Jan Adriaenssens

Met een slimme bril van Meta en artificiële intelligentie kan je voorbijgangers op straat herkennen. Dat blijkt uit een test van VRT NWS. Op de Meir in Antwerpen spraken we mensen aan met hun naam, zonder hen al te hebben ontmoet. Wat kan zo'n bril nog allemaal? En mag dat zomaar?

Many wars, folded into one. (From the @wpr.bsky.social Daily Review.)

There is a lot of doom in the air around the twin existential threats of AI and climate change. Can we use this moment of rapid infrastructure expansion to kickstart our transition to clean energy? My full conversation with climate tech expert Steph Speirs is live on YouTube now!

...Federal marshals subsequently orchestrated the transfer of all 287 bars to local police. In a secret operation, officers guarded the 282 bars before returning them to the CIA. The agency promises that the 271 gold bars stolen by Mr Rush will be sold and the profits used to reimburse US taxpayers.

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!

Die ene zin. Prachtig eerbetoon. Glimlachen en kropje in de keel tegelijkertijd.

How many people do Europe’s cancer screening programs reach? Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, publishes yearly figures on cancer screening for 36 European countries, going back to 2000.

Spot on. (By Tom Toro.) http://tomtoro.com

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

Concept of the Day: Voronoi.

Flashback guest stars from Love Boat 🛳️ which aired —1977-1986

Encore un importun ! Martin Perscheid, dessinateur de presse allemand (1966-2021).

Such shopping does not have to be luxurious or unduly expensive — it can just be a local cheese shop or independent stationary store — but it's about considering the total experience. Video: Ganterie Boon in Antwerpen, Belgium (IG ganterie_boon)

Today in great scientific figures: the flight path of two midges, immediately preceding ❤️romance❤️

I am the very model of a modern day typographer A font take on the tune “Modern Major General” by Gilbert & Sullivan #typography #fonts #graphicdesign

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?

What was the first film you saw more than once in a cinema?

Parody of Nobel Prize comes to Queen Elisabeth hall Antwerp

Looney Tunes broke the 4th wall before it was cool and it was awesome

🎨Ray Van Buren

Zonet in Gent Sint-Pieters. Een zware, wankele platformlift wordt aangereden, om een persoon in een rolstoel uit de trein te helpen. Alle begrip en respect voor de betrokken medewerkers, maar ik voel plaatsvervangende schaamte voor hun werkgever. (Nood aan het Curb Cut Effect.) #CurbCutEffect

The richest man in the world went insane because he can buy anything except the ability to tell a joke. That's how valuable jokes are.

For #RomanSiteSaturday let's go to a huge pile of #trash - Monte Testaccio in #Rome. A huge artificial hill located next to the Tiber River. It was made up of millions of broken amphorae (mostly oil amphorae from southern Spain) during the first three centuries AD www.elnacional.cat/es/cultura/r...

Witte Huis heeft foto gedeeld van Amerikaanse bald eagle die Canadese gans in de klauwen heeft, met tekst: 'Trump is ending Canada's free ride'. Mooie metafoor voor handelsoorlog VS-Canada, want beeld komt uit video waarin gans het uiteindelijk haalt en adelaar afdruipt. Via @locuta.bsky.social

Ik snap echt niet wat er mis (of zelfs maar stigmatiserend) is aan de feitelijk correcte quote "Alcohol schaadt de gezondheid". Dat men dit framet als een "volledige sector aan de schandpaal nagelen" komt bij mij enorm contraproductief over. En ja, ik ben ook iemand die graag eens alcohol drinkt.

The famous scissor arches of Wells Cathedral in Somerset which were constructed between 1338-48 to reinforce the Cathedral’s central tower. 📸 My own. #MedievalMonday #WellsCathedral #Somerset

“The crowds did what crowds do best: lose all sense of sanity. According to some reports, the two brothers were stripped naked, mutilated, and had their livers removed and eaten.”

One of my all time favourite maps shows the World Known to Europe at the Restoration of the Stuarts (1660). The black clouds must’ve magically attracted explorers. The source features many more such maps from different times in history: buff.ly/2GDjcP5

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

14 August 1930 | A Belgian Jewish girl, Anna Rosa Cholewa, was born in Antwerp. She was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

Cool @ecprtheloop.bsky.social piece by Flora Baumgartner on the car as part of the "culture wars". This does have a much longer precedent, however. One of the first right-wing populist parties in Europe was the Autopartei in Switzerland, founded in 1984

Belgian family flees the advancing Nazi army, June 1940 📷AP

Curious to see how this turns out

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

Ja. @koppenverklapt.bsky.social

Ik ben op zoek naar andere baan. Omdat een netwerk een belangrijke hulp kan zijn, post ik het hier. Ik heb ervaring als redacteur, journalist en beheerder v sociale media, maar hoeft niet perse in die richting. Iets met maatschappelijke impact als het kan. Voltijds, deeltijds maakt niet uit. RT = ❤️

These guys mean business. #WorldBollardAssociation 😎

An oak and a fern. The start of a forest. #trees #forest

In another life, I would have wanted to be an islander. With lush nature and high mountains. Thinking of Corsica, but enough other options probably.

this is not true. there was no conspiracy. it didn't matter whether the streetcars were publicly owned (seattle, detroit) or private (los angeles, atlanta). a thread (because i wrote a whole-ass book on this): 1/?

“For me, my cargo bike is a way to carry my children safely and comfortably without polluting the environment,” she says. #cargobike #cycling https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/aug/06/bikes-city-of-cycling-gender-barriers-colombias-capital-bogota-emissions

"No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to die." #CatsOfMastodon

There now follows a party election broadcast by the Count Binface Party, And if I do say so myself, it's a banger. #VoteBinface #Clacton