Jan
@janhenckens.com
Developer & analyst at statik.be & thekind.kids, freelance at @studioespresso.co, #craftcms #laravel #php #webdev
Books, art, architecture, code, coffee, keyboards, running, cycling
📍Leuven, Belgium
Books, art, architecture, code, coffee, keyboards, running, cycling
📍Leuven, Belgium
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I don't think it matters whether or not Alex Pretti had a gun www.theverge.com/policy/86745...
It doesn’t matter if Alex Pretti had a gun
Nonviolence is a double standard
www.theverge.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I don't think it matters whether or not Alex Pretti had a gun www.theverge.com/policy/86745...
Slow Sunday morning with a new book while the girlfriend sleeps in 🙂
January 25, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Slow Sunday morning with a new book while the girlfriend sleeps in 🙂
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There is also, for what it’s worth, no such thing as an apolitical person.
There is no such thing as neutral technology.
January 24, 2026 at 9:43 PM
There is also, for what it’s worth, no such thing as an apolitical person.
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I spend a fair amount of time telling myself, “I’m okay. I’m okay.”
January 18, 2026 at 8:50 AM
I spend a fair amount of time telling myself, “I’m okay. I’m okay.”
First day of the year where we both aren't sick or too exhausted to get out and do something fun so we're of to Antwerp for some food, boardgames and the Margritte exposition at KMSKA 😊
January 18, 2026 at 9:30 AM
First day of the year where we both aren't sick or too exhausted to get out and do something fun so we're of to Antwerp for some food, boardgames and the Margritte exposition at KMSKA 😊
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Hier nog aan toevoegend zou ik argumenteren dat je pas vanuit begrip van de sociale en ethische consequenties kunt gaan beginnen nadenken over wat voor soort ‘AI’ we wel willen in de samenleving ipv naïef het silicon valley discours te volgen
www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...
www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...
Opinie: Kritiek op AI heeft niets te maken met pessimisme of optimisme, maar vooral met realisme
Het betoog van professor techniekfilosofie Lode Lauwaert, dat menswetenschappers fixeren op wat misgaat met AI, maar zwijgen wat goed kan gaan, is volgens collega-filosoof Hans Schnitzler ‘in veel opz...
www.volkskrant.nl
January 17, 2026 at 7:07 AM
Hier nog aan toevoegend zou ik argumenteren dat je pas vanuit begrip van de sociale en ethische consequenties kunt gaan beginnen nadenken over wat voor soort ‘AI’ we wel willen in de samenleving ipv naïef het silicon valley discours te volgen
www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...
www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...
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Hoezo noemen we dit nog een democratie en hoezo gaan we daar een WK foebal organiseren?
January 14, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Hoezo noemen we dit nog een democratie en hoezo gaan we daar een WK foebal organiseren?
Starting a big new project this week and I’m enjoying diving into something fresh 😊
January 14, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Starting a big new project this week and I’m enjoying diving into something fresh 😊
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Ik lees er helaas niets over op onze populaire nieuwssites, maar de paus heeft vanmorgen een nieuwjaarsspeech gegeven aan de diplomaten die geaccrediteerd zijn bij de Heilige Stoel waarin hij Trump en de hele MAGA-beweging vernietigend veroordeelt, zonder ze een keer bij naam te noemen. /1
January 9, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Ik lees er helaas niets over op onze populaire nieuwssites, maar de paus heeft vanmorgen een nieuwjaarsspeech gegeven aan de diplomaten die geaccrediteerd zijn bij de Heilige Stoel waarin hij Trump en de hele MAGA-beweging vernietigend veroordeelt, zonder ze een keer bij naam te noemen. /1
17,5 years old, deaf as a doornail but still the queen of the living room ❤️ #catsofbsky
December 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
17,5 years old, deaf as a doornail but still the queen of the living room ❤️ #catsofbsky
Girlfriend has been sick all week so our week has been really slow, and I'm not at all mad about it.
Finished 2 books, got into a good daily workout routine and watched lots of cyclocross. Hardly touched my laptop or even thought about code / work stuff, guess I needed the break :)
Finished 2 books, got into a good daily workout routine and watched lots of cyclocross. Hardly touched my laptop or even thought about code / work stuff, guess I needed the break :)
December 30, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Girlfriend has been sick all week so our week has been really slow, and I'm not at all mad about it.
Finished 2 books, got into a good daily workout routine and watched lots of cyclocross. Hardly touched my laptop or even thought about code / work stuff, guess I needed the break :)
Finished 2 books, got into a good daily workout routine and watched lots of cyclocross. Hardly touched my laptop or even thought about code / work stuff, guess I needed the break :)
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Florida city sets up rainbow bike racks after being forced to remove Pride crossings
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/17/st-petersburg-florida-pride-bike-racks-rainbow-crossings/?utm_content=1766260801&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/17/st-petersburg-florida-pride-bike-racks-rainbow-crossings/?utm_content=1766260801&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
Florida city sets up rainbow bike racks after having to remove Pride crossings
A city in the US state of Florida has installed rainbow-coloured bike racks after it was forced to remove Pride crossings.
www.thepinknews.com
December 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Florida city sets up rainbow bike racks after being forced to remove Pride crossings
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/17/st-petersburg-florida-pride-bike-racks-rainbow-crossings/?utm_content=1766260801&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/17/st-petersburg-florida-pride-bike-racks-rainbow-crossings/?utm_content=1766260801&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
Fun Christmas party of work yesterday - and I got a book I've been looking forward to from my Secret Santa 😀 #bskybookmas (and coffee, of course ☺️)
December 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Fun Christmas party of work yesterday - and I got a book I've been looking forward to from my Secret Santa 😀 #bskybookmas (and coffee, of course ☺️)
I need to get better at documenting my projects and writing better labels and descriptions. Second time in as many months I started looking at a "bug" that turned out to be just as I designed it, the label for it was just a bit too vague that it even confused me 🙃
December 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I need to get better at documenting my projects and writing better labels and descriptions. Second time in as many months I started looking at a "bug" that turned out to be just as I designed it, the label for it was just a bit too vague that it even confused me 🙃
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this whole everyone doing a wrapped thing demonstrates just how out of ideas companies are. all that kpi chasing really does affect the creativity
December 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
this whole everyone doing a wrapped thing demonstrates just how out of ideas companies are. all that kpi chasing really does affect the creativity
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Talk to the living while you're alive.
December 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Talk to the living while you're alive.
Our street is getting fiber this week so instead of enjoying my chill day off I'm going to be stressing about how the construction crew will wreck our driveway - which we only laid last winter and the have to break open to pass the cable underneath 🫠
December 5, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Our street is getting fiber this week so instead of enjoying my chill day off I'm going to be stressing about how the construction crew will wreck our driveway - which we only laid last winter and the have to break open to pass the cable underneath 🫠
Upgrade by Blake Crouch is turning out to be real page-turner for me - don't usually read a lot of sci-fi but this is the third or fourth book I've read from him and they have each been terrific 🤓 #nevernotreading
November 27, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Upgrade by Blake Crouch is turning out to be real page-turner for me - don't usually read a lot of sci-fi but this is the third or fourth book I've read from him and they have each been terrific 🤓 #nevernotreading
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“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas & city center in 2021.”
Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death
The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.
www.politico.eu
November 17, 2025 at 6:31 AM
“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas & city center in 2021.”
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every large institution and public sector organisation needs to do this
November 13, 2025 at 9:30 PM
every large institution and public sector organisation needs to do this
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“Many girls drop out at U18 and U20, but if social media is full of clips of people having fun on the bike, then we can inspire them to continue”
‘It’s important to show that it’s not all robotic’ – Puck Pieterse on inspiring the next generation of cyclists
Puck Pieterse was on stage at Rouleur Live 2025 talking about the continued rise of women’s cycling
www.rouleur.cc
November 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
“Many girls drop out at U18 and U20, but if social media is full of clips of people having fun on the bike, then we can inspire them to continue”
Off to London tomorrow for the @rouleurmagazine.bsky.social live show 🤩
November 12, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Off to London tomorrow for the @rouleurmagazine.bsky.social live show 🤩