties op een plek waar antibioticagebruik niet excessief is?
www.eoswetenschap.eu/gezondheid/w...
#AMR @itmantwerp.bsky.social
Waarom jaarlijks nog 200.000 kinderen sterven door antibioticaresistentie
In Europa treft antibioticaresistentie vooral ouderen en ziekenhuispatiënten, terwijl in lage-inkomenslanden vooral kinderen sterven aan infecties die resist...
www.eoswetenschap.eu
November 18, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Nu het #WAAW is, schreef ik voor EOS een blog over ons onderzoek met CRUN in Burkina Faso.
Waarom zijn er zoveel ernstige resistente bacteriële infecties op een plek waar antibioticagebruik niet excessief is?
www.eoswetenschap.eu/gezondheid/w...
#AMR @itmantwerp.bsky.social
Waarom zijn er zoveel ernstige resistente bacteriële infecties op een plek waar antibioticagebruik niet excessief is?
www.eoswetenschap.eu/gezondheid/w...
#AMR @itmantwerp.bsky.social
Neen nimmer schrijf ik limericks
Die versvorm vind ik immer niks
Die versvorm vind ik immer niks
November 18, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Neen nimmer schrijf ik limericks
Die versvorm vind ik immer niks
Die versvorm vind ik immer niks
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How delightfully quaint some of these old Devon village names are, their etymologies lost in the mists of time.
November 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
How delightfully quaint some of these old Devon village names are, their etymologies lost in the mists of time.
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‘Daan is een vuile slet’, schreef Mina op de wc-deur van hun favoriete kroeg. Zo, dacht ze krachtig. Maar daarna moest ze toch weer huilen.
November 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
‘Daan is een vuile slet’, schreef Mina op de wc-deur van hun favoriete kroeg. Zo, dacht ze krachtig. Maar daarna moest ze toch weer huilen.
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(spending 9 billion dollars to make a robot say "i have always loved you") hard times create strong men
November 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
(spending 9 billion dollars to make a robot say "i have always loved you") hard times create strong men
Mijn vrouw is een weekend weg. Dochters (12 & 14), het hele weekend: "Wanneer is mama terug? Wanneer? Hoe laat precies?"
Dochters, 1 seconde na thuiskomst van mijn vrouw: "MAMAAA! JE BENT TERUG! EINDELIJK!!"
Dochters, 1 minuut na thuiskomst van mijn vrouw: "Ja ma, het is goed hoor, laat ons gerust."
Dochters, 1 seconde na thuiskomst van mijn vrouw: "MAMAAA! JE BENT TERUG! EINDELIJK!!"
Dochters, 1 minuut na thuiskomst van mijn vrouw: "Ja ma, het is goed hoor, laat ons gerust."
November 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Mijn vrouw is een weekend weg. Dochters (12 & 14), het hele weekend: "Wanneer is mama terug? Wanneer? Hoe laat precies?"
Dochters, 1 seconde na thuiskomst van mijn vrouw: "MAMAAA! JE BENT TERUG! EINDELIJK!!"
Dochters, 1 minuut na thuiskomst van mijn vrouw: "Ja ma, het is goed hoor, laat ons gerust."
Dochters, 1 seconde na thuiskomst van mijn vrouw: "MAMAAA! JE BENT TERUG! EINDELIJK!!"
Dochters, 1 minuut na thuiskomst van mijn vrouw: "Ja ma, het is goed hoor, laat ons gerust."