Joost van Baal-Ilić
@joostvb.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy
debian linux free software, activism politics, literature art, a dj and family man from the netherlands. more active on irc and on http://mdcc.cx
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Dit gevoel bekroop me nou ook bij het lezen van het Rapport Wennink […]
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mastodon.nl
December 21, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Dit gevoel bekroop me nou ook bij het lezen van het Rapport Wennink […]
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RE: https://oldbytes.space/@flexion/115752573933914452
This tape from fifty years ago was digitized *yesterday* and it's now bootable, what a wonderful group of nerds
This tape from fifty years ago was digitized *yesterday* and it's now bootable, what a wonderful group of nerds
oldbytes.space
December 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
RE: https://oldbytes.space/@flexion/115752573933914452
This tape from fifty years ago was digitized *yesterday* and it's now bootable, what a wonderful group of nerds
This tape from fifty years ago was digitized *yesterday* and it's now bootable, what a wonderful group of nerds
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I know a few people on here as well as myself will FEEL this cartoon.
December 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I know a few people on here as well as myself will FEEL this cartoon.
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Net laatste aflevering van Fortuyn gezien. Als je racistische vooroordelen verkondigt, en dan er achteraan zegt dat 'je dat niet mag zeggen', is opeens iedereen die niet meegaat in je racistische leugens en vooroordelen de leugenaar.
Een alt-right omkering./2
npo.nl/start/serie/...
Een alt-right omkering./2
npo.nl/start/serie/...
Fortuyn: On-Hollands | NPO Start
Fortuyn wist begin 2000 met zijn uitspraken over migratie en de islam een breed ongenoegen in de Nederlandse samenleving te vangen én te sturen. Zijn ideeën over de multiculturele samenleving waren co...
npo.nl
December 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Net laatste aflevering van Fortuyn gezien. Als je racistische vooroordelen verkondigt, en dan er achteraan zegt dat 'je dat niet mag zeggen', is opeens iedereen die niet meegaat in je racistische leugens en vooroordelen de leugenaar.
Een alt-right omkering./2
npo.nl/start/serie/...
Een alt-right omkering./2
npo.nl/start/serie/...
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The White House announces that the Epstein files will be renamed the Trump Epstein files.
December 19, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The White House announces that the Epstein files will be renamed the Trump Epstein files.
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The attempt to read the UNIX V4 tape is underway!
December 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The attempt to read the UNIX V4 tape is underway!
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Leuk artikel over #deurbelcamera's #ring #privacy #eindhoven https://woestegrond.org/veiligheid/bespied-door-de-videodeurbel-viola-maakt-zich-zorgen-om-de-privecameras-in-haar-wijk/
December 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
On Thu Jan 15th, 2026 some Enosig ( The EindhoveN Open Source Interest Group, http://enosig.org ) people will meet. We'll discuss Free Software, Linux and related subjects. We'll meet at around 20:00 at the Trafalgar Pub, Dommelstraat 21, Eindhoven, Netherlands; 300 meters from Railway Station […]
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mastodon.green
December 18, 2025 at 10:17 PM
On Thu Jan 15th, 2026 some Enosig ( The EindhoveN Open Source Interest Group, http://enosig.org ) people will meet. We'll discuss Free Software, Linux and related subjects. We'll meet at around 20:00 at the Trafalgar Pub, Dommelstraat 21, Eindhoven, Netherlands; 300 meters from Railway Station […]
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I watch Jeopardy most days, and it’s become clear to me that my knowledge of African geography is abysmal. So I made myself a tiny web app with a blank map to help me practice remembering where all the different countries are on the continent.
Test your own knowledge! […]
Test your own knowledge! […]
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hachyderm.io
December 18, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I watch Jeopardy most days, and it’s become clear to me that my knowledge of African geography is abysmal. So I made myself a tiny web app with a blank map to help me practice remembering where all the different countries are on the continent.
Test your own knowledge! […]
Test your own knowledge! […]
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we're told the confabulation machines are good at summaries.
which is why acm, not asking the authors, rolled out a summary feature for the published papers, to be displayed along the abstract (because why rely on an existing summary written by the authors of the paper when you can rely on a […]
which is why acm, not asking the authors, rolled out a summary feature for the published papers, to be displayed along the abstract (because why rely on an existing summary written by the authors of the paper when you can rely on a […]
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circumstances.run
December 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
we're told the confabulation machines are good at summaries.
which is why acm, not asking the authors, rolled out a summary feature for the published papers, to be displayed along the abstract (because why rely on an existing summary written by the authors of the paper when you can rely on a […]
which is why acm, not asking the authors, rolled out a summary feature for the published papers, to be displayed along the abstract (because why rely on an existing summary written by the authors of the paper when you can rely on a […]
Linux & Open Source Tilburg is terug van weggeweest! LOSTilburg start weer op woensdag 21 januari, 20.00 uur, 2026 met spreker Erik Mols van OSSCi over "Sovereignty Washing: Hoe Big Tech onze digitale autonomie ondermijnt". Toegang gratis, aanmelden niet nodig. Locatie is als vanouds: 1Optic […]
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mastodon.green
December 17, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Linux & Open Source Tilburg is terug van weggeweest! LOSTilburg start weer op woensdag 21 januari, 20.00 uur, 2026 met spreker Erik Mols van OSSCi over "Sovereignty Washing: Hoe Big Tech onze digitale autonomie ondermijnt". Toegang gratis, aanmelden niet nodig. Locatie is als vanouds: 1Optic […]
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6. Had I been given such a chance, I would have pointed out that, while more people compound environmental problems, residual population growth is the result of things *that have already happened*, which we cannot now significantly change. www.monbiot.com/2025/12/15/t...
Total Futility Rate
Let’s focus our campaigning on things we can actually change.
www.monbiot.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:56 AM
6. Had I been given such a chance, I would have pointed out that, while more people compound environmental problems, residual population growth is the result of things *that have already happened*, which we cannot now significantly change. www.monbiot.com/2025/12/15/t...
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Good move, Amtrak! Come on, corporations—do the right thing here; it’s actually good for business too!
Amtrak is slashing executive bonuses to give out $900 apiece to over 18,000 rank-and-file workers
https://fortune.com/2025/12/12/amtrak-bonuses-for-18000-workers-900-apiece/
Amtrak is slashing executive bonuses to give out $900 apiece to over 18,000 rank-and-file workers
https://fortune.com/2025/12/12/amtrak-bonuses-for-18000-workers-900-apiece/
Amtrak is slashing executive bonuses to give out $900 apiece to over 18,000 rank-and-file workers | Fortune
"This long-overdue recognition of the employees who keep the railroad moving is a step in the right direction,” said union leader Mark Wallace.
fortune.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Good move, Amtrak! Come on, corporations—do the right thing here; it’s actually good for business too!
Amtrak is slashing executive bonuses to give out $900 apiece to over 18,000 rank-and-file workers
https://fortune.com/2025/12/12/amtrak-bonuses-for-18000-workers-900-apiece/
Amtrak is slashing executive bonuses to give out $900 apiece to over 18,000 rank-and-file workers
https://fortune.com/2025/12/12/amtrak-bonuses-for-18000-workers-900-apiece/
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a marathon is not composed of sprints
December 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
a marathon is not composed of sprints
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Resurrection of the dead. Ottheinrich Bible, Regensburg ca. 1430. München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cgm 8010, fol. 39v.
#medieval #medievalart
#medieval #medievalart
December 12, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Resurrection of the dead. Ottheinrich Bible, Regensburg ca. 1430. München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cgm 8010, fol. 39v.
#medieval #medievalart
#medieval #medievalart
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#orpheus charming the animals. Christine de Pisan, L'Épître Othéa, Paris c. 1410-1414. BL, Harley 4431, fol. 125v.
#medieval #medievalart
#medieval #medievalart
December 11, 2025 at 6:08 AM
#orpheus charming the animals. Christine de Pisan, L'Épître Othéa, Paris c. 1410-1414. BL, Harley 4431, fol. 125v.
#medieval #medievalart
#medieval #medievalart
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My thoughts on social media bans everywhere is that if you're taking digital connections away from teens, you better make sure they have third spaces for physical connection, and give them options for transport that is not "parents drive us around" otherwise all you're creating is isolation.
And […]
And […]
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mastodon.green
December 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
My thoughts on social media bans everywhere is that if you're taking digital connections away from teens, you better make sure they have third spaces for physical connection, and give them options for transport that is not "parents drive us around" otherwise all you're creating is isolation.
And […]
And […]
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From @jackmjenkins
UPDATE: Another Chicago-area church has put up an immigration-themed Nativity scene.
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in […]
[Original post on ai6yr.org]
UPDATE: Another Chicago-area church has put up an immigration-themed Nativity scene.
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in […]
[Original post on ai6yr.org]
December 8, 2025 at 4:39 AM
From @jackmjenkins
UPDATE: Another Chicago-area church has put up an immigration-themed Nativity scene.
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in […]
[Original post on ai6yr.org]
UPDATE: Another Chicago-area church has put up an immigration-themed Nativity scene.
A church member at Urban Village Church sent this one along, where Mary, Joseph and Jesus are gone and replaced with a sign that reads: “Due to ICE activity in […]
[Original post on ai6yr.org]
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3,150-year-old papyrus reveals the world’s earliest recorded labour strike. New analysis of the Turin Strike Papyrus—a detailed account from 1157 BCE—shows how artisans building the royal tombs at Deir el-Medina staged a coordinated walkout after going 18 days without grain rations. The document […]
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wandering.shop
December 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
3,150-year-old papyrus reveals the world’s earliest recorded labour strike. New analysis of the Turin Strike Papyrus—a detailed account from 1157 BCE—shows how artisans building the royal tombs at Deir el-Medina staged a coordinated walkout after going 18 days without grain rations. The document […]
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Zomaar wat sfeerbeelden van het academische leven aan het eind van 2025.
https://neerlandistiek.nl/2025/12/steun-het-collectief-ploeteren/
https://neerlandistiek.nl/2025/12/steun-het-collectief-ploeteren/
December 9, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Zomaar wat sfeerbeelden van het academische leven aan het eind van 2025.
https://neerlandistiek.nl/2025/12/steun-het-collectief-ploeteren/
https://neerlandistiek.nl/2025/12/steun-het-collectief-ploeteren/
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December 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM