bertil.bsky.social @bertil.bsky.social · 30/04/2026There is apparently 17.45 billion payment cards with PIN around the world, and 15% of those are randomly generated. Assuming randomly generated PIN codes are all evenly likely, there are 261,750 people wondering why everyone is discussing their specific PIN code right now. 000
bertil.bsky.social @bertil.bsky.social · 07/04/2026I would love to hear from Ret. General Randy George today. I understand he might want to enjoy his second day of retirement, and after giving so much, he certainly deserves to, but it seems the US needs someone with some authority to speak up. 000
bertil.bsky.social @bertil.bsky.social · 07/02/2026Not sure why everyone is so riled up about this ICE ting. They are occasionally late but they are fast and comfortable. 100
bertil.bsky.social @bertil.bsky.social · 01/02/2026Why is Kate McKinnon leading in a Polish docu-fiction? youtu.be/phN7tqYaa08youtu.beLead Children | Official Trailer | NetflixYouTube video by Netflix 000
bertil.bsky.social @bertil.bsky.social · 22/12/2025God, give me the confidence of autocorrect, in the middle of a conversation about discounts, contracts, negotiations, pricing and signature to confirm that the sentence is “Is the sake done?” Yes, sake, an essential part of commercial relationships. 020
bertil.bsky.social @bertil.bsky.social · 04/12/2025I was surprised by the scale of the data centers announced by big tech—the land area mostly: it’s not that hard to make them higher, more dense. I’m curious if they didn’t make big announcements to scare people & once electricity and water become scarce, rile up local groups to prevent new entrants. 020
Reposted by @bertil.bsky.socialRandall Munroe @xkcd.com · 26/11/2025Fifteen Years xkcd.com/3172/ 288117072437
bertil.bsky.social @bertil.bsky.social · 25/11/2025In parts of the world not in the news: I saw a young mother trying, frustrated, to unlock a pram, and two burly construction workers immediately jumped to help, pointing at the right latch. One explained in broken Swedish he got the same model second hand during his parental leave and it was great. 030
bertil.bsky.social @bertil.bsky.social · 23/11/2025All washing machines mention how this program can take that much weight of clothes, which is cool, but… How do you tell how much you’ve put and if it’s too much?! Do you have a scale in your laundry and weigh your bags? 000
Reposted by @bertil.bsky.socialderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 23/11/2025Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait. My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime. 194120823723
Reposted by @bertil.bsky.socialRandall Munroe @xkcd.com · 14/11/2025Car Size xkcd.com/3167/ 11398542745
Reposted by @bertil.bsky.socialKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 17/10/2025Living in the Future benefit: the combination of Google Maps public transit directions and phone-tap onboard payment makes it SO EASY to take public trams/buses/metros when traveling now. It’s fantastic not to have to resort to taxis just for lack of easy access to the local transit ticketing system 301138100
bertil.bsky.social @bertil.bsky.social · 07/10/2025This is wonderful news, but waiting for the day after the Nobel Prize is announced to mention it is a class act. youtu.be/bhExSMZt1zsyoutu.beHuntington's disease successfully treated for first time | BBC NewsYouTube video by BBC News 050
bertil.bsky.social @bertil.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Learning about customer support principles from my local soup dealer 020
bertil.bsky.social @bertil.bsky.social · 30/09/2025I have complained here that YouTube ads were really irrelevant. They aren’t getting much better (who wants to buy a university-lab grade microscope?) but they occasionally… Look, I know I should be unloading the dishwasher and not watching Chandrila Niamos remixes, but trying to sell me tablets… 010
bertil.bsky.social @bertil.bsky.social · 09/09/2025I can’t believe that Apple didn’t provide all those people whose lives were saved by Apple Watch with a webcam from this century. I mean it would be rude to ask for more, but… 010
bertil.bsky.social @bertil.bsky.social · 09/09/2025Sometimes, genius doesn’t need good lighting.youtu.beIrish pubs vs Scottish pubs with Craig the tourguide #eleanormortonYouTube video by Eleanor Morton 031
bertil.bsky.social @bertil.bsky.social · 09/09/2025In the SciFi novel The Ministry for the Future, Kim Stanley Robinson imagines a city dying because of a heatwave, and survivors radicalizing. International action follows in the shadow of their terrorist threats. It couldn’t imagine the incident to be widely ignored. And yet… 141
bertil.bsky.social @bertil.bsky.social · 30/08/2025Fox News couldn’t stop talking about the mass shooter more. I guess that’s what counts as Swan Lake in the US? That’s grim. Newsmax isn’t particularly focused. 010
bertil.bsky.social @bertil.bsky.social · 16/08/2025media.tenor.comdonald trump sits at a desk with a stuffed bald eagle on top of itAlt: Bald eagle attacks Donald Trump at a desk. 021
bertil.bsky.social @bertil.bsky.social · 10/08/2025For people at the back: this week, or maybe next year, millions will die, some survivors will be radicalized and attack carbon-intensive infrastructure or decision-makers. Mass migration in the billions will flee the hottest area. 050
bertil.bsky.social @bertil.bsky.social · 11/07/2025You know how some ads have to add caveats at the end because they are promoting a regulated service? And how are always read way too fast to not eat into the ad time budget? I just heard one of those in Polish. Eminem *wished* he had a flow that quick and that smooth. 040
bertil.bsky.social @bertil.bsky.social · 16/06/2025I lived in touristy Paris too long: I notice lost tourists. Last night, step into Stockholm town hall. A guy was looking around, maybe lost? Then his wife pulls a camera, and he pulls a large golden medal from his pocket & a big smile. I guess he’s been here before. Looks different in winter. 130
bertil.bsky.social @bertil.bsky.social · 11/06/2025My bus driver just put on some racing gloves. We are about to Harry-Potter-Night-bus this traffic jam… 030
bertil.bsky.social @bertil.bsky.social · 04/06/2025My job is made a little bit harder by having to explain that a lot of very smart people, using enormous computers, have decided that about 30% of my time should be spent watching ads for the same video game, that, inexplicably, is nothing like those ads. 031
Reposted by @bertil.bsky.socialJohn Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 22/04/2025"First the leader removes those with expertise and independent thinking from the government and replaces them with leaders who are arrogant, ignorant, and extremely loyal. Next he takes steps to centralize his power and claim unprecedented authority." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv... 1324176
bertil.bsky.social @bertil.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Today, I saw more than 25 ads encouraging me to: - sell my car; - get a new car; - get new tires for my car; - fix the windshield of my car; - effortlessly change tires of my car; - buy a much better car than the one I have. If you work with cars, you ad agency is stealing from you. 030
bertil.bsky.social @bertil.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Black Mirror Season 7. No, really, they can somehow think of something worse. I’ll be hiding under my bed. 000
bertil.bsky.social @bertil.bsky.social · 01/03/2025It might not be a top priority for everyone but I think we can all agree “Don’t make Steve Rosenberg concerned” should be a rule for a lot of people. 000
bertil.bsky.social @bertil.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Here’s how I think about global warming (and a couple other things) 031
Reposted by @bertil.bsky.socialDave Willner @dwillner.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Early on at Facebook, the nascent Content Policy team organically developed a set of aphorisms to guide our work. A set of simple-ish “north stars” to navigate by, keeping us on track while coping with of the ever growing and diversifying torrent of reports. 🧵1/9 310221
Reposted by @bertil.bsky.socialGwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 06/11/2024The Mr. Rogers advice for moments of crisis is a useful thing to remember right now. Look for the helpers. Look for the people organizing to protect the most vulnerable. Look for the people who have been concretely planning for how to respond, and are ready to implement. Join them, if you can. 44101033624
bertil.bsky.social @bertil.bsky.social · 19/01/2025There’s something genuinely endearing about having the back-end engineer and CTO seeing the numbers go up suddenly, knowing that the infrastructure will hold, and whose first reaction is: let’s welcome newcomers! 100
bertil.bsky.social @bertil.bsky.social · 12/01/2025I must know people who can help Craig out. (Yes, it’s that Craig, and he’s trying to help teachers in the US get supplies.) 020
![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra)
![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu)
