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Monthly Archives: juli 2018

Russisch trollenleger ook actief in Nederland en België

NRC: Russische georganiseerde internettrollen hebben in Nederland en België via Twitter het anti-islamsentiment proberen aan te wakkeren. Dat blijkt uit ruim negenhonderd Nederlandstalige berichten verstuurd vanuit een beruchte trollenfabriek in Sint-Petersburg.

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How to Make This the Summer of Missing Out

Dit: JOMO, is not a misspelling of “mojo” but, rather, stands for “joy of missing out.” The antithesis of FOMO (fear of missing out), JOMO is about disconnecting, opting out and being O.K. just where you are.

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Trump Sheds All Notions of How a President Should Conduct Himself Abroad

Mark Landler in een analyse bij The New York Times: In the fiery, disruptive, rules-breaking arc of Mr. Trump’s statecraft, his assertions during a news conference with Mr. Putin marked a new milestone, the foreign policy equivalent of Charlottesville. Gerelateerd: Thomas L. Friedman in dezelfde krant: My fellow Americans, we are in trouble and we […]

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Facebook’s Push for Facial Recognition Prompts Privacy Alarms

NYTimes: “Facebook tries to explain their practices in ways that make Facebook look like the good guy, that they are somehow protecting your privacy,” said Jennifer Lynch, a senior staff attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights group. “But it doesn’t get at the fact that they are scanning every photo.”

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When It’s Too Late to Stop Fascism, According to Stefan Zweig

The New Yorker: Zweig recounted, people refused to believe that the new reality could persist. “This could only be an eruption of an initial, senseless rage, one told oneself. That sort of thing could not last in the twentieth century.”

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Podcast-tip: Live Slow Ride Fast (met Laurens Ten Dam): Tour de France #2 – Salut Vendée!

Deze heb ik wederom héél graag geluisterd. Laurens en Stefan gaan verder. Vooral op de fiets deze weken. Dat geeft Lau dan weer wel de mogelijkheid om even polshoogte te nemen bij de rest van het peloton. Hoe is het bijvoorbeeld met Lawson Craddock? En met Tom? En heeft Peter Sagan nou echt nog nooit […]

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Quit Social Media. Your Career May Depend on It.

Cal Newport met een boutade: The idea of purposefully introducing into my life a service designed to fragment my attention is as scary to me as the idea of smoking would be to an endurance athlete, and it should be to you if you’re serious about creating things that matter.

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Adobe to Launch Photoshop for iPad in Strategy Shift

Mark Gurman en Nico Grant bij Bloomberg: The software developer is planning to unveil the new app at its annual MAX creative conference in October, according to people with knowledge of the plan. The app is slated to hit the market in 2019, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing private product […]

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Kombucha

Van collega Marlies kreeg ik een scoby cadeau voor m’n afscheid. Een scoby? Awel, ja, dat staat voor “symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast” aldus Wikipedia. Kortweg is het een soort zwam die ervoor zorgt dat suikers worden omgezet in gas en zuurtjes. Dus gisteravond voor de-match-waar-we-nimmer-over-gaan-spreken een ruime liter zwarte thee met heel wat […]

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But are you doing your work?

Seth Godin: Doing your job is not always the same as doing the work. The “soft stuff” might matter more than you think. #whatwebelievein

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