Anton Harfst 📸

7 uur. Een hert loopt over de bodem van het nu verdwenen meer. Geen water. Terwijl generaties van haar soort niet anders wist dan dat dit een vast plek voordrinkwater was. Een ramp voor alles dat leeft. #zicksee #milieu

Trump dag 469: Trump kondigt ‘begeleiding’ schepen Straat aan, Iran zegt dit niet toe te zullen staan, versoepeling reisbeperking voor buitenlandse artsen, Iraanse supertanker omzeilt blokkade, soldaten vermist in Marokko, hagelkorrel Allen in vest agent: reportersonline.nl/trump-dag-469-…

Het Nationaal Monument op de Dam in Amsterdam is beklad. Op dit monument wordt jaarlijks op 4 mei de nationale dodenherdenking gehouden. De politie heeft nog geen verdachten en gaat ervan uit dat de bekladding vannacht rond 04:00 uur heeft plaatsgevonden. The National Monument on Dam Square in Amsterdam has been vandalized. Every year on May 4th, the national remembrance ceremony is held at this monument. The police have no suspects yet and believe the vandalism took place last night at around 4:00 AM. Later meer.

Oorzaak / gevolg. 👇👇👇

"Het is niet 1 december, het is 3 mei en alles is wit op de Parnitha waar de sneeuw meer dan 10 centimeter hoog is" 👇👇👇

The replies to this person's tweet lack a nuanced understanding of aesthetics. Let me tell you why I don't think this room works. First, the gold decorations make the room look like an ersatz Versailles. Go to Getty Images and type in "Oval Office." Then zoom in on the gold decor. You'll notice that the lines are very blunted and muddied; they lack the sharp lines and fine detailing that you'd expect on something made by an artisan. Hence why some people have suggested these decorations are from Home Depot (true or not, that's the impression). You can see the difference between the first and second photos. The first, of course, is of the Oval Office; the second is the reception room from the Hotel de Cabris in France, which was made during the 18th century under the direction of Louis XVI. Even at this distance, the second image looks much better because it was designed and executed by artisans working within a coherent visual language. You can really see the crisp lines and detailing. Second, the White House was designed by James Hoban, an Irish architect who migrated to the US for economic opportunities (what a great American story!). He originally designed it in the Neoclassical style, drawing on Palladian and Georgian influences. Neoclassicalism was a reaction against the Rococo movement, which reactionaries saw as overly ornate and frivolous. A bit of gold used sparingly and strategically can look fine in a Neoclassical building, but the amount Trump used has so radically encrusted the room that it's now in Rococo territory, making it look like a mismatch of aesthetics. You can see an example of gilded Rococo architecture in the third slide. Although it's not my thing, the effect is totally different because it's coherent. IMO, architecture sets the terms for you can decorate a space. Modernist furniture looks best in modernist buildings, just as Craftsman furniture looks best in Craftsman homes (see fourth slide). You don't have to do period recreations — sometimes mixing two aesthetics, or old and new, can make a space feel more natural — but having a sense of aesthetic history (art, architecture, furniture, fashion) can help you create better aesthetics. The Oval Office offends on at least three levels: the ersatz nature of the decor, the way it grates against Hoban’s Neoclassical vision, and the way it misunderstands the classical-republican symbolism that the White House was meant to project in the first place. As others have noted, this is the kind of decor you'd expect from dictators who rob their own country.

Trump dag 468: Trump: ‘zeeblokkade geen oorlogshandeling want is heel vriendelijke blokkade’, zegt ‘veel meer’ dan 5000 militairen uit Duitsland te willen halen, Republikeinen schaffen functie af waar net zwarte man in gekozen is, nieuw vredesplan Iran: reportersonline.nl/trump-dag-468-…

🚨We are deeply concerned for the safety of activists #SaifAbuKeshek and #ThiagoAvila who are being taken to #Israel for questioning after being arbitrarily detained by the Israeli military after the unlawful interception of the #GlobalSumudFlotilla vessels in international waters. 🚨The two activists were participating in a peaceful solidarity mission aiming to break Israel's unlawful blockade of the #Gaza Strip and deliver aid to Palestinians struggling to survive under Israel’s genocide and unlawful occupation. 🚨They are at great risk of human rights abuses, including torture and other ill-treatment given @amnesty's previous documentation of the abuse inflicted on flotilla activists detained in October 2025 at the hands of the Israeli authorities 🚨It is especially concerning that Saif Abu Keshek, a Palestinian-Spanish-Swedish national, is being detained on suspicion of affiliation with a terrorist organization given Israel's discriminatory laws and persistent record of harassment and oppression of Palestinians under Israel’s system of apartheid. Israel must immediately release them and ensure they are protected while in custody. 🚨Israel’s defiance of international law must end. The ICJ has been clear: Israel’s #occupation is #unlawful and must be brought to an end. States must act now to restore some faith in international law by holding Israel accountable for its violations and crimes.

#Greece ranks as the worst offender in the EU on media freedoms Sierra Leone, Senegal, Zambia and Qatar have better press freedoms compared to both Greece and Cyprus. euobserver.com/214287/greece-…

"We took over the ship, we took over ​the cargo, we took over the oil. It's a very ​profitable business," Trump said in remarks on Friday evening. "We're ⁠like pirates. We're sort of like pirates but we are not ​playing games." reuters.com/world/us/trump…

US low-cost #SpiritAirlines shuts down #Oman #OmanObserver omanobserver.om/article/1188899

Vanochtend liet ik de hond uit bij 10C terwijl de zon scheen en de verse sneeuw laag op de foothills van Taygetos te zien was. 🥶❄️ Eerder deze week was het nog 27C!

Trump dag 467: 5000 militairen weg uit Duitsland, heffing EU-auto’s naar 25%, Trump zegt dat oorlog voorbij is om Congres te omzeilen, Justitie wil uitspraak SCOTUS handhaven, rechtszaak tegen opschorten verkiezingen Louisiana, abortuspil per post verboden reportersonline.nl/trump-dag-467-…

Carl Sagan’s prediction about America, made 31 years ago.

A European pharma hub will rise in Tripoli dlvr.it/TSK6wq

Trump dag 466: Louisiana schorst verkiezingen na uitspraak SCOTUS, Trump schrapt whiskyheffing, beschuldigt Biden van christelijke vooringenomenheid, versoepelt wapenverkoopwet, inflatie naar 3,5%, staatsschuld voor het eerst sinds WWII boven 100% bbp: reportersonline.nl/trump-dag-466-…

@locuta Wat moet ik dán bij m'n ontbijt lezen? Niets beter dan een dreigend Armageddon om wakker te worden, hoor.

En jullie willen mijn dagverslagen zeker ook niet meer lezen? :) - Een nieuwe AP-NORC-enquête toont dat ongeveer zes op de tien Amerikaanse volwassenen zeggen dat ze nieuws over Trump vaak of soms actief proberen te vermijden.

Trump dag 465: Hooggerechtshof beperkt reikwijdte Voting Rights Act; AL, MI en TN willen direct hertekening kiesdistricten, naamswijziging ministerie van Oorlog kost 52 miljoen, ouders 11.000 Amerikaanse kinderen in ICE-detentie in eerste helft 2025: reportersonline.nl/trump-dag-465-…

We've been forced to permanently close our hospital in Lankien, South Sudan, after it was bombarded on 3 February.  The closure comes after 31 years, serving around 250,000 people who relied on the hospital for lifesaving care. msf.org/msf-forced-clo…

I stumbled upon Hadrian's Library ruins one warm afternoon in Athens, right in the middle of the Plaka district chaos, and it stopped me in my tracks. You know how some ancient sites feel like polished postcards? This one doesn't. It's raw, half-buried in the city, with modern apartment buildings peeking over the stone walls like nosy neighbors. But that's what makes it special, it's right into the everyday Athens. Emperor Hadrian built this place around 132 AD during one of his visits. It was a whole cultural complex with a massive courtyard with, a long rectangular pool in the middle for cooling off and thinking, surrounded by colonnades, lecture halls, gardens, and rooms for art and archives. They say it held over 17,000 scrolls and papyri back in the day. What hits you now are the towering Corinthian columns still standing proud along the western entrance. The propylon is mostly gone, but the surviving walls and pillars give you a real sense of scale. It must've been intimidatingly beautiful back in its days. I stood there trying to picture Roman citizens and Greek intellectuals mixing it up, with Hadrian himself maybe dropping by to show off his latest building project... Time wasn't kind to it. The Heruli invaders wrecked it in 267 AD, and later people built a church right in the courtyard during early Christian times. Earthquakes and centuries of neglect did the rest. But walking through it, you still feel the layers of history: Roman ambition, Greek wisdom, Byzantine faith, all piled up under the Athenian sun. It's not the most famous spot compared to the Acropolis or Agora, and honestly, that's why I liked it. No massive crowds, just you and the ghosts of old ideas. It reminded me how much we owe to these places where knowledge was collected and shared. If you're in Athens and feeling the usual tourist fatigue, duck in here. Sit on a step, let the city noise fade a bit, and think about how one emperor's gift still echoes 1,900 years later. Pretty humbling. (my photo)

We noemen het mantelzorg. Maar wat hier gebeurt, is doorschuiven. Zorg verdwijnt en komt bij jou terecht. Onzichtbaar. Onbetaald. En als jij uitvalt, ligt het ineens aan jouw grenzen. De vraag is niet hoe sterk jij bent. De vraag is hoeveel jij moet opvangen. #mantelzorg