As a Venezuelan this felt a bit too easy and yet it's ridiculous how we as humans collectively decided that Bureaucracy is ok and just something we "have to do"

Selfie in front of city hall!

OFFICIALLY UNMARRIED!!!!
It only took:
1 week
2 trips to Brussels
4 trips to City Hall
1 trip to the Venezuelan Consulate
1 trip to the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2 Venezuelan witnesses
130 Euros without counting trips fare

But it's DONE!
I guess I'm open to marriage proposals now 😅

EU foreign ministers reject proposal to suspend association agreement with Israel A part suspension was tabled by Ireland, Spain and Slovenia but did not receive enough backing from other member states

Shame on the EU!
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Elite law firm Sullivan & Cromwell admits to AI ‘hallucinations’ Firm whose partners bill more than $2,000 per hour apologises to judge for software-driven errors in bankruptcy case

Elite law firm Sullivan & Cromwell admits to AI ‘hallucinations’ ft.trib.al/F3M0Bjk

Israeli soldiers using sexual assault to force Palestinians out of West Bank, report says Experts say attacks, also carried out by settlers, are leading girls to quit school and enter early marriages

How long is the whole world gonna keep a blind eye to this? share.google/XYP3lKh6fBXi...

This is so cool!

Picture of me standing in front of a ferris wheel in Brussels

Bureaucracy 0
Cesapo 1 + a haircut!

Bureaucracy:

Me: Can I please have an appointment Wed after 15:00 or Thu morning?

B: Sure, your appointment is Wed 13:30

Me: I can't make it!
Wed after 15:00 or Thu morning, please!

B: Sure, your appointment is Thu 3:00

Me: I still can't make it! See previous email, PLEASE!

B: Sure, Thu 9:00!

There's no greater feeling as a cook than when you bring a dish to a dinner party and there are zero leftovers!
It's not my prettiest cake but it sure was delicious!

a woman is making a funny face and making a funny face with her hands . ALT: a woman is making a funny face and making a funny face with her hands .

Their initial solution? you ask.
Go to Venezuela...

a close up of stitch from lilo and stitch making a face ALT: a close up of stitch from lilo and stitch making a face

The saga conFREAKENtinues...
According to the city of Gent's approved list of document providers, the Venezuelan Embassy is not valid. Yet, the example they have of the document I need to bring comes from, you guessed it, THE VENEZUELAN EMBASSY!

So chemjobber, were you born chemjobber or the chemjobber lifestyle chose you?

It's Friday afternoon (somewhere) so time for a take.

One of my issues with what is often called "hard sci fi" is that it mainly focuses on accuracy in physics but will neglect basic chemistry (I'm sure it also neglects other subjects like biology and the like as well, but let me stay in my lane).

Seasons of love!

Sadly I've never seen her live!

I'm seeing him in Brussels! I'm so excited

We are still here. They made a mistake and gave me the wrong class tickets so I had to go back and change them....

Total time: 3 hours and counting

L'ombelico del mondo was super famous in Venezuela of course we all sang "los pericos del mundo"

Bad Bunny is amazing!

I know Jovanotti if you wanna talk about white rappers :P

My cousins were obsessed with him, and he was on MTV Latin America all the time! it's just not my vibe!

To be fair I just know him as the guy who sings with Rihanna and Dido and was obsessed with Mariah Carey

Do you wanna take a look my iron and multivitamin? I have a bunch of expired ones I can send

Oh I missed this one!

There was a blind guy who arrived just after me. He left 45min ago!
@sncb-nmbs.bsky.social This is not normal!

Evanescence - Lithium YouTube video by EvanescenceVEVO

No, Evanescence! But I guess Lithium by Nirvana is also good 😂
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On today's second attemp at what it should be a fairly simple task but got turned into a kafkaesque nightmare. Do you people wanna guess, how long it took to buy an international train ticket with disabled assistance at the station?
... We've been here since 4:00 pm we still don't have the tickets!

To be fair I've heard of Eminen and I didn't get the reference.

Lithium by evanescence?