Jan-Derk Bakker
@lartmaker.bsky.social
Coach en ijsjeseter. Dat dekt de lading wel
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My brain is freaking out, would you mind reblogging this to make sure people know you can download a free baby dragon?
.........gotta make a "You would download a dragon" meme.
.........gotta make a "You would download a dragon" meme.
Right! Links to preorder, should you need them! And as the book comes out in March, if you want to give a gift for Christmas, we are also giving away FREE printable Molly files!
December 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
My brain is freaking out, would you mind reblogging this to make sure people know you can download a free baby dragon?
.........gotta make a "You would download a dragon" meme.
.........gotta make a "You would download a dragon" meme.
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If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
October 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
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July 5, 2025 at 8:32 AM
This is exactly how I explain it to my students. The paper (and for that matter pretty much any assignment) is a means, not an end.
Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.
May 5, 2025 at 10:18 PM
This is exactly how I explain it to my students. The paper (and for that matter pretty much any assignment) is a means, not an end.
A lovely little story, well worth your time
FREE STORY ALERT
The whole of my short story "The Black Line" is now up on Authory for free.
If you want an urban fantasy tale about identity, loneliness, trains and someone just doing the right thing, then give it five minutes of your time.
If you enjoy it, please quote post and pass it on!
The whole of my short story "The Black Line" is now up on Authory for free.
If you want an urban fantasy tale about identity, loneliness, trains and someone just doing the right thing, then give it five minutes of your time.
If you enjoy it, please quote post and pass it on!
The Black Line
A short story about trains, loneliness and identity beneath the streets of London.
authory.com
April 29, 2025 at 9:35 PM
A lovely little story, well worth your time
If you see this, post a gif from one of your comfort shows
January 31, 2025 at 3:59 PM
If you see this, post a gif from one of your comfort shows
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I OWE MY SOUL TO THE COMPANY STORE | 16 TONS | #SEVERANCE #severanceedit #zachcherry #brittlower #adamscott #johnturturro
16 TONS | Severance
YouTube video by lemgob
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January 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I OWE MY SOUL TO THE COMPANY STORE | 16 TONS | #SEVERANCE #severanceedit #zachcherry #brittlower #adamscott #johnturturro
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omg you’ve never seen it? YAY! YOU’RE ONE OF TODAY’S LUCKY 10,000! 🎉
January 7, 2025 at 2:25 AM
omg you’ve never seen it? YAY! YOU’RE ONE OF TODAY’S LUCKY 10,000! 🎉
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when the star on the tree is an actual star lol
A NASA photo of the Christmas Tree Cluster 🎄
A NASA photo of the Christmas Tree Cluster 🎄
December 24, 2024 at 7:08 PM
when the star on the tree is an actual star lol
A NASA photo of the Christmas Tree Cluster 🎄
A NASA photo of the Christmas Tree Cluster 🎄
Saw this in the morning; thinking about it a lot today
Guru Nanak Kitchen in Edinburgh was handing out free meals and I asked if it was OK to take one even though I could afford to buy something. They told me firmly that it was important that people who didn't NEED free food took it, so that those who did NEED it could take without feeling exposed.
December 22, 2024 at 5:29 PM
Saw this in the morning; thinking about it a lot today
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BlueSky is trying to monetize so let's show them some numbers:
Reskeet this if you refuse to pay for BlueSky+ until trust & safety decides to prioritize marginalized users.
That's $96 / year of lost revenue for each reskeet...
Reskeet this if you refuse to pay for BlueSky+ until trust & safety decides to prioritize marginalized users.
That's $96 / year of lost revenue for each reskeet...
December 10, 2024 at 5:23 AM
BlueSky is trying to monetize so let's show them some numbers:
Reskeet this if you refuse to pay for BlueSky+ until trust & safety decides to prioritize marginalized users.
That's $96 / year of lost revenue for each reskeet...
Reskeet this if you refuse to pay for BlueSky+ until trust & safety decides to prioritize marginalized users.
That's $96 / year of lost revenue for each reskeet...
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It’s not illegal to shit on the floor in public, but everyone is also allowed to call you a floor shitter whenever you show your face in public!
It may not be possible to stop all cases of unethical and creepy content scraping, but we CAN treat people who openly do it like the creep-ass-floor-shitters they are!
November 27, 2024 at 11:26 PM
It’s not illegal to shit on the floor in public, but everyone is also allowed to call you a floor shitter whenever you show your face in public!
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,652,354!
(Not great, not terrible)
(Not great, not terrible)
September 17, 2024 at 9:03 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,652,354!
(Not great, not terrible)
(Not great, not terrible)
Reposting this. It’s not just a good idea, it’s the law.
I finally got video! You *know* what time it is!
September 13, 2024 at 12:03 PM
Reposting this. It’s not just a good idea, it’s the law.
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Okay. The people have spoken.
For every reskeet this gets, I will post a random picture from my camera roll with no explanation (other than alt text).
Let the games begin.
For every reskeet this gets, I will post a random picture from my camera roll with no explanation (other than alt text).
Let the games begin.
May 8, 2024 at 3:34 AM
Okay. The people have spoken.
For every reskeet this gets, I will post a random picture from my camera roll with no explanation (other than alt text).
Let the games begin.
For every reskeet this gets, I will post a random picture from my camera roll with no explanation (other than alt text).
Let the games begin.
May 7, 2024 at 10:40 PM
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one fascinating childhood behavior that appears entirely instinctual: the understanding that, if parents have people over for dinner, they will get to stay up later if they can play together without fighting and drawing parental attention
May 7, 2024 at 3:30 PM
one fascinating childhood behavior that appears entirely instinctual: the understanding that, if parents have people over for dinner, they will get to stay up later if they can play together without fighting and drawing parental attention
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various rounds of food/music/art discourse keep reminding me that one of the very best superpowers I have gained as an adult is the ability to like something without feeling attacked when other people don't
April 20, 2024 at 4:46 PM
various rounds of food/music/art discourse keep reminding me that one of the very best superpowers I have gained as an adult is the ability to like something without feeling attacked when other people don't
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I would like an extra two hours in the day that are only to be used for relaxing activities and do not count towards your exhaustion level
March 27, 2024 at 3:27 AM
I would like an extra two hours in the day that are only to be used for relaxing activities and do not count towards your exhaustion level
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Just accidentally refound this in my screenshots gallery.
Shit like this...I *live* for shit like this.
Shit like this...I *live* for shit like this.
March 16, 2024 at 7:54 AM
Just accidentally refound this in my screenshots gallery.
Shit like this...I *live* for shit like this.
Shit like this...I *live* for shit like this.
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o no I took a nap to get motivated but it didn't work
March 4, 2024 at 9:33 PM
o no I took a nap to get motivated but it didn't work
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for no particular reason today it just seems like a really good time to repost that post I made rounding up the research that says the MCAS antihistamine protocol appear to help for both COVID prevention and for avoiding long COVID if you get it synecdochic.dreamwidth.org/805203.html
February 13, 2024 at 10:54 PM
for no particular reason today it just seems like a really good time to repost that post I made rounding up the research that says the MCAS antihistamine protocol appear to help for both COVID prevention and for avoiding long COVID if you get it synecdochic.dreamwidth.org/805203.html
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Because people keep asking: you can look up who has you blocked and what block/mute lists you're on at bsky.thieflord.dev (as well as seeing the most blocked/heaviest blocking accounts) and you can read a thread without blocks breaking it at bskyreader.xyz
February 11, 2024 at 7:03 PM
Because people keep asking: you can look up who has you blocked and what block/mute lists you're on at bsky.thieflord.dev (as well as seeing the most blocked/heaviest blocking accounts) and you can read a thread without blocks breaking it at bskyreader.xyz
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Random marketing announcement: I have a new short (very short!) New Management story coming out in "99 Fleeting Fantasies", ed. Jennifer Brozek, coming out on February 15th: books2read.com/99FleetingFa...
books2read.com
February 9, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Random marketing announcement: I have a new short (very short!) New Management story coming out in "99 Fleeting Fantasies", ed. Jennifer Brozek, coming out on February 15th: books2read.com/99FleetingFa...
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This! The problem is that so very few people are actually good managers that most people have never HAD a good manager and seen what they can do for you and your productivity. It's a relic of the fact that when you hit a certain career point, management is the only way to keep advancing.
good management is actually of vital importance and it’s a damn shame that our society doesn’t take this seriously
It's Akin to capitalist realism when people maintain an assumption that managers are always just bad bosses
January 24, 2024 at 3:07 PM
This! The problem is that so very few people are actually good managers that most people have never HAD a good manager and seen what they can do for you and your productivity. It's a relic of the fact that when you hit a certain career point, management is the only way to keep advancing.