Pepijn

Member of a one-forest household. 🇳🇱 living in 🇩🇰 with 🇫🇷 partner and 🇪🇺 toddler.

Here to talk with other humans. Feel free to follow or dm me. Introduction in pinned post.

#ecology #nature #plants #forests #trees #geology #humanism #liberties #history #climate #technology #utopia #maps #trains #lego #modelbuilding #books #cats #cycling #InfrastructureAwarenessSaturday #WTFrance ᓚᘏᗢ

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2026-11-02 07:36:25 GMT

I just learned of https://welcometomygarden.org and added our woodland shelter to it as it appears to be much more friendly than Warmshowers. Curious if anyone has experience with Welcome To My Garden?
#WTMG #slowtravel #hiking #cycling

2026-11-01 08:14:34 GMT

Wtf is up with wildlife cameras named as if I'm buying a group of mercenaries capable of taking over a small south-American island nation. I just want a grainy photo of a duck ffs.
"With the Recon Dark Force Elite HP5 Ultra and Browning Spec Ops Elite HP5 Ultra Strike Force X you not only take great photos of ducks but also take over four out of five island nations."
review: "Excellent pigeon photos. Easy set-up. It used 4G to call in an airstrike on the neighbours cat eating our flowers.".
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2026-10-29 20:16:37 GMT

So. For a great many years I've wondered what it would be like to encounter a wolf while walking in the woods at night.
Now I know. It's genuinely unnerving in a manner I have never felt before while out in nature. Frankly. It was intimidating as hell.
Dog and I had an encounter with -I think- a single wolf a couple hundred meters from home.
Thread to jot down my thoughts / the events ->
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2026-10-29 12:49:47 GMT

Talking with my mom I learned she sends physical mail at least once a month. Mostly postcards. The only time in the past decade I send mail was when our child was born and we send out birth announcements as physical keepsakes. As we're done having kids I don't really see a need to ever send another letter or postcard ever again.
Do you ever send physical mail?
*I'm talking letters, postcards etc, not packages.

2026-10-28 20:45:09 GMT

Any #psychology researchers here? You might be able to answer a thing I've been low-key wondering about for decades.
As a student I took part in an experiment. There were two parts and two participants (strangers):
1) Person one is asked for one of their core beliefs. The investigator then shares that with person two.
2) Person two is tasked to change this core belief through conversation. They have an hour and receive €100 if person one comes out and says their core belief was changed.
1/2

2026-10-25 06:03:42 GMT

When archeology meets slow fashion. TIL* about the Bernuthsfelddude tunic, a well preserved >1000yr old sheep-wool garment constructed from 45 recycled parts.
I don't have a massive interest in clothes but do find complicated constructions intriguing. And the more I look the more I see how this one is.
Reconstructing something like this would be a fun challenge on one of those Great [countryname] Sewing / Knitting / Crocheting TV shows.
*well, Thursday
#archeology #fastfashion #fiberart
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2026-10-24 18:41:54 GMT

Yesterday @nprofile…2wxk shared an article about Reflect Orbital, a company aiming to sell sunlight "like a full moon" via giant space mirrors.
The article discussed a simulated test where emergency services worked as if they got some of this space mirror light.
It didn't mention the rare sky phenomena called "clouds" and "rain".
Tonight the nearly full moon in DK is blocked by a thin cloud layer. Here's a video of 1) what I can see in the moon light, 2) with my 10 euro flashlight.
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2026-10-24 07:19:08 GMT

The Juliette, Hobbit and Pepijn household is in a bit of a hurry to leave the house. The two adults have not yet had anything to eat. Hobbit is fine. Obviously.
Commenting on Juliette's quest for food I just said "just eat a fruit biscuit, we're looking to eat for sustenance, not joy"
And apparently that's both a very Dutch thing to say, and insulting to the nation of France.
:-|
#CultureWar

2026-10-22 12:31:12 GMT

I call this 'Fuckyoudeergetyourownappletreethisonesmine'.
#woodland #gardening
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2026-10-20 10:02:23 GMT

Might be widely known but it was new to me: the blogging platform #Medium is not only a shitshow of stolen content but the company running it appears to facilitate that.
Earlier this year I wrote a letter to my two year old (https://io.leslunesdejupiter.eu/42112.html). In June it was copied to Medium. When in early July
someone linked me to it I messaged Medium. Only in August did I receive a reply. It required a lot of actions (documents), which: fuck no. Finally in October -four months in- did they remove it.
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2026-10-20 08:39:05 GMT

Just curious: does the German border police perform "temporary" identity checks on the roads coming from the actual town of Schengen?

2026-10-14 11:09:47 GMT

Til alle i Danmark, der benytter internationale tog til Tyskland. Jeg forstår virkelig ikke, hvorfor dette ikke er en politisk skandale:
https://jonworth.eu/how-alstoms-inability-to-deliver-trains-on-schedule-and-danish-incompetence-will-break-an-important-regional-train-connection-and-how-to-fix-it/

2026-10-12 14:58:16 GMT

Whenever people promote the Fediverse they usually start with the philosophy of the technical side. And then go on to define it by what it is not.
That's fine. And for many that's how they came here. But is that really why most of us stay here?
For me the main feature of the Fediverse is simply that it offers me a lot of friendly, interesting and curious people that I enjoy interacting with.
#fediverse #mastodon #socialmedia

2026-10-11 18:13:59 GMT

I have 1495 #BahnBonus status points and need 1500 for a "Silver status". Unfortunately a large chunk will expire on Wednesday and I do not plan to take any German trains before then. Considering the upgrade comes with real perks I'll figure it's best to just book a seat on a random train..
Anyone in need of a seat reservation?
*I'll just make it on my name, and you'll sit down knowing I won't be there to shush you away)?

2026-10-07 13:31:41 GMT

Look at that! It exists! A bit late (both eight minutes and 4000 days) but at least it's not a bus :-)
#Leer #Friesenbrücke #crossBorderRail
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2026-10-05 18:20:43 GMT

Here's a simple way to "fix" the column width in new #Mastodon #UI. If like me you're also using the desktop browser version of mastodon.online (please let it just be a borked beta test!) you'll probably appreciated it.
It works with a bit of custom CSS that overrides Mastodon.online. I'll explain the steps:
note: this same method can be used to show images of cats on your local tax service portal etc. It's useful.
1/3
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2026-10-04 15:01:45 GMT

Want to participate in a fun photo based art project? #StepStoolio
Many of us have "that little wooden IKEA step-stool" in our house. If you do: what does it look like? Is yours pristine, decorated with flowers, or totally trashed with random mud and paint?
SHOW US YOUR* STEP-STOOLS!
*Ikea Bekväm
#photo #art #ikea
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2026-09-30 20:20:38 GMT

Sure #interrail, that's how you do website forms in 2026:
(my child's legal name is not allowed..)
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2026-09-29 19:30:12 GMT

"What's particularly frustrating is that, at the insistence of the Dutch, who were adamant about using hydrogen, even the electrification between Groningen and Ihrhove was abandoned."
Pro Bahn on the Leer/Bremen - Groningen connection @ https://www.pro-bahn-niedersachsen.de/landesverband/die-wunderline-laesst-auch-nach-dem-neubau-der-friesenbruecke-weiter-auf-sich-warten/
Is it correct to state it was the Dutch who caused the non-electrification? I thought it was more of a team-fuckup with "the Germans" to blame just as much?
Any idea @nprofile…y789?
#bahnbubble #wunderline

2026-09-29 06:47:40 GMT

Question for people living in countries where the #GDPR applies*:
I'm in Denmark. After twice encountering hospital staff wearing connected camera-glasses I contacted our regional #healthcare system. They're now thinking of how to regulate this.
As a simple ban in a long policy document is unlikely to be effective I'm looking for practical examples of how other healthcare facilities handle this.
So if you have any examples of best practice, please share!
*#EU & #EEA ;-)
#smartglasses #meta
#nevent1q…2l8x

2026-09-28 06:15:38 GMT

De hele Nederlandse media schrijft vandaag vrolijk een persbericht van VeiligheidNL over.
Het aantal 65 plussers die na een val naar de spoedeisende hulp in het ziekenhuis moeten loopt op! Van 119000 in 2024 naar 124000 in 2025!
Als we het afzetten tegen de CBS leeftijdsopbouw cijfers zien we dat het stabiel is (of eigenlijk steeds BETER gaat..).
1-1-2024: 3.693.313 / 119000 is 1 op de 30
1-1-2025: 3.755.379 / 124000 is 1 op de 31
https://nos.nl/artikel/2632831-veel-ouderen-lopen-zwaar-letsel-op-door-val-actieweek-van-start
#misinformatie #media #nos

2026-09-26 18:40:23 GMT

Remember how just a year or two ago the likes of SpaceX would say their satellites were only ever an issue for high powered visual #astronomy, and even then minimal at worst?
Here's the reality today: not that long after sunset, even looking almost directly into a full moon, two of only a very handful of naked-eye visible objects are some dipshit's satellites zooming past as part of an endless train.
In light polluted #Denmark.
And as @nprofile…2wxk often warns us: we ain't seen nothing yet.
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2026-09-19 13:17:56 GMT

I bet this is exactly how the iPhone started.
edit. Correction: replace iPhone with Large Hadron Collider.
#ToddlerScience3000
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2026-09-17 14:35:31 GMT

WoooooooOOOO!!!!!
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2026-09-11 08:24:44 GMT

Yesterday, as @nprofile…y789 was getting increasingly frustrated looking at a static train and Rick the camera-man was getting excellent footage from that, my toddler-buddy was enjoying the pretty wildflower #garden at Padborg station.
Padborg honestly has a lovely little garden right on its platform. And that makes me wonder about other good examples of train stations with good greenery or natural features right inside of them.
Any others stations / platforms like this?
#infrastructure #train #trains
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2026-09-08 06:00:10 GMT

In 'Around the World in Eighty Days' the traveller hires a rail-replacement-elephant on finding himself stuck towards Calcutta.
It's part of the adventure. And made for a memorable narrative.
This morning @nprofile…y789 on his 'Longest train journey in the EU' challenge is figuring out whether to take the Swedish equivalent of a rail-replacement-elephant (aka a Scania bus) or to go full-in and go for a #train that might not come.
Whatever the outcome, it's an excellent adventure!
#LongestTrainEU
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2026-09-05 09:48:05 GMT

So uhm @nprofile…y789. If you're wondering where to find new toilet paper on your DSB Talgo trip to Hamburg next week.. Just open the little unlocked doors.
Seriously though: I'm starting to think DSB / Talgo has like one single very disinterested train toilet technician.
On a positive note: of the four toilets I checked all the door locks worked and only two had these open technical panels.
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2026-08-30 20:06:59 GMT

Blijkbaar gaat er misinformatie rond over wat er in het Tennet hoogspanningsstation van Meeden in de brand staat.
Hier een infoblad: https://tennet-drupal.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/default/2022-11/Factsheet%20HS%20Meeden_APR2022_web.pdf
Het is bij gebouw C, ongeveer bij nummer 1. De brand is in een dwarsregeltransformator, en dan voornamelijk de 140.000 liter koelolie in de trafo en het bijbehorende lekbakje.
Dit is een soort super "licht dimmer" om de 380kV verbinding met Duitsland te regelen (https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarsregeltransformator).
#groningen #hoogspanning #elektriciteit
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2026-08-29 17:22:17 GMT

"but I often cross borders and am not checked"
Look in a mirror. You might see a very similar sight than me: white, tall, middle aged without a Britney Spears or ACAB face tattoo.
Just like @nprofile…y789 I often don't get checked personally (and just like him I often remind them they forgot all the non-brown people).
But others are. For example on the Flensburg - Kolding train this week. Of the ten passengers eight were completely ignored. The two "spanish looking guys" got checked. They were Danish.
#nevent1q…xt5n

2026-08-29 12:46:18 GMT

Is todays referendum in #Iceland reported somewhat prominently in your regular news outlets?
I'm a bit surprised that even on my regular news outlets I had to actively search for it. Frankly. It seems @nprofile…4p8p has better reporting on it than at least the Dutch outlets I follow.
#europe #EU #news #iceland

2026-08-29 10:32:19 GMT

You have not participated in the #CarryShitOlympics until you've cycled home, in the rain and wind, with a toddler loudly chanting "kakka!".
#SincerelyHeldBelief

2026-08-29 07:08:58 GMT

I'm very much looking forward to follow @nprofile…y789 on his #LongestTrainEU adventure.
Hopefully toddler and I will manage to tag along for a bit in Denmark. For the rest I'll follow it digitally. If you're planning to do so as well here's a reminder you can follow hashtags on #Mastodon (and probably most other Fediverse apps).
No #cat.. or is there?
#nevent1q…rdxm

2026-08-28 09:19:45 GMT

I just noticed: #Arriva updated their route planner with actual train travel between #Leer (DE) and #Groningen (NL).
First connection is on Monday October 5 at 7:23. It takes a transfer in Winschoten and 80 minutes.
First connection from Groningen to Leer is at 5:38 same day and is a direct train taking 59 minutes.
Of course those times are without the 3959 day delay for that fff bridge.
edit: this year, it's all this year.
@nprofile…y789
https://www.arriva.nl/en/plan-your-trip/travel-planner/?fromId=station-leer&toId=station-groningen&from=Leer+%28OstFriesland%29%2C+Leer+%28D%29&to=Groningen%2C+Groningen&isDepartureTime=true&date=Mon+Oct+05+2026&hours=7&minutes=9&simulationNodeId=&geo=false
#train #CrossBorderRail #wunderline

2026-08-25 04:40:53 GMT

Goodmorning from the foggy Danish countryside 🇩🇰
I'm walking to my bus, an SNCF / Keolis operated electric blob "Golden Dragon" made in China for commuter purposes. Using it for longer routes stretches it a bit comfort wise. It's not that bad though.
#CrossBorderDorkiday
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2026-08-24 18:39:53 GMT

I'm going on a little three day train based trip tomorrow and really struggle with packing.
Most trips I do are either with the hobbit (thus filling my large MacPac with stuff + dragging a stroller) or for work (Brompton + bike bag with laptop, clothes etc etc).
Now however I'm kinda stuck at two socks, some underwear, an extra tshirt, some food and my passport.
It feels like I'm missing something big. Weird feeling.
#holiday #travel
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2026-08-23 20:55:56 GMT

I've just used 2000 #DB BahnBonus points on a Freifahrt International ticket (Kolding-Munich with a minor 16 hr transfer in Wuppertal, return in Nightjet Minicabin!).
Maybe everyone here knew this already but it took me some time to figure out:
Booking a free BahnBonus Freifahrt only works (logged in or not) if the language on the bahn.de website is set to German..
Knowing DB this is probably not malicious but just a known issue on a very long to-do list.
#bahn #UIdesign

2026-08-20 20:14:06 GMT

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Good advice. And as you already suggest: apply it by being genuine. Most people sense fake personas.
Different approach I once stumbled on by accident: during the intro walk right off the raised podium, falling flat on your face.
Then say: "ok.. that hurt.. and I see blood.. but I'm honestly going to fulfil a lifelong dream here by asking my question: is there a doctor in the room?"
Perfect icebreaker.
(I was in a hospital giving a talk on electrical safety to medical doctors)
@nprofile…tk8a

2026-08-19 12:56:33 GMT

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>DSB 🇩🇰 - just tell us what you do
It's a trap.
@nprofile…y789 @nprofile…dpwl

2026-08-18 12:59:20 GMT

I'm reading a textbook authored by an A. Lesk. Illustrating the dog genome section is a lovely drawing by a V.E. Lesk. It's safe to assume the two Lesks are related.
Most of the pages are text only. And while there's little anecdotes it's primarily a classic "information-first" work.
Yet... the dog and the overall finesse in the text gives an undeniable feeling of a human created / owned work.
I wonder how far we're away from LLM to replicate that for this type of texts. Is it even possible?
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2026-08-16 16:31:25 GMT

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@nprofile…y789 I'm actually very curious to the things that will go wrong, be it tight connections, train companies (ahum, DSB) fucking up or genuine force majeure.
All I know is that for the bit we're tagging along I won't book ahead :-)
@nprofile…7x2z

2026-08-16 07:41:24 GMT

#SilentSunday
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2026-08-13 19:41:04 GMT

Is Grand Theft Cat an issue in the Netherlands?
On a stroll through a residential neighbourhood I encountered this cuddly #cat. As we're cuddling (cat jumped on me while I sat on a public bench) a woman stormed out of a house yelling DON'T STEAL MY CAT! MY CAT! MY CAT!
Cat ran off into some random garden. I walked off (it's too warm for dialogue). Woman eyed me until I turned around the corner.
Super nice cat. Neutral on the woman.
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2026-08-12 15:21:07 GMT

Gehoord in de boekwinkel: "hebben jullie het laatste boek van het Johan de Witt drieluik?"
"Die van van Tol? Nee. Het is nog niet uit. Hij schijnt een schrijversblok te hebben. We hebben nog wel de Fokke & Sukke scheurkalender van dit jaar in de aanbieding "
"Dat is dezelfde van Tol*? Leuk. Ik kijk wel even."
Ik heb zelf een boek over kippen gekocht. Ook leuk.
Druk leven.
*deze van Tol (@nprofile…r6td). Waarschijnlijk zonder schrijversblok en gewoon druk.
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2026-08-12 06:05:16 GMT

So. Here's an idea to deal with #climatechange, how about we position the moon slightly in front of the sun. It'll lower the intensity of the sun and thus lower the heating effect.
We should try it after work tonight.

2026-08-11 18:57:03 GMT

#eclipse suggestion & request: how'bout we create a stream of tagged eclipse photos (taken just when the sun is most hidden) of tomorrow's eclipse!
Post consisting of a photo (showing the eclipsed sun), time of maximum eclipse for your location* and the name of the location.
Use hashtag #EclipseStream
Please boost so more people join! Might become a nice timelapse!
*look it up @ https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/@2750432?iso=20260812
#sun #moon #space #cool
#nevent1q…40vg

2026-08-11 18:29:41 GMT

Found my spot to watch the #eclipse tomorrow. It's glorious. There's even sheep so I hope to ride one when the sun gets eaten by the moon goat.
You?
#space #sun
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2026-08-10 19:29:29 GMT

Question about the Gideon bibles left in hotel rooms: I've seen them in Dutch, English, French and German. And all have the same dorky drawings.
Do they use the same drawings globally? Is it a standard package approved by the boars of Gid or something?
#bookstodon #religion
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2026-08-01 07:18:31 GMT

Hurrah! On our way to Sweden from Helsingør to Helsingör (or something like that ;-) 🙂
(video shows the car deck door Herald-of-Free-Enterprise-ing its way close as we depart).
It's a full electric ferry. Kinda cool :-)
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2026-07-31 20:02:26 GMT

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Meta smart glasses are invisible by design (and intent, whatever measly excuses about the tiny LED are used) eye level cameras.
The physical object on the face is just a data collector for the "smart" database matching objects, faces (eventually by Meta, for now via third parties), movement and lots of other inputs.
A personal panopticon designed to warm society to an acceptance of constant un-consented corporate surveillance in "public" spaces. Data more powerful the more people use it.

2026-07-31 19:53:31 GMT

On articles about #meta #smartglasses often "aaactually" style comments appear stating they are not so different from how photographers like Henri Cartier-Bresson operated.
Henri used one unconnected camera. Between an event & sharing it with the "world" existed a delaying proces of reflection.
Smart glasses are just one component of a near realtime data harvesting, matching & sharing machine. The only thing they have in common with Henri is a physical lens. What people object to is not that.

2026-07-21 08:21:20 GMT

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@nprofile…f0em Wel wat apart dat er zelfs in interne documente (bijvoorbeeld een WOO beslisnota) via de tool naar kamerbrieven gelinkt is.
Niet dat berthub door De Russen wordt gerund, maar toch niet best practice?

2026-07-17 08:48:33 GMT

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@nprofile…h6sh I think you can take more but I only have one.and like accuracy..

2026-07-17 08:40:36 GMT

I love the practicality of digital tickets. At times it's nice to have a physical thing though:-)
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2026-07-10 19:33:59 GMT

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@nprofile…y789 I assume anyone who does have "something to hide" and still wants or needs to do training travel just takes the Niebüll - Tønder route. No checks at all and the scenery is nicer as well.
@nprofile…47jw

2026-07-09 16:13:25 GMT

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@nprofile…y789 Congratulations! You won a trip on a nice train instead!

2026-07-08 18:47:47 GMT

WHAT IS UP WITH FUCKING SPIDERMAN?
As in: why is any given time a solid percentage of the toddler-community cosplaying as spiderman?
Like, today toddler and I were in Legoland and in the Peppa-Pig kingdom alone existed three different spidermans.
Note: I've tried asking a lill spiderman. He hissed in my face and ran away laughing.
Note: I don't care for superhero type characters in general. So is it maybe the pyjama that makes it more relatable than, let's say, Superman?
#parenting #comics

2026-07-06 06:58:44 GMT

Question about normal distribution. Is the Egyptian military lacking a general on the right, or should they chuck out a general on the left?
#statistics #science
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2026-06-26 12:39:55 GMT

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(he did move his car)
Note: I'm rather shy in public as figuring out how people will react is not one of my top10 skills.. The combination of the heat and knowing some parent would return to find access to two child seats blocked kinda did it.
Anyway. Very cathartic experience and I'm considering triggering arseholes into Code Red more often.

2026-06-26 12:38:51 GMT

Life lesson: approaching the 20 something grumpy guy who just parked his child-seat-free massive SUV in an IKEA "family spot" and managed to block the doors of a small Toyota Aygo with two child seats, only to shake his hand, look in his eyes & say "I am so sorry for your loss. It's maybe inappropriate but hat happened to your family?".. leads to angry powerless shouting.
(the Hobbit was in the stroller waving 👋 and saying "doei doei!")
It's sooo fricking warm though. I needed this.
#heatwave

2026-06-26 11:08:53 GMT

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@nprofile…y789 ooooooooooh, it's only supposed to start today? THAT explains why I got replacement trains the first two times I booked it...
😁 😭

2026-06-19 19:19:52 GMT

Missed Connection (and while this is a long shot I wouldn't be surprised to find you here).
Time & location: today, train Fredericia to Aarhus, Denmark.
The prompt to our talk was your embroidered shirt.
While you asked for my and my hobbits name I neglected to ask yours. I'm sorry.
If you feel uncomfortable connecting just know you're a stellar person & I'm rooting for you :-)
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Boosting is nice if you think this person might be in your network!
#MissedConnection #Denmark #Aarhus #blahaj
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2026-06-18 08:30:21 GMT

There's a lot of sadness in the world. It's important to find some humour in things.
The President of the USA signing their surrender agreement on the Iran war which includes something akin to a War Guilt Clause and a base for reparations at.. THE ACTUAL PALACE OF VERSAILLES.
Comedy Peace Price to whoever suggested this.
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2026-06-17 16:25:10 GMT

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@nprofile…5dxw Well, I guess it helps that both Eurosky (which started as one giant GDPR violation and only decided to become 'european' after failing to raise millions for their global platform) and W-Social have a shocking amount of vocal support from a number of politicians that should stay far away from this.
It pains me especially to see members of the European Greens shill for them.
@nprofile…fu0r

2026-06-16 10:41:39 GMT

I too love dunking on LLM tools. With this type of claims I do wonder whether this is really new behaviour, or simply a new shape of something old.
In 2005 I created a Wikipedia page about a topic edging environmental protection and law. It was factual but did include a key bit of editorialised wishful thinking.
Soon after there were many language versions of the page, and a multitude of NGO and government websites boosting and acting on the claim.. in reality the law was only enacted in 2020.
#nevent1q…r5ky

2026-06-13 12:03:26 GMT

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HOI MAM! DAG PAP!
ben ik op tv?
@nprofile…fhkc

2026-06-12 09:39:40 GMT

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"Managing partner Tessa van Swieten (37) vouwt haar nog lege dienblad kordaat onder haar arm en.."
(stem in mijn hoofd) "RUIMT HET ZELF EVEN OP WANT ER IS EEN JOURNALIST BIJ"
"..vraagt iemand van het keukenpersoneel om de kledder soep op te moppen."
Oh.
Dus doet exact wat de Boston Consulting Group verkoopt: plaatst een extra laag ruis tussen een process dat ook zonder de consultant gewoon goed, of goed genoeg, zou verlopen.
En ze zag dat het goed was.
@nprofile…fhkc

2026-06-11 12:19:09 GMT

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Ik denk eigenlijk dat ik [email protected] dan zal volgen maar [email protected] waarschijnlijk mute.
@nprofile…d7uv @nprofile…r6td @nprofile…2fr9 @nprofile…v5q3

2026-06-04 09:29:04 GMT

Did passengers in horse-drawn stagecoaches also nervously get up 15 minutes before arrival and then awkwardly stand in the middle of the vehicle, holding their luggage while trying not to make eye contact as it slowly crawled in to the destination?
#history

2026-06-01 19:10:53 GMT

Someone gave me a branded 10000 mAh power bank. Plugged in a computer it also appears to be a 128 mb memory card. No-where on the packaging does it say so.
Is this common? What's the point?
#IT #technology
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2026-05-31 13:53:29 GMT

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Het komt ook over als een medewerker die een "coole werkreis" maakt, zich persoonlijk belangrijk gevonden ziet, en dan graag op Linkedin een bevestiging met Likes ziet.
Dit soort overheidsorganisaties zouden er goed aan doen om het beleid te handhaven waarbij individuele medewerkers in hun rol als [functie] niet dit soort vergaande subjectieve meningen als feit de ether in mogen gooien.
@nprofile…fhkc

2026-05-30 08:00:39 GMT

Is "50-seat vans running a fixed route" the most libertarian way to describe a bus?
#nevent1q…38f3

2026-05-25 10:54:43 GMT

Good news! As of yesterday our garden has a full five bars of WiFi again.
#gardening
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2026-05-24 18:17:50 GMT

Do you have a book you dislike, hate even, yet still finished and at times think about?
#books #reading

2026-05-22 06:54:03 GMT

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As far as I have been able to figure out (also became a parent around that time, was distracted) this was very much linked Google experimenting with their "AI summaries".
Whenever Google enabled this in a region the traffic to https://overfishing.org just disappeared.
This had never been an issue with their previous version, the "Quick answers" snippets they had since the 2010s. These would not be rewritten by a machine, and did link back properly to actual carefully worded information.
3/x

2026-05-22 06:47:52 GMT

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Some time in 2023 (from the top of my head in Q4) I started noticing how on some days, and from some regions, traffic would basically be non-existent.
An example: on Monday and Tuesday it would see about 750 individual visitors* from the US. Then for two days just 50, and 750 again on Friday.
Eventually that low number became the norm. And eventually I figured out it had nothing to do with being shadowbanned or whatever. It was simply Google.
*unique IP visiting two or more pages
2/x

2026-05-22 06:42:32 GMT

This received some questions. Specifically 'In today's siloed internet its usefulness is gone.'
Search was the largest driver of traffic to the website. Informing the general public was the goal.
For years it worked truly well, with for example traffic spikes around national holidays involving consumption of fish :)
The website had no ads, nor external "social" (tracking) integrations. All information was properly referenced.
It was used and referenced in lots of educational material.
1/x
#nevent1q…wgxf

2026-05-20 10:44:08 GMT

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Keeping with the theme of contemplating wtf choices in route planners: here's bahn.de best suggested route for Hamburg - Copenhagen (with a stopover in Odense) for large parts of July.
There's actually a bus and some trains from Odense to Ringsted/Copenhagen but it seems DB refuses to use those.
Also: track works on this route for over 40 days in summer right after a big campaign for international trains. Absolute WTF.
https://int.bahn.de/en/buchung/fahrplan/suche#sts=true&so=HAMBURG&zo=Copenhagen&kl=2&r=13:16:KLASSENLOS:1&soid=A%3D1%40O%3DHAMBURG%40X%3D9997434%40Y%3D53557110%40U%3D80%40L%3D8096009%40p%3D1779131746%40i%3DU%C3%97008002710%40&zoid=A%3D1%40O%3DCopenhagen%40X%3D12578426%40Y%3D55688237%40U%3D80%40L%3D8696001%40p%3D1779131746%40&sot=ST&zot=ST&soei=8096009&zoei=8696001&hd=2026-07-12T08:34:15&hza=D&hz=%5B%5B%22A%3D1%40O%3DOdense%20st%40X%3D10386002%40Y%3D55401778%40U%3D80%40L%3D8601770%40p%3D1779131746%40i%3DU%C3%97008600512%40%22%2C%22Odense%20st%22%2C0%5D%5D&ar=false&s=true&d=false&vm=00,01,02,03,04,05,06,07,08,09&fm=false&bp=false&dlt=false&dltv=false
@nprofile…y789
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2026-05-09 10:05:38 GMT

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@nprofile…5cze But there are no additional seats if this replaces DSB Talgo.
>But in 2028 the Hamburg-Århus trains might be back
Unfortunately DSB said they won't be.
@nprofile…y789 @nprofile…zywc

2026-05-09 09:51:21 GMT

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@nprofile…5cze Unfortunately not how it works in practice. The route is often very much at capacity. Generated demand won't help.
I do a return Kolding-Hamburg every ~two months. The past two years my average ticket price has gone up 50%.
Twice in the past months I've had to change my planned travel day due to capacity issues. This has never happened in 2018-25.
And this is as a single adult who can sit on the floor. Booking as a family is often simply not possible.
@nprofile…y789 @nprofile…zywc

2026-05-09 08:22:04 GMT

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Aww, fuck. This Oslo-Berlin train will take one or two more time-slots out of the Copenhagen - Hamburg connection. A train that only runs every two-ish hours anyway.
And all this is just a setup to when the Fehrman belt opens and two thirds of Denmark (Jutland / Funen, Odense /Aarhus) ends up with maybe three trains a day to Hamburg.
What a sorry state of things.
@nprofile…y789 @nprofile…zywc

2026-04-29 07:46:16 GMT

Hej fellow kids! Life-question here.
WHERE DOES THE FRICKING WASHING POWDER GO?
For the past forever years I have just kinda yeeted it half-and-half over tray 1 and 2. At times lazily experimenting by putting it all in one tray, then the other. At other times I forgot the powder in the first place, thereby being an environmental hero with slightly less clean clothes.
Honestly. I don't see much, or any, difference in whatever method I use.
Please share your laundry wisdom.
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2026-04-26 10:34:47 GMT

Oh ffs. In 2026 alone dozens of journalists have been killed, murdered, by Israel, Russia and the USA. The White House has at the best of times been silent on this, and at other times actively argued the murdered journalists were at fault.
The reporters / journalists reporting on "the white house" barely questioned this.
And now you're the victim? For an event where in the end nothing happened, and with anything extremely unlikely to happen in the first place? Fuck off.
#journalism #media
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2026-04-25 12:38:01 GMT

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Thanks for putting this all together. I wonder what the weakest point is. Maybe the Hamburg connection?
@nprofile…y789

2026-04-25 06:32:31 GMT

I helped a colleague plan a family holiday trip from the Netherlands to Austria. Upsold an extended over three hour transfer window in Hannover centre as a fun micro-city-getaway you can't easily do with car or plane.
I didn't mention the alternative reason: if their first train craps up they'll miss the connection and in mid-summer are unlikely to get nice alternative seating for their family of four..
Anyway. They ARE actually super excited about the micro-city-getaway :-)
#CrossBorderRail

2026-04-22 19:01:14 GMT

From May 2 to May 4 toddler and I will be taking a trip to Berlin.
We'll be leaving and arriving at Berlin Hbf and are still looking for accommodation.
I'd be grateful for any tips on affordable accommodation on walking (a kilometre or two is fine, bit more as well depending on the route) distance from Berlin central station.
We do not need much except that toddler very much prefers a private bathroom and no bedbugs.
#berlin #train #parenting

2026-04-21 08:43:57 GMT

I just spend five minutes chatting with someone and then they said:
"you have zero idea who I am right?"
I confirmed and we chatted for another ten minutes. Good talk, as usual.
Once you're past the age of five it should be illegal to change ones hair colour.

2026-04-17 18:24:28 GMT

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Gosh, just imagine if one day Siemens manages to design and produce a battery powered Siemens Mireo Plus. It'll instantly make these hydrogen versions a solution of the past.
Ah well. We'll probably never see that day.
@nprofile…y789

2026-04-16 06:23:33 GMT

Apparently I'm now a smoke detector influencer. So:
- Use them.
- Good detectors are affordable. Don't buy crap.
- Wired solutions with battery backup are best.
- Connected solutions are good (one detector triggers all alarms).
- Respect the service life advice.
- Don't buy from stores with dodgy supply chains (Amazon, Wish, Shein etc.)
- Each country has their own good brands. Buy what is "big" local and recommended by consumer orgs.
- Linux is not the answer.
Like & subscribe.
#tech

2026-04-15 06:12:41 GMT

Periodical reminder the European Commission runs something called Safety Gate.
It's an easy way to find out whether that niche and/or dodgy thing you bought has been part of an official recall anywhere in the single market.
Apart of branded stuff where the manufacturer made a genuine error there's also the utter crap (often sold by Amazon, don't buy there) like the murderous brush cutter chainsaw attachments that keep popping up.
https://ec.europa.eu/safety-gate-alerts/screen/search
#EU #europe #tech #safetyish
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2026-04-13 17:44:08 GMT

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I'll start. It's the story that triggered this question :)
It's about the time a new technician at work did something stupid.
We received an industrial computer controlled machine with fire damage. Goal was to restore it to the state it had a seconds before the fire started.
The new tech got a simple task: disassemble the included PC (which only had minor smoke damage) and label the parts. Procedure is that we replace parts where it makes sense.
So he discarded the 3½-inch floppy drive.
1/3

2026-04-13 17:42:13 GMT

Hi! Can we entertain each other with our fun stories about the oldest or weirdest tech we've come across?
Please boost for science or cows or something. TELL US YOUR COOL STORY!
#technology

2026-04-13 17:22:31 GMT

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@nprofile…sxk0 Ik was in de veronderstelling dat de verkoper er nu ook al voor kon kiezen om alle transacties, instelbaar tot bijvoorbeeld tien euro, in een offline modus te doen. Waarbij het risico dan voor de verkoper is als er later te weinig geld is.
@nprofile…fhkc

2026-04-13 16:46:09 GMT

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Het technische principe lijkt redelijk simpel (en, weet ik uit ervaring in een supermarkt met een internet storing, werkt). Je denkt dat het dan vooral niet gaat werken in NL vanwege een cultuur issue?
Uitleg processen, inclusief werkwijze bij te weinig saldo @
https://www.nationalbanken.dk/en/news-and-knowledge/publications-and-speeches/other-publications/2026/status-of-the-card-payment-contingency-measure-in-denmark
@nprofile…fhkc

2026-04-08 16:24:21 GMT

Music and writing question. How would you accurately transcribe the two "human screams" in the first twenty seconds of the Immigrant Song to a person who has never listened to the song.
edit/reason: I talked about this with a person who became deaf only as a 12yr old, can synthesize sounds in his head but had not heard the song before becoming deaf. He would like to know :-)
#LedZeppelin #music
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2026-04-07 06:20:30 GMT

Am in a "fully booked" & "expected to be very busy" train to Hamburg. Must be that new Talgo train that DSB keeps raving about.
I dunno about all the Talgo complaining @nprofile…y789 though: it has excellent seats and a super smooth ride.
#CrossBorderRail
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2026-04-01 06:53:47 GMT

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I contacted both outlets btw. Just got a reply from the Dutch one. This might infuriate you:
...
...
here it comes.
...
here:
"Our journalist did not realise a gallon is not equivalent to a liter. Instead of editing the article we have fully removed it and will work the relevant content in another article."

2026-04-01 06:28:31 GMT

For some god-awfully dumb sycophantic reason both Danish and Dutch news today report on the "extremely high gas prizes in the USA".
Just for context. Petrol in the USA is currently just a bit over one euro per liter.
Our glaciers are melting.
#environment #news #politics #USA

2026-03-27 16:24:50 GMT

New tool day! Got two useful new bicycle (well, tricycle here) tools: a Y-hex tool for bolts, and a hazelnut tree log to defuse a %#*!!# disc brake system. Super happy with both :-)
#BikeTooter
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2026-03-10 10:03:24 GMT

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That is one hell of a dystopian cat.
@nprofile…fu0r

2026-03-02 10:44:30 GMT

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Hmm.
A photo from april 2024 does already show some of the damage.
To be clear: our kitchen cupboards are WAAAY worse. We also have a toddler banging them about and two adults who don't really care. What makes the White House situation surprising to me is how much this IS a room designed to invoke a feeling of superiority. And with these easily fixable flaws, that's taken away.
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