Lieven Vandelanotte @lieven.bsky.social · 9mTrains? It's more likely than you think. (One of the small events to mark the 100th anniversary of the Belgian railways company, here in Antwerp Central station) 020
Reposted by Lieven VandelanotteJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854 130129535514
Reposted by Lieven Vandelanotte👻 Jack Djinn Wail 🧞 @jacktindale.bsky.social · 1hThe Telegraph figured it out? The Telegraph?! 27314
Reposted by Lieven VandelanotteKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 01/03/2026Doomscrolling on a Sunday like 617615
Reposted by Lieven VandelanotteAnne Petterson @annepetterson.bsky.social · 4hprachtig stuk, over bronnen en geschiedenis, zoals alleen Ali Smith dat kan schrijven 2205
Reposted by Lieven VandelanotteJ.D. Connor @jdconnor.bsky.social · 12hGolden in a donut I know I know It’s serious 2303
Lieven Vandelanotte @lieven.bsky.social · 23hIt was one of the volunteer tram drivers who very stylishly arrived in this. Gentleman on the right here :) 020
Lieven Vandelanotte @lieven.bsky.social · 23hOmg un break! 😍 Here's a local light rail museum in Belgium with matching Goddess 😅 150
Reposted by Lieven VandelanotteLewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The descent of the US government into filth and depravity always seems to have further to go. Even so, from live-streamed state-sponsored snuff films to bailing out Putin is a lot for just over 24 hours. 25613
Reposted by Lieven VandelanotteVictoriaQOTD @victoriaqotd.bsky.social · 09/10/2026He's not deaf; it's totally selective. He can hear a bag of oven chips being opened from three doors away. 2528
Reposted by Lieven VandelanotteJohn Rowan @jrowanbxl.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Oh yes, and their elders are busy electing and repeatedly sane-washing lunatics and fascists, and then complaining that The Kids don't have enough respect these days. 0132
Lieven Vandelanotte @lieven.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The likeness is uncanny (Never heard of Dora the explorer before) 110
Lieven Vandelanotte @lieven.bsky.social · 08/10/2026One of the more unusual postcards to have reached me. Love the little heart shaped in 'zoek' ('Seek first Jesus'). Am I to take it the donkey is called Jesus? 240
Reposted by Lieven Vandelanottespooky rachel @introspectre.online · 06/10/2026this is one of the best headlines i have ever seen www.washingtonpost.com/gender-ident...washingtonpost.com‘Katy Perry, please stop,’ begged a nun. Then she collapsed and died. 8607113
Lieven Vandelanotte @lieven.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I second this motion and without a doubt Annick 'opportunism is my middle name' DR is one of the current crop of right wing politicians I despise the most. Arrogant, totally miscast, indefensibly bad. 040
Lieven Vandelanotte @lieven.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Really enjoyed today's newsletter - checklist providing an interesting lens to evaluate all the UK premierships we love to hate Five things Kemi Badenoch must do to win - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FTgiftarticle.ft.comFive things Kemi Badenoch must do to winWhile Tory leader’s popularity is clear, she must still neutralise areas of weakness and move closer to the Labour government 000
Reposted by Lieven VandelanotteThe Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Sometimes my wife and I like to send each other text messages as though they’re democratic fundraising messages, and I believe she has produced the jewel of the form. 185110381840
Reposted by Lieven VandelanotteMichiel van Hulten @michielvanhulten.eu · 07/10/2026Impressive Lord Archer obituary by Stuart Jeffries in the @theguardian.com 061
Reposted by Lieven VandelanotteDr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!" Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds. 7070051916
Reposted by Lieven Vandelanottejustin taylor 🚄🎵🔋🌈 @nottaylorx.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Toronto in the autumn just hits different 1332
Reposted by Lieven VandelanotteRandy Allen Harris @randyallenharris.bsky.social · 06/10/2026CFP for a Special issue on Figurative Constructions for Constructions and Frames: uwaterloo.ca/english/news... #linguistics #rhetoric #constructiongrammaruwaterloo.caCFP: Constructing Figures, Figuring Constructions | English Language and Literature | University of WaterlooCFP: Constructing Figures, Figuring Constructions 021
Lieven Vandelanotte @lieven.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The biased Jeffrey Archer libel judge reminded me of the Peter Cook sketch (about the Jeremy Thorpe trial) so I had to watch it again and you can, too, if you like youtu.be/Kyos-M48B8Uyoutu.be 100
Reposted by Lieven VandelanotteBen @cinemashoebox.bsky.social · 06/10/2026RIP Jeffrey Archer, not a day goes by when I don't think about the judge in his 1987 libel case (which Archer "won" by doing a bunch of perjury) summing up for the jury by going "would a guilty man have such a hot wife". one of the most insane legal moments of all time 1726576
Reposted by Lieven VandelanotteIt's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here! @scriblit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026*blackadder theme* His head is bigger than a fence He breathes, and everything gets warmer His urge to trample represents A nation's nuclear war trauma Godzilla! Godzilla! The scourge of beast and man! Godzilla! Godzilla! He's flattening Japan! 231033382
Reposted by Lieven VandelanotteElizabeth Stokoe @lizstokoe.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Autumn mist over Charnwood Water at #sunrise 0241
Reposted by Lieven VandelanotteAdam @adamcobb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I just really struggle to take her seriously when she does things like this. The combination of belligerence. and not being on top of the detail just disqualifies her from the job she is seeking. 510323
Reposted by Lieven VandelanotteDV @driesvr.bsky.social · 05/10/2026De grafkapel van de familie Tour & Tassis in de O.L.V. ter Zege aan de Zavel was a lunch break well spent. Adembenemend mooi. 0142
Reposted by Lieven VandelanotteJack @nothingbutflowers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I cannot wait for the day I never need to hear about AI ever again (shut up I can dream) 151
Lieven Vandelanotte @lieven.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Sadly I can't make it to this year's Babel lecture, but if *you* can, you should 020
Lieven Vandelanotte @lieven.bsky.social · 05/10/2026static.klipy.comNev Nevolent the OwlALT: Nev Nevolent the Owl 000
Reposted by Lieven Vandelanottewill pooley @willpooley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026cannot say im optimistic about the IP rights issues. AI companies sure seem to be getting away with the “better to seek forgiveness than ask for permission” approach. meanwhile, if you use these tools for your work you need to expect that they could be stealing your ideas whatever the license 1131