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Olof Somell
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Digital and technology person at The Nobel Prize. Also food, wine, games, books are fun. Bleeps are my own &c.
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kierongillen.bsky.social
Playing a Lord of the Rings Hack of Thirsty Sword Lesbians (i'm an entwife), and it made me make memes mid game, which is always a good sign.
Arrested Development "But it might work for us" meme, with How about Taking the Ring, like Isildur, Deagol and Smeagol as what may work out for them.
September 14, 2026 at 8:39 AM
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August 24, 2026 at 11:33 AM
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aron.ambrosiani.se
👍 Östasiatiska
👎 V&A
DN-rubrik: Stoppad leverans och kritik från Kinas ambassad – nu ställer Östasiatiska in utställning Guardian headline: V&A censored catalogues after demands by Chinese printer This article is more than 4 months old Exclusive: Victoria and Albert Museum has deleted maps and images deemed sensitive by Beijing censors from exhibition publications
August 21, 2026 at 6:06 PM
somell.se
”a well structured large historical data set”. Hahahahaa
dannybirchall.bsky.social Linke in comments @dannybirchall.bsky.social · Aug 13
archivists and historians putting aside their long-running beef like the bloods and the crisps, to train all their guns on idiots like this
jimclifford.bsky.social Jim Clifford @jimclifford.bsky.social · Aug 13
Are we ready for machine written history? When given access to a well structured large historical dataset, Claude’s Fable 5 can identify a topic, complete the research and write a strong and original draft research paper. This has the potential to break peer review, graduate school, & job searches.
August 13, 2026 at 10:54 AM
somell.se
The sky above the port osv osv. Peppen är enorm.
July 26, 2026 at 7:21 AM
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systerfrida.se
Förlåt Erika det var säkert en jättebra utbildning, men vårt problem är inte att vi saknar folk som dokumenterar ramverk, vårt problem är att användare klickar på länkar i mail så fort nån ber dem, delar ut sitt lösenord till sina barn och sen ändå kommer med compliance-krav till serverteamet
July 23, 2026 at 8:33 AM
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museum-of-twitter.bsky.social
@ben_rosen INTERVIEWER: can you explain this gap in your resume ODYSSEUS: ok it's actually a really long story
July 17, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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wesleymorgan.bsky.social
Another historical inaccuracy from Nolan—IMAX had not yet been invented in the Mycenaean period, so this is not the aspect ratio that people saw in! Smh
July 15, 2026 at 6:07 PM
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isobelhk.bsky.social
Det finns bara två möjliga förklaringar till det här haveriet. 1) Expressen har kommit fram till att sånt som öppen nazism och våldsfantasier om ickevita inte är så värst farligt. 2) Hela ledarredaktionen har drabbats av akut kollektiv minnesförlust om vad ”SD:s övertramp genom åren” bestod av.
morganfinnsio.bsky.social Morgan Finnsiö ⤦⤦⤦ @morganfinnsio.bsky.social · Jun 27
Det här nog årtiondets mest ohederliga lögn. En skam för Expressen att ha publicerat den.
June 28, 2026 at 11:08 AM
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chuckwendig.bsky.social
aaahahahahaha hahahahahaaahahaha hahaha hah aaahhhahahaha the kids are all right y’all
cabel.panic.com Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · May 11
this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive.

when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.
May 11, 2026 at 11:24 AM
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aron.ambrosiani.se
superintressant undersökning av American Alliance of Museums om trovärdighet och förtroende för museer.

ur artikelserie i @utstallningskritik.se om AI och utställningstext signerad Sofie Bergkvist: utstallningskritik.se/2026-3/ai-oc...
citerad text: "I USA har American Alliance of Museums låtit undersöka människors förtroende för museer. I undersökningen ställde de en öppen fråga om det fanns något särskilt som människor kände oro över när det kommer till förtroende och trovärdighet hos museer. Många svaranden lyfte oro över användningen av AI inom museer. Reaktionerna var starka och handlade bland annat om att risken för att AI genererar felaktigheter skulle minska deras förtroende för museer. Ett citat från undersökningen säger: ”Jag skulle tycka det var svårt att stötta ett museum som använder AI för att producera innehåll.” I en uppföljande undersökning kring just AI svarade över 70 % av deltagarna i enkätundersökningen att de önskade att AI inte användes alls när det kommer till utställningar. 19 % tyckte att AI var okej för att brainstorma idéer, men inte att skriva de färdiga texterna. Trovärdigheten och förtroendet som museer uppbär, är alltså redan under prövning, och det finns all anledning för museer att fundera på en policy kring sin användning av AI-verktyg i sin verksamhet."
May 5, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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doctorow.pluralistic.net
And of course, the people who value process knowledge the *least* are the AI bros who think you can replace skilled workers with a chatbot trained on the things they *say* and *write down*, as though that somehow captured everything they *know*.

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April 8, 2026 at 2:27 PM
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alanbaxter.bsky.social
Thanks to Cam Rogers on Facebook for articulating exactly the issues around the new animated Firefly that's been announced.
It's set between the end of the show and the 'Serenity' film. I can guess why: they consider Wash, and the Wash/Zoe relationship, too valuable. But this really is both a mistake and an act of creative cowardice. Whether that was the cast's call or the money's call the point stands. Don't get me wrong: we have much bigger problems at the moment. But, to take a moment away from those problems and address a point of craft: I can't believe the US is still - STILL - death-gripping the notion that prequels are a good idea. There's an inherent lack of tension in having *read the ending already*. An ending, I might add, that fueled a ton of unresolved tension - desire - to know *what happens after that ending*. Fans have held that tension for almost twenty years and this is what they get. Prequels fundamentally disrespect the trust and investment viewers placed in what you made. If it was a story worth telling you'd have started there. On some level we all know we're being handed warmed-up leftovers. Final point: I had no intention of supporting this as Baldwin (who plays Jane) was one of the main instigators of GamerGate and *created the hashtag*. By association the cast approves of his company while also enriching him. If you're cool with providing work for a pop-eyed right-winger who created what is arguably the defining incel movement and marshalled an army of men to terrorize women for having careers and opinions then, frankly, nobody should feel safe working with you ever again. And you certainly shouldn't be supported. Especially in this current moment. Weak art, stale bread, handled by a dirtbag whose involvement diminishes everyone involved. Take a hike.
March 19, 2026 at 3:46 AM
somell.se
Inte bara myndigheter – bra grundskelett för alla egentligen.
February 20, 2026 at 10:07 AM
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mxnectarine.polycule-slut.cloud
HiFi really is Astrology for straight men
M-AUP TECH NEWS Audiophiles Fail to Hear Difference in Signal Passed Through Copper Cable, Banana, and Tray of Mud
February 19, 2026 at 1:58 PM
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despotdahl.bsky.social
Mycket kul nu när nya förvaltnings-AI-systemen testas och förevisas.

Idag hade vi en exempelfråga där alla som kan ämnet direkt konstaterade att svaret är fel. "Ja, man måste ju alltid dubbelkolla uppgifterna. Men den är bra till introduktioner i ämnen man inte kan."

Där man då inte ser felen.
February 5, 2026 at 9:16 AM
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chrislhayes.bsky.social
boy that gyre sure keeps getting wider
January 14, 2026 at 3:35 PM
somell.se
Men, men? Det är på riktigt?
isobelhk.bsky.social Isobel Hadley-Kamptz @isobelhk.bsky.social · Jan 14
Var tvungen att kolla och jo, de här är på riktigt. Vad säger man ens??? bernadottekylberg.com/collections/...
January 14, 2026 at 2:46 PM
somell.se
Kul. KUL!
January 9, 2026 at 1:46 PM
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scalzi.com
Today in "Don't Trust AI to Tell You Facts": How several different "AI" programs messed up the simple fact of to whom I dedicated a book, and what that means for how much you should trust "AI" to tell you the truth about things (spoiler: not much at all):

whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/13/a...
“AI”: A Dedicated Fact-Failing Machine, or, Yet Another Reason Not to Trust It For Anything
I search my name on a regular basis, not only because I am an ego monster (although I try not to pretend that I’m not) but because it’s a good way for me to find reviews, end-of-the-yea…
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December 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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aron.ambrosiani.se
Allvarlig fråga: hur får vi svenska politiker att sluta använda X?
olaspannar.bsky.social Ola Spännar @olaspannar.bsky.social · Dec 14
Skämtar han med oss?
Allt är så dumt.
Jag tror jag blir galen.
Kristersson: Sverige ska skyddas från ryskt valsabotage Publicerat fredag 12 december kl 22.44 Sveriges statsminister Ulf Kristersson kommer samla alla partiledare i februari, för att diskutera hur man ska skydda sig från att främmande makt påverkar kommande val. Det skriver han på X. Enligt Kristersson utsätter Ryssland Sveriges allierade för cyberangrepp, informationspåverkan och rena sabotage. Detta för att sprida rädsla och minska stödet till Ukraina, skriver statsministern. Ekot
December 14, 2025 at 11:40 AM
somell.se
Om man ens tvekade på att datacenter-i-rymden var helt orimligt så kan man läsa.
rikardenberg.bsky.social Rikard Enberg @rikardenberg.bsky.social · Dec 12
The datacenter in space thing is completely idiotic. Matt explains.
December 12, 2025 at 8:25 AM
somell.se
Ibland (ofta) dyker de upp. Ögonblicken där techbros visar att de faktiskt inte kan någonting alls utöver att ha gott självförtroende.
olivia.science Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · Nov 19
I laughed at loud. These people are so pathetic; our enemies are numbskulls. They will kill us all and still not know hs physics.

COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs?

ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons.

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COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs? ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons. COWEN: What’s stopping that? What’s the ultimate binding constraint? ALTMAN: We’re working on it really hard. COWEN: If you could have more of one thing to have more compute, what would the one thing be? ALTMAN: Electrons.
November 19, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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emilyhughes.bsky.social
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
brittanytrang.com Brittany Trang @brittanytrang.com · Nov 8
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.

Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."

Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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marykgames.com
me replaying mass effect: of course the AI is people 💕

me IRL: flip the fucking permanent off switch on that stupid janky AI slop machine KILL IT
October 25, 2025 at 9:21 AM