Vele jaren geleden heb ik een biografie van Rutte gelezen. Ik hield er de indruk van over dat Rutte een extreem manipulatieve manier van werken had, totaal in het belang van het bedrijf of de partij. Ik herinner me niks over geloof of moraliteit.

A little personal, but here's a new post about Imposter Syndrome.

I've dealt with it for years and none of the usual advice worked. Then I realized it behaves like a conspiracy theory – and that insight changed how I relate to it.

Check it out here!
open.substack.com/pub/kylevo/p...

What's something that experts/practitioners in your field universally agree upon, but that remains a "hot take" among the general public?

I’ve added more to the ancient Egyptian section.

Screenshot of the top of the post. Please follow the link to the article.

I’ve resurrected an old post about how both Hieroglyphic, Chinese and Japanese write the word for the plant “sedge” with a pretty picture. But, how that “picture” is arbitrary and at the same time can contain phonetic information.

#漢字 #Chinese #Japanese #Hieroglyphs

ketmia.net/%E6%BC%A2%E5...

Prince Harry shows his support for Ukraine in a moving video. 💛💙

I think that in the original podcast clip, SH was merely suggesting that Venezuela and Iran might have a marginally better chance at establishing a stable democracy than Iraq or Afghanistan, for various reasons, not only cultural.

I’m not sure @derparrot.bsky.social can be trusted here. At least he should have cited his source.

It seems to be a reference to www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGla...

social.ningen.one/chuui/Cultur...

On Wednesday, 10 December, ELUC will present a revival screening of *En waar de sterre bleef stille staan* (2010), directed by Gust Van den Berghe, at Speeltuin Westerkwartier, Ten Katestraat 10a, near Haagweg, in #Leiden. #bioscoop #cinema #Leiden
eluc.org/actueel/

A table of ancient script forms of the Chinese character 真

Many characters, including 真, became confused in the Eastern Zhou period. If its oracle bone form were found, it might clarify: was 真 originally depicting boiling a person alive?
Ochiai Atsushi thinks so (check out top row of the img). #漢字 #字源研究 #古文字研究 #paleography

www.ketmia.net/%E6%BC%A2%E5...

Reptile ridge or Alligator peak?

Is that chimney real? What is coming out of that chimney? Water vapor or nasty pollution?

Screenshot of the website where I host of a hobby of mine, analysis and history of Chinese #characters #漢字