we’ve had two low-grade terrorist incidents in our neighborhood in ~24 hours. A small explosion at a Jewish school, and a small explosion at an American bank (explicitly claimed immediately by some group as an anti-American statement). I live in a very Jewish neighborhood, which to be clear is not the one marked “Jewish quarter” on maps, due to Reasons within the last century you can reason about

Amsterdam is still one of the safest cities in the world, and certainly it’s not about to become a war zone or anything. But I’m a little disturbed and worried.