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Arjen P. de Vries

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https://arjenp.dev/ and @arjen@idf.social

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Mensen overhalen!

10.03.2026 14:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Is het wel zo'n goede ontwikkeling dat BSKY geleid gaat worden door een VC?

Voor wie nu denkt, grrr, net nieuw platform uitgekozen, zit ik weer fout... kom naar Mastodon, net zo functioneel maar onafhankelijk, switchen van server is standaard en je verliest geen follower.

Welkom in de Fediverse!

10.03.2026 14:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Op mastodpn kon ik m editen/ nu maak ik m opnieuw!

10.03.2026 14:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Ik bedoelde niet Joep maar de lezer, sorry Joep!

10.03.2026 14:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Trump can always just declare the war over and leave... but is it then?

10.03.2026 14:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Zoals Joep het zegt, is het wel zo'n goede ontwikkeling dat BSKY geleid gaat worden door een VC?

Was je nu maar naar Mastodon overgestapt toch, net zo functioneel maar minder afhankelijk.

Het goede nieuws: dat kan nog altijd!

10.03.2026 14:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Dank je @bitsoffreedom

https://www.bitsoffreedom.nl/2026/03/10/rechter-geeft-ons-opnieuw-gelijk-blijvende-keuzevrijheid-voor-gebruikers-instagram-en-facebook/

Meta must change service to put NL users in control!

Since it follows from the DSA, it's a matter of time and will apply in all of Europe.

10.03.2026 12:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
GitHub - SNStatComp/SSIG: Home of the Statistical Scraping Interest Group for methodologically sound use of web data in official statistics Home of the Statistical Scraping Interest Group for methodologically sound use of web data in official statistics - SNStatComp/SSIG

The CBS SSIG (Statistics Netherlands Statistical Scraping Interest Group) organises the 2nd SSIG Meeting on 15-16 April 2026 in The Hague, with keynotes by @arjen and @grani

https://github.com/SNStatComp/SSIG

10.03.2026 14:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

CFP – ECIR 2026

Join us at the 48th European
Conference on Information Retrieval (ECIR 2026)
πŸ“ 29 March – 2 April 2026
πŸ“ Delft, The Netherlands

πŸ”Ž Full program:
ecir2026.eu/programme/pr...

πŸ“ Register now:
ecir2026.dryfta.com/registration...

We look forward to welcoming you to Delft at ECIR 2026!

05.03.2026 09:45 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Hoe Brutus te werk ging om de poten onder dictator en keizer van het mismanagement Ceasar weg te zagen. Uit rancune. Leuke lui, die PVVers.

28.02.2026 12:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They call it hallucination.

28.02.2026 11:27 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This
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28.02.2026 10:40 πŸ‘ 114 πŸ” 42 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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Opstandig dansend herdenken IraniΓ«rs de gedode demonstranten: β€˜Dit is ongekend’ De straten zijn niet veilig, maar op herdenkingsdiensten gaat het Iraanse verzet door. In plaats van de plechtige tradities te volgen, vierden IraniΓ«rs vorige week uitbundig het leven van de gedode de...

Sad with a spark of hope. For those who read Dutch, a Volkskrant article on "protest by funeral ceremony" in Iran

www.volkskrant.nl/kijkverder/v...

(bridgy has its imperfections)

28.02.2026 11:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Opstandig dansend herdenken IraniΓ«rs de gedode demonstranten: β€˜Dit is ongekend’ De straten zijn niet veilig, maar op herdenkingsdiensten gaat het Iraanse verzet door. In plaats van de plechtige tradities te volgen, vierden IraniΓ«rs vorige week uitbundig het leven van de gedode de...

Sad with a spark of hope. For those who read Dutch, a Volkskrant article on "protest by funeral ceremony" in Iran

www.volkskrant.nl/kijkverder/v...

(bridgy has its imperfections)

28.02.2026 11:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sad with a spark of hope. For those who read Dutch, a Volkskrant article on "protest by funeral ceremony" in Iran).

28.02.2026 11:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Original post on idf.social

Welkom in de Fediverse Willemijn Aerdts @stasdigi

Wij werken op de #radbouduniversiteit mee aan een Web index voor Europa, als partner in @openwebsearcheu

Zie ook ons partner profiel op de OWS.EU Website https://openwebsearch.eu/ows-eu-partner-in-focus-radboud-university/

(Ik vertel er graag […]

27.02.2026 23:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A picture of Joe Halpern smiling in green shirt in front of a blue background.

A picture of Joe Halpern smiling in green shirt in front of a blue background.

Today arXiv remembers our colleague Joe Halpern, who was instrumental in founding arXiv's CS section.

Joe's passions ranged far & wide and we're lucky that arXiv was one of them. Joe, thank you for giving so much to arXiv - you are missed.

blog.arxiv.org/2026/02/27/remembering-joe-halpern

27.02.2026 18:38 πŸ‘ 51 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
Poster with red/pinkish image of people walking and chatting

Poster with red/pinkish image of people walking and chatting

Computing Science Day 2026 today! #CS

27.02.2026 08:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

yes, and the sad thing is that this cannot be attributed to AI - the incredible pace of ppl putting out stuff is not helping, but CS has long been notorious for preferring to spend time redoing something already known than to spend time with what other scientists thought and put on paper.

17.02.2026 10:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
ACM FAccT 2026 Doctoral Colloquium Call for Applications

Applications for graduate students in computing, sociology, humanities willing to participate in the FAccT 2026 Doctoral Colloquium are open! https://facctconference.org/2026/callfordc.html

26.01.2026 09:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Microsoft Research NYC is hiringΒ a researcher in the space of AI and society!

29.01.2026 23:27 πŸ‘ 62 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

in space? (sorry, could not resist)

17.02.2026 10:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
No Strings attached ... to SQL columns

Dear DBMS, it's you who needs Integers. We need Strings.

We spend way too much time optimising schemas because databases treat strings as second-class citizens.

My take on this matter:

swingbit.github.io/no-strings-a...

16.02.2026 19:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

When they go low, we go high.

08.02.2026 09:52 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If you enjoy Paper Skygest, you might enjoy our new academic preprint describing it and our vision!

arxiv.org/abs/2601.04253

bsky.app/profile/pape...

14.01.2026 19:56 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations!

07.02.2026 14:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hmmm, bridgy does not (yet?) carry over the quotability settings from Mastodon to Bluesky. Hopefully soon!

26.01.2026 10:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

RE: https://idf.social/@arjen/115958919692249312

TREC Web track data too old?

Join our data challenge based on the OWS.EU project results, and help develop the test collection.

Note: you can already use the

Open Web Search Curlie 2025

test collection as-is; but through workshop […]

26.01.2026 10:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Original post on idf.social

April 2nd at ECIR 2026 in Delft:

3rd International Workshop on Open Web Search #wows2026

https://opensearchfoundation.org/events-osf/wows2026/

With a Web Search data challenge based on OWS-Curlie-2025:

The Open Web Search Curlie 2025 Test Collection, details at the OWI corpora dashboard […]

26.01.2026 01:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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ICE Can Access Your Social Media. Here’s What To Know – Featured – Borderless Magazine NFP ICE Can Access Your Social Media. Here’s What To Know – Featured – Borderless Magazine NFP

β€œUnfortunately, immigrants and noncitizens should now assume that anything they share publicly on social media might be surveilled by the government and potentially used against them,” EFF’s Lisa Femia told @borderlessmag.bsky.social.

08.01.2026 19:26 πŸ‘ 121 πŸ” 77 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 6