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For certain con-goers on here.

submitted 14 hours ago • 2 comments

The #Leiden town hall carillion just played the quarter hour. Europapa. 😄💙 #Eurovision

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Today, 100,000 people asked the government to draw a red line and act to stop Israel’s genocidal violence. Huge protest by Dutch standards. Also the calmest I’ve seen. Relatively few signs and flags - just a lot of people wearing symbolic red. #RodeLijn

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Heel veel mensen in het rood gekleed bij #Leiden Centraal. Het lijkt 3 oktober wel. 😂 #TrekDeRodeLijn

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Israël moet nu stoppen met het schenden van mensenrechten. Wij vragen dit kabinet om een rode lijn te trekken. zondag 18 mei 13:00 Malieveld, Den Haag Rondje lopen naar het Vredespaleis en terug. Graag rode kleding aan. www.oxfamnovib.nl/rode-lijn-st...

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This EU Citizens Initiative to ban conversion practices is less than 30k signatures short of the magic 1 million. The servers are struggling at the moment as the deadline is the 17th, but hang in there and help them over the line! #LGBTQ+ eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...

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I’ve cycled over so many of these black cables in #Leiden recently. The cables register the amount, weight, and direction of traffic. They’re called “telslangen”, literally, counting hoses. Or, as slangen also means snakes, counting snakes. So, beware of the adders. :)

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments

Amsterdam's mayor wants the government to put pressure on Israel to stop destroying Gaza, and to stop starving and murdering Palestinians. A number of cities are backing Amsterdam and I'm happy to see Leiden's new(ish) mayor has made a solid statement. [NL] nos.nl/nieuwsuur/ar...

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Remember when Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke did that haka to protest the attempted rewrite of AoNZ's founding document? The Privileges Committee has recommended a record-breaking 7 days suspension. Te Pāti Māori's co-leaders? 21 days! Parliament votes on it next Tuesday. I see more haka incoming #NZpol

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I went #litterpicking after lunch and it was incredible the number of cigarette butts that were around just one bench. Next time, I won't be surprised if I have to pick up a pair of someone's blackened lungs.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Under the Mountain by Maurice Gee. The slug-like Wilberforces, everything, so damn creepy!

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The winner of the #Leiden half marathon, Mikky Keetels, had signed up last minute and was actually training for a marathon next week. The other winner, Brent Pieterse, was training for a triathlon. I just love how some people's tapers get them gold medals. 😂

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It felt weird not being in #Leiden for the marathon but I followed bits of it on Sleutelstad. Runners still struggled with the heat but lots of water was provided by the organisation and the public. The wind was also a factor, it either helped, or it didn’t!

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Best of luck to the #Leiden Marathon runners today! It's going to be another warm one, but hopefully the earlier start times and other precautions will be enough.

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Went to Wellington Airport last night to say our farewells to Gandalf and Gwaihir the Windlord (anyone know the name of the other eagle) before they depart for the Undying Lands.

submitted 13 days ago • 2 comments

On a whim I re-read Carpe Jugulum and one thing I've been losing sight of in all the retrospective "pTerry is a deeply human, humane writer, angry at the right things, compassionate where it counts, philosophical blah blah etc" stuff is how fucking funny he is as a writer.

submitted 14 days ago • 3 comments

Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉 Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace. You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.

submitted 15 days ago • 665 comments

More tulips today, this time floating ones on a pond in the Vondelpark, Amsterdam. Loved seeing this wisteria waterfall on the way out too.

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There was a military tattoo in #Leiden to open the festivities which mark 80 years since liberation. It was very good, though we all felt for the one guy whose beret fell off at the start. He’ll need a new one for next year. #LiberationDay #Bevrijdingsdag #5mei

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Today in Oegstgeest, the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen for sale at any vrijmarkt: a one-of-a-kind Citroën old-timer for €15,000 (reserved). #LiberationDay #Bevrijdingsdag #5mei

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

Dodenherdenking. Cartoon voor @trouw.nl. #dodenherdenking #4mei #Gaza #Wilders #Schoof

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

One of my paintings has been featured as a daily deviation! Little Old Fiat by CarmillaPixel on @DeviantArt www.deviantart.com/carmillapixe... #art #deviantart #dailydeviation

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In order to remain competitive with AI I will now leave the faucet running while drawing. 🤗

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I always feel lucky to live in Leiden which has so many things reasonably close by. For example, cycle 10km and there’s tulip fields! #BloomScrolling

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Actual man in the ladies toilets today. It was a lost English tourist and no one said anything. The only thing I did hear was someone warning another tourist about the regrettable air quality in one of the loos, but it wasn’t dirty. “Es ist nicht schmutzig.” There’s my German vocab for the day!

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

Hope everyone had a good Moehanga day 🫶🏾

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I love that the Dutch looked at their monarch’s birthday and were like: What if we celebrate by having The Purge but ✨gezellig✨? Laws and social norms are suspended, but they’re taxes and food safety and public drunkenness and not being over the top. #koningsdag #kingsday

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