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I smell movie material - “This phenomenon is no longer limited to the traditional gateway countries,” he says. “Recent police operations have uncovered Mexican-run methamphetamine labs in southern France, north-eastern Poland and Brandenburg, south of Berlin.“ www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Latin American organised crime ‘may operate in 16 European countries’

Cocaine seizures in Europe are up more than fivefold in 10 years as a host of cartels take root. A four-month Guardian investigation reveals the true scale of a continent-wide shift

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It’s socktober, apparently, so I have good reason to torture myself with knitting very thin wool socks on tiny needles. I will sleep easier after having turned the heel.

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This rarely gets discussed in the open, and the silence costs artists most: fewer ways to know what's normal, compare notes, or push back. I'd like this talked about publicly. 5/5

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Inclusion on the old terms of exchange is the same extraction with better branding. I can't speak for the whole sector. I can say what I saw, and that I don't think it was unique. 4/

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Institutions are keen to bring exactly these artists into their collections, and they say so loudly in their diversity statements. But how they acquire hasn't changed. Asking the people with the least power to give the most repeats the extractive pattern that has long held these communities back. 3/

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The options are narrow: go along with it, or lose your employability. Either way it costs you, in your integrity or in your future in the field.  I often advocated for artists from underrepresented groups. 2/

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H. Keyser @hkeijser.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Curators are hired for their networks: artists, estates, dealers. The job description doesn't clearly say what those networks are for.  The relationships rest on trust. Then the organization wants that trust turned into discounts or donations, and the person who earned it has to do the asking. 1/

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Wondering what the picture would look like when taking gender into account as well 🤔 “The report, published in Environmental Research Letters, also found that techno-optimism was most prevalent among scientists with right leaning political views and those working in applied and natural sciences.”

Scientists who put faith in technology less likely to take climate action

‘Techno-optimism’ may lead to reliance on unproven solutions at expense of societal changes needed

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H. Keyser @hkeijser.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Did you know the seeds of the Mirabilis Jalapa, the Marvel of Peru, look like tiny hand grenades?

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H. Keyser @hkeijser.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Ever seen a pregnant tomato about to give birth to seedlings? No, me neither, but this is what it looks like. The question now is whether to plant it and give the babies a fighting chance or not.

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H. Keyser @hkeijser.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

“…Stanford’s Jeffrey Pfeffer, studying workplace mortality, concluded that harmful management practices are “literally killing people”. We banned smoking in offices, so why do we still tolerate this?” www.theguardian.com/money/2026/s...

Toxic bosses: why do companies protect managers who make working life hell?

Bullying, manipulation and intimidation can destroy lives, yet abusive authoritarians continue to rise to the top. How do they get away with it – and can they be brought to heel?

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Chris Gee / ◣ ◢ \ @chrisgeeuk.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Interesting read with the Strait of Hormuz still closed and the previous reliability of availability challenged. How farmers in Zimbabwe, India, Brazil, and Poland are reducing their dependence on fossil fuel chemical fertilizers. futureoffood.org/how-transiti...

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Essay: How transitioning away from chemical fertilizers pays off for farmers

As fertilizer prices surge amid conflict in the Middle East, farmers share how agroecological practices reduce dependence on chemical inputs.

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H. Keyser @hkeijser.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Two weeks later… an ugly sock is born, but there is finally room for my funny toes!

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H. Keyser @hkeijser.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

“Cities are, literally, monuments to extraction and emissions, the focused expressions of mining, burning, melting, sintering and moulding the mineral contents of the Earth.” www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

The flat-pack skyscraper: how wood can shape the cities of the future

The long read: Our buildings are monuments to extraction and extreme emissions. But what if we turned from destructive concrete to timber?

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H. Keyser @hkeijser.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

My neighbor is audibly having sex with his wife, banging away with great force, but it seems theirs is not geared towards her satisfaction. I don’t know if he’s aware how to make a woman happy. Can I gift them a book on erotica provided it’s Islamic?

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on the walls outlining what kind of gentle stretching you could do where. I was handed free supplies to help with the after-effects of the surgery, and a sheet with post-op points to heed back home. I left feeling coddled and took a tram home. — And that’s what proper healthcare looks like.

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to vacate the room. The kitchen staff made recommmendations on the menu, where I had a choice of ten different meals, including halal and vegetarian. She even managed to find a left over fresh fruit smoothy for desert. A nurse complimented me on doing exercises in the hallway following the posters

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The surgeon was a young female doctor who held my hand before the anesthesia kicked in and said they would take good care of me. I woke up in the recovery room and was wheeled to a private room with its own bathroom and shower. I was allowed as much time as necessary to regain my senses, not rushed

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H. Keyser @hkeijser.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I live in a socialist democracy with a health care system that still functions. I needed a small operation at the hospital that cost me nothing. The hospital was modern, bright, clean, calm, and close to public transport. Staff was friendly, cheerful and not suffering overwhelm. The food was good.

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Dutch dentists have told me on two separate occasions that it was customary in some remote farming communities for a bride to have all her teeth pulled before the wedding, and that this was considered part of the dowry. Apparently, it still happens, although rarely. I need to know more.

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H. Keyser @hkeijser.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Or contact this Swedish butter maker and ask where they bought theirs: www.karltovasensfabod.se/en/production/ Or ask for good enough pics and measurement to have one made new by a local woodworker from appropriate wood (beech?).

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Production – Welcome to Karl Tövåsen's shieling and farm dairy!

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H. Keyser @hkeijser.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I need new socks this winter, so I thought I should learn how to make them myself. The concept of knitting tubular structures is simple enough; it’s holding this devil’s nest of mikado sticks that is just … 🤯😤🥵🤔… should I say grueling?

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H. Keyser @hkeijser.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

My dog as a mathematical problem.

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H. Keyser @hkeijser.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Investments are often made for masculine ambitions and notions about what is considered an achievement. Ongoing care is not part of that, as it is associated with women’s labor.

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H. Keyser @hkeijser.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Oil: Keep it in the ground. And bury the American assholes who want to extort permission to drill in Greenland’s conservation wetlands alongside their vile ambitions. These men are a scourge upon the earth and their names ought to be forgotten forever. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Greenland issues ‘strong warning’ as Trump-linked oil firm prepares to drill

Island’s government says no approval given after Greenland Energy brings kit ashore for exploratory drilling

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H. Keyser @hkeijser.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Hear, hear! “Green spaces are not sustainable unless you have someone looking after them,” says Little. “Yet in the public realm, the investment is often about infrastructure – overly designed landscapes and extravagant architecture – and rarely the ongoing care.”