The Holy Bible - Luke
The Book of Luke, written around 60–80 AD by Luke the doctor, tells Jesus’ life in careful order. It shows Jesus as the Saviour for all people, including the poor, women, and outsiders.
Christianity
2025
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Privacy Roundup #0231 • October 2025
October 2025 brought a wave of supply chain extortion, fresh attacks on encryption, and a hard look at the surveillance camera networks now woven through everyday life.
Privacy
Darkest Hour by Anthony McCarten
Anthony McCarten’s Darkest Hour chronicles Winston Churchill’s first weeks as Prime Minister in May 1940, as Nazi forces overrun Europe and Britain faces invasion.
Books
Rose
Rose (2022), directed by Aurélie Saada, follows a woman named Rose who faces mid-life change. Sofie Gråbøl plays Rose with warm strength. She deals with family and old dreams.
Movies
Monthly update #0426 • October 2025
Monthly update 426 • October 2025 • 2025-10-01 - 2025-10-31
Monthly Updates
The Holy Bible - Mark
The Book of Mark, written around 60-70 AD, tells the story of Jesus' life and work. It shows Jesus as the suffering servant who acts with power.
Christianity
Eurobloat #0185 • September 2025
September 2025 brought von der Leyen's annual sermon, in which the answer to every problem was more Europe, while the Parliament lined up two motions to sack her Commission.
Eurobloat
Irene's Vow
Irena's Vow (2023), directed by Louise Archambault, tells the true story of Irena Gut Opdyke, a Polish woman who hid Jewish people during World War II.
Movies
Marskramer Path part 01
Hiked part 1/20 of the Marskramer Path, 25.5 kilometres from Bad Bentheim to Oldenzaal.
Hiking
Dopamine Nation by Anna Lembke
Anna Lembke’s Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence explores how modern life’s easy access to pleasures, like social media, drugs, or food, drives addiction by overloading our brain’s dopamine system.
Books
Announcing the Swift SDK for Android
The Android workgroup has now released preview toolchains that let you build Swift code for Android phones and tablets.
Development
The Holy Bible - Matthew
The Book of Matthew, written around 60–70 AD, presents Jesus as the promised Messiah and King of the Jews. Likely authored by Matthew, a tax collector turned disciple, it traces Jesus’ life, teachings, death, and resurrection.
Christianity
The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown
Dan Brown’s The Secret of Secrets sends Harvard symbolist Robert Langdon to Prague for a lecture by his partner, Katherine Solomon, a noetic scientist on the verge of publishing a groundbreaking book on human consciousness.
Books
Ardennes Day 03
Day 3 of the weekend trip to the Ardennes with work.
Trips
Fairies, dwarves and beavers in Achouffe
Hiked the Fairies, dwarves and beavers in Achouffe trail with a distance of 5.80 kilometres.
Hiking
Ardennes Day 02
Day 2 of the weekend trip to the Ardennes with work.
Trips
Maboge Ourthe Valley Loop
Hiked the Maboge Ourthe Valley Loop with a distance of 6.16 kilometres in Les Deux Ourthes Natural Park.
Hiking
Ardennes Day 01
Day 1 of the weekend trip to the Ardennes with work.
Trips
Introducing Swift Profile Recorder
Apple has open-sourced Swift Profile Recorder, an in-process sampling profiler for Swift services, enabling easy performance analysis without external tools or special privileges.
Development
Monthly update #0425 • September 2025
Monthly update 425 • September 2025 • 2025-09-01 - 2025-09-30
Monthly Updates
The Authoritarian Moment by Ben Shapiro
Ben Shapiro’s The Authoritarian Moment claims that left-wing groups have seized control of major American bodies such as media, schools, and big tech firms.
Books
Privacy Roundup #0230 • September 2025
September 2025 brought record privacy fines, a string of supply chain breaches, and fresh fights over surveillance and encryption.
Privacy
Wedding of a friend
Today I went to a wedding of a friend. Beautiful to see that young people still get married and uphold traditional values.
Journal
Utrecht Path part 07
Hiked 16.1 kilometres from Woudenberg to Amersfoort.
Hiking
Eurobloat #0184 • August 2025
August 2025 was the month the world-beating AI Act started to bite, whereupon Europe's own champions, America's giants and Washington all queued up to call it a mistake.
Eurobloat