Jan van de Rieth
@jvdrieth.bsky.social
European mongrel. Interested in macro, data analytics, chess, food, fishing, Asia (especially Malaysia and China) and mental health.
The beautiful South (Limburg).
The beautiful South (Limburg).
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Jan van de Rieth
@jvdrieth.bsky.social
· Nov 25
Mini bio:
European mongrel: mix of Manouches, Germans, farmers from
Limburg, Belgians, Jews & a Slovenian pâtissière (aka Oma)
Degrees from Durham & Imperial, interests macro econ, politics, chess, fishing, food & computing
Half a lifetime in the Big 4, doing data analytics
Left LDN pre Brexit
European mongrel: mix of Manouches, Germans, farmers from
Limburg, Belgians, Jews & a Slovenian pâtissière (aka Oma)
Degrees from Durham & Imperial, interests macro econ, politics, chess, fishing, food & computing
Half a lifetime in the Big 4, doing data analytics
Left LDN pre Brexit
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How much bleach is there in the US? There’s going to be a lot of disinfecting needed.
This is so big, seriously, the biggest scandal we’ve ever seen‼️👀👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼
November 13, 2025 at 5:42 AM
How much bleach is there in the US? There’s going to be a lot of disinfecting needed.
Equal opportunities: they **** the young generation just as hard as everyone else
November 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Equal opportunities: they **** the young generation just as hard as everyone else
Veel Duitsers hebben speciale relatie met Rusland...
Chrupalla erklärte bei Lanz, dass Russland keine Gefahr für Deutschland ist und Putin ihm ja nichts getan habe. Polen hingegen sei eine Gefahr für Deutschland.
Merkt der noch was? Selbst Parteifreunde stellen das in Frage.
www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...
Merkt der noch was? Selbst Parteifreunde stellen das in Frage.
www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...
AfD: Tino Chrupalla sorgt mit Russland-Aussagen für Ärger in der Partei
Drohnen, Spionage, Sabotage? AfD-Chef Tino Chrupalla sieht derzeit keine russische Bedrohung für Deutschland. Das geht selbst manchen Parteifreunden deutlich zu weit.
www.spiegel.de
November 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Veel Duitsers hebben speciale relatie met Rusland...
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The Republican president is a pedophile who has doubled my healthcare costs and let scores of violent criminals out of jail. But a Democratic mayor-elect wants to make busses free in a city I don't live in. I have never felt more politically homeless.
November 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The Republican president is a pedophile who has doubled my healthcare costs and let scores of violent criminals out of jail. But a Democratic mayor-elect wants to make busses free in a city I don't live in. I have never felt more politically homeless.
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What a headline 😅
November 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
What a headline 😅
My ancestral voices are telling me to sell the house, learn to play swing on the guitar and move into a caravan.
November 13, 2025 at 12:44 PM
My ancestral voices are telling me to sell the house, learn to play swing on the guitar and move into a caravan.
My ancestral voices are telling me to make sure that no more family members will die in concentration camps.
November 13, 2025 at 12:30 PM
My ancestral voices are telling me to make sure that no more family members will die in concentration camps.
My ancestral voices are telling me to eat some sardines in olive oil with toasted sourdough, accompanied by a glass of Muscadet now.
November 13, 2025 at 10:59 AM
My ancestral voices are telling me to eat some sardines in olive oil with toasted sourdough, accompanied by a glass of Muscadet now.
“Some days you have to create your own sunshine.”
- Sam Sundquist.
- Sam Sundquist.
November 13, 2025 at 7:39 AM
“Some days you have to create your own sunshine.”
- Sam Sundquist.
- Sam Sundquist.
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This guy with his insights was president of Harvard when I was on the junior faculty
It was not a pleasant time to be a female economist at Harvard
It was not a pleasant time to be a female economist at Harvard
Insights from Larry Summers
"I observed that half the IQ In world was possessed by women without mentioning they are more than 51 percent of population..."
"I observed that half the IQ In world was possessed by women without mentioning they are more than 51 percent of population..."
November 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This guy with his insights was president of Harvard when I was on the junior faculty
It was not a pleasant time to be a female economist at Harvard
It was not a pleasant time to be a female economist at Harvard
The American electorate twice had the opportunity to elect competent (if possibly unlikeable as if that mattered) women.
Twice they elected this.
Twice they elected this.
November 12, 2025 at 1:14 PM
The American electorate twice had the opportunity to elect competent (if possibly unlikeable as if that mattered) women.
Twice they elected this.
Twice they elected this.
101st heel spur division
November 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
101st heel spur division
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Er wordt gejoeld, gelachen, en geapplaudisseerd op de radicaal-rechtse boekenbeurs in Halle. Ook als uitgever Götz Kubitschek zegt: „Er zitten twee linkse journalisten in de zaal. Hartelijk welkom. Ik hoop dat u deze plek zeer angstig zult verlaten.”
Over ‘remigratie’ spreekt de AfD openlijk op radicaal-rechtse boekenbeurs
Duitse boekenbeurs: Op de grote boekenbeurs in Frankfurt voelden ze zich niet meer welkom, dus organiseerden radicaal-rechtse uitgevers hun eigen beurs. De AfD was er ruim vertegenwoordigd. „Duitsland...
www.nrc.nl
November 12, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Er wordt gejoeld, gelachen, en geapplaudisseerd op de radicaal-rechtse boekenbeurs in Halle. Ook als uitgever Götz Kubitschek zegt: „Er zitten twee linkse journalisten in de zaal. Hartelijk welkom. Ik hoop dat u deze plek zeer angstig zult verlaten.”
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November 8, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Politie vindt in Hoensbroek loods vol vermoedelijk gestolen fietsen dankzij GPS-tracker
#delimburger #regio
#delimburger #regio
Politie vindt in Hoensbroek loods vol vermoedelijk gestolen fietsen dankzij GPS-tracker
Dankzij een GPS-tracker op een gestolen fiets heeft de politie afgelopen maandag vermoedelijk een groot aantal fietsendiefstallen in Parkstad opgelost. Er zijn twee verdachten aangehouden.
www.limburger.nl
November 12, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Politie vindt in Hoensbroek loods vol vermoedelijk gestolen fietsen dankzij GPS-tracker
#delimburger #regio
#delimburger #regio
After the Telegraph successfully destroyed itself, the Times doesn't want to be left out
November 12, 2025 at 9:19 AM
After the Telegraph successfully destroyed itself, the Times doesn't want to be left out
There a signs that bsky is increasingly developing twitterish behaviours.
We really have ***** tendencies as a species.
We really have ***** tendencies as a species.
November 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
There a signs that bsky is increasingly developing twitterish behaviours.
We really have ***** tendencies as a species.
We really have ***** tendencies as a species.
Great, pseudo science has reached bluesky.
No, broccoli doesn't cure HIV and if you dilute lavender oil 5 million fold it will not heal my brain.
No, broccoli doesn't cure HIV and if you dilute lavender oil 5 million fold it will not heal my brain.
November 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Great, pseudo science has reached bluesky.
No, broccoli doesn't cure HIV and if you dilute lavender oil 5 million fold it will not heal my brain.
No, broccoli doesn't cure HIV and if you dilute lavender oil 5 million fold it will not heal my brain.
Labour government has started to understand that hitting yourself repeatedly in the face with a hammer might be a suboptimal idea.
Refreshing.
And so quickly.
Refreshing.
And so quickly.
November 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Labour government has started to understand that hitting yourself repeatedly in the face with a hammer might be a suboptimal idea.
Refreshing.
And so quickly.
Refreshing.
And so quickly.
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