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Anthe Sevenants

@anthe.sevenants.net
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I build computer simulations of language change, regression analyses and I generally tinker all day long - FWO Linguistics PhD @ KU Leuven & @fwovlaanderen.bsky.social

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Anthe Sevenants @anthe.sevenants.net · 29/08/2026
I can hereby confirm Bielefeld does indeed exist
Hannover Bielefeld seat reservation sign in a DB ICE trainDB train display showing stops to DüsseldorfBielefeld Hauptbahnhof entrance hall. The centre of attention is the Dr Oetker sign at the top of the hall
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Anthe Sevenants @anthe.sevenants.net · 09/07/2026
I don't think this was supposed to happen
Jupyter notebook interface showing the result of a cell: a dataframe full of "ballekes" ("litlte balls" or "nothing" in Flemish)
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Anthe Sevenants @anthe.sevenants.net · 13/05/2026
Inexcusable that Word doesn't just let you write Phoenician nowadays. No respect for the elderly
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Anthe Sevenants @anthe.sevenants.net · 11/05/2026
Started addressing peer review for one of my agent-based models. The branch name stems from divine inspiration
GitHub branch name: "crashout"
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Anthe Sevenants @anthe.sevenants.net · 29/04/2026
For reasons unknown to me I have been banned from our student/staff restaurant's website. Everyone else in the building can access the website just fine. No fries for me today :-(
alma.be

FORBIDDEN
You don't have permission to access this resource.
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Anthe Sevenants @anthe.sevenants.net · 27/04/2026
Happy Monday!
Commit history: "AntheSevenants - Allow agents to die"
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Anthe Sevenants @anthe.sevenants.net · 20/12/2025
For my linguistic map I need to add Brussels to Flanders. Don't tell our PM
R code suggesting a politically sensitive merger of Brussels and Flanders
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Anthe Sevenants @anthe.sevenants.net · 01/12/2025
My students will be able to tell my practical driving exam is still top of mind
A PowerPoint slide with a white background. On the left are two funnels opposite each other. On the right, there is a one way street traffic sign with the caption "éénrichtingsverkeer", "one way traffic" in Dutch
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Anthe Sevenants @anthe.sevenants.net · 18/11/2025
My students were having issues with the "improved" version of AntConc not recognising their regular expressions correctly. I spent some time building "ANTHEconc", and sure enough, it works.
antheconc interface. It shows a search bar, a case sensitive toggle, a search button and a download button. Below is a table with KWIC results.
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Anthe Sevenants @anthe.sevenants.net · 06/11/2025
Another productive day at work
An interface with dropdown menus. The button to the right of the dropdowns always says "Johan".
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Anthe Sevenants @anthe.sevenants.net · 23/09/2025
Next Tuesday 30/09 at 2 PM CEST I'm presenting my first case study's results to my research group. I made an agent-based simulation of reduction. All are welcome to join: the Teams meeting is open :-) teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...
Slide: What is the reducing effect?
Image: emoji man with text balloon "dunno"Slide: the solution is in the fries
Images: fries in a fry cone, upside down virtual cone
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Anthe Sevenants @anthe.sevenants.net · 03/09/2025
With FWO pitch season coming up, I looked up my own PowerPoint from two years ago. Not sure what I was doing here but clearly it worked
handwritten mindmap: 
who am I?
-> publication on linguistic simulations (with picture of articles)
-> digital native + little linguist (with picture of small Anthe)
-> part of QLVL (with QLVL logo)

background navy blue, header "Anthe Sevenants - It's all frequency?"
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Anthe Sevenants @anthe.sevenants.net · 14/08/2025
So maybe I shouldn't be pickling my models in their entirety. 1.8 TB used ...
Screenshot of 1.8T in a terminal window
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Anthe Sevenants @anthe.sevenants.net · 06/06/2025
The end of #DHBenelux2025: many authors, one train strike
Slide:
214 participants
44 oral presentations
23 posters
11 demos
10 workshops
3 panels
3 library tours
1 train strike
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Anthe Sevenants @anthe.sevenants.net · 04/06/2025
I am at #DHBenelux2025. Come say hi!
A picture from the audience of the introduction to the DH Benelux conference. The photo is taken in the Auditorium of the VU Main Building from the perspective of the audience. Two speakers stand in front. A slide is presented showing the VU campus.
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Anthe Sevenants @anthe.sevenants.net · 13/02/2025
I need more advanced features than NetLogo can provide, so I'm jumping ship. Nonetheless, look at the little speakers and hearers I designed! A hearer turns red if communication failed. Poor little guys.
A screenshot of NetLogo showing a black space with grey little people. Two people are coloured: a green person with a speech balloon (the speaker) and a red person with audio waves (the hearer). There are graphs and command lines surrounding the model space.
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Anthe Sevenants @anthe.sevenants.net · 12/02/2025
Maybe I should not even be using NetLogo for prototypes
A NetLogo window showing "(Not Responding)" because the program is overwhelmed
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Anthe Sevenants @anthe.sevenants.net · 16/01/2025
I'm at VUB for a course on reinforcement learning and they know how to grab my attention
A slide which shows Super Mario Bros for the NES with some reinforcement learning lingo around it
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Anthe Sevenants @anthe.sevenants.net · 12/01/2025
The Zotero integration for Boox devices is pretty terrible. It doesn't support automatically downloaded attachments, and it doesn't support custom WebDAV endpoints. So I built my own! Syncing back to Zotero is something for another time.
A list of literature on a Boox deviceA list of attachments for a specific book
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Anthe Sevenants @anthe.sevenants.net · 05/12/2024
Find me and Julie Nijs at the CogLing days in Antwerp next Thursday. We have lots to say about individual variation in linguistics. And about this guy in a red bodysuit.
Blue PowerPoint slide. Slide title: "Language belongs to everyone"

On the left, institute expectations: we decide the course of language
Expanding galaxy brain meme, with a red line over it

On the right: reality: I'm just a guy on TikTok
Timon Verbeeck, Belgian TikTok star, in a red bodysuit, doing a thumbs up and looking goofy
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Anthe Sevenants @anthe.sevenants.net · 04/12/2024
I will have whoever designed ProofCentral put on Santa's naughty list
A screenshot of the ProofCentral interface with a modal saying "Edit not allowed here"
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Anthe Sevenants @anthe.sevenants.net · 25/11/2024
Thomas and I presented another edition of #lingquiztics! Congratulations to our winners and see you next year!
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Anthe Sevenants @anthe.sevenants.net · 25/11/2024
Just wrapped up my talk @ the #DH Virtual Discussion Group. Very happy to have met lovely, friendly people. Thank you @leahcb.bsky.social for inviting me!
Blue slide with "The Sims" logo:
The Sims for research: the merit of using computer simulations
Anthe Sevenants
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