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Thomas Berker

@thomas.tikatech.org.ap.brid.gy

STS researcher at Trondheim's Centre for Technology and Society. Co-founder of NTNU's The Good Infrastructures Lab. Fascinated by infrastructures, user agency […] [bridged from tikatech.org/@thomas on the fediverse by fed.brid.gy ]

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Thomas Berker @thomas.tikatech.org.ap.brid.gy · 17/07/2026

Working during July in Norway's academia proves Jackson's broken world thinking: because everybody is on holidays infrastructures are not maintained and decay spreads: first the coffee-machine turned into a brown-water-machine, now the closest printer broke down, and we are running low on A4 paper.

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Thomas Berker @thomas.tikatech.org.ap.brid.gy · 16/03/2026

In an age of #AI #sycophancy, a worthwhile task for the #humanities might be to be the slave who whispers into the ear of the pandered-to individual: remember you are only one human. Apropos the Roman tradition: during a triumphal procession, a slave stood […] [Original post on tikatech.org]

The ruins of Ephes, the rest of a temple with 7 Ionic columns in the front, and what may have been a street lined with monuments in the back. (Getty images, published under the unsplash+ license)

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Thomas Berker @thomas.tikatech.org.ap.brid.gy · 18/12/2025

#Academic housekeeping: This is the pile of drafts, exams and applications that an average prof in Norway reads and comments on in one year. Every text is an expression of hopes and aspirations, which I am quite aware of while reading. Not much AI-mediocrity in […] [Original post on tikatech.org]

An untidily stacked pile of computer print outs.

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Thomas Berker @thomas.tikatech.org.ap.brid.gy · 07/12/2025

My Frankenstein data centre has a new addition bought from a gamer who I guess was upgrading. Here no games but 4K #jellyfin transcoding and quicker #selfhosted LLM answers. Turns out a consumer GPU does not fit at all in a server and I needed a riser cable and […] [Original post on tikatech.org]

An open old Huawei server and a Geforce gpu and a lot of cables and stuff.

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Thomas Berker @thomas.tikatech.org.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2025

Unreasonably excited about my new Linux desktop environment: The wonderfully functional and performant #Niri (1) made beautiful and complete with #DMS (2). Redefining the sweet spot between bling and function, the holy grail of desktop environments […] [Original post on tikatech.org]

A monitor showing the niri desktop with the settings for dms open. A wallpaper from Scavengers reign shows a pot of leaves.

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