Hajo de Boer
@hajothehermit.bsky.social
A self-taught eremite who tries to see the good in people. It’s not always easy, but it’s worth a try. If you give in to hate, evil wins.
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
— Albert Einstein
— Albert Einstein
December 10, 2025 at 1:09 AM
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
— Albert Einstein
— Albert Einstein
#PopeLeo understands that #Europe “must be part” of any deal to end the war in #Ukraine, calling it “unrealistic” to seek peace without European participation, and emphasizing that lasting security guarantees require Europe’s involvement — a truth that “unfortunately, not everyone understands.”
December 10, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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Leaders of a Catholic church near Boston kept a Nativity display with an anti-ICE message in place on Monday, defying an order from the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston to remove it. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
Massachusetts Church Keeps Anti-ICE Nativity Scene, Defying Diocese Leaders
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Leaders of a Catholic church near Boston kept a Nativity display with an anti-ICE message in place on Monday, defying an order from the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston to remove it. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/u...
“It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life for me, ooh
And I'm feeling good”
— Nina Simone
(“Feeling Good”, written by English composers Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse)
It's a new day
It's a new life for me, ooh
And I'm feeling good”
— Nina Simone
(“Feeling Good”, written by English composers Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse)
December 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
“It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life for me, ooh
And I'm feeling good”
— Nina Simone
(“Feeling Good”, written by English composers Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse)
It's a new day
It's a new life for me, ooh
And I'm feeling good”
— Nina Simone
(“Feeling Good”, written by English composers Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse)
In Hamburg lebten zwei Ameisen,
Die wollten nach Australien reisen.
Bei Altona auf der Chaussee
Da taten ihnen die Beine weh,
Und da verzichteten sie weise
Dann auf den letzten Teil der Reise.
So will man oft und kann doch nicht
Und leistet dann recht gern Verzicht.”
— Joachim Ringelnatz
Die wollten nach Australien reisen.
Bei Altona auf der Chaussee
Da taten ihnen die Beine weh,
Und da verzichteten sie weise
Dann auf den letzten Teil der Reise.
So will man oft und kann doch nicht
Und leistet dann recht gern Verzicht.”
— Joachim Ringelnatz
December 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
In Hamburg lebten zwei Ameisen,
Die wollten nach Australien reisen.
Bei Altona auf der Chaussee
Da taten ihnen die Beine weh,
Und da verzichteten sie weise
Dann auf den letzten Teil der Reise.
So will man oft und kann doch nicht
Und leistet dann recht gern Verzicht.”
— Joachim Ringelnatz
Die wollten nach Australien reisen.
Bei Altona auf der Chaussee
Da taten ihnen die Beine weh,
Und da verzichteten sie weise
Dann auf den letzten Teil der Reise.
So will man oft und kann doch nicht
Und leistet dann recht gern Verzicht.”
— Joachim Ringelnatz
Reposted by Hajo de Boer
Pope Leo XIV just did what almost no one in power will do: he told tech giants that AI built for profit alone is a threat to human dignity.
This isn’t anti-technology.
It’s a demand that the most powerful machines on earth answer to something higher than the market.
This isn’t anti-technology.
It’s a demand that the most powerful machines on earth answer to something higher than the market.
Pope Leo: AI Must Serve Humanity — Not Just the Powerful Few
In a message to tech leaders, Leo insists that artificial intelligence be guided by ethics and serve the common good. It’s one of his major theme — one that’s earned him ridicule from Silicon Valley.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Pope Leo XIV just did what almost no one in power will do: he told tech giants that AI built for profit alone is a threat to human dignity.
This isn’t anti-technology.
It’s a demand that the most powerful machines on earth answer to something higher than the market.
This isn’t anti-technology.
It’s a demand that the most powerful machines on earth answer to something higher than the market.
"Sin of self-love possesseth all mine eye, And all my soul, and all my every part; And for this sin there is no remedy, It is so grounded inward in my heart."
— William Shakespeare
— William Shakespeare
December 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
"Sin of self-love possesseth all mine eye, And all my soul, and all my every part; And for this sin there is no remedy, It is so grounded inward in my heart."
— William Shakespeare
— William Shakespeare
“You keep telling me that you're struggling
I just don't know if that's such a bad thing”
— Bro Isaiah
youtube.com/watch?v=Xdm4...
I just don't know if that's such a bad thing”
— Bro Isaiah
youtube.com/watch?v=Xdm4...
Struggler Music Video
YouTube video by Ascension Presents
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December 7, 2025 at 12:27 AM
“You keep telling me that you're struggling
I just don't know if that's such a bad thing”
— Bro Isaiah
youtube.com/watch?v=Xdm4...
I just don't know if that's such a bad thing”
— Bro Isaiah
youtube.com/watch?v=Xdm4...
To me, the real story here is that #Haiti has made it to the World Cup. Good luck to them !
As for the occupant of the White House being awarded the #FIFA peace price…it’s farcical, cringeworthy and not worthy of any further comment.
youtube.com/watch?v=JP_Y...
As for the occupant of the White House being awarded the #FIFA peace price…it’s farcical, cringeworthy and not worthy of any further comment.
youtube.com/watch?v=JP_Y...
'Absurd spectacle': Trump finally awarded a peace prize | LBC
YouTube video by LBC
youtube.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:06 PM
To me, the real story here is that #Haiti has made it to the World Cup. Good luck to them !
As for the occupant of the White House being awarded the #FIFA peace price…it’s farcical, cringeworthy and not worthy of any further comment.
youtube.com/watch?v=JP_Y...
As for the occupant of the White House being awarded the #FIFA peace price…it’s farcical, cringeworthy and not worthy of any further comment.
youtube.com/watch?v=JP_Y...
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En 1944 hubo, al menos, dos películas en la que el protagonista le fascinaba un retrato.
La Mujer del Cuadro de Fritz Lang.
Laura de Otto Preminger.
La Mujer del Cuadro de Fritz Lang.
Laura de Otto Preminger.
December 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM
En 1944 hubo, al menos, dos películas en la que el protagonista le fascinaba un retrato.
La Mujer del Cuadro de Fritz Lang.
Laura de Otto Preminger.
La Mujer del Cuadro de Fritz Lang.
Laura de Otto Preminger.
“…It took them 10 months to discover that the United States doesn't grow bananas and that therefore if we tariff bananas that that's not going to bring banana factories on shore."
— @justinwolfers.bsky.social
— @justinwolfers.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
“…It took them 10 months to discover that the United States doesn't grow bananas and that therefore if we tariff bananas that that's not going to bring banana factories on shore."
— @justinwolfers.bsky.social
— @justinwolfers.bsky.social
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In this week’s episode of the LRB podcast I speak with the filmmaker Sepideh Farsi about her new documentary, ‘Put Your Soul in Your Hand and Walk,’ a portrait of Fatma Hassona, a photographer in Gaza who was killed in an Israeli air strike on April 15. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The Life and Death of a Photographer in Gaza
Podcast Episode · The LRB Podcast · 12/03/2025 · 54m
podcasts.apple.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:10 AM
In this week’s episode of the LRB podcast I speak with the filmmaker Sepideh Farsi about her new documentary, ‘Put Your Soul in Your Hand and Walk,’ a portrait of Fatma Hassona, a photographer in Gaza who was killed in an Israeli air strike on April 15. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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In a climate of near-anarchy, Muscadin’s harsh brand of justice has struck a deep chord among a population that is taking matters into its own hands out of desperation.
More: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
More: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
December 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
In a climate of near-anarchy, Muscadin’s harsh brand of justice has struck a deep chord among a population that is taking matters into its own hands out of desperation.
More: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
More: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
I used to love America.
Infatuated like a love stricken teenager,
I loved her landscapes, food and shining sea…
A shining sea for the land of the free.
What remains are memories.
Good memories, of a place
Which now stares back with an evil, orange face…
#Poetry
Infatuated like a love stricken teenager,
I loved her landscapes, food and shining sea…
A shining sea for the land of the free.
What remains are memories.
Good memories, of a place
Which now stares back with an evil, orange face…
#Poetry
December 4, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Trump: This word is common in the UK to mean a fart, derived from the sound of a trumpet, and is used as both a verb ("he suddenly trumped next to me in bed") and a noun. It is particularly popular in Scotland and the northern parts of England.
english.stackexchange.com/questions/26...
english.stackexchange.com/questions/26...
In what English-speaking communities does "trump" refer to the breaking of wind?
It is clear from this site that the verb to trump has been used extensively across Britain to refer to the breaking of wind. It is especially the case in the North, in Wales and certainly in Norfolk,
english.stackexchange.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Trump: This word is common in the UK to mean a fart, derived from the sound of a trumpet, and is used as both a verb ("he suddenly trumped next to me in bed") and a noun. It is particularly popular in Scotland and the northern parts of England.
english.stackexchange.com/questions/26...
english.stackexchange.com/questions/26...
I used to love America.
Infatuated like a love stricken teenager,
I loved her landscapes, food and shining sea…
A shining sea for the land of the free.
What remains are memories.
Good memories, of a place
Which now stares back with an evil, orange face…
#Poetry
Infatuated like a love stricken teenager,
I loved her landscapes, food and shining sea…
A shining sea for the land of the free.
What remains are memories.
Good memories, of a place
Which now stares back with an evil, orange face…
#Poetry
December 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I used to love America.
Infatuated like a love stricken teenager,
I loved her landscapes, food and shining sea…
A shining sea for the land of the free.
What remains are memories.
Good memories, of a place
Which now stares back with an evil, orange face…
#Poetry
Infatuated like a love stricken teenager,
I loved her landscapes, food and shining sea…
A shining sea for the land of the free.
What remains are memories.
Good memories, of a place
Which now stares back with an evil, orange face…
#Poetry
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Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes?
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
December 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes?
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
“…The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself.”
— George F Will
2025
"Have you no sense of decency?"
— Joseph N Welch
1954
— George F Will
2025
"Have you no sense of decency?"
— Joseph N Welch
1954
December 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
“…The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself.”
— George F Will
2025
"Have you no sense of decency?"
— Joseph N Welch
1954
— George F Will
2025
"Have you no sense of decency?"
— Joseph N Welch
1954
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Meet the veliger larva - a tiny ocean drifter with a delicate shell and two ciliated “velums” that look like fluttering ears. These velums help it swim through plankton and capture food.
🎥 Video by @elizabethbeston.bsky.social
#MarineBiology
🎥 Video by @elizabethbeston.bsky.social
#MarineBiology
December 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Meet the veliger larva - a tiny ocean drifter with a delicate shell and two ciliated “velums” that look like fluttering ears. These velums help it swim through plankton and capture food.
🎥 Video by @elizabethbeston.bsky.social
#MarineBiology
🎥 Video by @elizabethbeston.bsky.social
#MarineBiology
Irrespective of whether one is Catholic or not, or for that matter religious or not, #PopeLeo ‘s trip to #Lebanon, a country whose population has had to endure so much hardship for such a long time, can only be viewed as a good thing.
Blessed are the peacemakers.
youtube.com/watch?v=6Phc...
Blessed are the peacemakers.
youtube.com/watch?v=6Phc...
HISTORIC MOMENT: Pope Leo Departs Lebanon After Historic Visit Marked by Masses and Messages | AK1G
YouTube video by DRM News
youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Irrespective of whether one is Catholic or not, or for that matter religious or not, #PopeLeo ‘s trip to #Lebanon, a country whose population has had to endure so much hardship for such a long time, can only be viewed as a good thing.
Blessed are the peacemakers.
youtube.com/watch?v=6Phc...
Blessed are the peacemakers.
youtube.com/watch?v=6Phc...