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Lars Westergren @wgren.eurosky.social · 12/10/2026

Cool, youtube increases subscription with a couple of dollars a month, plus they have put ads back even though I pay.

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

So, finally, a PM who admits there **was** Russian interference in the Brexit Referendum — after all the evidence amassed by myself @carolecadwalla.bsky.social @lukeharding1968.bsky.social Sergei Cristo, J Patrick et al — dismissed as conspiracy for ten long years Truth is the daughter of Time

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Will Weldon @oldmanweldon.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Top ten most foreboding sentence I've ever read.

She had bought raw goat milk from a farm recommended to her in a Facebook group run by her chiropractor

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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Having long been aware of those tech bros who read my work as utopian porn, where they’ve taken that doesn’t exactly surprise me.

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ve, the ghost of info past @vortexegg.com · 08/10/2026

We have invented the mythical man month from classic software engineering book Don’t Invent the Mythical Man Month.

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Lars Westergren @wgren.eurosky.social · 07/10/2026

She looks like the gum chewing woman in Mars Attacks

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Lars Westergren @wgren.eurosky.social · 07/10/2026

A Swedish battery company rebranded a couple of years ago to InCell. An IT company years earlier to CSAM. I imaging the re-rebranding wasn't cheap

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Jacob Aron @jjaron.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

As Terence Tao told New Scientist recently, this is not ok

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026

This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead

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Christian Christensen @chrchristensen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Intressant hur de som säger sig värna om ”kulturen” upprörs över saker som butiksskyltar på främmande språk, men förblir helt tysta när flera nationella museer (som förvaltar den nationella kulturen) står inför ekonomisk kollaps och nedläggning.

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Lars Westergren @wgren.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026

I was going to say red pandas. They used to be called catbears in Swedish and considered part of the smallbear or halfbear family. But they are not pandas nor bears it turns out but part of the Musteloidea family

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Hannah Daly @hannahdaly.ie · 02/10/2026

The best explanation I've read on AI misalignment, and how it could be a structural issue that can't be patched.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026

Eugenics 🤝 ai www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/h...

One of the things that is going to change is that we’re never ever again going to be able to be dominated by public officials who tell us, ‘Trust the experts,’” Mr. Kennedy said during the Tuesday session.

“If somebody tells you, ‘Masks work, trust the experts,’ A.I. may tell you otherwise,” he added. “If somebody tells you, ‘Social distancing works, trust the experts,’ A.I. may correct that. And if somebody tells you that a vaccine will prevent transmission and infection, or you need to take it to protect your grandmother, A.I. may say it actually doesn’t do that.”

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026

“What if we released malware represented in the form of a cute avatar” is an actual business plan now.

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Dots are OpenAI's new personal agents and soon you'll be able to control several of them - Engadget

Sure, seems safe.

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Theodore Grunewald @tedgrunewald.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

JCO for the win.

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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🚨🚨Quite a scoop: A #US based data-extraction firm accused of being secretly run from #Russia has worked on #EU-backed projects and sold its services to European #lawenforcement agencies. www.politico.eu/article/russ...

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Russian tech surveillance company infiltrated Europe’s law enforcement agencies

The same technology used by Western police was allegedly being developed in Russia and sold to Russian security services.

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Lars Westergren @wgren.eurosky.social · 27/09/2026

Much better. Wetsera, a 130 year old square-rigger in Öregrund harbour.

A wooden ship, with a lighthouse ship in the background. It is a pleasant sunny autumn day.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 22/09/2026

“to the victor go the spoils” is basically the whole thing the UN was designed to prevent

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Lars Westergren @wgren.eurosky.social · 22/09/2026

I'll submit a review roundup post on r/games with the "I'm a minor character/KS backer" disclaimer tonight, unless you prefer not to

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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"Silicon Valley "has about as much cultural capital as an airport...The richest people in the tech industry have blocked policies that would raise taxes, increase wages or otherwise reduce their wealth to make life better for the people who live around them." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/o...

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Opinion | In the Land of Billionaire Barbarians

The center of the tech industry is culturally barren because wealthy executives have no interest in communities outside their fiefs.

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Lars Westergren @wgren.eurosky.social · 20/09/2026

Software exec, Tesla owner, influencer

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Xero now with 100% more 🎃 @artificer-ind.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick.

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

For some reason this sort of thing puts me in a more apocalyptic mood than warnings of the next killer AI www.ft.com/content/7f11...

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Big Tech is using panic to suck the air out of the room just as people are demanding transparency and accountability for the sector’s egregious, monopolistic overreach into every facet of our lives. My latest column with bonus track open.spotify.com/track/403oiK...

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Thieves in the Temple

Prince · Music from Graffiti Bridge · Song · 1990

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Kim Wexler's Ponytail 🐝💛🎗 @madisonkittay.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Gillian Anderson spoke up for children in Sudan who are affected by the current civil war. Guess how it went in the comments? warchildusa.org

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Lars Westergren @wgren.eurosky.social · 18/09/2026

Fwiw I've enjoyed your writings here. But do whatever you have to to protect your happiness and mental health

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 17/09/2026

As I warned you: the superstar media darling AI quitter is explicitly agreeing with Trump and claiming climate threats are "overplayed". Effective altruism / rationalism is a cult of broken priorities that denies the threat of fossil fuels. This is why Anthropic loves burning gas for power.

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Lars Westergren @wgren.eurosky.social · 17/09/2026

An account that sides with Russia, mostly tries to make progressive people mad at Democrats and urges people to never vote. Nothing suspicious here, I'm sure

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Lars Westergren @wgren.eurosky.social · 17/09/2026

A neat game in the setting. Lead designer has a history degree store.steampowered.com/app/1205520/... Ok it has murder, but we are talking Brother Cadfael style mysteries rather than serial killers.

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Pentiment on Steam

Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the ...

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Stockholm Environment Institute @sei.org · 16/09/2026

🤝 EVENT | SEI and partners seek your expertise in policy, energy, climate and sustainability at a #ClimateWeekNYC working session tackling water issues. Space is limited: register now! ⤵️ 💧 Downscaling planetary boundaries into actionable intelligence 📅 21 Sept 🕚️ 11:00–12:30 EDT 🔗 buff.ly/VZisKdK

Graphic with a white background lists the event details and speakers. At the top is the name of the event: "Downscaling planetary boundaries into actionable intelligence: A feedback workshop on an approach for water." Next the text reads: "Monday 21 September 2026, 11:00-12:30 EDT. Solutions House, The Assembly - 2 Park Avenue entrance, 27th floor, Pergola E." Head shots of the speakers follow: Prof. Johan Rockström, Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research; Ed Carr, US Center Director, Stockholm Environment Institute; Silvia Calderón, Latin America Center Director, Stockholm Environment Institute; Maya Rebermark, Senior Expert, Stockholm Environment Institute; Marcus Lundstedt, Head of Communications, Stockholm Resilience Centre. Partner logos line the bottom of the graphic: Stockholm Environment Institute, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, The London School of Economics and Political Science, and Planetary Boundaries Initiative

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Paul T. Levin @paultlevin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The biggest losers are the far right Sweden Democrats, no longer the 2nd largest party. The Social Democrats also did a bad election, but may end up with the prime ministership. Winners: the Liberals (who doubled in size compared to earlier polls), the Left, & the Greens, who both grew from 2022.

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Corporal Frisk @corporalfrisk.com · 13/09/2026

For those wondering about the Swedish election: the latest analysis is that it’s close enough that ”we can shut the lights, go home, and reconvene in a few days”, to quote Viktor Barth-Kron ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

It can only good happen. It can only good happen. It can only good happen. It can only good happen. It can only good happen. othermeans.substack.com/p/the-wheels...

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The Wheels Are Coming Off

It Can Only Good Happen

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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Really hoping this exit poll is correct . It would mean a narrow win for the centre-left block in Sweden, with the far right party taking the biggest losses.

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Lars Westergren @wgren.eurosky.social · 13/09/2026

Did my dury and voted. Voting cards no longer needed, just an ID card. 0 seconds waiting time.

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Jon Worth @jonworth.eu · 07/09/2026

Welcome to the #LongestTrainEU #CrossBorderRail record breaking thread! This journey starts Kemijärvi 🇫🇮 and ends Lagos 🇵🇹 18 trains, 100 hours 9 minutes, 4008km as crow flies, 6281 route-km Project background: longestjourney.crossborderrail.eu Follow live: longestjourneylive.crossborderrail.eu

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Europol @europol.europa.eu · 12/09/2026

📢 Join Europol as an Operational Analyst and support serious organised crime and terrorism investigations through data collection, processing and operational intelligence analysis. 🔗 Apply: ow.ly/Jt4V50ZLnya

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Janne M. Korhonen @jmkorhonen.fi · 11/09/2026

Saw a movie about one of those farcical-but-serious episodes of Finnish history: the kidnapping of (former) president K. J. Ståhlberg and his wife Ester, who wouldn't be left behind, by hapless far-right goons. The movie was very much "inspired by a true story," so here's my version. A THREAD:

A black and white photograph of president Ståhlberg of Finland and his wife, listening to an old guy speaking outside.

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Lars Westergren @wgren.eurosky.social · 08/09/2026

Theodore Dreiser's book Sister Carrie was an eye opener in uni. At first I was annoyed at her obsessing about getting a good pair of shoes, a dress and a thick petticoat before realising that "no she actually needs those to not get turned away when applying for jobs, and also to not freeze to death"

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Stockholm! I'll be visiting next week, and while I'm there I'll be speaking about the ocean at the wonderful Sjöhistoriska on Wednesday. Do come along if you're nearby and also pass the word on to anyone you know who might be interested. www.sjohistoriska.se/besok/kalend...

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