Marcel — First Drafts 🗞️ @marcel.firstdraft.media · 16/08/2026Wel geinig dat de—voor het gemak noem ik het maar even linkse—kritiek op deze post dus volledig verzand in een discussie over symbolen en taal, en daarmee dus het eigenlijke punt _volledig_ onderschrijft. Kom op rakkers, schouders eronder en actie, in plaats van elkaar maar weer eens de maat nemen! 000
Reposted by Marcel — First Drafts 🗞️Arjen Lubach @arjenlubach.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Wel geinig dat de kritiek op identiteitspolitiek pas lijkt door te dringen bij woke als een marxist het zegt. Nu alleen niet massaal voor het communisme vallen omdat degene die het een keer lekker weet te verwoorden dat toevallig aanhangt. ⚠️ 12922424
Reposted by Marcel — First Drafts 🗞️Rest of World @restofworld.org · 07/07/2026Backed by the state, Chinese workers are using AI to deal with limited resources and drive innovation to compete with Silicon Valley restofworld.org/2026/china-ai-worke…restofworld.orgChina’s AI boom is creating a different kind of entrepreneurBacked by the state, Chinese workers are using AI to deal with limited resources and drive innovation to compete with Silicon Valley. 175
Marcel — First Drafts 🗞️ @marcel.firstdraft.media · 31/05/2026"The court found that replacing a worker on cost grounds did not constitute a “material change in objective circumstances” that justified terminating a labour contract, a legal standard typically applied in situations such as mergers and acquisitions." 😎 -- www.scmp.com/tech/tech-tr...scmp.comAI cost-cutting not a legal excuse to fire workers, Chinese court saysThe latest court ruling comes amid fears of AI-driven job displacement, especially among young workers. 020
Marcel — First Drafts 🗞️ @marcel.firstdraft.media · 25/05/2026Deze uitzending van BOOS: verdomd goede journalistiek, I'm blown away. Petje af! En inhoudelijk? Wel, de uitzending vertelt in 55 minuten waarom ik zowel van dit land houd, als het intens kan haten. 010
Reposted by Marcel — First Drafts 🗞️First Draft Media @marcel.firstdraft.media.ap.brid.gy · 04/05/2026🎉 Ghost now comes with RTL newsletter support! Together with @hey@magicpages.co, we were able to get full right-to-left newsletter support into the Ghost CMS, no more custom hacks required 🫠 This is a boon to @index@irandraft.com and to our publishing business. Admittedly, @jannis@jannis.io did […]firstdraft.mediaOriginal post on firstdraft.media 022
Reposted by Marcel — First Drafts 🗞️First Draft Media @marcel.firstdraft.media.ap.brid.gy · 15/04/2026"Peoples Represented" brings you journalism for and by unrepresented peoples. Read about their lives, cultures, and strategies of resistance. Read, subscribe and support us at www.peoplesrepresented.com 011
Reposted by Marcel — First Drafts 🗞️Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 07/04/2026“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” These are the words of the president of the United States, today. The president speaks genocide. And so we too must speak. Not only about crimes, but about their legal punishment. snyder.substack.com/p/the-presid...snyder.substack.comThe president speaks genocideThe words, the law, the future 12044751686
Reposted by Marcel — First Drafts 🗞️Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 08/03/2026Read our analysis of the video showing a US Tomahawk missile strike next to Girls’ School in Iran on February 28 here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/03...bellingcat.comVideo Shows US Tomahawk Missile Strike Next to Girls’ School in Iran - bellingcatNew video footage shows a US Tomahawk missile hitting an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) facility in Minab, Iran, on Feb 28, showing for the first time that the US struck the area. The footag... 151137499
Reposted by Marcel — First Drafts 🗞️Remco Breuker 🟥 @remcobreuker.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Een minister van Buitenlandse Zaken die in de eerste week van zijn ambtstermijn doodleuk zegt dat "het internationale recht niet enige kader om de situatie te beoordelen is." Als het dat niet altijd wél is, is er geen internationaal recht meer. 59738244
Reposted by Marcel — First Drafts 🗞️OpenNews @opennews.bsky.social · 27/01/2026"If you had programming skills and wanted to use them to make a difference, journalism offered you the chance to build things that mattered and share them with the world." How do we get back to that? Scott Klein and Ben Welsh have ideas in our latest Source piece.source.opennews.orgJournalism lost its culture of sharingHere’s how we rebuild it 054
Marcel — First Drafts 🗞️ @marcel.firstdraft.media · 26/01/2026"I do know how to squeeze every possible character out of my keyboard. I certainly don't need an AI for that." Why me using a large language model for writing my writings is frankly none of your business.buff.lyAI writing assistanceWhatever it is you're reading from my hand, if it's published by me then I take full responsibility for each and every word. I may have been aided and abetted in my writing by an artificial… 000
Marcel — First Drafts 🗞️ @marcel.firstdraft.media · 23/01/2026I may or may not have used a large language model, an artificial intelligence in the writing of my publications. So long as I take full responsibility for each and every word I put out, it's frankly none of your business. It doesn't matter if I used ChatGPT, Mistral or DeepSeek.buff.lyAI writing assistanceWhatever it is you're reading from my hand, if it's published by me then I take full responsibility for each and every word. I may have been aided and abetted in my writing by an artificial… 000
Marcel — First Drafts 🗞️ @marcel.firstdraft.media · 19/01/2026"I refuse to use quill to write my writings. No geese were harmed in the process." Why me using a large language model for writing my writings is frankly none of your business.buff.lyAI writing assistanceWhatever it is you're reading from my hand, if it's published by me then I take full responsibility for each and every word. I may have been aided and abetted in my writing by an artificial… 000
Marcel — First Drafts 🗞️ @marcel.firstdraft.media · 16/01/2026When asked for a "pop-art image of an AI writing assistant", Canva AI gives you a robot with a surprising amount of "corporate feminine" features. Which part of the prompt asked for that? The "assistant" part maybe? —buff.lyAI writing assistanceWhatever it is you're reading from my hand, if it's published by me then I take full responsibility for each and every word. I may have been aided and abetted in my writing by an artificial… 010
Marcel — First Drafts 🗞️ @marcel.firstdraft.media · 15/01/2026Never before have I made a statement about the word processors, the tools I use to put my thoughts to paper. So why start now? Because these days an awful lot of people close their public writings with statements to the effect of "no artificial intelligence was harmed in the writing of this essay".buff.lyAI writing assistanceWhatever it is you're reading from my hand, if it's published by me then I take full responsibility for each and every word. I may have been aided and abetted in my writing by an artificial… 000
Reposted by Marcel — First Drafts 🗞️David Kuszmar @davidkuszmar.com · 14/01/2026This research from Gazzetta comes at a moment where it will be needed. If you are a journalist, I strongly advise you to read the results of this Gazzetta research as it could HEAVILY impact your career going forward. www.gazzetta.xyz/iran-persian...gazzetta.xyzHow five AI models source Iran-related information in PersianWhen algorithms validate bias over evidence. 032
Reposted by Marcel — First Drafts 🗞️Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 14/01/2026And for all the Spenglerian self-flagellation in Europe, Europeans still have immense economic and military resources to build on and an instrument through the EU to coordinate them with. Working to ensure a strategic insurance policy for in case the US grinds to a halt is better than bemoaning fate 2377
Reposted by Marcel — First Drafts 🗞️Joris Luyendijk @jorisluyendijk.bsky.social · 11/01/2026This. Also: Europe does not do visionary speeches the way the Americans do. Our public sphere works in fundamentally different ways. Just because we don't do change like you do doesn't mean we do not do change. Brexiteers got this wrong too. 3286
Reposted by Marcel — First Drafts 🗞️Chris Klomp @chrisklomp.nl · 27/11/2025Nieuw verhaal chrisklomp.nl/een-extra-la... je wordt tegenwoordig bijkans gestenigd als je nuances plaatst, maar toch maar gedaan. Over het geschreeuw over monsters rond de moord op Lisa, schijnoplossingen en het domme getetter van Angela de Jong.chrisklomp.nlEen extra lantaarnpaal na de dood van Lisa - Chris KlompSinds de tragische en brute dood van de 17-jarige Lisa afgelopen zomer hebben meerdere gemeenten maatregelen getroffen om de veiligheid van vrouwen en meisjes op straat te vergroten. Zo was maandag te... 1311838
Reposted by Marcel — First Drafts 🗞️htmx.org / CEO of Java Pants @htmx.org · 03/11/2025I said there would never be an htmx 3.0 but I never said anything about an htmx 4.0 htmx.org/essays/the-f...htmx.org</> htmx ~ The fetch()eningYou know, technically, I never said anything about a version *four* 54812
Reposted by Marcel — First Drafts 🗞️Dolle Mina's Friesland @dolleminafriesland.bsky.social · 26/10/2025Vrouwen willen vooruit, niet terug! Veel steminformatie vergeet belangrijke informatie voor vrouwen. Daarom zijn de Bossche Mina's zelf op onderzoek gegaan en leveren dé volledige feministische steminformatie 21813
Reposted by Marcel — First Drafts 🗞️Daniël Boomsma @danielboomsma.bsky.social · 11/10/2025Dit is toch ongelooflijk? Nauwelijks verontwaardiging, murw gebeukte pers, murw gebeukt publiek. 1012953
Reposted by Marcel — First Drafts 🗞️Jesse Klaver @jesseklaver.progressiefnederland.nl · 05/10/2025Dit zijn geen onschuldige opmerkingen. Dit is een doelbewust poging van partijen als BBB en PVV om sluipenderwijs de democratische spelregels en grondrechten te ondermijnen. Sta je op en laat je je horen? Of kijk je weg als het mis gaat? Dát is waar deze verkiezingen over gaan. 1812581837
Reposted by Marcel — First Drafts 🗞️Bram Talman @multesimus.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Trots op onze stad #Gouda Wij laten zien hoe het wel kan: tolerantie en verdraagzaamheid. Ook, en misschien met name door, er als samenleving ook voor de ander te zijn @d66-gouda.bsky.social d66.nl/gouda/nieuws... #GoudsePlusd66.nlD66 Gouda — Duurzaam AZC in Gouda 021
Marcel — First Drafts 🗞️ @marcel.firstdraft.media · 15/09/2025🔥 Share after reading… 🤝 Help me test the 451 Daily prototype. The 451 Daily is a novel, user-friendly platform for peer-to-peer content delivery. Sign up at firstdraft.media#/portal/signup 🙏 #p2p #peer2peer 000
Reposted by Marcel — First Drafts 🗞️Thierry van Vugt @thierryvanvugt.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Donderdag is de laatste dag voor de verbouwing van het middeleeuwse stadhuis! Belangstellenden kunnen tussen 10 en 14 uur langs komen voor een -voorlopig- laatste (gratis) rondleiding! www.gouda.nl/actueel/stad... @gemeentegouda.bsky.socialgouda.nlStadhuis nog 1 keer open voor publiekGouwenaars en andere belangstellenden kunnen nog 1 keer het stadhuis in zijn oude staat bewonderen. Dat kan op donderdag 28 augustus. Vrijwilligers van historische vereniging Die Goude en leden van… 022
Reposted by Marcel — First Drafts 🗞️Maarten Hopman @maartenhopman.bsky.social · 23/08/2025Inderdaad, belachelijk. Dat hoor je alleen te doen bij moslims en asielzoekers. 24926141
Reposted by Marcel — First Drafts 🗞️MediocreMigrant @seadanourhussen.bsky.social · 23/08/2025Het is Marianne Vaatstra, en alle misplaatste haat eromheen, all over again. Alsof ze erop hoopten. Ging toen niet om Marianne, net zoals het nu niet om Lisa of de veiligheid van welke andere vrouw dan ook gaat. Het gaat om vreemdelingenhaat - de eeuwige bliksemafleider. De vrouw is slechts pion. 1945479
Reposted by Marcel — First Drafts 🗞️Free Press Unlimited (FPU) @freepressunlimited.bsky.social · 18/08/2025"Heeft u weleens een politieke post gedeeld op Instagram? Een demonstratie bijgewoond, of een boek uitgeleend? Dan is het tijd om even op te kijken van uw vakantieboek." - Jasmijn de Zeeuw, jurist en onderzoeker. De volledige opinie vind u in @volkskrant.nl ⬇️ #antiterreurwet 011
Reposted by Marcel — First Drafts 🗞️NRC @nrc.nl · 09/08/2025Nederland is volgens Tofik Dibi „spectaculair anders geworden” en daarom wilde hij niet aan de zijlijn blijven staan. Deze week werd bekend dat Dibi lijsttrekker wordt van BIJ1. „Kapitalisme en racisme ondermijnen collectieve medemenselijkheid.” buff.ly/k7U2qqYbuff.lyTofik Dibi, lijsttrekker van BIJ1: ‘Ik wil compromisloos zijn, bepaalde waarden zijn níet onderhandelbaar’BIJ1: Nederland is volgens Tofik Dibi „spectaculair anders geworden” en daarom wilde hij niet aan de zijlijn blijven staan. Deze week werd bekend dat Dibi lijsttrekker wordt van BIJ1. „Kapitalisme en… 3246
Reposted by Marcel — First Drafts 🗞️De Groene Amsterdammer @groene.nl · 06/08/2025Van actiejournalist tot succesvol media-ondernemer tot verdediger van de persvrijheid in Rusland. Derk Sauer bleef altijd de rebel die hij als scholier al was. @raymondvdboogaard.bsky.social www.groene.nl/artikel/derk...groene.nlDerk Sauer (1952-2025), de rebel van de journalistiekVan actiejournalist tot succesvol media-ondernemer tot verdediger van de persvrijheid in Rusland. Derk Sauer bleef altijd de rebel die hij als scholier al was. 15016
Marcel — First Drafts 🗞️ @marcel.firstdraft.media · 25/07/2025Would you do me a favour and sign up for the First Draft Media newsletter at buff.ly/EXgEq3r 🥰 That would be mightily helpful, and I promise we won't spam you 😅 Have a great weekend!buff.lyFirst Draft MediaFirst Draft Media is an socially conscious and consciously commercial publisher, consultancy, and innovator of news products and publishing technology. 100
Reposted by Marcel — First Drafts 🗞️Yuya Saito @frontendweekly.tokyo · 08/07/2025> htmx ~ How Did REST Come To Mean The Opposite of REST?htmx.org</> htmx ~ How Did REST Come To Mean The Opposite of REST?In this article, Carson Gross explores how the term REST (Representational State Transfer) evolved to mean nearly the opposite of its original definition in modern web development. It traces how REST,... 072
Reposted by Marcel — First Drafts 🗞️Kim van Keken @kimvankeken.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Nog even over Yesilgöz, ze zei: ‘Ik moet een artiest die een enorm podium en bereik heeft kunnen aanspreken op de lading en keuze van zijn woorden en hoe die bij de mensen aankomen.’ Sinds wanneer vindt de VVD dit? 8551084
Marcel — First Drafts 🗞️ @marcel.firstdraft.media · 02/07/2025Als is zeg dat ik “tegen genocide” ben, dan zijn er dus blijkbaar halvegare idioten die denken dat “voor vrede” een goed tegenargument is 🤷🏻♀️ #gouda 001
Marcel — First Drafts 🗞️ @marcel.firstdraft.media · 25/06/2025This is a fascinating and rather intimidating read by @lighthousereports.com, and a great reminder: don't use SMS for two-factor authentication! Use an authenticator app, or—better yet—learn to use #passkeys with your favourite browser or password manager, and use them prolifically.buff.lyTwo Factor InsecurityHow Google, Amazon, Meta and thousands of other companies leave customers vulnerable over one-time codes to save time and money 000
Marcel — First Drafts 🗞️ @marcel.firstdraft.media · 24/06/2025"To comply with a Trump executive order, Microsoft recently helped suspend the email account of an International Criminal Court prosecutor […] investigating Israel for war crimes." buff.ly/9HowYBB Shameless behaviour that allows me to shamelessly plug 🎉 #EuropeanAlternatives (buff.ly/kGrHLIm) 000
Marcel — First Drafts 🗞️ @marcel.firstdraft.media · 23/06/2025"If you're asking people for money, first convince them you're worth standing next to at a protest." The Recipe: Small Fixes, Big Feels: Journalism That Doesn’t Drain People Membership Is Not a Paywall. It’s a Relationship. buff.ly/BHuEFM2 #newsroomnudgebuff.lySmall Fixes, Big Feels: Journalism That Doesn’t Drain PeopleNudges for newsrooms for the people they serve. 000
Marcel — First Drafts 🗞️ @marcel.firstdraft.media · 21/06/2025"Young audiences are turning to summarised, personalised, time-saving formats: think bullet points, TL;DRs, and voice notes [...] This isn’t about dumbing down journalism. It’s about making it fit in the life your audience actually lives." —The Recipe? Small Fixes, Big Feels #newsroomnudgebuff.lySmall Fixes, Big Feels: Journalism That Doesn’t Drain PeopleNudges for newsrooms for the people they serve. 000
Marcel — First Drafts 🗞️ @marcel.firstdraft.media · 21/06/2025Not a fear, just shameless behaviour by Microsoft and the U.S. administration that allows me to shamelessly plug #EuropeanAlternatives 🎉 (european-alternatives.eu/alternative-...)european-alternatives.euEuropean alternatives to Gmail | European AlternativesGmail is a free email provider by Google. 000
Marcel — First Drafts 🗞️ @marcel.firstdraft.media · 21/06/2025I just started a new role as Chief Technologist and Co-founder at First Draft Media. The role? I aim to be your friendly neighbourhood service worker. If that's too cryptic, then consider signing up for my 💌 newsletter, "The Censored Census", on our website at buff.ly/MyKud94 🥳 #FirstDraftMediabuff.lyFirst Draft MediaReinventing journalism as a service to people 000
Reposted by Marcel — First Drafts 🗞️The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 20/06/2025Will reading become obsolete? How A.I. could transform our relationship to the written word.newyorker.comWhat’s Happening to Reading?For many people, A.I. may be bringing the age of traditional text to an end. 467911252
Reposted by Marcel — First Drafts 🗞️Okke Ornstein @ornstein.org · 21/06/2025“Ik begrijp heel goed dat dit emoties losmaakt bij mensen die familie of vrienden in Israël hebben.” — ik heb familie in Israël en de enige emotie die ik hierover heb is dat ik hoop dat @katipiri.bsky.social de rug recht houdt, ook tijdens de campagne. Er zijn al genoeg lafaards bij die partij. 1379
Marcel — First Drafts 🗞️ @marcel.firstdraft.media · 20/06/2025"The under-35s are not looking for AI to generate their news. What they do want is help getting through it without losing the will to live [...] young audiences are turning to summarised, personalised, time-saving formats; bullet points, TL;DRs, voice notes"—#newsroomnudge: Small Fixes, Big Feelsbuff.lySmall Fixes, Big Feels: Journalism That Doesn’t Drain PeopleNudges for newsrooms for the people they serve. 000
Marcel — First Drafts 🗞️ @marcel.firstdraft.media · 19/06/2025"According to the report, 40% of people now say they often or sometimes avoid the news, a record high. People are exhausted. It’s too depressing, too repetitive, or leaves them feeling helpless." The Recipe? Small Fixes, Big Feels: Journalism That Doesn’t Drain People buff.ly/UZ9YDHh #newsroomnudge 000
Marcel — First Drafts 🗞️ @marcel.firstdraft.media · 19/06/2025It’s 6:30 in the morning—silent, but for some birdsong—a city in quiet contemplation of the day that is about to be. Let me turn around and stay snugly under this blanket for another little while. #dawn #sunrise over #gouda 001