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Daniël van der Winden

@daniel.pizza
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→ daniel.pizza ❋ Writing about books worth reading: trema.website ❋ Designing software for the energy transition at Enode: enode.com ❋ Published a small magazine: transcriptmag.store

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No Score Draws ✍🏻⚽ @noscoredraws.com · 25/09/2026
I think I would like a cartoonishly enormous points deduction, like six hundred points. Like when people get sentenced to a hundred and seventy years in prison, just meaninglessly big numbers.
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Daniël van der Winden @daniel.pizza · 29/09/2026
Cover of Saul Goodman v. Jimmy McGill, the complete critical companion to Better Call Saul. The book is held up in front of a cabinet with a painting and a houseplant on it.
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Letterboxd @letterboxd.social · 28/09/2026
we’re still here ⛰
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Daniël van der Winden @daniel.pizza · 27/09/2026
This one, by @sanderpleij.bsky.social, made me chuckle. europeanreviewofbooks.com/to-what-exte...
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To what extent are we part of Mark Zuckerberg? - The European Review of Books
I started reading « The future is for everyone; the path to a positive AI future », an essay by Mark Zuckerberg, the intellectual equal of Elon Musk,  « We are fortunate to live at an incredible momen...
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Daniël van der Winden @daniel.pizza · 27/09/2026
“AI writing breaks the expectations of a literate culture. Human text takes longer to write than to read. This offers a certain guarantee if not of quality—the world still swims in dire prose—then at least of effort. Someone, somewhere, thought something was worth saying.” www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
nrc.nl
Opinie | Don’t let AI kill the author
The perils of machine-made prose.
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Daniël van der Winden @daniel.pizza · 25/09/2026
These examples! Who wrote this, Don Draper?
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Seth Masket @smotus.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Interviewing the inventor of napalm about his hats
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Daniël van der Winden @daniel.pizza · 24/09/2026
Improved upon the lighting and shadow system for the book covers on Trema.
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Daniël van der Winden @daniel.pizza · 23/09/2026
🐝 A tragicomic story of a fumbling family told through clever writing made the 600-odd pages fly by for me. This month’s recommendation is for Paul Murray’s “The Bee Sting”. www.trema.website/paul-murray-...
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The Bee Sting, by Paul Murray
In his tragicomic fourth novel, Paul Murray unravels a small-town Irish family in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crash.
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Daniël van der Winden @daniel.pizza · 22/09/2026
When we’re close to finishing our evening walk, I often tell my dog “come on, let’s go home and hang out”. He doesn’t really have a choice (he doesn’t know this), but he’s always *stoked*.
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Daniël van der Winden @daniel.pizza · 21/09/2026
🎯 Als je enkel bestseller non-fictie leest (“The 4-Hour Workweek”, “Atomic Habits”, “Never Split the Difference”) kun je tekst alleen begrijpen als middel tot informatieoverdracht. Tech bro's lezen geen fictie: “zonde van de tijd”. Je haalt er geen vinkjes uit waar je productiever mee wordt.
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Daniël van der Winden @daniel.pizza · 21/09/2026
Implemented Webmentions into daniel.pizza ✌️ Now, when someone links to a post on my site (or likes it from my post on Bluesky), those interactions will show on the site. Nice. indieweb.org/Webmention
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Daniël van der Winden @daniel.pizza · 21/09/2026
I don't know why @pitchfork.com thought I (a reader) might care about the opinion of another reader. I'm visiting your (professional!) publication to read a critic's take. If I want a rando's opinion, I'll open a Reddit thread.
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Daniël van der Winden @daniel.pizza · 19/09/2026
I think I think about this more often than any other human being does, and it fills me with joy every time I do. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Se...
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Daniël van der Winden @daniel.pizza · 17/09/2026
Rewrote and reorganised the homepage of my website to better reflect what I do, in and beyond my day job 🤹 www.daniel.pizza
daniel.pizza
Designer, writer, reader · Daniël van der Winden
Designer in Amsterdam. I design software at Enode, previously Ghost and Bakken & Bæck. I write Trema, a monthly newsletter about books worth reading.
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Daniël van der Winden @daniel.pizza · 16/09/2026
I regularly reread The Writing Life, and it never gets old. Rest in peace, Annie Dillard 😮‍💨
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Daniël van der Winden @daniel.pizza · 13/09/2026
Can the @eurosportnl.bsky.social commentator for the US Open final please mute his microphone when not speaking?
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Cat Heavy Breathing Intensifies Meme
ALT: Cat Heavy Breathing Intensifies Meme
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NoGood ✌️ @nogood.studio · 13/09/2026
I started a Patreon. I’ve been growing tired of posting bits and pieces across different social platforms. I need one place where I can collect and share my thoughts, and slow things down. While I gather ideas and figure out what I want it to become, everything I share will be free to access.
patreon.com
NoGood ✌️ — I draw and share my process
Get more from NoGood ✌️ on Patreon. I draw and share my process. Support NoGood ✌️ and get exclusive access to their work.
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Daniël van der Winden @daniel.pizza · 11/09/2026
Added a page for my (analog) photography to my website. Scroll down, or click to enlarge. ← and → to cycle through them. www.daniel.pizza/photos/
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Daniël van der Winden @daniel.pizza · 08/09/2026
Taking stock. And, a nod to @matthiasott.com’s personal website-verse 🫡 www.daniel.pizza/journal/buil...
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On building a home on the web (III) · Daniël van der Winden
Fifteen months after rebuilding my site, a look at what I’ve actually done with it—and why a page you own beats a timeline you don’t.
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Daniël van der Winden @daniel.pizza · 04/09/2026
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Valeria Luiselli’s “Beginning Middle End” on a pile of clothing, on a beach, in the evening sun. 
A sports watch shows a 1h 22min nap.
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Daniël van der Winden @daniel.pizza · 03/09/2026
The annoying truth is that nearly every service/piece of software these days has some gobbledygook involved with it.
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Daniël van der Winden @daniel.pizza · 02/09/2026
The service I sometimes use to print something at a nearby grocery store now charges for *not* using it.
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Daniël van der Winden @daniel.pizza · 01/09/2026
Overall, this LFC transfer window has left me quite confused (and refreshing feeds, because “I must be … missing transfers?”).
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Daniël van der Winden @daniel.pizza · 01/09/2026
We’ve launched a new brand and website for Enode. Have a scroll! (I’ll have a lot more to say about it after my well-deserved vacation 😮‍💨) enode.com
enode.com
Enode: Orchestrating energy for the next grid
One platform for energy retailers and the teams that trade for them. Connect every asset, coordinate every home, and shape thousands as one.
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Daniël van der Winden @daniel.pizza · 31/08/2026
I don’t think it’ll be long before “let’s do this without AI” becomes a common phrase; ahead of a brainstorm, a workshop, a task.
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Daniël van der Winden @daniel.pizza · 30/08/2026
What a fella 🫶 youtu.be/fQXTNAnY0zE?...
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Roger Federer International Tennis Hall of Fame Induction Speech | ITHF 2026
YouTube video by Tennis Channel
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Daniël van der Winden @daniel.pizza · 26/08/2026
Come to think there's ~250 more Dilla beats in Busta's vault 😮‍💨 open.spotify.com/album/2FO2Y8...
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DILLAGENCE II - Album by Busta Rhymes | Spotify
Busta Rhymes · album · 2026 · 19 songs
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Daniël van der Winden @daniel.pizza · 19/08/2026
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Daniël van der Winden @daniel.pizza · 18/08/2026
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Daniël van der Winden @daniel.pizza · 17/08/2026
Time for the yearly Better Call Saul rewatch.
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Daniël van der Winden @daniel.pizza · 17/08/2026
This page 🤤
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Daniël van der Winden @daniel.pizza · 12/08/2026
Today I learned the subscribe form on the homepage of Trema was broken. For... a... good while. Oops. So, if you've previously subscribed and haven't received anything, that's why. All in working order, now! → www.trema.website
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Daniël van der Winden @daniel.pizza · 12/08/2026
“He meanders through Rome in spring and summer, and Laing’s writing is sticky like the city is—makes you wish you were there, strolling through the heat, Wayfarers on, pack of cigarettes tucked in the pocket of a linen shirt.” www.trema.website/olivia-laing...
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The Silver Book, by Olivia Laing
Olivia Laing’s second novel apprentices an English boy to a magician of Italian cinema, in the months leading up to the events of November 1975.
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Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I think it's fine to not want to read the last of the mohicans on vacation (or ever). but you don't need to reinvent short-term memory and the bookmark about it
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Matt Pearce @mattdpearce.com · 11/08/2026
I’m learning that the people who gamified paragraphs are having trouble reading books. www.axios.com/2026/08/11/r...

AXIOS

Al has become my reading buddy as I've plowed through my summer book list, helping me keep track of plots and characters, unpack themes, and make sense of wordy, old prose.
• Why it matters: The way many of us actually read books - a few pages before bed, a chapter at the beach, another on a plane - makes it easy to lose the thread. Al can help you pick it back up without starting over.
Ш I really got into using Al while reading James Fenimore Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans." The text was far too dense for casual vacation reading. My first prompt asked:
• "T'd like a guide as I read The Last of the Mohicans who can help me understand what I've read and where the story is, without giving spoilers or getting ahead of my progress. Can you do this, chapter by chapter?"
• The robot agreed: "Cooper's sentences are long and his diction is archaic."
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Daniël van der Winden @daniel.pizza · 07/08/2026
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Daniël van der Winden @daniel.pizza · 04/08/2026
I’ve been eyeing this print forever, and finally went ahead and ordered it. The perfect tribute to the two owls whose territory our house happens to sit next to 🦉
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Daniël van der Winden @daniel.pizza · 30/07/2026
film you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. hard mode: no star trek, star wars, lotr, marvel, disney, or ghibli.
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Dunkirk Wwii
ALT: Dunkirk Wwii
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Daniël van der Winden @daniel.pizza · 30/07/2026
Yup. elizabethtai.com/2026/06/10/s...
elizabethtai.com
Substack writers, you need a website!
Substack is convenient, but treat it as a distribution tool for your content. Your content should live on an independently owned website, which has a domain name you control and own. This way, you …
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Daniël van der Winden @daniel.pizza · 28/07/2026
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Gerrit Hiemstra🐇 @gerrithiemstra.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Cynisme te top: je vliegt(!) naar de gevolgen van klimaatverandering toe want "we hebben betaald en de maatschappij zei dat dat het door kon gaan".
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Daniël van der Winden @daniel.pizza · 25/07/2026
Holiday reading sorted (just have to resist reading them before then).
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Daniël van der Winden @daniel.pizza · 24/07/2026
Happy The Strokes Friday 🎶
album cover for The Strokes' Reality Awaits, with a cowboy riding a white stallion
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NoGood ✌️ @nogood.studio · 23/07/2026
✨ I self-published an art book! ✨ The NoGood Book covers 5 years of illustration projects, sketches and context across 272 pages. I designed it myself, and it took two years to complete. The book is out now — only available on nogood.studio #BookSky #SelfPublished #IndieBooks
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Armin Ronacher @mitsuhiko.at · 21/07/2026
dark.ronacher.eu/2026/7/21/ne...
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Never Enough
Comparison is the thief of joy.
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Richard Lawson @rilaws.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Good time (if there is one) to read this utterly horrifying long report, which should have been way more talked about www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Andrew Tate’s Empire of Abuse
How the defining figure of the manosphere built a fortune—and became a political force—by systematically exploiting women.
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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Fun fact: cobweb comes from the Middle English coppeweb, which comes from the Old English name for spider, atorcoppe. Ator means poison, coppe means round thing. They looked at spiders and went oh yeah, the little round poison things
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Daniël van der Winden @daniel.pizza · 11/07/2026
I can recommend this film (and found it via @europeanreview.bsky.social). → europeanreviewofbooks.com/on-blue-heron/
Poster for Blue Heron. It's a photo of a family, one of whom is sitting on a picnic bench, but the photo is torn and taped together, so it looks like he doesn't really fit in.
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NoGood ✌️ @nogood.studio · 09/07/2026
I'm forever grateful to Daniël for tirelessly writing, rewriting and editing (and rewriting) my clunky first drafts, and forever jealous of his way with words.
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