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Groninger in ❌❌❌ Oost | news junkie | boxing bookworm 🥊 | Ajax | pensioennerd | eens Sydneysider, Londoner and Hongkonger
Geestig
January 27, 2026 at 11:23 AM
2026 lijkt een goed boekenjaar te worden
Thanks to the Guardian for publishing this extract from my new book. It's about one of the many very bleak aspects of the global anti-money laundering system.
Access denied: why Muslims worldwide are being ‘debanked’ | Oliver Bullough
January 27, 2026 at 10:46 AM
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Wowzers. Wat een verhaal.

‘Stefan Securitate’.

#Ajax #Kovacs
January 27, 2026 at 10:20 AM
De nieuwe bestuurder bij mijn klant leek me al een prettig mens en nu zie ik tijdens call ook nog een Ajax-shirt aan zijn muur hangen. 👌🏼
January 27, 2026 at 10:43 AM
“Only one ticket sold for premiere of film about US first lady at Vue’s flagship London branch as insiders question launch strategy”
Melania documentary struggles in UK cinemas as Vue admits sales are ‘soft’
Only one ticket sold for premiere of film about US first lady at Vue’s flagship London branch as insiders question launch strategy
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:40 AM
Het is een standpunt…. 🤪
January 27, 2026 at 6:11 AM
En om bij het thema 📖 te blijven: in april komt nieuwe Patrick Radden Keefe uit, over deze zaak:
A Teen’s Fatal Plunge Into the London Underworld
After Zac Brettler mysteriously plummeted into the Thames, his grieving parents discovered that he’d been posing as an oligarch’s son. Would the police help them solve the puzzle of his death?
www.newyorker.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Hij lag vrij lang op de stapel omdat nadat ik hem had gekocht ik de niet hele positieve reviews las. Maar vond hem mooi. Het taalgebruik, de beschrijving van de vriendschap tussen Hai en de oude oosteuropese demente dame en de kameraadschap op zijn werk. Prima boek.
January 26, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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The cover of this week’s issue, “New York’s Toughest,” by Peter de Sève. Start exploring: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/qARBiP
January 26, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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The good news is that at this rate by mid year I'll be able to buy the US Army and send all its stuff to Ukraine for the price of a small coffee at Geneva Airport.
January 26, 2026 at 2:16 PM
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January 26, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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I always said I'd never vote for Reform because they were a bunch of nasty, mediocre spivs but now Suella Braverman's joined, well, that pretty much changes everything.
January 26, 2026 at 12:27 PM
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We call for a deescalation of tensions from both sides, the murderers and the people being murdered
January 26, 2026 at 5:34 AM
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47 years ago today!
January 26, 2026 at 10:39 AM
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One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
January 25, 2026 at 10:39 PM
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Het is een antwoord uit een wereld die al een tijdje niet meer bestaat.
January 25, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Dit duurde lang. En “I would hope that administration officials will reconsider their approach” klinkt alsof er een verkeerde oplossing werd gekozen voor een probleem. Maar het probleem is verzonnen.
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
January 25, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Klaver in interview met Parool
January 25, 2026 at 4:13 PM
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Love the alt text
There is simply no world in which this clothing choice is a coincidence.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Meer bos. En uiensoep bij Het Pandje. Wat een zalig weer.
January 25, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Iemand heeft bedacht dat dit goede reclame was
January 25, 2026 at 8:08 AM
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January 25, 2026 at 12:49 AM
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These people cannot imagine being such a part of a community that the bicycle shop mourns you. It's as alien to them as a language they don't speak.
From Angry Catfish, independent bicycle shop in Minneapolis
January 25, 2026 at 2:26 AM