Alex Brandsen
@alexbrandsen.nl
Interoperability project lead at TDCC-SSH, with a background in computational archaeology and machine learning. Builder of agnessearch.nl
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Wauw. Een toeslagenouder heeft recht op een dwangsom van 15.000 euro. De overheid weigert te betalen, dus legt de vrouw beslag op een standbeeld uit de tuin van het ministerie (wat een heldin). En vervolgens start de landsadvocaat een zaak tégen deze vrouw. Ze verdient al onze steun.
Toeslagenmoeder legt beslag op een standbeeld van het ministerie. ‘Een fatsoenlijke overheid laat het niet zo ver komen’
Toeslagenmoeder legt beslag op een standbeeld van het ministerie. ‘Een fatsoenlijke overheid laat het niet zo ver komen’
Ze heeft recht op een dwangsom van de overheid, maar ontvangt die maar niet. Dus heeft ‘toeslagenouder’ Yasmin Molleman beslag laten leggen op een standbeeld in de tuin van Binnenlandse Zaken.
www.trouw.nl
February 15, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Wauw. Een toeslagenouder heeft recht op een dwangsom van 15.000 euro. De overheid weigert te betalen, dus legt de vrouw beslag op een standbeeld uit de tuin van het ministerie (wat een heldin). En vervolgens start de landsadvocaat een zaak tégen deze vrouw. Ze verdient al onze steun.
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Someone told me lately "Bluesky is just like Twitter." I argued that was untrue on the basis that last time I had a Twitter account most times I got a new follower their bio said "single & looking for fun" & here when I get a new follower it tends to say something like "professor of rare moths".
February 12, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Someone told me lately "Bluesky is just like Twitter." I argued that was untrue on the basis that last time I had a Twitter account most times I got a new follower their bio said "single & looking for fun" & here when I get a new follower it tends to say something like "professor of rare moths".
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Het is tijd. En een kleine verhuizing van slechts 10 meter, met grote impact.
Teken alsjeblieft!
Teken alsjeblieft!
February 12, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Het is tijd. En een kleine verhuizing van slechts 10 meter, met grote impact.
Teken alsjeblieft!
Teken alsjeblieft!
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The European Association of Archaeologists Executive has worked hard to bury this result inside a long document. But we're going to make this triumph of compassion, common sense & demand for transparency known to all. Help us by sharing. @archagainstaparth.bsky.social @blacktrowel.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 9:43 PM
The European Association of Archaeologists Executive has worked hard to bury this result inside a long document. But we're going to make this triumph of compassion, common sense & demand for transparency known to all. Help us by sharing. @archagainstaparth.bsky.social @blacktrowel.bsky.social
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February 12, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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Did you know that our Data Stations support peer review of datasets before publication? With secure preview URLs (open or anonymous), reviewers can assess data quality, documentation and methods. Helping make research more transparent, reusable and trustworthy. Learn more: edu.nl/p9dwb
February 5, 2026 at 8:44 AM
Did you know that our Data Stations support peer review of datasets before publication? With secure preview URLs (open or anonymous), reviewers can assess data quality, documentation and methods. Helping make research more transparent, reusable and trustworthy. Learn more: edu.nl/p9dwb
Spotted this newsletter from 1987 (before I was born!) at the @dans-knaw-nwo.bsky.social office.
Opened it on a random page, and found 2 calls for papers that perfectly aligned with my current and previous work:
Opened it on a random page, and found 2 calls for papers that perfectly aligned with my current and previous work:
January 28, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Spotted this newsletter from 1987 (before I was born!) at the @dans-knaw-nwo.bsky.social office.
Opened it on a random page, and found 2 calls for papers that perfectly aligned with my current and previous work:
Opened it on a random page, and found 2 calls for papers that perfectly aligned with my current and previous work:
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Registration is now open for #CAA2026! Come join us in Vienna, 31 March - 4 April. Early bird registration closes on 25 Feb so don't miss out! 2026.caaconference.org/registration...
Registration – CAA 2026
2026.caaconference.org
January 28, 2026 at 6:06 AM
Registration is now open for #CAA2026! Come join us in Vienna, 31 March - 4 April. Early bird registration closes on 25 Feb so don't miss out! 2026.caaconference.org/registration...
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Tired of excuses and obfuscation from the EAA Executive?
Want a collegial and supportive society fit for its members? Then #boycottEAA
Read our call for voting and boycotting below!
If you want a detailed description of the events so far please read: drive.google.com/file/d/1jdGO...
Want a collegial and supportive society fit for its members? Then #boycottEAA
Read our call for voting and boycotting below!
If you want a detailed description of the events so far please read: drive.google.com/file/d/1jdGO...
January 21, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Tired of excuses and obfuscation from the EAA Executive?
Want a collegial and supportive society fit for its members? Then #boycottEAA
Read our call for voting and boycotting below!
If you want a detailed description of the events so far please read: drive.google.com/file/d/1jdGO...
Want a collegial and supportive society fit for its members? Then #boycottEAA
Read our call for voting and boycotting below!
If you want a detailed description of the events so far please read: drive.google.com/file/d/1jdGO...
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‘Nederland paste het internationaal recht heel streng toe op Zuid-Afrika tijdens de apartheid, maar helaas geldt dit niet nu het gaat om Gaza’
www.trouw.nl/buitenland/i...
www.trouw.nl/buitenland/i...
Internationaal rechtsexpert: ‘Het bezettingsbeleid van Israël lijkt erg op de apartheid in Zuid-Afrika, maar dan erger. Veel erger’
Internationaal rechtsexpert John Dugard ziet als Zuid-Afrikaan een dubbele moraal van het Westen. ‘Nederland paste internationaal recht heel streng toe op Zuid-Afrika tijdens de apartheid, maar helaas...
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January 21, 2026 at 9:20 AM
‘Nederland paste het internationaal recht heel streng toe op Zuid-Afrika tijdens de apartheid, maar helaas geldt dit niet nu het gaat om Gaza’
www.trouw.nl/buitenland/i...
www.trouw.nl/buitenland/i...
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Door Trump-critici weg te zetten als 'witte wijn sippende elite in Amsterdam' deed Rutte precies wat elke foute populist doet: een vijand creëren die paradoxaal genoeg meer op hem en zijn vrienden lijkt (denk Jort Kelder).
Rutte: "Ik word giftig als ik de witte wijn sippende elite hoor zeggen: Trump is verkeerd. In de EU lopen heel veel dingen niet goed. Maak gebruik van Trump. Hij schudt de boel lekker op. Hij zegt terecht: dit is gewoon niet goed. Hij heeft een punt: dat al die instituties niet goed werken." (2019)
January 21, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Door Trump-critici weg te zetten als 'witte wijn sippende elite in Amsterdam' deed Rutte precies wat elke foute populist doet: een vijand creëren die paradoxaal genoeg meer op hem en zijn vrienden lijkt (denk Jort Kelder).
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What would you like to learn at our DANS Open Day?
Topics we’re considering: safe data sharing, FAIR in practice, orphan data, and who decides on access & reuse.
What’s missing? Share your ideas and help shape the programme 👉 edu.nl/cytwx
Topics we’re considering: safe data sharing, FAIR in practice, orphan data, and who decides on access & reuse.
What’s missing? Share your ideas and help shape the programme 👉 edu.nl/cytwx
January 20, 2026 at 8:44 AM
What would you like to learn at our DANS Open Day?
Topics we’re considering: safe data sharing, FAIR in practice, orphan data, and who decides on access & reuse.
What’s missing? Share your ideas and help shape the programme 👉 edu.nl/cytwx
Topics we’re considering: safe data sharing, FAIR in practice, orphan data, and who decides on access & reuse.
What’s missing? Share your ideas and help shape the programme 👉 edu.nl/cytwx
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For those not following the Eurovision debacle, this is how bad it is. It’s a lesson in how to make a beloved brand with a hardcore following thoroughly toxic. Even fan/independent media who have covered the contest for years are walking away.
December 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
For those not following the Eurovision debacle, this is how bad it is. It’s a lesson in how to make a beloved brand with a hardcore following thoroughly toxic. Even fan/independent media who have covered the contest for years are walking away.
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An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
December 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
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Bolwerk van vrijheid... of gewoon bolwerk?
www.mareonline.nl/opinie/waaro...
www.mareonline.nl/opinie/waaro...
Waarom de beveiliging moet stoppen: de Leidse ‘War on Terror’ is gebaseerd op waanideeën
Na blinde paniek over één verdwaalde vreemdeling voerde de universiteit een streng beveiligingsregime in dat nog steeds voortduurt. Nu die blunder na twee jaar is toegegeven, is er maar één logische v...
www.mareonline.nl
November 14, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Bolwerk van vrijheid... of gewoon bolwerk?
www.mareonline.nl/opinie/waaro...
www.mareonline.nl/opinie/waaro...
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🦄 SPOTLIGHT ON #datastewards with Hannah DeLacey @unileiden.bsky.social
tdcc.nl/spotlight-on...
"I want [...] more recognition and more pathways for career advancement for data stewards and other research support professionals."
Visit the series’ page: tdcc.nl/category/spo...
tdcc.nl/spotlight-on...
"I want [...] more recognition and more pathways for career advancement for data stewards and other research support professionals."
Visit the series’ page: tdcc.nl/category/spo...
November 11, 2025 at 7:47 AM
🦄 SPOTLIGHT ON #datastewards with Hannah DeLacey @unileiden.bsky.social
tdcc.nl/spotlight-on...
"I want [...] more recognition and more pathways for career advancement for data stewards and other research support professionals."
Visit the series’ page: tdcc.nl/category/spo...
tdcc.nl/spotlight-on...
"I want [...] more recognition and more pathways for career advancement for data stewards and other research support professionals."
Visit the series’ page: tdcc.nl/category/spo...
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Missed the Data Steward Interest Group (DSIG) meeting? Slides and notes via lnkd.in/effWJdRX
Read about @rdaeurope.bsky.social Global Open Research Commons (GORC) & Mapping the Landscape of Digital Research Tools (MaLDReTH).
BioHackathon, DeiC, interoperability, Infra4NTROs, Ontologies4Chem
Read about @rdaeurope.bsky.social Global Open Research Commons (GORC) & Mapping the Landscape of Digital Research Tools (MaLDReTH).
BioHackathon, DeiC, interoperability, Infra4NTROs, Ontologies4Chem
Next online #DataStewards Interest Group (DSIG) meeting ▶️ Nov 10, 14:45–16.30 CET
Agenda & Registration ▶️ tdcc.nl/dsig/dsig-me..., on @researchdataall.bsky.social Global Open Research Commons (GORC) and Mapping the Landscape of Digital Research Tools (MaLDReTH).
Connect with peers & exchange news!
Agenda & Registration ▶️ tdcc.nl/dsig/dsig-me..., on @researchdataall.bsky.social Global Open Research Commons (GORC) and Mapping the Landscape of Digital Research Tools (MaLDReTH).
Connect with peers & exchange news!
November 11, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Missed the Data Steward Interest Group (DSIG) meeting? Slides and notes via lnkd.in/effWJdRX
Read about @rdaeurope.bsky.social Global Open Research Commons (GORC) & Mapping the Landscape of Digital Research Tools (MaLDReTH).
BioHackathon, DeiC, interoperability, Infra4NTROs, Ontologies4Chem
Read about @rdaeurope.bsky.social Global Open Research Commons (GORC) & Mapping the Landscape of Digital Research Tools (MaLDReTH).
BioHackathon, DeiC, interoperability, Infra4NTROs, Ontologies4Chem
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And one more Spotlight on Data Stewards, featuring Bella Anna Binoy from UMCG.
"Our community (research data professionals) is missing standardisation."
tdcc.nl/spotlight-on...
Full series via tdcc.nl/dsig/spotlig...
"Our community (research data professionals) is missing standardisation."
tdcc.nl/spotlight-on...
Full series via tdcc.nl/dsig/spotlig...
November 11, 2025 at 9:31 AM
And one more Spotlight on Data Stewards, featuring Bella Anna Binoy from UMCG.
"Our community (research data professionals) is missing standardisation."
tdcc.nl/spotlight-on...
Full series via tdcc.nl/dsig/spotlig...
"Our community (research data professionals) is missing standardisation."
tdcc.nl/spotlight-on...
Full series via tdcc.nl/dsig/spotlig...
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Tofik in Jacobin! Lees het hele artikel op https://jacobin.nl/bij1-lijsttrekker-tofik-dibi-we-willen-bepalend-zijn-in-het-debat-in-de-kamer.
We zitten officieel in de laatste eindsprint. Samen krijgen we BIJ1 groots terug de Kamer in.
Doe eerlijk. Stem #bij1.
We zitten officieel in de laatste eindsprint. Samen krijgen we BIJ1 groots terug de Kamer in.
Doe eerlijk. Stem #bij1.
October 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Tofik in Jacobin! Lees het hele artikel op https://jacobin.nl/bij1-lijsttrekker-tofik-dibi-we-willen-bepalend-zijn-in-het-debat-in-de-kamer.
We zitten officieel in de laatste eindsprint. Samen krijgen we BIJ1 groots terug de Kamer in.
Doe eerlijk. Stem #bij1.
We zitten officieel in de laatste eindsprint. Samen krijgen we BIJ1 groots terug de Kamer in.
Doe eerlijk. Stem #bij1.
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One week left to register for the ODISSEI Conference (4 November, Utrecht)! Visit DANS at the ODISSEI Marketplace to explore the ODISSEI Portal, or join parallel sessions on FAIR data discovery hosted by Ricarda Braukmann & Jetze Touber. Check out more of the programme and register: edu.nl/9tgbk
October 28, 2025 at 8:44 AM
One week left to register for the ODISSEI Conference (4 November, Utrecht)! Visit DANS at the ODISSEI Marketplace to explore the ODISSEI Portal, or join parallel sessions on FAIR data discovery hosted by Ricarda Braukmann & Jetze Touber. Check out more of the programme and register: edu.nl/9tgbk
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And of course, check out the ARCfieldLAB website at arcfieldlab.nl!
October 27, 2025 at 9:34 AM
And of course, check out the ARCfieldLAB website at arcfieldlab.nl!
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Next online #DataStewards Interest Group (DSIG) meeting ▶️ Nov 10, 14:45–16.30 CET
Agenda & Registration ▶️ tdcc.nl/dsig/dsig-me..., on @researchdataall.bsky.social Global Open Research Commons (GORC) and Mapping the Landscape of Digital Research Tools (MaLDReTH).
Connect with peers & exchange news!
Agenda & Registration ▶️ tdcc.nl/dsig/dsig-me..., on @researchdataall.bsky.social Global Open Research Commons (GORC) and Mapping the Landscape of Digital Research Tools (MaLDReTH).
Connect with peers & exchange news!
October 22, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Next online #DataStewards Interest Group (DSIG) meeting ▶️ Nov 10, 14:45–16.30 CET
Agenda & Registration ▶️ tdcc.nl/dsig/dsig-me..., on @researchdataall.bsky.social Global Open Research Commons (GORC) and Mapping the Landscape of Digital Research Tools (MaLDReTH).
Connect with peers & exchange news!
Agenda & Registration ▶️ tdcc.nl/dsig/dsig-me..., on @researchdataall.bsky.social Global Open Research Commons (GORC) and Mapping the Landscape of Digital Research Tools (MaLDReTH).
Connect with peers & exchange news!
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Just a few days left! 😃 The call for papers and posters closes on October 26th 📆 We’re excited to receive your contributions for Session 13: “If I Had a Hammer, I’d 3D-Scan It: Computational Approaches for the Analysis of Tool Artifacts.”
October 21, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Just a few days left! 😃 The call for papers and posters closes on October 26th 📆 We’re excited to receive your contributions for Session 13: “If I Had a Hammer, I’d 3D-Scan It: Computational Approaches for the Analysis of Tool Artifacts.”
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but you can't self-love your way out of systemic discrimination.
October 20, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but you can't self-love your way out of systemic discrimination.