Hens Breet

A man in a dark cap, brown velvet blazer, vest, and black trousers stands on a sidewalk in front of a chain-link fence bearing exhibition banners. The prominent banner behind him reads 'Reflected Lowlands: Wetlands on the Urban Edge — Drawings and Paintings by Hens Breet,' with reproductions of two paintings visible. The exhibition ran January 25–March 8, 2026 at the Hoboken Historical Museum. A second banner advertises a photography exhibition, 'What They Saw,' and a third marks Hoboken's 250th anniversary. Overcast sky, bare trees, and a brick building are visible in the background.

Thank you to everyone who came out to "Reflected Lowlands" — for your kind words, your presence, and for taking work home with you. Knowing the paintings resonate with so many of you keeps me going. And a genuine thank you to the Hoboken Historical Museum for being such a wonderful host.

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Blij maar met slechts EEN stem? Dat blijft gewoon schandalig.

On the one-year anniversary of his detention by federal authorities, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and First Lady Rama Duwaji welcomed Mahmoud Khalil, his wife Noor, and their baby boy, Deen, to Gracie Mansion to break the fast together.

NEWS — Trump coercing staff to wear the same black pair of shoes that he wears.

“Everybody’s afraid not to wear them,” a staffer said, as some reportedly ditch their own footwear to comply with Trump’s wishes.

We’re officially in the dumbest timeline.

NBC News poll Voters hold negative views of Al. In fact, the only topics less popular in the survey were the Democratic Party and Iran.

Truly a perfect news alert

One of the many problematic issues with AI is the provenance of its training material. Much of it comes from the open Internet of the last 30 years. As we all know, the quality of that discourse leaves much to be desired and it hasn’t exactly been getting any better as of late.

Mamdani: "Extremism and hatred of any kind will not be tolerated in our city. What we want to deliver to New Yorkers is a city that is safe."

One thing this piece bizarrely doesn't consider is that one reason why Mamdani is being so "careful" is that, as a high profile progressive Muslim politician, he and the city he leads are now a target for the far right

Probably a good time as ever to share a Jacobin article on this exact topic. Mechanized agriculture is a Good Thing.

Ik vind de ver-dezing van de taal ongeveer net zo erg als de ver-welking.

- De auto, welke geparkeerd stond.
- Deze stond geparkeerd langs de straat.

Ik adviseer altijd: die.

The incompetent, simple-minded atrocity in the White [Supremacy] House is ensuring that Americans will risk revenge killings for generations.

Mertz, Macron, Jetten, Starmer, Rutte: altijd is het argument maar weer dat het 'politieke midden' ons moet redden van het fascisme. Waarmee? Met austerity, wat ons juist fascisme geeft.

Ondertussen staat de favorability van Mamdani in NYC sinds zijn verkiezing op een insane +48.

Go left, go bold!

I need a ::rolleyes version.

Heavy usage anticipated. This is way better than 😳

Correct and this discrepancy has been more or less the same with or without wars. Americans are largely unaware how much their use of fossil fuels has been subsidized. To be fair, Americans are also hugely car-dependent. Society as we know it here would cease to exist without cheap gasoline.

If an official commits an impeachable offense and nobody acts to impeach, it is no longer an impeachable offense.

People who oppose impeachment as “pointless” because it seems unlikely to result in removal do not understand this very simple point and seem unwilling to even try to understand it.

This is what ecocide looks like.

@alt-text.bsky.social

Correct. All coding tools are just different levels of abstraction.

Kids have gay families.
Some kids are gay.
Gay is not a taboo subject that must be discussed in hushed voices behind closed doors, lest it scar a child’s soul.

Scrubbing gay content is shoving us back in the closet. It’s priming America to treat gay people the way we’re treating trans people.

“Uitzinnig”?

don’t forget to destroy your clocks tonight, walk away from your mortgage, just start driving, you’re free

“How Good Intentions Helped Pave Trump’s Road to Iran”

Trump lying about murdering children

this new york times headline stopped me in my tracks. I am stunned. They posted this on the same day trump lied about bombing a girls’ school. And this isn’t even an op-ed. This is supposed to be news. These people desperately want to be doormats to power. My god. I am at a loss for words.

Trump’s War on Iran Could Screw Over US Farmers The Middle East supplies a huge amount of the world’s fertilizer. Conflict in the region has sent prices soaring ahead of the critical spring planting season.

there's a lot going on right now but did you know a massive amount of the world's fertilizer flows through the middle east, and did you know that that fertilizer needs to be shipped to the us *right now* for planting season, and uh did you know we are at war with iran

Never heard of actual Nazis taking bets like this.

Kop wordt afgebroken waardoor er 'Trump bij aankomst omgekomen...' staat.

NOS stop teasing...

A relaxed tabby cat sits upright on a brown couch with its front paws stretched forward and eyes closed, appearing content in warm indoor light. The background is softly blurred, showing wooden furniture and a cozy interior setting.

Timeline cleanse.

Mag je meedoen met een sportwedstrijd als je de spelregels niet accepteert?

Department of Defense to be rebranded Department of Wars of Choice.