Maaike Verbruggen
PhD Researcher
Nederbelg in Brussel
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on long term sick leave, so don't expect anything
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- Reposted by Maaike Verbruggen“There is far too much power in the hands of professors in the German system,” says @leising.bsky.social. My latest @nature.com story digs into efforts to tackle the entrenched structural heirarchy that enables academic bullies.
- Reposted by Maaike VerbruggenCuttlefish May Communicate with Discolike Arm Gestures
- Reposted by Maaike VerbruggenEyes down, Conclave watchers! A few facts for your scorecards: - Shortest Conclave: 1503, three hours or so. - Longest Conclave: 1268, three years or so. - Last Conclave to elect someone from outside: 1378, Urban VI. - Last Pope to exhume his predecessor and put them on trial: Stephen VI, 897.
- Reposted by Maaike VerbruggenAfter watching the AI video of the deceased victim, the judge told the family, "I loved that AI, thank you for that. As angry as you are, as justifiably angry as the family is, I heard the forgiveness...I feel that that was genuine.” I am speechless. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- Reposted by Maaike VerbruggenI'm just imagining how I would respond if my colleagues told me they had invented an extra stack of fake exams for me to mark so they could write an article calling me an idiot.
