Jess Bier 🌈

Well, gas is expensive, and food is expensive, and we’re doing a war nobody wants, but at least there are no jobs

@azadehakbari.bsky.social is the only one of the experts in this special section who writes about the relationship of technology to ordinary Iranian people, who are suffering the most from internal repression and external violence at once. The others, however interesting, are all AI, AI, AI...

I was asked by @techpolicypress.bsky.social‬
what I am watching for as a tech scholar in the ongoing war. Here is my take:

The US and Israel are bombing Iran. Anyone reporting it as “preventive” is engaging in propaganda, by definition. There is no interpretation of what’s happening as anything else than a crime.

You don’t have to like the Iranian regime to understand why this is bad.

PostNL to cut 2,000–3,000 mail carrier jobs as delivery times extend PostNL expects to operate with significantly fewer mail carriers in the near future. The FNV trade union estimates the downsizing will affect between 2,000 and 3,000 jobs, a figure confirmed by union ...

And like clockwork, here come the layoffs. Gut a public service, siphon off the top, gut it again, repeat until it folds, sell it for a dime, throw up your hands, take a high-level job in government: nltimes.nl/2026/02/24/p...

PostNL mail division posts €2 million profit after December mail surge PostNL reported a positive result for its mail division at the end of 2025, driven by an "exceptional" increase in business mail in December. In the meantime, the company is continuing legal action ag...

Pay your workers a living wage nltimes.nl/2026/02/23/p...

Eindhoven professor under fire for sending student data to OpenAI via tool he developed A professor at Fontys University of Applied Sciences in Eindhoven encouraged colleagues to upload student data to the AI service ChatGPT using a tool he developed, raising privacy concerns under Dutch...

Not the way nltimes.nl/2026/02/03/e...

A duck or hen egg held in a wire display stand with the number 17 on the wall behing it.

Discovered during excavation of a midden in the High Street of Perth, Scotland - a completely intact one thousand-year-old egg! Dating to 1000-1100 CE, it was laid by either a duck or a chicken. Now on display @perthmuseum.bsky.social.
#FindsFriday

#OtD 28 Jan 1947 the Dutch army executed 208 people in South Sulawesi, Indonesia, as part of their brutal campaign to regain control of their former colony which had declared independence after the defeat of Japan at the end of WWII stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1000...

I regret / am happy to inform you that Dutch universities are on strike today because the fascists hate us and the austerity parties want to starve everyone both literally and metaphorically, especially the students

This is the way. When I was young and someone was in crisis, we'd tell my mom 'You know A? He might end up on the street' and she'd just go 'Oh no he won't,' and that was it

It didn't mean she knew how to fix it. It meant: not if we have anything to say about it. She'd make calls until it was done

Paris Book Launch poster of The Cambridge Guide to Global Medieval Travel Writing eds. Sebastian Sobeki

Undiscipline, Decolonise, Repair invites you to the last session of 2025. Paris, 18th December, 5.30 pm.
Professor Sebastian Sobeki (U Toronto) will discuss The Cambridge Guide to Global Medieval Travel Writing (2025).
undisciplinedecoloniserepair.wordpress.com/next-event/
Everyone welcome.
Details👇🏽

Calling all Global Sociologists for Palestine - Collective Action Time!! We Need Your Help! [thread - 1/8]

Dutch academics and support staff of higher education are striking next Tuesday. To get rid of the budget cuts of the current right winged government and the next one.

Four countries to boycott Eurovision 2026 as Israel cleared to compete Ireland, Spain, Slovenia and the Netherlands pull out after decision not to hold vote on Israel’s participation

“After weighing all perspectives, Avrotros concludes that, under the current circumstances, participation cannot be reconciled with the public values that are fundamental to our organisation.” clearer ethical principles than @w-u-r.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Netherlands pulls out of Eurovision as organizer votes to keep Israel in 2026 contest The Netherlands will not take part in next year's Eurovision Song Contest, with Dutch broadcast rights holder AvroTros deciding to boycott the event. The decision was made after the members of the eve...

The Netherlands, Spain, Ireland and Slovenia have pulled out of Eurovision, Iceland and Belgium still deciding

nltimes.nl/2025/12/04/n...

“A extrema-direita violenta na Europa não é a maioria, mas a maioria que a tolera é cúmplice” Historiadora Olivette Otele fala sobre racismo e do risco de a maioria silenciosa se tornar cúmplice da extrema-direita. Esteve no ICS a falar sobre africanos europeus.

On the news in Portugal ...
"The violent far-right in Europe is not the majority, but the majority that tolerates it is complicit."
Historian Olivette Otele speaks about racism and the risk of the silent majority becoming complicit with the far-right.

www.publico.pt/2025/11/28/c...

Chauffeurs sturen brandbrief over urenlange wachttijd in de haven: 'De situatie is onhoudbaar' “De Rotterdamse haven gaat kapot. Het systeem loopt vast. Planningstechnisch is het een chaos.” De onvrede onder vrachtwagenchauffeurs groeit. In een brandbrief aan het Rotterdams college en het kabinet vragen ze om in te grijpen en structurele verbeteringen af te dwingen.

Chauffeurs sturen brandbrief over urenlange wachttijd in de haven: 'De situatie is onhoudbaar'
#rijnmond #algemeen

Loempiakraam op Coolsingel total loss door ongeval: 'Mijn ouders zijn intens verdrietig' Cong (66) en Tam Trinh (65) rijden al meer dan twintig jaar iedere ochtend met hun Vietnamese loempiakraam naar het centrum van Rotterdam. Eindbestemming: de Coolsingel. Afgelopen vrijdag 24 oktober b...

Background: indebuurt.nl/rotterdam/ni...

Help mijn ouders hun loempiakraam weer opbouwen Doneeractie - Mijn ouders verkopen al meer dan 20 jaar met liefde en trots loempia’s in Rotterdam. Hun kraam is voor velen een vertrouwd gezicht op de Coolsingel, een plek vol herinneringen, gezelligh...

Rotterdam: the loempia cart on the Coolsingel across from Donner books was destroyed in an accident last week. Cong and Tam Trinh have run it for 30 years and they need 10k to start again. Give what you can! www.doneeractie.nl/help-mijn-ou...

Apologies if you're waiting for a reply to an email, I'm probably estimating the time from Leiden to Narva circa 1610

Anti-abortion pregnancy centers are looking to offer much more than ultrasounds and diapers More anti-abortion pregnancy centers have been offering medical services such as testing for sexually transmitted infections.

Gods this is bleak. And the headline? Here's what these centers don't offer: contraceptives, abortion, accurate information or adequate care. Here's what they look to offer: ignorance and patriarchy apnews.com/article/abor...

Don’t miss this event if you are in NYC

square concrete slab on the ground with “OLD DYKES AGAINST TECH BROS” stenciled onto it

here is my favorite sign from today

A Horrific Tale of the Slave Trade, Destined to Become a Classic

Markus Rediker's helpful and discerning review of Siddhartha Kara's new book on the Zong / Zorg, the stuff of nightmares that are all too real www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/b...

Mother, Daughter and Maid, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1977 www.reddit.com/r/UtterlyUni...