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Bruno van Wayenburg

@brunchik

wetenschapsjournalist/science writer | post niet meer op X, lees nog wel | https://t.co/wtKVsudZGS

Leiden, the netherlands Katılım Mart 2009
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Yoïn van Spijk@yvanspijk·
When an Old English infinitive was used with 'to', its form changed: - Iċ sċeal ETAN (I shall EAT) - Iċ begann tō ETENNE (I began to EAT) This was its dative case. Yes, even infinitives had case! Frisian still does this: - Ik sil ITE - Ik begûn te ITEN More in my new graphic:
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Mark Duursma
Mark Duursma@markduursma·
In de resultaten van de recente verkiezingen in #Georgië zien onderzoekers aanwijzingen voor gesjoemel met stemmen. Over de 'Russische staart' en afwijkende puntenwolken nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/11… door @brunchik, Nina Eshuis en Roos Liefting in @nrc
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Roman Udot
Roman Udot@romanik_·
FRAUD IN GEORGIA Although the overall statistical impression of the elections in Georgia was positive (x.com/romanik_/statu…) , the Devil, as usual, was in the details. The respected Levan Kvirkvelia pointed out a discrepancy between urban and rural voting patterns. His observation was confirmed, indicating manipulations favouring the ruling party in specific districts, i.e. all except districts DEC 1-10 (Tbilisi), 20 (Rustavi), 59 (Kutaisi), 64, 67, 68, 69, 70 (Poti), and 79 (Batumi). There is a method or hypothesis known as the Sobyanin-Sukhovolski's (S-S). For instance, you can find it mentioned here: electoralpolitics.org/en/articles/mo… According to this method, if we plot voting results on the following axes: X-axis = turnout (number of voters / registered voter list) Y-axis = candidate/party result (number of votes for the party / registered voter list) we observe these patterns: In fair voting, the slope of the point cluster aligns with the candidate’s percentage (if a candidate has 30% support in the population, then out of every 100 voters, 30 support the candidate, or y = 0.3 * x). In cases of ballot stuffing, the slope of the cluster is 45° (out of every 100 stuffed ballots, all 100 are for the beneficiary of the fraud or y = x). For the victim, the slope is 0° (out of every 100 stuffed ballots, 0 is stuffed for the victim). In the case of 'misrecording', when votes are not only stuffed in favour of the beneficiary of the fraud but are also added by taking them away from other parties, the slope becomes steeper, or y > x. For the victim, the slope is negative (they don't get any votes with the growth of the turnout, they lose them). This pattern can be observed in the data from Georgia when dividing it into two groups: Group 1: DEC 1-10 (Tbilisi), 20 (Rustavi), 59 (Kutaisi), 64, 67, 68, 69, 70 (Poti), 79 (Batumi). Group 2: all other districts. It is clear that the S-S hypothesis holds in Group 1 but not in Group 2. This discrepancy suggests a basis for suspecting fraud in Group 2, while no such grounds were observed in Group 1.
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Election Data from Georgian Parliamentary Elections Through informal observer networks, I acquired a file with data from the Georgian Central Election Commission (CEC). Notably, these data aren't published on the CEC website and omit the total registered voters and invalid ballots. For some peculiar reason, Georgia's CEC never releases such data digitally, though commission protocols are available online as images, including counting machines' “receipts” this year. Our 'Election Audit' team currently is wrestling with recognizing 3,100 Georgian(!)-language protocols. As in Moldova, we don’t observe clear fraud indicators like those in Russian elections. In the “carcinogenic zone” of high turnouts, we find no malignant formations. Nor do we see the classic "straight-line drawing" style typical of Russian-Azerbaijani fabrications. But don't believe me, see it for yourself™ : public.tableau.com/app/profile/ro…

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Maarten Reyniers
Maarten Reyniers@mrtnrey·
Ik deel hier vaker radarbeelden van vogeltrek, maar die van gisteravond van radar Den Helder (KNMI) zijn toch wel heel bijzonder: vogels wachten op de Waddeneilanden en in Noord-NL de schemering af, om dan massaal over steken naar Engeland, waar ze overwinteren of verder trekken!
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Bruno van Wayenburg
Bruno van Wayenburg@brunchik·
Schreef een verhaal voor @nrc over extreem precieze quantumnavigatie, belangrijk voor defensie maar ook civiele toepassingen nu gps steeds vaker gestoord wordt. nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/10…
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Bogáta Timár
Bogáta Timár@BogataTimar·
TO SPEAK IS TO RESIST I'm continuing to introduce the Finno-Ugric short films made this summer. This one is about Komi activist and political refugee Aleksei Ivanov, who fled imprisonment in Russia in 2022. What did he do? Spoke his native language. vimeo.com/986254263
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Space Cowboys Podcast
Space Cowboys Podcast@SpaceCowboysPod·
De Starship booster succesvol opgevangen door SpaceX, Europa Clipper gelanceerd en een update van de Einstein Telescoop in Limburg. Dat en meer bespreken @thysroes, Michel van Baal en @hmblank in deze nieuwe SpaceCowboys bnr.nl/podcast/spacec…
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Franka Hummels 🐘💨
Franka Hummels 🐘💨@frankahummels·
Als je ergend voor genomineerd bent, moet je daarover wel op de trom slaan eigenlijk. Nou, ik ben een van de tien genomineerden voor de Gouden Freelancer. Met dit artikel @vrij_nederland maak ik kans op een prijs voor de Nederlands freelance productie van de afgelopen twee jaar.
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Phillips P. OBrien
Phillips P. OBrien@PhillipsPOBrien·
I’m feeling a little more ill every time a NATO state or NATO itself boasts of standing firm and defending against enemies, while the Ukrainians are fighting and devastating the military force of NATO’s greatest enemy—and NATO roots them on from the sidelines. At least stop the boasting.
NATO@NATO

Strength in unity 🛡️ Allied fighter jets take the skies over 🇬🇷 Greece to exercise defending from potential threats and challenges

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Robin Osinga 🇳🇱 🇺🇦
Robin Osinga 🇳🇱 🇺🇦@robinosinga·
Timothy Snyder verwoordt het hier treffend: We hebben Rusland het debat hier laten beheersen en nieuwe ongekende oorlogsregels laten dicteren. Een oorlog die alleen mag plaatsvinden op het grondgebied van het land dat is binnengevallen. Dit is ongekend in de geschiedenis.
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Bogáta Timár
Bogáta Timár@BogataTimar·
This week at a Finno-Ugric conference I heard one of the funniest fieldwork stories in my life. It involves Tver Karelians, and Niklas, a young and very handsome Finnish scholar, with good Tver Karelian skills, who went to the region to collect linguistic data.
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Dr Danny Bate
Dr Danny Bate@DannyBate4·
Pictured: newbie broadcaster struggling to switch from Czech to German to Slovak to Hungarian names, and consequently forgetting how to speak his native English.
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