Het is toch nog goedgekomen met de bankgarantie van Hadj Moussa. Trainer Giovanni van Bronckhorst is de aanvaller te hulp geschoten en heeft een bankgarantie afgegeven voor de wedstrijd tegen Barcelona.

"Ik regel dat graag voor die jongen. Kleine moeite", laat de trainer weten. Hij weet nog niet hoe lang de bankgarantie geldig zal zijn. "Het is een 100% garantie, daarvoor wil ik desnoods zelf wel garant staan. Laten we eens beginnen met woensdag, wie weet kunnen we Anis daarna ook voor de rest van het seizoen bankzekerheid bieden."

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Michael Lamonato assesses whether Kimi Antonelli's miraculous Monza victory could have happened without the crucial VSC that allowed the young Italian a cheap pit stop.

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Liquid Network, a Bitcoin-based payments and settlement network, said on Sunday that about $320 million was withdrawn from its federation wallet in a hack.
"Purported white-hat hackers" withdrew around 4,000 of the 4,200 bitcoin held in its Liquid Federation wallet, Liquid Network said in a post on X.


"Liquid wallets will be impacted," their post concluded, adding "and we're sorry for any inconvenience."

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Die ene openingszin die je van tevoren perfect wilt hebben. Het juiste shirt. Die zelfverzekerde houding waar je op geoefend hebt voor de spiegel. Slecht nieuws: volgens wetenschappers heeft dat allemaal bijna niks te maken met of iemand je daadwerkelijk leuk gaat vinden.

Een studie uit 2022, gepubliceerd in het tijdschrift Evolutionary Psychology, liet bijna 1.000 mensen in de VS en Noorwegen veertig verschillende flirttactieken beoordelen. De onderzoekers verwachtten dat zelfvertrouwen, een goed uiterlijk en een sterke openingszin bovenaan zouden eindigen.

Niks bleek minder waar.

Humor won met afstand. Daarna volgden een warme glimlach en oogcontact. Die zorgvuldig bedachte openingszin en dat perfect gekozen outfit? Die belandden ergens in de middenmoot, tussen tactieken die niemand bewust zou kiezen. Een goede grap die een echte lach op het gezicht tovert, versloeg alles met gemak.

Waarom een grapje zo goed werkt

Psychologen noemen het "emotionele synchronie": als twee mensen samen lachen, ervaren hun hersenen op precies hetzelfde moment dezelfde emotie. Die klik die je soms met iemand voelt, kun je dus zien als de magie van twee zenuwstelsels die heel even op dezelfde golflengte zitten.

Er is ook een evolutionaire verklaring. Ter plekke iets grappigs verzinnen vraagt om creativiteit, sociaal inzicht en het vermogen om een situatie snel te lezen. Volgens onderzoeker Geoffrey Miller, auteur van The Mating Mind, ontwikkelde humor zich niet om te vermaken, maar als een soort visitekaartje van intelligentie. Een goed getimede grap wint het dus niet toevallig van een knap gezicht.

Je brein is je al voor

Nog een detail dat de meeste mensen missen: je hersenen beslissen al of ze iemand aantrekkelijk vinden, nog vóórdat je daar zelf bewust over nadenkt. Een glimlach, een blik, een moment van oogcontact — dat wordt allemaal al verwerkt in de eerste paar minuten van een ontmoeting, ruim voordat je bewust een oordeel velt.

Chemie is dus geen kwestie van geluk, ook al denken de meeste mensen van wel. Het ontstaat in kleine momenten: een gedeelde lach, een warme glimlach, het gevoel dat iemand je écht ziet. Degenen die de sterkste indruk achterlaten, zijn meestal niet degenen met de beste openingszin. Het zijn de mensen die je een goed gevoel over jezelf geven.

Bron: Vice

DEN HAAG (ANP) - De beledigende berichten die voormalig justitieminister Ferd Grapperhaus stuurde over collega-bestuurders waren "niet fraai", vindt Mark Rutte. Maar het zegt wat betreft de oud-premier niets dat hij deze berichtjes heeft gestuurd ten tijde van de coronapandemie. "Ik vind dat in zo'n crisis het onvermijdelijk is dat je af en toe stoom afblaast", aldus Rutte tijdens zijn tweede verhoor door de parlementaire enquêtecommissie corona.

De VVD-politicus vindt het onnodig dat de enquêtecommissie ervoor heeft gekozen om Grapperhaus in zijn verhoor te confronteren met de berichten. "Want ik weet niet wat het nou toevoegt." Hij was "best een beetje geïrriteerd" over de keuze om de appjes te openbaren. "De volgende keer zal niemand dat doen bij een appje. Want dat komt op tafel, blijkt, en dat wordt allemaal voorgelezen", aldus Rutte.

Grapperhaus noemde onderwijsminister Arie Slob "een soepjurk" en "een jankerd". Over een debat in de Eerste Kamer schreef hij dat hij "diepe minachting" had voor "deze geriatrische beunhazerij".

Politici in het Verenigd Koninkrijk veroordelen de actie. Een woordvoerder van het Britse Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken noemde de acties „intimiderend en gewelddadig”.

Ondanks, of dankzij, de neonazi’s in de entourage van AfD-leider Ulrich Siegmund, haalde die partij een monsterzege in Saksen-Anhalt. Arend-Jan Boekestijn viel niet van de bank, maar vond het wel een droevige tijd.

A UK watchdog is warning that cyber criminals making moves against online systems in the food supply chain could cause serious upset, following damaging attacks on the Co-op and Marks & Spencer last year. The National Audit Office (NAO) named cyber-attacks as one of the major threats to the food supply chain and said the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) should work closely with industry to help prevent severe shocks. “Recent disruptions have shown the resilience of the UK’s food supply chain, but risks are increasing in likelihood and severity. Defra should learn from approaches taken in other countries, and strengthen preparedness for emergencies by testing plans with local government and industry,” said Gareth Davies, head of the NAO. In its report published late last week, the NAO said the sector had shown some resilience to cyber-attacks, but the government needed to work with the sector to help mitigate their impact. The report found businesses in the food supply chain have faced increased costs and, in some cases, disruptions to day-to-day operations, for example following 2025 cyber-attacks on retailers such as Marks & Spencer and the Co-op. Leading UK retailer Marks & Spencer estimated the cyberattack that took place in April last year will cost it around £136 million ($177.2 million) in total. The retailer said one of the earliest actions it took in its incident response was to disconnect its warehouse management systems, which in turn meant online and in-store orders were adversely impacted. Food retailer the Co-op confirmed that thieves stole data from 6.5 million of the organization's members during a cyberattack last year. In its report, the NAO said: “The way the food supply chain has developed over time has prioritized efficiency, which reduces costs for businesses, and therefore for consumers. However, it leaves the supply chain more vulnerable to disruptions. Defra and food supply chain stakeholders see risks increasing, and businesses are investing to address growing risks such as increased threats of cyber-attacks. Defra is less confident about the ability of businesses to withstand shocks without government intervention in the next five to 10 years because of increasing risks and the potential for more severe disruptions.” The NAO found cyber-attacks were among the disruptions that had increased operating costs for businesses and disrupted day-to-day operations, affecting their core digital systems. Several food supply chain organizations cited the substantial investments businesses are making to manage the threat and incidence of cyber-attacks. However, some said overall economic pressure on businesses is making this and other resilience investments more difficult, the NAO added. Defra said it undertook specific food-related exercises which, since 2023, have focused on testing responses to a cyber incident affecting the food sector. However, the government department may not be best placed to offer tech advice. In 2023, it admitted two-thirds of its interactions with its 21 million customers still require paper-based forms, after decades of digital government initiatives. Meanwhile, 30 percent of its applications were out of support. ®

Kumander Linux has been around for a few years now and version 3.0 is nearly ready, with some strong nostalgic appeal. We recently came across Kumander Linux and thought it was an interesting distro – although not technologically "interesting," which isn't always a good thing. Underneath, it's almost boring: Debian 13.6 with Xfce 4.20. These are safe, solid, sensible choices, combining a lightweight mainstream desktop with one of the most established Linux distros. What's not to like? What's fun about Kumander Linux is its looks. It makes a very convincing effort to look and work more or less like Windows 7. It doesn't go as far as the wholesale "borrowing" of commercial assets and trademarks seen in Wubuntu, AKA "Windows Linux," nor is it a strange, hacked-together combination of genuine Windows components like Classic 7. It uses a mixture of FOSS and freeware components. The office suite is LibreOffice 25.2, configured with a Microsoft-like ribbon UI. The image editor is GIMP 3.0.4, and it comes with native Linux versions of some familiar Windows tools, such as Google Chrome, PuTTY, Audacity, and VLC. Yes, Chrome isn't FOSS, but it's a much more widely used web browser than Firefox. The customizations go beyond appearances, with some of Xfce's stock tools replaced. For instance, Xfce's slightly feeble Task Manager has been replaced by a tool that was new to us, System Manager. There's also an easy point-and-click Software Center. Both were written by distro developer Roy Hoejgaard. The presence of non-FOSS tools such as Chrome means that a few additional repositories are configured. Flatpak and WINE are both preinstalled, but neither comes with any apps preloaded. One simple but effective touch is that the Start menu lists popular apps from Ardour and Blender to the Steam client, suffixed with Installer. These are not the applications themselves, but handy links for downloading and installing them. Kumander isn't the smallest distro – it's a 4.25 GB download, and a full install takes 11 GB of disk. Even so, providing installation links rather than preinstalling all those applications makes it substantially smaller than Zorin OS Pro, for instance. Xfce is pretty lightweight, and Kumander Linux 3 takes about 725 MB of RAM at idle. In places, we do feel that the customization has perhaps gone a little too far. For instance, when we opened a terminal window, we found that the default shell prompt said C:/home/lproven>. Familiar to a nervous Windows migrant, yes, but almost misleading – there are no drive letters here. It's harmless, though. The distro's About page explains a little of its history. The name is an indirect tribute to Commodore computers – it's "Commander," but spelled the Filipino way. We think this is the first distro we've seen from the Philippines. The changes to Xfce are modest: Kumander doesn't even use the docklike plugin for a Windows 7-style taskbar with pinned applications. Instead, it has its own Quicklaunch plugin. This is documented – unlike some other customized distros, it has a page with links to the repositories of all custom components, which is good to see. Even the Extended Security Updates scheme only has slightly over a year left. The international edition of Windows 10 LTSC is nearing the end too. Only the IoT edition has years left. If you're disenchanted with Windows 11 and modern flat user interfaces in general, you have our sympathies. If you miss the gradients, transparency, and overall look of Windows in the Noughties, but want Debian stability and Xfce simplicity, Kumander Linux 3 offers an appealing combination. The current build is Release Candidate 2, and it looks close to being ready. ®

Iedere eerste maandag van de maand besteedt Rijnmond aandacht aan veiligheid. Aan de Voorschoterlaan brak vorig jaar in een studentenhuis brand uit door een elektrische deken. “Een huisgenoot kroop over de grond onder de rook door om de hond te redden.”

A historically unpopular president will take centre stage as the party seeks to sway voters with an unprecedented event

It seemed like a good idea at the time. In December 1978, Jimmy Carter, a US president besieged by inflation and energy crises, watched as thousands of Democrats descended on Memphis, Tennessee, for a rare midterm convention.

“It was wild,” recalls Elaine Kamarck, who attended as a 28-year-old working for the Democratic National Committee. “It became a forum for Ted Kennedy to informally announce his opposition to president Carter. There was a lot of hostility to the president there. The Democrats have sworn ever since never to do anything this stupid again.”

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Clancy’s case became a referendum on mothers, healthcare, and the status of women

Most family annihilators are men. It’s a grim fact that such incidents are common enough to have a discernible pattern. The massacre is carried out by a husband and father, often one who is on the verge of bankruptcy or divorce; typically, it forms the finale of a long reign of domestic violence terror.

About half the time, the perpetrator kills himself after slaughtering his family. Gun use is common – a large number of what are termed “mass shootings” in the United States are in fact family annihilation killings, in which a man turns his weapon on his family members. Other times, the killer uses knives, or fires.

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He was the gorgeous furry tabby who made my day, even when he waltzed into my flat just to finish my takeaway. Now he’s a campus celeb, with a part-time job guarding the doors of the village shop

In 2022, when I moved into halls of residence at the University of Sheffield, my biggest concern was no longer having a furry friend to come home to, as I’d had a cat since I was 11 years old. Then I met Harold.

My first encounter with this gorgeous tabby was quite unusual. One day, in our 10-bed flat, a flurry of messages appeared on the group WhatsApp chat after my fellow roommates caught an intruder on the sofa, innocently munching on my leftover pizza.

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About a quarter of British adults admit to having pilfered something from a pub or restaurant. Is it an Insta-fuelled craze, or just old-fashioned greed?

Knives, candles, a toilet roll holder complete with screws and Rawlplugs – that’s just some of the stuff Michelin-starred restaurants in France complained about clients nicking in a recent news report. I’m not sure why the screws were presented as the ultimate absurdity – if you want to use your stolen toilet roll holder, you’ll need them – it’s just common sense!

A Québécois restaurateur complained about similar thefts in July – a picnic table, a painting and even the thermostat had been pinched – and British restaurateurs confirm it happens in the UK, too. Jan Ostle of Wilsons in Bristol told the BBC’s World at One that the mother-of-pearl spoons he uses to serve herb sorbet are a particular target: “Every few months I have to buy another 28.”

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