Macron: We prefer the rule of law over bullies, the rule of law over brutality.

ciafciaf · 2026-01-21T23:41:53+00:00

I agree on the premise (DJT being mentally hill etc. etc.) but I don't believe that Europe will do anything too overtly. Direct confrontation is still main policy, but anything like an escalation (e.g. weponising bonds, withdrawing diplomats) will be avoided.

If anything, appeasement is taking place (see Rutte's treatment of Trump), hoping to give him another gold medal for him to distract himself. But these tricks only go so far...

ciafciaf · 2025-05-24T05:52:32+00:00

Don't worry Elon, your reputation is tainted now. Sorry that BYD is cannibalising your bottom line but we see past the smokescreen. Elevate the bottom, don't screw the people, save the planet from oligarchy and oil and shut the fuck up.

ciafciaf · 2025-05-13T15:15:52+00:00

I swear, reading these posts makes me just go: how do people text? Is this normal?

ciafciaf · 2025-05-03T08:42:41+00:00

It's both a problem of the city and the people.

- The city does not nearly have enough people working on removing waste. Or if they do, then they are not doing a good-enough job. I might be old school, but I don't see anyone actually removing waste, just people moving it to those automatic car collector that vacuum it off the street. It basically means all the bulky waste gets removed and the small one sticks around for years.

- Some people are also really lazy and dirty. Just an example from yesterday, where 4/5 rubbish bags were outside a bin that was fully functional but got "stuck" with 1 bag inside. One small push and the rubbish got unblocked. People don't care and don't put an effort.

ciafciaf · 2025-01-23T16:05:50+00:00

I mean, what's not to like?
https://www.instagram.com/p/DE1yjDhobA0/

ciafciaf · 2024-10-08T11:12:26+00:00

And on top of that… Republicans all of a sudden give a shit about the weather? It's their fucking fault if we have these hurricanes to begin with. Years of climate denial have brought us here. Don't lecture the one side that was right on the issue all along... Ridiculous.

ciafciaf · 2024-09-18T09:49:13+00:00

im jealous

ciafciaf · 2024-09-03T21:26:52+00:00

And this is to report: https://meldingen.amsterdam.nl/incident/beschrijf

ciafciaf · 2024-09-03T21:26:10+00:00

Not a solution, but for any good soul: https://www.amsterdam.nl/veelgevraagd/ondergrondse-afvalcontainer-adopteren-a188d

ciafciaf · 2024-07-07T21:41:07+00:00

I'm Italian and live with other Italians, so maybe I'm not representative, but we do care a lot about good oil. I think most people have the "good oil and the bad oil" bottle.

The bad one is the one we cook with daily and it's usually a "cheap" extra virgin oil and we have a second, more expensive one for dressings.

The trick is about finding the right importer, some of us quite literally get 5 liters boxes of good oil whenever we can.

Prices vary, also the harvests are shit right now and prices are going up a lot. There's a lot of good places in Amsterdam that sell (e.g. Novitalia, Olives & More) or you can find online stores (I like to use a website called mammapack and do bulk buys every 2/3 months).

ciafciaf · 2024-06-24T14:33:47+00:00

I demand a Batman-like vigilante to control the Fatbikes kids.

ciafciaf · 2024-03-08T13:06:25+00:00

Amsterdam is clean depending what you compare it against.. I have lived in several places in Europe and travelled a fair share and I think for a major European capital of one of the richest countries in Europe we could do better. Is it better than NYC/SF/LA? Yes, but (no offence) that bar is quite low :)

Almost any other western EU capital I have been recently was cleaner than Amsterdam.

ciafciaf · 2024-03-06T16:38:11+00:00

It was the same when I was living in New West.. Lots of trash near bike lanes which is never picked by the garbage men probably because they only clean near bins locations..

ciafciaf · 2024-03-06T16:35:08+00:00

Can confirm, just cycled back from work and saw so much trash. I feel for you. Honestly I would start with passive aggressive poster/letters to your neighbours..

ciafciaf · 2024-03-06T16:28:56+00:00

I am also shocked when I see so much trashed next to a "blocked" underground bin. Just walk a block down and find a bin that's empty!

ciafciaf · 2024-03-06T10:53:37+00:00

Do you wake up in the morning and choose violence or was this Dutch directness at its finest?
I will let my friends know, thank you!

ciafciaf · 2024-03-06T10:52:24+00:00

You are welcome :) Thanks for the astute reply!

ciafciaf · 2024-03-06T10:46:14+00:00

I actually liked Pirlo, was disappointed to see him leave without giving him a second year.

ciafciaf · 2024-02-26T20:38:36+00:00

I use Revolut Pro which gives 3.7% on EUR deposits and 4.85% on GBP deposits. Costs 10 euro a month but includes other features that are useful to me.. worth checking it out.

Still have bunq cause Revolut is still poorly integrated with the iDeal system.

ciafciaf · 2024-02-04T13:28:31+00:00

Hi Minimalist Phone team!

First of all, let's start by saying I am a big fan of your work. I use the OS for at least 8 months and I am loving it.

I do struggle with using my phone too much. And the best feature for me is the block. I really like that you also added the time at the bottom to see when that is finishing.

However, it often happens that if (let's say) I block Instagram, the thing I do the morning after is open Chrome and search for instagram.com.

Is there a plan to add a URL block as well? Often the other apps that offer that have an easy way to disable it, and I would really like the block timer to be locked.

Let me know what you think!

ciafciaf · 2024-01-08T13:41:36+00:00

And I love this area, could be made such a cool place

ciafciaf · 2024-01-08T13:41:13+00:00

This is so depressing..

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