Allan Asp
allanasp.bsky.social
Allan Asp
@allanasp.bsky.social
AI watchdog, UI & Frontend hero, music lover, dad, husband and just a decent human being
Trump is suing the government for $230 million.

Trump runs the government.

Trump's former defense lawyers now run the DOJ that has to approve the payout.

Trump is "draining the swamp"

… and taxpayers' money

abcnews.go.com/US/trump-doj-pay-230-million-previous-investigations-sources/story
Trump wants DOJ to pay him $230 million for previous investigations: Sources
President Trump is pressing the DOJ to pay him roughly $230 million as a settlement for probes he faced during the Biden administration and his first term, sources say.
abcnews.go.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Europe should boycott the 2026 World Cup.

You still have the match of the year USA vs Iran – if Trump doesn't blacklist the best players.

And if Iran gets banned, call up Venezuela as replacement. Oh wait, that's a home game now.
January 19, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Wonder if Peter Thiel keeps the receipt when he buys a president.

Freedom City doesn't build itself – and ROI expectations stack up.
January 19, 2026 at 7:50 PM
New Year's Countdown (Day 10, part 3): Best Albums of 2025

Yann Tiersen – Rathlin from a Distance / The Liquid Hour

The Amélie composer's two-part album: introspective piano pieces from his 2023 sailing tour, and soundscapes inspired by gazing at Belfast lights from his sailboat at night.
Rathlin from a Distance / The Liquid Hour af Yann Tiersen på Apple Music
Album · 2025 · 13 sange
music.apple.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:41 AM
New Year's Countdown (Day 10, part 2): Best Albums of 2025

The War and Treaty – Plus One

Husband and wife duo recorded at legendary FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, and sings their lungs out. Country, soul, gospel and rock.
Plus One af The War And Treaty på Apple Music
Album · 2025 · 18 sange
music.apple.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:34 AM
New Year's Countdown (Day 10): Best Albums of 2025

Blaue Blume – Regnvåde sale

Their first Danish-language album – and it really suits them. Jonas, Buster, and Søren are amazing songwriters and producers.

Already on the first track, you sense a deep nordic sincerity, if you can imagine.
Regnvåde sale af Blaue Blume på Apple Music
Album · 2025 · 10 sange
music.apple.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:06 AM
New Year's Countdown (Day 11, part 2): Best Albums of 2025

Bonobo – Lazarus (Original Soundtrack)

Score for Shinichirō Watanabe's new anime, the visionary behind Cowboy Bebop. Floating Points and Kamasi Washington also contributed full soundtracks of this album
Lazarus (Adult Swim Original Series Soundtrack) af Bonobo på Apple Music
Album · 2025 · 15 sange
music.apple.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:57 AM
New Year's Countdown (Day 11): Best Albums of 2025

Hængemulen - Hængemulens kundeservice

"Hængemulen" means someone who's moping, and this album is "an existential compassion hotline."

Full disclosure: some of my best friends are in this band. But honestly!! This album is just fucking great!!!
Hængemulens Kundeservice af Hængemulen på Apple Music
Album · 2025 · 14 sange
music.apple.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
New Year's Countdown (Day 12, part 2): Best Albums of 2025

John Glacier – Like a Ribbon

Her debut album, structured in three sections mimicking a ribbon unfurling. Features Sampha and Eartheater, exec produced by Kwes Darko.

Reminds me of my beloved 00's band Hood. Glitch/triphop meets hiphop.
Like A Ribbon (Deluxe) af John Glacier på Apple Music
Album · 2025 · 16 sange
music.apple.com
December 20, 2025 at 10:38 PM
New Year's Countdown (Day 12): Best Albums of 2025

Daughter – Middle Farm Session

Recorded at the same Dartmoor studio where they made Stereo Mind Game, their first album in 7 years. Their only live performance for the record.

First heard it in winter, and almost went into hibernation.
Middle Farm Session af Daughter på Apple Music
Album · 2025 · 7 sange
music.apple.com
December 20, 2025 at 10:33 PM
New Year’s Countdown (Day 13 part 2): Best Albums of 2025

Perfume Genius – Glory

Mike Hadreas has been thinking about death – and sounds lighter than ever.

Just a beautiful done album
Glory af Perfume Genius på Apple Music
Album · 2025 · 11 sange
music.apple.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:55 PM
New Year’s Countdown (Day 13): Best Albums of 2025

Jason Isbell – Foxes in the Snow

Just a man and his 1940 Martin, I think. Five days at the lengendary Jimi Hendrix’ Electric Lady studio.

Strong, graceful, honest. I find Isbell stripped bare, and somehow finding his way through the wreckage.
Foxes in the Snow af Jason Isbell på Apple Music
Album · 2025 · 11 sange
music.apple.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:48 PM
oh yeah!... Nothing says "free market capitalism" like the US government threatening trade war because a billionaire's social media platform got fined for breaking EU law.

Using state power as Elon's personal customer service dept.

Peak tech oligarchy hours

www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
US threatens countermeasures on European service providers after EU fines
President Donald Trump's administration warned on Tuesday the United States could impose fees or restrictions on European service providers in response to what it called “discriminatory” actions again...
www.reuters.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:01 AM
New Year's Countdown (Day 14 - 2/2): Best Albums of 2025

Geese ( @geeseband.bsky.social ) – Getting Killed

4 Brooklyn kids, ten days in LA, pure controlled chaos. Rock doesn't need saving – it needs playing like this. Garage riffs meet Ukrainian choirs. Shambolic, furious, exhilarating.
Getting Killed af Geese på Apple Music
Album · 2025 · 11 sange
music.apple.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:44 AM
New Year's Countdown (day 14): Best Albums of 2025:

Dan Mangan ( @danmangan.bsky.social ) – Natural Light

Four friends, six days, a cabin in the woods. Campfire songs for a world on fire. Mangan sings love songs to a planet in crisis – with warmth, wit, and slide guitar.
Natural Light af Dan Mangan på Apple Music
Album · 2025 · 13 sange
music.apple.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:16 AM
What a wonderful world! Hackers are now going after open source foundations run by volunteers.

Apache OpenOffice just got hit by Akira, 23GB allegedly stolen from a project with no security budget, no employees, just people who code for free.

www.scworld.com/brief/apache...
Apache OpenOffice data allegedly stolen by Akira ransomware
Apache OpenOffice, a free alternative to the Microsoft Office suite developed by the Apache Software Foundation, had 23 GB of data purportedly exfiltrated by the Akira ransomware-as-a-service operatio...
www.scworld.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Just read about the Singularity.

Ray Kurzweil predicted in the 90’s chess computers, smartphones, and AI hitting human-level by 2029. Now he says we’ll merge our brains with AI and become immortal by 2045.

His track record is annoyingly good so… YOLO

time.com/7012871/ray-...
https://time.com/7012871/ray-…
November 2, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Just refreshed my memory about “second screen viewing” - the academic term for why I can’t remember who died in that prestige drama I “watched” while scrolling Instagram. 🙄

techcrunch.com/2018/12/12/n...
Nielsen: the second screen is booming as 45% often or always use devices while watching TV | TechCrunch
Americans are regularly checking a second screen while watching TV, according to a new report from Nielsen that examined the media consumption habits of
techcrunch.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Suno: “Our AI doesn’t sample, it generates NEW sounds!”

Also Suno: “We just trained it on millions of copyrighted songs first.”

Totally different, guys. Totally 🤥

www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/suno-argues-...
Suno argues none of the millions of tracks made on its platform ‘contain anything like a sample’ - Music Business Worldwide
Company argues that independent artist lawsuit fails as a matter of law under unique sound recording copyright rules…
www.musicbusinessworldwide.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:49 PM
RIP robots.txt (1994-2025)

Died when AI companies discovered "please don't" isn't legally binding.

ClaudeBot has a 70,900 crawls per referral, GPTBot has a 1,700:1 and Perplexity CEO: "lol, not a legal framework tho"

Turns out we're all just unpaid contributors

www.heise.de/en/backgroun...
Obituary: Farewell to robots.txt (1994-2025)
The voluntary compliance protocol that civilized the internet has departed, bids Henning Fries farewell.
www.heise.de
October 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Google is dead.

60% of searches now end without a single click.

80% of users already trust AI summaries in search results.

Zero-click search is the new normal. Visibility must be built where answers are served in AI summaries, on social platforms, and through video.

www.bain.com/insights/goo...
Goodbye Clicks, Hello AI: Zero-Click Search Redefines Marketing
As consumers rely more on AI-based search and summaries, how will brands adapt their strategies?
www.bain.com
September 16, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I love rebellion with a stand ♥️

Bands like King Gizzard, Deerhoof, Hotline TNT & Xiu Xiu are pulling out of Spotify over Daniel Ek’s defense AI, called Helsing.

It’s not about royalties (they don’t get enough anyways), it’s about refusing war.

www.npr.org/2025/09/09/n...
Musicians keep leaving Spotify in protest of CEO's defense investments
In the last few months, bands including Hotline TNT and King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard have pulled music from Spotify in a new wave of artist-led protests against the platform.
www.npr.org
September 11, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Kaj Grønbæk nails it!!!

Chatcontrol isn’t just ethically flawed, it’s just technically impossible.

One day of WhatsApp images = 14,583 workdays of manual checks.

Instead of policing everyone, invest in investigating the truly suspicious as he says

www.linkedin.com/posts/kgronb...
Vil vi huskes for at beskytte vores børn eller for at starte århundredets masseovervågning? | Kaj Grønbæk
❗️14.583 arbejdsdage skal en Chatkontrol-organisation bruge på manuelt at checke ÉN dags detekterede børnebilleder fra bare ÉN tjeneste som WhatsApp – det skalerer ikke! 👉 Ud over de mange etiske og ...
www.linkedin.com
September 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
A hyped MIT study says ChatGPT weakens our brains.

BUT!: 54 people, confounding factors, no real stakes, not peer-reviewed.

Like calculators & GPS. Every tool reshapes our brains, and what matters is adapting wisely, not resisting change.

www.media.mit.edu/publications...
Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task – MIT Media Lab
This study explores the neural and behavioral consequences of LLM-assisted essay writing. Participants were divided into three groups: LLM, Search Engine, and …
www.media.mit.edu
September 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
FINALLY

mmBERT proves that multilingual AI can scale beyond the “big 10 languages.” Imagine a digital world where Faroese, Greenlandic or Danish have equal access to search, knowledge and innovation.

That’s not just progress — that’s blue sky-like potential in my mind

huggingface.co/blog/mmbert
mmBERT: ModernBERT goes Multilingual
We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.
huggingface.co
September 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM