Kris Vanherle
@krisvanherle.bsky.social
Leuven - daughters - (post?)hipster - capitalist - music - transport policy researcher - www.telraam.net - always searching
Alden Biesen is +/- 1,5km away from where I grew up. I remember walking freely in a castle half in ruins, biking in the overgrown English garden, spotting bats and owls in the ruined "Apostelhuis" in the evening. Mystical place. An EU-summit here "does not compute". How things have changed! :)
European leaders are meeting at Alden Biesen, Belgium, today. An impressive castle dating back to the 13th c that once served as the HQ of the local branch of the Teutonic Order.
February 10, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Alden Biesen is +/- 1,5km away from where I grew up. I remember walking freely in a castle half in ruins, biking in the overgrown English garden, spotting bats and owls in the ruined "Apostelhuis" in the evening. Mystical place. An EU-summit here "does not compute". How things have changed! :)
Het zou mijn inziens interessanter geweest zijn voor de aflevering van De Afspraak eerder deze week, als Hedebouw naast Lode zou gezeten hebben ipv Duchatelet. Eventueel voor een volgende keer?…
@bartschols.bsky.social
@bartschols.bsky.social
Een draadje over wrm PVDA en De Standaard verkeerd zijn. Sharing is caring.
De TL;DR: Wat PVDA identificeert is een *wenselijke* evolutie. Hieronder de uitleg. /1
(lodecossaer.substack.com/p/over-loona...)
De TL;DR: Wat PVDA identificeert is een *wenselijke* evolutie. Hieronder de uitleg. /1
(lodecossaer.substack.com/p/over-loona...)
Over loonaandeel en kapitaalverdeling
Oftewel... waarom de PVDA alweer verkeerd is
lodecossaer.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Het zou mijn inziens interessanter geweest zijn voor de aflevering van De Afspraak eerder deze week, als Hedebouw naast Lode zou gezeten hebben ipv Duchatelet. Eventueel voor een volgende keer?…
@bartschols.bsky.social
@bartschols.bsky.social
Insightful! I didn't know the trend was already reversed. Wonder if this holds for Belgium specifically.
In today's newsletter: there are many dire projections of one old 'dependent' for every two workers in the future.
But these projections ignore that the retirement age isn't fixed.
In fact, the share of adult life in retirement has gone down in the OECD.
www.update.news/p/alarmist-p...
But these projections ignore that the retirement age isn't fixed.
In fact, the share of adult life in retirement has gone down in the OECD.
www.update.news/p/alarmist-p...
Alarmist pension projections ignore later retirements
Plus: the obstacles to AI shopping agents, why we overestimate misinformation, and more
www.update.news
January 26, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Insightful! I didn't know the trend was already reversed. Wonder if this holds for Belgium specifically.
January 25, 2026 at 9:28 PM
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🪗 𝟯,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗱𝗲!
What started in our hometown of Leuven in 2019 has grown into a global movement: Telraam now has 3,000 active sensors counting traffic across the world!
www.telraam.net
What started in our hometown of Leuven in 2019 has grown into a global movement: Telraam now has 3,000 active sensors counting traffic across the world!
www.telraam.net
October 28, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🪗 𝟯,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗱𝗲!
What started in our hometown of Leuven in 2019 has grown into a global movement: Telraam now has 3,000 active sensors counting traffic across the world!
www.telraam.net
What started in our hometown of Leuven in 2019 has grown into a global movement: Telraam now has 3,000 active sensors counting traffic across the world!
www.telraam.net
I sometimes wonder how I would react if it happened to me...
This personal report, about having to continue after loosing your partner, is painful to read and really beautiful at the same time.
This personal report, about having to continue after loosing your partner, is painful to read and really beautiful at the same time.
October 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I sometimes wonder how I would react if it happened to me...
This personal report, about having to continue after loosing your partner, is painful to read and really beautiful at the same time.
This personal report, about having to continue after loosing your partner, is painful to read and really beautiful at the same time.
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Calling junior @thingscon.org members and others who want to work on beautiful, smart & well-behaved AI traffic counters. @telraam.bsky.social is looking for you: telraam.net/en/jobs#mach...
Telraam - Jobs
AI-powered, privacy-friendly traffic counters for pedestrians, cyclists, cars, and heavy vehicles — available in both indoor and outdoor models. Includes an intuitive dashboard and an open API for eas...
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September 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Calling junior @thingscon.org members and others who want to work on beautiful, smart & well-behaved AI traffic counters. @telraam.bsky.social is looking for you: telraam.net/en/jobs#mach...
Ik hoop dat er over meer gepraat kan worden dan afschaffen kortingsbonnen voor koelkasten?…
September 21, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Ik hoop dat er over meer gepraat kan worden dan afschaffen kortingsbonnen voor koelkasten?…
Jaarlijkse herdenking geheim leger Bilzen. Er is niemand meer om de verhalen uit eerste hand te vertellen. Er was wel nog veel volk om te herdenken.
September 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Jaarlijkse herdenking geheim leger Bilzen. Er is niemand meer om de verhalen uit eerste hand te vertellen. Er was wel nog veel volk om te herdenken.
Parallels to the 1930s can feel alarmist or too easy, but I doubt I’m the only one thinking of Horst Wessel right now…
September 11, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Parallels to the 1930s can feel alarmist or too easy, but I doubt I’m the only one thinking of Horst Wessel right now…
Way too many people, even liberals, fall into this trap of “inversionism”. Read this thread. Twice.
The core problem is this, he doesn’t practice principled anti-imperialism. He practices inversionism: if the U.S. supports something, he reflexively takes the opposite side, no matter how brutal that side is, no matter the evidence.
What's wrong with Max Blumenthal?!
August 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Way too many people, even liberals, fall into this trap of “inversionism”. Read this thread. Twice.
Plainly predictable
My prediction is that in that scenario, he blames the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which puts out employment data. Calls them corrupt, run by Democrats, out to get him. Fires people there, insists their numbers cannot be trusted, White House puts out its own fictitious data to make Trump look good
August 1, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Plainly predictable
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just innocent men
innocent men
innocent me
innocent men
innocent me
June 23, 2025 at 10:53 PM
just innocent men
innocent men
innocent me
innocent men
innocent me
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🧵 I often talk about VDA, Verification, Deliberation, Accountability, as the core functions that make democracy possible. But to understand what’s gone wrong, we need to look at how those functions have changed.
June 21, 2025 at 8:02 AM
🧵 I often talk about VDA, Verification, Deliberation, Accountability, as the core functions that make democracy possible. But to understand what’s gone wrong, we need to look at how those functions have changed.
What a time to be alive…
We may be witnessing the most globally embarrassing thing ever to happen to the United States.
June 15, 2025 at 11:25 AM
What a time to be alive…
Fun With Data #Telraam
This is what it looks like when one of our Telraam S2 devices accidentally captures almost 20,000 runners in the local half marathon passing your window
#HackneyHalf
telraam.net/en/location/...
#HackneyHalf
telraam.net/en/location/...
May 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Fun With Data #Telraam
Lovely thread :)
For about a year, I worked with a retired British academic named Alasdair Spark to solve a mystery: where did the original photo from the end of The Shining come from, and where/when was it captured?
Last week, we finally found the answer.
www.instagram.com/p/DID43LBNPD...
Last week, we finally found the answer.
www.instagram.com/p/DID43LBNPD...
April 5, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Lovely thread :)
Trump’s handelsoorlog is een uitstekende kans om de theorie achter de voordelen van vrije handel in de verf te zetten. Op dat vlak is er ook hier in de EU nog wel wat werk, ook (vooral?) bij progressieven. (Het is zoeken naar een silver lining, miss is dit em… :))
nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compara...
nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compara...
Comparatief voordeel - Wikipedia
nl.m.wikipedia.org
April 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Trump’s handelsoorlog is een uitstekende kans om de theorie achter de voordelen van vrije handel in de verf te zetten. Op dat vlak is er ook hier in de EU nog wel wat werk, ook (vooral?) bij progressieven. (Het is zoeken naar een silver lining, miss is dit em… :))
nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compara...
nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compara...
March 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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🌍🚦 From trucks to bikes to pedestrians, Telraam’s 2024 totals are in!
Billions of counts, countless insights. 🚛 🚲 🚶♀️ 🚗
See just how much traffic we’ve captured over the past year:
#TrafficData #UrbanMobility #Telraam
Billions of counts, countless insights. 🚛 🚲 🚶♀️ 🚗
See just how much traffic we’ve captured over the past year:
#TrafficData #UrbanMobility #Telraam
January 6, 2025 at 1:57 PM
🌍🚦 From trucks to bikes to pedestrians, Telraam’s 2024 totals are in!
Billions of counts, countless insights. 🚛 🚲 🚶♀️ 🚗
See just how much traffic we’ve captured over the past year:
#TrafficData #UrbanMobility #Telraam
Billions of counts, countless insights. 🚛 🚲 🚶♀️ 🚗
See just how much traffic we’ve captured over the past year:
#TrafficData #UrbanMobility #Telraam
Idee voor goed voornemen, om 2025 wat aangenamer te maken: laten we allemaal de pijltjes volgen in de Colruyt. We’re all in this together! #zen #firstworldproblems
December 14, 2024 at 9:54 AM
Idee voor goed voornemen, om 2025 wat aangenamer te maken: laten we allemaal de pijltjes volgen in de Colruyt. We’re all in this together! #zen #firstworldproblems
I listened for 5,304 minutes in 2024. What about you? #SpotifyWrapped
December 4, 2024 at 6:38 PM
I listened for 5,304 minutes in 2024. What about you? #SpotifyWrapped
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Ce matin, le tout premier Telraam a été installé chez un habitant du quartier du Parvis à Saint-Gilles !
Deze ochtend werd het allereerste Telraam bij een inwoner van de Parvis-wijk in Sint-Gillis geïnstalleerd!
#Vorst #SinttGillis #Telraam 🏃♂️ 🚲 🚗 🚚
➡️ telraam.net/fr/network/s...
Deze ochtend werd het allereerste Telraam bij een inwoner van de Parvis-wijk in Sint-Gillis geïnstalleerd!
#Vorst #SinttGillis #Telraam 🏃♂️ 🚲 🚗 🚚
➡️ telraam.net/fr/network/s...
December 4, 2024 at 4:52 PM
Ce matin, le tout premier Telraam a été installé chez un habitant du quartier du Parvis à Saint-Gilles !
Deze ochtend werd het allereerste Telraam bij een inwoner van de Parvis-wijk in Sint-Gillis geïnstalleerd!
#Vorst #SinttGillis #Telraam 🏃♂️ 🚲 🚗 🚚
➡️ telraam.net/fr/network/s...
Deze ochtend werd het allereerste Telraam bij een inwoner van de Parvis-wijk in Sint-Gillis geïnstalleerd!
#Vorst #SinttGillis #Telraam 🏃♂️ 🚲 🚗 🚚
➡️ telraam.net/fr/network/s...