Sailing

Reporters in the US have lost their spine since the networks and print they work for have been bought by billionaires.

Iran Protest Death Toll Could Top 30,000: Local Officials According to two senior officials of the country’s Ministry of Health who spoke with TIME.

Meanwhile, in Iran. Please keep talking about this.
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YouTube video by Bad Lip Reading "MEDIEVAL LAND FUN-TIME WORLD" EXTENDED TRAILER — A Bad Lip Reading of Game of Thrones

This will never not be funny: youtu.be/5Krz-dyD-UQ?...

Vous avez raison, la loi ne s'applique qu'à la France métropolitaine et non à Mayotte (entre autres). Espérons que ce problème sera bientôt résolu. C'est pourquoi j'ai parlé d'un « pas dans la bonne direction » dans ma réponse. Les États-Unis, en revanche, prennent rapidement la mauvaise direction.

Ze hebben zelfs een kleuter gebruikt in een poging om het gezin hun huis uit te lokken. Wat een walgelijk land is de VS geworden.

Cela s'explique probablement par les progrès récents de la France, qui a adopté en 2024 une loi interdisant la détention des familles avec enfants mineurs. Espérons qu'elle poursuivra sur cette voie. Les États-Unis, en revanche, opèrent un revirement complet. (Google Translate helped me)

And these same losers were protesting against masks during the pandemic.

La Bayadère | Nationale Opera & Ballet Dutch National Ballet presents a grand, renewed production of La Bayadère. This vibrant adaptation preserves the enchanting dance jewels of Marius Petipa while drawing from a revised libretto that re-...

Popping my #Ballet cherry: I've bought tickets to the Dutch National Ballet's performance of La Bayadère! www.operaballet.nl/en/dutch-nat...

Slightly diminish a band:

Cock

Ha-ha very funny Scotty, now beam up my clothes!

And, entirely predictable, this is now spilling over into gaming; there's currently much ado about Steam (large gaming platform), and payment providers banning certain games. Pr0n is and always will be the canary in the coalmine when it comes to free speech.

Dat bord klopt niet, ik zie minstens één rokende hond.

There's him, and then there's Michael Berryman, actor from the 80ies movie Weird Science, and Peter Garrett, the singer of Midnight Oil. Like brothers born on different continents.

FML... buy a brand new copy of Riverside's Out Of Myself album at a record market in Leeuwarden, take it out of the sealed plastic, only to find the surface scratched and warped.
So disappointed 😞

Oof, with the wind blowing the rain straight to your cabin, looks very uncomfortable.

Stap aan boord van de 10e editie van SAIL | SAIL Amsterdam SAIL verbindt je met de hele wereld! Ervaar het grootste vrij toegankelijke evenement van Nederland. Vaar je mee?

I'm so looking forward to Sail Amsterdam 2025! Just a few more weeks. Anyone else from my Bluesky contacts going?
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I know several. But neither your nor my personal anecdotal experience is evidence for anything.

"Het leven gaat verder.

Hopelijk niet te lang; tijd is geld."

- Herman van Veen

Three weeks of sailing. Best vacation ever. First time sailing the Waddenzee, it was amazing. We were so lucky with the weather too.

Double-vinyl album of Ayreon's Universal Migrator part II

Got this for my b-day. I got part 1 for my previous b-day. Can't wait to sit down and listen to both albums.

Last weekend was the very first time that we participated in a club event: "Ascension Weekend Tour" with the Dehler Club. It was super fun, visiting Volendam, Hoorn and Enkhuizen with a group of 20 boats.

The suspense! Did they?

Back in the day when I was looking to purchase my first sailboat, someone offered a C&C25 with petrol inboard engine. The boat looked nice, but I declined solely because of the petrol engine. This story is the reason why. I hope the victims will be ok 🥺

omg isn't that the truth hahaha

Haha I was gonna say, talk with an audiophile sometimes.

With all the utter crap that is now twitter, the smell would have been awful.

I did the family cruiser race last year, but I decided to only sail on the Saturday 30-mile this time. I hope you didn't forget to sign up for the party and bbq afterwards!

Boats at anchor as the sun sets.

At anchor at the Marker Wadden, a man-made nature reserve for water birds and small animals. What a lovely weekend.