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En ik almaar denken dat vleermuizen deden van "nana nana nana nana nana nana nana nana BATMAN!!"

Mocht net op #OostendeVoorAnker een heel boeiende lezing bijwonen van @janmees.bsky.social over het belang vd oceanen, hun invloed op ons en hun wisselwerking met het klimaat,… Ondanks de uitdagingen (klimaatverandering, overbevissing, vervuiling) is zijn lezing hoopvol: de oplossingen zijn gekend!!

Who can point out the poles on this Mercator projection? Admittedly that's a trick question 🤭

1st derivative of position with respect to time is velocity. 2nd derivative is acceleration, the change of velocity. 3rd is jerk, change of acceleration. 4th is snap, 5th is crackle, 6th is pop. Something to consider next time you eat your cereal 😂

i spend a lot of time thinking about Big Bertha, a rock picked up by the Apollo 14 astronauts on the moon in 1971 and then discovered in 2019 to be the only piece of Earth’s original crust we’ve ever gotten our hands on

TIL magnolias aren't pollinated by flies or bees. They are pollinated by beetles because there were no flies or bees around back in the day when the predecessors evolved into magnolias.

Remember that #CCC talk that revealed how

Goeiemorgen Bluesky, goeiemorgen Oostende. De hitte is er hier af, hoezee, en en de nacht was minder koud. Mooie dag in 't vooruitzicht met feestelijke optocht voor ontvangst van de schippers op 't stadhuis en vanavond BBQ. Wat worden we hier toch verwend. Dankjewel Oostende, Oostende voor Anker.

I'm choosing to believe that he decided to reenact a scene from a Jackass movie, and this is just before they shot him in the nuts with a tactical beanbag.

~"insect-pollinated plants in natural habitats also provide a year-round resource & refuge for the pollinators that also pollinate our crops. Without diverse native habitats, pollinators risk extinction, which threatens not only the pollinators, but also the wild & crop plants that depend on them."

While smaller #FOSS projects may be run by single developers and may vary wildly in their scope (curl, musicpd,…), some very large projects may very much be grassroots movements with fitting rules. A classical example that has served as inspiration for countless others, is the Debian constitution:

Goeiemorgen Bluesky, goeiemorgen Mercator. Had enkele dagen het luisterboek uit met de heroïsche verhalen van de Gerlache en co toen ik hier in Oostende mocht aanmeren met dit zicht op de historische driemaster. De Mercator werd in 1932 gebouwd door de Gerlache en bezocht 54 landen op 41 reizen.

Ondertussen in Oostende…

I'm working on new browser game and it includes some "Dries Depoorter Ads". It's just ads only about my own products :)

Market logic: prices do rise alonh with demand.

SLAPP, legal threats from DC, reaches FTM after they published on Donald Trump jr., Palantir's Peter Thiel, and Apeiron's Angermayer is mad for FTM's valuable research. Big ups for FTM!! 🤜

They're pro choice, just not when it comes to women.

When in Bruges, do climb those stairs. Go enjoy the panoramic up in the Belfry! Me and my partner did during covid and before they couldn't breathe with a mask. Let alone before they claimed my flu shot made them ill. Needless to say we didn't survive the needles. Also, bells are loud up there.

Protip: food places all close at 22:00 in Bruges. Regardless, Operation Dinner was a great success. 🍨🍨🍨

Usually not a city kind of person, but I quite enjoyed last city visit. 🛥️🚲 Back on the #OldContinent:

"Stephen Hawking hosted a party for time travellers in the University of Cambridge. The physicist arranged for balloons, champagne, and nibbles for his guests, but did not send out the invitations until the following day, after the party was over." The invitation below, however, is for next Friday:

Arrivederci Hent 🛥️

Remember when Russia vandalized cars in Germany and framed the Green party for it back in December 2024?

"Accessibility may be limited" 😏 The clowns have taken over the show, amirite.

Het wordt me wat frisjes buiten. Ik trek me terug in m'n tent. #nn

Dezer dagen een eindje rechts van de Maan staan Jupiter en dan Venus prominent zichtbaar na zonsondergang. Mocht je al enkele nachten wakker liggen met die vraag.

Net geen jaar later, op VierNulVier ofte De Vooruit in Gent: "DAG 960 | 73872 GEDOOD IN PALESTINA. Sinds 1948 zijn alle landen volgens internationaal recht verplicht om een vermeende genocide te helpen voorkomen dan wel te stoppen." Hoe houdt dat ooit es op!? #Israel #Palestine

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Ouch, didn't NL just move to US services? "European Commission to unveil a Tech Sovereignty Package [on 27/5, to] restrict EU member-state governments from using US cloud providers for sensitive public-sector data in healthcare, finance and judicial systems."

Ontbijt onderweg. Nog even rust terwijl de stad ontwaakt.

Ben halverwege het luisterboek over De Gerlache, Cook, Amundsen en co, met de Belgica op Zuidpoolexpeditie. Wat een waanzinnig verhaal zeg. 😳🥶 Moi, op bootreis deze warme dagen. Zij, de eerste en onvoorziene overwintering op de zuidpool.

Repost with the Russian agent who spies on your posts.

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Een merel fluitconcerteert hoog op een puntgevel naast het tuinterras van m'n diner. Ook een zanglijster kan jolijk fluiten. Eenvoudig het verschil horen: een merel bouwt verder met variaties op het thema. Een zanglijster herhaalt het thema 3-4x en doet dan iets anders.

Met een handwaaier wapperen om af te koelen, wetende dat dat meer warmte opwekt dan dat het afvoert. Wie zijn ze, wat drijft hen.

Today @polphilpod.bsky.social gives us a very important breakdown of what has happened to trans rights in the UK and what it means for the freedom of even cis citizens there. We published it because the UK press is completely captured on this topic. Please read & share with folks who live there.

Vandaag en morgen, alles wat drijft in Gent het water op. Tegen de namiddag verwacht ik piekprijzen op 2dehands voor die pallet met 2 fietsbanden onder.

Nature is the supermodel. - Anthony Rother And what an incredible album. #Electro #Lyrics #Techno

Gespot op m'n fietstocht in Gent vanavond. #nn

Ondertussen minder nieuw, die podcast, nog wel even boeiend, Pieterjan z'n verhaal. Ik zag Pieterjan op Docville (thema dat jaar was 'falen in wetenschap'), hij had het podium vóór Kip Thorne van #LIGO op dat podium te gast was, en recent sprak ik hem na een avond rond #vismigratie op de Schelde:

Hej @inbo.be , jullie domein heeft DNS probleem en resolvet niet: inbo.be

Eclipsing binaries are the cornerstone of astrophysics as they allow for accurate mass calculation using Kepler's law of planetary motion, plus temperatures, masses and luminosities. With a total mass way under the Chandrasekhar Limit, unfortunately no big badaa boom SN1a from this one 🤭

"Studies […] paint a dire picture: over 40% of visual artists hold a non-art-related job, and only roughly 10% can sustain themselves solely through their artistic activity. Many earn very low incomes from their work: half of self-employed visual artists report net annual earnings under €12,000."

"Maybe you've seen terms like "CLOUD Act" or "FISA 702" thrown around in privacy discussions. But what do these laws actually do, and why should you care?" ⤵️

This 💯 👇 Some easy ways to prevent this: 1. Invite female speakers first. Wait till they are confirmed. 2. Invest in creating a broad base of female experts (not just the few everyone knows and wants). 3. Invite more than “the one” female panelist. (do same for other underrepresented groups)

After last year's endless bsky threads that were somewhat cumbersome to navigate, I'm trying out @leaflet.pub. Let's see how goes!