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@blagae.bsky.social
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You need to bite the bun @blagae.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
@demorgen.be hoe is de 2e "foto", een duidelijk anachronisme, voorbij de redactie geraakt? De Union Jack, kanonnen, de Franse Tricolore, bicorne hoeden, enz. www.demorgen.be/nieuws/britt...
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Britten vergapen zich aan tapijt van Bayeux, maar doen dat te lang
Na een aantal proefdagen blijkt dat de Britse bezoeker zijn tijd neemt om het tapijt van Bayeux te bestuderen. En dat zorgt voor opstoppingen en tijdsloten die moeten vernieuwd worden.
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You need to bite the bun @blagae.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
@nerdland.be waar zitten jullie ergens? Wij alvast op de Pico Monegro, een berg net buiten Bumfuckville, Asturias
Google map of a small village, surrounded by only other small villages
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You need to bite the bun @blagae.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
9:30PM ET tonight. Trump calls Infantino to halt review of 1-0 scored by Balogun from offsides position. "Inevitable USMNT triumph should not be hindered by troublesome VAR. Won't someone rid me of these guys? UNFAIR. THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER"
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Trump Administration Live Updates: President Says He Instigated Review of U.S. Player’s World Cup Ban
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De Morgen @demorgen.be · 04/03/2026
Stavros Kelepouris is journalist. Rechtbanken negeren is stilaan een hobby van N-VA-minister van Asiel en Migratie Anneleen Van Bossuyt, schrijft hij. ‘Ook voor een minister gelden wetten en regels.’
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Een minister die beslist dat rechtbanken er niet toe doen omdat haar beleid ‘effect heeft’: waar eindigt die redenering precies?
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You need to bite the bun @blagae.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
@nytimes.com with the snarkiest take I've read from them in a while (on the WaPo layoffs) "The cuts are a sign that Jeff Bezos, who became one of the world’s richest people by selling things on the internet, has not yet figured out how to build and maintain a profitable publication on the internet."
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You need to bite the bun @blagae.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
@bretdevereaux.bsky.social looking forward to your much-anticipated post about the Phalanx, part IIIb acoup.blog/2025/11/14/c...
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Collections: Hoplite Wars, Part I: The Othismos over Othismos
This week (and next) we’re looking at hoplites, the heavy infantry of the ancient Greek poleis in the (early? mid? late?) Archaic and Classical periods, into the Hellenistic. In particular, I…
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You need to bite the bun @blagae.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
So is 40 the age where you're supposed to have opinions about salt? Marketing departments seem to think so, and I'm unprepared
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You need to bite the bun @blagae.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Wisdom is knowing not to fart right before brushing your teeth
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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 10/03/2024
My cri de coeur about how the catastrophic decline in the discipline of history has negative national security implications is out now in @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2024/03/10/t...
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The History Crisis Is a National Security Problem
As universities shed scholars, key learning disappears.
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