"His childhood had been troubled – he struggled at school, partly as a result of dyslexia, and suffered sexual abuse at the hands of two older bullies – and his prospects after leaving school aged 15 seemed non-existent. "

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Pretty great video of my favorite flemish YouTuber.

Benoem Trumps oproep voor wat het is: een voorstel tot etnische zuivering.

We roepen alle Belgische politici, ongeacht hun partij, functie of beleidsniveau, en media op om zich openlijk uit te spreken tegen dit gevaarlijke en immorele plan.

Audiobooks don't count as reading.

Reading counts as reading

Alé t'es t'hope da we neu van de zoage van Gent af zaan. Moar iet zegt ma da de rest van't lant eur goa liere kenne

Andrée Dumon. Brussel. Vrijgezel. Verzetsgroep Comète. Redt tientallen mensenlevens. Arrestatie 11 nov '42. Nacht und Nebel. Deportatie oa kampen Gross-Strehlitz, Ravensbrück, Mauthausen. Begin mei '45 bevrijd. Sterft te Nijvel op 30 januari 2025. 102 jaar.
#heldenvanhetverzet

People of the world, Trump-proof your life! 🇺🇸

Now more than ever: Europe, unite! 🇪🇺

Georgia is still on my mind. 💭

That’s why I asked Marta Kos, EU’s top leader for enlargement, about sanctions, independent elections, and support for Georgian democrats. In her role, she works on strengthening ties with countries in the region, like… Georgia. 🇬🇪

90% evil

Vergeetachtig zijn in een huis vol trappen is goed voor de conditie

Gisèle Pélicot postete das auf X:

Gisèle Pelicot : le nom d'un combat pour toutes 💜

i wish non-artists would connect their frustration about how "nothing looks cool anymore" with the fact that artists are given less freedom and opportunities in industrial design and user interfaces. we still have creative people and beautiful things, that never went away

Elk argument van Verlinden en Child Focus over #chatcontrol is al herhaaldelijk weerlegd in commentaar van experts, zoals deze brief.

Deze laatse demarche is niks anders dan "yep we leggen dat volledig naast ons neer en proberen het voor de n-tigste keer"

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Hot take:

If your car offers you the ability to use your phone as a key, yeet that feature right into the sun and ignore it because phones are infinitely dumber than keys and you need a key ring for your house anyway you doinks.

And if you're using your phone as a house key... don't.

One thing I find interesting about the echo chamber complaint is that an echo chamber just won a presidential election.

Put aside the convo of whether it’s “good” or “bad” for a moment. The far right has devoted enormous resources + time to building echo chambers & loathes spaces they don’t control