Post a banger that isn't in English "Frank Boeijen & Within Temptation - Kronenburger Park"

Why am I still sending work email this close to midnight?

Slowly starting to plan for a 2027 sabbatical. For those of you who recently did one - is it like vacation, where the anticipation forms at least half of the worth?

Slowly starting to plan for a 2027 sabbatical. For those of you who recently did one - is it like vacation, where the anticipation forms at least half of the worth?

A bit concerned about the Bluesky user which is closest to me on this map...

AI literacy is pseudo-education

The CFP for #AusSTS2026 is now live! This year’s theme is ‘Antipodean Interruptions’. We invite submissions for presentations, written workshop papers, meet-ups, and Making and Doing sessions. Deadline is Friday 3 April (11:59pm NZST). Full details on our ✨NEW WEBSITE✨ aussts.org/aussts2026

Toch mooi om te zien dat #Lidl deze #vegan "block" op hun schap etiket gewoon #boter noemt. #burgerlijkeongehoorzaamheid

Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue

The stories we tell build our world, so we should be careful about the stories we tell ourselves and we should be wary of the stories that others tell. This goes for politics and for science alike.

New on Cultures of Trial and Error: Open Science isn’t just a set of reforms, but also a story about science in crisis, heroes, urgency, and repair. In this post, Sheena Bartscherer looks at the narrative side of (Open) Science, and why these stories matter blog.trialanderror.org/cultures-of-...

exactly. this is not difficult. as.ft.com/r/58ed1b23-d...

I don't get smartwatches. I have a watch, which tells me the time and date. I have a phone. I never have to charge my watch (solar powered) and I am endlessly annoyed at how often I have to charge my phone. Very little in my life it's so important I need instant updates from my wrist.

we're hiring in STS @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social! deadline coming up soon (February 8). focus is the social science-y corners of STS preferably w/ some interest in sustainability & environment - but interpreted broadly. vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...

Take four minutes out of your day.

I'll let Bruce do the talking / singing

An academic nightmare in five words

a phd

The Good and The Pretti. Killed by fascists. #ICE #USA

Coached my kid's volleyball team for the first time today. Even more intense than I imagined it to be. But good fun (despite our last place in the tournament).

Great!

Guardian Cartoon - Spot on. Credit: Ben Jennings/The Guardian

Boards of Peace ≡ Ministry of Truth

I own three versions of 1984. I read it three times, and every time I misplaced the one(s) that I had. Time to read it again - no moment better than the present, even though I had hoped differently in this case. (Now all three are neatly grouped together on my bookshelf. No need to buy a fourth).

New CfP in Qualitative Research in Psychology: 🔮 "The Future of Rigorous Qualitative Research" We're inviting papers that address the big question: What does the *future* of good, quality, rigorous qual research look like? 📄 Deadline Sept 2026 💬 Happy to answer Qs docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Just going to leave this here. www.economist.com/europe/2025/...

The beacons are lit

A greeting card for my Bluesky friends

The Danish Ministry of Digital Affairs is moving away from Microsoft and switching instead to Linux and LibreOffice www.heise.de/news/Von-Wor...

Dit is een van de leukste en meest inspirerende projecten waar ik aan meewerk. Op de werkplek van de toekomst is geen plek voor Google, Meta en Microsoft. Koopt allen Europeesche waren. Of nog beter: ontwikkel/gebruik Europeesche open source waren.

Considering no one has given me a best research prize, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely about research quality.

I assume there already is an active petition in every EU country, as well as Norway and the UK to #boycott the #FIFA World Cup in the US?

Brilliant idea by @arjenlubach.bsky.social: The NAAGGA hat. ‘Naagga’ means ‘No’ in Greenlandic. Sold out already! lubach.shop/product/naag...

We're celebrating our sapphire wedding anniversary today. Every year, I have to look up these anniversary names, and they become more confusing each time. FYI, a Sapphire wedding in NL is 16 years. In the UK/US, it is apparently at 45 years. Seems Sapphires are a lot cheaper here.

I wonder how many Dutch voters fully realize that what ICE is doing in Minnesota is *exactly* what Wilders (and van der Plas, Baudet, Eerdmans etc) would like to see happen here. It’s a free preview of what far right government actually looks like.

For the first time since I have been an academic, I have a typewriter on my office desk.

My department is hiring! Open rank faculty position in Helsinki Anthropology jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

📣 Deadline for submissions is today!

And more job opportunities: @univie.ac.at aims to fill 40 (!) doctoral positions in the social sciences, humanities and cultural studies careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/p...

Seeing tacit knowledge in action as my mother is teaching my daughter to knit. #STS

Heerlijke column. Blij dat die door een student geschreven is en niet door een oude zeurpiet als ondergetekende ;-) www.mareonline.nl/opinie/all-i...

I wrote this brief talk on why “augmenting diversity” with LLMs is empirically unsubstantiable, conceptually flawed, and epistemically harmful and a nice surprise to see the organisers have made it public synthetic-data-workshop.github.io/papers/13.pdf

Mijn nicht, Gite Penders, staat in de nieuwste Libelle als "vrouw met een missie". Ze is een paar jaar ouder dan ik en ik heb in alle fases van haar leven, in alle "missies" als het ware, naar haar opgekeken - en dat doe ik nog steeds. En daar heb ik voldoende redenen voor. 1/

Different from early-career or seniority, mid-career is a single point in time. In the middle between one's first formal day as a scholar and one's last. If those are the first day of employment in research and retirement, then *today* is my mid-career day! #midcareerday #academia When is yours?

Mijn nicht, Gite Penders, staat in de nieuwste Libelle als "vrouw met een missie". Ze is een paar jaar ouder dan ik en ik heb in alle fases van haar leven, in alle "missies" als het ware, naar haar opgekeken - en dat doe ik nog steeds. En daar heb ik voldoende redenen voor. 1/

GIVE AWAY! // AKA WE DID IT AGAIN! Since The Night Guest is coming out in paperback we decided to try to gift another copy bitten by Uggi. And it went … a little *too* well. (See picture 🧵) Like and share this post and on December 30th I will select a winner and send them this teeth marked copy!

"RemoveWindowsAI" is a script created by zoicware, available on GitHub, that does exactly what it says: it remove every AI feature in Windows 11. Do what you wish to do with this information. I'm sharing this because some folks are forced to use Win11 at work or other places for any reasons.

Stealworkers

I might never visit the US again, if no one reserses this nightmarish folly. Overall, they'll not miss me, individually. But there are many me's.