wouter bolsterlee
@wbolster.nl
software dev by day 🧑🏼💻, musician by night 🎶🎹🎷, human being throughout 🙃
music, tech, society, urbanism, future of the planet, ally 👗🏳️🌈✊🏿🇺🇦
🏠 the hague, netherlands 🇳🇱🇪🇺🌍
🗣️ english, dutch
🤓 https://github.com/wbolster
music, tech, society, urbanism, future of the planet, ally 👗🏳️🌈✊🏿🇺🇦
🏠 the hague, netherlands 🇳🇱🇪🇺🌍
🗣️ english, dutch
🤓 https://github.com/wbolster
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wouter bolsterlee
@wbolster.nl
· Jul 31
sant esteve (arr. wbolster)
Arrangement for piano, double bass, cello, and alto sax.
Credits
- Original song written by Michael League, Bill Laurance
- Arranged, performed, and produced by wbolster
soundcloud.com
new song! 🎹🎶 listen to my arrangement (and performance + production) of the beautiful tune ‘sant esteve’, for piano, cello, double bass, sax. (original is piano & ud) 🎧 soundcloud.com/wbolster/san...
quite proud b/c i'm an amateur musician and never did anything like this before 🎉 #music #musicsky
quite proud b/c i'm an amateur musician and never did anything like this before 🎉 #music #musicsky
✨ ai ✨
the only vowels in
⬛ fascism 🟥
the only vowels in
⬛ fascism 🟥
December 2, 2025 at 8:45 PM
✨ ai ✨
the only vowels in
⬛ fascism 🟥
the only vowels in
⬛ fascism 🟥
🤓 google chrome (tested on 142) secretly supports unprefixed #css ‘line-clamp: 3’ which (according to devtools) expands into:
block-ellipsis: auto;
max-lines: 3;
continue: collapse;
none of these appear on mdn, the wider interwebz is mostly silent. is this very new or very ancient? 🤔
block-ellipsis: auto;
max-lines: 3;
continue: collapse;
none of these appear on mdn, the wider interwebz is mostly silent. is this very new or very ancient? 🤔
line-clamp - CSS | MDN
The line-clamp CSS property allows limiting of the contents of a block to the specified number of lines.
developer.mozilla.org
December 1, 2025 at 7:54 PM
🤓 google chrome (tested on 142) secretly supports unprefixed #css ‘line-clamp: 3’ which (according to devtools) expands into:
block-ellipsis: auto;
max-lines: 3;
continue: collapse;
none of these appear on mdn, the wider interwebz is mostly silent. is this very new or very ancient? 🤔
block-ellipsis: auto;
max-lines: 3;
continue: collapse;
none of these appear on mdn, the wider interwebz is mostly silent. is this very new or very ancient? 🤔
til 💡 that the once eschewed html elements <b> and <i> are totally back 🔙😎 again after a rebrand a few years ago: ‘bring attention to’ and ‘idiomatic text’, not bold and italic (but they do appear as such). <strong> and <em> have different semantics (important for accessibility)
<b>: The Bring Attention To element - HTML | MDN
The <b> HTML element is used to draw the reader's attention to the element's contents, which are not otherwise granted special importance. This was formerly known as the Boldface element, and most bro...
developer.mozilla.org
November 29, 2025 at 10:51 PM
til 💡 that the once eschewed html elements <b> and <i> are totally back 🔙😎 again after a rebrand a few years ago: ‘bring attention to’ and ‘idiomatic text’, not bold and italic (but they do appear as such). <strong> and <em> have different semantics (important for accessibility)
finally! the ‘somni’ album by snarky puppy (@realsnarkypuppy.bsky.social) & metropole orkest & jules buckley has arrived! have been holding my breath since attending the recordings back in january (lucky me!)… but pfff *gasp* *choke* when i almost ran out of air there's this breathtaking album! 🤩🎶
November 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
finally! the ‘somni’ album by snarky puppy (@realsnarkypuppy.bsky.social) & metropole orkest & jules buckley has arrived! have been holding my breath since attending the recordings back in january (lucky me!)… but pfff *gasp* *choke* when i almost ran out of air there's this breathtaking album! 🤩🎶
ngl 🍿 i can't wait for the ai bullshit bubble to 🎈💥
November 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
ngl 🍿 i can't wait for the ai bullshit bubble to 🎈💥
i was convinced that #javascript ‘wut’ 🐴 was a thing of the past with #typescript, but today i got bitten by a case of ‘null == undefined’ (true!! yes) and typescript didn't help me at all so it took me a while to debug 😭
November 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
i was convinced that #javascript ‘wut’ 🐴 was a thing of the past with #typescript, but today i got bitten by a case of ‘null == undefined’ (true!! yes) and typescript didn't help me at all so it took me a while to debug 😭
Reposted by wouter bolsterlee
1 dag voor de verkiezingen trekken experts nog een keer aan de bel 🚨 Maak digitale Zaken belangrijk in Den Haag! www.nu.nl/tech/6373853...
Strijden voor onze digitale toekomst! Doe mee! Stem Barbara Kathmann, Lijst 2, Plek 32. Met 17.000 voorkeursstemmen zit ik gegarandeerd in de Tweede Kamer!
Strijden voor onze digitale toekomst! Doe mee! Stem Barbara Kathmann, Lijst 2, Plek 32. Met 17.000 voorkeursstemmen zit ik gegarandeerd in de Tweede Kamer!
Overheid verliest grip op ICT: 'Moeten stoppen met deze waanzin'
Het gaat in aanloop naar de verkiezingen opvallend weinig over digitalisering. Dat terwijl het IT-beleid van de overheid al jaren onder druk staat. Deskundigen waarschuwen dat er hoognodig iets moet v...
www.nu.nl
October 28, 2025 at 9:06 AM
1 dag voor de verkiezingen trekken experts nog een keer aan de bel 🚨 Maak digitale Zaken belangrijk in Den Haag! www.nu.nl/tech/6373853...
Strijden voor onze digitale toekomst! Doe mee! Stem Barbara Kathmann, Lijst 2, Plek 32. Met 17.000 voorkeursstemmen zit ik gegarandeerd in de Tweede Kamer!
Strijden voor onze digitale toekomst! Doe mee! Stem Barbara Kathmann, Lijst 2, Plek 32. Met 17.000 voorkeursstemmen zit ik gegarandeerd in de Tweede Kamer!
✅ ik stem voor een sociaal nederland en voor onze digitale toekomst. ik stem daarom op barbara kathmann (@barbarakathmann.bsky.social), lijst 2, nummer 32. da's een mooi rond getal: 2⁵, binair 0o100000 🤓. doe je ook mee? #glpvda #tk2025
1 dag voor de verkiezingen trekken experts nog een keer aan de bel 🚨 Maak digitale Zaken belangrijk in Den Haag! www.nu.nl/tech/6373853...
Strijden voor onze digitale toekomst! Doe mee! Stem Barbara Kathmann, Lijst 2, Plek 32. Met 17.000 voorkeursstemmen zit ik gegarandeerd in de Tweede Kamer!
Strijden voor onze digitale toekomst! Doe mee! Stem Barbara Kathmann, Lijst 2, Plek 32. Met 17.000 voorkeursstemmen zit ik gegarandeerd in de Tweede Kamer!
Overheid verliest grip op ICT: 'Moeten stoppen met deze waanzin'
Het gaat in aanloop naar de verkiezingen opvallend weinig over digitalisering. Dat terwijl het IT-beleid van de overheid al jaren onder druk staat. Deskundigen waarschuwen dat er hoognodig iets moet v...
www.nu.nl
October 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
✅ ik stem voor een sociaal nederland en voor onze digitale toekomst. ik stem daarom op barbara kathmann (@barbarakathmann.bsky.social), lijst 2, nummer 32. da's een mooi rond getal: 2⁵, binair 0o100000 🤓. doe je ook mee? #glpvda #tk2025
fuck fossiele subsidies #klimaatmars
October 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
fuck fossiele subsidies #klimaatmars
🎯 ‘onderbuiken zo gezwollen dat die hun niet toestaan de aarde te zien’
@carolinetrujillo.bsky.social snapt het
@carolinetrujillo.bsky.social snapt het
Klimaatwetenschappers probeerden tijdens een persconferentie klimaat op de politieke agenda te krijgen, zag Carolina Trujillo. „Alsof daar ruimte voor is.”
buff.ly/QOZhBZd
buff.ly/QOZhBZd
Column | Straks in het klimaathokje
Acht wetenschappers en deskundigen gaven een persconferentie in Nieuwspoort in een poging klimaat op de politieke agenda te krijgen. Alsof daar ruimte voor is. Die agenda staat bomvol relevanter…
buff.ly
October 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
🎯 ‘onderbuiken zo gezwollen dat die hun niet toestaan de aarde te zien’
@carolinetrujillo.bsky.social snapt het
@carolinetrujillo.bsky.social snapt het
if your effin doorbell doesn't work because some company at the other side of an ocean broke their computer #aws
well, sow, reap 🤷🏼
well, sow, reap 🤷🏼
half the internet is broken b/c an american cloud provider seems to be having technical issues
this was not how the internet was supposed to work, y'all
this was not how the internet was supposed to work, y'all
October 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
if your effin doorbell doesn't work because some company at the other side of an ocean broke their computer #aws
well, sow, reap 🤷🏼
well, sow, reap 🤷🏼
half the internet is broken b/c an american cloud provider seems to be having technical issues
this was not how the internet was supposed to work, y'all
this was not how the internet was supposed to work, y'all
October 20, 2025 at 8:12 AM
half the internet is broken b/c an american cloud provider seems to be having technical issues
this was not how the internet was supposed to work, y'all
this was not how the internet was supposed to work, y'all
meestal luister ik zondagavond rustige muziek, maar na met groeiend afgrijzen toch maar wel afkijken van het verkiezings-‘debat… had ik om onverklaarbare redenen ineens sterke behoefte aan rage against the machine ✊🏼🎸🎙️
October 19, 2025 at 9:57 PM
meestal luister ik zondagavond rustige muziek, maar na met groeiend afgrijzen toch maar wel afkijken van het verkiezings-‘debat… had ik om onverklaarbare redenen ineens sterke behoefte aan rage against the machine ✊🏼🎸🎙️
#🎶 looks like there's a collab coming up: fabia mantwill orchestra with the great german wdr big band! 💖 (getting hopes up – they also played with bill laurance years ago and i reaaaally like that album) www.fabiamantwill.com/dates
October 15, 2025 at 8:49 AM
#🎶 looks like there's a collab coming up: fabia mantwill orchestra with the great german wdr big band! 💖 (getting hopes up – they also played with bill laurance years ago and i reaaaally like that album) www.fabiamantwill.com/dates
ah yes, of course, that's a device to ehm, well, a contraption that, eh, …? 🤷🏼
October 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
ah yes, of course, that's a device to ehm, well, a contraption that, eh, …? 🤷🏼
i just used a bullet point list in an email, then deliberately left a very obvious typo, as a subtle hint that this text was actually written by a real human and not by some stupid language model.
ai slop ruined em dashes, bullet points, sounding friendly, etc. so annoying 😠
ai slop ruined em dashes, bullet points, sounding friendly, etc. so annoying 😠
October 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
i just used a bullet point list in an email, then deliberately left a very obvious typo, as a subtle hint that this text was actually written by a real human and not by some stupid language model.
ai slop ruined em dashes, bullet points, sounding friendly, etc. so annoying 😠
ai slop ruined em dashes, bullet points, sounding friendly, etc. so annoying 😠
Reposted by wouter bolsterlee
As an experiment, we (the Firefox team) wanted to try a new way to get feedback on which Interop proposals matter most.
So, here's a web app where you can rank the proposals you care about, giving us data we can use when reviewing which ones to champion.
interop-rank.jakearchibald.com
So, here's a web app where you can rank the proposals you care about, giving us data we can use when reviewing which ones to champion.
interop-rank.jakearchibald.com
Interop Feature Ranking
Rank the web platform features you care most about
interop-rank.jakearchibald.com
October 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
As an experiment, we (the Firefox team) wanted to try a new way to get feedback on which Interop proposals matter most.
So, here's a web app where you can rank the proposals you care about, giving us data we can use when reviewing which ones to champion.
interop-rank.jakearchibald.com
So, here's a web app where you can rank the proposals you care about, giving us data we can use when reviewing which ones to champion.
interop-rank.jakearchibald.com
asking for a friend… has someone, by any chance, already built a cloud-to-butt browser extension, 2025 edition? #ai
LLM → LyingLM
AI → AI 🤡
artificial intelligence → aRtiFiCiaL iNtEgiLeNcE!!
agentic → agentic 🧟♂️🤖
ChatGPT → ChadGTP 😫
LLM → LyingLM
AI → AI 🤡
artificial intelligence → aRtiFiCiaL iNtEgiLeNcE!!
agentic → agentic 🧟♂️🤖
ChatGPT → ChadGTP 😫
October 9, 2025 at 8:51 PM
asking for a friend… has someone, by any chance, already built a cloud-to-butt browser extension, 2025 edition? #ai
LLM → LyingLM
AI → AI 🤡
artificial intelligence → aRtiFiCiaL iNtEgiLeNcE!!
agentic → agentic 🧟♂️🤖
ChatGPT → ChadGTP 😫
LLM → LyingLM
AI → AI 🤡
artificial intelligence → aRtiFiCiaL iNtEgiLeNcE!!
agentic → agentic 🧟♂️🤖
ChatGPT → ChadGTP 😫
my foray from (mostly) backend development towards full stack is getting a bit out of hand. 😅 today i ended up writing a postcss plugin to programmatically massage a bunch of #css 🤓
October 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
my foray from (mostly) backend development towards full stack is getting a bit out of hand. 😅 today i ended up writing a postcss plugin to programmatically massage a bunch of #css 🤓
🤔 for personal note keeping/ wiki / knowledge, is obsidian.md a reasonable choice or should i look into the gazillion alternatives? i care about text-based formats, cross-platform, and privacy. (cloud not required; i can sync using syncthing)
September 26, 2025 at 7:26 PM
🤔 for personal note keeping/ wiki / knowledge, is obsidian.md a reasonable choice or should i look into the gazillion alternatives? i care about text-based formats, cross-platform, and privacy. (cloud not required; i can sync using syncthing)
September 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
me (a totally normal computer person): oooh nice fresh updates. must. have. my. daily. fix. 🧟💉🤤
computer (in a bad mood): process 2437 gnome-shell of user 1000 dumped core 💥
how's your day goin'? 😬 btw i use #archlinux 🐧
computer (in a bad mood): process 2437 gnome-shell of user 1000 dumped core 💥
how's your day goin'? 😬 btw i use #archlinux 🐧
September 24, 2025 at 8:22 AM
me (a totally normal computer person): oooh nice fresh updates. must. have. my. daily. fix. 🧟💉🤤
computer (in a bad mood): process 2437 gnome-shell of user 1000 dumped core 💥
how's your day goin'? 😬 btw i use #archlinux 🐧
computer (in a bad mood): process 2437 gnome-shell of user 1000 dumped core 💥
how's your day goin'? 😬 btw i use #archlinux 🐧
de hitser die zichzelf ‘els rechts’ noemt heet eigenlijk extreemrechts
September 22, 2025 at 10:48 AM
de hitser die zichzelf ‘els rechts’ noemt heet eigenlijk extreemrechts
urgh, ’the liberal economy, the only one that works for the good of all’… according to the richest man in europe. well, fuck you too
Wealth tax would be deadly for French economy, says Europe’s richest man
LVMH owner Bernard Arnault, who could take €1bn hit, says proposed 2% levy ‘aims to destroy liberal economy’
www.theguardian.com
September 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
urgh, ’the liberal economy, the only one that works for the good of all’… according to the richest man in europe. well, fuck you too