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Dr. Anna Latour
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Computer Scientist. Assistant professor interested in counting and reasoning under uncertainty. Feminist. Trekkie. Traveller. LaTeX enthusiast.

Flirting allowed, but no […]

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My YouTube Algorithm officially knows me too well, given what it just recommended to me.

https://youtu.be/8AwUa6zEK5k

#lofi #ndp #singapore #homesick #home
December 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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@venite According to Google, this is the Lighthouse of Intra. Don't think it still lights up, tho, so I guess we have a philosophical question on our hands?

https://maps.app.goo.gl/V8CKMyHUsRutZPkm8

#lighthouse #italy #lagomaggiore
View of the exit of a harbour. A small concrete lighthouse-like thing with a spiral staircase around it and an Italian flag on top is located at the right side of the mouth of the harbour. In the foreground a few small boats. Behind the lighthouse a larger boat. Mountains in the background. Soft, golden evening light. A few ducks in the water. A patio with streetlights, tables and flowers on the left side of the harbour exit.
December 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Wat ontzettend verdiend: Clara Meijer-Wichmann Mensenrechtenpenning gaat dit jaar naar Stichting Nederland Wordt Beter!

https://www.ligarechtenvandemens.nl/actueel/

#NederlandWordtBeter #mensenrechten #kickoutzwartepiet #zwartepietisracisme #dagvandeempathie #kozp #jerryafriyie […]
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December 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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The De La Fere cowl by Melanie Rountree is live! I tested for this pattern and it was a delight (except the corrugated rib, but if you don’t like that, little secret, you can skip it and nobody will mind). It comes in three yarn thicknesses and it’s ideal for leftover yarn and gift knitting […]
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December 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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🟥 Folia's report on Tuesday's Higher Education Strike:

"the clearest thread running through the entire afternoon is the call on D66 to live up to its reputation as the education party"

https://www.folia.nl/en/actueel/170174/strikers-on-dam-square-call-on-rob-jetten-to-save-higher-education […]
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December 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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I appear to have discovered a scumble distillery, under my own roof. #discworld #scumble #cocktails #gnuterrypratchett
Is bottle labelled scrumpy next to bottle labelled nail polish remover.
December 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Baby panda

https://www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-environment/article/java-island-zoo-releases-photos-of-the-first-panda-cub-born-in-indonesia/
Photo of baby panda. It looks small and beige like a potato
December 10, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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So today I found out that my TED talk ‘This is What a Digital Coup Looks Like’ was TED’s most watched talk of the year.

It’s sort of amazing & terrifying. Because this *is* what a digital coup looks like.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOo...
This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like | Carole Cadwalladr | TED
YouTube video by TED
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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🟥 9 December 2025, noon, Dam Square, Amsterdam: Higher Education strike.

We have a packed stage program, followed by a march through Amsterdam.

Stage program:

📢 Reality check
- Programs and students share how budget cuts are already hitting.
- Discussion: the right to demonstrate in higher […]
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December 8, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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#goukemoes #bbb
#woinactie 🟥 ✊

"Het is een democratische absurditeit die we in Nederland ondertussen bijna normaal zijn gaan vinden: een demissionaire regering die nauwelijks een zesde van de Tweede Kamer vertegenwoordigt, maar die wel doorgaat met het nemen van beslissingen die diep ingrijpen […]
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December 5, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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RE: https://mathstodon.xyz/@anna/115683023084099052

Last chance to register! If you are a member of FNV, you can get a free train ticket to Amsterdam if you join the strike and register before Noon today (8 December 2025): https://fnv.nl/ho

#fnv #amsterdam #highereducation #strike #woinactie […]
December 8, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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Dat is overigens al langer bekend in Nederland. Recent deed Kassa er nog een uitzending over, om te waarschuwen voor de gevaren van dit soort kleine kredieten.

Jammer dat Kassa binnenkort wordt wegbezuinigd, maar Kassa z'n dood is Klarna z'n brood.

www.bnnvara.nl/kassa/artike...
Nibud waarschuwt: Klarna Card versterkt het risico op betalingsproblemen - Kassa - BNNVARA
Nederland is al langer bekend met het fenomeen achteraf betalen. En dat is populair bij mensen die online shoppen. Zo kun je een product afwachten om te zien of het aan je wensen voldoet. Is dat het g...
www.bnnvara.nl
December 7, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Ik dacht even een kort artikeltje/draadje te schrijven over de woekerpraktijken van Klarna en hoe rampzalig dat soort kredieten in de VS uitpakken.

Maar ik ben in een gat gevallen over 'open finance' en het (mogelijke) échte verdienmodel van Klarna.

🧵Klarna: gegevensdief vermomd als krediethaai
December 7, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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🟥 9 December 2025, noon, Dam Square, Amsterdam: Higher Education strike.

We have a packed stage program, followed by a march through Amsterdam.

Stage program:

📢 Reality check
- Programs and students share how budget cuts are already hitting.
- Discussion: the right to demonstrate in higher […]
Original post on mathstodon.xyz
mathstodon.xyz
December 8, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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Good morning and greetings from Lugano! I'm travelling back to NL today. Follow thread for hopefully not too many updates 🙃

#switzerland #sbb #lugano #train #trains #traintravel #travel #deutschebahn #treinleven #goodmorning
View of Lugano during sunrise. Background of mountains, partially covered in village. Two big pine trees in foreground, as silhouettes against a pale blue sky with bands of orange clouds. Also bell tower in front of the lake.
December 8, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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Another "my body is a machine" meme. This one is about turning "Figure~\ref{fig:scaling}" (a common sort of thing you'd type in the LaTeX typesetting language) into "overfull hbox, badness 10000", a somewhat baffling thing that LaTeX outputs to let you know it wasn't able to find a reasonable way to fit the text into the appropriate horizontal space Also, I don't even lift bro but I don't think the skeleton is using good form.
December 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Aperitivo time!

#aperitivo #drink #bar
Fancy-looking pink mocktail with foam, decorated with an orange wedge and dried rose petals and lavender. In the background a beer, chairs, tables and a wine rack full of wine bottles.
December 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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It took less than a day of me hanging out with my Italian friend before he did a Matté-and-Emilià-style “approved” and bro had no idea why that made me giggle 🥹

#lionfield #approved #italy
December 4, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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It took less than a day of me hanging out with my Italian friend before he did a Matté-and-Emilià-style “approved” and bro had no idea why that made me giggle 🥹

#lionfield #approved #italy
December 4, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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@anna there is still time for someone carrying a full kilogram of yoghurt to sit next to you!!
December 3, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Travelling from Netherlands to Italy by train today. How many times will I get Deutsche Bahned? Place your bets!

Jokes aside: I already met a friend on the first train this morning and I’m now on the second in the quiet zone with few people around me and a nice seat, so all’s good 😊

#train […]
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December 3, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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Wat. https://nos.nl/l/2592928

#vpro #zomergasten #bezuinigingen
VPRO stopt met Zomergasten en verwacht tientallen ontslagen door bezuinigingen
VPRO Zomergasten is inmiddels 37 jaar te zien op tv. Ook het radioprogramma Vrije Geluiden verdwijnt na volgend jaar.
nos.nl
December 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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If you're not in NL, please refer to this list of similar initiatives elsewhere in the world, collected by Olivia Guest:

https://olivia.science/ai#letter

#genai #academia #academicmastodon #ai #academicchatter #highereducation #stochasticparrot
December 2, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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Ik weet niet waarom ik dit gemist had, maar hier is een open brief aan de Nederlandse Universiteiten en Hogescholen, en hun Colleges van Bestuur, om het onkritisch invoeren van AI technologieën in het onderwijs tegen te gaan […]
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December 2, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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My student did a Science!

One week from now, Denisa Arsene will present the her BSc thesis research at the 14th International Conference on Complex Networks and their Applications, held in Binghamton, New York, USA!

More details and preprint […]

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Poster presenting the highlights of the research in the corresponding paper. Eyecatcher is a big vertical orange banner with the text: 'How to share research-relevant social netowrk data, while preserving privacy? SANA Simulated Annealing for Network Anonymization. Minimal changes. Maximal privacy. Up to 18 times more anonymized nodes. Same speed. Same data utility. It features diagrams that illustrate a type of attack model that is based on characteristics of the direct neighbourhood of nodes. It also has an example plot of how a simulated annealing approach converges to a particular level of anonymity. It then has a bunch of plots that give more details on running time, level of anonymization, and how SANA and the other algorithms perform in terms of data utility. The takeaways are that SANA provides fast and better anonymization and that it scales better with input size than the other algorithms studied here. Next challenges are to tackle multi-objective anonymity and utiliyt, and dynamic (real-time) anonymization.
December 2, 2025 at 1:21 PM