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Love to post here on the Blockchain Capital website. Personal: sjef.nu Business: structureandnarrative.com Fedi: post.lurk.org/@sjef Choccy milk: sjef.nu/category/choccy-milk Desk Rave: soundcloud.com/deskraver

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David Bushell 🪿 @dbushell.com · 28/09/2026
blogged: Leaving them behind dbushell.com/2026/09/28/l... — small but significant change to my AI policy and content going forward
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Leaving them behind
The one where I’ve seen enough (for real this time).
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Sjef @sjef.nu · 21/09/2026
A lot of you "it's just a tool" types who "just use it to support research" are also committing these crimes of thoughtslop, seemingly without even realizing.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 21/09/2026
There's such stressful oversupply of words right now; this horrific tsunami of thought-shaped dead word bodies belched out of methane-fuelled computer buildings. It's so gross. But it also makes me think hard about every word and sentence I write. It kills me to think I could commit the same crime.
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Sjef @sjef.nu · 30/08/2026
I love agrivoltaics news. Always send me more good agrivoltaics news. One day I will get around to the agrivoltaics project I have had shelved for years, meanwhile everyone please enjoy agrivoltaics and consider integrating some in any project you can. Agrivoltaics!
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rom comrade @savasavasava.myatproto.social · 25/08/2026
hey is there recent good literature/research on game-based learning/games for learning? asking for a student who cites some older work (Gee, Prensky) and I feel like that needs updating. I haven't followed developments the last many years, so any recos welcome!
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Sjef @sjef.nu · 25/08/2026
Me finishing up to submit before the application deadline
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Sjef @sjef.nu · 22/08/2026
It was never Avocado Toast but it might be Squarepusher EP's and out-of-print Cybernetics books. 💸😬
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Strategic Tape Reserve @strategictaper.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Just learning about the existence of “Steven Pinker” and have to conclude that someone (Canada?) is churning out these weird celebrity academic clowns just to discredit the idea of the intellectual.
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Sjef @sjef.nu · 11/08/2026
Now that Alex Kurtzman is Finally Fucking off Forever out of Star Trek I can. not. wait. for the near-inevitable Dept. of War funded anti-woke GI-JOE universe reboot. Just glorious, never before seen levels of hogslop. He is perfect for this.
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Sjef @sjef.nu · 01/08/2026
lol god dammit
it's a screenshot from the Mirriam Webster Dictionary's time-traveler feature where we are supposed to be picking 5 words from to describe our vibe and the first one that pops into view is fucking "autism spectrum disorder"
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Sjef @sjef.nu · 23/07/2026
Whatever Happens to Musicians Happens to Everybody
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Sjef @sjef.nu · 21/07/2026
GUESS WHO'S BACK
It's a picture of a new bloom on the Hoya in my bathroom that perfumes up the whole hallway at night.
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Strategic Tape Reserve @strategictaper.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
If you are enjoying the football World Cup, you should also check out music, another spectacular phenomenon that has captured the attention of people all across the globe.
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Sjef @sjef.nu · 24/06/2026
🌹🌹🌹
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Sjef @sjef.nu · 22/06/2026
With the soggy sack of spuds seeing himself out, can't wait to see what despicable agglomeration of wet reject vegetables the UK finds to run itself next.
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Sjef @sjef.nu · 19/06/2026
Blessed 🙏 Grateful
Screenshot from an admin dashboard that says "Sjef, you're 0% closer to best in-class marketing campaigns". Good. I am glad.
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open mike eagle @mike-eagle.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
if you squint at the word trillion it looks like guillotine
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EROCY @erocy.world · 08/06/2026
everyone say happy birthday to cheetos 🎉
Fawn pug laying on a chair next to a crocheted pug head with a little party hat on
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Ingrid Burrington @lifewinning.com · 07/06/2026
"you reject animism for the software program yet you embrace animism for the plants, curious I am very intelligent" grow up
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Ingrid Burrington @lifewinning.com · 07/06/2026
the pipeline from a facile understanding of "what if we afford nonhuman actors agency in sociotechnical systems analysis" to "the computer can think and it's my girlfriend" is such a thing to behold
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Strategic Tape Reserve @strategictaper.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
They should build loads of data centers all over the place that contain huge quantities of books that people can borrow for free if they fill out a form to get a data center card and promise to return the books on time and don’t make too much noise in the data center.
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Sjef @sjef.nu · 03/06/2026
Rotterdam once again the true innovators here 🫡
Victory Gundam statue at Blaak skatepark in Rotterdam
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Benjamin @benjamin.network · 19/05/2026
Never before have I felt such seething hate combined with such helpless surrender as with people on Instagram in Amsterdam anno 2026 (at least, in my own culture/club/band/arts scene). Everyone despises it, but nobody is leaving because everyone else is there. A timebomb of malcontence.
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Sjef @sjef.nu · 16/05/2026
Someone asked me what I do again the other day and it's kind of a long story as ever, so only about a decade late I've finally gone and written an About page: structureandnarrative.com/about/
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About - Structure and Narrative
About Structure and Narrative is the professional practice of Sjef van Gaalen. I work as an independent researcher, designer and writer in digital culture and strategic foresight. There are two intere...
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Sjef @sjef.nu · 16/05/2026
Someone asked me what I do again the other day and it's kind of a long story as ever, so only about a decade late I've finally gone and written an About page: structureandnarrative.com/about/
structureandnarrative.com
About - Structure and Narrative
About Structure and Narrative is the professional practice of Sjef van Gaalen. I work as an independent researcher, designer and writer in digital culture and strategic foresight. There are two intere...
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Sjef @sjef.nu · 12/05/2026
"What Happens To Musicians Will Happen To Everyone": Good News Edition as @subvert.fm launches! May you all have many more cooperatively owned and operated digital platforms in your futures. If you previously enjoyed DESK RAVE, please enjoy my playlist The Continuum: www.subvert.fm/@aardvektor/...
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Sjef @sjef.nu · 12/05/2026
"What Happens To Musicians Will Happen To Everyone": Good News Edition as @subvert.fm launches! May you all have many more cooperatively owned and operated digital platforms in your futures. If you previously enjoyed DESK RAVE, please enjoy my playlist The Continuum: www.subvert.fm/@aardvektor/...
subvert.fm
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Sjef @sjef.nu · 11/05/2026
The Hoya in my bathroom is blooming after hanging out for a couple of years and let me tell you that shit smells INCREDIBLE in the evenings.
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Strategic Tape Reserve @strategictaper.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
I just saw on YouTube that they’re making another synthesizer. I guess the electronic music producers will be pleased 😕
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TestZero @testzero.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
The alien from Arrival drawing the Cool S on the glass.
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Strategic Tape Reserve @strategictaper.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Promoting music isn’t about making people aware of an album or a single. That’s an insufficient goal. It’s about conditioning the public to accept listening to music that goes against their individual self interest.
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Strategic Tape Reserve @strategictaper.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Maybe technology has failed and embarrassed humans enough times now that we can put it on the shelf to focus on other more promising forms of progress.
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Subvert @subvert.fm · 14/04/2026
After nearly a year, with 68 members leading 352 forum discussions, Subvert has published its AI policy: - No AI-generated music - No AI-generated visual art - No AI training on your work This policy was built by Subvert’s membership. Read the full policy at subvert.fm/ai-policy
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Sjef @sjef.nu · 07/04/2026
Academic deliver a one-page CV challenge. Level: IMPOSSIBLE
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Star Trek Minus Context @nocontexttrek1.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
He is risen
Star Trek The Search for Spock scene. Our Lord Spock is pictured in a white robe. He stands surrounded by his shipmates who are all older here than they were in the TV show. Sulu is smiling and touching Spock's chest for some reason. Uhura, Chekov, Scotty, and Bones stand close and all seem thrilled to see him, but are otherwise practicing self control and not feeling his chest. 

Despite being surrounded by friends, Spock is staring only at Kirk, for obvious reasons.
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Sjef @sjef.nu · 03/04/2026
International Art English is bad enough, but the current AI-generated International Art Slop in statements, proposals and descriptions of work is just excruciating. If you are an artist or curator doing this fucking stop it. Jesus Fucking Christ on a holy day what is wrong with you.
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Sjef @sjef.nu · 19/03/2026
tfw you've been "monitoring the situation" for decades at this point
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Sjef @sjef.nu · 14/03/2026
If you ever wondered what was up with the chocolate milk: sjef.nu/the-chocolat...
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The Chocolate Milk Story - Sjef van Gaalen
The first post It’s the summer of 2017. I’m standing in front of the drinks fridge in a corner store in Premantura, Croatia. We are popping in to grab a drink after a bike ride on the Kamenjak Peninsu...
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Sjef @sjef.nu · 06/03/2026
Anthem of the week: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqwR...
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Time Hard George Dekker
YouTube video by Jahbuzzz
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EROCY @erocy.world · 02/03/2026
Silent hill 4 screenshot, first person view of refrigerator open- “take the chocolate milk?” Yes or no
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Dog Solution @dogsolutions.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Fool, who have given everyting to artifical god. Repent, and find Dog.
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Rusty Foster @rusty.todayintabs.com · 01/02/2026
I’m starting to think the people who are excited about “AI agents” have literally never used a computer in their lives
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OpenClaw is interesting, but will also drain your wallet if you aren't careful.
Last night around midnight I loaded my Anthropic API account with $20, then went to bed.
When I woke up, my Anthropic balance was $O.
Opus was checking "is it daytime yet?" every 30 minutes, paying $0.75 each time to conclude "no, it's still night."
Doing literally nothing, OpenClaw spent the entire balance. How?The "Heartbeat" cron job, even though literally the only thing I had going was one silly reminder, ("remind me tomorrow to get milk")
1. Sent ~120,000 tokens of context to Opus
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2. Opus read HEARTBEAT md, thought about reminders
3. Replied "HEARTBEAT_OK"
4. Cost: ~$0.75 per heartbeat (cache writes)
The damage:
- Overnight = ~25+ heartbeats
- 25 × $0.75 = ~$18.75 just from heartbeats alone
- Plus regular conversation = ~$20 total
The absurdity: Opus was essentially checking
"is it daytime yet?" every 30 minutes, paying $0.75 each time to conclude "no, it's still night."
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Sjef @sjef.nu · 17/12/2025
Subtweet shotgun: www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-w...
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I Work For an Evil Company, but Outside Work, I’m Actually a Really Good Person
I love my job. I make a great salary, there’s a clear path to promotion, and a never-ending supply of cold brew in the office. And even though my j...
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Sjef @sjef.nu · 03/12/2025
Some of you lot still need to get on this 👇
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Sjef @sjef.nu · 25/06/2025
Greatest congratulations to the good people of New York.
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Sjef @sjef.nu · 06/10/2025
this site gets sold to an outright nazi and/or state-owned entity by the end of next year and the speedrun is complete. GG's all
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Sjef @sjef.nu · 25/09/2025
Watching Alien:Earth; What. Huh? Ok that's cool. Wait what? Why wait what?? 🎵Worst outro music you ever heard in your life🎵
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Sjef @sjef.nu · 05/09/2025
@savasavasava.bsky.social It's so stupid 😭😭😭
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Sjef @sjef.nu · 15/08/2025
Me, an upbeat guy, adding new tags to an existing Horizon Scanning database; Biodiversity, Bullshit, Conflict, Conspiracy, Crime, Defense, Disinformation, Drugs, Ecosystems, Extinction, Fashion, Fascism, Lawfare, Plastics, Policy, Pollution, Trees, Trust. We do like to have fun 💀
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