AkademieNL's new admin
I am happy to announce I am taking over as the admin for the Mastodon server AkademieNL. Robbert Hoogstraat is entrusting me with this and in this blog, I talk about what this means for AkademieNL.
Some professional updates
What will change in my professional life?
Applying as a parliamentary candidate
I explain a bit about why I applied to be a parliamentary candidate for the list of New Social Contract in the upcoming elections on November 22nd, 2023.
Finally leaving Twitter
Leaving Twitter
Today marks the thirty day period of my Twitter deactivation, which means my account is now slated for deletion. Taking this step is reminiscent of when I deleted my Facebook account over a decade ago. It again feels like a bigger thing than it practically is - I
My ongoing gender journey
I used to think I was a man’s man and heterosexual — but why?
Where I grew up there was little public exposure beyond the traditional gender roles and heteronormative behaviors. As a kid, for example, I could have been convinced it was completely normal that my elementary school teacher