Dirk Geurs

Selfie. Ik hou mijn hand voor mijn gezicht als een gebaar van frustratie. Donker haar met blonde lokken en rood gelakte nagels. Bovenaan de foto staat een tekst in het Nederlands over DigiD, de Belastingdienst en btw die aan de VS zou worden overgedragen. De sfeer oogt bezorgd en moedeloos.

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Didn't realise AI generated videos were a thing 19 years ago.

This is a very important quote from the interview that I hope every single company hoping to capitalize on the gaming industry reads and internalizes. Games are a unique market, and you can't just apply strategies from other industries and find success. This has been proven time and time again.

Het lijkt me niet meer dan normaal dat deze fraudeur geen staatssecretaris wordt.

"from Earth"

Dit slaat alleen ergens op als je de economie ziet als een grote berg geld en grondstoffen die wordt verdeeld waarbij elke winst voor de een verlies is voor de ander. Maar zo zit het niet. Niets mis met dat de aandeelhouders van het meest succesvolle bedrijf in Nederland geld verdienen.

Free PC Games - The Best For The Broke

Added a few more games and finished up entries for a bunch more on my big spreadsheet of Cool Free PC Games.

Considering that some are multi-game entries, that's over 350+ things to play, many of which are full, retail-worthy times.

If you've got any kind of PC, videogames are just kinda great.

Echt hoopvol om te zien de bewegingen die de EU maakt.

This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.

Enforced broadcast of child porn is now official US government policy

we've reached the 'Bellingcat investigations in your country' part of the authoritarian program

Matt Walsh tweeted last year: "We've spent the last 25 years bringing "freedom" and "democracy" to countries around the globe while our own country has been systematically invaded and now our largest cities are run by foreigners and communists. If you want to know why I'm so avowedly non-interventionist, this is why." Then he tweeted today: ""This is a war for oil!!!!!" First of all, the "war" lasted like 90 minutes. Second, going to war to secure vital resources for your own people is totally legitimate. Why should we allow some third world communist shithole to control trillions of dollars worth of oil?"

Laura Loomer tweeted last year: "I’m America First, I don’t support “Regime Change”. I went on @Bannons_WarRoom to talk about Chinese aggression in Venezuela and why we need to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign Islamic terrorist organization." Then she tweeted yesterday: "Maduro has arrived at the DEA office in Manhattan. He was transported in an armored motorcade after being transported in a blindfold via helicopter & then by plane to New York after his compound in Caracas was raided by US Special Forces. Proud to be an American today! USA 🇺🇸"

Catturd tweeted last year: "Name one U.S. inspired regime change that hasn’t ended in absolute disaster." Then he tweeted yesterday: "Venezuela is now more free than New York City."

Will Chamberlain tweeted last year: "The Republican Party is no longer the party of regime change and endless wars If you want to be its standard-bearer that is a non-negotiable position" Then he tweeted yesterday: "I can think of few better uses of my tax dollars than black-bagging the head of a foreign narco-trafficking organization that enriches itself by addicting and poisoning my fellow Americans"

amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders

Agree. I’m in the process of moving away from Bunq entirely. The app has become unbearable. It’s all gambling, crypto, shopping etc. I’ve had friends who got their account blocked for months on end without explanation.

What Bunq doesn’t have though is customer support. I prefer a bank where I can still speak to a human over these automations.

A few quick thoughts about this morning's decision. Don't believe the spin from various Russians & others: it's a big deal. The EU has now unambiguously demonstrated that it is able and willing to provide the external financial support Ukraine needs, for as long and as much as it takes. (1/N)

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After years of using Safari as my main browser I switched to Orion. It's the same familiar user interface but feels so much faster it's really pleasant. Having my preferred search engine as a first class citizen is a nice bonus. orionbrowser.com

The book is full of great examples of how the government its own regulations are standing in the way of achieving progressive goals and how for example redistribution cannot solve the housing crisis.

Ik heb iedereen in m'n omgeving van wie ik wist dat ze op GL/PVDA zouden stemmen, op de laatste dag nog extra berichtjes gestuurd hierover. Blij dat het gelukt is en bedankt voor het maken van NerdVote.

Joost Prinsen is overleden, man met een speciaal plekje in mijn hart. Mijn kennismaking met hem via iconische kinderprogramma’s op televisie, daar heb ik niets van onthouden. Maar hoe geweldig hij het prachtige gedicht “Ben Ali Libi” van Willem Wilmink voordraagt, dat zal ik nooit vergeten.

Thank you for helping Wikipedia be the amazing source that it is.

De woningcrisis ontrafeld Podcast Episode · Droom en Daad · 09/09/2025 · 47m

Podcast tip. Dit gesprek tussen Bas Jacobs en Jesse Frederik. podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/d...

De woningmarkt is als een stoelendans. Het enige wat echt helpt is meer stoelen. Maar door de prijs van woningen wettelijk vast te leggen is bouwen in steden niet mee rendabel.

Net of als Rob Jetten premier wordt hij direct z'n hele partij programma mag doorvoeren.

Edo is hier zo te zien ook te vinden: @emvdg.bsky.social

Ironically I cancelled my Economist subscription at some point (now re-subbed) but it put me through an elaborate conversation with a person trying to convince me to stay to do so.

Minder procedures betekent niet ook direct een kleinere overheid. Je kan regelgeving terugdringen en tegelijk de overheid uitbreiden en daadkrachtiger maken door bijvoorbeeld minder uit te besteden aan de vrije markt.

Deze hele serie is geweldig. De beste verkiezingscontent die beschikbaar is wat mij betreft.

Fair point. It just seems like a strange thing to highlight about your game. A game being expensive to make isn’t inherently exciting (to me at least).

Sounds like that might not end well. Games thrive on creativity not an abundance of money.