Jakob Kramers
@jakobkramers.bsky.social
Europeanist, denizen of Deventer, day job in The Hague. Opinions strictly my own.
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In what's now become an annual tradition, I've written another piece for The Gist about how and why I hate A.I.
On a bubble about to burst, a future rotted to its core, and the limits of the Mrs Doyle Theory of artificial intelligence.
www.thegist.ie/guest-gist-2...
On a bubble about to burst, a future rotted to its core, and the limits of the Mrs Doyle Theory of artificial intelligence.
www.thegist.ie/guest-gist-2...
Guest Gist: 2026, Our Already Rotting Future
Seamus O'Reilly warns of AI maximum bubbledrive this year.
www.thegist.ie
January 2, 2026 at 10:25 AM
In what's now become an annual tradition, I've written another piece for The Gist about how and why I hate A.I.
On a bubble about to burst, a future rotted to its core, and the limits of the Mrs Doyle Theory of artificial intelligence.
www.thegist.ie/guest-gist-2...
On a bubble about to burst, a future rotted to its core, and the limits of the Mrs Doyle Theory of artificial intelligence.
www.thegist.ie/guest-gist-2...
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My top five favourite words to pronounce like they’re Greek philosophers…
5. Monocles
4. Bicycles
3. Popsicles
2. Obstacles
1. Testicles
5. Monocles
4. Bicycles
3. Popsicles
2. Obstacles
1. Testicles
December 18, 2025 at 12:13 PM
My top five favourite words to pronounce like they’re Greek philosophers…
5. Monocles
4. Bicycles
3. Popsicles
2. Obstacles
1. Testicles
5. Monocles
4. Bicycles
3. Popsicles
2. Obstacles
1. Testicles
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The argument is that Europe underperforms in tech and biotech because it is “too expensive” to fire people.That may sound intuitively appealing but it is profoundly misleading.
Europe won’t innovate more by firing people faster
The argument is that Europe underperforms in tech and biotech because it is “too expensive” to fire people.That may sound intuitively appealing but it is profoundly misleading.
euobserver.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:03 AM
The argument is that Europe underperforms in tech and biotech because it is “too expensive” to fire people.That may sound intuitively appealing but it is profoundly misleading.
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‘Waarom zouden kranten AI gebruiken? Om meer te schrijven? De krant kan toch ook gewoon wat dunner zijn? Er zou heus wel wat werk geautomatiseerd kunnen worden, zoals koppen maken en spellingschecks. Maar is dat de klimaatimpact van AI waard?’
My thoughts.
www.svdj.nl/nieuws/felie...
My thoughts.
www.svdj.nl/nieuws/felie...
Felienne Hermans: 'De stekker mag uit de hype rond large language models'
Felienne Hermans (41) is hoogleraar didactiek van de informatie aan de Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. Daarnaast geeft ze informaticales aan de Open Schoolgemeenschap Bijlmer en schrijft ze opiniestu...
www.svdj.nl
December 13, 2025 at 9:02 AM
‘Waarom zouden kranten AI gebruiken? Om meer te schrijven? De krant kan toch ook gewoon wat dunner zijn? Er zou heus wel wat werk geautomatiseerd kunnen worden, zoals koppen maken en spellingschecks. Maar is dat de klimaatimpact van AI waard?’
My thoughts.
www.svdj.nl/nieuws/felie...
My thoughts.
www.svdj.nl/nieuws/felie...
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Chaotic evil!
*librarian hard stare*
*librarian hard stare*
October 13, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Chaotic evil!
*librarian hard stare*
*librarian hard stare*
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I enjoyed this piece from the Oatmeal on AI art but it got me thinking - I'd love to be able to draw but I can't because I've never studied or practiced. Why not?
theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art
theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art
A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal
This is a comic about AI art.
theoatmeal.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I enjoyed this piece from the Oatmeal on AI art but it got me thinking - I'd love to be able to draw but I can't because I've never studied or practiced. Why not?
theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art
theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art
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VVD in woord: "arbeid moet lonen!"
VVD in praktijk: 800.000 deeltijdwerkers gaan er honderden euros op achteruit
VVD in praktijk: 800.000 deeltijdwerkers gaan er honderden euros op achteruit
September 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
VVD in woord: "arbeid moet lonen!"
VVD in praktijk: 800.000 deeltijdwerkers gaan er honderden euros op achteruit
VVD in praktijk: 800.000 deeltijdwerkers gaan er honderden euros op achteruit
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RT if you also wish ill upon JK Rowling.
Outcry grows after multiple trans users were targeted for mild criticisms of the anti-trans billionaire.
Bluesky silenced trans voices over J.K. Rowling, here’s why
Outcry grows after multiple trans users were targeted for mild criticisms of the anti-trans billionaire.
bit.ly
August 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
RT if you also wish ill upon JK Rowling.
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It’s the 199th anniversary of Alexander Gordon Laing entering Timbuktu and saying it “has completely met my expectations”, even though someone there a few years earlier had described it as “dull, filthy and exceedingly unattractive”. Why was he putting on a brave face? Well...
August 13, 2025 at 8:01 AM
It’s the 199th anniversary of Alexander Gordon Laing entering Timbuktu and saying it “has completely met my expectations”, even though someone there a few years earlier had described it as “dull, filthy and exceedingly unattractive”. Why was he putting on a brave face? Well...
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Ganz killing it here, combining a critical methodological perspective on how polling is done with fundamental political theory about what politics is & what it involves:
August 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Ganz killing it here, combining a critical methodological perspective on how polling is done with fundamental political theory about what politics is & what it involves:
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“Nederlandse redacteuren zien uiterst rechts niet als ondermijners van de liberale democratie, maar als een stem als ieder ander. “Maar het gaat in Nederland zelfs verder dan dat. Je normaliseert ze niet alleen, je maakt ze ook af en toe tot de norm.”
archive.ph/VFycK
archive.ph/VFycK
July 12, 2025 at 9:02 AM
“Nederlandse redacteuren zien uiterst rechts niet als ondermijners van de liberale democratie, maar als een stem als ieder ander. “Maar het gaat in Nederland zelfs verder dan dat. Je normaliseert ze niet alleen, je maakt ze ook af en toe tot de norm.”
archive.ph/VFycK
archive.ph/VFycK
Every. Goddamn. Day.
BREAKING: Palestinian witnesses and hospitals say Israeli forces opened fire toward hundreds of people waiting for aid trucks in central Gaza, killing at least 25 people.
Israeli forces fire on people waiting for aid in Gaza, killing 25, witnesses and hospitals say
Palestinian witnesses say Israeli forces and drones opened fire toward hundreds of people waiting for aid trucks in central Gaza.
bit.ly
June 24, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Every. Goddamn. Day.
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New blogpost: Woke - Opposition to "wokeness" has shifted from conservatives peddling myths to liberals deploring radicals for alienating those same conservatives. This reflects a wider surrender by progressives in the face of centre-right government
fromarsetoelbow.blogspot.com/2025/06/woke...
fromarsetoelbow.blogspot.com/2025/06/woke...
Woke
From arse to elbow. A blog about politics, economics, football, films, music and various other stuff that catches my fancy. Dave Timoney.
fromarsetoelbow.blogspot.com
June 14, 2025 at 11:40 AM
New blogpost: Woke - Opposition to "wokeness" has shifted from conservatives peddling myths to liberals deploring radicals for alienating those same conservatives. This reflects a wider surrender by progressives in the face of centre-right government
fromarsetoelbow.blogspot.com/2025/06/woke...
fromarsetoelbow.blogspot.com/2025/06/woke...
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This is excellent. newrepublic.com/article/1947...
Real Men Steal Countries: Inside Trump’s Absurd Greenland Obsession
An underdressed reporter journeys across icy, barren Greenland—and into Trump’s bored, nineteenth-century brain.
newrepublic.com
May 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This is excellent. newrepublic.com/article/1947...
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« Le “wokisme” est l’épouvantail par lequel on cherche à empêcher le débat rationnel sur les discriminations »
« Le “wokisme” est l’épouvantail par lequel on cherche à empêcher le débat rationnel sur les discriminations »
Le 10 avril, un collectif d’universitaires estimait dans « Le Monde » que leur critique de « l’obscurantisme woke » était malhonnêtement réduite à un discours réactionnaire. Dans une tribune, l’autrice Isabelle Kersimon, le politiste Alain Policar et le philosophe Jean-Yves Pranchère leur répondent que les antiwokes sont les seuls à croire au « wokisme », ennemi fantasmé et bon à tout faire.
www.lemonde.fr
April 25, 2025 at 3:33 AM
« Le “wokisme” est l’épouvantail par lequel on cherche à empêcher le débat rationnel sur les discriminations »
a breakthrough for gender equality in space tourism
A crew of six women, including pop star Katy Perry and Jeff Bezos's fiancé Lauren Sanchez, is set to blast off today on an 11-minute Blue Origin flight.
It marks the first all-female space mission in 60 years — hailed as a breakthrough for gender equality in space tourism.
It marks the first all-female space mission in 60 years — hailed as a breakthrough for gender equality in space tourism.
April 14, 2025 at 4:17 PM
a breakthrough for gender equality in space tourism
In een biebboek gevonden: my brother from another mother.
April 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
In een biebboek gevonden: my brother from another mother.
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I have been doing entirely too much earnest posting about deep things recently, I need to do a proper thread about hippo testicles or something just to keep myself sane.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
a statue of a hippopotamus with its mouth open and teeth showing .
Alt: A hippo being tossed a watermelon, which it crushes in its massive jaws.
media.tenor.com
March 12, 2025 at 5:33 AM
I have been doing entirely too much earnest posting about deep things recently, I need to do a proper thread about hippo testicles or something just to keep myself sane.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
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‘Het brave Nederland rekent zichzelf onnodig arm’
Verstandige economen leggen hier helder uit dat de fixatie van #VVD minister Heinen en zijn politiek leider @DilanYesilgoz op tekort & staatsschuld onze economie schaadt.
Middeninkomens betalen de prijs voor hun gedram!
Verstandige economen leggen hier helder uit dat de fixatie van #VVD minister Heinen en zijn politiek leider @DilanYesilgoz op tekort & staatsschuld onze economie schaadt.
Middeninkomens betalen de prijs voor hun gedram!
January 18, 2025 at 11:05 AM
‘Het brave Nederland rekent zichzelf onnodig arm’
Verstandige economen leggen hier helder uit dat de fixatie van #VVD minister Heinen en zijn politiek leider @DilanYesilgoz op tekort & staatsschuld onze economie schaadt.
Middeninkomens betalen de prijs voor hun gedram!
Verstandige economen leggen hier helder uit dat de fixatie van #VVD minister Heinen en zijn politiek leider @DilanYesilgoz op tekort & staatsschuld onze economie schaadt.
Middeninkomens betalen de prijs voor hun gedram!
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Excellent NYT interview with the outgoing U.S. ambassador to Hungary. This is a key insight!
January 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Excellent NYT interview with the outgoing U.S. ambassador to Hungary. This is a key insight!
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Puisque c'est la saison des cadeaux, en guise de conte de noël mongol, laissez-moi vous raconter mon anecdote favorite sur la générosité proverbiale d'Ögödei. Elle est rapportée par l'historien persan Juvaynī, qui la tient cependant d'annales mongoles tenues à la cour au jour le jour. 1/17
December 24, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Puisque c'est la saison des cadeaux, en guise de conte de noël mongol, laissez-moi vous raconter mon anecdote favorite sur la générosité proverbiale d'Ögödei. Elle est rapportée par l'historien persan Juvaynī, qui la tient cependant d'annales mongoles tenues à la cour au jour le jour. 1/17
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you know who should be inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame? Sisyphus
December 23, 2024 at 1:15 AM
you know who should be inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame? Sisyphus
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Mijn column van 23 november 2024.
Over racisme in Nederland.
Over racisme in Nederland.
November 23, 2024 at 9:59 AM
Mijn column van 23 november 2024.
Over racisme in Nederland.
Over racisme in Nederland.