Maaike
@maaikeverbruggen.bsky.social
non-practicing intellectual on war & tech
NL/EN
NL/EN
Do you like dealing with insurance ?
TIP: if you decide to get transnational insurance, you don't get double but triple the joy, cause of the added layer of terrible communication between the insurance companies of both countries. Fun!
TIP: if you decide to get transnational insurance, you don't get double but triple the joy, cause of the added layer of terrible communication between the insurance companies of both countries. Fun!
November 11, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Do you like dealing with insurance ?
TIP: if you decide to get transnational insurance, you don't get double but triple the joy, cause of the added layer of terrible communication between the insurance companies of both countries. Fun!
TIP: if you decide to get transnational insurance, you don't get double but triple the joy, cause of the added layer of terrible communication between the insurance companies of both countries. Fun!
The upside of having a garden is that it is now much easier to make offers to the gods for my hair actually behaving as i want it to .
The libation always got so messy in my flat
The libation always got so messy in my flat
Folks do you think it is time yet to brush my hair or can i got another week ? (I have straight hair)
November 11, 2025 at 10:35 AM
The upside of having a garden is that it is now much easier to make offers to the gods for my hair actually behaving as i want it to .
The libation always got so messy in my flat
The libation always got so messy in my flat
Folks do you think it is time yet to brush my hair or can i got another week ? (I have straight hair)
November 11, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Folks do you think it is time yet to brush my hair or can i got another week ? (I have straight hair)
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Hey! Hey! It’s my birthday and to celebrate I’m giving away 50 free prints this week.
Good luck!
Good luck!
November 10, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Hey! Hey! It’s my birthday and to celebrate I’m giving away 50 free prints this week.
Good luck!
Good luck!
Super, mijn sint Maarten snoepjes komen om 21.45 vanavond. Ik zal de kinderen vragen om te wachten tot dan.
November 11, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Super, mijn sint Maarten snoepjes komen om 21.45 vanavond. Ik zal de kinderen vragen om te wachten tot dan.
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Using algorithms to detect fraud 🤦. In the Netherlands they targeted racialised & poor families. The accusations were BS, ppl were ruined, some committed suicide.
See - What the Dutch benefits scandal and policy's focus on ‘fraud’ can teach us about the endurance of empire doi.org/10.1177/0261...
See - What the Dutch benefits scandal and policy's focus on ‘fraud’ can teach us about the endurance of empire doi.org/10.1177/0261...
UK government project using AI to find benefit fraud resulted in:
- A 46% false fraud rate
- Anguish for families who were wrongly accused of fraud and had benefits stopped
- Months of additional work for government, setting up a hotline, correcting false fraud
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
- A 46% false fraud rate
- Anguish for families who were wrongly accused of fraud and had benefits stopped
- Months of additional work for government, setting up a hotline, correcting false fraud
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
HMRC trial of child benefit crackdown wrongly suspected fraud in 46% of cases
Exclusive: Almost half of families flagged as emigrants based on Home Office travel data were still living in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Using algorithms to detect fraud 🤦. In the Netherlands they targeted racialised & poor families. The accusations were BS, ppl were ruined, some committed suicide.
See - What the Dutch benefits scandal and policy's focus on ‘fraud’ can teach us about the endurance of empire doi.org/10.1177/0261...
See - What the Dutch benefits scandal and policy's focus on ‘fraud’ can teach us about the endurance of empire doi.org/10.1177/0261...
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Oops. Ooooooooooooops.
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Oops. Ooooooooooooops.
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years.
arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675
h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social
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"Oil demand and emissions in the transport sector fell by 5% in the third quarter, but grew elsewhere by 10%, as the production of plastics and other chemicals surged."
#China is cutting oil demand in transport. Has that ever happened in Western countries?
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
#China is cutting oil demand in transport. Has that ever happened in Western countries?
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months - Carbon Brief
China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions were unchanged from a year earlier in the third quarter of 2025, extending a flat or falling trend that started in March 2024.
www.carbonbrief.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:42 AM
"Oil demand and emissions in the transport sector fell by 5% in the third quarter, but grew elsewhere by 10%, as the production of plastics and other chemicals surged."
#China is cutting oil demand in transport. Has that ever happened in Western countries?
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
#China is cutting oil demand in transport. Has that ever happened in Western countries?
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
We all feel completely abandoned
By doctors, by governments, by our circles, by the world
By doctors, by governments, by our circles, by the world
Recent research in New Zealand shows that Long Covid sufferers feel let down by the health system:
"The picture painted by participants was bleak with a sense that the world had moved on from Covid-19 and left them behind."
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
#longcovid
"The picture painted by participants was bleak with a sense that the world had moved on from Covid-19 and left them behind."
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
#longcovid
Researchers say healthcare system failing long Covid patients
A researcher is calling on the government to provide dedicated funding for long Covid.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 11, 2025 at 5:22 AM
We all feel completely abandoned
By doctors, by governments, by our circles, by the world
By doctors, by governments, by our circles, by the world
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Just in case you thought this was about trans athletes. This was solely about creating a fascist and racist gender bureaucracy over what constitutes being feminine enough to be considered a woman.
They're targeting cis women who may be intersex and banning them from sport.
They're targeting cis women who may be intersex and banning them from sport.
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Just in case you thought this was about trans athletes. This was solely about creating a fascist and racist gender bureaucracy over what constitutes being feminine enough to be considered a woman.
They're targeting cis women who may be intersex and banning them from sport.
They're targeting cis women who may be intersex and banning them from sport.
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#NEISvoid PSA
TIL patients and caregivers can get free access to Elsevier papers!
Email your request to patientaccess@elsevier.com and include confirmation you are a patient. Turnaround is 48 hours.
#LongCovid #MECFS
TIL patients and caregivers can get free access to Elsevier papers!
Email your request to patientaccess@elsevier.com and include confirmation you are a patient. Turnaround is 48 hours.
#LongCovid #MECFS
November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
#NEISvoid PSA
TIL patients and caregivers can get free access to Elsevier papers!
Email your request to patientaccess@elsevier.com and include confirmation you are a patient. Turnaround is 48 hours.
#LongCovid #MECFS
TIL patients and caregivers can get free access to Elsevier papers!
Email your request to patientaccess@elsevier.com and include confirmation you are a patient. Turnaround is 48 hours.
#LongCovid #MECFS
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*Women receive substantially lower "potential" ratings despite receiving higher performance ratings
*Differences in potential ratings account for half of the gender promotion gap
*Women’s lower potential ratings do not reflect future performance: women subsequently outperform male colleagues
*Differences in potential ratings account for half of the gender promotion gap
*Women’s lower potential ratings do not reflect future performance: women subsequently outperform male colleagues
Forthcoming in the AER: "“Potential” and the Gender Promotion Gap" by Alan Benson, Danielle Li, and Kelly Shue. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
“Potential” and the Gender Promotion Gap
(Forthcoming Article) - We show that subjective assessments of employee “potential” contribute to gender gaps
in promotion and pay. Using data on 29,809 management-track employees from a
large retail ...
www.aeaweb.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
*Women receive substantially lower "potential" ratings despite receiving higher performance ratings
*Differences in potential ratings account for half of the gender promotion gap
*Women’s lower potential ratings do not reflect future performance: women subsequently outperform male colleagues
*Differences in potential ratings account for half of the gender promotion gap
*Women’s lower potential ratings do not reflect future performance: women subsequently outperform male colleagues
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South Korea’s ousted leader sent drones over Pyongyang to justify martial law | The Independent www.independent.co.uk/asia/east-as...
South Korea’s ousted leader sent drones over Pyongyang to justify martial law
Prosecutors say Yoon Suk Yeol and aides flew drones over rival neighbour in deliberate attempt to stoke tensions
www.independent.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
South Korea’s ousted leader sent drones over Pyongyang to justify martial law | The Independent www.independent.co.uk/asia/east-as...
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Put another way:
Neoliberalism isn’t the thing to fight fascism and it never was.
(It’s Socialism, btw)
Neoliberalism isn’t the thing to fight fascism and it never was.
(It’s Socialism, btw)
I fear we are seeing in the UK what has become abundantly clear in the US: for all their power and privilege, elites and institutions are absolute cowards in the face of right-wing authoritarianism. Weak, weak, weak, as Tony Blair once said
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Put another way:
Neoliberalism isn’t the thing to fight fascism and it never was.
(It’s Socialism, btw)
Neoliberalism isn’t the thing to fight fascism and it never was.
(It’s Socialism, btw)
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I heard someone refer to the late Kim Jong Il as “Kim Jong the Second” and I’m afraid I’m going to be giggling about this all day long.
November 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I heard someone refer to the late Kim Jong Il as “Kim Jong the Second” and I’m afraid I’m going to be giggling about this all day long.
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So here's the first part of something that I've been working on for the last twelve months.
Not every day I get to say that.
www.rand.org/randeurope/r...
Not every day I get to say that.
www.rand.org/randeurope/r...
Innovation and adaptation at war: Supporting Ukraine’s digital transformation
RAND Europe authored a series of reports on how to optimize Kyiv’s technological and policy advantages as Ukraine defends its sovereignty.
www.rand.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
So here's the first part of something that I've been working on for the last twelve months.
Not every day I get to say that.
www.rand.org/randeurope/r...
Not every day I get to say that.
www.rand.org/randeurope/r...
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Hu & Bentler (1999) with >130k citations selected for huge citation and moderate actual impact--see Nils' rationale that a lot of citation use is unthinking or to stop thinking.
What then is the prototype of prototypes for the moderate citation impact and moderate actual impact?
What then is the prototype of prototypes for the moderate citation impact and moderate actual impact?
November 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Hu & Bentler (1999) with >130k citations selected for huge citation and moderate actual impact--see Nils' rationale that a lot of citation use is unthinking or to stop thinking.
What then is the prototype of prototypes for the moderate citation impact and moderate actual impact?
What then is the prototype of prototypes for the moderate citation impact and moderate actual impact?
The Dutch province Limburg are trying to get the panels back and want to put up a special memorial for the black soldiers, and the governor of the province (a powerless job to be clear) is gonna have a discussion with the US ambassador over it. Fingers crossed
nos.nl/artikel/2589...
nos.nl/artikel/2589...
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The Dutch province Limburg are trying to get the panels back and want to put up a special memorial for the black soldiers, and the governor of the province (a powerless job to be clear) is gonna have a discussion with the US ambassador over it. Fingers crossed
nos.nl/artikel/2589...
nos.nl/artikel/2589...
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How long until you have to accept that new symptoms are the new normal ?
November 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
How long until you have to accept that new symptoms are the new normal ?
The cat really likes to attack my autistic twirling feet. I keep on telling kitty that that is an ableist hate crime but she does not listen.
Hmmm what shall i do today?
Oh i have a great idea, let's lay in bed and be useless
Oh i have a great idea, let's lay in bed and be useless
November 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The cat really likes to attack my autistic twirling feet. I keep on telling kitty that that is an ableist hate crime but she does not listen.
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RIP my babies
I never read in the reporting whether these were Doyenne de Comice pears or inferior scum pears worthy of being hit by a train but the pictures do make me fear for the former
I never read in the reporting whether these were Doyenne de Comice pears or inferior scum pears worthy of being hit by a train but the pictures do make me fear for the former
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 AM
RIP my babies
I never read in the reporting whether these were Doyenne de Comice pears or inferior scum pears worthy of being hit by a train but the pictures do make me fear for the former
I never read in the reporting whether these were Doyenne de Comice pears or inferior scum pears worthy of being hit by a train but the pictures do make me fear for the former
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How dare the supermarkt online order system give me fucking Conference pears when i search for Doyenne de Comices.
Who do you think i am, this is just insulting
Who do you think i am, this is just insulting
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 AM
How dare the supermarkt online order system give me fucking Conference pears when i search for Doyenne de Comices.
Who do you think i am, this is just insulting
Who do you think i am, this is just insulting
Hmmm what shall i do today?
Oh i have a great idea, let's lay in bed and be useless
Oh i have a great idea, let's lay in bed and be useless
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Hmmm what shall i do today?
Oh i have a great idea, let's lay in bed and be useless
Oh i have a great idea, let's lay in bed and be useless