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Simone Sprenger @simonesprenger.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Today during my evening walk, I felt watched.

Photograph of a tree trunk that looks like it has eyes (= probably because branches were cut off in those spots)

Simone Sprenger @simonesprenger.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

It’s a birthday week in our house, which means that I get to mix butter, chocolote, almonds, eggs and rum and bake an Italian chocolate cake. Those are the best days, by far.

Top of a chocolate cake covered with powdered sugar and decorated with candles in the shape of a heart.

Torta caprese
Separate six eggs, mix egg whites and yolks separately with 100g cane sugar until fluffy, melt 200g dark chocolate with 200g butter, add 300g almond flower to the chocolate mix, plus two tablespoons of brown rum and a pinch of salt. Fold egg mixes into almond mix, bake for 40 minutes at 175 degrees Celsius.

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Simone Sprenger @simonesprenger.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Thank you, but unfortunately, my version of Word does not seem to have that checkbox... 😭

Screenshot of the General settings for MS Word on a Mac. No option to check or uncheck "modern comments".

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Simone Sprenger @simonesprenger.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

11 p.m. and it’s finally cool enough to sit outside.

A lantern on a table in a garden. It’s almost dark, but not quite yet, although it’s 11 p.m.

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Simone Sprenger @simonesprenger.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

@tabudag.bsky.social Leave it to Linguistics students to make proper signs for a conference #disambiguation

A sign saying ’to Van der Leeuwzaal, open this door then keep going’

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Simone Sprenger @simonesprenger.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Es gibt Tage, an denen mich die Qualität von automatischen Übersetzungen einfach umhaut. Und dann gibt es Tage wie heute. #BrummBrumm

Google Translate's French-German translation of the first lines of Edith Piaf's song "Sous le ciel de Paris".

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Simone Sprenger @simonesprenger.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

The beautiful spring weather here reminds me of the time of the lockdowns, five years ago. I took a lot of pictures of the garden back then, trying to capture the small things that made me happy.

Branches with young beech tree leaves unfolding in the sun.

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Simone Sprenger @simonesprenger.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Als je in Groningen woont en tussen de 30 en 80 jaar oud bent: doe mee aan ons eye tracking experiment!

Nederlandstalige flyer voor een eye tracking experiment aan de RUG.

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Simone Sprenger @simonesprenger.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

January? My garden is not impressed. All seasons in one day.

Very early daffodil leaves breaking through the soil in a winter garden.

Part of a strawberry plant with a flower and two green strawberries.

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Simone Sprenger @simonesprenger.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Groningen has a real Christmas market this year and it makes me very happy.

Photograph of the Groningen Christmas market. There is a large tent for the ice rink, a Ferris wheel, and a Christmas tree, plus some small wooden shops, in front of the town hall. Blue sky in the background (which by itself is a miracle at this time of the year).

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Simone Sprenger @simonesprenger.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Went for a run and was rewarded with the sight of flowers still pretending it’s the end of October.

Collage of various yellow and purple flowers not typical for the average Dutch December.

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Simone Sprenger @simonesprenger.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

If the snowflake cookies break, the pieces look like chicken feet. Never mind, they still taste good.

Photograph of a tray of cookies, some in the shape of a snowflake, some broken.

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Simone Sprenger @simonesprenger.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Our lab went to the Christmas market in Oldenburg today and it was fabulous.

Two large decorated Christmas trees mark the entrance of the Oldenburg Christmas market.

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Simone Sprenger @simonesprenger.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Very impressed by the large crowd: 20000 staff and students demonstrating against the proposed budget cuts. And the signs were multilingual! 😀

Image of protesters against budget cuts in education in The Hague, one holding a sign in an ancient script

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Simone Sprenger @simonesprenger.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Als dit account echt was @aivdnl.bsky.social, zouden ze bij de AIVD in ieder geval een goed gevoel voor humor hebben.

Bluesky screenshot: "Algemene Inlichtingen- en Veiligheidsdienst followed you 9h"

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Simone Sprenger @simonesprenger.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Knitting weather it is! I got somewhat addicted to this pattern, so the shawl was finished much quicker than I had expected.

Close-up of a light pink shawl with a pattern of birch tree leaves, draped over a chair.

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Simone Sprenger @simonesprenger.bsky.social · 29/10/2024

De man/vrouw verhoudingen in het hoger onderwijs voorspellen aardig waar de klappen vallen. (Nog) niet voor de gezondheidszorg, maar daar jaagt Agema straks iedereen de burnout in.

Man/vrouw verhouding per studierichting, schooljaar 21/22
Studierichting
Onderwijstype
Vrouwen (%)
Mannen (%)
Gezondheidszorg
en welzijn hbo 77 23
Gezondheidszorg
en welzijn wo 69 31
Journalistiek,
gedrag en
maatschappij hbo 70 30
Journalistiek,
gedrag en
maatschappij wo 68 32
Onderwijs hbo 68 32
Onderwijs wo 85 15
Vormgeving,
kunst, talen
en geschiedenis hbo 59 41
Vormgeving,
kunst, talen
en geschiedenis wo 60 40
Dienstverlening hbo 48 52
Dienstverlening wo 45 55
Wiskunde,
natuurwetenschappen hbo 45 55
Wiskunde,
natuurwetenschappen wo 48 52
Landbouw,
diergeneeskunde en
-verzorging hbo 43 57
Landbouw,
diergeneeskunde en
-verzorging wo 64 36
Recht,
administratie, handel
en zakelijke
dienstverlening hbo 40 60
Recht,
administratie, handel
en zakelijke
dienstverlening wo 48 52
Techniek,
industrie en
bouwkunde hbo 23 77
Techniek,
industrie en
bouwkunde wo 29 71
Informatica hbo 9 91
Informatica wo 25 75
*voorlopige cijfers

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Simone Sprenger @simonesprenger.bsky.social · 25/10/2024

The editorialmanager is such a poorly designed piece of software. (and yes, I had to reset my password)

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Simone Sprenger @simonesprenger.bsky.social · 15/10/2024

When you can do the math but still feel like you’re being taken for a fool.

Pears at the market, priced “3 • 1/2 kilo, €3.99”

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Simone Sprenger @simonesprenger.bsky.social · 14/10/2024

Hm, that's different from how I understood it. That's what the website says: docs.bsky.app/docs/tutoria...

Quote from the Bsky help page: "Blocking a user prevents interaction and hides the user from the client experience. Blocked accounts will not be able to like, reply, mention, or follow you. [...]"

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Simone Sprenger @simonesprenger.bsky.social · 01/10/2024

I went to Antwerp for a conference and was lucky to have some time to stroll around. A city full of visual contrasts, but also great food and lovely people.

Flemish street sign, changed from Suderman street to Superman street.

A view of Antwerp central station (the less pretty side).

Graffiti of a pelicane in Pelicaanstraat, Antwerp.

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Simone Sprenger @simonesprenger.bsky.social · 27/09/2024

Every year I have my first-year students do a Stroop task and presentation as their first assignment. Every year I forget to tell them about file names, first.

Screenshot of a list of files that almost all have the same file name, making it impossible to distinguish them.

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Simone Sprenger @simonesprenger.bsky.social · 24/09/2024

Knutselproject voor de dinsdagavond. Morgen staan ze naast het koffieapparaat. #WOinActie

A pile of red felt squares and safety pins, to be worn in protest against the Dutch government‘s plans for budget cuts

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