De Langverwachte Plannen van de VrijMiBo


Het is weekend. Wij zijn er even niet. 

In love it may be dangerous
to reckon on time to count
on it time's here and then   
it's gone I'm not thinking
of death or disaster but of   
the slippage the unpredictable
disappearance of days on which   
we were depending for happiness.
Prettig weekend. En be nice.

Gabriele d'Annunzio (ebook), Lucy Hughes-Hallett | 9780385349703 | Boeken | bol.com

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Gabriele d'Annunzio. Godfather to Mussolini, national hero of Italy and the WWI irredentist movement, literary icon of Joyce and Pound, lover of actress...

A newfound, slow pulsar shouldn't emit radio waves — yet it does

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The highly magnetic neutron star rotates three times slower than the previous record holder, challenging the theorical understanding of these objects.

Scientists grew living human skin around a robotic finger

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In the hopes of one day building super realistic cyborgs, researchers built a robotic finger that wears living human skin.

Toewijding - Daniël Lohues

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Toen ik begon met teksten schrijven in mijn moeders taal, kwam ik erachter dat er een mooi en zeer interessant verhaal zit achter het Drents. Ik leerde dat het Drents een variant is van het Nedersaksisch. Het Drents is net als het Gronings, Stellingwerfs, Sallands, Twents, Veluws en het Achterhoeks geen dialect van het Hollands. […]

Samples of the asteroid Ryugu are scientists’ purest pieces of the solar system

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Samples Hayabusa2 brought to Earth from asteroid Ryugu are far fresher than similar types of meteorites that scientists have found.

Why are all the kids sick in summer?

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Unseasonal surges in respiratory viruses are causing pressure in children's hospitals around the world. What is the cause?

The Trouble With Being Born | 9780241467275 | E. M. Cioran | Boeken | bol.com

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The Trouble With Being Born (Paperback). 'Not to be born is undoubtedly the best plan of all. Unfortunately it is within no one's reach.' In The Trouble...

Er zijn te weinig nerdfluisteraars bij bedrijven en overheden, vindt ict-expert Bert Hubert

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Bert Hubert probeert de kloof tussen techneuten en niet-techneuten te dichten. Zo ziet hij met lede ogen aan dat ict-nerds zelden willen werken bij...

The Debatable Land #21: Rushdie Redux?

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A new controversy over a "blasphemous" film about Islam recalls the Rushdie scandal

Why you should never buy scotch eggs | The Spectator

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One of the perils of being a recipe writer is that people regularly ask me why I bother making things from scratch, because ‘You can buy that in the supermarket’. Now, let’s put aside the obvious question – do they think I’m not aware of supermarkets? – and engage with the issue. I love supermarket ...