Gerritsen
@gerritsen.bsky.social
Freelance backend developer, tweets about software, productivity, distributed systems, and others. Likes @golang. Ex-@ridefelyx/@eBay/@Marktplaats. He/him/his.
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Van de laatste vijf kabinetten waar de VVD deel van uitmaakte heeft er een de eindstreep gehaald, die met de PvdA. De overige, (centrum)rechtse kabinetten, niet. En dan heeft ze het over “stabiliteit van rechts”? Zit er dan werkelijk geen greintje historisch besef aan tafel bij zo’n show?
September 2, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Van de laatste vijf kabinetten waar de VVD deel van uitmaakte heeft er een de eindstreep gehaald, die met de PvdA. De overige, (centrum)rechtse kabinetten, niet. En dan heeft ze het over “stabiliteit van rechts”? Zit er dan werkelijk geen greintje historisch besef aan tafel bij zo’n show?
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Politicians, major media and most major decision makers still use Twitter as their primary text-based social platform.
This makes me wonder: is that where they actually scroll?
Because that could have huge implications for decisions they make, from policy to coverage and beyond.
This makes me wonder: is that where they actually scroll?
Because that could have huge implications for decisions they make, from policy to coverage and beyond.
September 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Politicians, major media and most major decision makers still use Twitter as their primary text-based social platform.
This makes me wonder: is that where they actually scroll?
Because that could have huge implications for decisions they make, from policy to coverage and beyond.
This makes me wonder: is that where they actually scroll?
Because that could have huge implications for decisions they make, from policy to coverage and beyond.
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Mamdani on "globalize the intifada": "That's not language that I used. The language that I used and the language that I will continue to use to lead the city is that which speaks clearly to my intent, which is an intent grounded in a belief in universal human rights."
June 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Mamdani on "globalize the intifada": "That's not language that I used. The language that I used and the language that I will continue to use to lead the city is that which speaks clearly to my intent, which is an intent grounded in a belief in universal human rights."
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"For Every Millionaire Household that Gets a Tax Cut, 19 Americans Lose Their Health Insurance Under Republican Bill that Doubles Uninsured Rate in Many States"
NEWS: Sanders Releases New Report Detailing Devastating Impact of Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” on Health Care in America » Senator Bernie Sanders
For Every Millionaire Household that Gets a Tax Cut, 19 Americans Lose Their Health Insurance Under Republican Bill that Doubles Uninsured Rate in Many States WASHINGTON, June 25 – As Senate Republica...
www.sanders.senate.gov
June 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"For Every Millionaire Household that Gets a Tax Cut, 19 Americans Lose Their Health Insurance Under Republican Bill that Doubles Uninsured Rate in Many States"
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Een moeder die haar zoon 12 jaar niet heeft gezien en al die tijd van verdriet niet vertelde dat ze een zoon heeft. Een zoon die van blijdschap na zijn aankomst hier niet op kan houden zijn zusje te knuffelen. Dát is gezinshereniging.Inderdaad: “Wie kan hier op tegen zijn?” Lezersbrief in @trouw.nl:
June 6, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Een moeder die haar zoon 12 jaar niet heeft gezien en al die tijd van verdriet niet vertelde dat ze een zoon heeft. Een zoon die van blijdschap na zijn aankomst hier niet op kan houden zijn zusje te knuffelen. Dát is gezinshereniging.Inderdaad: “Wie kan hier op tegen zijn?” Lezersbrief in @trouw.nl:
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"huh is something going on?"
"oh"
"oh"
June 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
"huh is something going on?"
"oh"
"oh"
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this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
May 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
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As an introvert this is so me.
April 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
As an introvert this is so me.
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THREAD
The numbers are in. @bsky.app research sharing volumes vs X Formerly Twitter
In March 2024, on most days, Bluesky hosts more posts linked to research published in 2025 than X.
By quite a lot.
Release the Kraken...
#AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics
1/11
The numbers are in. @bsky.app research sharing volumes vs X Formerly Twitter
In March 2024, on most days, Bluesky hosts more posts linked to research published in 2025 than X.
By quite a lot.
Release the Kraken...
#AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics
1/11
March 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
THREAD
The numbers are in. @bsky.app research sharing volumes vs X Formerly Twitter
In March 2024, on most days, Bluesky hosts more posts linked to research published in 2025 than X.
By quite a lot.
Release the Kraken...
#AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics
1/11
The numbers are in. @bsky.app research sharing volumes vs X Formerly Twitter
In March 2024, on most days, Bluesky hosts more posts linked to research published in 2025 than X.
By quite a lot.
Release the Kraken...
#AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics
1/11
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The most enticing content in the world is whatever the person next to you is watching on their in-flight entertainment screen. You’re watching it from a weird angle, with no audio, subtitles in a language you don’t speak. Still can’t look away.
February 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The most enticing content in the world is whatever the person next to you is watching on their in-flight entertainment screen. You’re watching it from a weird angle, with no audio, subtitles in a language you don’t speak. Still can’t look away.
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I decided to start a #thread 🧵 of stories about legal residents and tourists being (illegally) arrested, detained and/or deported by the Trump regime. I'll only post stories from serious sources, as rumors and conspiracies are really not needed in this authoritarian moment.
March 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I decided to start a #thread 🧵 of stories about legal residents and tourists being (illegally) arrested, detained and/or deported by the Trump regime. I'll only post stories from serious sources, as rumors and conspiracies are really not needed in this authoritarian moment.
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A lot of the “achievements” of western civilization actually kind of suck but one thing that definitely does not suck is how half our children don’t die anymore
March 14, 2025 at 12:36 PM
A lot of the “achievements” of western civilization actually kind of suck but one thing that definitely does not suck is how half our children don’t die anymore
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Exactly.
It's just pattern matching.
And sometimes the pattern matches against making sad posts.
We could have done this with ngram language models in the 90s if academics of the day were more willing to engage in blatant misrepresentation, and hype over the failings.
bsky.app/profile/oxin...
It's just pattern matching.
And sometimes the pattern matches against making sad posts.
We could have done this with ngram language models in the 90s if academics of the day were more willing to engage in blatant misrepresentation, and hype over the failings.
bsky.app/profile/oxin...
Why does chatGPT sometimes try to convince you it's sentient? Because it's training set has lot of fiction where that happens.
Why does chatGPT display signs of anxiety when you tell it traumatic things? Because it's training set has a lot of forum posts where that happened.
Why does chatGPT display signs of anxiety when you tell it traumatic things? Because it's training set has a lot of forum posts where that happened.
March 18, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Exactly.
It's just pattern matching.
And sometimes the pattern matches against making sad posts.
We could have done this with ngram language models in the 90s if academics of the day were more willing to engage in blatant misrepresentation, and hype over the failings.
bsky.app/profile/oxin...
It's just pattern matching.
And sometimes the pattern matches against making sad posts.
We could have done this with ngram language models in the 90s if academics of the day were more willing to engage in blatant misrepresentation, and hype over the failings.
bsky.app/profile/oxin...
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PSA: FUCKING LLMS DO NOT HAVE MINDS. THEY JUST PIECE TOGETHER AN APPROPRIATE SEEMING RESPONSE FROM THEIR DATASET BASED ON WHAT EVER YOU SAY TO THEM.
THEY DON’T FEEL ANYTHING, THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND ANYTHING. IT’S BASICALLY RNG. IT IS A SOPHISTICATED FUCKING FURBY
THEY DON’T FEEL ANYTHING, THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND ANYTHING. IT’S BASICALLY RNG. IT IS A SOPHISTICATED FUCKING FURBY
March 18, 2025 at 3:46 AM
PSA: FUCKING LLMS DO NOT HAVE MINDS. THEY JUST PIECE TOGETHER AN APPROPRIATE SEEMING RESPONSE FROM THEIR DATASET BASED ON WHAT EVER YOU SAY TO THEM.
THEY DON’T FEEL ANYTHING, THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND ANYTHING. IT’S BASICALLY RNG. IT IS A SOPHISTICATED FUCKING FURBY
THEY DON’T FEEL ANYTHING, THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND ANYTHING. IT’S BASICALLY RNG. IT IS A SOPHISTICATED FUCKING FURBY
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I’m seeing this more and more—on any number of topics, that showing emotion is weakness.
It absolutely is not. Caring is t weakness, expressing your feelings is a core part of being human.
It absolutely is not. Caring is t weakness, expressing your feelings is a core part of being human.
there are plenty of fair criticisms of me but the one that actually annoys me is when people treat me like my anger about a situation reflects poorly on me somehow, that being emotional about the completely collapse of our democracy is somehow gauche and invalidates whatever i'm saying
March 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I’m seeing this more and more—on any number of topics, that showing emotion is weakness.
It absolutely is not. Caring is t weakness, expressing your feelings is a core part of being human.
It absolutely is not. Caring is t weakness, expressing your feelings is a core part of being human.
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If you were in Congress, what would you do for the State of the Union? What do you think Dems should do?
February 28, 2025 at 9:37 PM
If you were in Congress, what would you do for the State of the Union? What do you think Dems should do?
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Stefan de Vries #Eva vindt de reactie van Rutte “niet zo elegant” en ook niet behulpzaam voor Oekraïne. Het is duidelijk vanuit welke positie Rutte spreekt; mogelijk wil hij voorkomen dat hij de laatste secretaris van de NATO wordt en zo de geschiedenis ingaat.
March 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Stefan de Vries #Eva vindt de reactie van Rutte “niet zo elegant” en ook niet behulpzaam voor Oekraïne. Het is duidelijk vanuit welke positie Rutte spreekt; mogelijk wil hij voorkomen dat hij de laatste secretaris van de NATO wordt en zo de geschiedenis ingaat.
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NLPC said the racist part out loud in their anti-DEI proposal to John Deere shareholders.
Deere shareholders told them to go plow themselves, by a vote of 99-1 percent.
www.rawstory.com/john-deere/
Deere shareholders told them to go plow themselves, by a vote of 99-1 percent.
www.rawstory.com/john-deere/
John Deere thumbs nose at Trump as shareholders rebuff anti-DEI bid
A right-wing think tank pressuring shareholders of large public companies to prohibit diversity, equity, and inclusion programs suffered a blowout defeat when they took their case to farming equipment...
www.rawstory.com
February 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
NLPC said the racist part out loud in their anti-DEI proposal to John Deere shareholders.
Deere shareholders told them to go plow themselves, by a vote of 99-1 percent.
www.rawstory.com/john-deere/
Deere shareholders told them to go plow themselves, by a vote of 99-1 percent.
www.rawstory.com/john-deere/
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No one had died of measles in America for ten years, until yesterday.
That 2015 death in WA was preceded by a 12y period of no US deaths. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. says it’s “not unusual.” apnews.com/article/meas...
It is unusual. www.cdc.gov/measles/data...
That 2015 death in WA was preceded by a 12y period of no US deaths. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. says it’s “not unusual.” apnews.com/article/meas...
It is unusual. www.cdc.gov/measles/data...
February 26, 2025 at 7:42 PM
No one had died of measles in America for ten years, until yesterday.
That 2015 death in WA was preceded by a 12y period of no US deaths. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. says it’s “not unusual.” apnews.com/article/meas...
It is unusual. www.cdc.gov/measles/data...
That 2015 death in WA was preceded by a 12y period of no US deaths. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. says it’s “not unusual.” apnews.com/article/meas...
It is unusual. www.cdc.gov/measles/data...