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I usually blend them in the grind with a bit of Brazilian Minas Gerais yellow bourbon light roast from Andersen & Maillard, Copenhagen. Restricted shots, bright and complex in the cup.

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This week: A Sumatra "Mandehling" arabica Timtim varietal semi washed, to a city+, and a Tanzania "Shangri La" arabica Bourbon varietal washed, roasted, in two batches, half city and half city+. Both beans from Berry and Bean, Aarhus, skillet-roasted at home by me on the 19th of September.

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Also pictured, my daily drivers: an ROK manual espresso and grinder + tamper, and my improvised WDT a.k.a paper clip.

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Anand Bhardwaj @anandb.wsocial.eu · 07/10/2026

It's always a delight to discover something new about oneself! Recently discovered that my trusty coffee weighing scale of many years is actually Scandinavian! This old flea market find from years ago is in fact a Mått-vågen Gullan, a classic mid century retro Swedish kitchen tool from the 50s.

ROK Manual espresso and grinder, Mått-vågen Gullan weighing scale

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In Denmark, the cats have already read the herding guidelines. A fascinating read. In Danish universities at least, compliance is presupposed rather than won through persuasion. No comment on whether I infer CBS is in the Danish sample :)

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Anand Bhardwaj @anandb.wsocial.eu · 06/10/2026

dawo.community/en/about-dawo/ code.overheid.nl/MinBZK/DAWO Ironically, the OS fallback is Fedora Kinoite (Red Hat/IBM), so sovereignty here is the willingness and ability to fork, rather than zero US provenance.

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About DAWO - DAWO.community

What DAWO is, why digital autonomy matters and which goals the community pursues.

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Anand Bhardwaj @anandb.wsocial.eu · 06/10/2026

This is cool, and I wish them well. Notably, DAWO already runs on French and German components. Digital sovereignty is a shared European stack that's reliable enough for governments to run on. www.techspot.com/news/114018-... (More in Dutch at: tweakers.net/reviews/1533...)

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The Netherlands is building its own Linux OS to break free from Microsoft

The Dutch government is trying to solve its digital sovereignty problem with its own Linux operating system. A local source recently highlighted the development efforts being poured...

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Anand Bhardwaj @anandb.wsocial.eu · 05/10/2026

Perhaps we should rethink who gets to write the authoritative account of what organizations actually do. 2/2

Anand Bhardwaj @anandb.wsocial.eu · 05/10/2026

A beautifully presented article, and the story of many organizations: the 'lower decks,' through sheer determination, absorb the incompetence and/or malfeasance at the top. The top takes the credit or dodges blame. If only our institutions didn't reward mismanagement so reliably. 1/2

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Anand Bhardwaj @anandb.wsocial.eu · 04/10/2026

Good but flawed set of alternatives; they often exist in isolation, without a broader ecosystem of tech, teachers, & habits. A fine start to diversifying your digital footprint. The more emancipatory move is away from Big Tech, toward a blend of open source/community-maintained tools.

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Anand Bhardwaj @anandb.wsocial.eu · 04/10/2026

Escape from LA is prophetic. Also bonkers-ier (thats a cinephile term)

Anand Bhardwaj @anandb.wsocial.eu · 29/09/2026

Much of what we do in organizations is discretionary and relational, and never makes it into formal digital traces. When we try to automate the version of the organization we know from the traces, we miss an invisible glue, perceived only in its absence.

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Exceptions are the rule in healthcare. Because of fairly rigid digital infrastructures, "exception handling" is often done via endless coordinating emails. A judgement-heavy, non-trivial task for technology, but one that many would be grateful for.

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I'd put it as "expert in, expert system out," but I do enjoy the classics :)

P.S. For this one: a Pilot Silvern Ishidatami in sterling silver, with an 18k gold nib (F). Inked with Iroshizuku Yama Budo. 3/3

Reviewing is core to our profession. It is how a field thinks together, and how research conversations are woven. Grateful to the editors and authors who trust me with their work. 2/3

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