Displaced by Brexit, now @UniUtrecht. Lang&trans&tech. UK culture/vexations. Languages at times of crisis and conflict. Also @belgianrefugees
Antwerp / London / Utrecht
Joined August 2009
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No more actively present on X after 19.1.25. For no reason other than diminished interaction(s) and increasing irrelevant timelines. "We are far more united and have far more in common than that which divides us”. Why not try chrisdec71.bsky.social or linkedin.com/in/w44bq.
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On This Day 25th Aug 1914.
German troops set fire to the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. More than 200,000 historical manuscripts and documents go up in flames. Editorialists condemn the act as a “treason to civilization.”
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After a long (working) Sunday, a quick countercheck about capabilities of ChatGPT 4 but it appears to be tired too "I'm create or download files directly".
This week, a ruling from Belgium’s court of appeal is expected, "likely to be a charged moment in the country’s reckoning with its colonial past"
theguardian.com/world/2024/d…
Umpteen iterations of redundancy in HE in the UK. Just nuts! qmucu.org/qmul-transformatio…
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This tiny chip contains a specially designed molecule that absorbs solar power and can store it for up to 18 years.
We have so many solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#Climate #energy #renewables #solarenergy #GreenNewDeal
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This NASA visualization shows the CO2 emitted into the earth's atmosphere + clarifies who is responsible for the climate crisis: we, the Global North.
There is not time to wait. #ActOnClimate
#climate #energy #renewables
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This is not good. Watch till the end. Global Temperature Graph 1880-Present.
No time to wait. #ActOnClimate
#climate #energy #dumpfossilfuels #go100re #cop29
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This 100MW #solar power plant uses 12,000 mirrors and is capable of producing energy throughout the day and night.
We have the solutions. Dump fossil fuels and implement them. #ActOnClimate
#climateemergency #climatecrisis #climateaction #renewables #climate #energy
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This article was written 112 years ago. 112 years, and we still aren't doing what we need to do to address the climate crisis.
No time to wait. #ActOnClimate
#Climate #energy #ClimateEmergency #renewables #COP29
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Ramsey Nasr is Spot on!
Luister naar zijn rake woorden: “Als onze 'leiders' niet meer te vertrouwen zijn, voelt heel Nederland zich onveilig.” #antisemitisme #leugens #kabinetWildersSchoof #discriminatie
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Jesus christ. I think I need to turn to alcohol or drugs or therapy or SOMETHING. I had seen the AMOC overturning warnings, but I had not seen this graph. I though somehow mostly the North Atlantic and Europe would be affected, but no, it's global boiling.
en.vedur.is/media/ads_in_hea…
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King Charles charges this RNLI lifeboat station to launch its boat because he owns the beach. And they’re not the only charity he’s rinsing
(Location: Sennen Cove, Cornwall)
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
£600 a year across 6 sites is a “peppercorn rent”: a small amount legally required to create a lease and therefore give rights to tenants. It is usually asked for by the tenant not the landlord, as tenants’ rights are worth far more than £100. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peppercor…
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Would you like to start a career as a #translator for an #EU institution?
@EU_Careers is organising a selection procedure for translators for Danish, Greek, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Maltese, and Dutch.
🗓️ Applications open on 3 December 2024: loom.ly/Ks-WCBU
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We're absolutely horrified that at least 50 children have reportedly been killed in an Israeli attack on homes in northern Gaza over the weekend.
At least 14,100 children have been killed in Gaza so far. How many children killed is too many before our leaders say 'enough is enough'?
The UK government remains complicit, refusing to suspend all arms sales - despite the clear risk of violations of International humanitarian law.
"If the international community does not intervene soon, an entire generation of children in Gaza will be erased, along with their futures. All states have a legal obligation to prevent the crime of genocide" - Jeremy Stoner, Middle East Regional Director for Save the Children.
We are continuing to urge the UK government to use its power and influence to secure an immediate, definitive ceasefire, and suspend all arms sales to the Government of Israel.
Help save the Celtic Languages and Culture programme at Utrecht University change.org/p/red-de-opleidin… Please share widely! Thank you!
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I'm re-posting the link to the petition to save the BA Programme Celtic Languages and Culture at Utrecht University here change.org/p/red-de-opleidin… . Massive thanks to everyone who has signed and shared already! Share widely, with colleagues, friends, students, alumni, neighbors! – at Harlow, East
