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Belgium @brussels.bsky.social · 5h

James Ball @jamesrball.com · 6h

“But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother.”

Belgium @brussels.bsky.social · 5h

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Bruxelles Environnement I Leefmilieu Brussel @environment.brussels · 8h

🌱 Vous avez une idée pour améliorer votre quartier ou l’environnement ? Faites-la vivre ! 💡

Proposez votre projet collectif et bénéficiez :
✅ d’un accompagnement personnalisé
✅ d’un soutien financier
✅ de l’aide d’un coach

📩 Il suffit de soumettre votre idée, et on vous accompagne pas à pas !👇

Proposez votre projet - Inspirons le quartier

Vous avez une idée de projet collectif pour votre quartier et l'environnement ?Proposez-la et bénéficiez d’un accompagnement sur mesure et d’un soutien

inspironslequartier.brussels

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RepairTogether @repairtogether.bsky.social · 15h

International Repair Day
Special #RepairLab SATURDAY 18 October from 1pm to 5pm

Tools, coaching, etc.
Come and repair your stuffs !

Usquare Brussels - Building F / Floor 1 Avenue de la Couronne, 227, 1050 Ixelles, Belgium
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💻 Try out free OS such as Linux, Zorin, etc.

shorturl.at/yrw2Y

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François Levrier @francoislevrier.bsky.social · 18h

Joseph Plateau was born #OTD in 1801. A Belgian physicist and mathematician, he worked in optics, inventing an early stroboscopic device, and surface tension problems. Plateau’s laws describe the structure of soap films.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_...

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Belgium @brussels.bsky.social · 1d

st-josse

a run down empty building with a brightly colored painting of a leopard, palm trees and fruit on the lower wall.

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Isabelle Degraeve @isadegraeve.bsky.social · 2d

🐍 Mijn eerste waarneming van een gevlekte ringslang! 🤩 Een zeldzame en beschermde soort in België. En één van onze 3 inheemse slangen.

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Merel Morre @merelmorre.nl · 1d

In Oostkamp (België) worden verschillende acties rond rouw georganiseerd. Eén daarvan was #troostbrood.
Lokale bakkers gaven broodzakken mee met een sticker met een gedicht dat mensen even stil doet staan bij gemis, verlies en verbondenheid.

Of ze mijn gedicht mochten gebruiken. Zeker!

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broodzak met daarop een sticker met het gedicht 'we laten je stevig los'

we laten je stevig los
maar houden je altijd vast

in ons hoofd
in ons hart
in honderd herinneringen
dichtbij
blijf jij

iemand als jij
kan niet gaan
zo iemand blijft
je altijd bij

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Ookwee @ookwee.bsky.social · 1d

Recevoir une lettre avec un timbre Chou-fleur, c’est avoir un petit moment de bonheur.

(J’attends donc des courriers avec des Endives et des Choux de Bruxelles)

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Jonge Academie @jongeacademie.bsky.social · 1d

📣 Gezocht: jonge topwetenschappers of kunstenaars, mét visie én engagement, die 5 jaar lang impact willen maken op samenleving, beleid en de academische wereld! Kandidaten uit alle disciplines en kunstvormen welkom. ❗ Deadline 21 nov. 2025. www.jongeacademie.be/oproep-nieuw...

www.jongeacademie.be - oproep kandidaturen nieuwe leden

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 2d

Here more than 5,000 people answered the question below (more than 4,200 via quote replies & >800 comments). Lots of interesting stories!

On X, 15 people replied to the same query.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 6d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Slate France @slatefr.bsky.social · 2d

Il y a 130 ans, l'ancêtre d'internet et des moteurs de recherche était créé en Belgique 👉 bit.ly/4nLICh7

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Belgium @brussels.bsky.social · 2d

maison des arts in schaarbeek has a lovely exhibition about food and culture. with this sculpture made of couscous grains for example... there is a nice little park and a cute café and friendly people and you should pay them a visit, it's free!

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Belgium @brussels.bsky.social · 4d

master and servant

2 doors right next to each other for the same house. one is much smaller than the other.

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Ambroise Carton @amcaw.bsky.social · 7d

🕓 Avez-vous déjà rêvé de voyager dans le temps à Bruxelles ? Et de voir à quoi ressemblait votre maison, votre quartier, il y a 10, 50... ou presque 100 ans ?

Grâce à cet outil interactif, c'est possible !

amcaw.github.io/orthophotosw...

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Joannes Laveyne @jolaveyne.bsky.social · 8d

It may have escaped your attention, but the Belgian energy system has quietly passed an important test. During the weekend of 4-5 October 2025, our consumption was almost entirely covered by renewable energy. And yet the system ticked like a Swiss watch. /

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Belgium @brussels.bsky.social · 7d

with very cool pink trashbags ☺️

Kristie @knairn.bsky.social · 8d

Brussels is very cool and pretty

The Belgian Arc de Triomphe - I think it’s better than the French one, tbh

Old beer glasses and ads in the Belgian Beer World Experience

View of the square from the Beer World window

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Belgium @brussels.bsky.social · 7d

a train driver, excellent!

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Daan Delespaul @ddelesp.bsky.social · 8d

The thesis explores changes in Belgian voting behaviour 🇧🇪

It finds that demand-side cleavages have mostly remained stable, and don't differ much between Flanders and Francophone Belgium.

You can read the whole thing here: kuleuven.limo.libis.be/discovery/se...

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Belgium @brussels.bsky.social · 8d

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Ran Boydell @ranboydell.bsky.social · 8d

"If there is a frontline in the current battle against demolition it is Brussels. Faced with huge amounts of redundant industrial, infrastructural and office space, the city is pioneering circular architecture."

Adapt or die: the architects pioneering a new wave of building reuse

Thanks to innovators and smart policy initiatives, demolition is becoming more unfashionable. But is the tide changing fast enough?

on.ft.com

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Belgium @brussels.bsky.social · 9d

450 kg. could replace most of the white vans clogging bxl.

Dutch Cycling Embassy @dutchcycling.nl · 9d

Cargo Cycling’s Doer model is redefining the role of cargo bikes in urban logistics.

With a 450kg capacity, four-wheel stability, and a cabin-style design, the Doer is winning over drivers and businesses alike.

Read the story on Zag Daily: buff.ly/Lo8aiVO

#DCEnetwork

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Belgium @brussels.bsky.social · 9d

he moved in when he saw the word charcuterie....

a cool looking cat sits in a window of a former shop that shows the words charcuterie and patisserie.

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Belgium @brussels.bsky.social · 10d

to stop the german invasion, the belgian army blew up critical belgian infrastructure. this sign informs citizens of the exact time of the destruction of a railway bridge. to be seen at spectacular trainworld and its new exhibition about the role of sncb during the occupation.

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John Raimo @johnraimo.bsky.social · 11d

Jennifer Rankin (@jenniferrankin.bsky.social), Overlooked female modernist artist Marthe Donas dazzles in Belgium (@theguardian.com; #skystorians, #arthistory): www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Overlooked female modernist artist Marthe Donas dazzles in Belgium

Antwerp exhibition testifies to growing recognition of woman who took gender-neutral name Tour to get on

www.theguardian.com

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Belgium @brussels.bsky.social · 11d

un truc

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Virginie 🎶🐈📸‧₊˚♪𝄞₊˚⊹🇧🇪 @virginiedunord.bsky.social · 11d

#UnJourUnePhoto
#PhotoOctober
3/10
Graffiti

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