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Monthly Archives: februari 2019

Young climate strikers can win their fight. We must all help

George Monbiot op The Guardian: This one has to succeed. It is not just that the youth climate strike, now building worldwide with tremendous speed, is our best (and possibly our last) hope of avoiding catastrophe. It is also that the impacts on the young people themselves, if their mobilisation and hopes collapse so early in […]

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Dat eerste ritje met de koersfiets <3

Heerlijk, die eerste echt warme lentedag. 17 graden stond er op de smartphone.  En ik zat thuis te werken aan enkele longlist-to-do’s. Je weet wel: van die taken die ooit wel eens moeten gebeuren, maar waar geen echte strakke deadline (op korte termijn) voor is, en waar je zelf niet echt helemaal warm van wordt. […]

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Niet alleen verkiezingen, maar ook loting: zo vernieuwen 76.000 Belgen de democratie

David Van Reybrouck op De Correspondent: Gisteravond heeft dat parlement met grote meerderheid van stemmen besloten om gelote burgers voortaan permanent te betrekken bij de politiek. Voilà, niet meer en niet minder.

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When Algorithms Think You Want to Die

WIRED klaagt de recommendation engines van de sociale netwerken aan: Social media users receive recommendations—or, as Pinterest affectionately calls them, “things you might love”—intended to give them a personalized, supposedly more enjoyable experience. Search for home inspiration and soon the platform will populate your feed with pictures of paint samples and recommend amateur interior designers […]

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On Shallow Work

Dit verhaal van Justin Seymour is pijnlijk herkenbaar: There’s no durability to this kind of work; everything is fleeting. But isn’t this the plight of the modern knowledge worker? “Deep work” is our pipe dream. Of nog: I’ve started to treat all non-screen time as screen recovery time. I crave silence, for as long as I can […]

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Why I Deleted All of My Social Media and 60,000 Followers

Nick Fancher: Personally, I am someone who gleans much of my information through external data points. I overthink everything. This makes social media a minefield for someone like me. I would analyze likes and follows and unfollows and draw conclusions based on what were likely benign engagements, and I would arrive at concrete and final […]

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Four-day week: trial finds lower stress and increased productivity

The Guardian: Analysis of one of the biggest trials yet of the four-day working week has revealed no fall in output, reduced stress and increased staff engagement, fuelling hopes that a better work-life balance for millions could be in sight. Ondertussen bij VoucherCloud: The study asked then asked respondents, ‘If you had to state a […]

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How J Dilla humanized his MPC3000

J Dilla, hiphopmaker, te vroeg heen gegaan. Goeie documentaire over wat hem zo speciaal maakte en waarom zijn sampler in het Smithsonian Museum staat.

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Facebook labelled ‘digital gangsters’ by report on fake news

The Guardian over een Brits commissierapport: Companies like Facebook should not be allowed to behave like ‘digital gangsters’ in the online world, considering themselves to be ahead of and beyond the law.

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An indispensible urban tool: the titanium spork

Helemaal eens: One of my best allies in my effort to cut down on my use of disposables is a titanium spork. It’s strong, pleasant to use, and weighs virtually nothing. I bought it many years ago in preparation for a long hiking trip, but it soon proved its utility in the urban environment. It’s […]

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