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Dag Blakstad

@dagb.wsocial.eu
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Software Developer and Taekwondo instructor (4th Dan). Interested in energy, politics and nature.

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Patricia Aas 🐢🏳️‍🌈 @patigallardo.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
1/ Thorough debunking of arguments against banning, by law, «smart glasses»/«perv glasses» in Norway. «The Government’s Capitulation to Meta. It seems Karianne Tung has forgotten who she works for.» 🧵
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Regjeringens knefall for Meta
Det virker som Karianne Tung har glemt hvem hun jobber for.
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PIK_climate @pik-potsdam.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
NEW: Increasingly hot, dry and windy conditions could substantially extend the area affected by wildfires across Europe, according to a new study led by PIK's Maik Billing with contributions from @sgn.one. Read more 👇 www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
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Area affected by wildfires in Europe could almost triple due to climate change
20.08.2026 – Increasingly hot, dry and windy conditions could substantially extend the area affected by wildfires across Europe, according to a new study led by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impac...
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We Don't Have Time @wedonthavetime.wsocial.eu · 16/08/2026
Thanks for sharing this important article @michaelemann.bsky.social
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Dag Blakstad @dagb.wsocial.eu · 10/08/2026
Will batteries save or hurt the grid? www.euronews.com/2026/08/08/b... #grid #energygrid #battery
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Blackout risk? Inside the pushback against Europe’s battery boom
A new report claims that the battery boom could trigger power outages, but experts say the risk is ‘tiny’.
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 09/08/2026
Chris Hohn, billionaire hedge fund manager: ‘All these people who say we can't afford net zero - they're completely misunderstanding the gravity of the situation.' www.thetimes.com/article/de38...
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Paul Knott @paulknott11.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Spreading lies to stir up fear and hatred. It's long past time that more people saw through the far-right's sickening tactics. Here's a useful burst of truth from @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu to help.
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Dag Blakstad @dagb.wsocial.eu · 09/08/2026
The #economic impact of heat and drought in #Europe is easily lost in rising costs from wars and conflicts www.politico.eu/article/econ...
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The economic toll of Europe’s infernal summer
Global warming, not climate policy, is bad for business, experts warn.
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Jan Arild Snoen @snoen.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
NRK har nå oppdatert saken med samme lenke som meg. Bedre sent enn aldri.
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Dag Blakstad @dagb.wsocial.eu · 25/07/2026
Yes. The Curl maintainer has blocked AI generated issues and PRs and is very open about it.
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Dag Blakstad @dagb.wsocial.eu · 23/07/2026
The hidden costs of LLMs is well described by Codeberg blog.codeberg.org/protecting-o... #llm #opensource
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Protecting our FLOSS commons from LLMs — Codeberg News
.codeberg-design ul { padding-left: revert !important; } In Brief: Two...
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EU Council @consilium.europa.eu · 17/07/2026
New sanctions against Russia target 1 individual and 5 entities involved in drone manufacturing. These measures come in response to Russia’s recent deadly strikes on Kyiv and its brutal military campaign deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure. For more information: link.europa.eu/Gkj6Tr
Visual with the heading 'New sanctions against Russia' showing a large red prohibition symbol in the centre, linked by dotted lines to multiple small icons of people. It represents EU sanctions targeting Russian individuals or entities.
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Brendan McEwen @brendanmcewen.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
this is an absolutely fantastic article... really inspiring stuff!
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World Weather Attribution @wwattribution.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
🔥NEW: Our study finds the ongoing European heatwave would have been impossible without climate change (1/6)
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 09/07/2026
Sweden has vowed to block any effort to dilute the EU's proposed decarbonization scheme ahead of a policy showdown next week that is pitting capitals against each other.
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Don’t gut flagship green rules, Sweden tells EU
Brussels would be undermining billions in investments if it waters down the policy next week, Sweden’s EU minister tells POLITICO.
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 09/07/2026
COMMENTARY: As NATO leaders head home from their annual summit in Ankara, it seems they concluded these meetings really aren’t worth the effort — so long as Donald Trump is U.S. president.
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NATO’s Ankara summit was a wasted opportunity
Europe could have used the meeting to show the U.S. how it will take the lead — instead it just agreed to buy a bunch of stuff.
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Science Magazine @science.org · 08/07/2026
An open letter calls on philosophy journals to begin to mandate potential conflicts of interest amid growing ties to #AI and other companies. scim.ag/4vWekwm
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Philosophers call for their journals to require conflict of interest disclosures
A new petition urges greater transparency amid growing ties to AI and other companies
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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 03/07/2026
Europe is boiling — and the far right is turning air conditioning into a culture war
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Europe is boiling — and the far right is turning air conditioning into a culture war
<div><img width="600" height="450" src="https://static.euobserver.com/2026/07/External_units_of_air_conditioners_in_Singapore-600x450.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://static.euobserver.com/2026/07/External_units_of_air_conditioners_in_Singapore-600x450.jpg 600w, https://static.euobserver.com/2026/07/External_units_of_air_conditioners_in_Singapore-1200x900.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></div>Instead of asking how Europe should adapt to a changing climate, some politicians have found another opportunity to wage a stale culture war. Their latest target is air conditioning.
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Privacy International @privacyinternational.org · 01/07/2026
AI in public services is rolling out faster than scrutiny can keep up. Should essential services rely on black boxes? 🤔
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From Big Oil to Big Algorithm: Public Money in Private Models
Between the UK government’s announcement that it will commit £1b to AI-related infrastructure, the EU’s launch of
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