Gert de Cooman
@gertdecooman.bsky.social
Researcher on foundations of probability • vader • liefhebber • senior full professor + lid Raad van Bestuur UGent • in Dutch, in het Engels, and whatnot.
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Scientists themselves determine what is valued within science. Yet we act as if beholden to external managers, bean-counters who confuse the production of papers with scientific progress.
We don't have to find better ways to navigate the prison of metrics-driven scientific assessment.
We don't have to find better ways to navigate the prison of metrics-driven scientific assessment.
October 25, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Scientists themselves determine what is valued within science. Yet we act as if beholden to external managers, bean-counters who confuse the production of papers with scientific progress.
We don't have to find better ways to navigate the prison of metrics-driven scientific assessment.
We don't have to find better ways to navigate the prison of metrics-driven scientific assessment.
Lunch conversation at work: What are we, if not doughnuts, topologically speaking?
October 17, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Lunch conversation at work: What are we, if not doughnuts, topologically speaking?
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What do you do when your media org is captured? You start your own.
Introducing....The Nerve!!! @thenerve-news.bsky.social
We're all-female, journalist-owned & launching next week.
Please help us build a truly independent, progressive new media!👊👊👊
Introducing....The Nerve!!! @thenerve-news.bsky.social
We're all-female, journalist-owned & launching next week.
Please help us build a truly independent, progressive new media!👊👊👊
Former Observer big-hitters inc @carolecadwalla.bsky.social launch new title The Nerve with redundancy payouts
After Observer sale: "We decided to launch a title that the journalists themselves would own, that would be truly independent"
pressgazette.co.uk/news/former-...
After Observer sale: "We decided to launch a title that the journalists themselves would own, that would be truly independent"
pressgazette.co.uk/news/former-...
Former Observer big-hitters launch new title with redundancy payouts
Five former Observer journalists including Carole Cadwalladr have launched their own culture publication using their redundancy money.
pressgazette.co.uk
September 26, 2025 at 11:03 AM
What do you do when your media org is captured? You start your own.
Introducing....The Nerve!!! @thenerve-news.bsky.social
We're all-female, journalist-owned & launching next week.
Please help us build a truly independent, progressive new media!👊👊👊
Introducing....The Nerve!!! @thenerve-news.bsky.social
We're all-female, journalist-owned & launching next week.
Please help us build a truly independent, progressive new media!👊👊👊
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When people holding a majority view don’t speak up, nobody knows they form a minority—a phenomenon called pluralistic ignorance.
This is more than a quirk—it leads to the persistence or adoption of norms only supported by a minority (eg prohibition):
buff.ly/ZKlj0dl
This is more than a quirk—it leads to the persistence or adoption of norms only supported by a minority (eg prohibition):
buff.ly/ZKlj0dl
August 27, 2025 at 8:18 AM
When people holding a majority view don’t speak up, nobody knows they form a minority—a phenomenon called pluralistic ignorance.
This is more than a quirk—it leads to the persistence or adoption of norms only supported by a minority (eg prohibition):
buff.ly/ZKlj0dl
This is more than a quirk—it leads to the persistence or adoption of norms only supported by a minority (eg prohibition):
buff.ly/ZKlj0dl
Students Hate Them. Universities Need Them. The Only Real Solution to the A.I. Cheating Crisis. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/o...
Opinion | Students Hate Them. Universities Need Them. The Only Real Solution to the A.I. Cheating Crisis.
www.nytimes.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Students Hate Them. Universities Need Them. The Only Real Solution to the A.I. Cheating Crisis. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/o...
Wonderful
Actually - there's a youtube video for that. It lasts just long enough to get a glimpse of that major third www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC79...
ICE 3 Neo acceleration sound
YouTube video by Myron
www.youtube.com
August 21, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Wonderful
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Actually - there's a youtube video for that. It lasts just long enough to get a glimpse of that major third www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC79...
ICE 3 Neo acceleration sound
YouTube video by Myron
www.youtube.com
August 20, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Actually - there's a youtube video for that. It lasts just long enough to get a glimpse of that major third www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC79...
Silicon Valley Is Drifting Out of Touch With the Rest of America www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/o...
Opinion | Silicon Valley Is Drifting Out of Touch With the Rest of America
www.nytimes.com
August 20, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Silicon Valley Is Drifting Out of Touch With the Rest of America www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/o...
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Not to add to the discourse, but…
It’s ‘toe the line,’ not ‘tow the line.’
It’s ‘free rein,’ and not ‘free reign.’
It’s ‘eke out,’ not ‘eek out.’
It’s ‘sleight of hand,’ not ‘slight of hand.’
It's ‘Anchors aweigh,’ and not ‘Anchor's away!’
It’s ‘toe the line,’ not ‘tow the line.’
It’s ‘free rein,’ and not ‘free reign.’
It’s ‘eke out,’ not ‘eek out.’
It’s ‘sleight of hand,’ not ‘slight of hand.’
It's ‘Anchors aweigh,’ and not ‘Anchor's away!’
August 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Not to add to the discourse, but…
It’s ‘toe the line,’ not ‘tow the line.’
It’s ‘free rein,’ and not ‘free reign.’
It’s ‘eke out,’ not ‘eek out.’
It’s ‘sleight of hand,’ not ‘slight of hand.’
It's ‘Anchors aweigh,’ and not ‘Anchor's away!’
It’s ‘toe the line,’ not ‘tow the line.’
It’s ‘free rein,’ and not ‘free reign.’
It’s ‘eke out,’ not ‘eek out.’
It’s ‘sleight of hand,’ not ‘slight of hand.’
It's ‘Anchors aweigh,’ and not ‘Anchor's away!’
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So it’s hard to understand for layman and does „I am not really sure“ about most questions now?
“GPT-5 is the first time that it feels like talking to an expert in any topic — a Ph.D.-level expert,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said.
(real, one-shot :p )
August 9, 2025 at 6:17 AM
So it’s hard to understand for layman and does „I am not really sure“ about most questions now?
Er even tussenuit
July 22, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Er even tussenuit
It’s out, finally: our paper connecting our various approaches to defining imprecise randomness. It’s called “Randomness and imprecision: from supermartingales to randomness tests”, and if you’re interested, you can download it using the following link:
authors.elsevier.com/c/1lRZM3AV47...
authors.elsevier.com/c/1lRZM3AV47...
authors.elsevier.com
July 18, 2025 at 9:01 AM
It’s out, finally: our paper connecting our various approaches to defining imprecise randomness. It’s called “Randomness and imprecision: from supermartingales to randomness tests”, and if you’re interested, you can download it using the following link:
authors.elsevier.com/c/1lRZM3AV47...
authors.elsevier.com/c/1lRZM3AV47...
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John Hooper
The Shepherd (Cuckmere Haven) 1982
(from @wilhemgustloff on X)
The Shepherd (Cuckmere Haven) 1982
(from @wilhemgustloff on X)
June 29, 2025 at 12:36 AM
John Hooper
The Shepherd (Cuckmere Haven) 1982
(from @wilhemgustloff on X)
The Shepherd (Cuckmere Haven) 1982
(from @wilhemgustloff on X)
Russia bombards Kyiv after Putin vows revenge for Operation Spiderweb www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j... @gruber.foo
June 22, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Russia bombards Kyiv after Putin vows revenge for Operation Spiderweb www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j... @gruber.foo
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Retrospecs, a superb iPhone and iPad app that can make any image look like it's from a classic game system, is having a ridiculous barg sale: $0.99/99p for full unlock. If you don't already have it, buy it! https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/retrospecs/id887031094
Retrospecs
A retro computing / pixel art camera app.
Retrospecs lets you convert images and video clips so they appear as they would on a wide variety of home computers and consoles from the 70's, 80's and 90's.
Simply take a picture (or select one from your photo library) and you can display it as it would…
apps.apple.com
June 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Retrospecs, a superb iPhone and iPad app that can make any image look like it's from a classic game system, is having a ridiculous barg sale: $0.99/99p for full unlock. If you don't already have it, buy it! https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/retrospecs/id887031094
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this document is unhinged. 🦝
June 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
this document is unhinged. 🦝
Het is morgen Sveriges nationaldag 🇸🇪 en m’n veerboot naar het eiland Möja is vanavond afgeladen vol: gezinnen die voor een paar dagen in de Skärgården vakantie gaan nemen. Het plaatst je in een aangename toeschouwersrol, zo’n jaarlijkse sabbatmaand in Zweden.
June 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Het is morgen Sveriges nationaldag 🇸🇪 en m’n veerboot naar het eiland Möja is vanavond afgeladen vol: gezinnen die voor een paar dagen in de Skärgården vakantie gaan nemen. Het plaatst je in een aangename toeschouwersrol, zo’n jaarlijkse sabbatmaand in Zweden.
Final day of an intensive month at the Academia Belgica in Rome. Finalised the first 110 pages of my book project. I’m hoping to get 50 more done before the summer.
April 30, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Final day of an intensive month at the Academia Belgica in Rome. Finalised the first 110 pages of my book project. I’m hoping to get 50 more done before the summer.
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Most of what we do, we give away totally free. That’s because we believe that you can’t save democracy from behind a paywall.
But if you support this mission, if you want to ride with us here at The Bulwark, now is the time to do it.
But if you support this mission, if you want to ride with us here at The Bulwark, now is the time to do it.
Help us break 100K
Hey guys, it’s Sarah.
open.substack.com
April 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Most of what we do, we give away totally free. That’s because we believe that you can’t save democracy from behind a paywall.
But if you support this mission, if you want to ride with us here at The Bulwark, now is the time to do it.
But if you support this mission, if you want to ride with us here at The Bulwark, now is the time to do it.
And still, by far the most of it is probably emptier than the best vacuum we’ll ever create. And still, that we in the midst of all this vast emptiness are able to discover, witness and work to understand all this awesomeness fills me with wonder and hope.
This is a new image from #JWST.
The bright points with spikes are stars in the Milky Way.
Everything else is a galaxy.
Everything. Else. Is. A. Galaxy.
The bright points with spikes are stars in the Milky Way.
Everything else is a galaxy.
Everything. Else. Is. A. Galaxy.
April 30, 2025 at 4:41 AM
And still, by far the most of it is probably emptier than the best vacuum we’ll ever create. And still, that we in the midst of all this vast emptiness are able to discover, witness and work to understand all this awesomeness fills me with wonder and hope.
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This is a new image from #JWST.
The bright points with spikes are stars in the Milky Way.
Everything else is a galaxy.
Everything. Else. Is. A. Galaxy.
The bright points with spikes are stars in the Milky Way.
Everything else is a galaxy.
Everything. Else. Is. A. Galaxy.
April 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This is a new image from #JWST.
The bright points with spikes are stars in the Milky Way.
Everything else is a galaxy.
Everything. Else. Is. A. Galaxy.
The bright points with spikes are stars in the Milky Way.
Everything else is a galaxy.
Everything. Else. Is. A. Galaxy.
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Nee, wat mij betreft. Ik ken Rik als een daadkrachtig man met een duidelijke visie. Maar ook als iemand die vaak input vraagt, luistert naar anderen, bereid is tot respectvolle dialoog en de voorbije jaren veel tijd besteed heeft aan overleg met vele collega's in allerlei gremia.
April 27, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Nee, wat mij betreft. Ik ken Rik als een daadkrachtig man met een duidelijke visie. Maar ook als iemand die vaak input vraagt, luistert naar anderen, bereid is tot respectvolle dialoog en de voorbije jaren veel tijd besteed heeft aan overleg met vele collega's in allerlei gremia.
Sorry hoor, maar die framing waarbij PDS het toonbeeld van verbinding zou zijn en RVDW autoritair en top-down, gaan we ons die echt zomaar laten opdringen?
April 27, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Sorry hoor, maar die framing waarbij PDS het toonbeeld van verbinding zou zijn en RVDW autoritair en top-down, gaan we ons die echt zomaar laten opdringen?
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Het is heel bijzonder een bericht zoals dit te mogen lezen. Het overkomt mij niet zo vaak maar hier word ik stil van.
Ik kijk er samen met kandidaat-vicerector Ilse Derluyn naar uit om de komende vier jaar te kunnen behouden wat goed is, en te veranderen waar dat nodig is.
Ik kijk er samen met kandidaat-vicerector Ilse Derluyn naar uit om de komende vier jaar te kunnen behouden wat goed is, en te veranderen waar dat nodig is.
April 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Het is heel bijzonder een bericht zoals dit te mogen lezen. Het overkomt mij niet zo vaak maar hier word ik stil van.
Ik kijk er samen met kandidaat-vicerector Ilse Derluyn naar uit om de komende vier jaar te kunnen behouden wat goed is, en te veranderen waar dat nodig is.
Ik kijk er samen met kandidaat-vicerector Ilse Derluyn naar uit om de komende vier jaar te kunnen behouden wat goed is, en te veranderen waar dat nodig is.