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Lie Lauwers
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“A mind is like a parachute.
It doesn't work if it is not open.”

Frank Zappa
(Limburgse versie🎵)

Ook veel #boekenliefde 📕📗📘📙📚
“Het drong blijkbaar pas laat door bij de politieleiding dat ze het counter droneteam konden inzetten.”

Hier wordt de politieleiding voor schut gezet maar ik vind dat het droneteam zelf op z’n minst proactiever kon reageren. Ze zouden hun hulp toch kunnen aanbieden en zo hun meerwaarde bewijzen.
November 10, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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November 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Have you heard of “The Populist Playbook?”

A few years ago, I posted what I still consider one of my most important messages.

It was about “The Populist Playbook” that I’ve watched play out often over my 33+ years of city planning.

Since then, it’s only gotten worse.

Do the steps sound familiar?
November 8, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Stel je voor wat een mens met 1000 miljard dollar én empathie zou kunnen doen voor de mensheid.
November 7, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Mamdani is in elk geval niet bang van sterke vrouwen 💪🏻
Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, will turn to veterans of City Hall, nonprofit executives and a former chair of the Federal Trade Commission — all of them women — to lead his official transition effort, he said on Wednesday. nyti.ms/4nHdyOP
November 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Klik even op trending ‘Andrew Cuomo’ om te zien wie deze kandidaat-burgemeester van New York ondersteunt 🤣
Mannfred Von Carstein has endorsed Andrew Cuomo
November 4, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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I’ve hesitated to weigh in on U.S. domestic issues — but with climate breakdown and authoritarian regimes undermining democracy worldwide, it’s time to embrace our shared global citizenship and stand for democracy, pluralism, and the rule of law everywhere.
“The entire world was ready to reduce shipping emissions. Then Trump stepped in. After the Trump administration threatened countries with tariffs and visa restrictions, a first-ever global carbon tax is left to an uncertain future.” Via @grist.org

Elections matter. And not just to YOUR country.
The entire world was ready to reduce shipping emissions. Then Trump stepped in.
After Trump threatened countries with tariffs and visa restrictions, a first-ever global carbon tax is left to an uncertain future.
grist.org
October 27, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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Last chance to turn it off.

On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.

To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
October 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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It’s a sad day when a judge has to order the President of the United States to feed vulnerable families and hungry children with funds already designated for that very purpose.
October 31, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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“In my work with the (Nuremberg Trial) defendants, I was searching for the nature of evil, and I now think I have come close to defining it. A lack of empathy... a genuine incapacity to feel with their fellow men. Evil, I think, is the absence of empathy.”

- Captain G.M. Gilbert, US Army
October 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Mijn top 3 new wave:

1. Eurythmics: Love is a stranger
2. TC Matic: Oh La La La
3. Anne Clark: Our Darkness
Mijn top 3 new wave.

1. The human league : Don’t you want me.

2. A-ha : Take on me.

3. Eurythmics : Sweet dreams.

Honourable mention : Pet shop boys - West end girls.

Het ultieme new wave lied vind ik trouwens : Yazoo - Don’t go.
October 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
De lekkerste snoepjes 😍
Dit jaar heb ik voor het eerst geprobeerd te weerstaan aan de guimauvekes tot 1 november.
Mijn karakter wordt beloond 👇🏻
October 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Dit 👇🏻
Maffiadiplomatie is niet duurzaam.
#mobgov
October 26, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Meer dan 38 jaar na het behalen van mijn rijbewijs heb ik voor de eerste keer mogen blazen 😬
October 25, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Here’s the original clip of Ronald Reagan from April 25, 1987, where he delivered a complete and total rebuke against tariffs. Trump's calling Reagan’s words here “FAKE” and “fraudulent.” They’re 100% real. And the original clip is actually far worse for Trump, as much is left out of the ad:
October 24, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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“Prompt parties,” gatherings of women over cheese and wine to chat about how ChatGPT can help them, are emerging as the next-generation of Tupperware party in San Francisco.
Wine, Cheese and ChatGPT: Ladies’ Night in San Francisco
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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I fear he’s correct.
October 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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The White House Bluesky account @whitehouse-47.bsky.social is currrently followed by fewer than 5000 accounts. Over 65.000 accounts have blocked it.

Source: ClearSky: clearsky.app/whitehouse-4...
October 18, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Predictable and alarming:
wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”
www.404media.co
October 17, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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October 17, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Zouden Droes en Wilders ingaan op deze uitnodiging?
The Trump administration is considering a radical overhaul of the U.S. refugee system that would slash the program and give preference to English speakers, white South Africans and Europeans who oppose migration. nyti.ms/4qjRk8b
October 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Investeren in duurzaamheid levert besparingen op. Parijs bewijst dit 👇🏻
Ongelofelijk wat een vastberaden leider met een visie kan bereiken!
@annehidalgo.bsky.social heeft heel wat stenen verlegd in de Seine.
61 milliards d’euros, c’est ce que nous avons économisé grâce à nos actions contre la pollution de l’air !

AirParif conclue dans sa dernière étude que nos actions en matière de lutte contre la pollution de l’air ont permis d’économiser 61 milliards d’euros.
October 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Wetenschappers verlaten Twitter massaal vanwege toegenomen intimidatie. Onderzoek onder 813 wetenschappers toont dat Twitter niet langer professioneel bruikbaar is. Bluesky wordt als alternatief gezien. Alle voordelen die Twitter bood, levert Bluesky nu effectiever.
academic.oup.com/icb/article-...
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
academic.oup.com
September 28, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Nooit van gehoord, blijkbaar geen sant in eigen land 👇🏻
October 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM