Kees
keesbu.bsky.social
Kees
@keesbu.bsky.social
Playing guitar and solving problems

“Most of the brain's work is done while the brain's owner is ostensibly thinking about something else, so sometimes you have to deliberately find something else to think and talk about.”
Neal Stephenson
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Doreen's Jazz New Orleans is a traditional jazz band led by the renowned clarinetist Doreen Ketchens. While they tour internationally, the band is famous for its regular street performances in the French Quarter. They are a beloved local institution.
December 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Alexandra Geese is a German Member of the European Parliament and a leading voice on digital rights, democracy, and tech regulation in the European Union.
December 23, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Betty Reid Soskin
NPR
@npr.org
December 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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The complete Bayeux Tapestry has finally been released and proves that Bishop Odo had absolutely nothing to do with the illegal Norman invasion of England.
December 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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‘The alchemist’s lab work and the philosophy were inextricable: working with material substances was a sacred endeavour, because matter and spirit were modalities of the same substance.’

Nick Richardson on alchemy:

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Nick Richardson · Puffing on the Coals: Alchemical Art
Chemical reactions reflect human dramas, which reflect celestial movements, which reflect the mind of the divine. The...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Russia sends stolen Ukrainian children to North Korea to become militarized.
December 4, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Lacuna Coil in De Effenaar🤘
November 21, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Halestorm in AFAS🤘
November 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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One good thing that happened over the weekend.
Just arrived: Advance copies of the first revised edition of Cult of the Dead Cow.
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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My latest documentary with History Hit looks at the witch hunts in 17th century Iceland, where 93% of those condemned as witches were men. Now available at historyhit.com (free trial period available.)
October 31, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Arch Enemy in AFAS
October 28, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Moana Jones Wong
North Shore of Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi
October 24, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Delain in P60
October 17, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Moonlight Haze in P60
October 17, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Gregory Alan Isakov in Paradiso Amsterdam: a magical experience:
October 17, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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Anthropologists note that color sense is different among cultures around the world—as demonstrated for instance by what we call "blue" and "green." But now we learn that colours are represented and processed in the same way in the brains of different people, and again what is "blue" is most telling.
My blue is your blue: different people’s brains process colours in the same way
Neuroscientists can predict what colour a person is looking at using a machine-learning tool trained on the brain activity of others.
go.nature.com
September 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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#MiddayMagic

“Tell me why the price of someone else's life equals my dollar.”
Raw, painful truth from iamrozemusic (IG).

Always stay connected to your empathy.
August 20, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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More detail on the Russian attack on the plane carrying EU President Ursula von der Leyen earlier today. www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/ursu...
Ursula von der Leyen: Störattacke während ihres Flugs nach Bulgarien
Ursula von der Leyen erlebte bei ihrer Ankunft in Plovdiv eine mutmaßliche Störaktion Russlands, die das GPS-System ihres Flugzeugs betraf. Dies unterstreicht die Dringlichkeit der EU-Reise durch Fron...
www.sueddeutsche.de
September 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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For the third day, protesters and security apparatus clashed at the Indonesian police’s Mobile Brigade Command HQ (Mako Brimob), Jakarta.
August 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Astrid Johnson
August 30, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Dearest Martha,

The National Guard stand solemn watch at the Krispy Kreme tonight. I cannot tell if they defend the people from the donuts, or the donuts from the people. Powdered sugar hangs in the air like cannon smoke. Jensen took a hot coffee to the face, he may never recover.

Yours in glaze,
August 27, 2025 at 3:14 PM
August 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM