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Hans Polak

Hans Polak

@athyhans.bsky.social

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Just a Dutch guy, living in Spain.

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Hans Polak @athyhans.bsky.social · 12h

I try not to smell Nazis.

Hans Polak @athyhans.bsky.social · 14h

You don't often hear from Belgian politicians.

Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1d

Belgian Defence Minister Theo Francken: “If Putin launches a missile at Brussels, we will wipe Moscow off the map.”

Hans Polak @athyhans.bsky.social · 23h

Not to brag but I started singing the Spanish Happy Birthday song, … and nobody joined in.

Later.
Me: "Nobody joined in."

Wife: "You were in the choir."

Hans Polak @athyhans.bsky.social · 1d

Change one letter, ruin a candy.

MERS

Hans Polak @athyhans.bsky.social · 1d

I was there in 1991.

I suspect it has changed a lot since then.

The terracotta army is impressive.

Hans Polak @athyhans.bsky.social · 1d

I think I bought some homeopathic nonsense. Fuck!

I went to a pharmacy, and you can't trust pharmacists, and I ordered a coughing syrup.

This syrup was very expensive and contains no working ingredient. Only "natural" stuff. Food.

Eucalyptus. Honey. Things like that.

That's €20 down the drain.

Hans Polak @athyhans.bsky.social · 1d

The Romans already had a formula to control the masses: "Bread and games."

The US elites, just like the French elites around 1789, ignore history at their own peril.

Hans Polak @athyhans.bsky.social · 1d

Tomorrow, I'll fix the length and finish it.

Serving the string isn't too hard theoretically. The serving is a thin cord, wrapped around the bowstring, where the arrow gets put.

Hans Polak @athyhans.bsky.social · 1d

That was interesting.

The first part was easy as fuck. Cutting string. Waxing string. Making the first loop. No problem.

The second part, creating the second loop was way harder.

The resulting bowstring was pretty cool looking, but 30 cm too long. Exactly the length I had in mind. Ups.

Hans Polak @athyhans.bsky.social · 1d

It's raining.

We've had a long and dry summer with hardly any rain. That's normal (even though the years are getting warmer).

It should rain in October, November. Normally.

What's not normal is having hardly any rain until the last few days if October.

Now it's raining. A solid rain. A good rain

Hans Polak @athyhans.bsky.social · 2d

First, they elected an actor. Then they elected a clown who was never funny, and quite shady, and a felon, and why don't they release the Epstein files?

Hans Polak @athyhans.bsky.social · 2d

😂😂😂

Hans Polak @athyhans.bsky.social · 3d

Have you not seen "Hook" (1991)?

Hans Polak @athyhans.bsky.social · 3d

I hate, I hate, I hate Peter Pan!

Hans Polak @athyhans.bsky.social · 3d

I'll try to make my own bowstring next.

🤞🏾

Hans Polak @athyhans.bsky.social · 3d

Runway capitalism and unbridled corruption are out to get you, Athy.

Hans Polak @athyhans.bsky.social · 3d

A lot of people didn't vote for a competent woman.

Twice.

Hans Polak @athyhans.bsky.social · 3d

My problem with #chess, as a player, is that you have to watch both sides of the board.

The chessboard has four sides.

Hans Polak @athyhans.bsky.social · 4d

I always honor the tradition to sleep through the hour change.

Some traditions are worth maintaining.

Reposted by Hans Polak

alr.lykke🦋 @anettelykke.bsky.social · 4d

Hans Polak @athyhans.bsky.social · 4d

Isn't there a song about a big spender? I'm sure there is.

Hans Polak @athyhans.bsky.social · 4d

I was watchinga "short" on YouTube. A guy was talking. It sounded interesting. I caught a glimpse of that guy Tucker.

I thought, "it's probably bullshit", and clicked away.

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alr.lykke🦋 @anettelykke.bsky.social · 5d

🇩🇰🇺🇦✌🏻

Hans Polak @athyhans.bsky.social · 4d

Murder, she crowed.