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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 · 25/09/2026
Don't know about normally, but the eyes open version is the second line. Wrote as fast as I could in both. As you see this isn't something I do often or normally, but eyes didn't seem to matter much!
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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 06/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...?
theguardian.com
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...
nrk.no
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...?
malwarebytes.com
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 · 30/07/2026
Har de ikke vann kan de vel brenne olje, som Marie Antoinette sa.
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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 23/07/2026
Ikke bare det! Visste ikke at de gamle grekerne brukte engelsk!
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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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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 16/07/2026
Nei. Hovedoppgaven for mediebedrifter er som for alle andre bedrifter å tjene penger for eierne sine. Media gjør det best ved å fortelle folk det de vil høre. NRK og andre ikke-kommersielle media må legge seg på samme linje, ellers fortjener de ikke folkets støtte. Snakke ned varmen liksom!
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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...?
theguardian.com
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 · 01/07/2026
The oil industri lobby never give up, do they?
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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 29/06/2026
Exactly. But it seems a lot of people don't know that. The thing that saves energy when you need to heat your living space in the cold season can make life bearable in a heat wave.
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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 29/06/2026
Thank you. And just a reminder: Heat pumps do AC too!
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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 27/06/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
‘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...
graceblakeley.substack.com
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 · 22/06/2026
Av jord er du kommet...?
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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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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 17/06/2026
Stiftelser. The Guardian har en slik i ryggen. Ingen aksjeeiere der.
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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 · 06/06/2026
Spinoza when I was 18. Still is I guess, but we evolve and shop ideas over time. Hmm. How does he combine with a sort of non religious taoism? 😉
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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 04/06/2026
Klara og solen er fin. Det er A Psalm for the Wild-Built også.
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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 04/06/2026
Piketty et al: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
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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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 25/05/2026
Jeg tror at andelslag generelt kan være svært gode svar på en del av problemene vi har i denne tiden med Grådighet er Gud. no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samvirke
no.wikipedia.org
Samvirke – Wikipedia
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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
journalisten.no
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...
theguardian.com
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 · 25/04/2026
Man kan si hva man vil om Napoleon, men bake kaker det kunne han. (Stabel)
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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 25/04/2026
Hmm. Tvilsomt. Derimot: Hønen er clairvoyant. Jamfør uttrykket "Det går den veien hønen sparker." (Stabel)
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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 24/04/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
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/
citationneeded.news
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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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 20/04/2026
Fra The Camaraman 1928
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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 19/04/2026
Her
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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...
worksinprogress.co
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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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 15/04/2026
Sikkert bare misunnelig. Alex Karp, CEO i Palantir, sa nylig at det eneste som kom til å overleve KI/AI var folk med yrkesutdannelse og de neurodivergente.
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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...
pluralistic.net
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...
theguardian.com
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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