hanna 🧶
@hannadevries.bsky.social
librarian | linguist | open science | opinions my own
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This is my cyclical reminder that there's really only one consistently reliable source of info in the public record that isn't owned by right wing billionaires, who really want to put an end to it.
Please give at least the $2.75 minimum they request if you can.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Please give at least the $2.75 minimum they request if you can.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 17, 2025 at 5:05 AM
This is my cyclical reminder that there's really only one consistently reliable source of info in the public record that isn't owned by right wing billionaires, who really want to put an end to it.
Please give at least the $2.75 minimum they request if you can.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Please give at least the $2.75 minimum they request if you can.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Ik had voor dat doel ooit deze foto gemaakt, maar toch maar niet gebruikt. Tenslotte is voornamelijk het systeem kapot, niet ik.
December 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Ik had voor dat doel ooit deze foto gemaakt, maar toch maar niet gebruikt. Tenslotte is voornamelijk het systeem kapot, niet ik.
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Voor een monter, goed geïnformeerd en breed gedragen alternatief op het gebied van AI, zie deze open brief van de coalitie Zorgvuldig en Zorgzaam Digitaal: openletter.earth/nl/zorgvuldi...
Zorgvuldig & Zorgzaam Digitaal
openletter.earth
December 13, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Voor een monter, goed geïnformeerd en breed gedragen alternatief op het gebied van AI, zie deze open brief van de coalitie Zorgvuldig en Zorgzaam Digitaal: openletter.earth/nl/zorgvuldi...
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"AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society, stuffed there with wild abandon by a finance sector and tech monopolists run amok. We will be excavating it for a generation or more."
This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
December 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society, stuffed there with wild abandon by a finance sector and tech monopolists run amok. We will be excavating it for a generation or more."
This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
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Tamara de Lempicka (Polish, 1898-1980)
"Her Sadness" 1923
"Her Sadness" 1923
December 7, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Tamara de Lempicka (Polish, 1898-1980)
"Her Sadness" 1923
"Her Sadness" 1923
Let's hope Monbiot asks the extraordinary Bregman some questions about the various billionaires funding his inoffensive and fawning 'idealism'
December 8, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Let's hope Monbiot asks the extraordinary Bregman some questions about the various billionaires funding his inoffensive and fawning 'idealism'
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As we approach 70k signatures, please keep sharing our open letter - Not in our Name, women in support of the trans community:
notinourname.org.uk
notinourname.org.uk
Home - Not in our name
As women we reject the narrative that trans+ people are a threat.
notinourname.org.uk
December 8, 2025 at 8:40 AM
As we approach 70k signatures, please keep sharing our open letter - Not in our Name, women in support of the trans community:
notinourname.org.uk
notinourname.org.uk
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There are so many people living lives of quiet dignity despite horrific medical news or poverty or tragedy where every day they still wake up and try to be good people in the world even as the world pushes against them and it makes me even angrier at the absolute shitheads that rule over things
December 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
There are so many people living lives of quiet dignity despite horrific medical news or poverty or tragedy where every day they still wake up and try to be good people in the world even as the world pushes against them and it makes me even angrier at the absolute shitheads that rule over things
Klaar, denk ik. Er klopt iets niet aan het stekeltje rechtsonder en ik had eigenlijk iets meer moeten doen met het bovenste rode vlak (die gouden spiralen waren pure luiheid) maar ik laat het los, het is ok zo!
December 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Klaar, denk ik. Er klopt iets niet aan het stekeltje rechtsonder en ik had eigenlijk iets meer moeten doen met het bovenste rode vlak (die gouden spiralen waren pure luiheid) maar ik laat het los, het is ok zo!
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I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
Vandaag knutsel ik tussen het werk door een map voor de schooltekeningen van mijn zesjarige. Een drakenoog, met 3D-schubben van knutselrubber. Het maakproces is bij mij altijd chaotisch en vindt meestal plaats op een hinderlijke locatie middenin de woonkamer. #DDfotos #02creatie
December 2, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Vandaag knutsel ik tussen het werk door een map voor de schooltekeningen van mijn zesjarige. Een drakenoog, met 3D-schubben van knutselrubber. Het maakproces is bij mij altijd chaotisch en vindt meestal plaats op een hinderlijke locatie middenin de woonkamer. #DDfotos #02creatie
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From January 1st 2026, the CNRS will cut access to one of the largest commercial bibliometric databases, Clarivate Analytics' Web of Science, along with the Core Collection and Journal Citation Reports.
The CNRS is breaking free from the Web of Science
From January 1st 2026, the CNRS will cut access to one of the largest commercial bibliometric databases, Clarivate Analytics'
www.cnrs.fr
December 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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We are living at a time when university leadership amplifies anti-intellectual tropes and technologies
These are very troubling times
These are very troubling times
November 29, 2025 at 4:08 PM
We are living at a time when university leadership amplifies anti-intellectual tropes and technologies
These are very troubling times
These are very troubling times
Please do push back. Keep using and requesting physical books, because Dutch library managers inexplicably dream of bookless spaces & will use any justification to achieve this
Ours prefers ebooks, so technically that's moribund unless we push it back ☹️
They haven’t closed the libraries yet. Keep reading everyone.
November 30, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Please do push back. Keep using and requesting physical books, because Dutch library managers inexplicably dream of bookless spaces & will use any justification to achieve this
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Universities are assembling larger and larger teams to deal with academic integrity issues--mostly focused on AI--while simultaneously holding AI "writing" contests, AI-themed events, "hey, come play with these fun tools!" The messages are so mixed, it's criminal. Because AI is bloated with money.
November 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Universities are assembling larger and larger teams to deal with academic integrity issues--mostly focused on AI--while simultaneously holding AI "writing" contests, AI-themed events, "hey, come play with these fun tools!" The messages are so mixed, it's criminal. Because AI is bloated with money.
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They can and they should lead the way. The answer is Linux, Libre Office, good old paper, life meetings and more 'old' ways. And the realization that they have to break with a lot of their habits Microsoft lured them into.
We're at war with the techbros. Universities should be the Resistance.
We're at war with the techbros. Universities should be the Resistance.
Can Dutch universities do without Microsoft?
Can Dutch higher education part ways with Microsoft? The sector is trying to break free, and alternatives are being explored here and there. At the same time, more and more tasks are being completed b...
dub.uu.nl
November 28, 2025 at 9:05 PM
They can and they should lead the way. The answer is Linux, Libre Office, good old paper, life meetings and more 'old' ways. And the realization that they have to break with a lot of their habits Microsoft lured them into.
We're at war with the techbros. Universities should be the Resistance.
We're at war with the techbros. Universities should be the Resistance.
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I'm teaching about Gaza on Monday. I assigned this article. You should read it if you haven't, because the trauma it describes is unbearable and we all need to sit with it.
archive.ph/JlVfm#select...
archive.ph/JlVfm#select...
November 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I'm teaching about Gaza on Monday. I assigned this article. You should read it if you haven't, because the trauma it describes is unbearable and we all need to sit with it.
archive.ph/JlVfm#select...
archive.ph/JlVfm#select...
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... - my new article, if of interest please share.
I endured an English public school. But that’s not the only reason I’m unsurprised about the Farage allegations |
Let’s put aside the schooldays accusations and look, instead, at the Reform leader’s path since then. I think a pretty clear picture of the man emerges, says author and podcaster Musa Okwonga
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:03 AM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... - my new article, if of interest please share.
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Good opportunity for an evergreen reminder: if you ever want to read something academic behind a paywall, email the author and ask for it, they will probably be absolutely delighted to send it to you. I know I will!
November 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Good opportunity for an evergreen reminder: if you ever want to read something academic behind a paywall, email the author and ask for it, they will probably be absolutely delighted to send it to you. I know I will!
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I did not know any of this before I saw this thread and now I love everything about this wool
November 25, 2025 at 5:37 AM
I did not know any of this before I saw this thread and now I love everything about this wool
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Zeker in Europa hebben we niet zoiets gekend als een joods-christelijke cultuur. Als je dat zegt, ontken je het eeuwenlange antisemitisme dat ons continent heeft getekend. Het bestaat niet. Dat de heilige schriften op punten overeenkomen, verandert daar niks aan. Dat is ook het geval met de islam.
November 23, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Zeker in Europa hebben we niet zoiets gekend als een joods-christelijke cultuur. Als je dat zegt, ontken je het eeuwenlange antisemitisme dat ons continent heeft getekend. Het bestaat niet. Dat de heilige schriften op punten overeenkomen, verandert daar niks aan. Dat is ook het geval met de islam.
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Uit angst voor uitzetting durven veel ongedocumenteerde werknemers misstanden niet te melden. Terecht, blijkt uit onderzoek van OneWorld en @groene.nl. De Arbeidsinspectie werkt namelijk samen met de Vreemdelingenpolitie. Daarom worden ook de schoonmakers van Saints & Stars waarschijnlijk uitgezet.
Arbeidsinspectie werkt mee aan uitzetting ongedocumenteerde werknemers
In plaats van ongedocumenteerde werknemers tegen uitbuiting te beschermen, werkt de arbeidsinspectie mee aan hun uitzetting. De dienst werkt daarvoor intensief samen met de Vreemdelingenpolitie. Uit…
buff.ly
November 22, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Uit angst voor uitzetting durven veel ongedocumenteerde werknemers misstanden niet te melden. Terecht, blijkt uit onderzoek van OneWorld en @groene.nl. De Arbeidsinspectie werkt namelijk samen met de Vreemdelingenpolitie. Daarom worden ook de schoonmakers van Saints & Stars waarschijnlijk uitgezet.
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"Reform would be worse" is both entirely correct and entirely irrelevant until polling day 2029. What matters right now is that Labour's approach is morally repugnant on its own terms, *and is empowering Reform*. As things stand today, its not Labour or Reform. Its Labour *then* Reform.
While it feels like I'm repeatedly slamming my head against a brick wall repeating this massively simple concept. Saying "Reform would be worse" doesn't make what Labour is doing better. Labour is now the most anti-immigration, anti-any marginalised group, government we have seen in decades. 1/
Very long thread: As with many of Labour's anti-immigration policies, this isn't new. British police have been stationed in other countries for this purpose for a long time
It does however show how Labour is pushing more on anti-immigration than previous governments. 1/
www.lbc.co.uk/article/shab...
It does however show how Labour is pushing more on anti-immigration than previous governments. 1/
www.lbc.co.uk/article/shab...
November 22, 2025 at 10:03 AM
"Reform would be worse" is both entirely correct and entirely irrelevant until polling day 2029. What matters right now is that Labour's approach is morally repugnant on its own terms, *and is empowering Reform*. As things stand today, its not Labour or Reform. Its Labour *then* Reform.