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Wendy van Dijk

@wgavandijk.bsky.social

Programmer. Female. Business woman.
Married with another woman since 2005 (together since 1986).
Open source. Vegetarian. The Netherlands. Classic liberal. Pro-EU. Metalhead. Pro-Ukraine.
I am T, B, A and Q in LGBTQIA+.

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Wendy van Dijk

@wgavandijk.bsky.social

Agent Self FBI
How did we get here?
Donald Trump tanked the economy based on a book his son-in-law found on Amazon.
He told Jared Kushner to find him an economic advisor - someone who could make him "look tough" and talk tough on China. Jared searched Amazon, saw a book called Death by China, and thought the title was "cool". So he cold-called the author, Peter Navarro, and gave him a job.
Navarro had no real economic credibility - just an obsession with tariffs and a made-up expert named "Ron Vara" whom he cited repeatedly in his books.
Who's Ron Vara? A fictional economist Navarrro invented. It's an anagram of his own name.
This is not a joke. This is literally how the Trump administration created its trade policy - one that wiped out $11 trillion in wealth, crashed markets, and is nearly sending the world into another Great Depression.
A fake expert. A book cover. An Amazon search.
That's it. That's how we got here.

April 11, 2025 at 7:43 AM

Wendy van Dijk

@wgavandijk.bsky.social

Orange Cheeto

Cheetos snacks forming the letters T R U M P

March 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM

Wendy van Dijk

@wgavandijk.bsky.social

Zefram died. We were not friends, but we always greeted eachother friendly whenever we met, which was a dozen times or so. I sat several times with him for drinks and food. He came by my booth several times for swag and a little bit of smalltalk (that last bit was not one of his strongpoints).

Zefram during a presentation at the 2013 London Perl Workshop, wearing his typical captain's hat.

March 17, 2025 at 8:26 PM

Wendy van Dijk

@wgavandijk.bsky.social

Just had my first order via Lastdodo for Camelia! From Germany.

Woohooo!

www.lastdodo.nl/nl/shops/Van...

Five Camelia butterfly stuffed toys looking forward and upward, all happily smiling.

March 16, 2025 at 1:15 PM

Wendy van Dijk

@wgavandijk.bsky.social

I added Camelia, the stuffed toy butterfly, famous beautiful mascot for Perl 6 and Raku, to my shop. For now, available for 30 euro per item, plus shipping costs.

English:
www.lastdodo.com/en/shops/Van...

Dutch:
www.lastdodo.nl/nl/my/shop/i...

Stuffed toy butterfly Camelia - mascot of the programming language Raku - yellow body with a smile and big beady eyes, black wings adorned with a P and a 6. Two antennae on top of her head, and four black legs underneath.

March 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM

Wendy van Dijk

@wgavandijk.bsky.social

Tonight I am getting halfway to finishing up the last batch of comic books that I have double in my comic book collection. At the moment, working on Wolverine. Just thinking, this album would be an amazing basis for a Wolverine movie. I love the artwork. Some of you may think it is a bit gross...