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Richard de Nooy

@richarddenooy.bsky.social
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Author of novels, short stories and non-fiction in Dutch and English | currently dabbling in screenwriting | prone to curiosity and enthusiasm | Will accept money to write. | linktr.ee/richarddenooy

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Roel Geeraedts @roel.eurosky.social · 22h
Binnenkort scandeert men: grenzen dicht, om de arbeidsmigranten te behouden! www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/k...
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@Marcel @elsschot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Onderzoek wijst uit dat binnen de afdeling Handhaving vh #UWV sprake is van discriminatie, racisme en etnisch profileren; zowel richting collega's als cliënten. Alhoewel 't me niet verbaast, blijft 't schokkend. Alsof er nooit 'n toeslagenaffaire is geweest. eenvandaag.avrotros.nl/artikelen/ra...
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Racisme en discriminatie bij afdeling handhaving UWV, nieuwe hoogste baas biedt excuses aan
Racisme, discriminatie en etnisch profileren zijn onderdeel van de cultuur bij de afdeling handhaving van uitkeringsinstantie UWV. Dat blijkt uit onderzoek v...
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Richard de Nooy @richarddenooy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Yesterday it dawned on me as I cycled through the rain chill seeping to the skin legs stiff from mad dancing that I might just squeeze the whole world, its many glories and its greedy malevolence into my skipping, lucky heart that will live on in this poem when life-support stops cycling.
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
fun fact: The Treaty of Tripoli, 1796, Signed by Prez John Adams, includes: "As the government of the United States of America is *not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion*, as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of [Muslims].." Just saying.
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Richard de Nooy @richarddenooy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Yesterday it dawned on me as I cycled through the rain chill seeping to the skin legs stiff from mad dancing that I might just squeeze the whole world, its many glories and its greedy malevolence into my skipping, lucky heart that will live on in this poem when life-support stops cycling.
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Gerard Driehuis @gdriehuis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Iedere dag in de Telegraaf, iets naars over Jesse. Zo goed gaat het met pro.
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Dorothy Porker @dorothy-porker.com · 02/10/2026
What the everloving fuck
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Johan van Heerde @johanvanheerde.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Goedemorgen vanuit de 5 sterren opvang voor asielzoekers in Warffum
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De Speld @speld.nl · 01/10/2026
Kabinet trekt aanpassing van wijziging van herziening van hervorming van verandering van modernisering van correctie van box 3 in
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Kabinet trekt aanpassing van wijziging van herziening van hervorming van verandering van modernisering van correctie van box 3 in
Het kabinet wil kleine spaarders en beleggers toch ontzien.
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Richard de Nooy @richarddenooy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I have similar feelings about the box, and the presence of my thinking inside or outside it, or anyone else's box and thinking for that matter. Which reminds me: is there only one box? Or do we all have our own?
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Tauriq Moosa @tauriq.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When those meant to protect us target those wanting peace, it means "justice" is being used as a tool of oppression.
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94-year-old human rights lawyer among hundreds of protesters arrested in test of Burnham’s mettle
ANDY BURNHAM faced growing calls to deproscribe Palestine Action today as hundreds of protesters as old as 94 were arrested for supporting the banned group during his first Labour Party conference as ...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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Axel Wicke @elziax.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
De “mensen-bibliotheek”, wat een schitterend idee! “Leen” een mens voor 30 minuten, het beste iemand die ver van je af staat, om naar hun levensverhaal te luisteren. Leuk project om horizonten te verbreden en vooroordelen te overwinnen!
Plaatje van de mensen-bibliotheek in Denemarken met begeleidende tekst: “In Denmark, there are libraries where you can borrow a person instead of a book to listen to their life story for 30 minutes. The goal is to fight prejudice. Each person has a title -
"unemployed," "refugee," "bipolar," and etc. - but listening to their story you realize how much you shouldn't "judge a book by its cover." This innovative project is active in 85+ countries. It is called The Human Library.”
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Richard de Nooy @richarddenooy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
One of the great things about screenwriting is that one can have multiple pots on the boil simultaneously, almost as if one is cooking for different tables, whereas it would be almost impossible to write several novels simultaneously...
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Google maps has finally updated its Satellite photos of Gaza and it shows the most complete destruction of a city ever. A Genocide.
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Illia Ponomarenko @ioponomarenko.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Lady Haha @lensman23.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
An actual cartoon from Dutch cartoonist Siegfried Woldhek.
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Richard de Nooy @richarddenooy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Someone sent us an envelope sprayed with “eau de grand-mère”, and whenever I sat down at the dining room table today, it felt like one of my mom’s friends was looking over my shoulder. I just moved the envelope. Now my mom’s friends are on my fingertips.
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Richard de Nooy @richarddenooy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Another chilling excerpt from the superb book "Roofstaat" (Robber State) by Ewald Vanvugt, on the horrors of Dutch colonialism.
“In all seriousness, the Council for Suriname considered a proposal to abolish the death sentence in 1744, because the slaves saw this punishment as a blessing – for them, death came as a friend. Irrepressible renegades could better be threatened with the amputation of their tongue and ears, after which they would be “scarred unmentionably”. This proposal was ultimately rejected, but some of the Council members had clearly grasped that, for many prisoners, life was less appealing than death.”
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If a politician takes money from weapons manufacturers, don't be surprised when they back weapons contracts. If a politician takes money from Big Pharma, don't be surprised when they try to stop guaranteed healthcare. That's why I don't take ANY corporate money. None.
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Richard de Nooy @richarddenooy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Weet iemand nog hoe?
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Richard de Nooy @richarddenooy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Nee, we mogen niet likken aan de omslag om de inhoud te proeven, maar de buitenkant van André Platteels nieuwste roman ziet er alvast heerlijk uit. Wederom een prachtig ontwerp van Michaël Snitker.
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Richard de Nooy @richarddenooy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Nee, we mogen niet likken aan de omslag om de inhoud te proeven, maar de buitenkant van André Platteels nieuwste roman ziet er alvast heerlijk uit. Wederom een prachtig ontwerp van Michaël Snitker.
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Richard de Nooy @richarddenooy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A planet far in outer space Was spinning like a silver top The summit of beauty and love And Venus was her name She ate it Yeah, baby, she ate it Well, I'm your Venus lunar feeder, orbit eater youtu.be/8LhkyyCvUHk?...
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Caspar Dullaart @caspardullaart.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Burgerplicht: een abonnement op de Groene. Zelfs als je hem niet elke week uit z’n (papieren) verpakking haalt.
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Jamal Ouariachi 🍉 @jamalouariachi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Netanyahu is Poetin. Wanneer gaat rechts Nederland dat eindelijk eens begrijpen? www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
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Israëlisch verkiezingscomité diskwalificeert Arabische partijen voor deelname aan verkiezingen
Het Israëlisch Centraal Verkiezingscomité heeft deze woensdag na stemming besloten om alle Arabische partijen uit te sluiten van deelname aan de Israëlische parlementsverkiezingen aanstaande 27 oktobe...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Child: This is my first time meeting a mayor. Mamdani: Wow, have you ever met a prime minister? Child: No Norway PM Jonas Gahr Støre: *walks over*
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dr. Marina @drmarina.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Toen Netanyahu bij de Verenigde Naties het spreekgestoelte betrad, in de verwachting een wereldwijd publiek toe te spreken, liepen diplomaten uit meer dan vijftig landen de zaal uit. Volgens een Israëlische telling verlieten 77 delegaties de zaal toen hij naar voren kwam om te spreken.
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Abilu Tangwa. @abilutangwa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Stop calling it a climate problem. Call it what it is: organized greed. The planet isn’t dying. It’s being killed for profit. The killers have names. And boardrooms. #ClimateJustice #StopEcocide
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Rob Jaspers @robjaspers12.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
De plukkaart van Nijmegen: 3600 noten en fruitbomen in openbaar gebied www.destreekoptafel.nl/plukkaart-ni...
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The 1959 British ‘Folding Caravan’.
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Richard de Nooy @richarddenooy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Als alleen dat was waar!
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Touaregtweet @touaregtweet.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026
#Batman #BatmanDay
Comic image of Batman, slapping Trump. 
Text balloon: "Shut the fuck up"
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Polly Pallister-Wilkins @pollypw.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
AI will fix it
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Richard de Nooy @richarddenooy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"in a world that was all pleasure I bumped into her, smiling, and she said: what love once was can be heard in the trees and I nodded and we took a long walk in the silent garden"
THE MANY FACES OF GRIEF 

Hans Lodeizen (1924-1950)

in a world that was all pleasure
I bumped into her, smiling,
and she said: what love once was
can be heard in the trees
and I nodded and we took a long
walk in the silent garden

the world was all waves
and I went down like a corpse
deep into the water, closing
over my head and briefly
I felt a fish slipping by
in the silent sea

Bye, I said to her, bye will I
see you again, smiling
but the wind blew away
her face in the water
and I nodded and vanished
in the silent life.

(19 August 1949)
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Richard de Nooy @richarddenooy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"in a world that was all pleasure I bumped into her, smiling, and she said: what love once was can be heard in the trees and I nodded and we took a long walk in the silent garden"
THE MANY FACES OF GRIEF 

Hans Lodeizen (1924-1950)

in a world that was all pleasure
I bumped into her, smiling,
and she said: what love once was
can be heard in the trees
and I nodded and we took a long
walk in the silent garden

the world was all waves
and I went down like a corpse
deep into the water, closing
over my head and briefly
I felt a fish slipping by
in the silent sea

Bye, I said to her, bye will I
see you again, smiling
but the wind blew away
her face in the water
and I nodded and vanished
in the silent life.

(19 August 1949)
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Richard de Nooy @richarddenooy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
You can see how fckn thrilled she was to be "discovered".
Photo of a new species of feline discovered in Bolivia, looking more than a little annoyed.
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Anne (fait tout)encore @annebruijne.eurosky.social · 18/09/2026
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
HUGE: Elizabeth Warren, AOC, and other members of Congress have introduced a bill to push private equity out of healthcare. The Stop Corporate Takeovers of Physicians Act would make it illegal for private equity, insurance companies, and for-profit corporations to own or control medical practices.
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Polly Pallister-Wilkins @pollypw.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Oh this is actually real, I thought it was a piss take.. dear god.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A Philadelphia family just bought their first home with a $10,000 first-time homebuyer grant funded by a group of Quakers It’s part of the congregation’s racial justice plan to redistribute wealth to Black residents in the Germantown area as a form of reparations
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A Philly family bought their first home thanks to reparations from Quakers in Germantown
Green Street Friends Meeting, a Quaker congregation in Germantown, pledged to spend $50,000 a year for 10 years as part of its reparations work. It’s helping Black Philadelphians become homeowners.
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Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The Irish musicians, Beoga, who play alongside Ed Sheeran, have withdrawn from Sheeran’s tour. This is the statement they published on Instagram:
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Nadim Mansour @nadimmansour.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Alleen de meest gepamperde beroepsgroep van het land kan het gore lef opbrengen om sabotage van de nationale infrastructuur vol triomf te verdedigen op tv.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Some details: Kremlev, the Russian who sponsored Don Jr's wedding, is a former member of the Night Wolves biker gang, went to China with Putin and is personally sanctioned by Ukraine for his role in abducting children www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Richard de Nooy @richarddenooy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Managed to get a copy of one of my favourite pre-teen books, which may surprise those who are unaware of my five-year attempt to kill myself on horseback at high speed in my teens. The answer to your first question is: in shorts, without a saddle.
A photo of the book Quarter Horse Boy by Mary Patchett.
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Richard de Nooy @richarddenooy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
YOU LEFT ME ALONE

you left me alone
but I’ve already forgiven you

because I know you’re still here somewhere
like last night, when I was wandering around
the city, I saw your silhouette in the mirror
of a bathroom

and yesterday I heard you laughing in the woods
so you see, I know you’re still around

the other day, you drove past with four
other people in a vintage car and
although you were the only one
who didn’t look back, I knew you were
the only one who recognised me
because you cannot live without me

and I smiled because
I was sure you wouldn’t leave me
maybe you’ll return tomorrow
or perhaps the next day or, who knows, never
but you cannot leave me

Hans Lodeizen (1924-1950)
translated by Richard de Nooy
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Richard de Nooy @richarddenooy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Managed to get a copy of one of my favourite pre-teen books, which may surprise those who are unaware of my five-year attempt to kill myself on horseback at high speed in my teens. The answer to your first question is: in shorts, without a saddle.
A photo of the book Quarter Horse Boy by Mary Patchett.
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Richard de Nooy @richarddenooy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Bingo! Or should I say: Memego?
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Polly Pallister-Wilkins @pollypw.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
WILSON!!!
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