Thomas Baekdal
@baekdal.bsky.social
Author, Professional Writer, Magazine Publisher, and Media Analyst.
New Year's cleaning is done, inbox is empty, grocery shopping is done, washing is nearly done (it will be in two hours).
I do this every year as a way to start the new year without bringing with me any of the stress from the old year, so that when I wake up tomorrow, I can focus only on what's new
I do this every year as a way to start the new year without bringing with me any of the stress from the old year, so that when I wake up tomorrow, I can focus only on what's new
December 31, 2025 at 12:53 PM
New Year's cleaning is done, inbox is empty, grocery shopping is done, washing is nearly done (it will be in two hours).
I do this every year as a way to start the new year without bringing with me any of the stress from the old year, so that when I wake up tomorrow, I can focus only on what's new
I do this every year as a way to start the new year without bringing with me any of the stress from the old year, so that when I wake up tomorrow, I can focus only on what's new
This is getting ridicules.... I recorded a 4K video file of the birds outside. File size: 143 GB! ... that's the same as 101,689 floppy disks for just one video file ;)
December 31, 2025 at 11:55 AM
This is getting ridicules.... I recorded a 4K video file of the birds outside. File size: 143 GB! ... that's the same as 101,689 floppy disks for just one video file ;)
I might be a weird person, but I just took down all my Christmas decorations, and of my god that is nice. It's insane how much more 'cluttered' my home felt when it was up. Now that it has been removed, it's just so nice and clean everywhere ;)
December 31, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I might be a weird person, but I just took down all my Christmas decorations, and of my god that is nice. It's insane how much more 'cluttered' my home felt when it was up. Now that it has been removed, it's just so nice and clean everywhere ;)
My New Year resolution for 2026 is to do my best:
December 31, 2025 at 10:15 AM
My New Year resolution for 2026 is to do my best:
Hmmm... I don't know... ;)
December 29, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Hmmm... I don't know... ;)
I buy all my groceries online, which means I have detailed order receipts. So every year, I import these into a database to see what I spent.
Here is the data for 2025
Here is the data for 2025
December 29, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I buy all my groceries online, which means I have detailed order receipts. So every year, I import these into a database to see what I spent.
Here is the data for 2025
Here is the data for 2025
I woke up today with a squirrel sitting outside my window (it was very surprised when I pulled up the blinds). So now I'm shopping for nuts ... but, my god nuts are expensive these days.
December 29, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I woke up today with a squirrel sitting outside my window (it was very surprised when I pulled up the blinds). So now I'm shopping for nuts ... but, my god nuts are expensive these days.
This is fantastic!! .... Snow Bear: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOXo...
SNOW BEAR - A Hand-Drawn Animated Short Film (4K) by Aaron Blaise
YouTube video by The Art of Aaron Blaise
www.youtube.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This is fantastic!! .... Snow Bear: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOXo...
My evening is spent with this: The BBC dramatization of Three Men in a Boat (+ more). I needed this because I have been feeling quite down all day ;)
December 27, 2025 at 10:15 PM
My evening is spent with this: The BBC dramatization of Three Men in a Boat (+ more). I needed this because I have been feeling quite down all day ;)
Someone forgot to test how their product videos look on a tablet device ;)
December 24, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Someone forgot to test how their product videos look on a tablet device ;)
What the actual...!! I just asked Google Gemini to create a photo of Tour de France, but where on of the riders was a robot. And the image that it created has an image caption of AFP Photo. This is not okay Google. You don't make up fake images and then credit them to real-world press organizations!
December 24, 2025 at 1:13 AM
What the actual...!! I just asked Google Gemini to create a photo of Tour de France, but where on of the riders was a robot. And the image that it created has an image caption of AFP Photo. This is not okay Google. You don't make up fake images and then credit them to real-world press organizations!
We have AI slob ... and then we also have podcast slob. Podcasts that have no reason for existing and have to resort to things like this to 'create content'.
December 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
We have AI slob ... and then we also have podcast slob. Podcasts that have no reason for existing and have to resort to things like this to 'create content'.
It's time for the Christmas classics... ;) www.youtube.com/watch?v=xteK...
Captain Picard sings "Make it So" (Let it Snow)
YouTube video by Mike Millington
www.youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:08 PM
It's time for the Christmas classics... ;) www.youtube.com/watch?v=xteK...
Here is something crazy. In my analytics, I have browser and OS metrics, but, as you can see, the biggest category of traffic to my site is 'Unknown'. meaning that the user-agent did not include either a browser or a OS name. Or, to put it simply. These are all bots.
December 22, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Here is something crazy. In my analytics, I have browser and OS metrics, but, as you can see, the biggest category of traffic to my site is 'Unknown'. meaning that the user-agent did not include either a browser or a OS name. Or, to put it simply. These are all bots.
Sound of my living room radiator ... It has started doing this almost none stop and it's driving me mad... (sound on)
December 22, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Sound of my living room radiator ... It has started doing this almost none stop and it's driving me mad... (sound on)
I'm trying to fix an impossible problem today. After the past few years, the radiators in my living room has started banging constantly. I recorded it today (as part of my effort to isolate exactly where it's coming from), and each of these lines is a bang bong bing bong band bing bang bong bing...
December 22, 2025 at 9:19 AM
I'm trying to fix an impossible problem today. After the past few years, the radiators in my living room has started banging constantly. I recorded it today (as part of my effort to isolate exactly where it's coming from), and each of these lines is a bang bong bing bong band bing bang bong bing...
How do you know when you are getting older? Well, for me, it's when I need not just one, but two sets of reading glasses. One for reading a book on the couch (45 cm distance), one for working at my desk (75 cm), and then also my outside glasses ;)
December 21, 2025 at 10:22 AM
How do you know when you are getting older? Well, for me, it's when I need not just one, but two sets of reading glasses. One for reading a book on the couch (45 cm distance), one for working at my desk (75 cm), and then also my outside glasses ;)
With all the 'year in review' emails we are all getting, this is the most accurate ;)
December 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
With all the 'year in review' emails we are all getting, this is the most accurate ;)
A day in the UK: www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4Ef...
A day in the life of the UK
YouTube video by Chris Spargo
www.youtube.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:29 PM
A day in the UK: www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4Ef...
I just sent out my final newsletter of the year... and can I just say that most people seem to have started their Christmas vacation already because the 'out of office reply-rate' is seriously high ;)
a man in a wheelchair says everyone 's gone in a netflix advertisement
ALT: a man in a wheelchair says everyone 's gone in a netflix advertisement
media.tenor.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I just sent out my final newsletter of the year... and can I just say that most people seem to have started their Christmas vacation already because the 'out of office reply-rate' is seriously high ;)
I'm using Firefox exactly because I don't want AI built into my browser...
December 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I'm using Firefox exactly because I don't want AI built into my browser...
It's another late evening, and once again, I have this insane spike in requests to my servers from Microsoft's Cloud server. This has happened every single evening since I launched my new site.
I don't think it's Microsoft that is doing this. It think it's some kind of bot being hosted on Azure.
I don't think it's Microsoft that is doing this. It think it's some kind of bot being hosted on Azure.
December 18, 2025 at 1:40 AM
It's another late evening, and once again, I have this insane spike in requests to my servers from Microsoft's Cloud server. This has happened every single evening since I launched my new site.
I don't think it's Microsoft that is doing this. It think it's some kind of bot being hosted on Azure.
I don't think it's Microsoft that is doing this. It think it's some kind of bot being hosted on Azure.
Reposted by Thomas Baekdal
The Telegraph is now having to publish so many corrections to articles where it attempts to find *any angle whatsoever* to attack net-zero polices that it makes sense to start tracking them here.
These are the ones published since Labour won the election.
"We are happy to correct the record."
These are the ones published since Labour won the election.
"We are happy to correct the record."
June 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The Telegraph is now having to publish so many corrections to articles where it attempts to find *any angle whatsoever* to attack net-zero polices that it makes sense to start tracking them here.
These are the ones published since Labour won the election.
"We are happy to correct the record."
These are the ones published since Labour won the election.
"We are happy to correct the record."
Hell no... I'm getting enough spam, scam, and robocalls. I will absolutely not give you my phone number when registering on a publisher site.
December 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Hell no... I'm getting enough spam, scam, and robocalls. I will absolutely not give you my phone number when registering on a publisher site.
What the actual... I launched my new site a few days ago, and since then, every single evening, I have had this insane burst of traffic, coming from Microsoft's cloud servers, taking only a few minutes. My server can handle a lot, but it cannot handle several thousand requests in just a few minutes.
December 16, 2025 at 11:05 PM
What the actual... I launched my new site a few days ago, and since then, every single evening, I have had this insane burst of traffic, coming from Microsoft's cloud servers, taking only a few minutes. My server can handle a lot, but it cannot handle several thousand requests in just a few minutes.