Maarten

@maartenkalff
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Loves innovation, the world needs to be nicer

@EUCommission Bye Big Tech! Hello FOSS!

Btw, it would be kinda awesome if the EU could find some Euros tucked away somewhere and sponsor (EU-hosted) Fediverse instances 😉

For the EU it's a small amount but for the Fedi it could be evolutionary

They’ll be about as outraged as the 2A people were over Alex Pretti.
A friend just shared this with me. I have a rule against promoting any activity from X, but this may be evidence of a profound shift in institutional Democratic Party treatment of the Trump regime.
Alle geldautomaten van alle grote Nederlandse banken draaien (binnenkort?) exclusief op Amazon Web Services. Dus als er verstoring is met Amerika en je denkt, dan betaal ik wel cash, kom je niet aan cash. Hier het trotse verhaal over de capitulatie aan 🇺🇸: https://schubergphilis.com/industries/financial-services/geldmaat
UPDATE: Ondanks deze ronkende woorden blijkt het niet waar. Geldmaat zegt dat hun automaten zonder AWS geld blijven leveren. Goed nieuws.

BREAKING: #ICE agents have, once again, trampled the 4th Amendment… illegally breaking down a door and storming into another family home with assault rifles drawn, while children were inside, detaining 6 people, including a 12-year-old boy, without a warrant.
And it gets worse.

On Thursday, ICE raided a home in St. Paul, #Minnesota, telling residents this was part of a narcotics investigation… not #immigration. But neighbors are saying that’s BS.

A neighbor who had his outdoor camera rolling, says someone delivered a package to the house just minutes before the raid. According to the video, federal agents told the residents there were drugs inside, and if no one claimed the package, they’d take everyone in the house. Not suspicious at all…

And the agents also had no warrant…

After smashing the door, ICE claimed they had a search warrant, but never showed it… even after being asked to see it. They searched every room with rifles drawn, handcuffed all residents, including the 12-year-old boy, and paraded them down the street. Every adult had a valid work permit and state ID, but, agents only left a woman and her infant behind.

And here’s the kicker:

Even though ICE said this was about drugs, not immigration, they still took the 12-year-old boy, transporting him to an immigration center in San Antonio, Texas in less than 24 hours.

And, to make this all even more illegal… A warrant was dropped off THE NEXT DAY, claiming to be from a state court, but:

• It doesn’t match official Ramsey County #warrant formats
• Has no case number or file stamp
• No record of filing exists (though filing can sometimes be delayed)

So, the questions become:

Did ICE falsify a warrant after illegally entering the home? Did they plant drugs to justify this raid? And most importantly… what did #DHS do with a 12-year-old boy they weren’t supposed to touch?

This isn’t law enforcement. This is federal #kidnapping, #trafficking, intimidation, and #terror.

A government agency stormed a home, handcuffed children, and transported a minor across state lines… all without a real warrant at the time of the arrest, or any legal justification.

If this can happen to one family in broad daylight, it can happen to anyone.

The #Constitution, your rights, and your #children mean nothing to them.
#RippedFromX #uspol

This is the sixth death in ICE custody in 18 days. This isn’t enforcement, it’s a system that cages people, outsources care, and shrugs when they die. Abolish ICE.

"Writing compels us to think — not in the chaotic, non-linear way our minds typically wander, but in a structured, intentional manner. By writing it down, we can sort years of research, data and analysis into an actual story, thereby identifying our main message and the influence of our work. This is not merely a philosophical observation; it is backed by scientific evidence."

https://www.nature.com/articles/s44222-025-00323-4 via Nature Portfolio

Writing is thinking - Nature Reviews Bioengineering

On the value of human-generated scientific writing in the age of large-language models.

Nature
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Onderzoek over vaktaal waar je ogenschijnlijk niets mee kan

Meer vaktaal in de klas hangt samen met betere resultaten.
Maar dit onderzoek laat vooral zien waarom simpele conclusies niet werken.

https://pedrodebruyckere.blog/2026/01/19/onderzoek-over-vaktaal-waar-je-ogenschijnlijk-niets-mee-kan/

Helpt meer vaktaal in de klas? Onderzoek vraagt om nuance

Grootschalige studie toont verband tussen vaktaal in de klas en leerwinst. Maar beter geen simpele vertaalslagen. Wat kan je er wel mee?

X, Y of Einstein?

“No intimidation or threat will influence us – neither in #Ukraine, nor in #Greenland, nor anywhere else in the world when we are confronted with such situations,”

#Europe #US

https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/18/europe/europe-greenland-threat-tariffs-analysis-intl

A stunned Europe gathers to respond after Trump increases pressure over Greenland

It’s not often that Europe speaks with one voice – or responds with such urgency.

CNN