Nik Baerten

2 years of ShockBox sessions across Dutch public sector organisations. A familiar pattern: when unfamiliar shocks hit, many orgs go blind fast. Not enough backup power, no fallback comms, lacking playbooks.

Plans ≠ muscle memory. But the leverage points exist — if you look for them together.

Surgeons have performed the first fully robotic heart transplant in the U.S., using advanced robotic tools to avoid opening the chest. neurosciencenews.com/robotic-hear...

New method can teach AI to admit uncertainty. In other words, it finally learns to say "I don't know" techxplore.com/news/2025-06...

‘A timebomb’: could a French mine full of waste poison the drinking water of millions? Scientists fear thousands of tonnes of chemicals dumped in mining tunnels in Alsace may seep into an aquifer with devastating consequences for people and wildlife

‘A timebomb’: could a French mine full of waste poison the drinking water of millions? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Publishers facing existential threat from AI, Cloudflare CEO says www.axios.com/2025/06/19/a...

Axolotl Discovery Brings Us Closer Than Ever to Regrowing Human Limbs Axolotls (Ambystoma mexicanum) have the incredible ability to regenerate limbs, and even entire organs.

News from the #regenerativemedicine front ... Axolotl Discovery Brings Us Closer Than Ever to Regrowing Human Limbs www.sciencealert.com/axolotl-disc...

in other words ... it's not whether we are in the race or not, it's whether we are in the same race. time for the EU to carve that third path indeed!

Infrared contact lenses allow people to see in the dark, even with their eyes closed Neuroscientists and materials scientists have created contact lenses that enable infrared vision in both humans and mice by converting infrared light into visible light. Unlike infrared night vision…

Infrared contact lenses allow people to see in the dark, even with their eyes closed phys.org/news/2025-05...

New quantum-based navigation tech beats GPS precision by 50 times Explore the advantages of Q-CTRL's quantum navigation system that operates independently of GPS and offers unparalleled accuracy.

New quantum-based navigation tech beats GPS precision by 50 times interestingengineering.com/innovation/a...

👇been hammering on the language/cultural myopia of LLM’s for years. With language comes culture, worldviews, epistemologies, …

Big Tech earns enough in less than 3 weeks to pay all 2024 fines | Proton Big Tech fines reached more than $8 billion in 2024. Unfortunately, not even this fine will give Big Tech pause. But progress is being made.

Helps to contextualize the meaning of 'fine' ... proton.me/blog/big-tec...

💭How can we drive transformative change in agrifood systems?

IIPP delivered a groundbreaking Applied Learning workshop to the UN @fao.org to equip their staff with tools and methodologies to drive transformative change.

🔗Read more here: https://buff.ly/3VJbz1l

And not just in the humanities …

The Common Table By Studio_lovell The publishing platform for stories about food futures and systemic change

The Common Table is a publishing platform dedicated to food futures and systemic change. We bring diverse viewpoints and insights from around the world to the table, to enable greater constructive dialogue and exchange. We believe in better and fairer food futures for everyone.

This Is What the World’s First All-EV Car Market Looks Like Norway is on the cusp of completing a transition away from combustion cars thanks to targeted incentives that made electrics an easy choice

NORWAY: “Despite winding back some tax benefits, EVs accounted for 94% of new car sales in October — almost 2x China’s rate — putting the country within reach of a goal to stop adding combustion engines next year.”

Norway is on the cusp of an all-EV car market. www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

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Thank you, Peter! Just getting started here 😉🚀

Denmark will plant 1 billion trees and convert 10% of farmland into forest Danish lawmakers have agreed on a deal to plant 1 billion trees and convert 10% of farmland into forest and natural habitats in an effort to reduce fertilizer usage over the next two decades.

Denmark will plant 1 billion trees and convert 10% of farmland into forest

I did ... and I look forward to issue 2 😉