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Wouter
@wvanparys.bsky.social
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Used to say what people didn't think. Runs, reads, tries to learn. English, Dutch, French, a bit German. Gent, Belgium. I'm not Innocentius X.
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They're calling him the most French man in history
A French cyclist survived for three days after a horrendous 130-foot fall into a ravine, kept alive by the bottles of red wine he had in his shopping bag, police said.
Cyclist falls down 130-foot ravine in France, survives 3 days by drinking wine he had in shopping bag
A helicopter airlifted him to hospital, with a rescue doctor calling his survival "a miracle."
cbsn.ws
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An interesting argument I have heard in the coverage of the Dutch election is that Wilders may not be unhappy about having a smaller representation in parliament, because he did not like having a large ragtag group of inexperienced and unreliable MPs that he could not control.
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JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.

Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
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Some of the many deities available at Stockholm’s Historiska Museet
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Eben-Emael, a sad story.
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Bah oui. Chez eux, les étrangers ne sont plus des étrangers. Donc pas de problème 🤷‍♂️
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Parfois, ce genre d'articles inclut une pirouette sublime : "je ne reconnais plus la France, il y a trop d'étrangers. J'ai préféré partir..." 🙃
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Komaan: een halve zot die bereid is de wereld af te fikken achter het stuur van zijn persoonlijk AI vehikel. Dan moet je niet alleen elk woord factchecken, maar ook de leestekens ertussen volgens mij.
Kortom: ik plak daar met veel zelfvertrouwen "waardeloos" op, zonder te gaan kijken.
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I’m not sure why Brazil was a red line, but this is a good reminder that it would only take a handful of Republican senators to rein in this administration on MANY issues.
🚨 The Senate votes 52-48 to overturn President Trump's 50 percent tariffs on Brazil. 5 GOP Senators break ranks to vote against Trump: Collins ME, McConnell KY, Murkowski AK, Paul KY, and Tillis NC.
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APNewsAlert: CAIRO (AP) — WHO chief says over 460 people were reportedly killed at a hospital in Darfur city taken by Sudanese paramilitary forces.
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Hard to believe this is happening right now. Entire cities being massacred.
The initial death toll of the massacres in El Fasher, Sudan by the UAE backed RSF terrorists is now at 2,000 according to local sources. Satellite imagery spotted massive stains of blood all over the city. At least 80,000 people are still unaccounted for. #Sudan_War_Updates
If you have this on your bingocard for 2025, you win.
Enjoy your win...
A truckload of rhesus monkeys from Tulane university escaped after a crash. The university warned they’re highly aggressive toward humans and infected with hepatitis C, herpes, and COVID.
Monkeys on the loose after truck overturns in Heidelberg; public urged to call 911
A truck transporting monkeys from Tulane University overturned on I-59 near Heidelberg, with several monkeys reportedly on the loose posing health risks.
www.wapt.com
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Fin octobre, c’est le changement d’heure, mais c’est aussi le moment où l’extrême droite fête l’anniversaire de la victoire de Charles Martel et de la bataille de Poitiers en 732. Alors petit fil pour remettre les pendules à l’heure à ce sujet, comme désormais chaque année. 1/
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Interesting study from researchers at UCL on how wind power has held down energy costs in the long term.

The key argument is that it has lowered gas prices in Europe by reducing demand for gas. And actually most of the savings are on gas, not electricity bills

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Wind power has cut £104bn from UK energy costs since 2010, study finds
Reduction comes from energy generated from windfarms and lower cost of gas owing to lower demand
www.theguardian.com
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Gonna be wild to have an encyclopedia where the page for Astronomy is incompetently written by AI but there’s 9000 people battling to write episode synopses for Rick & Morty
New: Elon Musk appears to have just launched "Grokipedia," billed as a more right-leaning rival to Wikipedia: grokipedia.com

Story to come. If you try it out, I'd be interested to hear what you find.
Grokipedia
grokipedia.com
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Less than 48hrs to the Netherlands election. The current state of play:
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To the surprise of nobody, Grok is sharing an innumerate and exaggerated defence of Sarah Pochin's comments, which is being widely celebrated by those with as or more prejudiced views than those expressed by Pochin.
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Let me note again that one great way to help your mood in these awful times is to find a shitload of new music to listen to all the time. Musicians are almost entirely on our side and listening to them makes me feel less alone.
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Among the predictable failures of mainstream papers (I have worked at several) is a tendency to uncritically adopt, rather than interrogate, the language that people use for their actions.

A structure taller than its entire 4-story neighbor and 2 times its sq footage is not a “ballroom.” Come on.
He’s designing the ballroom with AI isn’t he www.nytimes.com/interactive/...