Reposted by kandantochThom Scott-Phillips @thomscottphillips.bsky.social · 30/09/2026As common-sensical as this might seem on the surface, I think it's mistaken and I am sad that research l/ship does not seem able/willing to question it Short thread 184
Reposted by kandantochkandantoch @kdt.eurosky.social · 14/09/2026Never attribute to stupidity that which is also explained by malice (because it will depress you). 051
kandantoch @kdt.eurosky.social · 27/07/2026When the Spartans lost at Thermopylae, it wasn't for a lack of ... wait a minute ... it _was_ for a lack o' daimonions. 000
Reposted by kandantochGravitational Waves @kearseymorton.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Free Puppies for Everyone: 49.9% Permanent Diarrhea for Everyone: 50.1% 753020
kandantoch @kdt.eurosky.social · 02/05/2026man who invented the word 'meme' trying his darnedest to become one. 000
Reposted by kandantochMaartenvE @maartenve.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Om Sheila Sitalsing te citeren: "we wonen al geruime tijd in een psychiatrische inrichting." 0143
kandantoch @kdt.eurosky.social · 15/04/2026Only a non-European could come up with this and think that this is a good comparison. 010
kandantoch @kdt.eurosky.social · 19/03/2026Vandaag in De Standaard: "Daartussen gaapt geen gewone sportieve discussie, maar een kloof van herinnering, symboliek en gekrenkte trots." Clanker of niet? 010
kandantoch @kdt.eurosky.social · 04/03/2026These ducklings have a better sense of what’s tasty and healthy than the U.S. Secretary of Health. 000
kandantoch @kdt.eurosky.social · 04/03/2026I switched from the standard bsky server to eurosky.social . Transition was pretty smooth! 020
Reposted by kandantochPer Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 10/02/2026My introduction promises a conversation the results are not entirely prepared to have 2313
kandantoch @kdt.eurosky.social · 26/01/2026My membership of the Lumpenprofessoriat got more bearable after this Luhmann (Zettelkasten guy) quote: “Research plan: theory of modern society. Duration: 30 years. No costs.” If your field allows it (big if, but mine does) you can do ambitious research without (needing to beg for) massive funding. 020
kandantoch @kdt.eurosky.social · 23/01/2026Americans gave us Trump 1 and Trump 2, you can fill in yourselves 'through' what the hell that was. 001
Reposted by kandantochJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 21/01/2026I cannot tell you how absolutely infuriatingly this stuff comes across to Europeans. When we say America is no longer a reliable ally, it goes considerably deeper than Donald Trump himself. This kind of complacent, condescending shit is a *huge* part of it. 22952611263
Reposted by kandantochOdd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 14/01/2026So: happy... er, yes, well, happy this most holy of days to all who celebrate 22566237
kandantoch @kdt.eurosky.social · 12/01/2026the "it's not x, it's y" clanker speech pattern is 3-3 invading our language (most obscure ref you'll read today unless you are a go/baduk/weiqi homie?) 021
kandantoch @kdt.eurosky.social · 17/10/2025Ages of the “Founding Fathers” on July 4, 1776: James Monroe, 18 Aaron Burr, 20 Alexander Hamilton, 21 James Madison, 25 Thomas Jefferson, 33 John Adams, 40 George Washington, 44 The average founding *father* was less than one year older than the average nazi gop "kid". 030
Reposted by kandantochkandantoch @kdt.eurosky.social · 09/10/2025 (me, reading Herscht 07769) Let me just finish this one sentence. 021
Reposted by kandantochOscar Kocken @oscarkocken.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Als de woorden worst en burger al zo verwarrend zijn voor de mensen, waarom maakt de Europese Unie zich dan niet druk over partijen die vrijheid of democratie ten onrechte in hun naam hebben staan? 46846252
kandantoch @kdt.eurosky.social · 01/10/2025Also accurate for Flemish people vis à vis the Dutch, especially when either of those things are done by a Dutch person. 010
kandantoch @kdt.eurosky.social · 18/09/2025Wasn't it Vance who tried to lecture us on free speech?🫠 000
kandantoch @kdt.eurosky.social · 17/09/2025My probability homies will know, this is a perfect illustration of a degenerate distribution. 000
Reposted by kandantochPeoria Bummer @peoriabummer.bsky.social · 11/09/2025I reject the world he wanted and the world that killed him. They are one and the same. 1429
Reposted by kandantochTechnology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 09/09/2025Mild take: The vilification of "virtue signalling" was a political project designed to make even the most subtle reminders of what decency is uncouth and it fucking worked. 662053325
kandantoch @kdt.eurosky.social · 08/09/2025Hear me out: een Vlaamse Omtzigt, maar dan 1 die pleit voor * meer administratieve willekeur * slechter bestuur * meer onevenwicht tussen macht en tegenmacht. (allemaal dingen waar het bij het nsc in de praktijk op neerkwam maar goed) 000
kandantoch @kdt.eurosky.social · 03/05/2025I feel him. I was also in complete shock when I saw the horrendous kerning. 010
kandantoch @kdt.eurosky.social · 08/04/2025I don´t know but a particularly elegant solution on fish would be to leave fish the eff alone? 010
Reposted by kandantochToby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 03/04/2025‘I once imposed tariffs on an island only populated by penguins’ 363073704
Reposted by kandantochkandantoch @kdt.eurosky.social · 27/03/2025reclaim stoicism from the fascist-adjacent roman-statue pfp guys 1181
kandantoch @kdt.eurosky.social · 26/03/2025media.tenor.comkamala harris is sitting in a chair holding a microphone and smiling .ALT: kamala harris is sitting in a chair holding a microphone and smiling . 010
Reposted by kandantochkandantoch @kdt.eurosky.social · 09/03/2025sometimes i esbite off more than i can eschew 051
kandantoch @kdt.eurosky.social · 05/03/2025I've never been more insulted than when a reviewer turned in a blatantly llm-generated report and the editor acted as if this was completely normal. We used to joke that our readership was at least not smaller than the number of reviewers, now we're no longer sure about even that! 021
Reposted by kandantochByteVagabond @bytevagabond.com · 04/03/2025Escape the Big Tech trap. 🔓 Your cheat sheet to breaking free from surveillance capitalism: ⬇️ 1412753
kandantoch @kdt.eurosky.social · 01/03/2025Happy with my posteo email account, will check out the other suggestions too 020
Reposted by kandantochArt Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 28/02/2025#IStandWithZelenskyy 🇺🇦 Pass it on. 383169706334
Reposted by kandantochJustin @sitkaworldsfair.bsky.social · 23/02/2025[clears throat, blows into pitch pipe] Calling Musk and DOGE a cost-cutting team is like saying a guillotine is a “weight loss device.” 095
Reposted by kandantochtpwrtrdmn @tpwrtrmnky.bsky.social · 20/02/2025See me personally I think having a machine that I can instruct on computational tasks that it executes exactly as specified is amazing. Having it access databases on other machines is incredible. I don't need it to also expend resources to talk like a human and be wrong more often. 191205138
Reposted by kandantochТsфdiиg @tsoding.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Programming is understanding. If you don't understand what you are doing, you are not programming. You are generating text. 513216
kandantoch @kdt.eurosky.social · 04/01/2025one of the advantages of the extreme linux fragmentation is that for each new 'trend', you can be sure that at least some distributions will vehemently oppose it. 020
kandantoch @kdt.eurosky.social · 04/01/2025Na haar column over de koe kan ik alvast zeggen: Olaerts heeft zo'n beautyfilter helemaal niet nodig! 000
kandantoch @kdt.eurosky.social · 28/12/2024"homemade split pea tempeh made in traditional banana leaves" 000