Dirk Geurs
@dirklectisch.bsky.social
Creator of sociotechnical systems by day, board gamer in the evening, night clubber in the weekend. European 🇪🇺
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Added a few more games and finished up entries for a bunch more on my big spreadsheet of Cool Free PC Games.
Considering that some are multi-game entries, that's over 350+ things to play, many of which are full, retail-worthy times.
If you've got any kind of PC, videogames are just kinda great.
Considering that some are multi-game entries, that's over 350+ things to play, many of which are full, retail-worthy times.
If you've got any kind of PC, videogames are just kinda great.
Free PC Games - The Best For The Broke
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January 24, 2026 at 5:28 AM
Added a few more games and finished up entries for a bunch more on my big spreadsheet of Cool Free PC Games.
Considering that some are multi-game entries, that's over 350+ things to play, many of which are full, retail-worthy times.
If you've got any kind of PC, videogames are just kinda great.
Considering that some are multi-game entries, that's over 350+ things to play, many of which are full, retail-worthy times.
If you've got any kind of PC, videogames are just kinda great.
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This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."
January 12, 2026 at 1:45 AM
This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
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Enforced broadcast of child porn is now official US government policy
January 9, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Enforced broadcast of child porn is now official US government policy
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we've reached the 'Bellingcat investigations in your country' part of the authoritarian program
Using imagery online of the shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, we’ve created an animated sequence which highlights the approximate positioning of officers and vehicles at the scene. The red dot represents the agent who fired the shots. Yellow dots are other agents who arrived at the scene.
January 8, 2026 at 8:13 AM
we've reached the 'Bellingcat investigations in your country' part of the authoritarian program
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amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
January 5, 2026 at 6:50 AM
amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
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A few quick thoughts about this morning's decision. Don't believe the spin from various Russians & others: it's a big deal. The EU has now unambiguously demonstrated that it is able and willing to provide the external financial support Ukraine needs, for as long and as much as it takes. (1/N)
December 19, 2025 at 10:31 AM
A few quick thoughts about this morning's decision. Don't believe the spin from various Russians & others: it's a big deal. The EU has now unambiguously demonstrated that it is able and willing to provide the external financial support Ukraine needs, for as long and as much as it takes. (1/N)
After years of using Safari as my main browser I switched to Orion. It's the same familiar user interface but feels so much faster it's really pleasant. Having my preferred search engine as a first class citizen is a nice bonus. orionbrowser.com
Orion Browser by Kagi
Orion — a web browser designed from the ground-up. Native WebKit speed, full extension compatibility, and absolute privacy is finally together in one browser that respects you.
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December 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
After years of using Safari as my main browser I switched to Orion. It's the same familiar user interface but feels so much faster it's really pleasant. Having my preferred search engine as a first class citizen is a nice bonus. orionbrowser.com
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Joost Prinsen is overleden, man met een speciaal plekje in mijn hart. Mijn kennismaking met hem via iconische kinderprogramma’s op televisie, daar heb ik niets van onthouden. Maar hoe geweldig hij het prachtige gedicht “Ben Ali Libi” van Willem Wilmink voordraagt, dat zal ik nooit vergeten.
November 3, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Joost Prinsen is overleden, man met een speciaal plekje in mijn hart. Mijn kennismaking met hem via iconische kinderprogramma’s op televisie, daar heb ik niets van onthouden. Maar hoe geweldig hij het prachtige gedicht “Ben Ali Libi” van Willem Wilmink voordraagt, dat zal ik nooit vergeten.
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- you clean up that banksy?
- sure did, your honour, leaving a perfect, permanent outline, imbuing the work with real fuckin gravitas while making its point better than the artist did himself just like you asked
- sure did, your honour, leaving a perfect, permanent outline, imbuing the work with real fuckin gravitas while making its point better than the artist did himself just like you asked
They erased the new Banksy mural in London. But the stain remains.
September 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
- you clean up that banksy?
- sure did, your honour, leaving a perfect, permanent outline, imbuing the work with real fuckin gravitas while making its point better than the artist did himself just like you asked
- sure did, your honour, leaving a perfect, permanent outline, imbuing the work with real fuckin gravitas while making its point better than the artist did himself just like you asked
Pinning Wikipedia to always be the first search result on @kagi.com has significantly changed how I consume the web. For many searches now my first stop is the encyclopaedia. The ordering of search results matters much more than I imagined.
August 30, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Pinning Wikipedia to always be the first search result on @kagi.com has significantly changed how I consume the web. For many searches now my first stop is the encyclopaedia. The ordering of search results matters much more than I imagined.
I wish the internet has a better way to find commentary like this. This showed up on my timeline but if I try to find it using a search engine or even Bluesky's search it doesn't turn up.
Late to this but @economist.com published an editorial that is factually wrong, misleading (not to say manipulative) and presents a convoluted argument about how to build a better international protection system – essentially by scrapping international protection.
First, a couple of facts.
First, a couple of facts.
Scrap the asylum system—and build something better
Rich countries need to separate asylum from labour migration
www.economist.com
July 21, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I wish the internet has a better way to find commentary like this. This showed up on my timeline but if I try to find it using a search engine or even Bluesky's search it doesn't turn up.
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What you definitely want in the mountains is a nav app which isn’t actually deriving its advice from the real world. 🤦♂️
"AllTrails has a new generative AI feature that can be asked to 'shorten my route' or 'make this more scenic.'
But the people in charge of searching for lost hikers say the feature is going to exacerbate an issue they’ve been warning about for years: hiking apps providing false information."
But the people in charge of searching for lost hikers say the feature is going to exacerbate an issue they’ve been warning about for years: hiking apps providing false information."
AllTrails launches AI route-making tool, worrying search-and-rescue members
One of the world’s most popular hiking apps has a new generative AI feature that can be asked to "shorten my route" or "make this more scenic." But the people in charge of searching for lost hikers sa...
www.nationalobserver.com
June 20, 2025 at 7:34 AM
What you definitely want in the mountains is a nav app which isn’t actually deriving its advice from the real world. 🤦♂️
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I think people have a kind of Gell-Mann amnesia towards LLMs — like, they can think "AI is bad at things I am good at and know about, but good at things I can't judge because I'm bad at them"
Tech bros think AI is good at everything, including coding, and that's because they are also bad at coding
Tech bros think AI is good at everything, including coding, and that's because they are also bad at coding
April 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I think people have a kind of Gell-Mann amnesia towards LLMs — like, they can think "AI is bad at things I am good at and know about, but good at things I can't judge because I'm bad at them"
Tech bros think AI is good at everything, including coding, and that's because they are also bad at coding
Tech bros think AI is good at everything, including coding, and that's because they are also bad at coding
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the Marathon alpha released recently and its environments are covered with assets lifted from poster designs i made in 2017.
@bungie.net @marathonthegame.bungie.net
@bungie.net @marathonthegame.bungie.net
May 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
the Marathon alpha released recently and its environments are covered with assets lifted from poster designs i made in 2017.
@bungie.net @marathonthegame.bungie.net
@bungie.net @marathonthegame.bungie.net
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We are going to graduate a generation of workers who can’t do any meaningful work without ChatGPT but then will be shocked when their jobs are completely replaced by AI.
May 14, 2025 at 2:02 AM
We are going to graduate a generation of workers who can’t do any meaningful work without ChatGPT but then will be shocked when their jobs are completely replaced by AI.
Whenever I hear someone talk about AI enthusiastically my mind turns to how braindead we can all become.
Gonna be real with you, this feels like an advertisement for spiritual death
April 23, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Whenever I hear someone talk about AI enthusiastically my mind turns to how braindead we can all become.
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A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
April 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
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This was….five months ago
April 2, 2025 at 11:49 PM
This was….five months ago
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Incredible. The Trump administration calculated "tariff rates" by taking the US trade deficit with the respective country and dividing it by the country's exports to the US. And then the tariff rate of the US is often just set by cutting that made-up "tariff rate" in half.
April 3, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Incredible. The Trump administration calculated "tariff rates" by taking the US trade deficit with the respective country and dividing it by the country's exports to the US. And then the tariff rate of the US is often just set by cutting that made-up "tariff rate" in half.
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Looking around the world right now, it’s hard not to feel very bloody lucky to be a citizen of the European Union.
The European Union has achieved its highest-ever approval rating, with 74% of those surveyed in the latest Eurobarometer believing their country benefits from EU membership. 🇪🇺
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
EU basks in all-time high citizen approval rate amid tense geopolitics
The European Union has achieved its highest-ever approval rating, with 74% of those surveyed in the latest Eurobarometer believing their country benefits from EU membership. #EuropeNews
www.euronews.com
March 27, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Looking around the world right now, it’s hard not to feel very bloody lucky to be a citizen of the European Union.
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BlueSky becoming more useful for news basically every day. Simple reason: None of that Elon trash code that punishes direct links. People share stories and we click, like God intended.
March 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
BlueSky becoming more useful for news basically every day. Simple reason: None of that Elon trash code that punishes direct links. People share stories and we click, like God intended.
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