If you post pictures on Instagram, you are helping doxxers find you. Though this may sound like a small exaggeration, I assure you it is not....
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At 7am every Sunday morning, my dad gets up to go buy his weekly newspaper. Whatever stories get published throughout the week, he reads on his...
Continue reading...Is it Necessary to Watch the News, and Should We Trust What We See?
A few weeks ago, I watched the news about a murder case in Tokyo. Since then, I have been haunted by nightmares- running away from a...
Continue reading...The EU Thinks You’re a Pedofile
The scheming EU Commission bureaucrats in Brussels have come up with a new disgusting scheme to mass surveil us. They want to introduce something called “Chat...
Continue reading...Embracing Open-Source Software, and a Vision for the Future…
The once biggest YouTuber, Pewdiepie, relatively recently uploaded a video explaining his switch from Windows to Linux. I was quickly amazed at the amount of customisations...
Continue reading...Could TikTok replace Google?
I google. In short that would answer the question ‘how do you find information and knowledge on digital technologies and media?’ However, the manner in which...
Continue reading...Truth engines? How information finds us in the digital age.
It is a sign of our time – an era often referred to as the “information age” (Galloway, 111) – that media is generally understood as...
Continue reading...ChatGPT As Therapy?
My mother came to me the other day quite baffled by the actions of her close friend; she explained to me how her friend would diagnose...
Continue reading...Restoring my Relationship to the Internet (Part 1)
If you read my blog last week, you might remember me talking about seing people getting shot on Youtube as a kid and how this affected...
Continue reading...Should Smartphone Use be Restricted by Authorities?
In last week’s class discussion, it was interesting to hear my classmates’ experiences with smartphone and other digital device restrictions in their early childhoods. Since we...
Continue reading...before instagram there were oil portraits
This weekend I did a solo day trip to Antwerp and had a blast at the KSMKA museum. Walking through the rooms, I ended up in...
Continue reading...The Algorithm Knows You Better Than You Know Yourself
We’ve all had that moment: you’re scrolling through Instagram or TikTok, and suddenly a post appears that feels a little too accurate. Maybe it’s the exact...
Continue reading...Scrolling vs. Learning : how I get informed online
For a long time, I used to convince myself that spending hours on TikTok and X was somehow necessary because it was the only way to...
Continue reading...The Heart of a Broken Story
I used to dream a lot, and spent most of my time in books before high school. Sometimes I bring my own books, sometimes I just...
Continue reading...Essay writings and AI application
“Stay critical!“ When I stared at the bold, eye-catching words, my mind involuntarily drifted back to my experiences interacting with GPT while writing my essays. The...
Continue reading...The Last Page of the Internet
There was a time when the internet felt small enough to finish. Somewhere between early forums, webpages, and endless click-through rabbit holes, you could stumble onto...
Continue reading...How academic pressure manipulated me into using AI
ChatGPT was released shortly after I finished high school. So my first meeting with AI in an educational setting was at university. My two first semesters...
Continue reading...Searching Smarter: Staying Critical in a Digital World
High School and the Rise of Social Media I used Google for the first time when I was in elementary school. I still remember sitting in...
Continue reading...Humans and Digital Technology: In Finding Knowledge
What is the best way to satisfy that knowledge-hungry brain of yours? The answer is simple: feed it books. Now that autumn has officially arrived, the...
Continue reading...How I Search for Knowledge in the Digital World
When I have to find something out, whether it’s about daily life, the meaning of a new TikTok trend, or research for a university assignment, my...
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