Why I'm not going to SIPS 2025
I've been a member of SIPS since 2017, and have visited plenty of their conferences. But with the decision to host it in Hungary in 2025, I decided I won't be going.
"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.
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.
Some professional updates
What will change in my professional life?
Applying as a parliamentary candidate
I explain a bit about why I applied to be a parliamentary candidate for the list of New Social Contract in the upcoming elections on November 22nd, 2023.
Finally leaving Twitter
Leaving Twitter
Today marks the thirty day period of my Twitter deactivation, which means my account is now slated for deletion. Taking this step is reminiscent of when I deleted my Facebook account over a decade ago. It again feels like a bigger thing than it practically is - I