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Jan Adriaenssens
@verbeeld.bsky.social
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I won't be posting here, but you can follow this account:
@verbeeld.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

You can also follow me directly on Mastodon:
https://mastodon.social/@verbeeld
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Jan Adriaenssens @verbeeld.bsky.social · Nov 19
Hello everyone!

I'm quite an active microblogger, but not on this platform, but on Mastodon.

Good news though: you can follow me from Bluesky via this account: @verbeeld.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

And you can follow me directly on Mastodon, if you wish: mastodon.social/@verbeeld
Jan Adriaenssens (@[email protected])
3.56K Posts, 581 Following, 986 Followers · Director Public Technology at the research centre imec 🧙🏻‍♂️ 
Aspiring Superintendent of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge 📖 
Bike, bench & ...
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matthighton.bsky.social
If Bilbo had Chat GPT
January 27, 2026 at 4:24 PM
verbeeld.bsky.social
January 21, 2026 at 5:20 PM
verbeeld.bsky.social
“Cerdà's legacy is in many ways admirable: he sought to build a city for all, with the grid as a space of equality and sociability.”

— Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence. —
BUILDING AND DWELLING (…) Cerdà's legacy is in many ways admirable: he sought to build a city for all, with the grid as a space of equality and sociabil-ity. But Cerdà's idea of the ville also embodied a danger: the additive grid as a monoculture. The danger is apparent in farming, where monocultures exhaust the soil and are subject to rampant diseases, whereas biodiverse fields are healthier and more resilient. This logic of biodiversity applies to urban environments as well. Plans made of additive parts, meant to repeat on an ever-expanding scale, are peculiarly subject to ills of a social and economic sort, because once block begins to degrade, there's no reason other block.
January 21, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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sylvanasimons.bsky.social
Elk woord.
January 20, 2026 at 7:18 PM
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helenebismarck.bsky.social
The whole world is becoming more difficult for ironic stuff.
Solidarity.
January 20, 2026 at 9:10 AM
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en.afp.com
Know your penguins.

AFP Infographic on 11 of the world's 18 species of penguin
January 20, 2026 at 8:14 AM
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verbeeld.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Dat het een gezellige avond was.
Straatbeeld van Café Oud Arsenaal in Antwerpen, met een klassieke gevel met glas-in-loodramen, donkerhouten kozijnen en een blauwe luifel met de tekst “Café Oud Arsenaal Troubadour.” Boven de ingang hangen borden met reclames voor onder andere Duvel, De Koninck, Stella Artois en Trappist Westmalle.
January 16, 2026 at 11:03 PM
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helenebismarck.bsky.social
This is all rather surreal isn‘t it.
January 14, 2026 at 8:58 PM
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jbaert.bsky.social
Hope no one needs new high quality input! 🫩
January 14, 2026 at 10:53 AM
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davidallengreen.bsky.social
Notes on gangster states

Why legitimacy matters when the state has a monopoly on coercive and lethal force

New, by me

Substack
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Personal blog
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Now turning back to the general issue of legitimacy, we can see that this use of lethal (and not only coercive) force appears from from any of those elements which can (in limited circumstances) render it legitimate. The extra-judicial execution of Renee Nicole Good seems not to have a legal basis, it was not in accordance with legal rules, was sanctioned (even implicitly) by those who seek to evade accountability, and it may not be capable of review by an independent court. The federal state is resisting working with the local police. It looks as if the state is confident it can get away with it. * But. The cost of the state getting away with it will be further diminution of the legitimacy of the state having a monopoly of coercive and legal power.
January 12, 2026 at 10:42 AM
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vincenzodm.bsky.social
Happy 800th birthday to St. Michael and St. Gudula’s Cathedral in Brussels ! In 1226 duke Henry I of Brabant commissioned the construction of a new gothic church to replace a romanesque church.
January 11, 2026 at 8:23 PM
verbeeld.bsky.social
Team Knob.
davidho.bsky.social David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 21d
All these gadgets will be bricked in a few years. Give me physical knobs and buttons, and no internet connection.
en.afp.com AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 21d
Alexa, make me an espresso: AI-powered gadgets steal the show at Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas u.afp.com/SXWp
January 10, 2026 at 10:38 AM
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verbeeld.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
For the love of books!

💌

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/t-magazine/best-home-library-design.html?unlocked_article_code=1.DFA.xHz6.3yrpKdSfY_ot&smid=nytcore-ios-share
January 9, 2026 at 7:53 AM
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theonion.com
DHS Warns Any Action By Americans Will Be Treated As Domestic Terrorism https://theonion.com/dhs-warns-any-action-by-americans-will-be-treated-as-domestic-terrorism/
DHS Warns Any Action By Americans Will Be Treated As Domestic Terrorism
January 8, 2026 at 6:57 PM
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verbeeld.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
I need non-functional cool-looking flipping switches and red buttons all over my bikes and house and wherenot.

(This image was sent to me, and reverse image search does not reveal a source.)
A photo shows a car's manual gear shift and dashboard area, featuring a custom panel with multiple red toggle switches that appear non-functional. Overlaid text reads: "I installed switches on my car’s dash that don’t do anything. When someone gets in my car I look them in the eye, say 'buckle up,' and start flipping switches in what appears to be a purposeful order. Then I’ll drive like a grandma while refusing to answer any questions about the switches."
January 8, 2026 at 10:29 AM
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marcmorris.bsky.social
So far in 1066:

• Edward the Confessor has died.
• Harold Godwineson has been named king instead of Edgar Ætheling.
• Edward has been buried.
• Harold has been crowned.

It's still only 6 January.
January 6, 2026 at 9:36 AM
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anthonyzach.be
Belgians - fourth richest nation in the world - just kicking back, taking it easy, life's not all about work you know.
Graph showing top 8 countries by different GDP measures. Belgium is nowhere on standard GDP per person, or when that is adjusted for purchasing power, but when you then adjust for hours worked, we come fourth behind Norway, Qatar and Denmark, but ahead of Switzerland, the US and our northern neighbours.
January 5, 2026 at 11:27 AM
verbeeld.bsky.social
Ik zie het (érg) graag gebeuren.

tweakers.net/nieuws/24307...
Volkswagen geeft ID.Polo fysieke knoppen en digitale retromodus
Volkswagen brengt fysieke knoppen terug in zijn elektrische auto ID.2, die het hernoemt naar ID.Polo. De Duitse fabrikant onthult het interieur van deze compacte EV en brengt de auto dit jaar uit in E...
tweakers.net
January 5, 2026 at 8:37 AM
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acyn.bsky.social
Trump: We need Greenland. Right now, Greenland is covered with Russian and Chinese ships.

Reporter: What would the justification be for a claim to Greenland?

Trump: The EU needs us to have it.
January 5, 2026 at 2:47 AM
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tomflood.bsky.social
Local man looks to move to The Netherlands after heartwarming encouragement from the internet "if you love bikes so much just move to Holland"
city canal in Amsterdam Local man looks to move to The Netherlands after heartwarming encouragement from the internet "if you love bikes so much just move to Holland" HAMILTON, ON - The parent of 2 who only casually bikes and just thought kids should be able to bike to school never considered the very easy task of upending the entire family's life, moving to a new country where they didn't know anyone and finding jobs and housing. "I always just assumed maybe making change where we lived was an option.....Just want to thank those helpful social media accounts with no pictures and lots of random letters and american flags in their handle for the push our family needed."
January 4, 2026 at 2:37 PM
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weeder.bsky.social
We had a good run
weeder.bsky.social weeder @weeder.bsky.social · Jan 1
2026 could be great. We simply don't know.
January 3, 2026 at 4:08 PM
verbeeld.bsky.social
Streets are spaces between buildings.

Roads connect places.

Park Avenue wants to be a street again.
shabazzstuart.bsky.social Shabazz Stuart @shabazzstuart.bsky.social · 28d
This was once Park Avenue. Bring it back:
January 3, 2026 at 8:57 AM
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jbaert.bsky.social
Kill the algorithm in your head: Let's set up RSS readers and get news we actually want in 2026
Kill the algorithm in your head: Let's set up RSS readers and get news we actually want in 2026
We finally have the technology to present users with a chronological list of content. They said it couldn't be done.
www.pcgamer.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:07 AM
verbeeld.bsky.social
Na jaren zonder voornemens, vernieuw ik dit jaar voor de derde keer een voornemen waar ik veel deugd van gehad heb.

Ik ga gemiddeld minstens één handgeschreven brief per maand op de post doen.
January 1, 2026 at 6:00 PM