Marten Roorda
@MartenRoorda
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Pioneer in #edtech. Full-time Senior Advisor Market Dynamics and Scaling Strategies @gatesfoundation. Former CEO of @ACT and @Cito.
Iowa City
Joined April 2012
Thinking back of the moment @anishgiri won the @tatasteelchess tournament in 2023, with commentary by Daniel #Naroditsky.
Sometimes, chess is more exciting than football or soccer. Listen to the announcers when an opponent's move led to Anish Giri winning the game and the @tatasteelchess tournament.
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"Horror isn’t merely about being scared: It’s about hopelessness and misery. What else is there to be frightened of? They’re the basis of the genre. This can be seen even in Beaumont’s most seemingly run-of-the-mill and ostensibly 'basic' short stories." https://t.co/4SKbMNSH9k
thebulwark.com
The writer died before his fortieth birthday—but left behind an influential catalogue of stories and unforgettable Twilight Zone episodes.
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Virgil Van Dijk and Mo Salah will probably retire without a Ballon D'Or, yet Ousmane Dembele, who's been shite for years, scored a few goals in the Uber Eats League against farmers and security guards and will have one. What a fucking farce of an award.
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📢 The Launch of the TIMSS 2023 Longitudinal International Results will be livestreamed on Tuesday, 9 December, at 10:00 CET. The event will present key findings from the #TIMSSL Study and explore how understanding student progress over one academic year can inform more
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A brioche bun is unsuitable for a burger. Eating it handheld, the sandwich will fall apart because the bun is too soft. Offering burgers on a brioche bun with no alternative is a woeful trend in American cuisine.
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Horner: "Purple, Purple, White." Max: "Yeah, you want to know something? I saw how much I was up, I saw the gaps! I think I took it a bit easy through the last sector." GP: "Better than Purple, Purple, Stop." Max: "Yeah, we all know about that, he." https://t.co/g1QRQSI6fh
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🚨🇹🇷 EXCL: Turkish talent and U21 international Emirhan Demircan leaves Bayern to join FC Utrecht as a free agent. Contract until 2028, medical done. 🇳🇱 Top scorer FC Bayern II, he turned down offers from Besiktas, Glasgow Rangers and Hoffenheim to join Utrecht.
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Wait a minute... the Netherlands actually colonised United States? 😂
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Let us #PrayTogether that each one of us might find consolation in a personal relationship with Jesus, and from His Heart, learn to have compassion on the world. #PrayerIntention @clicktopray_en #ClickToPray
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Denzel Dumfries vs Barcelona: 37 touches 6 touches in opposition box 1 key pass 2/2 successful dribbles 1/1 accurate crosses 1/1 tackles won 5/5 aerial duels won 6x possession won 2 goals 1 assist 8.91 WS rating Exceptional. ✊ #UCL
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This is Corrie ten Boom, a Dutch watchmaker who helped hide Jewish people and resistance fighters during World War II. She's showing a secret room her family built in her attic in Haarlem, Holland, where about 800 people hid for hours or even months. In 1944, someone betrayed
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