Sign in

Hans Tilstra

@hanstilstra.bsky.social
980 followers 1.2K following 884 posts

Professional educator, increasingly curious about what makes people tick — individually and as tribes — politically, spiritually, emotionally.

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by Hans Tilstra
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Not one
1652333537
Reposted by Hans Tilstra
Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Eliot Jacobson: Yesterday's Nino 3.4 sea-surface temperature anomaly (preliminary) was a record 3.047°C above the 1991-2020 baseline, beating the previous record of 3.034°C set on November 19, 2015.
02617
Hans Tilstra @hanstilstra.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
C.S. Lewis’s advice to a young schoolgirl on how to become a better writer. In 1953 ....
001
Reposted by Hans Tilstra
tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 16/09/2026
326122962936
Reposted by Hans Tilstra
Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
What a surprise to learn that a Russian oligarch close to Putin paid for Junior’s lavish wedding. Who could’ve expected it?
1259190755820
Hans Tilstra @hanstilstra.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Given the foreseeable threat of pandemics, why be so strangely uninterested in exploring why so many Americans died? www.economist.com/united-state...
economist.com
The real covid-19 scandal is still unfolding
The failure to reckon with lives needlessly lost will make the next pandemic deadlier
000
Reposted by Hans Tilstra
852dude @852dude.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Bro. People are cool as fuck.
274164512330
Reposted by Hans Tilstra
Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Sister Joan Chittister, who personally opposes abortion, said it best. Those who are more concerned about a fetus but not the health or welfare of the mother or the children are not pro-life. They are pro-birth. And that stance is morally lacking. This was from 2004. Still relevant. 🔥🎯 #pinks
10604267
Reposted by Hans Tilstra
Katherine @wordwatcher.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Eagle couples perform a dramatic aerial display known as “cartwheeling” or a “sky dance” to test their strength, build trust, and strengthen their lifelong bond. Mark Smith Photography.
1444180881
Reposted by Hans Tilstra
Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
So many sneering elitist journalists with snarky posts over the past months that the Reflecting Pool story was trivial. It was so trivial that the DC US Attny presented false evidence to a grand jury to indict an innocent man to please the President while they both lied about it.
626218006307
Reposted by Hans Tilstra
Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @faredalmahlool.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Two Israeli soldiers posted an Instagram photo posing with a blindfolded Palestinian detainee.
107335
Reposted by Hans Tilstra
Matthew Hay Brown @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
67 boat strikes 221 people killed EXCLUSIVE: Operation Southern Spear has not reduced the volume, availability, purity or price of cocaine arriving in the U.S., according to an internal DEA assessment and a closed-door Pentagon briefing for senators, and has made enforcement more difficult
washingtonpost.com
67 boat strikes. 221 dead. The cocaine hasn’t slowed, officials report.
The president says Operation Southern Spear has virtually ended drug trafficking by sea. Pentagon and DEA analysts have concluded otherwise.
811055493
Reposted by Hans Tilstra
ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Photographer Martin Le-May was walking through a London park with his wife, hoping to show her a green woodpecker for the first time, when he snapped this incredible photo: a weasel riding a flying woodpecker.
1753931752
Reposted by Hans Tilstra
Pearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 18/07/2026
Antisemitism must be confronted, but limiting ABC and SBS reporting on Gaza and Israel would undermine editorial independence and public trust, Greg Wilesmith writes. #auspol #ABC #Media
pearlsandirritations.com
No case for muzzling ABC and SBS reporting on Israel
Claims of ABC bias against Israel in its reporting of current Middle East conflicts defy the truth and the professional and impartial tradition of ABC staff reporters.
54926
Reposted by Hans Tilstra
WIRED @wired.com · 17/07/2026
A statement from WIRED leadership.
255158112997
Reposted by Hans Tilstra
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/07/2026
Newsmax talking head: "I've lived in Beijing. I can say the elections in Beijing are much better than California and the United States."
6541401217
Reposted by Hans Tilstra
Democrat Cats @democratcats.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Magnificent 👀
1895682927
Reposted by Hans Tilstra
Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Now sack Infantino.
1120726
Reposted by Hans Tilstra
kilkenny.bsky.social @kilkenny.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
"USA through to final eight after FIFA agrees to overturn loss to Belgium" reads headline on The Shovel website (which is an Australian online satire publication).
0376
Reposted by Hans Tilstra
𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚝 @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Are you wondering what the President is up to tonight? (This is why we need A.I. laws)
165456150
Reposted by Hans Tilstra
Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Well, I gotta admit it was worth the wait for that curtain to be removed.
255153053940
Reposted by Hans Tilstra
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 08/06/2026
Welcome to the greatest city on Earth. Here are some tips and tricks for how to get around and make the most of your time here. Learn more at nyctourism.com.
933101532
Reposted by Hans Tilstra
onion person @junlper.beer · 26/05/2026
zohran mamdani announced a plan to seize properties from bad landlords and private equity if tenents suffer from neglect and i genuinely do not think i’ve seen rightwing circles this mad in reaction to anything i’ve ever seen before lol
272189612583
Reposted by Hans Tilstra
Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
They stole the internet’s knowledge and all the work that went into it and they want to sell it back to us for a fee. What a business model.
 ALTMAN: "WE SEE A FUTURE WHERE INTELLIGENCE IS A UTILITY, LIKE ELECTRICITY OR WATER, AND PEOPLE BUY IT FROM US ON A METER.
563115623720
Reposted by Hans Tilstra
Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
I’m 95% done with dinner I just have to decide what I’m eating, how I’m cooking it, and what store I want to shop at
2295309795
Reposted by Hans Tilstra
T.J. Stiles @tj-stiles.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
The tech bros gave us crypto currency that isn’t currency, artificial intelligence that isn’t intelligence, and prediction markets that are inside-trader scams. On the other hand, they have given us gigantic data centers that employ no one and destroy communities. So there’s that.
323108794039
Hans Tilstra @hanstilstra.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Which of the following best demonstrates successful integration into Australian society? A) Volunteering in your local community B) Complaining that Australia has “lost its culture thanks to migration” while eating a kebab in an Irish pub run by a Chinese family theshovel.com.au/2026/05/19/t...
theshovel.com.au
Taylor Proposes New “Australian Values” Test Requiring Would-Be Migrants To Blame Current Migrants for Nation's Problems — The Shovel
“One of the central elements of being Australian is being able to identify a complex, multifaceted problem and then finding a creative way to blame it on brown people”.
000
Hans Tilstra @hanstilstra.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Who has ruined the country? A) Billionaires B) Decades of policy failure C) Migrants D) Cyclists theshovel.com.au/2026/05/19/t...
theshovel.com.au
Taylor Proposes New “Australian Values” Test Requiring Would-Be Migrants To Blame Current Migrants for Nation's Problems — The Shovel
“One of the central elements of being Australian is being able to identify a complex, multifaceted problem and then finding a creative way to blame it on brown people”.
000
Reposted by Hans Tilstra
MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 20/05/2026
Disturbing new video posted by Israeli Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir shows him taunting detained pro-Palestinian flotilla activists being held in horrifying conditions. In the footage, Ben-Gvir can be seen shouting at the handcuffed activists while appearing to gloat over their detention.
1411870831
Hans Tilstra @hanstilstra.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
MAGA FOMO www.facebook.com/reel/2064893...
facebook.com
000
Reposted by Hans Tilstra
Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
The world’s largest sand battery got through Finland’s harshest winter in years. 2,000 tonnes of sand, heated to 500-600°C by cheap power, feeding district heating in Pornainen. And it worked. Result from one install: oil down 100%, emissions down 70%. Industrial process heat is the real prize.
198115073756
Reposted by Hans Tilstra
Project Drawdown @projectdrawdown.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Climate Wayfinding is more than a guide; it's a collective movement towards action. Check out this beautiful book by Katharine Wilkinson today! Have you read Climate Wayfinding yet? Let us know! 👇 And watch the full Drawdown Ignite interview with Matt Scott here: bit.ly/49EDBlp
082
Hans Tilstra @hanstilstra.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
I just joined the @quitgpt boycott. OpenAI's president was the biggest donor in Trump's Super PAC's year-end report. It's time to quit. Join us: quitgpt.org // #QuitGPT
quitgpt.org
QuitGPT — ChatGPT takes Trump's killer robot deal
Join the movement. Delete ChatGPT. Cancel your subscription. It's time to quit.
000
Reposted by Hans Tilstra
Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The U.S. Forest Service isn’t managing forests anymore. It’s running a timber operation and poisoning everything else to do it. A yearlong investigation by Mother Jones found that the Forest Service and private logging companies are systematically spraying thousands of
22758732836
Reposted by Hans Tilstra
Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 11/05/2026
this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive. when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.
992272966879
Reposted by Hans Tilstra
Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
there's a study from the 2010s that showed that the number at which ppl start to consider themselves rich is about 20% more than the amount you'd need to never work again
1343356
Reposted by Hans Tilstra
Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 07/05/2026
Internet rules dictate that whenever you see the Tom Holland Umbrella video, you have to share it. I'm just following the rules.
20836401002
Reposted by Hans Tilstra
Dr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
🎯
297242065427
Hans Tilstra @hanstilstra.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
The realities of the lived economic experience of someone who just turned 30 in Australia put in a sobering perspective. Source: Chris Bradley, Director of McKinsey Global Institute and co-author A Century of Plenty shares this chart on LinkedIn.
000
Reposted by Hans Tilstra
Palantir Watch @palantirwatch.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Palantir tracks everyone. So we built a site that tracks Palantir. They've been watching us. Now we can watch them. Contracts Lawsuits Executive Pay Global Footprint Lobbying Activity Media Strategies All in One Place ›› palantirwatch.org #privacy #government #surveillance #technology
palantirwatch.org
PalantirWatch — Tracking Palantir Technologies
Independent watchdog tracking Palantir's contracts, executives, lobbying, legal exposure, and global footprint. OSINT-driven public interest research.
10354211
Reposted by Hans Tilstra
Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 24/04/2026
"Across the whole ecosystem, people feel this need to like check Twitter every single day to see what the absolute latest thing is," Cat Wu said. "There's more we can do to help people feel less like they're on this ever increasingly fast treadmill." bit.ly/3QkJopJ
businessinsider.com
Claude Code's product chief says people have serious FOMO over AI's relentless pace
In the race to build the best AI tools, labs, Big Tech, and startups are shipping products faster than ever -- and in increasingly overlapping areas.
112
Hans Tilstra @hanstilstra.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
We're witnessing what happens when power goes to your head. The lack of inhibition & restraint and pursuit of spectacles. www.linkedin.com/pulse/we-wit...
linkedin.com
Are we witnessing the fall of Donald Trump?
Every now and then Lord Acton’s line about power corrupting strolls back into relevance with unnerving ease. Watching Donald Trump is one of those moments.
020
Hans Tilstra @hanstilstra.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Meanwhile, in Australia, populist politician Pauline Hanson is surging in polls. In response, activist organisation GetUp! has turned on the BS detector. whoishanson.com
whoishanson.com
Who Is Pauline Hanson?
000
Reposted by Hans Tilstra
Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
The drunken Fox host, Pete Kegsbreath recited a Bible verse during a speech at a Pentagon church service. The problem: it's not actually from the Bible, it's from Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction.
141973343
Reposted by Hans Tilstra
Daniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
In case you missed it: first-person video footage of the U.S. Navy Divers Medical Team opening the hatch and entering inside the Orion Integrity capsule to meet the Artemis II heros U.S. Navy Courtesy Asset/ Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group One www.dvidshub.net/video/100269... #Artemis 🧪🔭
1213574936
Reposted by Hans Tilstra
Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 13/04/2026
Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, president of US Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a brief response to President Trump ⬇️
WASHINGTON - Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, president of the
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a brief response to a social media post by President Trump on Sunday evening.
"I am disheartened that the President chose to write such disparaging words about the Holy Father. Pope Leo is not his rival; nor is the Pope a politician. He is the Vicar of Christ who speaks from the truth of the Gospel and for the care of souls."
17440148
Reposted by Hans Tilstra
MyPet Health by Vetcation @vetcation.com · 11/04/2026
Can’t stop watching this.. 😊
5786351363
Reposted by Hans Tilstra
Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
"Light Fossils" dinosaur light painting by artist Darren Pearson, known as Darius Twin, using a unique photography technique. The artwork is created using long-exposure photography, where the camera shutter remains open while the artist moves handheld lights to "draw" the figures in real-time.
663330757
Reposted by Hans Tilstra
Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sánchez: “The Government of Spain will not applaud those who set the world on fire just because they show up with a bucket.” 🍿
544325507237