Chiel G, A Gentle Cynic

@[email protected]

Music. Books. Politics. Cognac. Science. Travel. Ingress. Beer. Media.
I hold many opinions, yet wield no power whatsoever.
PPM-C-M

[Jim Stewartson, Decelerationist 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸 @jimstewartson]

Calling this “The Purge” is lazy and wrong. Stop doing it.
That’s fictional horror about a day of anarchy.

This is a demented retelling of Kristallnacht which is named after the broken glass from Jewish stores ransacked by Nazi SA and SS terrorists in 1938.

It is not the same.

[Chiel G, A Gentle Cynic @Nevele79]

They are eating Swans. The Lions are eating the Swans in Melbourne. #afl #AFLFinals

[the Juice Media @thejuicemedia]

The “real” US Government has made an ad about the 2024 election and it’s surprisingly honest and informative 🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅
#USelection #StoptheSteal #Trump2024 #PrecinctStrategy #Eagles

[Chiel G, A Gentle Cynic @Nevele79]

So much complaining from Man United fans on Twitter. You could also just support your team like the Twente supporters and out-sing that beautiful Old Trafford with only 4000 fans in there.

https://t.co/yLuCxdMDNU.

[Chiel G, A Gentle Cynic @Nevele79]

The absolute masterclass of scheduling this tweet on this day is next level.

[Chiel G, A Gentle Cynic @Nevele79]

So I just watched a presidential candidate talking about aborting babies after birth and immigrants eating your pets and the polls show still around 50/50?
#debate2024

[Chiel G, A Gentle Cynic @Nevele79]

Curious to know if Americans know how strange it is for the rest of the world to see that - judging by the wall to wall coverage - the worth of a presidential candidate is apparently measured in how much money they can raise in a week.
#USElection2024 #KamalaHarris

[Chiel G, A Gentle Cynic @Nevele79]

"Everybody has a testing environment. Some are lucky enough to also have a production environment"

[Chiel G, A Gentle Cynic @Nevele79]

Yes, The Netherlands were much better organised in the second half. Yes, the referee was truly awful and made sure the Dutch would lose. But honestly, over the whole game, England deserved the win. #NEDENG

[Denise Wheeler 🌊💙 @denisedwheeler]

It's been 8 days since over 300 pages of never before seen docs with evidence confirming Trump as a co-conspirator w Epstein in an underage sex trafficking scheme, inc very graphic sexual details.

Yet no major media outlet has covered it since it went public.

#TrumpPedoFiles

[Chiel G, A Gentle Cynic @Nevele79]

Pam the Bird made it onto Flinders Station Clock Tower!
Now I know it's not the best graffiti artist of Melbourne, but holy cow, they made it up there 😂

#graffiti #Melbourne #flindersstation

[Chiel G, A Gentle Cynic @Nevele79]

I don't know what prompted music journalism to stop naming band names in their headlines, but these clickbait headlines need to stop. #music #musicjournalism #clickbait

[Chiel G, A Gentle Cynic @Nevele79]

In short:
1) That was a 100% goal
2) Memphis Depay should've been substituted after 20 minutes
#NEDFRA

[Chiel G, A Gentle Cynic @Nevele79]

I have now watched this so many times and every time it puts a smile on my face. Man, it's good to have Football back in Europe. After Covid, after Qatar. Dutch fans always bring the atmosphere.

[Chiel G, A Gentle Cynic @Nevele79]

Finally a Dutch player that knows the size of the Polish Goal. Hurray Weghorst! Now come to #fctwente
#POLNED

[Chiel G, A Gentle Cynic @Nevele79]

Hahaha, this is such a statement. Brits still not used to implications of Brexit, French being French.
#brexit #dday
https://t.co/JhOtUyNKV0

[Chiel G, A Gentle Cynic @Nevele79]

Well, at least 1 now, on 34 charges.

[Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok]

Your reminder that not a single one of Epstein's clients have been charged, tried, or convicted.

[Chiel G, A Gentle Cynic @Nevele79]

The difference in overall reaction per platform on the 34 guilty counts of Trump as seen on Twitter, Threads and Mastodon are insane. It's like experiencing three totally different realities.

[City of Melbourne @cityofmelbourne]

We are introducing a uniform for residents.

The uniforms will come into place in mid-2024 in a standard-issue black – keeping in line with the style Melburnians have made famous.

For more information, and to pre-order your kit, visit: https://t.co/djhuAdxN4j

[Jonathan Nolan @Jonathan_Nolan_]

Anybody who has visited both cities knows that Melbourne is not more crowded than Manhattan or London.

Melbourne is not “among the most crowded places in the developed world” and the truth matters for how Melbourne grows... 🧵