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Mexican-American in Amsterdam. Citizen of the world. Ex Astrophysics student. Mostly talk about books, art, culture, language and living in Amsterdam. Speak […] [bridged from https://mastodon.coffee/@vacapinta on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
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#silentsunday #Amsterdam

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Having kids over and making eclipse cookies with a ravioli tool

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Here in normal-land Europe our governments have been repeatedly asking residents to be able to survive without food/water/electricity for 72 hours in preparation for war. https://nltimes.nl/2025/03/06/justice-minister-urges-dutch-prepare-war-govt-identifies-priority-sectors

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Need a new laptop and for the first time in 30 years I'm ditching Apple and going for Linux. I just got this one from Tuxedo computers based in Germany: https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/TUXEDO-InfinityBook-Pro-14-Gen9-AMD.tuxedo

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One of my small joys: For many years now a close friend of mine and I have been exchanging postcards almost weekly. We each now have boxes of each other's postcards. He lives in Spain so he takes each card he receives and "pairs" it with a glass of wine and a […] [Original post on mastodon.coffee]

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Was looking forward to going to Boston to my college reunion and seeing old friends. But my spouse is not a US citizen and is a bit worried about travel. That's enough for me to cancel.

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Also worth a visit in Paris is the police museum housed inside a police station. Lots of artifacts from famous crimes and yes also actual guillotine blades and models.

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Went to Paris for one night so C. could attend a lecture at the College de France. I wandered over to the small but very interesting Museum of the History of Medicine.

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Anselm Kiefer exhibition at the Van Gogh is right for our time. Kiefer was heavily influenced by Van Gogh. You can see it here with his corvids. But Kiefer is about the memory and legacy of war and destruction. This painting is called 'Nevermore', echoing […] [Original post on mastodon.coffee]

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Amsterdam on a sunny day is a very pleasant place to be. #amsterdam

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Catima is an example of a perfect app. Reminds me of when apps were useful instead of attempts to ensnare you. Solves a problem (stores all my digital cards) and does it in a simple, beautiful way. Open source, no ads, community built. https://catima.app/

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#silentsunday #amsterdam

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This Emergency reference card from KLM airlines sums up our current situation rather well, I think.

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Trying to move all my email, storage to Europe and also get a new domain name. Any recommendations for Europe based providers for the above? Considering startmail.com for email, Nextcloud for storage. Any thoughts on those welcome!

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Reading and really enjoying the novel The Most Secret Memory of Men which won the Prix Goncourt in 2021. C. read it in French and recommended it to me. I'm reading the English translation. Part of the reason is that Mohamed Mbougar Sarr's French is a bit above my level! Beautifully written book […]

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