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Olav Hagen Kvalem

@luddite.no
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We are all luddites now. De fattige og middel betaler skatter og renter, de rike betaler regnskapsførere, de skikkelig rike betaler advokater - og de ultra-rike betaler politikere.

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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 29/09/2026
ChatGPT inspired by Olav:
Man with a blender without a lid in a very messy kitchen says: It hacked my kitchen! One blender to rule them all! 
Women in the doorway: You forgot the lid Donald!
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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 06/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...?
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The trollers v the scrollers: Edith Pritchett’s Bayeux tapestry for the modern age
Didn’t manage to get tickets to the exhibition of the 11th-century artwork at the British Museum in London? Don’t worry, our cartoonist has got you covered, capturing the many battles of our times in ...
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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 05/08/2026
KI er ikke billig - det er billigere å bruke folk (MIT) Innvandring er en løsning på arbeidskraftbehovet (SØA) ---------- www.nrk.no/artikkel/mit...
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MIT: Mennesker er enda billigere enn KI
Flere eksperter har i flere år ropt at KI vil erstatte mennesker. Men er det virkelig slik? Ferske tall viser at det motsatte er tilfellet.
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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 03/08/2026
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/privacy...?
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Shared Claude chats were searchable on Google
Reddit users found that by using a specific search query, they could find shared Claude conversations in search results.
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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 19/07/2026
See how /e/OS protects my device from tracking attempts! Why mobile apps trackers are one of the most impactful threats regarding your privacy and your freedom: read our Privacy Guide at e.foundation/wp-content/u...
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Kjetil @cynic4life.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Så slimålen Graham var en av vennene til Stoltenberg? Jezzes. Vel, kondolerer da, Jens. Din venn uten ryggrad vekket bare avsky hos meg.
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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 08/07/2026
Karbonlagring? Glem det. Et påfunn fra oljeindustrien som fører til mageplask og månekrasj verden rundt. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...?
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The great carbon capture con: behold the wasted billions Burnham could claw back | George Monbiot
There are far better ways to tackle climate breakdown, but successive governments have chosen to listen to the fossil fuel companies instead, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 27/06/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Make people dream’: how to build an economy for the common good
Economist Prof Mariana Mazzucato says governments must ‘get back their mojo’ and believe they can change the world
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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 26/06/2026
most people don’t need to be convinced that the system is broken ... The issue is that they feel utterly powerless to bring these changes about. graceblakeley.substack.com/p/why-i-stop...
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Why I stopped going on TV
TV debates don’t change minds; organising does.
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FairAndBalanced @ksteigen.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Jeg liker dette "det skal lønne seg å jobbe"-mantraet svært dårlig. Det ligger mye forakt og mangel på evne eller vilje til å sette seg inn i andres liv i det. Det er også en stråmann egnet for å skvise de nederst ved bordet enda litt til. Venstresiden burde holde seg langt unna slik retorikk.
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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 21/06/2026
I have had my /e/os (de-googled) phone for 6 weeks now. It's great and stops trackers etc. It has stopped 5.557 leaks from trackers so far from 20 apps. Nice. But 4454 of them stems from The Guardian@theguardian.com! (#2 is Yr, the Norwegian Weather service with 225 leaks ??).
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Jonas Ali Ghanizadeh @jonasali.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
stoltenberg sin sterkeste egenskap er å avpolitisere politikk til det ikke lenger handler om prioriteringen og motsetninger mellom ulike verdier hva du stemmer på har ingenting å si lenger fordi handlingsrommet til folkevalgte skal bli meningsløst lite
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Frode H. Andresen @frodehandresen.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Hehe, kult av NRK å la Humoretaten lage dagens #polkvart der de fremstilte Elon Musk som en rasjonell vitenskapsmann/investor
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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 04/06/2026
Piketty et al: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A good life for the 99% isn’t a pipe dream: it can be done. Here’s how
Our plan is radical – but by transforming how we live on a finite planet, nearly everyone gains, says Thomas Piketty and researchers from the World Inequality Lab
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Frode H. Andresen @frodehandresen.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Make Arbeiderpartiet Gerhardsen Again
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Eivind HM. @eivind1984.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Herre milde Josef og Maria, ENDELIG er det en offentlig instans som sier RETT UT det vi alle skjønner: De eksisterer ikke lenger for å løse oppgaver og problemer i samfunnet, de eksisterer for å ivareta seg selv med minst mulig vanskeligheter og problemer. Da blir økt bruk av tjenestene et problem.
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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 05/05/2026
Klungtveit forsvarer skjult opptak www.journalisten.no/notice/671900
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Klungtveit forsvarer skjult opptak
Redaktør Harald Klungtveit i Filter Nyheter mener TV 2 handlet riktig da de gjorde skjult opptak av ...
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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 05/05/2026
Oppdrettsanleggene våre forurenser tilsvarende urenset kloakk fra millioner mennesker. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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Norwegian fish farms polluting fjords with waste likened to ‘raw sewage of millions of people’
Exclusive: ‘Fish sludge’ in coastal waters now has nutrient levels equivalent to those in untreated effluent of country the size of Australia, report finds
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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 24/04/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A catastrophic climate event is upon us. Here is why you’ve heard so little about it | George Monbiot
Scientists say a crucial Atlantic system is set to collapse. But the billionaire death cult that steers humanity’s destiny just doesn’t do existential crises, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Molly White @molly.wiki · 20/04/2026
Newsletter: As the president’s family’s shady dealings continue to mount, SEC enforcement actions have collapsed to twenty-year lows. The CFTC says it doesn’t need staff when it has AI. www.citationneeded.news/issue-104/
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Issue 104 – World Tyranny Financial
As the Trump family’s crypto dealings raise more alarms, crypto enforcement is falling to new lows
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𝕊𝕜𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕂𝕖𝕪 @skeletonkey.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
The oldest known image of Keith Richards, published around 1140 AD ...
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ClimateHope @climatehope.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Brilliant evisceration by @billmckibben.bsky.social of the corruption caused by the fossil fuel companies over decades. When historians write about this period, they will be aghast at the evil decisions made by those companies and their facilitators. billmckibben.substack.com/p/big-oil-br...
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Big Oil Breaks Everything
The planet, our democracy, our courts...
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Frode H. Andresen @frodehandresen.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Nå haster det mer enn noen gang med å få fjernet formuesskatten
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Syphilia Morgenstierne @syphilia.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
I Norge går det dårlig ... Vi får trøste oss med at Japan greier det fint worksinprogress.co/issue/why-ja...
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Why Japan has such good railways - Works in Progress Magazine
Japan's railways are the finest in the world. Other countries can copy its formula.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
If you want to understand why our economy is rigged for the super rich, look at this graph.
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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 13/04/2026
Skattekutt --> Fascisme Cory Doctorow (han med Enshittification) viser hvordan offentlige innstramminger av fellestjenester fører til fascisme. pluralistic.net/2026/04/12/a...
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Pluralistic: Austerity creates fascism (13 Apr 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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Molly White @molly.wiki · 09/04/2026
i wonder if JD Vance would be surprised to know many husbands don't have to make their wives promise not to jump out of airplanes
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🏳️‍🌈Hanne✨📎 @ortostatisme.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Bensinprisen er 8kr lavare enn i går pga regjeringa si nye «krise»subsidie, men når eg kjem på jobb i kveld er eg den einaste sjukepleiaren på vakt fordi kommuna ikkje har råd til å leige inn ein til 🤡
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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 31/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Never mind leading the free world, if Donald Trump were your ageing father, when would you take away his car keys?
Presidential decisions can mean life or death for millions around the world, that’s why constitutional safeguards exist. But do they work in practice? asks Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 24/03/2026
Just brilliant
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Eivind HM. @eivind1984.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Hvis Norge hadde hatt oljefond i 1943 hadde vi vært storinvestor i produsenter av gasskamre og krematorieovner
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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 19/03/2026
In 1953 the UK government and CIA staged a coup on the popular democratic government in Iran. The shah was reinstated, and the year after the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company became British Petroleum, later BP. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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We need to be honest about Iran – and how our rampant greed for oil is causing mayhem | George Monbiot
Oil has empowered capitalism, and some of the world’s most exploitative regimes. Move away from it and we can solve some of the key issues we face, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 18/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Could a stressed-out AI model help us win the battle against big tech? Let me ask Claude | Coco Khan
By considering consciousness a possibility, Anthropic is raising a fascinating proposition – that chatbots could rise up against their own algorithms, says writer and podcaster Coco Khan
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
In this Ohio diner, Iran is what you did when your ex-wife's lawyer tried to serve you papers. But they do know this: At least we're talking about the Strait of Hormuz and not the Gay of Hormuz.
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Helge Torvund @2rvund.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Blått sug.
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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 28/02/2026
Spencer won the Gorton and Denton byelection for the Green party.
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‘Working hard used to get you something’: what Hannah Spencer’s speech tells us about her, and the state of British politics
Spencer won the Gorton and Denton byelection for the Green party.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Analysis | With Stephen Miller running America's domestic policy, Benjamin Netanyahu running its foreign policy, and Donald Trump heading up interior decorating and bribe-taking, the executive branch has tripled its efficiency.
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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 25/02/2026
Batteries from $ 1mill 2010 pr. MW to $65 today R. Llewellyn: "EMBER state that for large scale grid batteries, the most recent levelled cost of storage has fallen to $65 per MegaWatt hour. ...In 2010, the cost of producing one MegaWatt hour of battery cells would have been over a million dollars."
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Discord cuts ties with Peter Thiel-backed verification software after code found in US surveillance | Fortune share.google/4XKMZruPDRnN...
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Discord cuts ties with Peter Thiel-backed verification software after its code was found tied to US surveillance efforts | Fortune
Discord cut ties with its age-verification partner after exposed code fueled federal-reporting concerns, months after a breach hit 70,000 users.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Tomorrow everyone will be asking: when will the Russo-Ukrainian war end? The right question is: what can we do to make the Russian invasion fail?
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Anders @andersskyrud.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Denne fra Jonas Bals er utrolig bra og obligatorisk lesning for alle som følger norsk politikk. Det er fortvilende at så mange tilsynelatende seriøse mennesker har gått fem på sjarlatanen Toje. www.vagant.no/toje-irving-...
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Toje, Irving og Bannon
I Asle Tojes unøyaktigheter danner det seg et mønster. Derfor må de påpekes.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Brainwashing, 2026 edition. This paper shows how X's algorithmic feed shifts people's views rightwards. It's a sophisticated, highly effective form of reorientation. And it is utterly chilling. If you're still on that platform, unhook yourself now. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature
Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...
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Helge Torvund @2rvund.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Ognalyset snakkar ein dialekt med ein spesiell klang i vokalane. Ein dialekt som minner om malinga til ein katt. Etter nokre nesten uuthaldelege døgn med eit mørkt grep om det sårbare kjenner eg att røysta som med overtydande tone ber meg om å halda ut, våren vil koma. Eg blunkar. Og ser:
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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 06/02/2026
Taxi Driver 50 years "The film proffers a forlorn portrait of a society coming apart at the seams." theconversation.com/taxi-driver-...
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Taxi Driver at 50: Martin Scorsese’s film remains a troubling reflection of our times
Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver turns 50 this month. It is widely regarded as one of the most important American films. It is also one of the most troubling.
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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 04/02/2026
Latest on deathbots and grief tech... theconversation.com/an-ai-afterl...
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An ‘AI afterlife’ is now a real option – but what becomes of your legal status?
The idea of digital immortality raises many legal questions – and most of them don’t have a clear answer.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
When the British invented concentration camps during the Boer War, they also fostered a huge measles epidemic. Could America achieve the same with its own camps?
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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 02/02/2026
OK her også. Slutt å kjøpe tjenester av de store tech-monopolene som setter fyr på verden og støtter de slemme klovnene og : Google, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, OpenAI og de andre, Tesla og Meta. Og for noen: Prøv Linux Mint i dag! www.businessinsider.com/tech-ai-boyc...
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'Unsubscribe' and 'opt out': A new Big Tech boycott to protest ICE has begun
Small businesses struggled to observe the national shutdown to protest ICE. Here's why a boycott of companies like OpenAI and Amazon could be easier and more effective.
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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 31/01/2026
“Throughout history, migration has been one of the great drivers of the development of nations while hatred and xenophobia have been – and continue to be – the greatest destroyer of nations. " www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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‘It’s like a gift from God’: undocumented foreign workers welcome Spanish amnesty
Half a million migrants will be ‘regularised’ under plans to boost economic growth that have angered rightwing parties
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
This week's column is about something that's arguably more important than anything in the news, crucial as some of the other issues are. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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