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Merel Bem
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#Beeldvormers over Vivian Motzfeldt, de vastberaden minister van BZ van Groenland.

Foto: Mads Claus Rasmussen

#volkskrant
January 24, 2026 at 8:50 AM
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#Beeldvormers #Volkskrant
Eén jaar Trump. Of: hoe makkelijk de dingen aan diggelen kunnen.
January 17, 2026 at 5:00 PM
merelbem.bsky.social
#Beeldvormers over zweven in een gelukzalig niet-weten.

Foto: Kai Pfaffenbach / Reuters

www.volkskrant.nl/cs-bcf17e17/
January 3, 2026 at 5:55 PM
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drsueoosthuizen.bsky.social
How delicately a Romanesque angel uses the lightest touch of a finger to wake one of the magi, snuggled with the other 2 under their embroidered circular blanket at St Lazare, Autun, c1130 (& how beautifully the textures of pillow & blanket are represented).

Season's greetings to you all!
December 25, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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#Beeldvormers over Ales Bialiatski, Belarussische activist en Nobelprijswinnaar, die na 4,5 jaar gevangenschap een nieuw pak koopt.

Foto: Sergei Gapon

www.volkskrant.nl/cs-b776438d/
December 20, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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timdickinson.bsky.social
Some of these redactions are almost like modern art
December 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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realtuckfrumper.bsky.social
Vanity Fair Photographer Defends Photos of Trump Officials: Retouching Them ‘Would Be a Lie’ Mediaite
www.mediaite.com
Vanity Fair Photographer Defends Photos of Trump Officials: Retouching Them ‘Would Be a Lie’
twp.ai
December 18, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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jenka.bsky.social
Its all over Threads www.threads.com/@permanent_o...
KarolinaM (@permanent_optimist) on Threads
So, everyone has already seen the comparison of Miller to Goebels, but have you seen these? Rubio the same as Nixon in January 1973 (6 months into Watergate) And Scavino like Himmler?
www.threads.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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craigcalcaterra.bsky.social
The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.

Holy. Shit.

www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Were there moments that you missed? Anything that happened that’s on the cutting room floor? I don’t think there’s anything I missed that I wish I’d gotten. I’ll give you a little anecdote: Stephen Miller was perhaps the most concerned about the portrait session. He asked me, “Should I smile or not smile?” and I said, “How would you want to be portrayed?” We agreed that we would do a bit of both. And then when we were finished, he comes up to me to shake my hand and say goodbye. And he says to me, “You know, you have a lot of power in the discretion you use to be kind to people.” And I looked at him and I said, “You know, you do, too.”
December 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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jeetheer.bsky.social
It's fitting that the cover on AI mindlessly apes an earlier creation and also displaces workers while elevating Silicon Valley plutocrats.
December 12, 2025 at 3:40 AM
merelbem.bsky.social
Moehaha. Maak me gek.
(Waar kan ik mijn BlueSky-font aanpassen?)
phillewis.bsky.social Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Dec 10
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:16 AM
merelbem.bsky.social
Vandaag in de #Volkskrant: de jaarlijkse #fotoboekenspecial, samengesteld door Arno Haijtema, Mark Moorman & mij. De tien mooiste Nederlandse fotoboeken van 2025 om in je mandje te stoppen. Kijken, kijken EN kopen voor eindeloos bladerplezier.

Fotografie: Studio V
December 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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mrsbettybowers.bsky.social
This will be remembered as the most pathetic moment in American history. What a needy fool.
December 7, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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#Beeldvormers deze week over een roomwitte vergaderzaal in het Kremlin als decor voor een poppenkast.
Foto: Alexander Kazakov / EPA

www.volkskrant.nl/cs-b562adf2/
December 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Hohoho, wat een foto.
December 1, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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#Beeldvormers
Over een eigenwijze, staande foto uit Pakistan.

Foto: Fayaz Aziz / Reuters

www.volkskrant.nl/cs-b9854f33/
November 29, 2025 at 1:18 PM
merelbem.bsky.social
Nou. Het is me het dagje wel weer hè?
November 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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christinepvdd.bsky.social
Geweldig nieuws voor natuur & klimaat! Definitieve streep door gaswinning Ternaard

Jaren voor geknokt door @PartijvdDieren, bewoners & organisaties als @Waddenvereniging

Pijnlijk dat 't zoveel kost. Fossiele Mijnbouwwet moet worden aangepast om niet weer te laten gebeuren

nos.nl/artikel/2592...
Gaswinning onder Waddenzee bij Ternaard wordt afgekocht voor 163 miljoen euro
Minister Hermans heeft een deal bereikt met de bedrijven achter de Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij. De zorgen over de kwetsbare natuur rond het Waddengebied waren te groot.
nos.nl
November 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Zo.
www.volkskrant.nl/cs-b32ae1b7/
Mochten de formerende partijen nog twijfelen aan de noodzaak om haast te maken: denk aan minister Wiersma
De Kamer lijkt zowaar dan toch een stroomstootverbod te hebben afgedwongen bij minister Wiersma. Nu het mestbeleid nog.
www.volkskrant.nl
November 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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eliothiggins.bsky.social
Nano Banana Pro also seems to be good at moving the camera when recreating images, which can add a false sense of authenticity to sets of images, for example:
November 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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November 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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#Beeldvormers over Mona Keijzer aan boord van de Silja.
Foto: Robin van Lonkhuijsen / ANP

www.volkskrant.nl/cultuur-medi...
November 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.

Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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#Beeldvormers dit weekend over de Mamdani-manie.

Foto: Andrew Lichtenstein / Getty

www.volkskrant.nl/cs-be0d514f/
November 8, 2025 at 8:57 AM