Reposted by PenttiJosh Levinger @jlev.online · 15hAnother photo of her looking like an absolute boss as she debugs a program by hand. Photo courtesy of the Draper Lab and MIT museum. 117421
Pentti @penttik.bsky.social · 7hglad to see we’re exiting the denial stage of #brexit, even if it did take 10 years 111
Pentti @penttik.bsky.social · 8hIt’s very quiet on the “universal basic income” front these days. I’d say AI is going to replace what were mostly tedious jobs, but at least you could make a living. I don’t see where the replacement jobs are going to come from. 010
Pentti @penttik.bsky.social · 8hso you want to go all in with AI whilst adding more workers to the labour force by increasing the retirement age and decreasing welfare state 🧐 who are these moronic officials? yle.fi/a/74-20250305yle.fiRetire at 70, rethink services to save welfare state, ministry officials suggestRaising the minimum retirement age would add more workers to the labour force, finance ministry civil servants say. 000
Reposted by PenttiPhil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026When they talk about reducing red tape, remember this image. 5428371091
Pentti @penttik.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The BBC needs to go back to real journalism, the arts and minority interests. Forget the license fee, and fund it with taxation. And stop paying insane salaries. Nick Grimshaw isn’t worth £335,000 per year www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comBBC morale dented by gradual ‘bloodletting’ after weeks of job cutsPlans to shed as many as 2,000 employees have been announced in stages, and staff fear further cuts in 2027 000
Pentti @penttik.bsky.social · 04/10/2026My son is hanging out in the Alps and he told me about this thing called “via ferrata” he’s doing, and it looks fucking scary. 000
Pentti @penttik.bsky.social · 04/10/2026autumn colours looking great today #Nuuksio #Forest #Autumn #Gravel #Cycling 020
Pentti @penttik.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I was thinking that there was something that didn’t add up with this whole incident. I guess there was no bomb and they’re not dangerous then 🤔 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...theguardian.comRAF Fairford live updates: Five men arrested near base to be released on bail, police sayCounter terror police say earlier that they arrested five men who were British national in their 20s from London 110
Reposted by PenttiThe National @scotnational.bsky.social · 26/09/2026NEW: Massive Attack frontman Robert Del Naja has been arrested on suspicion of showing support for a proscribed organisation outside of Labour's party conference in Liverpool – the first under the tenure of Andy Burnhamthenational.scotMassive Attack musician arrested at Palestine protest outside Labour conference 28552
Reposted by PenttiMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...youtube.comMusk | Official Trailer | Bleecker StreetYouTube video by Musk 25767584542
Pentti @penttik.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Aluk Todolo at #Kult #Helsinki last night #krautrock #psychedelic 000
Pentti @penttik.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Let me get this right. People got fat eating McDonald’s, so go on GLP-1s. So McDonalds have to change to a protein based menu, because the people have no appetite and no muscle left 💀 apnews.com/article/mcdo...apnews.comMcDonald’s bets $8.5 billion on a sweeping restaurant makeover and new protein-focused menuMcDonald’s said Wednesday it will spend $8.5 billion over the next decade to modernize its restaurants globally. 010
Reposted by PenttiMika Rantanen @mikarantane.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Radar image of Tuesday's mass crane migration. A 100 km long line of migrating cranes was clearly visible on weather radar. It is estimated that around 10,000 (?) cranes were involved in that formation. The highest count observed was 26,000 migrating cranes on that day in Kangasala (near Tampere). 620261
Reposted by PenttiInformation is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 20/09/2026A true world divide 5284
Pentti @penttik.bsky.social · 20/09/2026All of those events often compound over time, resulting in more work pressures in my experience. Management making unreasonable demands, causing low morale. When a talented colleague jumps ship, that is often the time to take action. 000
Pentti @penttik.bsky.social · 20/09/2026youtu.be/ZU2a3PzBVDQyoutu.beThe Happy Mondays - Loose Fit TOTPYouTube video by robet76 000
Pentti @penttik.bsky.social · 20/09/2026If I were to go into formal education now, I’d choose an art subject solely because it interests me. As for job prospects they used to say the arts were at the bottom of the scale, but I’m not so sure in the age of AI. Creative thinking is something a human will always have superiority over AI. 011
Pentti @penttik.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I still don’t really know what my skills are, and am unable to explain them. I have no education beyond O level. All I know is that I’m a problem solver and have a natural talent for pattern recognition. 110
Pentti @penttik.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I went big into AI when the company started pushing it over a year ago. I got noticed, as I was one of the heaviest users in the company. I’m 60 now and will likely hang around for a while yet. The biggest employment risk I see is if we sell out to a big US company. 110
Pentti @penttik.bsky.social · 20/09/2026idk if it is just this company, or generally a Finnish thing, but the culture is very take risks and try stuff out. There is no fallout whatsoever if stuff fails, as long as you learn from it. 110
Pentti @penttik.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Maybe I was lucky, but aged 55, I got my current job in Helsinki by applying directly on the company’s own website just before midnight on the last day of applications. They called me a couple of days later for a phone interview and offered me a job. 110
Pentti @penttik.bsky.social · 20/09/2026After one particular redundancy, I can now see the workplace patterns and jump ship before getting made redundant. Mentally, it’s easier to get a job when you already have one www.theguardian.com/money/2026/s...theguardian.com‘I feel invisible’: over-50s reveal harsh realities of trying to get a jobCandidates describe feelings of rejection after submitting hundreds of applications but getting a handful of interviews 220
Pentti @penttik.bsky.social · 20/09/2026social media is transforming people into brain dead zombies - quite scary if you think about it www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.com‘Just cut the wires’: why UK conspiracy theorists are destroying traffic scannersSensors that monitor vehicle volume are said to be ‘electronic assault weapons’ by the ‘Blade Runners’ group 011
Pentti @penttik.bsky.social · 19/09/20262/2 I got an emergency root canal and filling in the UK earlier this year, and that broke. Got it fixed, but they discovered that another root canal I had done in the UK a few years back is infected. Possibly need extraction and implant at a cost of 3k 😔. I rather drop the 3k on a new bike tbh. 000
Pentti @penttik.bsky.social · 19/09/20261/2 Most of the dental work I’ve had done in the UK on the NHS has failed. It’s not that the dentist is particularly bad, but they seem to be in the dark ages with the dental technology compared to what I’ve seen in Finland. 100
Pentti @penttik.bsky.social · 19/09/20262/2 More Claude chats and testing still resulted in the code being correct. Went back to the developer who insisted it wasn’t. Spent an hour or so looking at other solutions, and the developer came back saying it was correct after all. Not surprised as the whole thing had so many permutations. 010
Pentti @penttik.bsky.social · 19/09/20261/2 Spent Friday afternoon checking some code I merged as one of the developers said it was incorrect. I was open to being wrong as I’d just switched back to Opus having burnt all my Fable credits. 100
Reposted by Penttiai-nerd.bsky.social @ai-nerd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026i think the gap isn't capability, humans carry the blast radius and keep patching it later 011
Reposted by PenttiWif Stenger @wifsten.bsky.social · 19/09/2026RIP trombonist Harry Brown, 52, who played with McCoy Tyner, Roy Ayers, Ezra Collective, Camilla George, Massive Attack and many others #britishjazz #trombone #jazz #harrybrown www.jazzwise.com/content/news...jazzwise.comHarry Brown: 21/08/1974 – 03/09/2026 - JazzwiseKevin Le Gendre pays tribute to the beloved London trombonist, who worked with the likes of McCoy Tyner, Roy Ayers and John Legend, among countless others, a... 022
Pentti @penttik.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I wonder why that could be 🧐 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comMet investigates hundreds of officers after using Palantir AI toolMet says AI software unearthed rule-breaking ranging from work-from-home violations to suspected corruption 030
Pentti @penttik.bsky.social · 19/09/20262/2 However, the expert could have done it much faster than a week without AI. So basically #Claude enables me to work much faster on tasks that are somewhat outside my experience. 000
Pentti @penttik.bsky.social · 19/09/20261/2 The other week I got #Claude to generate a network security diagram. I had to go through several iterations until I was happy with it. Then I handed it over to an expert who found a couple of mistakes. The whole process took me about a day, but would likely have been a week without Claude. 100
Pentti @penttik.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I mostly use #AI for coding and creating documentation. The problem is that it is good at generating reams of output that looks credible on first glance, but then you need to spend hours verifying it edition.cnn.com/2026/09/18/p...edition.cnn.comExclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN PoliticsThe episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war 000
Pentti @penttik.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I can think of a few 6 Music DJs they could offload. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/s...theguardian.comBBC cash reserves hit lowest level in a decade after big single-year spendExclusive: Reserves at public service arm drop 66% as broadcaster undertakes large cuts in effort to save £500m 000
Pentti @penttik.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Interesting, but you could say everything is a waste of time, including studying time. IMO the top time wasters are those who appear to be on a mission to make other peoples lives as miserable as possible. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...theguardian.comTech billionaires trying to live for ever? That’s a waste of time, says physicistExclusive: Prof Jim Al-Khalili says he will offer solution to ‘arrow of time’ problem in Royal Institution lectures 000
Pentti @penttik.bsky.social · 19/09/2026you can be sure that these data centres will push up our electricity bills, which are currently extremely reasonable here in Finland #datacentre yle.fi/a/74-20246995yle.fiCitizens' initiative demanding restrictions on data centers reaches 50,000 signaturesThe petition calls for conditions on how data centres connect to Finland's electricity grid as well as for the introduction of a separate data centre fee. 000
Reposted by PenttiMika Rantanen @mikarantane.bsky.social · 16/09/2026El Niño strengthening into unseen territory. The Niño3.4 region just reached a +3.0 °C anomaly (relative to the 1991–2020). Such a warmth has never been observed in September, and it's only a few hundredths of a degree away from the 2015 all-time record. 11484271
Reposted by PenttiEd Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Heat stroke causes severe impaired judgment & confusion, which is why it's important for parents, teachers, coaches, outdoor crew supervisors, drill sergeants, & others to be vigilant in watching for signs of heat stroke in people they supervise. It's hard to recognize heat stroke in yourself.billfrist.substack.comWe Taught a Generation to Stop, Drop, and Roll. We Never Did the Same for Heat.Extreme weather is reshaping the school day. Our schools need to change with it. 215446
Reposted by PenttiWif Stenger @wifsten.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Red-green alliance leads by a nailbiting 3-seat majority with 94% of vote counted in #Sweden #eupol #sverige #swedishelection2026 www.svt.se/nyheter/inri...svt.seEfter pendlarnatten: Oppositionen leder knappt – Senaste nytt om valet 2026Söndagen den 13 september 2026 är det val i Sverige och maktkampen är igång. Här kan du följa senaste nytt inom svensk politik 132
Reposted by PenttiPhil Sturgeon 🌳🚵⚓️ @philsturgeon.com · 11/09/2026Let’s get this petition from Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social up to 10,000 people. Palantir need to get the hell away from our data, and away from another government contract. It starts with a few thousand signatures. www.amnesty.org.uk/get-involved...amnesty.org.ukTell the Health Secretary, Yvette Cooper: No Palantir in our NHSPalantir’s contract with NHS England is up for renewal in February 2027, with discussions expected to begin this year. This is a critical moment for us to tell the new Health Secretary: No Palantir in... 073
Pentti @penttik.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Saul Williams has a new album I must check out. I saw him in Bristol in 2016. He made such an impression that I stopped off at the record shop on the way home and bought his albums on CD #LiveMusic #SaulWilliams 000
Pentti @penttik.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I’m not really strong enough for a decent result, but entered the race anyway. Maybe I can get faster; at least something to aim for. It’s fun & a bit edgy. For a few hours nothing matters, except pushing the pedals and focusing on riding the course as fast as possible #gravelracing #cycling 000
Pentti @penttik.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I raced my gravel bike today. I managed to stay with the fast guys in the 61-64 age group for an hour at least. Big respect to the one guy in the 75-79 age category. 000
Reposted by PenttiBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Oh wait, someone has thought of this before! 922420705
Pentti @penttik.bsky.social · 10/09/2026so the police are doing fuck all about this then? “Someone online saw a group of what looked like foreign nationals leaving the coach and put a photo of it online and that's where it spurred from.” www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comGroup entered hotel of Pakistan cricketers mistaken for migrantsProtesters congregated at a Portsmouth hotel after false rumours that a coach of migrants had arrived. 000
