Thijs van der Vossen
@tvdv.bsky.social
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me looking for THE BADGE on steam games before i purchase now and probably never playing an AAA (or AA) game again
December 22, 2025 at 10:26 AM
me looking for THE BADGE on steam games before i purchase now and probably never playing an AAA (or AA) game again
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TU Delft maakt pijnbestrijding voor vrouwen wereldwijd simpeler en veel goedkoper, maar het demissionaire Kabinet heeft blijkbaar geen €100.000 meer liggen voor drie cruciale stappen en dus loopt er nu een crowdfunding
Er is op dit moment nog maar € 3370 binnen!
www.supporttudelft.nl/project/chloe
Er is op dit moment nog maar € 3370 binnen!
www.supporttudelft.nl/project/chloe
TU Delft maakt pijnbestrijding voor vrouwen wereldwijd simpeler en goedkoper
www.tudelft.nl
December 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
TU Delft maakt pijnbestrijding voor vrouwen wereldwijd simpeler en veel goedkoper, maar het demissionaire Kabinet heeft blijkbaar geen €100.000 meer liggen voor drie cruciale stappen en dus loopt er nu een crowdfunding
Er is op dit moment nog maar € 3370 binnen!
www.supporttudelft.nl/project/chloe
Er is op dit moment nog maar € 3370 binnen!
www.supporttudelft.nl/project/chloe
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i completely agree
"people who are insecure seek fields where they can cocoon themselves in the illusion of certainty" strikes again
many people who are drawn to computers aren't INTERESTED in computers, or software, or making things… they want control and the illusion of certainty
"people who are insecure seek fields where they can cocoon themselves in the illusion of certainty" strikes again
many people who are drawn to computers aren't INTERESTED in computers, or software, or making things… they want control and the illusion of certainty
I am beginning to develop a suspicion of national decline based in elevating STEM nerds to dangerously high social positions, because their tendency to believe that "anything that cannot be properly measured should not be argued for" is being more revealed by the day as an inherently reactionary one
December 21, 2025 at 4:16 AM
i completely agree
"people who are insecure seek fields where they can cocoon themselves in the illusion of certainty" strikes again
many people who are drawn to computers aren't INTERESTED in computers, or software, or making things… they want control and the illusion of certainty
"people who are insecure seek fields where they can cocoon themselves in the illusion of certainty" strikes again
many people who are drawn to computers aren't INTERESTED in computers, or software, or making things… they want control and the illusion of certainty
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this piece is terrifying. it should be actually illegal to do this to people, it's extraordinary that it's not.
we are still treating 'the internet' as this fun place for entertainment rather than *it's as important as your house, it's where you live and work*.
hey.paris/posts/appleid/
we are still treating 'the internet' as this fun place for entertainment rather than *it's as important as your house, it's where you live and work*.
hey.paris/posts/appleid/
20 Years of Digital Life, Gone in an Instant, thanks to Apple
Summary: A major brick-and-mortar store sold an Apple Gift Card that Apple seemingly took offence to, and locked out my entire Apple ID, effectively bricking my devices and my iCloud Account, Apple De...
hey.paris
December 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
this piece is terrifying. it should be actually illegal to do this to people, it's extraordinary that it's not.
we are still treating 'the internet' as this fun place for entertainment rather than *it's as important as your house, it's where you live and work*.
hey.paris/posts/appleid/
we are still treating 'the internet' as this fun place for entertainment rather than *it's as important as your house, it's where you live and work*.
hey.paris/posts/appleid/
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When 97% is 'no clear consensus', and 52% is 'the will of the people', it's time to face facts that Governments do what Governments want to do regardless of what their people actually want.
December 16, 2025 at 9:30 AM
When 97% is 'no clear consensus', and 52% is 'the will of the people', it's time to face facts that Governments do what Governments want to do regardless of what their people actually want.
What are the new fun and good couch co-op games for Switch and PS5? Need some gift recommendations for my son and his girlfriend.
December 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
What are the new fun and good couch co-op games for Switch and PS5? Need some gift recommendations for my son and his girlfriend.
"Het Palestijns verzet – en dat is groter dan alleen Hamas – verdient net zo veel respect als het verzet ooit in Algerije, Vietnam, Zuid-Afrika, dus het verzet in andere landen dat het 'beschaafde westen' tegenover zich vond." rightsforum.org/auteur-en-pal...
Auteur en Palestina-activist Anja Meulenbelt wint P.C. Hooft-prijs: 'Mijn schrijven is altijd activisme geweest' - The Rights Forum
rightsforum.org
December 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
"Het Palestijns verzet – en dat is groter dan alleen Hamas – verdient net zo veel respect als het verzet ooit in Algerije, Vietnam, Zuid-Afrika, dus het verzet in andere landen dat het 'beschaafde westen' tegenover zich vond." rightsforum.org/auteur-en-pal...
“Dead”
Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today:
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
December 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM
“Dead”
"For the layperson, though, it might be helpful to break things down in an analogy of authoritarian vs democratic regimes, or a core question of who holds the power." ma.tt/2025/12/dhh-open-source/
DHH & Open Source
I might have a new prayer: God, give me confidence of DHH claiming his proprietary license is Open Source. 37signals/Basecamp has a great new product called Fizzy, whose brilliance and innovative q…
ma.tt
December 10, 2025 at 9:04 AM
"For the layperson, though, it might be helpful to break things down in an analogy of authoritarian vs democratic regimes, or a core question of who holds the power." ma.tt/2025/12/dhh-open-source/
So, I must do this even though I'm not authorized to do this? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
December 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
So, I must do this even though I'm not authorized to do this? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
This is an interesting point. People who make AI and people who use AI are probably more likely to hate other people and want other people to hate other people so people prefer using AI instead of interacting with other people.
They want us to hate each other , believe we are things to be navigated around and use more AI/ feel more entitled to increase their market share
why are all these ai ads so awful, cynical, bitter, demeaning, negative, insulting and injurious to the human spirit?
whether made with ai, or made to sell ai. the *text* is bleak.
including the ipad crush ad in here
what the hell is in the water
whether made with ai, or made to sell ai. the *text* is bleak.
including the ipad crush ad in here
what the hell is in the water
December 9, 2025 at 9:51 PM
This is an interesting point. People who make AI and people who use AI are probably more likely to hate other people and want other people to hate other people so people prefer using AI instead of interacting with other people.
Oh yeah, this was and still is quality content!
and you do want to read this
December 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Oh yeah, this was and still is quality content!
Men ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
why are all these ai ads so awful, cynical, bitter, demeaning, negative, insulting and injurious to the human spirit?
whether made with ai, or made to sell ai. the *text* is bleak.
including the ipad crush ad in here
what the hell is in the water
whether made with ai, or made to sell ai. the *text* is bleak.
including the ipad crush ad in here
what the hell is in the water
McDonald's has released an AI-generated Christmas ad
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
Comments have been turned off on YouTube
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
Comments have been turned off on YouTube
December 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Men ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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This is the problem with so many dudes shilling for "agentive AI" too. The actual work they are claiming to replace is invisible to them, especially how much it relies on relationships, informal networks, context, and the ability to bridge systems that don't interoperate.
Nothing wrong with having help for childcare, I wish everyone could. Definitely something wrong with being a billionaire snake oil salesman and pretending that the human help you rely on for childcare is actually done by your snake oil
December 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This is the problem with so many dudes shilling for "agentive AI" too. The actual work they are claiming to replace is invisible to them, especially how much it relies on relationships, informal networks, context, and the ability to bridge systems that don't interoperate.
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For the record, I will be swearing in on Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower after I’m elected.
Swear your oath ON the dome.
December 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
For the record, I will be swearing in on Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower after I’m elected.
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Lifted and squatted more than my body weight for the first time today. Yay!
December 9, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Lifted and squatted more than my body weight for the first time today. Yay!
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The two things every marketer wants to associate with their brand:
- slop
- pain and suffering
- slop
- pain and suffering
McDonald's has released an AI-generated Christmas ad
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
Comments have been turned off on YouTube
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
Comments have been turned off on YouTube
December 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The two things every marketer wants to associate with their brand:
- slop
- pain and suffering
- slop
- pain and suffering
bicycle for the mind my ass
December 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
bicycle for the mind my ass
FUCKING BRILLIANT
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 8, 2025 at 11:31 AM
FUCKING BRILLIANT
“You the moderate man, may be used for wrong, but are useless for right.”
Herman Melville on moderates, all the way back in 1857:
December 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
“You the moderate man, may be used for wrong, but are useless for right.”
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There is no ‘nature cure’ in my book. I won’t let the landscape take credit for the work only I could do. The land was there, yes, but it didn’t change my life. I did that.
END
There is no ‘nature cure’ in my book. I won’t let the landscape take credit for the work only I could do. The land was there, yes, but it didn’t change my life. I did that.
END
December 6, 2025 at 10:45 AM
6/
There is no ‘nature cure’ in my book. I won’t let the landscape take credit for the work only I could do. The land was there, yes, but it didn’t change my life. I did that.
END
There is no ‘nature cure’ in my book. I won’t let the landscape take credit for the work only I could do. The land was there, yes, but it didn’t change my life. I did that.
END
"Moreover, if the origins of pastirma are caught up in the saddles of horse nomads, it's appropriate to affix pastrami in the modern iteration of nomadism." buttondown.com/theswordandthe...
Notable Sandwiches #132: Pastrami
Hello, and welcome back to the Sword and the Sandwich! I’ve been struggling with a particularly pernicious case of writer’s block, for months now. Not being...
buttondown.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:14 PM
"Moreover, if the origins of pastirma are caught up in the saddles of horse nomads, it's appropriate to affix pastrami in the modern iteration of nomadism." buttondown.com/theswordandthe...