Benne W. Holwerda
@benneholwerda.bsky.social
Dad, Professor of Astronomy at the University of Louisville. He/Him/hey you. Opinions are my own. As are the typos.
Astronomy, datascience, ethics & occasional US/EU politics.
Astronomy, datascience, ethics & occasional US/EU politics.
Bosch & Brueghel exhibit at the Speed Art Museum with the kids. Fun. Saw The Astronomers in Temperance.
November 9, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Bosch & Brueghel exhibit at the Speed Art Museum with the kids. Fun. Saw The Astronomers in Temperance.
Like our excellent Governor Andy Beshear who managed this and the plane disaster adroitly and with compassion.
The Trump administration told states that they must “immediately undo” any actions to provide full food stamp benefits to low-income families, in a move that added to the chaos surrounding the nation’s largest anti-hunger program during the government shutdown. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/b...
November 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Like our excellent Governor Andy Beshear who managed this and the plane disaster adroitly and with compassion.
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Eleven of the parties in the provincial parliament of Limburg have now requested the Limburg government to look into the possibility of creating a (temporary) memorial for our Black American liberators in cooperation with Eijsden-Margraten (where the cemetery is located).
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Limburgse Statenleden willen tijdelijke herdenkingsplek voor zwarte bevrijders
Statenleden willen een gedenkteken voor zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders nu hun informatiepanelen in Margraten zijn verwijderd
www.nrc.nl
November 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Eleven of the parties in the provincial parliament of Limburg have now requested the Limburg government to look into the possibility of creating a (temporary) memorial for our Black American liberators in cooperation with Eijsden-Margraten (where the cemetery is located).
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
Western Library was the first library operated by African Americans in the USA. First place to train Librarians.
Some cool library history here in Louisville.
Some cool library history here in Louisville.
So cool! Prince *loved* libraries. For example, this is one donation he made from his charity a few days after 9/11 to save the Louisville Free Public Library, the first library in the community to serve African Americans.
November 9, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Western Library was the first library operated by African Americans in the USA. First place to train Librarians.
Some cool library history here in Louisville.
Some cool library history here in Louisville.
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I hate that Target is self immolating like this. I used to like the place.
"Store employees are now required to smile if they are within 10 feet of a shopper.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
Target is now requiring its employees to smile more
As the holiday season fast approaches, Target is urging its employees to add a little more “jolly” to their work routine.
www.wilx.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I hate that Target is self immolating like this. I used to like the place.
Two panels about black GI’s who liberated the Netherlands disappeared in the Margraten War Cemetery.
This cemetery is both understated, solemn, and impressive and really drove home the steep price of a free country when I visited as a teen with my fellow “Bridge too far” interested friends.
This cemetery is both understated, solemn, and impressive and really drove home the steep price of a free country when I visited as a teen with my fellow “Bridge too far” interested friends.
Op Margraten zijn twee panelen over zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders van Nederland opeens weg. ‘Past bij beleid van de regering-Trump’
Op Margraten zijn twee panelen over zwarte Amerikaanse bevrijders van Nederland opeens weg. ‘Past bij beleid van de regering-Trump’
Op de Amerikaanse begraafplaats in Margraten is het opeens stil geworden rond de zwarte Amerikanen die hielpen Nederland bevrijden. Twee panelen die hun bijdrage herdachten – én wezen op hun strijd tegen racisme binnen het leger – werden zonder toelichting verwijderd.
www.nrc.nl
November 8, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Two panels about black GI’s who liberated the Netherlands disappeared in the Margraten War Cemetery.
This cemetery is both understated, solemn, and impressive and really drove home the steep price of a free country when I visited as a teen with my fellow “Bridge too far” interested friends.
This cemetery is both understated, solemn, and impressive and really drove home the steep price of a free country when I visited as a teen with my fellow “Bridge too far” interested friends.
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incredible that these guys have a massive hard on for a country that, if it were a state, would rank behind kansas in terms of wealth and which would be a total backwater if it weren’t economically integrated with more functional countries
November 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
incredible that these guys have a massive hard on for a country that, if it were a state, would rank behind kansas in terms of wealth and which would be a total backwater if it weren’t economically integrated with more functional countries
Come for the hideous French 19th century battleship designs and nautical disaster stories, stay for the accurate history of science.
Raising a glass for Rosalind Franklin tonight. James Watson absolutely did her dirty.
But beware...
But beware...
November 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Come for the hideous French 19th century battleship designs and nautical disaster stories, stay for the accurate history of science.
OBAFGKMLTY trains. Makes sense.
November 7, 2025 at 11:34 PM
OBAFGKMLTY trains. Makes sense.
😂 little Dutch/NYC election result humor.
Yeşilgöz sluit Mamdani voor de zekerheid uit: ‘Je weet maar nooit’
Yeşilgöz sluit Mamdani voor de zekerheid uit: ‘Je weet maar nooit’
Dilan Yeşilgöz laat er geen gras over groeien
speld.nl
November 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
😂 little Dutch/NYC election result humor.
Illustrate “edge case”.
November 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Illustrate “edge case”.
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I think about this post every day 🧪
November 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I think about this post every day 🧪
And this kids is what we call “over-fitting”.
The chart most certainly visualizes the range of AI predictions accurately.
November 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
And this kids is what we call “over-fitting”.
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making Jacob the stereotypical Bluesky user is the rudest and truest attack anyone has ever made on us
November 6, 2025 at 11:36 PM
making Jacob the stereotypical Bluesky user is the rudest and truest attack anyone has ever made on us
Came across this story earlier for…reasons. And I was wondering, like you do, if one could do this with a Seestar.
In 1676 Ole Rømer saw eclipses of Jupiter’s moon Io run late when Earth moved away from Jupiter and early when approaching. Earth’s orbital diameter was known from Kepler’s laws; from this he was the first to estimate the speed of light (at 220,000 km/s) and was accurate to 75% #AstroHistory
November 7, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Came across this story earlier for…reasons. And I was wondering, like you do, if one could do this with a Seestar.
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‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University
Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...
www.ru.nl
November 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
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your energy bills are rising because they're forcing you to use millions-years-old sunlight instead of today's
November 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
your energy bills are rising because they're forcing you to use millions-years-old sunlight instead of today's
Great governor to have when there’s an emergency.
The governor walked through the half–mile debris path today, here's what he said:
“I’ve had to order freezer trucks in a pandemic, I’ve walked the path of an F4 tornado through my dad’s hometown, I’ve seen towns hit by flooding we can only describe as biblical and what this scene is, is violent.”
“I’ve had to order freezer trucks in a pandemic, I’ve walked the path of an F4 tornado through my dad’s hometown, I’ve seen towns hit by flooding we can only describe as biblical and what this scene is, is violent.”
November 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Great governor to have when there’s an emergency.
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Horrific explosion at Louisville, KY, international airport, a UPS plane fully fueled and headed for Hawaii appears to have caught fire and exploded on runway. Praying for everyone affected.
November 4, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Horrific explosion at Louisville, KY, international airport, a UPS plane fully fueled and headed for Hawaii appears to have caught fire and exploded on runway. Praying for everyone affected.
Oh boy. Watching the Governor.
Beshear: Kentucky Petroleum Recyling was a business hit directly by the plane
November 5, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Oh boy. Watching the Governor.
This was the plume on the radar. Just to the north and west is campus. The whole city is sheltering in place.
this image of the smoke showing up on radar is crazy, that’s half the city
November 5, 2025 at 12:42 AM
This was the plume on the radar. Just to the north and west is campus. The whole city is sheltering in place.
We are watching this in horror. There’s factories and other facilities there. Big trail of buildings on fire.
Left engine on fire on takeoff. Bros strike or runway debris?
Left engine on fire on takeoff. Bros strike or runway debris?
BREAKING: Video shows crash of UPS Flight 2976 while taking off from Louisville International Airport in Kentucky
November 4, 2025 at 11:35 PM
We are watching this in horror. There’s factories and other facilities there. Big trail of buildings on fire.
Left engine on fire on takeoff. Bros strike or runway debris?
Left engine on fire on takeoff. Bros strike or runway debris?