Reposted by Simone SprengerMaximilian Pichl @maxpichl.bsky.social · 04/12/2025Der Europäische Gerichtshof hat zutreffend 2024 entschieden, dass alle Frauen in Afghanistan Verfolgung ausgesetzt sind. Grundsätzlich ist ihnen Flüchtlingsschutz zu gewähren. Wenn die Bundesregierung offen darüber nachdenkt, auch Frauen abzuschieben, begeht sie wieder offenen Rechtsbruch. 26622268
Reposted by Simone SprengerYoïn van Spijk @yvanspijk.bsky.social · 30/11/2025‘Black’ isn’t the original main English word for this colour. In Old English, that was ‘sweart’. It’s the ancestor of ‘swart’, the now archaic cognate of German ‘schwarz’, Dutch ‘zwart’, and Swedish ‘svart’. ‘Black’ gradually displaced ‘swart’ during the late Middle Ages. Zoom in for more: 1/ 816551
Reposted by Simone SprengerJaap Friso @jaapfriso.bsky.social · 08/11/2025Het werkt! Sophie Straat is de hoogste nieuwe binnenkomer. Maar we moeten nog even door om de racisten te verdrijven. Wij zijn met meer. 416855
Reposted by Simone SprengerDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache @dwds.bsky.social · 08/11/2025Conrad #Röntgen bekam den ersten #Physik-Nobelpreis überhaupt. Um eine bahnbrechende Entdeckung, die er heute vor 130 Jahren in seinem Labor machte, geht es im Artikel des Tages www.dwds.de/wb/R%c3%b6ntgenstrahl 073
Simone Sprenger @simonesprenger.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Wat ook perfect werkt is gewoon het hele album luisteren en ondertussen door de keuken dansen. open.spotify.com/track/4EIM7Q...open.spotify.comVrijheid, Gelijkheid, Zusterschap 131
Reposted by Simone SprengerRuurd Jansen @ruurd.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Ff lekker mansplainen dat al die Sophie Straat goede bedoelingen alleen werken bij het juist toepassen van de truc. 351
Reposted by Simone SprengerJaap Friso @jaapfriso.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Er gaat een oproep rond om veel en massaal naar Vrijheid, Gelijkheid, Zusterschap van Sophie Straat op Spotify te luisteren. Als protest dat een anti-AZC nummer (gegenereerd door AI) op 1 gaat komen en dat willen we niet. Wij zijn met meer. Doen jullie mee? 39339207
Reposted by Simone SprengerNolen Gertz @ethicistforhire.bsky.social · 07/11/2025He started using ChatGPT for help with homework and eventually it ended up helping him to commit suicide... "thank you for letting me ride with you to the end" "may your next save file be somewhere warm" "see you on the other side" #NihilismAndTechnology 612936
Reposted by Simone SprengerKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 06/11/2025A couple weeks ago a friend was telling me about someone she knew who had been on maternity leave, and said she had taken "the full year." I said, "A whole year? Wow, what kind of fancy job does she have that gives her a YEAR of leave?" and my friend looked surprised & said, "... welcome to Canada?" 693156380
Reposted by Simone SprengerDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache @dwds.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Eintreten für die #Kulturgüter eines teuer besiegten und selbst erbarmungslosen Gegners? Von der dafür nötigen großen Menge Großmut und #Menschlichkeit berichtet der Artikel des Tages www.dwds.de/wb/Beutekunst 072
Reposted by Simone SprengerDavid K Smith @professor-dave.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Very sad to see the major university in the East Midlands 'suspending' (i.e. planning to close) key courses like Modern Languages and Music and scaling back Nursing. It's a scandal that top universities are just being left to go to the wall after years of underfunding. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukMusic and modern languages courses suspended at University of NottinghamIn a statement the institution also says it is 13812
Reposted by Simone SprengerCristian Vlad @cristianvlad.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Wonder why this scene looks so familiar... #WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕 9733281108
Reposted by Simone SprengerHelene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Indeed. Supranationalism (which is NOT repeat NOT the same as federalism) was the point from the very beginning. And why? So France and Germany would never be at war again. People who call that small can, respectfully, p*ss off. (Also glad for people like David who explain this stuff.) 48613
Reposted by Simone SprengerFake Doctor Real Data - verified☕ @fakedoctorrealdata.bsky.social · 20/10/2025Also entweder ist PostVac einer "leichte" Erkrankung, die man durch Placebo Therapien in Griff bekommt, außer dass man danachals Nebenwirkung Bitcoin oder NEM-Influencer wird. Oder es sind, wie schon oft vermutet Nocebo-Effekte oder Nebenwirkungen einer Infektion... bsky.app/profile/fake... 171
Reposted by Simone SprengerPhilip Purser-Hallard @purserhallard.com · 05/11/2025Occasionally on my work laptop a black box pops up with the words "Windows Powershell", and I think "Yes, it probably does." 514732
Reposted by Simone SprengerHelene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Yes NATO is crucial. Yes the EU lacks power. But it is so reductive to think that peace comes only from who has the most rockets, while forgetting why countries would use these rockets in the first place. Centuries of Europeans killing each other, not trusting each other. All that stuff runs deep &/ 230032
Reposted by Simone SprengerHelene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 06/11/2025How glib and superficial and frankly ignorant can you be to dismiss this. How dare you suggest that France and Germany being close allies and friends is a small or even (in the words of many British colleagues) “weird“ and dispensable achievement. I have had enough of it. 1742444
Reposted by Simone SprengerThe Onion @theonion.com · 05/11/2025Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time 110137092298
Reposted by Simone SprengerEsther Ouwehand @estherouwehand.bsky.social · 05/11/2025‘We zien niks schokkends’, zegt de woordvoerder van de varkensboeren. Ah. Dit vinden ze dus normaal? Ziek, dat is het. Kamervragen in de maak. En: ons wetsvoorstel voor een einde asn de bioindustrie ligt al bij de (nieuwe) Kamer. Aan de slag! Dit dierenleed moet stoppen. nos.nl/nieuwsuur/ar... 34622188
Reposted by Simone SprengerHerman Brinkhorst @hb023.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Pieter Derks over de @vvdonline.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOkk...youtube.com‘De VVD is nog nauwelijks een politieke partij’ | De Druktemaker | NPO Radio 1YouTube video by NPO Radio 1 1104
Reposted by Simone SprengerGretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 05/11/2025New favourite example of structural ambiguity 182388340
Reposted by Simone SprengerAlex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 03/11/2025Zohran picked 「卓蘭」("excellent orchid") for his first name and「夸梅」("brilliant plum") for his middle name. The orchid and the plum are among "The Four Noble Ones" in traditional Chinese art, the former symbolizing an indifference to fame and fortune, the latter an indomitable, incorruptible spirit. 203153685
Reposted by Simone SprengerLevin Kubeth @levinkubeth.com · 05/11/2025🎤 🫳 www.spiegel.de/ausland/absc... 6785302
Reposted by Simone SprengerYoïn van Spijk @yvanspijk.bsky.social · 04/11/2025The German word ‘Pferd’ and its Dutch cognate ‘paard’ are horses of mixed breed parentage. Their common ancestor came from Latin ‘paraverēdus’ (substitute post-horse), a word composed of an Ancient Greek element and a Gaulish one. Zoom in on my new infographic to learn everything about it: 2023256
Reposted by Simone SprengerPaul Allen 🌐🇨🇦 @paulallen.ca · 04/11/2025Workers strip rose petals to make perfume, Grasse, France, 1915. 031
Reposted by Simone SprengerSven Giegold @sven-giegold.de · 04/11/2025Merz stellt Ideologie vor Wirtschaft. Merz will massenhaft Syrer:innen abschieben – die längst in Pflege, Logistik & Bau am Laufen halten. Merz lässt Katherina Reiche den boomenden Erneuerbaren-Sektor verunsichern. Diese CDU-Politik bremst die Wirtschaft weiter. www.zdf.de/video/magazi... 35563203
Reposted by Simone SprengerDr Selena Wisnom @lswisnom.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching 5245191434
Reposted by Simone SprengerMelissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 03/11/2025Public transport often treats bikes as a luxury—or worse a competitor—but without them leaves revenue on the table. For 25 years, the Dutch have extended the reach of their railways through investments in (300,000) parking spaces and (25,000) shared bikes. The result? A doubling of train ridership. 628765
Reposted by Simone SprengerNadia Bouras @nadiabouras.bsky.social · 02/11/2025Henk Kamp, die in zijn politieke loopbaan een spoor van vernieling heeft achtergelaten, mag bij Buitenhof een lans breken voor een zogenaamd ‘centrumrechts’ kabinet. Hoe is het in hemelsnaam mogelijk dat deze man nog steeds serieus wordt genomen én een podium krijgt in het maatschappelijke debat? 77894202
Reposted by Simone SprengerDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache @dwds.bsky.social · 02/11/2025Mit messerscharfem Strich hielt Georg #Grosz seiner #Stadt den Spiegel vor und zeigte das Gesicht des deutschen Spießertums. Sein „Spießer-Spiegel“ erschien heute vor 100 Jahren. Mehr dazu im Artikel des Tages www.dwds.de/wb/Stadtbild 0114
Reposted by Simone SprengerJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 01/11/2025We have progressed from data collection to data analysis. 971344744087
Reposted by Simone SprengerMr. Spock 🖖 @spockresists.bsky.social · 01/11/2025New York knows how to do Halloween! 23364131720
Reposted by Simone SprengerKirsten Verdel @locuta.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Mensen, even in mijn oude rol terug: er is weer nieuws over de coronaprik. Een tip: 77639
Reposted by Simone SprengerJay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 31/10/2025I made some #halloween treats as a tribute to Phineas Gage--the most important lesion patient in neuroscience Gage survived an accident in which an iron rod shot through his frontal lobe that damaged his social capacities If you want to make these treats www.powerofusnewsletter.com/p/why-people... 47718
Reposted by Simone SprengerElisabeth Bik @elisabethbik.bsky.social · 30/10/202540 Percent of Stroke Animal Studies May Have Problematic Images Red flags during a literature review led to the discovery of over 200 papers on animal models of stroke with duplicated images, which is likely an underestimate. www.the-scientist.com/40-percent-o...the-scientist.com40 Percent of Stroke Animal Studies May Have Problematic ImagesRed flags during a literature review led to the discovery of over 200 papers on animal models of stroke with duplicated images, which is likely an underestimate. 79637
Reposted by Simone SprengerSander Schimmelpenninck @schimmelpenninck.bsky.social · 30/10/2025Het politieke midden (GLPvdA, D66, CDA, VVD) moet nu samenwerken en verregaande maatregelen nemen tegen de online verspreiding van fascisme en de invloed van algoritmes. Het is de laatste kans de hondsdolheid te beteugelen. 1411996475
Reposted by Simone SprengerSamira El Ouassil @samelou.bsky.social · 29/10/2025felt cute might delete later 14360115
Reposted by Simone SprengerNature @nature.com · 29/10/2025Funders must recognise that great discoveries often come from studies that seeks to advance knowledge for its own sake go.nature.com/47zrzYZgo.nature.comFrom MRI to Ozempic: breakthroughs that show why fundamental research must be protectedIn these financially straitened times, funders must recognize that great discoveries often arise from work that was looking for something completely different. 118082
Reposted by Simone SprengerBen Coates @bencoates1.bsky.social · 29/10/2025A few facts I wish more Dutch voters knew: 15196105
Reposted by Simone SprengerCampact e.V. @campact.de · 28/10/2025Was Malala sagt! ✊ Die Bundesregierung verhandelt mit den Taliban über Abschiebungen – mit einem Regime, das Frauen alle Rechte genommen hat: kein Arbeiten, keine Schule, kein Sprechen in der Öffentlichkeit. Die weibliche Stimme gilt als „zu intim“. (1/3) 12500230
Reposted by Simone SprengerMarieke Koekkoek @mariekekoekkoek.voltnederland.org · 27/10/2025De @vvdonline.bsky.social heeft de mond vol van vrouwenrechten en opkomen voor femicide, maar stuurt doodleuk vrouwen terug naar de Taliban. Hoe hypocriet wil je het hebben? Spoedkamervragen zijn in de maak. Dit gaat om mensenlevens. www.trouw.nl/binnenland/k...trouw.nlKabinet stuurt vrouwen terug naar Taliban in AfghanistanDe IND stuurt namens demissionair minister Van Weel (VVD) van Asiel en Migratie vrouwen terug naar Afghanistan. Tegelijkertijd werkt minister van Buitenlandse Zaken Van Weel juist aan de vervolging va... 25514206
Reposted by Simone SprengerLaura Bromet @laurabromet.bsky.social · 27/10/2025Geld van u en mij 24349125
Reposted by Simone SprengerPatrick Breitenbach @patrickbreitenbach.de · 25/10/2025Mit einer einzigen E-Mail um ein Vielfaches mehr Betrugsschaden anrichten als alle mafiösen Sozialbetrugsbanden zusammen in einem Jahr. Musste auch erstmal hinkriegen. 528086
Reposted by Simone SprengerKatja Diehl @katjadiehl.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Dutch Railways: social profit of €1.33 billion, financial loss of €141 million. It delivers 11x (!!!!) more value to society than it costs. Via: social inclusion increase in property values near stations; welfare of employees and consumers; productive use of travel time. www.eur.nl/en/news/rese...eur.nlResearch shows that NS generates social profit: 1.33 billion eurosThis is according to a new study by Professor Dirk Schoenmaker (Rotterdam School of Managemen) and Wander Marijnissen of strategic consultancy firm ftrprf. 8426129
Reposted by Simone SprengerThad Szabo @astrothad.bsky.social · 21/10/2025The only time I have thought to care about follower counts is during my search for a #KidneyDonor - on Google+, I had over 10k thanks to collaborating with @starstryder.space and @fcain.universetoday.com Wonder whether I would already have my transplant if I still had that reach nkr.org/KRN489nkr.orgThad Szabo Needs a Kidney | Can You Help?Thad Szabo Needs a Kidney | Can You Help? 03826