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Marieke Verbiesen

@m4r13k3.bsky.social
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Maker of Machines: marieke.nu Animatrix: loudmatter.org Currently: PHD Research Fellow: kmd.uib.no Previously: Developer bek.no & harvestworks.org

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WIRED @wired.com · 22/08/2026
Mini human brains are being grown in labs all over the world. Soon, they could outthink neural networks.
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AI Is Dead. Organoids Are Alive
Mini human brains are being grown in labs all over the world. Soon, they could outthink neural networks.
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Guido X Jansen @gui.do · 20/07/2026
Video interview: "Why you will be the help of AI (and not the other way around)" with Cory Doctorow by the Dutch @vpro.nl Tegenlicht, but mostly in English anyway :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOnv...
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Waarom jij straks het hulpje van AI bent (en niet andersom) | Cory Doctorow
YouTube video by VPRO Tegenlicht
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Claire L. Evans @theuniverse.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
For a new essay series, @quantamagazine.bsky.social invited me to follow my reporting bliss, and so naturally I went deep on 1960s cannibal worm memory transfers: www.quantamagazine.org/are-memories...
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Are Memories Transferable — or Edible? | Quanta Magazine
In the 1960s, worm-training experiments and their strange implications captivated the nation. Columnist Claire L. Evans follows the neuroscientists who attempted to recapture the magic.
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Marieke Verbiesen @m4r13k3.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Future interfaces lab: conductive power via skin youtu.be/I8MVkaiAKL8?...
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Amazing Open Source Raspberry Pi Pico 2 Synth, Cutting Edge Power over Skin Research, and much more!
YouTube video by Electromaker
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Aleksi Eeben @aleksieeben.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Heartbeat Soundtracker (wip), Ultimate Audio channels playing, most pattern edit options done (cut/copy/paste/zap track/copy tr./paste tr./replicate at cursor etc.), loads 16-bit mono wav samples via Ultimate DOS (10+ MB/s), 8 SIDs on 4 tabs, total 31 channels,
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Marieke Verbiesen @m4r13k3.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
www.technologyreview.com/2024/11/13/1...
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The AI lab waging a guerrilla war over exploitative AI
The tools Glaze and Nightshade are giving artists hope that they can fight back against AI that hoovers internet data to train. Are they enough?
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Marieke Verbiesen @m4r13k3.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
whoami.wiki as an open source project that uses wiki software, old photos, family stories, social media posts and an LLM to build a personal encyclopedia that is yours, it runs on your machine, using your data that stays with you, and any model can read it. whoami.wiki/blog/persona...
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whoami.wiki
your personal encyclopedia, written by agents
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
No, it’s not a painting—these surreal skies are real! This is a rare ‘fire rainbow’ spotted over the Rocky Mountains, created when sunlight hits ice-crystal clouds at just the right angle. Seeing a fire rainbow requires extreme luck.
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Marieke Verbiesen @m4r13k3.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
pitchfork.com/features/art...
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Why Boards of Canada’s Music Has the Right to Children Is the Greatest Psychedelic Album of the ’90s
Unlocking the mysteries behind the Scottish electronic duo’s hallucinatory classic, which turns 20 this month
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Kate Knibbs @knibbs.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Journalists know that losing the Wayback Machine would be a nightmare: www.wired.com/story/the-in...
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The Internet's Most Powerful Archiving Tool Is in Peril
As major news outlets cut off the Wayback Machine, journalists and advocacy groups are rallying to protect the Internet Archive’s vast collection of web pages.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 13/04/2026
NEW: When Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election, the institutional guardrails of American democracy held. But if faced with the same tests today, those barriers — and people who held the line — would largely be missing. By @dougbockclark.bsky.social @jenafifield.bsky.social
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Inside Trump’s Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm Elections
When Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election, the institutional guardrails of American democracy held. But if faced with the same tests today, those barriers — and people who held the line — would l...
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Marieke Verbiesen @m4r13k3.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
www.quantamagazine.org/in-quantum-m...
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In Quantum Mechanics, Nothingness Is the Potential To Be Anything | Quanta Magazine
Try as they might, scientists can’t truly rid a space or an object of its energy. But what “zero-point energy” really means is up for interpretation.
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Ms Bee @msbeellc.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
As a global economist , it is critical you understand the petrodollar and how precarious the US is positioned right now (8 mins) youtube.com/watch?v=1kFV...
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If You Don't Understand the Petrodollar, You Don't Understand Geopolitics
YouTube video by Lock Stock Finance
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Marieke Verbiesen @m4r13k3.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
rhizome.org/community/53...
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THE DEAD MEDIA RESIDENCY
https://michaelchernoff.com/THE-DEAD-MEDIA-RESIDENCYThe DEAD MEDIA Residency is the first ever video art residency offered by the Video Archaeology Lab (VAL) operated by artist Michael Chernoff. This ...
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Panospria @panospria.com · 30/01/2026
Video footage of a live performance by Nonexistent Instruments, recorded at Red Gate in Vancouver @nonexistent-audio.bsky.social @ronluther.bsky.social
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Nonexistent Instruments - Live @ Red Gate Arts Society 2026/01/25
YouTube video by Nonexistent Instruments
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Marieke Verbiesen @m4r13k3.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
www.mixcloud.com/verslibre/pa...
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Panterprovinsen (2025.02.08)
DJ Væren. Detroit Techno and Electro.
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The Verge @theverge.com · 21/01/2026
Out of the paywall for today only: China has implemented new export controls for rare earth minerals and magnets. The changes could upend the shift to electric vehicles. Read more from @abigailbassett.bsky.social:
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A new cold war is brewing over rare earth minerals
Rare earth materials aren’t that rare.
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Marieke Verbiesen @m4r13k3.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow freedom.press/issues/wired... ➡️ Follow @freedom.press for more.
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Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
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Marieke Verbiesen @m4r13k3.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Hello! just moved to @bsky.app after a whopping 15 years of using Twitter/X. - X feed copied with @blueark.app
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Marieke Verbiesen @m4r13k3.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
♥ Maren Thom! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMySgQIMTiE
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Marieke Verbiesen @m4r13k3.bsky.social · 22/09/2023
AI, Artists, and the Future of Images open.substack.com/pub/c0nverse/p/ai…
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AI, Artists, and the Future of Images
An Introduction to Vilém Flusser, and thoughts on on AI art
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Marieke Verbiesen @m4r13k3.bsky.social · 01/09/2023
www.tue.nl/nieuws-en-evenementen/ni…
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Zoutbatterij voor thuis
Jelle Houben verdedigde op 9 maart zijn proefschrift bij ...
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Marieke Verbiesen @m4r13k3.bsky.social · 01/09/2023
The mixed-up history of the shuffle button www.theverge.com/23653818/spotify-s… via @Verge
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The mixed-up history of the shuffle button
How one button redefined our relationship to music.
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Marieke Verbiesen @m4r13k3.bsky.social · 05/08/2023
Gary Panter: the cartoonist who took a trip to hell and back www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jul/…
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Gary Panter: the cartoonist who took a trip to hell and back
Dante and Milton are recast through the eyes of a redneck...
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Marieke Verbiesen @m4r13k3.bsky.social · 28/07/2023
This is what it looks like to be colorblind www.theverge.com/23650428/colorblin… via @Verge
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This is what it looks like to be colorblind
Pro tip: when you meet a colorblind person, don’t repeate...
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Marieke Verbiesen @m4r13k3.bsky.social · 07/06/2023
The recession in Russia deepens: Evidence from an alternative tracker of domestic economic activity cepr.org/voxeu/columns/recession-ru… via @cepr_org
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Marieke Verbiesen @m4r13k3.bsky.social · 23/03/2023
Tech guru Jaron Lanier: ‘The danger isn’t that AI destroys us. It’s that it drives us insane’ www.theguardian.com/technology/2023…
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Tech guru Jaron Lanier: ‘The danger isn’t that AI destroy...
The godfather of virtual reality has worked beside the we...
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Marieke Verbiesen @m4r13k3.bsky.social · 15/03/2023
Interesting talk by @femherregraven about Catbonds & and the financialization of human lives as liability and risk www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWFRPrlgOjQ
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Marieke Verbiesen @m4r13k3.bsky.social · 27/02/2023
Historian predicts how Russia's war in Ukraine could end youtu.be/H_djyPEfkSI
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Marieke Verbiesen @m4r13k3.bsky.social · 13/01/2023
Continuing the Preservation of CyberPowWow rhizome.org/editorial/2022/dec/08/c…
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Marieke Verbiesen @m4r13k3.bsky.social · 10/10/2022
www.wired.com/story/secret-microsco… via @wired
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The Secret Microscope That Sparked a Scientific Revolution
How a Dutch fabric seller made the most powerful magnifyi...
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Marieke Verbiesen @m4r13k3.bsky.social · 10/07/2022
Free And Cheaper Options To Photoshop, Illustrator, And Other Adobe Creative Software digitalsynopsis.com/design/adobe-cr…
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Free And Cheaper Options To Photoshop, Illustrator, And O...
Freelance illustrator, artist, and author Michael Sexton ...
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Marieke Verbiesen @m4r13k3.bsky.social · 09/06/2022
Phys Objects in Max/MSP/Jitter | 01 | Introduction to Collisions youtu.be/nI0tYx8guXo
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Marieke Verbiesen @m4r13k3.bsky.social · 22/05/2022
Extraterrestrial stone brings first supernova clues to Earth phys.org/news/2022-05-extraterrestr…
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400 Bad Request
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Marieke Verbiesen @m4r13k3.bsky.social · 22/05/2022
The Video Games That Changed Storytelling youtu.be/LGyx-G4HPnc
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Marieke Verbiesen @m4r13k3.bsky.social · 21/05/2022
TRUE Limits Of Humanity – The Final Border We Will Never Cross youtu.be/uzkD5SeuwzM
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Marieke Verbiesen @m4r13k3.bsky.social · 10/05/2022
Generative Kandinsky in TouchDesigner - Tutorial youtu.be/1-ocK5XcRt4
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Marieke Verbiesen @m4r13k3.bsky.social · 10/05/2022
Museum rigs up multi-screen N64 <em>GoldenEye</em> to prevent “screencheating” arstechnica.com/?post_type=post&p=1…
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Museum rigs up multi-screen N64 GoldenEye to prevent “scr...
Step one: Spend thousands on outdated CRT signal-processi...
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Marieke Verbiesen @m4r13k3.bsky.social · 29/04/2022
This CNC Machine Uses The Sun Instead of a Laser makezine.com/2022/04/27/this-sun-tr…
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This CNC Machine Uses The Sun Instead of a Laser - Make:
We've all seen people goof around with a magnifying glass...
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Marieke Verbiesen @m4r13k3.bsky.social · 07/04/2022
spectrum.ieee.org/looking-through-m…
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Looking Through Mojo Vision’s Newest AR Contact Lens
With batteries, motion sensors, and a microLED on board, ...
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Marieke Verbiesen @m4r13k3.bsky.social · 05/04/2022
Rutger Bregman - “Utopia for Realists” and Big Ideas for an Equitable Ec... youtu.be/QbTWxFwuQtM
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Marieke Verbiesen @m4r13k3.bsky.social · 01/03/2022
How Ukraine's Internet Can Fend Off Russian Attacks www.wired.co.uk/article/internet-uk…
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How Ukraine's Internet Can Fend Off Russian Attacks
The besieged country's complex internet infrastructure ha...
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Marieke Verbiesen @m4r13k3.bsky.social · 18/02/2022
A Software Engineer Upgraded an Old iPod for 2022 www.vice.com/en/article/qjbexd/a-so… via @motherboard
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A Software Engineer Upgraded an Old iPod for 2022
Tired of streaming services, Ellie Huxtable decided to up...
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Marieke Verbiesen @m4r13k3.bsky.social · 18/02/2022
How immersive technology is helping patients during Covid-19 and beyond ... youtu.be/W7Wh0_YNP_Q
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Marieke Verbiesen @m4r13k3.bsky.social · 15/02/2022
EVERYTHING WRONG WITH WOKE CULTURE | and the impact on feminism (2021) youtu.be/Nqmd4iU8J3k
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Marieke Verbiesen @m4r13k3.bsky.social · 19/12/2021
Lamp with every item his mom found in his pockets when he was little imgur.com/a/A6NUe
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This lamp has my childhood in it.
Discover the magic of the internet at Imgur, a community ...
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Marieke Verbiesen @m4r13k3.bsky.social · 17/12/2021
‘I love making shit up’: Hellboy’s Mike Mignola on his new comic series, Radio Spaceman www.polygon.com/22839499/mike-migno… via @Polygon
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‘I love making shit up’: Hellboy’s Mike Mignola on his ne...
Mignola breaks down his pandemic sketch serendipity
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Marieke Verbiesen @m4r13k3.bsky.social · 09/12/2021
interestingengineering.com/laser-po…
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A Lightsail Powered By Millions of Lasers Could Reach Alp...
We're edging closer to interstellar reality.
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Marieke Verbiesen @m4r13k3.bsky.social · 02/12/2021
Africans Used To Hand-Paint Movie Posters To Draw People Into Cinemas And They're So Bizarre, They're Wonderful (100 New Pics) www.boredpanda.com/african-alternat… via @boredpanda
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Africans Used To Hand-Paint Movie Posters To Draw People ...
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Marieke Verbiesen @m4r13k3.bsky.social · 11/10/2021
home.cern/news/news/cern/collide-re…
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Collide residency award launches new call for entries
Today, Arts at CERN launches a new call for Collide, its ...
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