François Heinderyckx
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Headlines in French news media on Sunday night: “Who are the 18 ministers of the new government?”
Edited headline on Monday morning: “Who were the 18 ministers of the new government before the prime minister resigned this morning?”
(Printed papers didn't have the luxury of the editing.) […]
Edited headline on Monday morning: “Who were the 18 ministers of the new government before the prime minister resigned this morning?”
(Printed papers didn't have the luxury of the editing.) […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
”Outlandish and pointless fantasies (…) exist to be recited and shared, acting as instruments of online influence and coordination rather than narratives to make sense of the world. They may identify enemies and reinforce prejudices, but they don’t explain anything or provide a political plan […]
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“the central problem is that we live not so much in a time of lies as one of stupidity” writes William Davies.
“The challenge posed by this political crisis is how to take the stupidity seriously without reducing it to a wholly mental or psychiatric phenomenon.”
“In a fully platform-based world […]
“The challenge posed by this political crisis is how to take the stupidity seriously without reducing it to a wholly mental or psychiatric phenomenon.”
“In a fully platform-based world […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
The approval rating of Trump among US voters has not changed for the past 6 months at about 43%.
#uspolitics
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/upshot/poll-analysis-trump-times-siena.html
#uspolitics
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/upshot/poll-analysis-trump-times-siena.html
Reposted by: François Heinderyckx
My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com
p.s. my new book of science cartoons 'Physics for Cats' is out now. Visit www.tomgauld.com for details
p.s. my new book of science cartoons 'Physics for Cats' is out now. Visit www.tomgauld.com for details
Reposted by: François Heinderyckx, Martin Paul Eve
For years I've been fiddling with idea of familiarise myself with Linux by setting up a virtual machine on my Mac, just to be ready when the time comes to leave Windows and MacOS behind. The time nigh.
#linux #bigtech
#linux #bigtech
.@pluralistic: “[AI companies] can't be profitable. They keep the lights on by soaking up hundreds of billions of dollars in other people's money and then lighting it on fire. (…) This isn't like the early days of the web, or Amazon, or any of those other big winners that lost money before […]
Original post on mastodon.social
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@ntnsndr
Nah, we already have “fraudulent.”
Nah, we already have “fraudulent.”
I'm a loyal customer of some Apple products. But the arrogance of a company challenging regulatory efforts by threatening to stop shipping products to the EU is only encouraging me to start looking for alternatives. Like I already did with other arrogant companies abusing their dominant position […]
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Trying to silence a public figure can badly backfire: Jimmy Kimmel's ratings averaged 1.6 million viewers. His return on air, though barred from all 30 Nextar and all 40 Sinclair affilate stations, scored 6.2 millions viewers. Not to mention over 15 millions views (and counting) on YouTube. It's […]
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/115224321548138026
Big Tech: Move fast, break things.
Mastodon: Take you time, get it right.
(And you can quote-post me on that.)
Big Tech: Move fast, break things.
Mastodon: Take you time, get it right.
(And you can quote-post me on that.)
RE: https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/115224321548138026
Consistent with the spirit of Mastodon to take the time to get it right, it becomes gradually possible to "quote post," but in a way that mitigates the risks of abuse (dunking, etc.) seen on other micro-blogging platforms.
(And this was […]
Consistent with the spirit of Mastodon to take the time to get it right, it becomes gradually possible to "quote post," but in a way that mitigates the risks of abuse (dunking, etc.) seen on other micro-blogging platforms.
(And this was […]
Reposted by: François Heinderyckx
Good morning! If you’re on mastodon.social (or another server running nightly builds) you can begin quoting posts in your posts (quooting?) starting today. Remember, you control whether you can be quoted, and call always retract your post from a specific quote. And you can quote me on that!
My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com
p.s. this week I am on a USA/Canada tour with my new book. Details and preorder links at tomgauld.com
p.s. this week I am on a USA/Canada tour with my new book. Details and preorder links at tomgauld.com
Margaret Sullivan identified new issues that need be added to journalism ethics codes. E.g. “How news organizations should deal with artificial intelligence. How to cover politicians who lie and mislead the public as an essential part of their personas—and who get away with it (…). How social […]
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Reposted by: François Heinderyckx, Debora Weber-Wulff
1. This development essentially entails that all authors in the participating countries now have a venue where they can publish #openaccess without any fees.
2. The vision is to develop Open Research Europe (ORE) "as a collective non-profit open access publishing service for the public good" […]
2. The vision is to develop Open Research Europe (ORE) "as a collective non-profit open access publishing service for the public good" […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
“The contemporary proliferation of bullshit also has deeper sources, in various forms of skepticism which deny that we can have any reliable access to an objective reality, and which therefore reject the possibility of knowing how things truly are. These […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
“Bullshit is unavoidable whenever circumstances require someone to talk without knowing what he is talking about. Thus the production of bullshit is stimulated whenever a person's obligations or opportunities to speak about some topic exceed his knowledge of the facts that are relevant to that […]
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Reposted by: François Heinderyckx
How is independent tech research faring in 2025 amidst extraordinary headwinds & what can we do to preserve / grow it?
A new report, "Power in Numbers" @transparenttech summarizes reports on interviews with 90+ researchers on the struggle for public-interest tech research worldwide:
1 […]
A new report, "Power in Numbers" @transparenttech summarizes reports on interviews with 90+ researchers on the struggle for public-interest tech research worldwide:
1 […]
Original post on social.coop
social.coop
@dangillmor @scalzi
The secret sauce, I found, is the prominent presence, always, of a lead character with a perfect mastery of sarcasm. Makes me smile or LOL at every page, and that is so welcome in this day and age…
The secret sauce, I found, is the prominent presence, always, of a lead character with a perfect mastery of sarcasm. Makes me smile or LOL at every page, and that is so welcome in this day and age…
Stunning: This morning's front pages of the British press display utterly contrasting framing: FT and Guardian use a photo framing Channel crossing migrants as desperate victims narrowly escaping horrific death, while The Daily Mail and the Daily Telegraph […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
It takes some effort, but if you try to find Europe-based providers for tech-related products or services, most of the time not only will you find one, but you'll be surprised how good and different it is. The marketing of US and Asia-based big-tech companies is overpowering any effort by […]
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mastodon.social
How do you teach the humanities (and evaluate your students) in the age of AI? “Through a combination of oral examinations, one-on-one discussions, community engagement and in-class projects.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/opinion/humanities-college-ai.html
#ai #humanities #teaching
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/opinion/humanities-college-ai.html
#ai #humanities #teaching
Detailed account of, and concrete recommendations against, the rising threats on academic freedom and freedom of expression: “[W]e call for a reorientation of our field’s normative foundations—one that not only emphasizes democracy but also resists authoritarianism, thereby more explicitly […]
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“The public sphere, once imagined as a space of critical engagement, has become a feudal court, where the sovereign displays his might through the orchestrated abasement of the enemy. The people, reduced to spectators and occasional participants in the ritual, are interpellated not as citizens […]
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Krugman about news coverage of Trump policies: “to say that the president of the U.S. is making drastic policy changes in order to cure a problem that only exists in his imagination, that’s a very difficult … that sounds unbalanced. That sounds like you’re shilling for the Democrats, when it’s […]
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Reposted by: François Heinderyckx
"Archivists Recreate Pre-Trump #cdc Website, Are Hosting It in Europe."
https://www.404media.co/archivists-recreate-pre-trump-cdc-website-are-hosting-it-in-europe/
"A team of volunteer archivists has recreated the Centers for Disease Control website exactly as it was the day Donald Trump was […]
https://www.404media.co/archivists-recreate-pre-trump-cdc-website-are-hosting-it-in-europe/
"A team of volunteer archivists has recreated the Centers for Disease Control website exactly as it was the day Donald Trump was […]
Original post on fediscience.org
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