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Fair-weather cyclists, donating tweets, and more: https://t.co/LnklHW2sMx

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Selecting neighbourhoods for surveillance https://t.co/79B7KXza3i

[IWGB Universities of London @IWGBUoL]

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@UCL: Say NO to invasive monitoring of workers!

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NEW INVESTIGATION finds that low income neighbourhoods throughout the Netherlands have been singled out and run through secretive algorithms to detect welfare fraud. Netherlands hasn't shaken its addiction to "digital dystopia" experiments https://t.co/sfPiLu7YMR

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Amsterdam is on Fodor’s Travel ‘No’ list of destinations you maybe shouldn’t visit, for ethical reasons. https://t.co/EEe1bclyLz

#Amsterdam #Schiphol

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Newsletter December issue:

- Facebook and the government
- Cycling data
- Python and poetry

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Traffic flow map of the Berlin rail network https://t.co/qRbkXWLvP6

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Finding Krommenie and Snelrewaard https://t.co/rDMYkb9Cev

@Kiesraad @iisg_amsterdam #python #history

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Wind directions visualised https://t.co/9RgCyseKxF

@Reindst

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On the Van Vollenhoven / Gekroonde Valk brewery see https://t.co/SnwG4q5r5t (although their support for the cycling race isn’t discussed here)

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In 1948, the Van Vollenhoven brewery supported the Ronde van de Eilanden criterium. https://t.co/gTiPTb48za

(The photo shows riders passing the De Gooyer mill, now a location of Brouwerij het IJ)

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A year later, Van Vollenhoven would close its doors, due to competition from Heineken and Amstel. A couple years ago, Van Vollenhoven’s Stout was re-introduced by Poesiat & Kater

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In 1953, the Ronde van de Indische Buurt ended in a bit of a riot. The winner was accused of having accepted a bottle of lemonade during the race https://t.co/jSFBCRVUMg

#amsterdam #cycling

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Albert Heijn delivery service unable to keep up with the competition https://t.co/strwF0qAIv

#cycling #amsterdam

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Strike statistics https://t.co/QAZzic3kRq

@KurtVandaele @iisg_amsterdam @AgnesAkkerman

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For background, read this article: https://t.co/V9RT1QQf9T

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Around 1950, dozens of neighbourhood criteriums used to be held across Amsterdam. Check the map to find out whether races were held in the street where you live https://t.co/4P6Yb4cUBG

#cycling #amsterdam

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Charts with a shortened y-axis are interpreted differently than charts with a y-axis that starts at zero, a study found https://t.co/YL7h1vtAha

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How to analyse Garmin or Strava activities using Python
https://t.co/3Tf9V5c6uQ
#python #cycling #foss