Disclosing a Data Breach to Pensoft
For no apparent reason, I stumbled upon a data breach of one of my accounts, password and all. It is a humbling lesson in how much trust we place in platforms to keep that information safe and secure.
Chris Hartgerink
New AkademieNL rule: No disinformation
Administering a Mastodon server comes with challenging situations. Recently, a post got reported that was not covered by the existing rules, which results in a new rule for the AkademieNL instance: No disinformation.
"Community" is the new "family"
"At this company, we're a family" by now is a red flag many recognize. Something I noticed replacing that trope, is calling something a community. Everything is called a community these days, which makes it harder to recognize real communities.
Am I an anti-semite?
When positions I hold are being called antisemitic, it causes me to self-reflect. So in this post, I ask myself: Am I an anti-semite?
The courage to discuss
I have not had the courage to write over the past months. Writing about trivial things can feel belittling to the monumental events in the world, yet what legitimacy do I have to write about monumental events?
AkademieNL's new admin
I am happy to announce I am taking over as the admin for the Mastodon server AkademieNL. Robbert Hoogstraat is entrusting me with this and in this blog, I talk about what this means for AkademieNL.
Open sourcing the news
I read a lot of news, but I do not like being consumed by it. The balance between what's happening now (news), the short or long past (history), and potential futures (foresight or analysis) is a rough one to keep. This post is about making sure that sources