Bij familiebedrijven heb je de bedrijfs­opvolgings­regeling toch gewoon?

Betalen deze geen btw in de supermarkt van hun loon waar al loonheffing over heen is gegaan ofzo?

Weird, the first picture isn’t in Amsterdam, but in The Hague (Den Haag Hollands Spoor).

Neat, it’s such a magnificent bird. It was present in a large part of the country here in the Netherlands. But the population collaped in the 2nd half of last century. I think the last wild ones disappeared a few years ago…

You could argue the same about emission zones which are common across Europe (mainly in inner cities). Just because your vehicle is allowed on the road, it doesn’t you can drive it anywhere.

Yeah, and of course the superficial stuff is easy to grasp, like one character is lazy, or the other more of a dreamer who achieves nothing. But you feel like there are things going over your head.

TIL my home is a thriving ecosystem

At the moment I’m reading Dead Souls by Gogol. I’ve been at it for a while. It’s a bit heavy for a summer read, but I’m enjoying it somewhat. It’s fun to see all the colorful characters that come across, but I have the idea a lot is going over my head as I’m not that familiar with the Russia of that time. It’s sad quite a bit is missing of the second part.

Only about 70 pages left. The next book will definitely be something lighter…

Voor mij is het (onder andere) ook wel een plek om tot rust te komen. Ik heb ook erg veel geluidsoverlast thuis, dus het is fijn om de stilte op te zoeken. Ik ga zelf vaak naar het Noordhollands Duinreservaat, en kies dan precies te plekken en tijden uit dat ik weet dat er niemand is.

De Kaapse Bossen, of de hele Utrechtse Heuvelrug eigenlijk, ken ik niet echt. Daar wil ik nog wel eens een keer heen. Lijkt me een hartstikke mooi gebied.

Do they even promise it will benefit local populations? The issue is that even if they are good projects from a viewpoint of carbon (which the companies argue), the global north is still ofsetting their emissions in the global south. Large swathes of land are reserved by these companies, with little or no benefit to the local population, only so they can keep their business models afloat in the western world. It’s just yet another form of neocolonialism.

Eh, anything that melts I’d suppose. Most of the times I used gouda, because that’s what was in the fridge

They are pretty versatile, especially if they are homemade. But my go-to’s are a smokey bbq sauce or sriracha mayo

I’d argue that’s the same for black bean burgers. They are not like faux meat burgers, but a thing on their own.

The signal to other advertisers is more of a victory than the case itself.

Het lijkt iedereen zo weinig te doen om me heen. Je ziet de levende wereld gewoon keihard achteruit hollen, en we gaan allemaal vrolijk door met ons leven…

Around the building itself, it’s all lawns indeed. But around the buildings in the background it’s a lot less “well-kept” with a lot more shrubs on ground level.

Maybe we can also add the Macedonian Empire while we are at it

The Ottoman Empire never ruled in east Arabia (apart from Muscat) or in the central areas, did they?

Then you’d have like double the colors on the map.