Jan Stette
@janstette.bsky.social
Long time software developer and data engineer. AI centrist. Norwegian/British. Walthamstow resident on hiatus in Oslo. Father of twins, servant of two cats.
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The general sense of the news reports from the United States is that the federal government has realised it has gone too far too soon in being filmed freely killing civilians in the streets.
Public opinion is just not ready for that yet.
Public opinion is just not ready for that yet.
January 29, 2026 at 2:32 PM
The general sense of the news reports from the United States is that the federal government has realised it has gone too far too soon in being filmed freely killing civilians in the streets.
Public opinion is just not ready for that yet.
Public opinion is just not ready for that yet.
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Every single time a Trumpist says “the rhetoric of the left is putting people in danger,” wave your middle finger in their face, because they are lying shitbirds without any principles.
January 28, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Every single time a Trumpist says “the rhetoric of the left is putting people in danger,” wave your middle finger in their face, because they are lying shitbirds without any principles.
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Sad fact: The Saturday after Jo Cox was murdered, Tory defector to Refuk, Rosindell, was in Romford campaigning, despite all political parties agreeing not to campaign that weekend. #ukpolitics
January 19, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Sad fact: The Saturday after Jo Cox was murdered, Tory defector to Refuk, Rosindell, was in Romford campaigning, despite all political parties agreeing not to campaign that weekend. #ukpolitics
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heard someone describe the current trend as "day drinking january".
January 13, 2026 at 9:49 PM
heard someone describe the current trend as "day drinking january".
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1/ In 2022, one year after Trump incited the seditious attack on the US Capitol, I posted a long thread of images on Twitter, because revisionist attempts to create a false narrative about that day were already well underway.
Today, in 2025, I’m re-creating/re-posting that same thread here.👇
Today, in 2025, I’m re-creating/re-posting that same thread here.👇
January 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
1/ In 2022, one year after Trump incited the seditious attack on the US Capitol, I posted a long thread of images on Twitter, because revisionist attempts to create a false narrative about that day were already well underway.
Today, in 2025, I’m re-creating/re-posting that same thread here.👇
Today, in 2025, I’m re-creating/re-posting that same thread here.👇
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Proof is overrated.
This is a brilliant talk by Rory Sutherland: [youtu.be/lhlS-Wds02M...] where he makes two essential points. First, it's a huge problem when "rational" people get veto power over creative, innovative, "irrational" people.
1/11
This is a brilliant talk by Rory Sutherland: [youtu.be/lhlS-Wds02M...] where he makes two essential points. First, it's a huge problem when "rational" people get veto power over creative, innovative, "irrational" people.
1/11
Rory Sutherland - Alchemy: The Surprising Power of Ideas That Don't Make Sense
Rory Sutherland, Vice Chairman of Ogilvy UK, co-founded its behavioural science practice, uncovering “unseen opportunities” in consumer behaviour - often small contextual changes which can have enormous effects on the decisions people make. A former copywriter and creative director, he’s a bestselli
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January 5, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Proof is overrated.
This is a brilliant talk by Rory Sutherland: [youtu.be/lhlS-Wds02M...] where he makes two essential points. First, it's a huge problem when "rational" people get veto power over creative, innovative, "irrational" people.
1/11
This is a brilliant talk by Rory Sutherland: [youtu.be/lhlS-Wds02M...] where he makes two essential points. First, it's a huge problem when "rational" people get veto power over creative, innovative, "irrational" people.
1/11
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Enhance 224 to 176. Enhance, stop.
Move in, stop.
Pull out, track right, stop.
Centre in, pull back. Stop.
Track 45 right. Stop.
...
Enhance 34 to 46. Pull back. Wait a minute, go right, stop.
Enhance 57 to 19. Track 45 left. Stop.
Enhance 15 to 23.
Give me a hard copy right there.
:P
Move in, stop.
Pull out, track right, stop.
Centre in, pull back. Stop.
Track 45 right. Stop.
...
Enhance 34 to 46. Pull back. Wait a minute, go right, stop.
Enhance 57 to 19. Track 45 left. Stop.
Enhance 15 to 23.
Give me a hard copy right there.
:P
Donate your keyboard to the local museum.
Voice controlled is the way to go.
Voice controlled is the way to go.
January 5, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Enhance 224 to 176. Enhance, stop.
Move in, stop.
Pull out, track right, stop.
Centre in, pull back. Stop.
Track 45 right. Stop.
...
Enhance 34 to 46. Pull back. Wait a minute, go right, stop.
Enhance 57 to 19. Track 45 left. Stop.
Enhance 15 to 23.
Give me a hard copy right there.
:P
Move in, stop.
Pull out, track right, stop.
Centre in, pull back. Stop.
Track 45 right. Stop.
...
Enhance 34 to 46. Pull back. Wait a minute, go right, stop.
Enhance 57 to 19. Track 45 left. Stop.
Enhance 15 to 23.
Give me a hard copy right there.
:P
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Every sign tells a story
January 4, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Every sign tells a story
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In the replies to this post I want to collect a few really difficult vibe-coding challenges.
Feel free to participate by adding challenges and/or solutions of your own.
Winners get fame, glory, experience points and emojis.
Feel free to participate by adding challenges and/or solutions of your own.
Winners get fame, glory, experience points and emojis.
January 4, 2026 at 1:22 PM
In the replies to this post I want to collect a few really difficult vibe-coding challenges.
Feel free to participate by adding challenges and/or solutions of your own.
Winners get fame, glory, experience points and emojis.
Feel free to participate by adding challenges and/or solutions of your own.
Winners get fame, glory, experience points and emojis.
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A new year cartoon for @theguardian.com books
January 4, 2026 at 11:27 AM
A new year cartoon for @theguardian.com books
This is a very good experience report with lots of practical information.
Wrote up a series of nine short posts on interesting problems we encountered while building an internal agent framework (virtual files, compaction, LLM vs code-driven workflows, etc)
lethain.com/agents-series/
lethain.com/agents-series/
Building internal agents
A few weeks ago in Facilitating AI adoption at Imprint,
I mentioned our internal agent workflows that we are developing. This is not the
core of Imprint–our core is powering co-branded credit card pro...
lethain.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:19 PM
This is a very good experience report with lots of practical information.
Another arbitrary stop order for offshore wind farms in the US: www.reuters.com/business/ene..., including wind farms that have been under construction for years.
How can anyone want to invest in the US when they are subject to arbitrary and lawless decisions by an autocrat like this?
How can anyone want to invest in the US when they are subject to arbitrary and lawless decisions by an autocrat like this?
Equinor says it is complying with stop work order for US offshore wind project
Norwegian energy group Equinor said on Monday it was complying with a stop work order issued by the U.S. for its Empire Wind 1 offshore wind project and engaging with authorities.
www.reuters.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Another arbitrary stop order for offshore wind farms in the US: www.reuters.com/business/ene..., including wind farms that have been under construction for years.
How can anyone want to invest in the US when they are subject to arbitrary and lawless decisions by an autocrat like this?
How can anyone want to invest in the US when they are subject to arbitrary and lawless decisions by an autocrat like this?
I saw the Stone Roses in Oslo in 1990. Mani was hanging out in the bar after the gig, we said hi and he signed my t-shirt. Really friendly guy, made a big impression on me. www.bbc.com/news/live/cv...
Stone Roses' Ian Brown pays tribute to Mani at funeral
Among the star-studded guests at Manchester Cathedral are Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher, and former footballers David Beckham and Gary Neville.
www.bbc.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I saw the Stone Roses in Oslo in 1990. Mani was hanging out in the bar after the gig, we said hi and he signed my t-shirt. Really friendly guy, made a big impression on me. www.bbc.com/news/live/cv...
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To report 2.7% inflation for November, the Trump Admin excluded data on food, housing, electricity, clothing, medical care, and most other categories.
In fact, only 3 of more than 20 price categories were included in the calculations, making the report meaningless.
Actual inflation is much higher.
In fact, only 3 of more than 20 price categories were included in the calculations, making the report meaningless.
Actual inflation is much higher.
December 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
To report 2.7% inflation for November, the Trump Admin excluded data on food, housing, electricity, clothing, medical care, and most other categories.
In fact, only 3 of more than 20 price categories were included in the calculations, making the report meaningless.
Actual inflation is much higher.
In fact, only 3 of more than 20 price categories were included in the calculations, making the report meaningless.
Actual inflation is much higher.
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Another detailed Cloudflare public incident write-up means another blog post from me commenting on it: surfingcomplexity.blog/2025/12/06/q...
Quick takes on the Dec 5 Cloudflare outage
Poor Cloudflare! It was less than a month ago that they suffered a major outage (I blogged about that here), and then, yesterday, they had another outage. This one was much shorter (~25 minutes ver…
surfingcomplexity.blog
December 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Another detailed Cloudflare public incident write-up means another blog post from me commenting on it: surfingcomplexity.blog/2025/12/06/q...
The Norwegian Institute for Nature Research set up a wildlife camera near our summer house in the Arctic a couple of years ago. We just realised that it has captured images of lynxes! These are my favourite animals, it makes me so happy to know they are walking around on our land up there.
December 2, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The Norwegian Institute for Nature Research set up a wildlife camera near our summer house in the Arctic a couple of years ago. We just realised that it has captured images of lynxes! These are my favourite animals, it makes me so happy to know they are walking around on our land up there.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
A Certain Ratio film screening at the Walthamstow rock'n'roll book club tonight. And the whole band was there! Amazing night. youtu.be/VlUGid-PLBY?...
A Certain Ratio - Tribeca
YouTube video by Mute
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
A Certain Ratio film screening at the Walthamstow rock'n'roll book club tonight. And the whole band was there! Amazing night. youtu.be/VlUGid-PLBY?...
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Did you see little green blobs during the big storm a couple weeks ago? Well, they may have been FAEs, or Fragmented Aurora-Like Emissions, and your photos are helpful to scientists!
November 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Did you see little green blobs during the big storm a couple weeks ago? Well, they may have been FAEs, or Fragmented Aurora-Like Emissions, and your photos are helpful to scientists!
RIP dear Bunny, our loyal friend and companion through 11 wonderful and eventful years. ❤️
November 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
RIP dear Bunny, our loyal friend and companion through 11 wonderful and eventful years. ❤️
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My talk on "I want a good parallel language" is now up: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-eV...
Slides here: docs.google.com/presentation...
Thanks Arthur Gleckler and BALISP for hosting the talk!
Slides here: docs.google.com/presentation...
Thanks Arthur Gleckler and BALISP for hosting the talk!
I Want a Good Parallel Language, by Raph Levien (BALISP)
YouTube video by Arthur Gleckler
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:51 AM
My talk on "I want a good parallel language" is now up: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-eV...
Slides here: docs.google.com/presentation...
Thanks Arthur Gleckler and BALISP for hosting the talk!
Slides here: docs.google.com/presentation...
Thanks Arthur Gleckler and BALISP for hosting the talk!
Just spent half an hour trying to check in with @flysas.com . Complete amateur hour. Remind me to never fly with them again.
October 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Just spent half an hour trying to check in with @flysas.com . Complete amateur hour. Remind me to never fly with them again.
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Farfar holdt en jødisk kvinne unna tyskerne ved å ha henne innlagt på Tønsberg sykehus i tre år under en fiktiv diagnose. Han overbeviste dem om at hun ville dø uten kontinuerlig medisinsk tilsyn, og de lot henne bli.
Bare nevner det.
Bare nevner det.
Forslag. Legg ned Norge og start på ny. Norge er defekt.
October 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Farfar holdt en jødisk kvinne unna tyskerne ved å ha henne innlagt på Tønsberg sykehus i tre år under en fiktiv diagnose. Han overbeviste dem om at hun ville dø uten kontinuerlig medisinsk tilsyn, og de lot henne bli.
Bare nevner det.
Bare nevner det.