Gijs Van Gassen
@gijs-vg.bsky.social
Taal, boeken, nare ziektes, andere dingen. Ik werk voor @sciensano.be maar spreek voor mezelf.
https://ghvanderstruijck.blogspot.com/
"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be."
https://ghvanderstruijck.blogspot.com/
"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be."
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Israeli airstrikes continue to hit #Gaza every day, killing and injuring people across the Strip. In the last 24 hours, our teams have treated 11 people, including five children, wounded by airstrikes.
September 16, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Israeli airstrikes continue to hit #Gaza every day, killing and injuring people across the Strip. In the last 24 hours, our teams have treated 11 people, including five children, wounded by airstrikes.
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"Yes, everything’s been written, but also, the thing you want to write, before you wrote it, was impossible to write. Otherwise it would already exist. You writing it makes it possible."
September 16, 2026 at 4:59 PM
"Yes, everything’s been written, but also, the thing you want to write, before you wrote it, was impossible to write. Otherwise it would already exist. You writing it makes it possible."
Het leven zelf zou een Hofstadters Medaille moeten hebben.
video games should include Hofstadter's Badge, which can be earned for earning Hofstadter's Badge
September 16, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Het leven zelf zou een Hofstadters Medaille moeten hebben.
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Ik denk dat sadisme inderdaad de juiste term is voor het Belgische asielbeleid.
Het sadisme van de Belgische regering valt op.
Students in Gaza ‘devastated’ after plan for them to study in Belgium fails
September 16, 2026 at 6:56 AM
Ik denk dat sadisme inderdaad de juiste term is voor het Belgische asielbeleid.
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Nice photo but pretty easy to scroll past until you realize it was taken on Mars.
Clouds over Mont Mercou - Curiosity, sol 3075 - From Thomas Appéré (thomasappere.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2kQvCSE
September 15, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Nice photo but pretty easy to scroll past until you realize it was taken on Mars.
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Can we please stop doing this? I made a comic about it and everything!
September 15, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Can we please stop doing this? I made a comic about it and everything!
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Hoe goed is die sociale media-ban voor jongeren in Australië aan het lopen?
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September 15, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Hoe goed is die sociale media-ban voor jongeren in Australië aan het lopen?
(www.businessinsider.com/australias-s... )
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A friend of mine works in AI and thinks bad things are about to happen. He sold his home and moved his family out the country. He said that if you own a home in a walkable San Francisco neighborhood near a taqueria with good veggie options, you should sell your home for super cheap right now.
September 15, 2026 at 7:01 AM
A friend of mine works in AI and thinks bad things are about to happen. He sold his home and moved his family out the country. He said that if you own a home in a walkable San Francisco neighborhood near a taqueria with good veggie options, you should sell your home for super cheap right now.
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Never mind Artificial Intelligence becoming sentient. The real breakthrough will be if tech billionaires ever develop self-awareness.
September 13, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Never mind Artificial Intelligence becoming sentient. The real breakthrough will be if tech billionaires ever develop self-awareness.
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My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com
September 12, 2026 at 11:12 AM
My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com
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Enorm slecht idee, een standbeeld van de blauwbilgorgel: de bij voorbaat inferieure verfilming van het boek, waardoor je dat nooit meer onbevangen kunt herlezen.
September 13, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Enorm slecht idee, een standbeeld van de blauwbilgorgel: de bij voorbaat inferieure verfilming van het boek, waardoor je dat nooit meer onbevangen kunt herlezen.
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Sometimes I browse through heritage auctions and I find the occasional odd gem, but today I stumbled upon the mother-load: these ridiculous grocery store ads promoting the release of The Jungle Book, and each one has me absolutely reeling. Sharing them here so you too can share in my bewildered joy
September 12, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Sometimes I browse through heritage auctions and I find the occasional odd gem, but today I stumbled upon the mother-load: these ridiculous grocery store ads promoting the release of The Jungle Book, and each one has me absolutely reeling. Sharing them here so you too can share in my bewildered joy
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A campaign for *MSF* to be banned as a terrorist group (on the paper thin basis of claims about 2 past employees) is the product of the UK Govt being willing to divorce any meaningful conception of societal threat from its use of proscription powers. Govt needs to wake up to the madness of this:
September 12, 2026 at 1:15 PM
A campaign for *MSF* to be banned as a terrorist group (on the paper thin basis of claims about 2 past employees) is the product of the UK Govt being willing to divorce any meaningful conception of societal threat from its use of proscription powers. Govt needs to wake up to the madness of this:
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The international chess Federation banned trans women from playing women's chess.
CHESS.
It's not about fairness. The fairness argument is intended to radicalize people into more violent forms of transphobia.
CHESS.
It's not about fairness. The fairness argument is intended to radicalize people into more violent forms of transphobia.
That rock skipping, yes tossing stones across a pond or river, is a gender segregated sport, should tell you something about how gendered sports are not about fairness of physical ability, and is instead about the male ego
September 12, 2026 at 2:42 PM
The international chess Federation banned trans women from playing women's chess.
CHESS.
It's not about fairness. The fairness argument is intended to radicalize people into more violent forms of transphobia.
CHESS.
It's not about fairness. The fairness argument is intended to radicalize people into more violent forms of transphobia.
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Brigitte had graag naar de klimaatmars gewild, maar ze had zo lang gedoucht dat ze het niet meer op tijd zou redden.
September 12, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Brigitte had graag naar de klimaatmars gewild, maar ze had zo lang gedoucht dat ze het niet meer op tijd zou redden.
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Hoe politici vandaag praten over hun politieke tegenstanders, over werkloze en zieke mensen, over rechters, de pers, minderheden; de agressie, de grofheid, de arrogantie: het is niet om aan te zien en ik ben blij dat ik 25 jaar geleden geen idee had dat we zo zouden afglijden als samenleving.
September 11, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Hoe politici vandaag praten over hun politieke tegenstanders, over werkloze en zieke mensen, over rechters, de pers, minderheden; de agressie, de grofheid, de arrogantie: het is niet om aan te zien en ik ben blij dat ik 25 jaar geleden geen idee had dat we zo zouden afglijden als samenleving.
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Wonderful ancient artistry!
About 40,000 years ago, this small, graceful horse figurine was carved from mammoth ivory!
Imagine the #IceAge artist at work, sitting by the warmth of a fire, creating what is the world’s oldest known figure of a horse!
📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
About 40,000 years ago, this small, graceful horse figurine was carved from mammoth ivory!
Imagine the #IceAge artist at work, sitting by the warmth of a fire, creating what is the world’s oldest known figure of a horse!
📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
September 11, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Wonderful ancient artistry!
About 40,000 years ago, this small, graceful horse figurine was carved from mammoth ivory!
Imagine the #IceAge artist at work, sitting by the warmth of a fire, creating what is the world’s oldest known figure of a horse!
📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
About 40,000 years ago, this small, graceful horse figurine was carved from mammoth ivory!
Imagine the #IceAge artist at work, sitting by the warmth of a fire, creating what is the world’s oldest known figure of a horse!
📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
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“Since 2015, more than 35,000 people have been recorded dead or missing in the Mediterranean, and these figures likely underestimate the true scale of the tragedy.”
Search and rescue activities remain essential in the central Mediterranean Sea.
Search and rescue activities remain essential in the central Mediterranean Sea.
Europe is failing its legal and moral obligation to save lives at sea | MSF
MSF's search and rescue vessel rescued 18 people in distress on the central Mediterranean Sea on 18 August.
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September 11, 2026 at 8:31 AM
“Since 2015, more than 35,000 people have been recorded dead or missing in the Mediterranean, and these figures likely underestimate the true scale of the tragedy.”
Search and rescue activities remain essential in the central Mediterranean Sea.
Search and rescue activities remain essential in the central Mediterranean Sea.
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Vandaag in DS:
“Misschien heeft heel het politieke centrum een terugkeerhub nodig: een plek waar zij zich kunnen terugtrekken om terug te keren naar een menswaardig migratiebeleid, binnen de contouren van de rechtsstaat en de internationale mensenrechtenconventies.”
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“Misschien heeft heel het politieke centrum een terugkeerhub nodig: een plek waar zij zich kunnen terugtrekken om terug te keren naar een menswaardig migratiebeleid, binnen de contouren van de rechtsstaat en de internationale mensenrechtenconventies.”
www.standaard.be/opinies/het-...
September 11, 2026 at 5:41 AM
Vandaag in DS:
“Misschien heeft heel het politieke centrum een terugkeerhub nodig: een plek waar zij zich kunnen terugtrekken om terug te keren naar een menswaardig migratiebeleid, binnen de contouren van de rechtsstaat en de internationale mensenrechtenconventies.”
www.standaard.be/opinies/het-...
“Misschien heeft heel het politieke centrum een terugkeerhub nodig: een plek waar zij zich kunnen terugtrekken om terug te keren naar een menswaardig migratiebeleid, binnen de contouren van de rechtsstaat en de internationale mensenrechtenconventies.”
www.standaard.be/opinies/het-...
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Tout le monde n'est pas un Churchill
September 10, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Tout le monde n'est pas un Churchill
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September 10, 2026 at 8:53 PM
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Something no one tells you when you are young is being content in yourself and sleeping in the middle of a double bed is a fleeting experience. My wife's been gone five years and I miss her every day and I only use half of my bed. I wish I could sprawl out and forget.
September 10, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Something no one tells you when you are young is being content in yourself and sleeping in the middle of a double bed is a fleeting experience. My wife's been gone five years and I miss her every day and I only use half of my bed. I wish I could sprawl out and forget.
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September 10, 2026 at 11:37 AM