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Bastiaan van der Weij
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europeansleeper.eu
Good news! ✨ From June 2026, #EuropeanSleeper will connect Brussels and Amsterdam with Berne, Stresa on Lago Maggiore, and Milan.

🚆 Trains from Brussels/Amsterdam: Mon, Thu, Sat⁠
🚆 Trains from Milan: Wed, Fri, Sun
🎟️ Ticket sales open early next year

👉https://www.europeansleeper.eu/milan
December 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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python.org
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
www.python.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
bvanderw.bsky.social
Wat heerlijk dat @groene.nl dit soort interviews doet. Patrick van Schie, directeur van het wetenschappelijk Instituut van de VVD vindt de vraag of klimaatverandering door mensen wordt veroorzaakt "een politieke discussie" en kan zich geen geweldpleging en herinneren bij de boerenprotesten.
groene.nl De Groene Amsterdammer @groene.nl · Sep 10
Patrick van Schie noemt zichzelf een klassiek liberaal. Hij wil een kleine overheid en maakt zich zorgen over de vrijheid van meningsuiting. Het gevaar komt volgens hem vooral van links. ‘Ik ga liever met de PVV in een kabinet dan met GroenLinks-PvdA.’
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September 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
bvanderw.bsky.social
New connections and more daily trains between London and Amsterdam announced.

"We’re seeing strong demand for train travel across Europe".

Who'd have thought individual travel choices do matter.

www.theguardian.com/business/202...
mediacentre.eurostar.com/mc_view?lang...
Eurostar vows to run direct trains from UK to Germany and Switzerland
Cross-Channel rail operator, which is trying to fend off rivals for its London depot space, regards early 2030s as feasible
www.theguardian.com
June 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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laurensdassen.voltnederland.org
May 18, 2025 at 8:37 AM
bvanderw.bsky.social
On-the-ground reporting from Gaza as the war resumes

www.972mag.com/ramadan-mass...
Scenes from a Ramadan massacre
Palestinians in Gaza City describe collecting body parts from the street and fending off stray dogs as they awaited ambulances amid Israel's attacks.
www.972mag.com
March 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
bvanderw.bsky.social
Really like this idea, although I think the UX could be improved. If live in one of a small set of European capital cities: select a trip duration, pick some destinations on the map and let it plan an airtravel-free itinary.

www.byway.travel/map
Fido in tow? We've got you. Curated itineraries by dog-friendly travel experts for you and your pup.
www.byway.travel
March 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
bvanderw.bsky.social
Saw this extremely powerful documentary in a fully-packed Carré theatre last autumn. Highly recommend it.

www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ma...
No Other Land directors criticise US as they accept documentary Oscar: ‘US foreign policy is helping block the path’ to peace
Self-distributed film about Israeli displacement of a Palestinian community beat out Porcelain War and Sugarcane
www.theguardian.com
March 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
bvanderw.bsky.social
Entertaining interview with @rushkoff.bsky.social in @onthemedia.bsky.social

"The tech bros are afraid that AI will do them what they have done to us."

Is some of the AI-doomsday fear projection of a certain world-view onto AI?

www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm... (interview at 33m)
How Hank Green Makes the Truth Go Viral. Plus, the Escape Fantasies of the Uber Rich. | On the Media | WNYC Studios
More and more Americans are getting their news from influencers like Hank Green. Plus, tech billionaires are building survival bunkers, is it just a fantasy? 
www.wnycstudios.org
November 30, 2024 at 12:00 PM