Posts by Brigitte van der Sande
Absolutely shocking bsky.app/profile/tevi...
Als de asielwet een meerderheid krijgt, zullen ongedocumenteerde mensen en iedereen die hen helpt strafbaar worden. Mail nu naar NSC-Kamerleden om dit tegen te houden! campagnes.degoedezaak.org/campaigns/ns...
Kenyan #journalist Alvin Kaunda was reporting live from Nairobi when a curious baby #elephant, Kindani, decided to join the broadcast. The playful elephant stuck her trunk in Alvin's mouth, making for a hilarious moment! A joyful reminder of wildlife's charm and the work of the Sheldrick Trust!
go go go Marjan!
Tesla runs a subsidiary in Amsterdam – one that, on paper, resembles a giant car factory. It pulled in €26 billion in revenue last year, nearly a third of the company’s global turnover. But Tesla builds no car there – and pays almost no corporate tax in the Netherlands.
Steve Inskeep @NPRinskeep · 12h If I understand this correctly, the US president has launched a trade war against the world, believes he can force the EU and China to meet his terms, is determined to annex Canada and Greenland, but is powerless before the sovereign might of El Salvador. Is that it?
This is a very good point. About a very feeble excuse.
So many fiction novels come to mind, but this is the US today. Shocking.
So many fiction novels come to mind, but this is the US today. Shocking.
Americans proposed that Ukraine concede half of the profits from its mineral rights in perpetuity... in exchange for essentially nothing. This is not a monetary proposition, let alone a "deal," but rather the demand that Ukraine become a permanent American colony.
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Brilliant move!
#Denmarkification #California #DonaldTrump #US
The Democrats don’t have a Plan B. Moodie totally nails it.
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Beautiful movie by director Wanuri Kahiu, known for the scifi film Pumzi, the fantasy drama Look Both Ways and many more.
#LGBTQ+ #Kenia #Wanuri #Afrobubblegum #shapeshifter
In Edgelanders: Amsterdam On Trial werken kunstenaars Ehsan Fardjadniya en Raul Balai aan een aanklacht tegen Amsterdam n.a.v. haar behandeling van ongedocumenteerden.
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#Amsterdamontrial #mensenrechten #ongedocumenteerden #vluchtelingen #volkstribunaal #performance
Syrian queer artist Qaduda reflects on the harrowing, daily experience they went through during the past year: the endless cycle of death and destruction in Palestine, Lebanon, and beyond.
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#LGBTQ+ #untoldstories #art #illustration #criticaljournalism
THE GOOD OL' TOMORROW
Playing around with nostalgic memories from the future. Happy Sunday everyone!
#ai #tomorrow #midjourney #flux #krea #pimento #robots #babies #polaroid #family #living #future #kling #veo2
This Art Fair is organizing a great art fair from June 5 to 8, location: Open Door Space in Amsterdam. Are you a visual artist with an enterprising nature? Looking for customers, useful tips and a new network? See:
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Register no later than: 09/03
Well played governor.
Interesting insights on Musk's psyche.
#Musk #USA #Nazi #UnmaskingMusk
@brainking.bsky.social
At first glance, I thought: great!
Until I remembered the subversion of the Situationist practice of ‘derive’ and ‘détournement’ by Israeli military in the beginning of 2000s.
See Eyal Weizman’s article Lethal Theory for 2030: War Zone Amsterdam, 2009 : www.onlineopen.org/lethal-theory
Gotta love ppl who work in book shops
The cover of the book Parable of the Sower.
Cannot stop thinking about how Octavia Butler wrote a book in 1993 about climate change. It opens with deadly fires in LA in 2025. In the story, a fascist President has just won office with the campaign slogan "Make America Great Again."
She was a modern day Nostradamus. If only we'd listened.
So pleased to see THE IMPOSITION OF UNNECESSARY OBSTACLES on this Esquire list of the best SFF of 2024 from @mollytempleton.bsky.social 💜💙💜 especially for a sequel, it's an amazing honor!
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