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Buying a villa in Veldhoven? Yeah, you might have to compete against a foreign buyer who works for ASML.

But your daughter can’t afford a flat in Woerden? That’s the fault of national housing policy and cuts to social housing and tax regimes and NIMBYs - not expats.

Hong Kong children urged to get Covid jabs as ‘whole paediatric ward full’ Head of paediatric infectious diseases unit at a public hospital says all of the young patients in the ward he oversees are unvaccinated. William Yiu Published: 2:14pm, 17 May 2025Updated: 7:33pm, 17 May 2025

A Hong Kong paediatric infectious diseases ward is full of young, unvaccinated COVID patients.

In the past 4 weeks, 30 of 81 severe adult cases died.

The COVID test positivity rate rose to 13.66%—the highest in a year.

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This is the act an authoritarian regime, not one interested in the rule of law.

if you're in the UK and have an outdoor cat (like most UK cats), I would be seriously thinking about switching them to an inside cat given the bird flu situation; there's already been dozens of US cat cases (where outdoor cats are much rarer but bird flu growing) and UK bird flu cases are rising

It’s getting some attention now but I’m not sure your average news watcher knows exactly what is unfolding in global health around the world now. It’s a catastrophe, of a really unprecedented kind, which could well kill hundreds of thousands of people
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“What keeps us going, ultimately, is our love for each other, and our refusal to bow our heads, to accept the verdict, however all-powerful it seems. It’s what ordinary people have to do. You have to love each other. You have to defend each other. You have to fight.”

-Mike Davis

Lebensunwertes Leben/"life unworthy of life": en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_un...

I don't want to scare you into paralysis. But you need to understand we have been here before and you need to understand what's at stake.

*Act* fucking accordingly.

Also, I don't blame our loss on "DEI firefighters" or space lasers or antifa or Gavin Newsom or wokeness not allowing forest floors to be raked. There's no cartoon villain here. This was a catastrophic wind storm that caused bone dry vegetation to ignite. It's climate change.

I used to think that when global warming truly began to bite, deniers would face reality & we could act. Now I think it's more likely it will lead to a kind of fascism that will respond to global warming by, like, executing everyone who says global warming is real.

You should if you have outdoor cats

Distracted boyfriend meme, but the girlfriend is a cat tree, the boyfriend is a cat, and the distracting girl is a Christmas tree.

VVD/NSC last week: we can happily send refugees back to the safe haven of Syria, where they can live under Assad in prosperous bourgeois domesticity

VVD/NSC this week: so thankful that the vicious dictator Assad has fallen, ending his nightmarish reign of terror and making Syria safe for refugees

Dutch politicians often seem to think they operate in a tiny sphere, where only a few million Dutch-speaking voters can hear them.
But the rest of the world does actually see this stuff going on. They note the tone of the debate, and where it’s going. And they make investment decisions accordingly.

Lol, that's why my favorite coffee store prices their Christmas special coffee at 22 euros

#BREAKING Arabica coffee price hits highest level since 1977 amid crop fears

If you don’t understand why disabled ppl are speaking out against assisted dying - or why they’re scared it could be used against them - please read these articles

We are often first to be discarded. Left to die, slapped with DNRs & neglected

When society doesn’t value us - how can we feel safe?

Anyone who tells me that disabled people aren't being coerced or pressured into MAID need to read Normand Meunier's experience because something as simple as a damn mattress would have prevented him choosing MAID.

AID (as in care and help) before MAID.

Oh, so are we in Europe going to have a big war? Is global climate change not a big enough challenge? Are we really in competition to see who can collapse our civilization and environment the fastest?

Been thinking about how to resist digital enshittification and erasure.

One thing I plan to do in my own capacity is buy physical records and CDs of my favorite artists.

Take and develop more actual photos and keep photo albums.

And yes, write down our stories and family histories.

You know what would **really** disrupt the publishing industry?
Fair contracts and decent pay for authors.
No AI training without the creator’s consent.
Artists and translators on the cover.
No NDAs for ghostwriters.

🇫🇷 Adam Siao Him Fa has withdrawn from the Grand Prix Final due to an ankle injury sustained at the Cup of China, he has been advised to take a 3 week break with the aim of competing at Europeans.

As first alternate, 🇰🇿 Mikhail Shaidorov will receive the call up.

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Another skater is injured. I really think the ISU should limit the number of quad jumps in programs. How many top skaters have to be injured before a change is made?

🇨🇦 Wesley Chiu has withdrawn from #CupofChina due to medical reasons

Albert Heijns ‘duurzame’ zalm draagt bij aan vernietiging van Chileense natuurparken Het ASCkeurmerk voor duurzaam gekweekte vis certificeert ook zalmkwekerijen in beschermde natuurgebieden in Chili. Die zalm belandt vervolgens in de diepvriesschappen van Albert Heijn en Delhaize. Consumenten denken daardoor dat ze duurzame vis kopen, terwijl de kwekerijen verlies van biodiversiteit, chemische vervuiling en vernietiging van leefgebied in Chileense natuurgebieden veroorzaken.

Albert Heijns ‘duurzame’ zalm draagt bij aan vernietiging van Chileense natuurparken

me: Vanity Fair has a profile of Cormac McCarthy's muse. do you have any guesses about her?
my sister, a child trauma therapist who works with, among other things, trafficking survivors: teenager.
me: yep
sister: adopted.
me: foster care
sister: every time.

'Coming Together' met diverse artiesten - Soundsofmusic

If you like contemporary classical music, HJSO will perform at the Sounds of Music Festival on November 29

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🇺🇸 Lucas Broussard will miss the rest of the season due to a fractured pelvis
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I guess it’s because he’s nice and engages with fans. It’s hard not to be parasocial with him

Thank you for mentioning planting zones, because I really don’t know much about them. I thought gardening on a roof terrace or balcony just involved planting in pots and just bring some of them inside for the winter