Thought it was a nice picture from yesterday evening.

Een groep Amsterdammers wil een evenwichtigere verdeling bij de toewijzing van sociale huurwoningen. Zij stellen voor dat een kwart van de vrijkomende woningen wordt gereserveerd voor reguliere woningzoekenden zonder urgentie of voorrang.

Hun oproep heeft de vorm van een volksinitiatief, waarbij Amsterdammers zelf een onderwerp kunnen voordragen voor stemming in de gemeenteraad. Daarvoor zijn om te beginnen duizend ondersteuningsverklaringen nodig.

De initiatiefnemers stellen dat in Amsterdam de kans groter is dat je de loterij wint dan dat je zonder urgentie of voorrang een sociale huurwoning van een woningcorporatie krijgt toegewezen. Het percentage van 25 moet volgens hen gelijkmatig worden verdeeld over de stadsdelen en periodes in het jaar, ‘zodat iedere Amsterdammer een eerlijke kans krijgt op een passende woning qua grootte en toegankelijkheid’.

##Te veel regelingen

Steen des aanstoots is het uitdijende systeem van voorrangsregelingen, blijkt uit de oproep. In Amsterdam …

This happened already for a second time during the last 2 weeks. Seems like someone decided to use my boat more often. I’m placing the camera inside with instant notifications and alarm, but is there any other advice on how to ensure that nobody will touch it again? 🤬

Just be careful where you park, someone might bomb your car 💣

I recently participated in a Spartan competition hosted in Zandvoort. As I approached the finish line, there was a group of people gathered—waiting for their friends and family, cheering them on. A group of kids, around six years old, waved at me, and I happily gave them high fives. I’m Asian. But after that, they yelled “Ching Chong” at me.

I was running and caught off guard, so I didn’t stop to confront them. I assume they didn’t fully understand the meaning of the words, especially since they also shouted “Konnichiwa,” which means hello in Japanese.

This isn’t the first time I’ve felt deeply frustrated since moving to the Netherlands about six months ago. I didn’t run long distance just to be insulted by kids. There have been multiple occasions when I was just walking down the street like anyone else, and random people would shout “Nihao” at me.

How “normal” is this kind of behavior in the Netherlands? And how do kids at such …

Many of Albert Heijn’s sale prices are a lie and it’s super annoying. For example: an item is normally 10€ but this week they raised the price to €15 and put it on sale by making the second half price. That means 2 cost €22.50 “on sale” instead of €20.

I think this type of price manipulation could be fixed with a law; you cannot put an item on sale within a week of raising the price.

AH would not want to raise the price so significantly for a week so they could play there “on sale” games later. Benefits for selling more while discounted would be negated by selling less while so expensive. It would also make them seem even more expensive to consumers.

What do you think?

Curious how my fellow Dutchies and expat friends feel about the good ‘ol’ US of A.

I’m not travelling to the US anymore for pleasure. That nation is imho absolutely fucked.