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Patrick Heemstra
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Librarian between the PhDs. Library Trend Watcher. Editor of the Bieb Letter: debiebletter.beehiiv.com

Groningen/Friesland/Netherlands
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"Marquand said he hoped his colleagues would think about redirecting existing library money toward programs that a community survey had identified as priorities: English-language classes, how-to courses on traditional crafts and more chances for people simply to gather." Libraries do all of that.
Federal Cuts, Immigration Raids and a Slowing Economy Hit Rural Libraries
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Every educational institution.
every company in 2025
November 12, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Er komt een nieuw kabinet. Maar de onderwijsbezuinigingen van 606 miljoen op het hoger onderwijs staan nog. We blijven druk zetten op de politiek en komen we 9/12 weer in actie! Zorg dat je erbij bent✊
Stop de sloop van het hoger onderwijs‼️

📍De Dam, Amsterdam
📅Di 9/12
🕛12:00 uur

lnkd.in/eAh3bTwZ
November 12, 2025 at 3:48 PM
😫😫😫
No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?
November 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Gegeven de politieke situatie en de ideologische achtergrond waaruit de rampbezuinigingen en het beleid tov de universiteiten de afgelopen twee jaar zijn voortgekomen, zie ik dit als het resultaat van doelgericht sloopwerk door (deel van) politiek en overheid.

www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Instroom bij universiteiten en hogescholen daalt verder, vooral minder studenten uit andere Europese landen
Hoger onderwijs: De instroom van studenten bij universiteiten en hogescholen loopt verder terug. Vooral uit andere Europese landen hebben zich dit studiejaar opnieuw minder studenten aangemeld.
www.nrc.nl
November 12, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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Amelia Acker: "Each chapter introduces data archiving processes that relate to the evolution of data sovereignty...: from magnetic tape + timesharing computer models from the 1950s,... to file structures + virtual containers in cloud-based information services over the past 40 yrs" — open access!
Archiving Machines
Archiving Machines advances our understanding of memory, information, and data by charting the struggle between the computing technologies that archive data ...
mitpress.mit.edu
November 11, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
www.uni-konstanz.de
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Selfies with passports or drivers’ licences can open users to sophisticated forms of fraud.
Online age checking is creating a treasure trove of data for hackers
Selfies with passports or drivers’ licences can open users to sophisticated forms of fraud.
tcnv.link
November 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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“OpenAI argued its AI models didn’t store/copy specific training data but, rather, reflected what they learned based on the entire training data set. Since the output was generated as a result of user inputs (prompts), it wasn’t the defendants, but the respective user who would be liable for it.”
OpenAI used song lyrics in violation of copyright laws, German court says
MUNICH (Reuters) -OpenAI's chatbot ChatGPT violated German copyright laws by reproducing lyrics from songs by best-selling musician Herbert Groenemeyer and others,​ a court ruled on Tuesday, in a clos...
ca.finance.yahoo.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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🙂 door Marten Mantel
November 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Nothing to see here, no cause for alarm at all 🫠
Japanese giant SoftBank said Tuesday it has sold its entire stake in tech giant Nvidia for $5.83 billion.

Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
November 11, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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apparently the unprecedented wealth and inflcuence big tech is amassing at the cost of the most marginalised is not enough. big tech ceos are not that different from drug cartels

www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
EU set to water down landmark AI Act after pressure from big tech
European Commission proposes pauses to provisions in digital rule book amid concerns over implications for EU competitiveness
www.irishtimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Ik heb al die tijd geen grenscontroles gezien....
November 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Kat Kitkat nam de bus uit Marrum en kwam pas negen jaar later terug bij zijn baasje www.omropfryslan.nl/nl/nieuws/17... #omropfryslân
Kat Kitkat nam de bus uit Marrum en kwam pas negen jaar later terug bij zijn baasje
Richie Holzken uit Marrum heeft na negen jaar zijn kat Kitkat terug.
www.omropfryslan.nl
November 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
‘Geef Groningse studenten voorrang bij geneeskunde, anders groeien de tekorten’ www.rtvnoord.nl/zorg/RX-290/... #rtvnoord
‘Geef Groningse studenten voorrang bij geneeskunde, anders groeien de tekorten’
‘Geef Groningse studenten voorrang bij geneeskunde, anders groeien de tekorten’
www.rtvnoord.nl
November 10, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Siri, show me a tech bubble.
OpenAI is has now signed over a trillion dollars of cloud deals it can't afford. Based on these costs, OpenAI will spend $11 billion a month by 2027. This is more than the operating expenses of Meta, a profitable company with 78k employees.
www.wheresyoured.at/where-is-ope...
November 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Christ...
I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.
November 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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The Netherlands should install the removed plaques immediately outside the cemetery grounds--i.e., outside the US government's control.
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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11/ Theo Bovens, the chairman of the Black Liberators in the Netherlands foundation and also leader of the conservative Christian Democratic Appeal party, says that he intends to raise the removal with the new US Ambassador to the Netherlands, Joe Popolo.
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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2/ The Dutch newspaper reports that two memorial panels installed at the NAC were removed some time earlier this year. They commemorated African-American soldiers who helped liberate Europe from German occupation during World War II.
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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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 9:23 AM