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Erkan BXL🌈 @erkanbxl.bsky.social · 2d

Truly scary prospect.... www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...

Opinion | The A.I. Prompt That Could End the World

www.nytimes.com

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Erkan BXL🌈 @erkanbxl.bsky.social · 2d

...of neem de Universiteit van Tokyo, waar een door het secretariaat ontvangen e-mail keurig wordt uitgeprint voor het archief en per fax naar de faculteit of prof gaat (die dan weer wél meestal per e-mail terugschrijft).

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Erkan BXL🌈 @erkanbxl.bsky.social · 3d

Niet een erg zorgvuldige keuze - spijtig. Nu dan toch eerst maar eens iets van László Krasznahorkai lezen om te zien of die keuze beter uitgevallen is.

Erkan BXL🌈 @erkanbxl.bsky.social · 3d

Fantastic weather here in the Alps, and it is set to stay all week! Might be the perfect time to try a tandem paragliding flight… and maybe even start taking some lessons. 🪂 hmmm. Maybe first earn some money to pay for all that...🙃

Paraglider landing base at the Bois du Bouchet (Haut-Savoie, France), conveniently located near the Chamonix Microbrewery.

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Erkan BXL🌈 @erkanbxl.bsky.social · 3d

I sure hope so! Als ik in BXL ben gebruik ik vaak de passages onder deze👇bruggen. Op die smalle stripjes speed-peds of opgevoerde steps tegen te komen is not fun. Een goede Noord-Zuid fietsbaan langs het kanaal zou een no-brainer moeten zijn. Begrijp niet hoe zoiets de havenbusiness aantast.

Erkan BXL🌈 @erkanbxl.bsky.social · 4d

Relegated forever to the Brussels Museum of Unrealized Renders

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Oxfam EU @oxfameu.bsky.social · 4d

💰 EU billionaires’ wealth surged by €400 billion in just six months — that’s over €2 billion a day.

Meanwhile, ordinary Europeans are paying the price.

Our new report shows how decades of tax policies have favored the super-rich 👇

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#TaxTheRich #ECOFIN

Oxfam EU @oxfameu.bsky.social · 5d

📢 EU Billionaires’ wealth surges by over €400bn in first half of 2025.

That’s over €2bn a day.

🔗https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/eu-billionaires-wealth-surges-over-eu400-billion-first-half-2025

#TaxTheRich

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Erkan BXL🌈 @erkanbxl.bsky.social · 5d

@cockjaak.bsky.social : Nieuw bij Albert Heijn 😉

Dennis Barbion @dennis-barbion.bsky.social · 5d

Duidelijk. Zo kan er geen verwarring ontstaan.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 7d

Stephen Miller is portraying opposition to Donald Trump in any form, including by judges issuing legal rulings, as an illegal rebellion, Jonathan Chait argues:

Stephen Miller Lays Out the Plan in Public

The White House aide equates opposition to Trump’s agenda with terrorism—and pushes for the use of state power to suppress it.

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Erkan BXL🌈 @erkanbxl.bsky.social · 7d

My sweet new colleagues offered me a bike for use while here for the next 6 months. They found the ideal brand for me as half Japanese (even though the Nakamura name was used by a Chinese company for its 'quality sound'. 😏). But I love the bike😍. Next time an Albanian ABT bike - for my other 50%.😂

Nakamura bike locked to a signpost for hiking trails in Haute-Savoie department, France.

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Erkan BXL🌈 @erkanbxl.bsky.social · 7d

www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...

"Focusflitser" die gsm-gebruik achter stuur detecteert actief in Nederland, ook België wil ze inzetten | VRT NWS: nieuws

In Nederland is de 1e "focusflitser" in gebruik genomen. Die kan automatisch gsm-gebruik achter het stuur detecteren. Onze regering wil zulke flitsers ook langs wegen in België plaatsen. "We willen ze...

www.vrt.be

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Erkan BXL🌈 @erkanbxl.bsky.social · 11d

As of 1 October I started a new project with a fresh view from my new office. Bluesky will be my umbellical cord to Brussels for a few months. Let's hope there will be a government when I get back in March 2026.

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olivier_rbxl @olivier-rbxl.bsky.social · 13d

That’s an awful lot of noise to cover the non-release of the Epstein files

The Urbanist @theurbanist.org · 13d

“President Donald Trump said he told Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that the military should use ‘dangerous’ U.S. cities as ‘training grounds’…He was talking about his deployment of the National Guard to cities…and said Chicago would see troops soon.” www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...

Donald Trump suggests US cities be "training grounds" for military

Trump has deployed National Guard troops across U.S. cities as part of a crackdown on crime.

www.newsweek.com

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Chou de Brucycle @choudebrucycle.bsky.social · 15d

Bicycles save lives !

WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 15d

ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards

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Pieter Van Maele @pvmaele.bsky.social · 16d

Wanneer @anaismaes.bsky.social de voetgangerszone afsluit voor tweewielers, gaat ze toch iets moeten doen aan de vreselijke Lakensestraat... zogezegd een fietsstraat 🫣

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Erkan BXL🌈 @erkanbxl.bsky.social · 19d

bnr.nl/nieuws/mobil...

‘Succes focusflitsers laat zien dat het hard nodig is’

‘Wij investeren in de aanpak van afleiding op de weg, omdat dat levensgevaarlijk is’

bnr.nl

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Erkan BXL🌈 @erkanbxl.bsky.social · 19d

Dus die nominatie was echt serieus gemeend? Altijd gedacht dat het een grap was.

Erkan BXL🌈 @erkanbxl.bsky.social · 20d

Cartoon depicting the current state of society in the US, where people can get arrested or deported for being critical of the regime

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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 20d

Seen at the Charlie Kirk martyrdom rally.

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The Verge @theverge.com · 21d

Why your next car should be an electric cargo bike

Rewiring cities for more human-centric transportation

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Felix Leinemann @felixleinemann.bsky.social · 20d

Poking @greenleejw.bsky.social for the “live eels”…

Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 20d

Bruce Springsteen and friend, back in the glory days

Happy #BicycleBirthday, Bruce!
Born September 23, 1949

Photo of a man and woman riding a tandem bicycle past a shop. Signs in the shop window include, "Sand Worms", "Live Eels", and "Fishing Licenses Issued Here".

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 20d

What a country.

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Erkan BXL🌈 @erkanbxl.bsky.social · 20d

Tu travailles à la Maison du Peuple?

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Erkan BXL🌈 @erkanbxl.bsky.social · 22d

... and to the fat white angry male bus driver on the De Lijn bus that sped full-speed through Anderlecht today: Bravo!

Intimidating little kids of 5 to 10 years old honking and driving full speed alongside them. One wrong move could have killed one of them. Terrifying!!!

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Erkan BXL🌈 @erkanbxl.bsky.social · 22d

Que c'est triste.

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