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Björn Friðgeir
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The only living Björn Friðgeir in the world.
Nerd. Programmer. Afper. Icelandic.
Solidly middle-aged.
May tweet about football with #boltinn #djöflarnir or #EuroVikes so please block those hashtags if that's not for you.
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Björn Friðgeir @bjornfr.bsky.social · Jan 1
So my new year's resolution is:
Read 100 books.
Given the state of my Kindle half of those could be just finishing unfinished ones.
bjornfr.bsky.social Björn Friðgeir @bjornfr.bsky.social · Dec 31
Books read:
2018: 145
2019: 107
2020: 92
2021: 37
2022: 61
2023: 30
2024: 36.

All the yikes. And a new year's resolution decided. For a start just finishing up the half read books should get me to '23 in about a month....
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aliettedebodard.com
Thread on how to detect ai in that viral dog video
aleighmac.bsky.social Aleigh Mac, Stitch Witch 🦃🌽🥧 @aleighmac.bsky.social · 16h
Yeah, I mean, I'm critical of any video nowadays that is trying to elicit an emotional response, especially when it's asking for subs at the end. It's weird that all the people seem to end up with the dog they want. And shelters are overflowing, where are the rooms full of people wanting to adopt?
December 7, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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frankspicer.bsky.social
Choo choo, motherfucker. 🤣
December 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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standplaatskrk.pl
Timothy Paramour (@timparamour) on twitter: "Terrifying watershed moment at work today. For years, kids have accidentally called teachers "mum" or "dad" without thinking, with hilarity ensuing. Today one of my colleagues got referred to as"
December 6, 2025 at 11:40 PM
bjornfr.bsky.social
Þú varst ekki að gera það sem ég var að gera
December 7, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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oldenoughtosay.com
did… did the dog write this recipe
10:26 < Chicken Ragù Bianco | 19 350-degree oven.) Step 5 Once the chicken has cooked, let it cool for a few minutes, then take it out of the liquid (but keep the cooking liquid in the pot) and let it cool until you can comfortably handle it. Pull off the skin and feed it to your dog, then pull off the meat in large shreds (chop the larger ones) and return the chicken to the cooking liquid.
December 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
bjornfr.bsky.social
Eldvarnahátíðin mest kveikir alltaf í mér jólaskapið
December 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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erlendur.bsky.social
Nærri 40% Íslendinga finnst mikilvægara að fá birtu síðdegis skv. könnun Prósents; skrifið undir island.is/undirskrifta... til að vernda síðdegisbirtuna!
Ísland.is
Ísland.is er upplýsinga- og þjónustuveita opinberra aðila á Íslandi. Þar getur fólk og fyrirtæki fengið upplýsingar og notið margvíslegrar þjónustu hjá opinberum aðilum á einum stað í gegnum eina gátt...
island.is
December 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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ailbhe.ossifrage.net
Read up from this. I had no idea and it's brilliant.
jessicamalaty.bsky.social Jessica Malaty Rivera, MS @jessicamalaty.bsky.social · 1d
All of these vaccines have < 𝟮𝟬𝟬 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘀!

That’s because vaccine research and development has made them more effective, more efficient, and less taxing on the immune system.
December 6, 2025 at 1:14 PM
bjornfr.bsky.social
Komst að því í gær að kennarar sér í lagi menntaskólakennarar fá ekki viðurnefni lengur.
Amk ef eitthvað er að marka viðmælendur
December 6, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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mooseallain.bsky.social
How delightfully quaint some of these old Devon village names are, their etymologies lost in the mists of time.
Road sign for 'Skirmish Paintball'
November 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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dieworkwear.bsky.social
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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brooklynmarie.bsky.social
Remember how I've said AI is an attack? This is what I meant
annaleen.bsky.social Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 1d
Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...
This is a quote from the article summing up both studies in Technology Review: "A multi-university team of researchers has found that chatting with a politically biased AI model was more effective than political advertisements at nudging both Democrats and Republicans to support presidential candidates of the opposing party. The chatbots swayed opinions by citing facts and evidence, but they were not always accurate—in fact, the researchers found, the most persuasive models said the most untrue things."
December 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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rufustsuperfly.bsky.social
Sidney Lumet’s Serpico is 52.
Pacino asked Frank Serpico why he fought police corruption & didn’t just take the bribe money & give it to charity & just get on with his work:
‘He looked at me and said ‘Al, if I’d done that, who would I have been when I listened to Beethoven?’
December 5, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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kenburnside.bsky.social
We've allowed near monopolization of online ads (There are 12ish vendors now, plus Google; 8 of those 12 resell Google AdSense), and the percentage they pay for hosting ads is a third of what it used to be.

This has starved journalism of ad revenue. Which means that billonaires buy media outlets.
December 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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mrmoth.bsky.social
Anyway, read this thread on Agadoo, it is a fucking JOURNEY
demontomatodave.bsky.social Dave Bulmer @demontomatodave.bsky.social · Mar 30
GRIND COFFEE

>:O
The lyrics to Agadoo, as found by googling. And they're wrong. Agadoo. HARDLY the most difficult poetry ever written is it? Plus the lyrics were written on the back of the record sleeve, IDIOTS. And you can hear them very clearly, IDIOTS. They've misheard "grind coffee" as "grind your feet". IIIDDIIOOTTSS!!! Sorry but this is incredible, how is EVERY song listed with wrong lyrics online? Are lyrics, the concept of lyrics, somehow a money laundering outfit?? Also I dunno what version they're listening to that goes "oh no, not Agadoo" at the start, but it isn't Agadoo, by Black Lace, which this SAYS IT IS THE LYRICS FOR. Maybe the flipping Venga Boys covered it and said that at the start, but if they did, and THEY misheard grind coffee as grind your feet, well then the lyrics should be credited to THEM, not BLACK LACE. IIIIDDDDDIIIIOOOOOOTTTTSSSSSSS.
December 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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diane.dianeduane.com
OH GOD WHO NEEDED THIS RIGHT NOW...!
dryad.technology mcc @dryad.technology · 2d
Developer attempts to replicate "Liquid Glass" in CSS, and once finished realizes what she'd actually created is an exploit for a fundamental, previously unknown, and rather serious browser vulnerability

lyra.horse/blog/2025/12...

"CSS hack accidentally becomes regular hack"
SVG Filters - Clickjacking 2.0
A novel and powerful twist on an old classic.
lyra.horse
December 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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igrrrl.bsky.social
Thirty years ago today, the scientist Clair Patterson passed away. He campaigned tirelessly and effectively to remove lead from gasoline, paint, pipes, and food cans. The drop in violent crime that correlates with this change? Massive.
Science hero.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clair_P...
Clair Patterson - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
bjornfr.bsky.social
Fyrsta hnoð.
Milk, baking powder, salt and flour on a kitchen top. In the background a small open yellowing cookbook.
December 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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footrankings.bsky.social
🚨 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP - PROJECTED ROUND OF 16 TIES!

🇩🇪 Germany vs 🇫🇷 France
🇲🇽 Mexico vs 🇳🇱 Netherlands

🇭🇷 Croatia vs 🇪🇸 Spain
🇹🇷 Türkiye vs 🇧🇪 Belgium

🇧🇷 Brazil vs 🇳🇴 Norway
🇩🇰 Denmark vs 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England

🇦🇷 Argentina vs 🇵🇾 Paraguay
🇮🇹 Italy vs 🇵🇹 Portugal
December 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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footrankings.bsky.social
🚨 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP - PROJECTED KNOCKOUTS BRACKET!
December 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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jphillll.bsky.social
I love companies being punished for replacing workers with AI. Gimme more
moreperfectunion.bsky.social More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d
Duolingo announced it was going “AI-first” just over six months ago. Since then its stock is down 64%.
Stock price chart showing the 64% decline over the last six months for duolingo
December 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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angusmain.bsky.social
This is the most horrific trophy I’ve ever seen. It looks like a cursed object found in a desert crypt.
Trumps FA peace trophy. Several distorted severed hands reach up from the base trying a grab a floating globe.
December 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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adamcsharp.bsky.social
Films that are gaslighting you

🎬The Good, The Bad and The Don’t You Think You’re Overreacting
🎬Burn After Reading Way Too Much Into This
🎬Catch Me If You Can You Hear Yourself?
🎬The Unbearable Lightness of Being Way Too Sensitive
🎬Taken (Things the Wrong Way Again)
🎬Love Actually I Never Said That
December 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
bjornfr.bsky.social
Hér sleppur Síðumúlinn billega.
Megir þú þurfa að taka vinstri beygju úr Síðumúla niður Fellsmúla á annatíma að eilífu
er með sterkari bölvunum.
kristjanhrannar.bsky.social Kristján Hrannar @kristjanhrannar.bsky.social · 2d
Engill af himnum hrapaði
húsnæði á jörðu fann.
Því var að skrattinn skapaði
Skeifuna og Ármúlann.
kristjanhrannar.bsky.social Kristján Hrannar @kristjanhrannar.bsky.social · Jul 19
Ég varð svo innblásinn af @glytta.bsky.social að þetta varð óvart til.
December 5, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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josephpolitano.bsky.social
losing my mind at the 25% of GOP voters who think most Italian Americans are "more loyal to a foreign country than to the United States."
December 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM