Arjen Dijkstra

Arjen Dijkstra

@afbdijkstra.bsky.social

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Can't tell how incredibly proud I am this is finally being published. Available from the 10th of July, my book on Eise Eisinga, translated by the incredible Liz Waters.🥳 And just look at those blurbs 😍😍 #skystorians #hissci #astronomy

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In one day, two politicians - Bolsonaro in Brazil and Vucic in Serbia - with ties to Trump have lost surprise elections thanks to high turnout. The rise of the international far-right is not inevitable.

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#Brazil is leading the discourse on how nations do not have to simply hand the keys to their national information infrastructures over to foreign tech companies. Algorithms aren’t a force of nature. They’re human constructions designed to maximize profits. They not only can be regulated, but should.

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“And gladly wolde he lerne and gladly teche.” Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘father of English literature’, author of The Canterbury Tales, died #OTD 1400; buried at Westminster Abbey. British Library

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Happy birthday to Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632 – 1723), the Dutch scientist & progenitor of #microbiology known for his improvements to microscope tech. 🧪🐡🔬 #histsci He was a draper in Delft, then a politician with an interest in lensmaking. Using his handmade microscopes, he was 1st to observe

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Czech President Petr Pavel says a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine was “quite close” – until Donald Trump lifted sanctions on Russian diesel. 🔗 vist.ly/5pjp8

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"Capital is interested in migrants without rights. When working class people, migrants with no legal protection, have no rights they're easy to exploit. They can't be part of unions, they can't protest. Easy to threaten and to coerce. Interest of capital to have people who have no rights." - Lea Ypi

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Morgenmiddag presenteer ik in Leeuwarden een symposium rond Lida Dijkstra, winnares van de Gouden Griffel. Volgens mij kun je er nog bij zijn. Er is koffie met iets lekkers en er wordt gevraagd iets met goud te dragen (heb ik niet) www.tresoar.nl/bezoeken/age...

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Alex Hern@hern.bsky.social

do think there's a danger of looking at extremely cool shit like a car driving upside down then doing a kickflip before landing, and convincing yourself it's actually lame because the guy funding it is a white supremacist

Have a hard time believing we have to support Rooney and Faber (one of the biggest authors alive, and one of the largest publishers of our time), but here we are.

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Jesse Locker@jessemlocker.bsky.social

"Would you like fresh ground pepper with that?" [Giovanni Martinelli, Death Comes to the Banquet Table, c. 1630-1640, Oil on canvas (New Orleans Museum of Art)] 💀

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For the #PrinterSolstice2526 prompt angle, my #linocut of astronomer Elisabeth Koopmann-Hevelius (1647-1693) 👩🏼‍🔬🧪🔭 #histsci using a brass sextant to make astronomical observations & some of the new constellations her husband Johannes Hevelius named based on their observations, & she published in 🧵

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Ben jij een jonge neerlandicus, historicus of theoloog die vier jaar lang in de mystieke literatuur en de archieven wil duiken? John Arblaster en ik zoeken een kandidaat voor het doctoraatsproject “Op het spoor van de Vrije Geest in Brussel: ketterij en repressie in de vroege 15de eeuw”. Repost=fijn

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Behold!! On this Indigenous People’s Day, the first page of the first number of THE CHEROKEE PHOENIX (1828)- featuring the Cherokee Constitution in English & Cherokee, in the syllabary created by Sequoyah. An epic milestone in Native American history and the history of print

Violence against political opponents is precisely the point. The American right knows It will win votes with such an approach in the next election. Kudos to @ilhanmn.bsky.social for he restrained reaction.

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With all the bizarre and violent news from the US, this piece from @theguardian.com keeps coming to mind. Violence is what appealed to the nazi-voters, violence is what a lot of voters now are probably craving for. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

I keep reading about a "Nobel Peace snub" for Trump. And let me make this clear, there is no "snub", there is in fact not a snowball's chance in hell for him to win it. Or to put it more plainly: you and (indeed) I have a bigger chance of getting a Nobel Peace prize, than the current US president.

Zo'n 10 jaar geleden werd ik om advies gevraagd over LinkedIn, of dat een goede manier was om contact te houden met de alumni van een bepaalde opleiding. Mijn reactie: direct mee ophouden, dat kan alleen maar minder worden.

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Replying to @archive.org

2️⃣/2️⃣ Peter Scholing explains how the National Library of Aruba & the Internet Archive are preserving Papiamento's written & audiovisual heritage, helping safeguard a language & culture for future generations. #VanishingCulture #LanguagePreservation #InternetArchive

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📖 Papiamento is the native language of Aruba, Bonaire, & Curaçao, but smaller languages can disappear online as English & Spanish dominate. 📚 Read Peter Scholing's essay THE WIND-BLOWN LANGUAGE: PAPIAMENTO in VANISHING CULTURE, FREE: archive.org/details/vani... 🧵

Er zijn echt nog gratis kaartjes, want de 'verkoop' staat nog niet zo lang open. De ervaring leert dat je er snel bij moet zijn sggroningen.stager.co/shop/van-der...

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Nikki Sterkenburg@sterknikki.bsky.social

“Boeken helpen ons bij het ontwikkelen van kalmte, concentratie, intimiteit, omgang met complexiteit en andere vormen van kritisch denken; stuk voor stuk vaardigheden die we nodig hebben en die niet tot stand komen door op schermen naar sociale media te kijken” www.volkskrant.nl/cultuur-medi...