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Francois Heinderyckx
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• Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
• CIVIS European University Alliance
• Academia Europaea
• ICA International Encyclopedias of Communication

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Francois Heinderyckx @fheinderyckx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d
Authors Guild, about Ron Charles, former book critic at the WaPo who was just fired with so many others: “Charles’s departure is both a personal loss and a symbol of something larger. As he put it, newspaper book sections have long been the canaries in the journalism coal mine. (…) For readers […]
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Francois Heinderyckx @fheinderyckx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d
RE: https://flipboard.com/@petapixel/petapixel-t8l3kt33z/-/a-IgB12CbBTRyY075fNTTRuQ%3Aa%3A1814180069-%2F0

The books section is closed (I suppose books are for loosers and woke intellectuals!), international coverage is shattered (America 1st!), and then indeed, no more photo-journalists (who […]
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Francois Heinderyckx @fheinderyckx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d
The defacing, then hollowing out of one of the greatest news organisations in the world, at the whim of a billionaire, just to appease his autocratic overlord, shows just how much lasting, structural damage a handful of rogue billionaires can inflict on all of us and everything we stand for. All […]
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Francois Heinderyckx @fheinderyckx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 6d
THE US GOVERNMENT WANTS TO BRING ICE TO ITALY FOR THE WINTER OLYMPICS. THIS SOUNDS ALMOST BENIGN AS LONG AS YOU SPELL IT IN ALL-CAPS.

#uspolitics #eupolitics #MilanoCortina2026 #olympics

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Francois Heinderyckx @fheinderyckx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10d
”Thank you for your attention to this matter!” is the new “SAD!”

#uspolitics #polcom

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Francois Heinderyckx @fheinderyckx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12d
RE: https://flipboard.com/@theatlantic/politics-rg3mgq58z/-/a-Siu6YGQAQxCjgIAyYr3Rhw%3Aa%3A3199527-%2F0

This remarkably nuanced and contextualised account of events is Pulitzer-grade. A must-absolutely-read.

#uspolitics #minneapolis
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Francois Heinderyckx @fheinderyckx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17d
For colourblind people like me, to hear that Greenland is a red line is utterly confusing.

#greenland #eu

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 19d
My books cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com
Panel One. Two figures walk up a hill in a park. One walks in front and the other is walking a dog Front "My new year's resolution is to stop lending books" Dog-walker "Really?" Panel Two. Front, becoming agitated "It's just not worth the risk: cracked spines! Bent corners! Torn pages! Grubby fingers! Crumbs! Baths! Burglars! Rats! Children!! I can't allow such precious artefacts to fall into the careless hands of clumsy philistines!" Panel Three. Dog-walker "And how do the other librarians feel about this?" Front "Less supportive Than I'd hoped."

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Jon S. von Tetzchner @jon.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 22d
At Vivaldi we continue to make choices that are different from our competitors. We have chosen to not integrate AI or crypto, but instead we integrate a wealth of other features, based on the wishes of our users.

We are a European company with most of the team based in Norway and Iceland, a few […]
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DW Innovation @dw-innovation.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24d
"According to current neuroscience, human thinking is largely independent of human language – and we have little reason to believe ever more sophisticated modeling of language will create a form of intelligence that meets or surpasses our own."

Intriguing article by Benjamin Riley (founder of […]
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Francois Heinderyckx @fheinderyckx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24d
Apple completely lost the plot. And my business.

#apple #uspolitics #os26 #gemini #creatorstudio

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Francois Heinderyckx @fheinderyckx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Jan 7
RE: https://mastodon.social/@JoeGermuska/115854542903593114

“Clicktatorship” is a snarky and clever neologism.
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Frida @frida.camp.smolnet.org.ap.brid.gy · Jan 7
The EU is working on what is in essence a new Open Source strategy for Europe, and the call for evidence is now open. This is our cue to provide feedback and input to the strategy!

If you are involved in the Open Source community in any way, if you benefit (or could benefit) in any way from […]
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · Jan 5
A back-to-work cartoon for @newscientist.com
Two scientist walk through a lab. One is saying: "I am a scientist, Martin. My observations must be meticulously documented, rigorously analysed and objectively verified. Haste is the enemy of wisdom!" The other asks: "But could you share a preliminary appraisal of your general thinking?" The first replies: "Well, if you insist on a crudely reductive answer, then, yes, I had a nice christmas."

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Francois Heinderyckx @fheinderyckx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Jan 2
@tante
Meta has a full inventory of them.

Reposted by Steve Peers, Michael H. Whitworth, François Heinderyckx

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · Jan 1
Happy New Year, everyone!

This is a @theguardian.com books cartoon from a few years ago.
Title: New year's resolution A man sits at a table with a coffee writing in a notebook: “This year i will devote myself completely to reading serious, improving literature, forsaking easy pleasures and tirelessly seeking out truth and profundity in the work of the greatest writers.” He looks at it Says: Hmm... then “Scratch Scratch Scratch scratch” scribbles out words until the text reads: “This year I will read for Fun”

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Francois Heinderyckx @fheinderyckx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Dec 31
RE: https://flipboard.com/@theatlantic/all-stories-jtjms0buz/-/a-w_n6bIytT_myoQmLc1UFKg%3Aa%3A3199527-%2F0

.@anneapplebaum: “[The] rising international elite is creating (…) a society in which superstition defeats reason and logic, transparency vanishes, and the nefarious actions of political […]
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Francois Heinderyckx @fheinderyckx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Dec 19
RE: https://newsie.social/@TheConversationUS/115748127452247293

We all urgently need to walk in nature, a lot.
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Francois Heinderyckx @fheinderyckx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Dec 10
@LeahPrice
Awfully reminiscent of the Fraktur vs Antiqua controversy in Germany, until Fraktur prevailed in… 1941. See the 2nd paragraph in this Wikipedia entry:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraktur

Paging @jeffjarvis to learn more!
Fraktur - Wikipedia
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petersuber @petersuber.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · Dec 2
Update. The French 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦 𝘭𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 (#cnrs) is canceling the #webofscience and encouraging its affiliates to use #OpenAlex. It cancelled #scopus last year.
https://www.cnrs.fr/en/update/cnrs-breaking-free-web-science

#clarivate #elsevier #france #opensource #wos

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Francois Heinderyckx @fheinderyckx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Nov 30
About attempts to embed AI in higher ed curriculum: “When you allow a machine to summarize your reading, to generate the ideas for your essay, and then to write that essay, you’re not learning how to read, think, or write. It’s very difficult to imagine a robust market for university graduates […]
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Francois Heinderyckx @fheinderyckx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Nov 29
“Repeated exposure to posts expressing antidemocratic attitudes and partisan animosity ‘significantly influences’ users’ feelings of polarisation and boosts sadness and anger” study published in Science finds.
Also: “while there was a slight reduction in overall engagement in terms of time spent […]
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Francois Heinderyckx @fheinderyckx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Nov 26
[sarcastic academic question]

@rwg
Along those lines, there's also the indispensable “participant observation.”
Also, throw in as splash of fancy software (“analysis using NVivo” anyone?).

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Francois Heinderyckx @fheinderyckx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Nov 26
[sarcastic academic question]

@rwg
That particular methodology bingo card usually also includes “mixed methods” and “grounded theory.”

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Francois Heinderyckx @fheinderyckx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Nov 20
I've never been so uncomfortable clicking on “Reject all cookies.”

#cookies #realcookies #gdpr
A screenshot of a website of a famous brand of Belgian cookies (Dandoy) which, like all GDPR compliant websites has a popup starting with "But first, cookies" with 3 buttons to either “Accept all cookies,” “Reject all cookies” or “Manage cookies.”

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Francois Heinderyckx @fheinderyckx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Nov 19
RE: https://flipboard.com/@petapixel/petapixel-t8l3kt33z/-/a-JRZu73ZgSpuiDuABSCGCdg%3Aa%3A1814180069-%2F0

We've already reached a point where anything creative that didn't involve AI is seen as exquisitely refined, deliciously archaic. An extravagance.
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Francois Heinderyckx @fheinderyckx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Nov 14
Proposal to rethink public subsidies to private news outlets in Denmark. 8 criteria are proposed:
• Clear editorial identity and responsibility (accountable editor-in-chief).
• Independence from undue commercial or political influence.
• Editorial resources: at least 2 FTE.
• Aimed at a Danish […]
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Francois Heinderyckx @fheinderyckx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Nov 2
When you see Canva regrouping all of its Affinity creative apps into one, it makes you wonder what's holding back DxO to just regroup all of its photo apps into one. 🙏

#photography

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Francois Heinderyckx @fheinderyckx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Nov 1
@dangillmor

I propose “grokesque” for word of the year.

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Francois Heinderyckx @fheinderyckx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Oct 31
Those still using Adobe creative suite are running out of excuses: Affinity launches a new version of the graphic design suite (previously Photo/Designer/Publisher) integrated into one single app. Oh, and it's free, for everyone (if you don't need AI tools integration with Canva) […]
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