Klaas Hofstra
@klaashofstra.bsky.social
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Sterrenkundigen: 'Over 50.000 jaar zullen alle stationsroltrappen het tegelijk doen'
Sterrenkundigen: 'Over 50.000 jaar zullen alle stationsroltrappen het tegelijk doen'
Opvallend sterrenkundig nieuws vandaag: volgens wetenschappers van de Universiteit van Aalsmeer zullen alle roltrappen op NS-stations over 50.000 jaar tegelijkertijd werken.
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February 8, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Sterrenkundigen: 'Over 50.000 jaar zullen alle stationsroltrappen het tegelijk doen'
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>You'll vote the LPC forever to stop the CPC
God knows how much I came to hate first-past-the-post electoral systems.
God knows how much I came to hate first-past-the-post electoral systems.
>You'll vote LDP for eternity to stop Senseito
Welcome to modern western politics
Welcome to modern western politics
February 8, 2026 at 2:17 PM
>You'll vote the LPC forever to stop the CPC
God knows how much I came to hate first-past-the-post electoral systems.
God knows how much I came to hate first-past-the-post electoral systems.
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If government made it cheap to travel by helicopter, there'd be a lot more helicopter trips. The fact those trips are not happening today does not mean people are being deprived of their mobility
April 22, 2025 at 6:52 AM
If government made it cheap to travel by helicopter, there'd be a lot more helicopter trips. The fact those trips are not happening today does not mean people are being deprived of their mobility
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F: Warum braucht man in Kroatien zwei Lokführer?
A: Weil auch zwei Signale neben dem Gleis stehen!
A: Weil auch zwei Signale neben dem Gleis stehen!
February 6, 2026 at 8:55 PM
F: Warum braucht man in Kroatien zwei Lokführer?
A: Weil auch zwei Signale neben dem Gleis stehen!
A: Weil auch zwei Signale neben dem Gleis stehen!
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Overigens: periodieke reminder dat zelfs het Binnenhof een tijd lang een parkeerplaats was, in de tijd dat alles moest wijken voor de auto. Het was Lubbers himself die de laatste geparkeerde auto's van het Binnenhof af duwde. 🙃
January 30, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Overigens: periodieke reminder dat zelfs het Binnenhof een tijd lang een parkeerplaats was, in de tijd dat alles moest wijken voor de auto. Het was Lubbers himself die de laatste geparkeerde auto's van het Binnenhof af duwde. 🙃
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Het aantal nieuwe hypotheken van meer dan 1 miljoen euro is in vijf jaar tijd verdubbeld. Door de hypotheekrente betaalt iedere Nederlander daaraan mee, en als het aan het kabinet ligt blijft dat zo. Maar wie profiteert hier eigenlijk van? Vooral de rijkste 20 procent. www.ftm.nl/artikelen/st...
January 31, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Het aantal nieuwe hypotheken van meer dan 1 miljoen euro is in vijf jaar tijd verdubbeld. Door de hypotheekrente betaalt iedere Nederlander daaraan mee, en als het aan het kabinet ligt blijft dat zo. Maar wie profiteert hier eigenlijk van? Vooral de rijkste 20 procent. www.ftm.nl/artikelen/st...
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WTF
Mss goed om in dit kader even de grensagenten te laten zien die door internationale treinen lopen en gisteren alleen mensen met een Noord-Afrikaans uiterlijk controleerden.
Met pistool zichtbaar gedragen.
Met pistool zichtbaar gedragen.
January 31, 2026 at 9:46 AM
WTF
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Nobelprijscomité introduceert Nobelprijs voor kleinzielig autocratisch dementerend narcisme
Nobelprijscomité introduceert Nobelprijs voor Kleinzielig Autocratisch Dementerend Narcisme
Het Noorse Nobelprijscomité heeft een nieuwe prijs in het leven geroepen voor opmerkelijke prestaties in kleinzielig autocratisch dementerend narcisme.
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January 20, 2026 at 7:02 AM
Nobelprijscomité introduceert Nobelprijs voor kleinzielig autocratisch dementerend narcisme
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May I once again not-at-all-humbly reiterate what I said back in 2022: the centrist brain-worm that "energy security" comes from crawling from dependence on one fossil fuel supplier to another is absolute bullshit: Europe could and should have been reducing gas reliance faster for the past 3 years
January 19, 2026 at 10:56 AM
May I once again not-at-all-humbly reiterate what I said back in 2022: the centrist brain-worm that "energy security" comes from crawling from dependence on one fossil fuel supplier to another is absolute bullshit: Europe could and should have been reducing gas reliance faster for the past 3 years
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Unforgivable. Mixing basic passenger information with advertising to the confusion of the former. Brand prostitution.
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January 11, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Unforgivable. Mixing basic passenger information with advertising to the confusion of the former. Brand prostitution.
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Damn it annoys me I got here
I don’t even WANT competition in rail necessarily
But here there’s no other option
/ends
I don’t even WANT competition in rail necessarily
But here there’s no other option
/ends
January 8, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Damn it annoys me I got here
I don’t even WANT competition in rail necessarily
But here there’s no other option
/ends
I don’t even WANT competition in rail necessarily
But here there’s no other option
/ends
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Reject all claims that either government or the private sector is intrinsically more competent.
Both can be run well or badly. Both have ways of rewarding either competence or incompetence.
Focus on the people in charge, and their incentives.
Both can be run well or badly. Both have ways of rewarding either competence or incompetence.
Focus on the people in charge, and their incentives.
January 8, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Reject all claims that either government or the private sector is intrinsically more competent.
Both can be run well or badly. Both have ways of rewarding either competence or incompetence.
Focus on the people in charge, and their incentives.
Both can be run well or badly. Both have ways of rewarding either competence or incompetence.
Focus on the people in charge, and their incentives.
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One more dedicated left-turn and right-turn lane will fix it, bro, I promise. All we need is just a couple more lanes and longer cycles to increase throughput.
December 11, 2025 at 8:48 PM
One more dedicated left-turn and right-turn lane will fix it, bro, I promise. All we need is just a couple more lanes and longer cycles to increase throughput.
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
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I really cannot recommend this excellent piece on Hammersmith Bridge highly enough
Hammersmith Bridge
Where did 25,000 vehicles go?
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November 21, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I really cannot recommend this excellent piece on Hammersmith Bridge highly enough
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De tussen-neus-en-lippen-door opmerking over marktwerking in het busvervoer van @sheilas.bsky.social leidt me een beetje af van haar voor de rest uitstekende column in de #volkskrant. Een provinciaal busbedrijf oprichten is niet het antwoord op een budgetprobleem voor inherent onrendabele diensten.
November 15, 2025 at 8:19 AM
De tussen-neus-en-lippen-door opmerking over marktwerking in het busvervoer van @sheilas.bsky.social leidt me een beetje af van haar voor de rest uitstekende column in de #volkskrant. Een provinciaal busbedrijf oprichten is niet het antwoord op een budgetprobleem voor inherent onrendabele diensten.
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Frequency matters, proof number 256384648
Bologna Mazzini, avg weekday, boarding/alighting
24 trains /day, 1-2 tph*dir
2019, Nov: 264 / 335
2019, Jul: 257 / 287
⬇️
55 trains/day, 3-4 tph*dir
2024, Nov: 669 / 764
2025, Jul: 673 / 734
Users have been multiplied by around 2-2.5 (+150-ish%)
Bologna Mazzini, avg weekday, boarding/alighting
24 trains /day, 1-2 tph*dir
2019, Nov: 264 / 335
2019, Jul: 257 / 287
⬇️
55 trains/day, 3-4 tph*dir
2024, Nov: 669 / 764
2025, Jul: 673 / 734
Users have been multiplied by around 2-2.5 (+150-ish%)
November 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Frequency matters, proof number 256384648
Bologna Mazzini, avg weekday, boarding/alighting
24 trains /day, 1-2 tph*dir
2019, Nov: 264 / 335
2019, Jul: 257 / 287
⬇️
55 trains/day, 3-4 tph*dir
2024, Nov: 669 / 764
2025, Jul: 673 / 734
Users have been multiplied by around 2-2.5 (+150-ish%)
Bologna Mazzini, avg weekday, boarding/alighting
24 trains /day, 1-2 tph*dir
2019, Nov: 264 / 335
2019, Jul: 257 / 287
⬇️
55 trains/day, 3-4 tph*dir
2024, Nov: 669 / 764
2025, Jul: 673 / 734
Users have been multiplied by around 2-2.5 (+150-ish%)
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The fools! They'd be so much happier now if they had just talked endlessly about battery trains and hydrogen.
Meanwhile, '3rd world' India has almost electrified all of its vast network in record time. infra.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/railway...
Over 99% electrification of Indian Railways network complete
Indian Railways Electrification: The Indian Railways has completed over 99% electrification of its broad-gauge network, with a significant push towards renewable energy, including rooftop solar panels...
infra.economictimes.indiatimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The fools! They'd be so much happier now if they had just talked endlessly about battery trains and hydrogen.
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Ja dann fragen wir doch mal die Töchter:
October 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Ja dann fragen wir doch mal die Töchter:
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Morning rush-hour near London's Oval station. Trains pass underground every few minutes and there's a continuous flood of bicycles, but still there's one lane of gridlocked traffic. Your city will always have exactly as much gridlock as it makes room for.
September 22, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Morning rush-hour near London's Oval station. Trains pass underground every few minutes and there's a continuous flood of bicycles, but still there's one lane of gridlocked traffic. Your city will always have exactly as much gridlock as it makes room for.
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"I cycled to school when I was a kid, and we didn't need fancy cycle lanes."
Yeah, but there's three times more traffic than there was in 1973..
Twice as many cars as there was in 1982..
..36% more traffic on urban minor roads than there was in 1994..
..and cars were *way* smaller, and lighter.
Yeah, but there's three times more traffic than there was in 1973..
Twice as many cars as there was in 1982..
..36% more traffic on urban minor roads than there was in 1994..
..and cars were *way* smaller, and lighter.
September 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
"I cycled to school when I was a kid, and we didn't need fancy cycle lanes."
Yeah, but there's three times more traffic than there was in 1973..
Twice as many cars as there was in 1982..
..36% more traffic on urban minor roads than there was in 1994..
..and cars were *way* smaller, and lighter.
Yeah, but there's three times more traffic than there was in 1973..
Twice as many cars as there was in 1982..
..36% more traffic on urban minor roads than there was in 1994..
..and cars were *way* smaller, and lighter.
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Ja, wir ersticken in ÖPNV!
September 8, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Ja, wir ersticken in ÖPNV!