Francois Heinderyckx
@fheinderyckx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
• Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
• CIVIS European University Alliance
• Academia Europaea
• ICA International Encyclopedias of Communication
· […]
[bridged from https://mastodon.social/@fheinderyckx on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
• CIVIS European University Alliance
• Academia Europaea
• ICA International Encyclopedias of Communication
· […]
[bridged from https://mastodon.social/@fheinderyckx on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Reposted by Francois Heinderyckx
Update. The French 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦 𝘭𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 (#cnrs) is canceling the #webofscience and encouraging its affiliates to use #OpenAlex. It cancelled #scopus last year.
https://www.cnrs.fr/en/update/cnrs-breaking-free-web-science
#clarivate #elsevier #france #opensource #wos
https://www.cnrs.fr/en/update/cnrs-breaking-free-web-science
#clarivate #elsevier #france #opensource #wos
December 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Update. The French 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦 𝘭𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 (#cnrs) is canceling the #webofscience and encouraging its affiliates to use #OpenAlex. It cancelled #scopus last year.
https://www.cnrs.fr/en/update/cnrs-breaking-free-web-science
#clarivate #elsevier #france #opensource #wos
https://www.cnrs.fr/en/update/cnrs-breaking-free-web-science
#clarivate #elsevier #france #opensource #wos
About attempts to embed AI in higher ed curriculum: “When you allow a machine to summarize your reading, to generate the ideas for your essay, and then to write that essay, you’re not learning how to read, think, or write. It’s very difficult to imagine a robust market for university graduates […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 30, 2025 at 10:45 AM
About attempts to embed AI in higher ed curriculum: “When you allow a machine to summarize your reading, to generate the ideas for your essay, and then to write that essay, you’re not learning how to read, think, or write. It’s very difficult to imagine a robust market for university graduates […]
“Repeated exposure to posts expressing antidemocratic attitudes and partisan animosity ‘significantly influences’ users’ feelings of polarisation and boosts sadness and anger” study published in Science finds.
Also: “while there was a slight reduction in overall engagement in terms of time spent […]
Also: “while there was a slight reduction in overall engagement in terms of time spent […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 29, 2025 at 9:20 AM
“Repeated exposure to posts expressing antidemocratic attitudes and partisan animosity ‘significantly influences’ users’ feelings of polarisation and boosts sadness and anger” study published in Science finds.
Also: “while there was a slight reduction in overall engagement in terms of time spent […]
Also: “while there was a slight reduction in overall engagement in terms of time spent […]
November 20, 2025 at 10:12 AM
RE: https://flipboard.com/@petapixel/petapixel-t8l3kt33z/-/a-JRZu73ZgSpuiDuABSCGCdg%3Aa%3A1814180069-%2F0
We've already reached a point where anything creative that didn't involve AI is seen as exquisitely refined, deliciously archaic. An extravagance.
We've already reached a point where anything creative that didn't involve AI is seen as exquisitely refined, deliciously archaic. An extravagance.
flipboard.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:50 AM
RE: https://flipboard.com/@petapixel/petapixel-t8l3kt33z/-/a-JRZu73ZgSpuiDuABSCGCdg%3Aa%3A1814180069-%2F0
We've already reached a point where anything creative that didn't involve AI is seen as exquisitely refined, deliciously archaic. An extravagance.
We've already reached a point where anything creative that didn't involve AI is seen as exquisitely refined, deliciously archaic. An extravagance.
Proposal to rethink public subsidies to private news outlets in Denmark. 8 criteria are proposed:
• Clear editorial identity and responsibility (accountable editor-in-chief).
• Independence from undue commercial or political influence.
• Editorial resources: at least 2 FTE.
• Aimed at a Danish […]
• Clear editorial identity and responsibility (accountable editor-in-chief).
• Independence from undue commercial or political influence.
• Editorial resources: at least 2 FTE.
• Aimed at a Danish […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Proposal to rethink public subsidies to private news outlets in Denmark. 8 criteria are proposed:
• Clear editorial identity and responsibility (accountable editor-in-chief).
• Independence from undue commercial or political influence.
• Editorial resources: at least 2 FTE.
• Aimed at a Danish […]
• Clear editorial identity and responsibility (accountable editor-in-chief).
• Independence from undue commercial or political influence.
• Editorial resources: at least 2 FTE.
• Aimed at a Danish […]
When you see Canva regrouping all of its Affinity creative apps into one, it makes you wonder what's holding back DxO to just regroup all of its photo apps into one. 🙏
#photography
#photography
November 2, 2025 at 2:36 PM
When you see Canva regrouping all of its Affinity creative apps into one, it makes you wonder what's holding back DxO to just regroup all of its photo apps into one. 🙏
#photography
#photography
Those still using Adobe creative suite are running out of excuses: Affinity launches a new version of the graphic design suite (previously Photo/Designer/Publisher) integrated into one single app. Oh, and it's free, for everyone (if you don't need AI tools integration with Canva) […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
October 31, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Those still using Adobe creative suite are running out of excuses: Affinity launches a new version of the graphic design suite (previously Photo/Designer/Publisher) integrated into one single app. Oh, and it's free, for everyone (if you don't need AI tools integration with Canva) […]
Reposted by Francois Heinderyckx
A big shout-out to the #ard & #zdf family on this platform:
@3sat
@BR24
@DasWissen
@ki_und_koffein
@NDR
@swr3
@tagesschau
@ZDF
@zdfmagazin
@3sat
@BR24
@DasWissen
@ki_und_koffein
@NDR
@swr3
@tagesschau
@ZDF
@zdfmagazin
October 28, 2025 at 10:54 AM
A big shout-out to the #ard & #zdf family on this platform:
@3sat
@BR24
@DasWissen
@ki_und_koffein
@NDR
@swr3
@tagesschau
@ZDF
@zdfmagazin
@3sat
@BR24
@DasWissen
@ki_und_koffein
@NDR
@swr3
@tagesschau
@ZDF
@zdfmagazin
I have now reached a point where I'm sufficiently upset with big tech, and especially with Apple (because my expectations were naively so much higher), that I will prepare to convert my older Intel-based iMac to Linux. I found plenty of very well documented support to do this in confidence. I'll […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
October 26, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I have now reached a point where I'm sufficiently upset with big tech, and especially with Apple (because my expectations were naively so much higher), that I will prepare to convert my older Intel-based iMac to Linux. I found plenty of very well documented support to do this in confidence. I'll […]
“No one can deny that the big tech platforms have become essential, the default infrastructure of much economic activity. But being essential should not entail an unfettered power to extract wealth from everyone else. (…) Last year, Amazon charged private sellers, on average, between 50 and 60 […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
October 26, 2025 at 10:03 AM
“No one can deny that the big tech platforms have become essential, the default infrastructure of much economic activity. But being essential should not entail an unfettered power to extract wealth from everyone else. (…) Last year, Amazon charged private sellers, on average, between 50 and 60 […]
“As we transition from the internet era to the AI era, what we’re consuming is not only ever more low-value, ultra-processed information, but more information that is essentially predigested, delivered in a way that is designed to bypass important human functions, such as assessing, filtering […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
October 19, 2025 at 9:16 AM
“As we transition from the internet era to the AI era, what we’re consuming is not only ever more low-value, ultra-processed information, but more information that is essentially predigested, delivered in a way that is designed to bypass important human functions, such as assessing, filtering […]
”We can build AI that isn't centralized under the control of a handful of giant companies. (…). But instead, we end up with the worst, most anti-social approaches because the platforms that have introduced ‘AI’ to the public imagination are run by authoritarian extremists with deeply destructive […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
October 18, 2025 at 8:14 AM
”We can build AI that isn't centralized under the control of a handful of giant companies. (…). But instead, we end up with the worst, most anti-social approaches because the platforms that have introduced ‘AI’ to the public imagination are run by authoritarian extremists with deeply destructive […]
Online shopping is such a hot mess. Take Amazon: the price of a product I'm looking for varies by more than *25%* betw. Amazon.nl & Amazon.fr (and every shades of grey in other countries). Same product exactly, same brand and reference. It makes every […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
October 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Online shopping is such a hot mess. Take Amazon: the price of a product I'm looking for varies by more than *25%* betw. Amazon.nl & Amazon.fr (and every shades of grey in other countries). Same product exactly, same brand and reference. It makes every […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
Headlines in French news media on Sunday night: “Who are the 18 ministers of the new government?”
Edited headline on Monday morning: “Who were the 18 ministers of the new government before the prime minister resigned this morning?”
(Printed papers didn't have the luxury of the editing.) […]
Edited headline on Monday morning: “Who were the 18 ministers of the new government before the prime minister resigned this morning?”
(Printed papers didn't have the luxury of the editing.) […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
October 6, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Headlines in French news media on Sunday night: “Who are the 18 ministers of the new government?”
Edited headline on Monday morning: “Who were the 18 ministers of the new government before the prime minister resigned this morning?”
(Printed papers didn't have the luxury of the editing.) […]
Edited headline on Monday morning: “Who were the 18 ministers of the new government before the prime minister resigned this morning?”
(Printed papers didn't have the luxury of the editing.) […]
“the central problem is that we live not so much in a time of lies as one of stupidity” writes William Davies.
“The challenge posed by this political crisis is how to take the stupidity seriously without reducing it to a wholly mental or psychiatric phenomenon.”
“In a fully platform-based world […]
“The challenge posed by this political crisis is how to take the stupidity seriously without reducing it to a wholly mental or psychiatric phenomenon.”
“In a fully platform-based world […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
October 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
“the central problem is that we live not so much in a time of lies as one of stupidity” writes William Davies.
“The challenge posed by this political crisis is how to take the stupidity seriously without reducing it to a wholly mental or psychiatric phenomenon.”
“In a fully platform-based world […]
“The challenge posed by this political crisis is how to take the stupidity seriously without reducing it to a wholly mental or psychiatric phenomenon.”
“In a fully platform-based world […]
The approval rating of Trump among US voters has not changed for the past 6 months at about 43%.
#uspolitics
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/upshot/poll-analysis-trump-times-siena.html
#uspolitics
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/upshot/poll-analysis-trump-times-siena.html
October 1, 2025 at 8:15 AM
The approval rating of Trump among US voters has not changed for the past 6 months at about 43%.
#uspolitics
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/upshot/poll-analysis-trump-times-siena.html
#uspolitics
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/upshot/poll-analysis-trump-times-siena.html
Reposted by Francois Heinderyckx
My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com
p.s. my new book of science cartoons 'Physics for Cats' is out now. Visit www.tomgauld.com for details
p.s. my new book of science cartoons 'Physics for Cats' is out now. Visit www.tomgauld.com for details
September 30, 2025 at 12:36 PM
My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com
p.s. my new book of science cartoons 'Physics for Cats' is out now. Visit www.tomgauld.com for details
p.s. my new book of science cartoons 'Physics for Cats' is out now. Visit www.tomgauld.com for details
Reposted by Francois Heinderyckx
Google deletes history: https://www.thebriefing.ie/google-just-erased-7-years-of-our-political-history/
September 29, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Google deletes history: https://www.thebriefing.ie/google-just-erased-7-years-of-our-political-history/
.@pluralistic: “[AI companies] can't be profitable. They keep the lights on by soaking up hundreds of billions of dollars in other people's money and then lighting it on fire. (…) This isn't like the early days of the web, or Amazon, or any of those other big winners that lost money before […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
September 28, 2025 at 11:52 AM
.@pluralistic: “[AI companies] can't be profitable. They keep the lights on by soaking up hundreds of billions of dollars in other people's money and then lighting it on fire. (…) This isn't like the early days of the web, or Amazon, or any of those other big winners that lost money before […]
I'm a loyal customer of some Apple products. But the arrogance of a company challenging regulatory efforts by threatening to stop shipping products to the EU is only encouraging me to start looking for alternatives. Like I already did with other arrogant companies abusing their dominant position […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
September 26, 2025 at 5:22 AM
I'm a loyal customer of some Apple products. But the arrogance of a company challenging regulatory efforts by threatening to stop shipping products to the EU is only encouraging me to start looking for alternatives. Like I already did with other arrogant companies abusing their dominant position […]
Trying to silence a public figure can badly backfire: Jimmy Kimmel's ratings averaged 1.6 million viewers. His return on air, though barred from all 30 Nextar and all 40 Sinclair affilate stations, scored 6.2 millions viewers. Not to mention over 15 millions views (and counting) on YouTube. It's […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
September 25, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Trying to silence a public figure can badly backfire: Jimmy Kimmel's ratings averaged 1.6 million viewers. His return on air, though barred from all 30 Nextar and all 40 Sinclair affilate stations, scored 6.2 millions viewers. Not to mention over 15 millions views (and counting) on YouTube. It's […]
RE: https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/115224321548138026
Big Tech: Move fast, break things.
Mastodon: Take you time, get it right.
(And you can quote-post me on that.)
Big Tech: Move fast, break things.
Mastodon: Take you time, get it right.
(And you can quote-post me on that.)
Good morning! If you’re on mastodon.social (or another server running nightly builds) you can begin quoting posts in your posts (quooting?) starting today. Remember, you control whether you can be quoted, and call always retract your post from a specific quote. And you can quote me on that!
September 18, 2025 at 8:48 AM
RE: https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/115224321548138026
Big Tech: Move fast, break things.
Mastodon: Take you time, get it right.
(And you can quote-post me on that.)
Big Tech: Move fast, break things.
Mastodon: Take you time, get it right.
(And you can quote-post me on that.)