Category Satire

Inspired by Desiderius Erasmus and John Cleese, this category serves satire as medicine against absurdity. Turns daily headaches into revealed nonsense—helping you step back, laugh, and stay unaffected. Premium doses with MailPoet alerts for subscribers.

The Horizontal Ladder

Focus: A critique of the stagnation of equity and the loss of meritocratic progress. “They have taken the ladder of progress and laid it horizontally. They call it ‘Equity,’ but in reality, they just ensured that no one can climb.…

The Second is dead, long live the Second

A colleague once muttered that the fear of deadly stillness explains every social conflict. He went on: when someone knows they’ve been ‘given up on,’ they begin to organize their own funeral—and involve others in the preparations. They announce who’s…

History repeat itself

“Mr. Trump and his contribution to social science. Rarely in history has there been a person who sacrifices himself for the benefit and development of the social sciences. I am grateful to him for his unceasing zeal in enriching the…

Performative Resistance

In an era where every screen offers a stage, resistance is often nothing more than a performance. We believe we are fighting, that we are standing up against injustice and systems, but this battle is rarely substantial. It is the…

Bathtub to Ocean:

A Lesson in the Swell Focus: A perspective on resilience, the scale of change, and the necessity of understanding the grand system. There is a fundamental problem in the way we send our children—and ourselves—into the world. We practiced in…

Power of Absurdity

As a practicing psychologist and admirer of Desiderius Erasmus, Lof der Zotheid is my visual tribute to his timeless exploration of the human psyche. The subtitle, “A Wink from the Jolly Folly”, serves as the starting point for an exploration where embracing “folly”…

I have a Dream

De lof der verwarring (met de venter) De lof der verwarring (met de venter) O, hoe groot is de kunst van de venter, die niet waarheid verkoopt, maar illusie, en toch de menigte doet geloven dat zij wijsheid koopt. Niet…

Devil’s talking…

Hell is Under New Management: An Exclusive Interview with The Devil Focus: The transition from physical temptation to algorithmic extraction and the biological strike of humanity. | 😈 5 min read Devil’s talking… I expected fire and brimstone. Instead, I…

En zo geschiedde

Focus: Over de dagelijkse glinstering van het klagen en de terugkeer van het gerucht in tijden van weelde. | 🍎 3 min leestijd Boek Der Jammerklachten   De (OUD) Nederlandsche Tekst In den tijden van groote weelde in het Westen,…

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