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Jan Adriaenssens @verbeeld.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Wonderful commute. Taking the train from Antwerp Central Station to Leuven, drinking a cup of filter coffee roasted in Leuven and brewed in Antwerp. Cycling to and from those stations, and in between crossing historical Brabant. Good morning everyone!

Morning light on the historical Antwerp central station.

Photo from the seat of a train, with a paper coffee cup in the foreground and outside a misty field with morning sun in the background.

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Jan Adriaenssens @verbeeld.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

@maartje I can already see myself sitting in those chairs… That light, that atmosphere!

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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Can we please stop doing this? I made a comic about it and everything!

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Jan Adriaenssens @verbeeld.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

@vicgrinberg Nice to do it so visibly with a red thread. That's proper upgrading!

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Jan Adriaenssens @verbeeld.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

Being a ‘guest’ on a river cruise ship like this very very much feels like self-inflicted claustrophobia thank you very much but torture is illegal right?

River cruise ship under a cloudy sky on a wide river

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Jan Adriaenssens @verbeeld.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026

@smveerman I am more of a believer in a "conversational search module", which is probably the most (=the only?) relevant subcategory of "chatbots".

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Jan Adriaenssens @verbeeld.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026

Ik hou toch zo van strakke communicatie. Vooral Nederlanders kunnen daar sterk in zijn. Hier koop je vis. Daar koop je bloemen.

Een viswinkeltje ter grootte van een container op een straat in Nederland, met in grote letters op het dak het woord “VIS”.

Een bloemenkiosk ter grootte van een container op een marktje in Nederland, met in grote letters op het dak het woord “BLOEMEN”.

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Jan Adriaenssens @verbeeld.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026

Moederdag in Antwerpen. Sinds ze er niet meer is, zo anders. Maar toch, voor alle moeders, met en zonder kinderen, voor alle kinderen zonder moeders, voor ieder die zorgt zoals een moeder, voor de rolmodellen en de grensverleggers. En voor haar. #moederkesdag #moederdag

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Jan Adriaenssens @verbeeld.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026

Appreciation post for this nice rooftop garden. (View from the office.) #antwerp #rooftop #garden

View of Antwerp north city skyline, with some trees in the foreground.

Zoomed in photo of a nice rooftop garden, with nice benches and lots of plants, and a closed umbrella.

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Jan Adriaenssens @verbeeld.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

“Is dees de rij veur de brillekes?” — “Ge moet er iet veur over hebbe he.” www.gva.be/atv/nog-op-z...

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Jan Adriaenssens @verbeeld.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/08/2026

“You may have missed” — No, it was hard to miss, actually. You can probably even see it on satellite inmates as a gigantic paved wasteland.

Screenshot from The Guardian online, with a photo of the European Quarter :

“You may have missed
Blame game as Brussels builds
'Europe's largest frying pan'
instead of shady square”

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Jan Adriaenssens @verbeeld.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/08/2026

“For me, my cargo bike is a way to carry my children safely and comfortably without polluting the environment,” she says. #cargobike #cycling www.theguardian.com/global-developm…

Eliana González rides around her neighbourhood on a cargo bike with her baby, son and dog.

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Ben Werdmuller @ben.werd.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/08/2026

This is predictably good: a way of thinking about organizing meetings so you can make progress together, make decisions with intention, and respect everybody's time and energy. pointc.co/design-the-meeting/?ref=i…

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Jan Adriaenssens @verbeeld.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026

One of our two cats is called Luna. While she accepts that name, she actually prefers Yoshimi. #CatsOfMastodon

Photo of a white and black coloured cat sitting on a branch in a tree looking directly into the photo camera.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

One of my biggest pet peeves is drivers who don’t use their turn signals, which is >80% of them in Hawaiʻi. We need to stop putting the onus on people doing the dying rather than people doing the killing.

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Jan Adriaenssens @verbeeld.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/08/2026

Commuting by bike. There are many ways for me to bike to work in Antwerp. My home and office are on opposite sides of the city, so each morning, I instinctively decide on which turns to take. This morning, I came by this view of the Cathedral. (Being on a […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

The view of the cathedral in Antwerp seen from a narrow street. On the corner of one of the buildings you can see the brightly painted statue of the Holy Mary.

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Jan Adriaenssens @verbeeld.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/08/2026

There's a tipping point in a decently boosted post, from where it mainly gets boosted by "hype bots". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_effect

The list of 10 mastodon accounts that have boosted a specific post, and all 10 of them are "hype bots" or "trendy toots" bots.

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Jan Adriaenssens @verbeeld.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/08/2026

Ook vandaag is een goede dag om van élke bebouwde kom een meer bruisende, leefbare, speelse, veilige, groene en bloeiende omgeving te maken voor kinderen, ouderen, bezoekers, werkenden, scholieren, winkeliers,… voor iedereen die er woont, werkt, ontspant. #BewoondeKom

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Jan Adriaenssens @verbeeld.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/08/2026

“Er komt een konijn bij de bakker…”

Foto van twee schattige stukjes worteltaart (met een cake-worteltje op).

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Jan Adriaenssens @verbeeld.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Brutal photo caption from The Guardian: “Gianni Infantino carefully explains to Donald Trump that he is not part of the Spanish national team.”

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Jan Adriaenssens @verbeeld.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/07/2026

Gemiste kans om dit “Bord of Antwerp” te noemen. #antwerp #antwerpen

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Jan Adriaenssens @verbeeld.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/07/2026

@smveerman En ik het dan ook het Central Park in New York eens geplakt op Antwerpen. Dus ja, dat Central Park is best groot. (Of Antwerpen best klein.)

Satelietzicht van Antwerpen, met Central Park op geplakt in dezelfde schaal. Dat park komt van het noorden van de Antwerpse kernstad tot het zuiden.

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Jan Adriaenssens @verbeeld.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/07/2026

@smveerman Ik heb ooit het Stadpark van Antwerpen uitgeknipt en geplakt op de vijver in Central Park (het Reservoir). Zie foto. Dus ja, dat Central Park is best groot. (Of het Antwerpe stadspark best klein.)

Satelietzicht van het Central Park in New York, met een uitgeknipt Antwerps stadspark op geplakt. Dat Stadpark is volledig vervat in de vijver in het Central Park.

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Jan Adriaenssens @verbeeld.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Nu de Ronde van Frankrijk bezig is, passen wij onze gezelschapsspellen aan. “Flamme Rouge” is een instant klassieker. Mooi afgewerkt, met een toffe speldynamiek waarbij je in het wiel moet rijden om vermoeidheid van je renner en sprinter te vermijden. En vlak voor de finish: alles geven!

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Jan Adriaenssens @verbeeld.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/07/2026

Foto van de doos van het gezelschapsspel Flamme Rouge

Foto van het gezelschapsspel Flamme Rouge, met het parcours met vier renners op de achtergrond, en gespeelde kaarten op de voorgrond.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I will be signing at The ARC festival this Sunday from 1-2pm at the @goshcomics.bsky.social table. @arcfestivallondon.bsky.social is an exciting, new, free comics festival in London on the 11th and 12th of July. Come along! www.arc-london.uk

We see a stick figure running through a ravaged desert pursued by a mechanical claw. The text begins "2050ad: Society has collapsed and the book festivals have gone rogue. Their terrifying motorized venues patrol the wastelands, hunting for audience members" We can now see that the claw is on the front of an enormous, mad-max-style battle-rig, adorned with spikes, skulls and armour. The text continues "Programmer-Warlords brutally preside over a relentless series of interviews, discussions and poetry readings.” In the trailer of the truck, a poetry reading is taking place, in a tower above it, the huge, muscular, horned programmer raises his fists and yells orders to his minions. The monstrous vehicle thunders on leaving one lone stick figure behind The text concludes "Occasionally, dazed survivors are found wandering with a signed hardback book in a cotton tote bag."

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Jan Adriaenssens @verbeeld.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

“DISASTER” —New York Times

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Jan Adriaenssens @verbeeld.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Public service announcement: Tomorrow the world celebrates Comic Sans Day. (First Friday of July.) Do your best! #ComicSans #ComicSansDay

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Jan Adriaenssens @verbeeld.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

“It's entirely possible to build cities for people instead of cars. This park in Antwerp was just a parking lot not too long ago.” award.thegreencities.eu/award-2025/b...

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Jan Adriaenssens @verbeeld.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/06/2026

RE: hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/116816950… I urgently need such a box-with-switch. It's the Supreme Allegory, the one to rule them all.

hachyderm.io

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Jan Adriaenssens @verbeeld.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/06/2026

Summer evenings. Moments to forget (all the rest). Moments to remember.

A narrow country road at sunset, with a cornfield on the right and trees silhouetted against an orange sky as the sun sets behind them.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

François Primeau, a UC Irvine professor, developed mathematical and computational ocean models that helped us understand the ocean's role in global climate. He was killed on his bike by someone driving a car. 🌊

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Orange County bicyclist fatally struck by hit-and-run driver in Santa Ana

It happened at around 6:15 p.m. Friday near the intersection of Standard Avenue and Warner Avenue, Santa Ana Police Department officers said in a news release shared on social media.

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Jan Adriaenssens @verbeeld.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2026

@maartje At exáctly the same time every day? To/from exáctly the same places every day?

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Jan Adriaenssens @verbeeld.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2026

@maartje And favouriting a specific route should _deselect_ the weekly reminder. Recurring alerts is something you set up once a year or so, while saving specific routes is something I do multiple times per week. I always have to deselect this toggle. #smallfrustration

Screenshot of a Dutch app settings screen for saving a train route as a favourite. Heading: "Voor welke dagen wil je dit traject als favoriet opslaan?" with day checkboxes Ma–Zo; only "Vr" (Friday) is checked. A highlighted toggle "Elke week herhalen" is switched on. Below, the toggle "Meldingen ontvangen voor dit traject" is on, with subtext: "Ontvang realtime meldingen over storingen: spoorwijzigingen, treinen met vertraging (meer dan 10 minuten) of die geannuleerd zijn, haltes die niet bediend worden, enz."

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Obsidian Urbex Photography @obsidianurbex.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/06/2026

Codename: The Church Of Decay. Real name: Eglise Saint-Pierre, Grâce-Hollogne near Liège in Belgium. Demolished 2017. More photos - www.obsidianurbexphotography.com/re… #Belgium #Liege #History #Photography #Abandoned #Ruins #Urbex

The decaying interior of a derelict church features arched brick ceilings, white columns, and moss-covered walls. A large hole is visible in the collapsing ceiling.

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