Bram De Ridder

🌿🌾 You like gardens? You like history? And games? Then rejoice, because LOBELIUS is here! Thanks to official partners, Museum Plantin-Moretus and the Meise Botanical Garden, the players can skim through the 1581 Kruydtboeck by Matthias de l´Obel. Can you make the most beautiful early modern garden?

Anyone a potential historical reference point for the combination of these three phenomena? (so not their individual occurence, or only two out of three)

Today, Algerian parliament voted in favor of deploying Algerian military to Niger, allegedly to defend oil facilities some of which are jointly operated by Algerian state companies. Again, unprecented, even if scope is limited,we will see where exactly they will station.

Awesome shoeware 🤩

#Lobelius

#koshodo

#Anjou

Begin van de Nationale Spellenweek in #Nederland; hopelijk wordt dat snel de Spellenweek der Lage Landen 😉. Intussen wat inspiratie voor wie zou willen deelnemen met drie niet alledaagse spellen 😇

Wrattenzwijn! Halve maan-rovers! Harlekijn van een Zonnebloem!

My views on a sensitive subject leaflet.pub/4c020a27-88c...

Brussel, 25 oktober 1555. Moegestreden besloot keizer Karel V zijn taken over te dragen aan zijn zoon Filips II. Met De Zwijger aan zijn zijde betrad de keizer de Grote Zaal van Paleis Coudenberg om in een vergadering van de Staten-Generaal af te treden als Heer der Nederlanden.

Goedemorgen. Regen trekt oostwaarts. Vanaf de kust komen er brede opklaringen. Lokale bui blijft mogelijk. MaxT van 14 graden in Laag- en Midden-België tot 9 graden in Hoog-België. W-wind 4-5 Bft met aan zee nog rukwinden tot 80 km/h

"Almost every aspect [of the modern university] incentivises generative AI".

Een stukje vergeten Belgische geschiedenis (maar zo zijn er wel meer). Vandaag in 1789 begon de Brabantse Omwenteling dat zowaar zou leiden tot de Verenigde Nederlandse Staten / États-belgiques-unis in 1790 (een soort confederale republiek dat het maar een jaartje uithield)

Goeiemorgen, lijsterbesjes.

Next to Nizhny Novgorod region, for an interesting strike. Despite masses of Russian air defence, Ukraine managed to hit a data centre. But this one in Gorodets hit Russia's Tax Service. If they lose data it will cause genuine chaos in revenue raising from the public.

"We found that that humans agreed as much or more with AI’s judgment than they did with other humans: human editors agreed with other human editors 80% of the time but on average 87% of the time with the AI’s judgment."

We’re OFF! Do still join us for what will undoubtedly be an exciting paper!

ChaptGPT houdt van drieslagen, wij ook. Maar dat is geen universele schoonheidsregel. In de middeleeuwen prefereerde men tweeslagen: perk en paal, stad en land. Misschien aardig om je teksten te onderscheiden van KI door weer op middeleeuwse stijlmiddelen terug te grijpen. Uit Vanden Vos Reynaerde:

"Colette Delawalla, a clinical psychologist, was told that her application for a research grant would fail because it contained the word “translate” (which includes “trans”) and “bias” (an essential term in statistics that is also used in complaints about racism)."/

In new analysis for @WarFrontsWeekly I discuss the American withdrawal from Iraq and how Islamic State will be trying to comeback, exploiting regional crises. Events in Kirkuk heavily suggest the organization is looking for space between KRG and Baghdad. fronts.co/article/the-...

In de nacht van zaterdag op zondag (24/25 oktober 2026) schakelen we over op wintertijd. Mijn gedacht en praktische tips op www.frankdeboosere.be/temp/wintert...

71 Tijdritkilometers, slechts 3 echte bergetappes. Dit is een Tour waarvan de organisatie hoopt dat Evenepoel of Seixas een beetje tegenwicht kan bieden aan de overmacht van Pogi. Zo lang mogelijk de definitieve beslissing uitstellen.

Teaser: whose flaming church?

I must say this piece I wrote in August has aged extremely well. We’re not ready for the AI security crisis. takes.jamesomalley.co.uk/p/the-case-f...

Ik dacht, het is de eerste 24u zonder media-aandacht voor de besparingen op erfgoed - maar Koen Aerts zat blijkbaar in De Afspraak.

Prayer at Twilight ca. 1890 - Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer (795) #dailyart #painting #art #mindfulness

Clubtje in de Champions League met evenveel punten als Barcelona en Manchester City na 3 matchen 🥹

Thank you. By the way, I am looking for the original painting from which this detail was taken (coat of arms of Saxony). The fabric might help.

Heraldic rabbits playing bagpipes from the church in Barton in Fabis, Nottinghamshire. One of twenty churches I’m taking my guests to this week on my final Church Tour.

It is so important that European leaders acknowledge the truth as Kaja Kallas does here. Trump and the USG have been trying to force Ukraine to surrender for almost two years. There has been no recent pivot to Russia. It’s been a constant US policy www.euronews.com/2026/10/20/k...

❗️Le Monde reports Slovakia remains a major ammunition supplier for Ukraine, with shell factories operating at full capacity. Slovak exports of military ammunition, parts and components reached €2.1 billion in 2025, up 138.6% from the previous year. #Ukraine

Leve de wiskunde!

When teachers leave, experience leaves too. New research finds small but consistent links between teacher turnover and lower learning gains. And notably, turnover among general education teachers also matters for students with disabilities. wp.me/p2nWPo-6hm

Apologies to prof. @yfreykers.bsky.social to copy his post from LinkedIn here, but just more proof of how unsustainable the current academic publishing regime + AI is. How do you peer review a 100% increase in submissions *each year*?