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Bart Looman

@bartlooman.bsky.social
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Composing Music and Building Social Housing (not at the same time though) Some music on YouTube: t.co/m0Yq3H8HXJ

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 13/10/2026
You know, the thing is, I had drafted this piece a month ago, and then never published it, because I thought maybe it was too mean.
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Bart Looman @bartlooman.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Well-deserved! The award AND cutlery. A perfect evening
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Bart Looman @bartlooman.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Congratulations to @hannahpeel.bsky.social and @danielpemberton.bsky.social for winning at the World Soundtrack Awards in Ghent tonight!
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Legendary percussion sheet of Steve Foreman, used in Hollywood soundtracks. Original post
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Bieke Purnelle @biekepurnelle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Welja.
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Newshound411 @newshound411.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Birds of a Feather 👇 👇 👇 👇
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Sim Coddé @simcodde.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Tweeluikje.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
European Union countries gave more subsidies to fossil fuels than to renewable energy in 2024 (latest data) #energycrisis energy.ec.europa.eu/news/energy-...
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Energy subsidies report highlights further reduction in 2024
Total energy subsidies in the EU in 2024 amounted to €340 billion, 5% down on 2023 and significantly lower (-25%) than at the height of the crisis in 2022 (€ 457 billion), according to a new Report on...
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Lia van Bekhoven @liavanbekhoven.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Uit de Financial Times. En wat voor VK geldt, gaat ook op voor NL. #Musk #staatvijandig
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Atul Haria (immigrant) @atulharia.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Carl Sagan:
Carl Sagan:
"WE'VE ARRANGED A society based on science and technology, in which nobody understands anything about science technology. And this combustible mixture of ignorance and power, sooner or later, is going to blow up in our faces. Who is running the science and technology in a democracy if the people don't know anything about it?"
"Science is more than a body of knowledge, it's a way of thinking. A way of skeptically interrogating the universe with a fine understanding of human fallibility. If we are not able to ask skeptical questions, to interrogate those who tell us that something is true, to be skeptical of those in authority, then we're up for grabs for the next charlatan, political or religious, who comes ambling along."
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Funny how that works, huh?
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Edward Hopper @edwardhopper.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Hopper portrayed the “horror house” before Hollywood. House by the Railroad (1925) freezes a mansion in suspense—a lonely home becomes ominous, American suburbia turns into a nightmare. Years later, it inspired Hitchcock’s famous film Psycho.
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Chris Gloninger @climatechris.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The M5.2 in Nepal wasn't an earthquake. USGS relabeled it "M 5.2 Landslide," depth 0.0 km. No quake trigger, no GLOF evidence, no rain reported below. A glacier snout appears to have failed on its own. Ice in rock joints loses up to 78% of its strength warming from −10°C to −0.5°C. Still frozen.
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Playing in our faces
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Nina Zeelen @ninazeelen.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
“For forty years, governments around the world have been cutting taxes on the rich, claiming that the result would be more jobs and higher incomes. A new study shows how catastrophically wrong that policy has been. The finding is a testament to how successful the neoliberal project has been.” (2020)
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They Said Tax Cuts for the Rich Would Create Jobs. It Never Happened.
For forty years, governments around the world have been cutting taxes on the rich, claiming that the result would be more jobs and higher incomes. A new study shows how catastrophically wrong that pol...
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🔻Alain Haeck🔻 @alainhaeck.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
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Bart Looman @bartlooman.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Great movie!
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Vincent Luyendijk @vincentluyendijk.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
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Kodos the Executioner @kandidanreal.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
The rule of headlines: ➡️ If they use a number, the percentage is low ➡️ If they use a percentage, the number is low Actual percentage of non-doms that have moved: <2%
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👻👹 boo-rit 👹👻 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
christ if that’s not a metaphor for our times
reuters: 

Sunken Nazi warships resurface as water levels drop
Scuttled German WW2 warships have reemerged from the Danube in drought-hit Europe.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 31/07/2026
This really is the question. And the answer is damning to all the people who support his businesses, serve on his boards, buy his stocks, invite him to conferences & social events, treat him as a legitimate civic voice, and yes, post on the right-wing brain-cooking social media site he owns.
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Taylor Noakes @taylornoakes.com · 27/07/2026
Words cannot describe how much I despise this person’s contempt for how hard real scientists work It’s the kind of attitude you can only get from inheriting a fortune from an Apartheid era emerald mine finance.yahoo.com/sectors/heal...
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Elon Musk calls medical school 'pointless,' says robots will beat any surgeon in 3 years — telling students to walk away
Medical experts, however, strongly disagree with Musk's claims.
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Musk calls for the assassination of a reporter who embarrassed him with basic questions
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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I actually think the trillionaire saying his AI tool will remake a movie without the Black and trans actors in it should be a bigger story because it’s a perfect example of why the ruling class wants AI to succeed: so they can remake reality without those they deem undesirable - every nazi’s dream.
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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Beyond lithium: how sodium-ion batteries could change the world. Batteries based on sodium ions are entering mass production. Nature 15th July 2026 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Beyond lithium: how sodium-ion batteries could change the world
Batteries based on sodium ions are entering mass production. Some researchers say they could ultimately be a cheaper, safer alternative to lithium in electric cars and other energy applications.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 14/07/2026
An amazing quote from Lindsey Graham in this Atlantic story. It really captures an essential truth about politics that too few people ever really come to terms with. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Ton Aarts @tonaarts.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
3 kerncentrales stilgelegd. Acht op gereduceerd vermogen Net of je er geen peil op kunt trekken .. PS: over heel 2022 lag de helft van álle Franse kerncentrales eruit "Als het niet waait heb je niets aan windmolens" .. die 80% per jaar stroom leveren (details) www.demorgen.be/snelnieuws/l...
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Live - Bijna heel Frankrijk geteisterd door hitte: Loire staat droog, drie kerncentrales stilgelegd • Code oranje voor brandgevaar in Vlaanderen
Lees de belangrijkste ontwikkelingen over de hitte in Europa hieronder in de liveblog. Download de app van De Morgen en krijg meteen een bericht bij belangrijk nieuws.
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Rodrigo Alem FernánDeath 🎃 @rodf.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Exhibit N°128482016492 that UBI works and _makes money back_ For those in the back: UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME HAS ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE BETTER RETURN ON INVESTMENT THAN ARTIFICIAL INTELIGENCE
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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 02/07/2026
like I understand how hard it is to stop using Amazon or Google or Meta products, but spending $50k on a disposable car that props up a murderous nazi is completely optional and a clear sign that you believe in nothing
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
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Bart Looman @bartlooman.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Extended wheelbase. So more room to stretch your right arm outwards, got it.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Best Twitter riposte of the day.
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Bart Looman @bartlooman.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Goed dat elektrische auto’s steeds beter verkopen. Maar bedroevend dat de Nederlandse autokoper zo snel vergeten is dat de eigenaar van Tesla een nazi is. Daar moet je echt geen congrats voor geven.
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Bart Looman @bartlooman.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
I thought he was a decent intelligent guy. Then he applauded peaceful pensioned climate protesters being put in jail.
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Mark Z. Jacobson @mzjacobson.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Money down the drain. The only US nuclear reactors built in the last 30 years took 17 and 18 years from planning to operation and cost $16/W vs $1/W for wind/solar, which take 1-3 years. Trump administration announces $17.5b in loans for 10 large nuclear reactors apnews.com/article/nucl...
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Trump administration announces $17.5 billion in loans for 10 new large nuclear reactors
The Trump administration is providing $17.5 billion to speed the development of 10 new large nuclear reactors to meet the skyrocketing power demand from massive data centers.
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Aoḋán Ó Conġaile @tinydonkey.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
If other news was reported like climate change:
A picture of a couple driving and laughing with the text "road fatalities highest in ten years"
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
This is the only thing anyone should ever say about Elon Musk. He deserves to be talked about in the same category as Mao and Stalin as one of history's worst mass murderers.
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Siem De Cleyn @siemdc.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
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Bart Looman @bartlooman.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Dit is geen AI??
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James Kinsale @jameskinsale.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
"Last week's SpaceX IPO is a stunning act of financial fraud that wouldn't be allowed in a country with functional regulators. It cobbles together a bunch of money-losing ventures into a giant pump-and-dump scheme untethered to objective reality, all controlled by a proven bullshitter."
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Ton Aarts @tonaarts.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
That's 'burned alive in my Tesla' victim no. .. 170 One Tesla fire victim dies every ~12 days While other EVs on road since 2009 had .. zero burned alive Yep, zero fire deaths in 17 years. Tesla now: 170 (!!) (h/t @teslaqasia.bsky.social)
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
For all the talk of genocide elsewhere, this is going to end up as the largest scale mass killing event in modern history. A crime against humanity & the rule of law of almost unimaginable proportions for which Musk must be marched in chains to the courthouse & then to jail for the rest of his life.
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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
World's first trillionaire is a fascist piece of shit who loves to fuck with Democracy. Cool.
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Pensioenspook @pensioenspook666.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Het blijft opmerkelijk hoe quasi iedereen blijft wegkijken voor de openlijke nazi symphatieen van Musk. De rijkste mens op aarde. Het is alsof wat hij op X doet niet telt voor de mensen die zelf allemaal op X zitten. Terwijl Musk in alle openheid aanstuurt op burgeroorlog en rassenrellen.
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phieniks.bsky.social @phieniks.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
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David Rothschild @davmicrot.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Musk functionally ran the US government for 6 months last year and managed to: increase spending, slash services, kill 100,000s, and help nurture both Ebola & Screwworms. Yet somehow no one mentions this when they talk about the company he is going to take public this week.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
It is impossible to overstate the degree to which the rule of law & our constitutional order collapsed & no one paid any legal consequences for this. Musk needs to be marched in chains to the courthouse & sent to jail for the rest of his life.
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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
If you've got an opinion you want on here - submit it to the form: forms.gle/1gNMupaNHQf8xeRE6
Being ultra rich is an illness. A deep, terrifying sickness. Once personal wealth surpasses a point at which you could lead a very comfortable life, the drive to amass and hoard more is an unnatural perversion. You aren't curing hunger. Or saving humanity. You're just unwell.

anon_opin GOLD from 11th April 2025
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