Robert Sanscartier

Most Dutch back climate action, but trust in policy is low

Most people in the Netherlands support action against climate change, especially investments in sustainability and protection from its effects, such as higher dykes and greener cities, according to a new report by the government’s socio-cultural think tank SCP.

dutchnews.nl/2025/04/most-dutc

#Dutch #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtinction #environment #climate

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Letterform Archive

J.C. de Widt, untitled example of original micrography, 10.63 × 12.75 in, Amsterdam, 1780.⁠

Our last post showed the largest letters in the upcoming 10 × 10 for 10 exhibition. This item contains the smallest letters—by far. Micrography (or microcalligraphy) is the art of creating images using tiny writing. This kind of calligram has a long religious history based on the devout observation of the second commandment against images.

#10x10for10 #Micrography #Microcalligraphy #Dutch #Calligraphy

Brent Toderian

Tweets about urban biking in #Dutch cities are routinely replied to with some version of “well, they have the big advantage of being relatively flat.” The Dutch also have the big advantage of not constantly making excuses and straw man arguments about why they can’t make clearly smarter decisions.

Hans on the Bike

First time I spot an electric side by side tricycle. Btw the dots on the bridge delineate peds from cyclists but both ignore this, as #Dutch do. 😁

#bike #ebike #velogat #velo #Netherlands #cycling #biketooter

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IamSheilaforHarris

Open letter to world leaders:
Please don’t bow to Trump.He just enjoys the cat and mouse game and has no interest in the rights and wrongs of it. If you don’t fight, he will win. And he will laugh at you and the people you represent. “They kissed my assss,” he will say, disrespecting not only you, but all your country’s people who counted on you. Don’t be Neville Chamberlain! Hold fast, have courage! (Would that our GOP leaders had courage!) (#Canada #UK #Dutch #Greenland #worldleaders

Hans on the Bike

Doesburg in the #Dutch province of #Gelderland. Visiting the Lalique glass museum in this quaint town on the IJssel river. The Netherlands has a lot more to offer than Amsterdam. Bonus, the east is more relaxed, friendly and lot less busy.

FID Benelux

📣 Am Institut für Niederlandistik der @UniOldenburg ist zum 01.10.2025 eine Stelle als Lehrkraft für besondere Aufgaben/Lektor*in Niederländische Sprachpraxis (Vergütung E13) mit 100% der regelmäßigen Arbeitszeit unbefristet zu besetzen.

🚨 Bewerbungsschluss ist der 30.04.2025.

@EstherRuigendijk
#neerlandistiek #nederlands #dutch

▶️ uol.de/job/lehrkraft-fuer-beso

Lehrkraft für besondere Aufgaben/Lektor*in Niederländische Sprachpraxis // Universität Oldenburg

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Marisabel Munoz

Here is my March #reading recap!

marisabel.nl/public/blog/March

I actually read in #Dutch! And read more than I had planned. 😅

#bookstodon #books

Apr 08, 2025, 11:49 · · · 0 · 0
Number6 :syncthing:

@HistoPol @mattotcha

It's a map of the tiny proportion of people that are actively trying to learn a new language.

And it's aspirational -- people are learning the language of the places they want to long-term visit or live. So those Nordic people want to go somewhere *warm*.

The #Netherlands certainly teaches English well -- 90% of the #Dutch are fluent. I suspect that if you could see language #2 it would also be Spanish.

Hans on the Bike

Volunteers with a cargo bike from #Dutch “Landscape North Holland” cleaning signs (even traffic signs, I saw later on) in their spare time. #biketooter #bike #cycling

Hans on the Bike

An airline that advertises with people on a #bike must be #Dutch #biketooter in other news: I flew from Montreal to the Netherlands and the plane was 80% empty.