Gerrit Kaper
@gkaper.bsky.social
Ambtenarrig ~ Amersfoort ~ Aspirant wereldleider en -reiziger ~ Beginnend polyglotter ~ Leve de Koning! ~ Zo waarlijk helpe mij God almachtig! 🇳🇱🇪🇺🏳️🌈
Wat kan je allemaal voor €2 kopen?
January 30, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Wat kan je allemaal voor €2 kopen?
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Estimates for number killed in the Tiananmen Square massacre are greatly debated more than 30 years later. Experts say likely between 1,000-3,500. If CBS News warnings are true for Iran's 12,000-20,000 — we are looking at something 5x to 15x greater. A historic horror.
January 13, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Estimates for number killed in the Tiananmen Square massacre are greatly debated more than 30 years later. Experts say likely between 1,000-3,500. If CBS News warnings are true for Iran's 12,000-20,000 — we are looking at something 5x to 15x greater. A historic horror.
Dit doen we in Nederland nog steeds, liefst met een fatbike.
En 1896, le vélo était déjà un symbole confrontant ; il venait bousculer les codes de la mobilité.
Accessible et pas cher, la pratique du vélo propulsait l'autonomie des citoyens, tout en leur permettant de se réapproprier les espaces en ville.
Comme quoi, plus ça change, plus c'est pareil.
Accessible et pas cher, la pratique du vélo propulsait l'autonomie des citoyens, tout en leur permettant de se réapproprier les espaces en ville.
Comme quoi, plus ça change, plus c'est pareil.
January 9, 2026 at 4:12 AM
Dit doen we in Nederland nog steeds, liefst met een fatbike.
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The smoker's robot.
I want one.
What a brilliant idea, you can smoke in your bed or bath without setting the house on fire!
Newspaper ads from the 40s up to the 60s.
From the lovely newspapers.com website:
www.newspapers.com/article/the-...
I want one.
What a brilliant idea, you can smoke in your bed or bath without setting the house on fire!
Newspaper ads from the 40s up to the 60s.
From the lovely newspapers.com website:
www.newspapers.com/article/the-...
January 6, 2026 at 1:06 AM
The smoker's robot.
I want one.
What a brilliant idea, you can smoke in your bed or bath without setting the house on fire!
Newspaper ads from the 40s up to the 60s.
From the lovely newspapers.com website:
www.newspapers.com/article/the-...
I want one.
What a brilliant idea, you can smoke in your bed or bath without setting the house on fire!
Newspaper ads from the 40s up to the 60s.
From the lovely newspapers.com website:
www.newspapers.com/article/the-...
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The Utrecht morning rush hour in the snow did not disappoint!
January 5, 2026 at 7:26 AM
The Utrecht morning rush hour in the snow did not disappoint!
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Uitermate fascinerend, die namen en die op elkaar afgestemde kleding in een artikel over 'snacktijgers' bij 'De Muur' in Enschede.
December 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Uitermate fascinerend, die namen en die op elkaar afgestemde kleding in een artikel over 'snacktijgers' bij 'De Muur' in Enschede.
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If you've curious how the effect was accomplished, you no longer have to wonder...
youtu.be/JHqiiPGPHFY
(Any help signal boosting this to #StarTrek fans would be most appreciated... this video was a lot of work!)
youtu.be/JHqiiPGPHFY
(Any help signal boosting this to #StarTrek fans would be most appreciated... this video was a lot of work!)
How the Macintosh Plus helped make Star Trek history! #VFX
YouTube video by Ron's Computer Videos
youtu.be
December 26, 2025 at 4:00 AM
If you've curious how the effect was accomplished, you no longer have to wonder...
youtu.be/JHqiiPGPHFY
(Any help signal boosting this to #StarTrek fans would be most appreciated... this video was a lot of work!)
youtu.be/JHqiiPGPHFY
(Any help signal boosting this to #StarTrek fans would be most appreciated... this video was a lot of work!)
Bier nummer 12. Make it so!
December 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Bier nummer 12. Make it so!
Mooi klassiek begin van de vakantie ☺️
December 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Mooi klassiek begin van de vakantie ☺️
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December 17, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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here’s a free version:
neat_research_panel <- data.frame(
id = 1:100,
treatment = sample(c(TRUE, FALSE), 100, replace = TRUE),
outcome = rnorm(100, mean = 50, sd = 5)
)
neat_research_panel <- data.frame(
id = 1:100,
treatment = sample(c(TRUE, FALSE), 100, replace = TRUE),
outcome = rnorm(100, mean = 50, sd = 5)
)
Did you know that from tomorrow, Qualtrics is offering synthetic panels (AI-generated participants)?
Follow me down a rabbit hole I'm calling "doing science is tough and I'm so busy, can't we just make up participants?"
Follow me down a rabbit hole I'm calling "doing science is tough and I'm so busy, can't we just make up participants?"
December 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
here’s a free version:
neat_research_panel <- data.frame(
id = 1:100,
treatment = sample(c(TRUE, FALSE), 100, replace = TRUE),
outcome = rnorm(100, mean = 50, sd = 5)
)
neat_research_panel <- data.frame(
id = 1:100,
treatment = sample(c(TRUE, FALSE), 100, replace = TRUE),
outcome = rnorm(100, mean = 50, sd = 5)
)
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More leisure, better health outcomes, less inequality, less carbon emissions, all of which with broadly similar productivity:
The EU can be proud of its development model, and the Trumpists (and European conservatives that echo them) should keep it down a bit
The EU can be proud of its development model, and the Trumpists (and European conservatives that echo them) should keep it down a bit
December 12, 2025 at 12:32 PM
More leisure, better health outcomes, less inequality, less carbon emissions, all of which with broadly similar productivity:
The EU can be proud of its development model, and the Trumpists (and European conservatives that echo them) should keep it down a bit
The EU can be proud of its development model, and the Trumpists (and European conservatives that echo them) should keep it down a bit
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It has become received wisdom in Brussels and Washington that there is a new “euro-sclerosis”: that the EU economy is lagging the US
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
December 12, 2025 at 12:32 PM
It has become received wisdom in Brussels and Washington that there is a new “euro-sclerosis”: that the EU economy is lagging the US
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
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🇺🇦🇺🇦 Just over 500 meters from the front lines in #Kupyansk — President #Zelenskyy is here with the troops. Courage in action.
#Ukriane
#Ukriane
December 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
🇺🇦🇺🇦 Just over 500 meters from the front lines in #Kupyansk — President #Zelenskyy is here with the troops. Courage in action.
#Ukriane
#Ukriane
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I was upgrading the quality of a WW1 image and came across this. 🗃️
December 12, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I was upgrading the quality of a WW1 image and came across this. 🗃️
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This is absolutely real. The current HBO Max version of this "Mad Men" episode "remastered for 4K" did not include an updated visual effects shot, which originally painted out the crew and equipment. Not just that, the HBO Max episode titles/order is jumbled for s01.
HBOMax has started showing a 'remastered' 4K Mad Men and they’ve messed things up so during Roger’s oyster vomit scene you can now see the crew men with the vomit hose on the right
December 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
This is absolutely real. The current HBO Max version of this "Mad Men" episode "remastered for 4K" did not include an updated visual effects shot, which originally painted out the crew and equipment. Not just that, the HBO Max episode titles/order is jumbled for s01.
Resistance is futile. Dus moest ik dit kopen.
December 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Resistance is futile. Dus moest ik dit kopen.
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Paul van Gorcum is overleden. De beroemde (stem)acteur maakte furore op het toneel en werd daarna beroemd bij het grote publiek als De Baron in Bassie en Adriaan én als de stem van Gargamel.
Hij speelde ook Lambik in twee Suske en Wiske hoorspelen van Radio Veronica.
Hij speelde ook Lambik in twee Suske en Wiske hoorspelen van Radio Veronica.
November 21, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Paul van Gorcum is overleden. De beroemde (stem)acteur maakte furore op het toneel en werd daarna beroemd bij het grote publiek als De Baron in Bassie en Adriaan én als de stem van Gargamel.
Hij speelde ook Lambik in twee Suske en Wiske hoorspelen van Radio Veronica.
Hij speelde ook Lambik in twee Suske en Wiske hoorspelen van Radio Veronica.
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This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
Op de schaal van 1 tot Brutalisme, want vinden jullie van het parlementsgebouw van Bangladesh? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jatiya_...
November 11, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Op de schaal van 1 tot Brutalisme, want vinden jullie van het parlementsgebouw van Bangladesh? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jatiya_...
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We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
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Ha! Laat nu een replica van diezelfde kroon (en hetzelfde rode vilten kleedje) onze vergaderruimte in Leiden sieren ;-). Ergens is er een pakhuis in Korea met duizenden van deze dingen voor de vrienden van de staat.
We zijn de kap helaas wel kwijtgeraakt tijdens een verhuizing.
We zijn de kap helaas wel kwijtgeraakt tijdens een verhuizing.
October 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Ha! Laat nu een replica van diezelfde kroon (en hetzelfde rode vilten kleedje) onze vergaderruimte in Leiden sieren ;-). Ergens is er een pakhuis in Korea met duizenden van deze dingen voor de vrienden van de staat.
We zijn de kap helaas wel kwijtgeraakt tijdens een verhuizing.
We zijn de kap helaas wel kwijtgeraakt tijdens een verhuizing.