Maaike
@maaike.bsky.social
Social Psychologist, digital native, checks sources,loves irony. Maker of humans, breaker of stuff, hacker of both. Tries not to judge.
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a youtube channel or blog doing teardowns / design flaw analysis on recalled devices would be fun
November 13, 2025 at 6:37 PM
a youtube channel or blog doing teardowns / design flaw analysis on recalled devices would be fun
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Designers at Apple: "Let's take these icons that people have become familiar with and understand and change them into icons that look like they could be anything... oh and while we're at jt let's give them the popular 'generated by AI' look"
*What* is happening at Apple?!
*What* is happening at Apple?!
November 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Designers at Apple: "Let's take these icons that people have become familiar with and understand and change them into icons that look like they could be anything... oh and while we're at jt let's give them the popular 'generated by AI' look"
*What* is happening at Apple?!
*What* is happening at Apple?!
I had missed that the Guardian had its own version of AITA
You be the judge: should my boyfriend leave home comforts behind when we travel abroad?
You be the judge: should my boyfriend leave home comforts behind when we travel abroad?
Jenna thinks Dave is not embracing the ‘living abroad’ spirit while living in Barcelona, while Dave wants to feel at home. Which one of them is being a pain in Spain?
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I had missed that the Guardian had its own version of AITA
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Het is Transgender Awareness Week: kinderen vertellen hoe het is om transgender te zijn
www.kidsweek.nl/nieuws/kinde...
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www.kidsweek.nl/nieuws/kinde...
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November 13, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Het is Transgender Awareness Week: kinderen vertellen hoe het is om transgender te zijn
www.kidsweek.nl/nieuws/kinde...
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www.kidsweek.nl/nieuws/kinde...
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As someone deeply concerned professionally with securing elections, i think making unfounded claims that elections are being rigged is an extremely harmful grift, that deserves strong condemnation.
November 13, 2025 at 2:19 AM
As someone deeply concerned professionally with securing elections, i think making unfounded claims that elections are being rigged is an extremely harmful grift, that deserves strong condemnation.
Bluesky.
The place where I watched Men’s wear guy become aware of kerning in real time.
Commiserations
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The place where I watched Men’s wear guy become aware of kerning in real time.
Commiserations
imgs.xkcd.com/comics/kerni...
November 13, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Bluesky.
The place where I watched Men’s wear guy become aware of kerning in real time.
Commiserations
imgs.xkcd.com/comics/kerni...
The place where I watched Men’s wear guy become aware of kerning in real time.
Commiserations
imgs.xkcd.com/comics/kerni...
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Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed
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Jsyk if you click on an amazon associate link from someone, then keep browsing and buy something else without ever closing the tab, whoever's link you clicked can see what you ultimately bought lol
October 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Jsyk if you click on an amazon associate link from someone, then keep browsing and buy something else without ever closing the tab, whoever's link you clicked can see what you ultimately bought lol
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Keming is my passion. 😁
November 12, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Keming is my passion. 😁
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Kociemba has launched the No Longer Evil project, an open-source initiative aimed at breathing new life into decommissioned first- and second-generation Nest thermostats. www.techspot.com/news/110186-...
Hackers are saving Google's abandoned Nest thermostats with open-source firmware
Cody Kociemba, the developer behind the Hack/House collaborative project, is waging war against Google. The tech giant recently decided to discontinue the first two generations of its...
www.techspot.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Kociemba has launched the No Longer Evil project, an open-source initiative aimed at breathing new life into decommissioned first- and second-generation Nest thermostats. www.techspot.com/news/110186-...
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Ik wil graag dit NRC-artikel met je delen: "Zo werd er in uw buurt gestemd: grote steden stemden links, maar PVV bleef in landelijke gebieden het grootst": www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Zo werd er in uw buurt gestemd: grote steden stemden links, maar PVV bleef in landelijke gebieden het grootst
Nederland is versplinterd: niet eerder bleef de grootste partij zo klein als tijdens de laatste Tweede Kamerverkiezingen. Waar in grote steden GroenLinks-PvdA en D66 vaak de grootste werden, bleef de ...
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November 12, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Ik wil graag dit NRC-artikel met je delen: "Zo werd er in uw buurt gestemd: grote steden stemden links, maar PVV bleef in landelijke gebieden het grootst": www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
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Let's talk about how to report on right-wingers without amplifying their hateful rhetoric. Far-right extremists count on YOU to spread their messages for them. Here's a thread of resources.
1) The Oxygen of Amplification: Better Practices for Reporting on Extremists, Antagonists, and Manipulators
1) The Oxygen of Amplification: Better Practices for Reporting on Extremists, Antagonists, and Manipulators
The Oxygen of Amplification
New Data & Society report recommends editorial “better practices” for reporting on online bigots and manipulators; interviews journalists on accidental amplification of extreme agendas
datasociety.net
November 20, 2024 at 4:19 AM
Let's talk about how to report on right-wingers without amplifying their hateful rhetoric. Far-right extremists count on YOU to spread their messages for them. Here's a thread of resources.
1) The Oxygen of Amplification: Better Practices for Reporting on Extremists, Antagonists, and Manipulators
1) The Oxygen of Amplification: Better Practices for Reporting on Extremists, Antagonists, and Manipulators
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Kendrick, Joyce Carol Oates, Menswear Guy, and Isaac Chotiner are the Voltron of People You Don't Want Focusing on You
November 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Kendrick, Joyce Carol Oates, Menswear Guy, and Isaac Chotiner are the Voltron of People You Don't Want Focusing on You
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when you wear a size 9.5 shoe but the 8.5 was on sale
November 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
when you wear a size 9.5 shoe but the 8.5 was on sale
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Aangezien vrouwen gemiddeld 12% minder verdienen dan mannen voor hetzelfde werk, wil ik graag even alle vrouwen bedanken dat zij de rest van 2025 al hun werk in principe gratis doen! Lekker bezig vrouwen!
November 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Aangezien vrouwen gemiddeld 12% minder verdienen dan mannen voor hetzelfde werk, wil ik graag even alle vrouwen bedanken dat zij de rest van 2025 al hun werk in principe gratis doen! Lekker bezig vrouwen!
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Turns out one could build a transparent-pink FPGA Game Boy Color for pretty cheap. Someone talk me out of this, please.
November 11, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Turns out one could build a transparent-pink FPGA Game Boy Color for pretty cheap. Someone talk me out of this, please.
How I will explain the concept of conductivity from now on
2025 Component Abuse Challenge: Dawg Gone LED Tester
2025 Component Abuse Challenge: Dawg Gone LED Tester
Hackaday Article
hackaday.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
How I will explain the concept of conductivity from now on
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“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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Nederlandse politiek die na de verkiezingen nu écht de problemen van mensen gaat oplossen:
November 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Nederlandse politiek die na de verkiezingen nu écht de problemen van mensen gaat oplossen:
There’s always an upside
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The UK government is determining whether Chinese-made electric buses in the UK can be remotely switched off. If someone wanted to, for some reason. There were plans to introduce them in London. The concept of technological and infrastructural sovereignty is gaining on significance.
November 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
There’s always an upside
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ICE Agent Panics After Realizing There More Children Than He Has Flash-Bangs
ICE Agent Panics After Realizing There More Children Than He Has Flash-Bangs
CHICAGO—His heart racing with terror as he found himself completely surrounded, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent conducting a raid on a Chicago elementary school reportedly fell into panic...
theonion.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
ICE Agent Panics After Realizing There More Children Than He Has Flash-Bangs
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This isn't the book I was looking for, but gaze upon this amazing cover
A New Guide to Artificial Intelligence (1991)
A New Guide to Artificial Intelligence (1991)
November 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
This isn't the book I was looking for, but gaze upon this amazing cover
A New Guide to Artificial Intelligence (1991)
A New Guide to Artificial Intelligence (1991)
Dispicable
Utterly dispicable
An attempt to white washing history that is making me sick to my stomach
Utterly dispicable
An attempt to white washing history that is making me sick to my stomach
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Dispicable
Utterly dispicable
An attempt to white washing history that is making me sick to my stomach
Utterly dispicable
An attempt to white washing history that is making me sick to my stomach
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Search still matters: information retrieval in the era of generative AI academic.oup.com/jamia/articl...
Search still matters: information retrieval in the era of generative AI
AbstractObjective. Information retrieval (IR, also known as search) systems are ubiquitous in modern times. How does the emergence of generative artificial
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November 8, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Search still matters: information retrieval in the era of generative AI academic.oup.com/jamia/articl...