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bert-hubert.mastodon.nl.ap.brid.gy
Duimen, we hebben hier eerder dingen voor Amerikanen gelanceerd (zoals de JWST telescoop). Dit is een enorme berg Amazon satellieten. NU live op https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUr3ygqFkAY
February 12, 2026 at 4:45 PM
helma.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Best of holiday is coming back home. #LazyPip #caturday
February 12, 2026 at 4:19 PM
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bert-hubert.mastodon.nl.ap.brid.gy
“Kathmann zegt hierin van mening te verschillen met Eurostack. ‘Het zijn nooit wetten geweest die ons in de weg zaten, maar het probleem was hoe overheden publiek geld uitgeven. Privacywetten maken ons niet kapot, miljarden uitgeven aan Microsoft maakt ons kapot.’” […]
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mastodon.nl
February 12, 2026 at 8:31 AM
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bert-hubert.mastodon.nl.ap.brid.gy
Het bleek dat de behulpzame mensen van de kamer van koophandel mijn adres weer waren gaan verkopen. En als je dat wil uitzetten kan dat niet op kvk.nl, je moet mailen. Ik zit vol gevoelens nu.

https://www.kvk.nl/over-het-handelsregister/adres-beschermen-tegen-reclamepost-en-verkoop-aan-de-deur/
Adres beschermen tegen reclamepost en verkoop aan de deur | KVK
Wil je minder fysieke post of huis-aan-huis bezoek? Laat het ons weten in een mail aan [email protected].
www.kvk.nl
February 9, 2026 at 7:50 PM
helma.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
#juttalicious
February 9, 2026 at 6:17 PM
helma.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Who's the current #epstein?
February 8, 2026 at 8:09 PM
helma.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
For the old and old school gamers here ... Did you love #eq #everquest, you will adore #BG3 Baldur's Gate.

Just wow. ❤️
February 8, 2026 at 4:18 PM
helma.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
@omroepbnnvara Wie verzint zulke.zinnen? Dat helpt niet.

"... wanneer deze zich alleen schuldig maken aan geweldloze demonstraties die juridisch zijn toegestaan."

Fixed it for you:

"... wanneer ze alleen meedoen aan ..." […]
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mastodon.social
February 8, 2026 at 9:42 AM
helma.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Wadafuk? 😱

https://nos.nl/artikel/2601057-arrestatie-in-italie-om-voor-de-lol-schieten-op-burgers-tijdens-beleg-van-sarajevo
Arrestatie in Italië om 'voor de lol' schieten op burgers tijdens beleg van Sarajevo
Tijdens zogenoemde snipersafari's konden buitenlanders tegen betaling van veel geld vanuit Bosnisch-Servische posities op burgers in Sarajevo schieten.
nos.nl
February 5, 2026 at 7:05 PM
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streetartutopia.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy
I’m waiting for the karma to hit, but these rich bast…. never seem to face any consequences.
February 5, 2026 at 11:32 AM
helma.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Echt, #ai, hou op met me.

"Oogdruppels van stof"
🙈🤣🤣🤣
February 5, 2026 at 4:18 PM
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ploum.mamot.fr.ap.brid.gy
Giving University Exams in the Age of Chatbots

How I managed to give an exam while giving the students the choice to use a chatbot or not.

And what I learned in the process.

https://ploum.net/2026-01-19-exam-with-chatbots.html
Giving University Exams in the Age of Chatbots
Giving University Exams in the Age of Chatbots par Ploum - Lionel Dricot.
ploum.net
January 19, 2026 at 6:50 PM
helma.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
The attention economy:

"A point at which there’s more attention to be gained from opposing or abandoning him than there is from kissing his butt,"
#trump #usa

https://www.alternet.org/trump-republicans-2674361600/
'The rats are fleeing the ship' as Trump approval plummets
As President Donald Trump's approval ratings plummet, "one of the greatest and most destructive cons in American history" is about to fall, writes USA Today's Rex Huppke.This fall, Huppke says, is "going to be spectacular" as Trump remains "horrendously unpopular and [a] swiftly deteriorating lame d...
www.alternet.org
February 2, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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heleenkuiper.mastodon.nl.ap.brid.gy
Vandaag heb ik geleerd dat een gezin dat via #gezinshereniging naar Nederland komt, niet herenigd wordt met de oorspronkelijke asielzoeker. De statushouder zit bv in een azc in Amsterdam en zijn gezin kan dan in een azc in Roermond of Delfzijl terecht komen.

Dan heb je 2 jaar gewacht op je […]
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mastodon.nl
February 2, 2026 at 2:23 PM
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mattblaze.federate.social.ap.brid.gy
The US government is shut down again. I mention this only because if some place like Canada were to come down and run things, we could certainly use the help.

We’ll leave the door unlocked.
February 2, 2026 at 6:42 PM
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cstromblad.com
I love how people keep talking of GenAI and the whole funny business of "agentic AI" as the next (and very close) step towards AGI.

Let me just bring our attention to the AGI here. These "LLMs" can perform one single thread of activity at a time. They are incredibly slow. There's no parallel […]
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swecyb.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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stuffifound.politicalmemes.org
Hate to be an "I told you so", but... Nah, just overreacting, right? #Antifascism #Antifa #fascism #trumpisafascist #Trump #DonaldTrump #activism
2016: You've overreacting 2017: You've overreacting 2018: You've overreacting 2019: You've overreacting 2020: You've overreacting 2021: You've overreacting 2022: You've overreacting 2023: You've overreacting 2024: You've overreacting 2025: You've overreacting 2026: Well there was no way of knowing it would get this bad. Amazingly all of us who did predict this used our magical powers of reading history books and using basic human pattern recognition. Also they really gave it away when they threw out those nazi salutes.
February 2, 2026 at 4:18 PM
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mattip.mastodon.common.se.ap.brid.gy
Great expression that should be used more.
From Twitter "My grandfather used to say "and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel" and I never knew what it meant until after he died my grandmother explained some magazine did a fluff interview with Magda Goebbels a few years before WW2 that included her strudel recipe and my grandfather, who hated the Nazis with the passion of 10,000 suns, thought it was an example of the media sanitising evil people and he would use the phrase when someone asked him to overlook a bad person doing bad things and focus on the good."
February 2, 2026 at 9:07 AM
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funguy2playwith.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy
#f1 #williams
The movie poster "Dude, Where's My Car?" with Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon standing in front of the entire Williams F1 team.
February 2, 2026 at 11:51 AM
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hfalcke.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
So, there are fake accounts on Google scholar. I got an email from an alleged colleague at TU Delft who offers help in publishing papers. This raised my suspicion. I didn't find him on the TU Delft websites, but he gives a Google Scholar page with a verified […]

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Screenshot of an Email: Dear Professor Heino Falcke, I hope you’re having a productive week. I’m Dr. Zhifeng Chen, Professor at the Delft University of Technology. I work closely with researchers, assisting them throughout the academic publishing process — including manuscript preparation and submission. I contribute to journals such as: • Journal of Control, Automation and Electrical Systems • Automatic Control and Computer Sciences • Multiagent and Grid Systems In addition, there are current opportunities to collaborate on both Special Issues and Regular Issues across multiple journals. Over the years, I’ve supported numerous successful publications with leading publishers like Elsevier, Springer, IEEE, and Wiley. If this area interests you, I can provide more information on relevant publication opportunities. Warm regards, Dr. Zhifeng Chen Associate Professor, Delft University of Technology WhatsApp: +1 (210) 915-1451 Google Scholar : https://scholar.google.com/citations?&user=UzGqWEgAAAAJ Screenshot of a Google Scholar profile of that Email author with a fake Email address from TU Delft
January 30, 2026 at 7:57 AM
helma.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
You gotta love #marktwerking in belangrijke infrastructuur.

Die nachttrein is echt van belang voor de "periferie".

https://nos.nl/artikel/2600035-ns-sleept-almere-voor-rechter-vanwege-subsidie-voor-arriva-nachttrein
NS sleept Almere voor rechter vanwege subsidie voor Arriva-nachttrein
Volgens de treinvervoerder is de subsidie die concurrent Arriva ontvangt voor het rijden van de nachttrein onterecht.
nos.nl
January 28, 2026 at 3:47 PM
helma.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Creepy Nazi Country. Indiana is now the Bayern of the USA.
#gaschamber #fascism
If these methods exist, they will use 'em:

https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/2026/01/21/firing-squad-gas-execution-methods-move-out-of-house-committee/
January 28, 2026 at 11:03 AM
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bert-hubert.mastodon.nl.ap.brid.gy
@elisabethijmker @gemeenteamsterdam En hier het fragment, we kregen bijna 15 minuten de ruimte om te praten over IT, specifiek bij gemeenten maar ook de overheid in bredere zin. En we bespraken wat de nieuwe coalitie moet doen […]
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mastodon.nl
January 27, 2026 at 11:05 AM
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sandradehaan.bsky.social
Het opkomende digitale imperialisme vraagt om een duidelijk antwoord. Goed stuk, Volkskrant
January 21, 2026 at 1:49 PM
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veroniqueb99.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
January 24, 2026 at 7:51 PM