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abjanvanmeerten.bsky.social
🍉 Philosophy student at the VU, Amsterdam Fan of the apostle Paul and DBH Freelance translator Lives in The Hague, politically interested
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IJzersterke inbreng van @christinepvdd.bsky.social in het debat over demonstratierecht. Ik heb zelf proto-autoritaire trekjes van de staat meegemaakt, zowel in acties als retoriek, rondom de Palestine-demos, en ben blij met dit pleidooi voor onze vrijheden.

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Fuck I think we totally forgot that part in Dune Pt. 2 about not falling for charismatic violent folk heroes fueled by vengeance who look like Timothee Chalamet in a hoodie

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Medieval writers:

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I can’t stress enough how much I’m enjoying Perl’s Thinking Being as an integrated introduction to the metaphysics of Parmenides, Plato, Aristotle, and Plotinus (still have to read the Aquinas part but I’m sure it’s as good)

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BREAKING: Amnesty International says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza in new report:

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Okay this is a good one. “He’s going berserk” oh you mean he’s wearing bearskin?

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“No worries if not” -President Yoon Suk Yeol

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Is this like the Anschluss, Hitler annexing Austria

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I live 10mins from parliament so I have no excuse. I’ll show up 🫡

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"As pure form, the unmoved mover is the highest, most perfect mode at once of being, life, and consciousness." (Perl, Thinking Being, 97) This is what Christians mean with the holy Trinity, right. Right?

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The yearly reminder that this month might be a high point on the Christian calendar but it's a total exhaustion fest in the level of expectations and to-do's. So just cozy up to your to-don't list and stop "shoulding" yourself.

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"We cannot continue to participate in the social network feed of a man who proclaims the death of the media and therefore of journalists... X is a platform that no longer serves the public interest at all, but the special ideological and financial interests of its owner and his political allies"

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Anyone seen Wheel of Time? Any good?

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Rewatching The Last of Us with my sister. Forgot how good it was. Can’t wait till the release of season 2 early 2025 (which is so close already 🥲)

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Nice interview. Anyone read McManus? podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/r...

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i guess it’s just “december” now. as if that’s normal

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Case in point: "no one should be kicked out of their community for thinking, thinking critically, or for thinking differently. ..

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The Hague

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The only kind of faith that gives me life in this season is the kind promoted by David Armstrong on his substack Perennial Digression. Subscribe and learn, I'd say. A mix of honesty, wisdom, and a sheer overflow of theological insight. perennialdigression.substack.com

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Wow. Here is one to brighten up your morning. The first images of the restored interior of Notre Dame cathedral. Breathtaking. In just five years France did it

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THE DARK LORD HAS RETURNED TO MORDOR

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The Tackle

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The Book of Job:

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Just unbelievable

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Australia’s oldest dictionary of Australian English has chosen “enshittification” – a slang term referring to the deterioration of products and services online – as the word of 2024.

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This is not funny, why are we going from 17/8 to 5/-2

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God has always been an unfair being. His unfairness is called grace. Woe to us the day God becomes fair.

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