Eirin Kallestad
@kallestad.bsky.social
Lover of languages (spoken and signed), transport, accessibility, sunshine and cities. Oslo, Norway, but citizen of the world.
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I will not fight with people on Threads about Makaton. I will not fight with people on Threads about Makaton. I will not thebaffler.com/outbursts/si...
Signed Away | Sara Nović
The hearing world continues to pillage and caricature the deaf community—most recently with the proprietary, sign-based system Makaton.
thebaffler.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I will not fight with people on Threads about Makaton. I will not fight with people on Threads about Makaton. I will not thebaffler.com/outbursts/si...
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Aftenposten trykket kronikken jeg skrev om dette: www.aftenposten.no/meninger/deb...
Teknologien truer kunnskapssystemet vårt. Men den norske staten har slukt tekgigantenes PR rått.
Les kronikken.
www.aftenposten.no
November 5, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Aftenposten trykket kronikken jeg skrev om dette: www.aftenposten.no/meninger/deb...
Norgesgruppen legger ned Dollarstore - bra!! Vi trengte virkelig ikke flere butikker som selger plastdritt.
www.aftenposten.no/okonomi/i/pP...
www.aftenposten.no/okonomi/i/pP...
Norgesgruppen legger ned butikkjeden Dollarstore
Norgesgruppen har besluttet å legge ned Dollarstore-kjeden etter negativ utvikling i omsetning. Over 200 ansatte blir påvirket.
www.aftenposten.no
October 21, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Norgesgruppen legger ned Dollarstore - bra!! Vi trengte virkelig ikke flere butikker som selger plastdritt.
www.aftenposten.no/okonomi/i/pP...
www.aftenposten.no/okonomi/i/pP...
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An insult to the incredibly complex and nuanced work of translators.
The 2025 Frankfurt Book Fair heard that developments in AI audiobooks mean publishers will no longer have to decide whether to translate a book, but instead just choose which market to translate into 👇 #FBM25
AI audio means publishers ‘don’t have to choose whether to translate, only which market’, FBF hears
ebx.sh
October 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
An insult to the incredibly complex and nuanced work of translators.
Jeg har ikke så mange følgere her, men om du leser dette: På søndag går TV-aksjonen av stabelen! Årets aksjon går til Atlas-alliansen og skal åpne dører for funksjonshemmede som lever i krig og fattigdom. Her i Oslo trenger vi flere bøssebærere, meld deg på her: www.tvaksjonen.no #NRKtvaksjonen
Hjem | NRK TV-aksjonen 2025
www.tvaksjonen.no
October 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Jeg har ikke så mange følgere her, men om du leser dette: På søndag går TV-aksjonen av stabelen! Årets aksjon går til Atlas-alliansen og skal åpne dører for funksjonshemmede som lever i krig og fattigdom. Her i Oslo trenger vi flere bøssebærere, meld deg på her: www.tvaksjonen.no #NRKtvaksjonen
Mange eldre føler seg utrygge pga. ståmopedene: "Hun hun prøver å unngå uforutsette bevegelser, i tilfelle det plutselig kommer en elsparkesykkel bakfra." Enig i dette, merker at jeg stadig vekk ser bakover, og at jeg ikke tør gjøre noe annet enn å gå rett frem! www.aftenposten.no/oslo/i/Mn4md...
81-åringen konfronterte elsparkesyklist: – Hun viste fingeren
Elsparkesykler gjør at mange eldre føler seg utrygge. Nå vil Oslo-byråden ha fortauforbud.
www.aftenposten.no
October 14, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Mange eldre føler seg utrygge pga. ståmopedene: "Hun hun prøver å unngå uforutsette bevegelser, i tilfelle det plutselig kommer en elsparkesykkel bakfra." Enig i dette, merker at jeg stadig vekk ser bakover, og at jeg ikke tør gjøre noe annet enn å gå rett frem! www.aftenposten.no/oslo/i/Mn4md...
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The loss of the public school system would send Deaf education back to the absolute dark ages. #deafkids #deafed
To understand the Trump administration’s vision for American education, @megomatz.bsky.social and I studied dozens of hours of political appointees’ speeches and podcasts and essays. What emerged is a desire to dismantle the nation’s system of public schools.
These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.
Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...
www.propublica.org
October 9, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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Oh, man. After reading the article, what it actually says is that an historian did a lot of archival work and spatial research to determine the site of a killing and then the family of the likely perpetrator stepped forward with photographs to confirm identity.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Historian uses AI to help identify Nazi in notorious Holocaust murder image
Jürgen Matthäus has for years been investigating the killer – and is confident he has finally solved the mystery
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Oh, man. After reading the article, what it actually says is that an historian did a lot of archival work and spatial research to determine the site of a killing and then the family of the likely perpetrator stepped forward with photographs to confirm identity.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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Norske medier skriver ikke så mye om Sudan, men vi skriver en hel del om hvorfor vi ikke skriver om Sudan. Det påstås det er vanskelig, men stemmer det? Her er noen tips til bedre dekning av det som er verdens største humanitære krise akkurat nå.
open.substack.com/pub/maren930...
open.substack.com/pub/maren930...
Hvordan dekke Sudan?
Norske medier skriver ikke så veldig mye om konflikten i Sudan, men vi skriver en hel del om hvorfor vi ikke skriver om Sudan. Her er noen tips til hvordan få det til.
open.substack.com
September 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Norske medier skriver ikke så mye om Sudan, men vi skriver en hel del om hvorfor vi ikke skriver om Sudan. Det påstås det er vanskelig, men stemmer det? Her er noen tips til bedre dekning av det som er verdens største humanitære krise akkurat nå.
open.substack.com/pub/maren930...
open.substack.com/pub/maren930...
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“I want AI to do my laundry and dishes so that I can do art and writing,” as the from SF author Joanna Maciejewska memorably put it, “not for AI to do my art and writing so that I can do my laundry and dishes.” These stories show what happens when it’s the other way around."
Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.
Artists are losing work, wages, and hope as bosses and clients embrace AI
Visual artists, illustrators and graphic designers share their stories about how AI is being used to lower wages, degrade work and even replace it altogether, in this installment of AI Killed My Job.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
September 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
“I want AI to do my laundry and dishes so that I can do art and writing,” as the from SF author Joanna Maciejewska memorably put it, “not for AI to do my art and writing so that I can do my laundry and dishes.” These stories show what happens when it’s the other way around."
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They had kids, too.
September 15, 2025 at 11:50 PM
They had kids, too.
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”Perhaps the most comprehensive study of the real-world impact of cycle lanes, found businesses on streets with separated bike routes grew on average more quickly than those without.”
Remember, bike-lanes mean business.
10 WRONG Myths about Bike-Lanes.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Remember, bike-lanes mean business.
10 WRONG Myths about Bike-Lanes.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Ten common myths about bike lanes – and why they're wrong
From congestion to cost, there are many entirely misguided arguments in circulation
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2025 at 2:40 AM
”Perhaps the most comprehensive study of the real-world impact of cycle lanes, found businesses on streets with separated bike routes grew on average more quickly than those without.”
Remember, bike-lanes mean business.
10 WRONG Myths about Bike-Lanes.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Remember, bike-lanes mean business.
10 WRONG Myths about Bike-Lanes.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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If it isn't ChatGPT, it's Claude or Copilot or Gemini that they're trying to shoehorn into higher education.
Nobody involved in actually educating students asked for this, and it does a disservice to everyone involved in the actual educational process — students, teaching assistants, & instructors.
Nobody involved in actually educating students asked for this, and it does a disservice to everyone involved in the actual educational process — students, teaching assistants, & instructors.
This technology is so clearly designed to profit off cheating and struggling students--its insidious. And yet universities keep announcing how they're allowing this company into its midst, to exploit and incapacitate our students even more
September 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
If it isn't ChatGPT, it's Claude or Copilot or Gemini that they're trying to shoehorn into higher education.
Nobody involved in actually educating students asked for this, and it does a disservice to everyone involved in the actual educational process — students, teaching assistants, & instructors.
Nobody involved in actually educating students asked for this, and it does a disservice to everyone involved in the actual educational process — students, teaching assistants, & instructors.
Dette er ikke så viktig i det store bildet, men sånne småting irriterer meg: Aftenpostens USA-korrespondent presterer først å si at "En footlong er en... sandwich hos kjeden Subway." Men en "footlong" er jo bare en lang sandwich, den må ikke være fra Subway www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/e...
Det hvite hus postet dramatisk film av pågripelse
Deretter gikk det ikke så bra.
www.aftenposten.no
September 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Dette er ikke så viktig i det store bildet, men sånne småting irriterer meg: Aftenpostens USA-korrespondent presterer først å si at "En footlong er en... sandwich hos kjeden Subway." Men en "footlong" er jo bare en lang sandwich, den må ikke være fra Subway www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/e...
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It is here. McCarthyism 2.0. Wrongthink now gets you on a list that is openly trying to liaison with the government (which has already said it will be doing similar work in the weeks to come). The list referenced below now exceeds 100,000 people. People on the list are already getting death threats.
September 15, 2025 at 6:14 AM
It is here. McCarthyism 2.0. Wrongthink now gets you on a list that is openly trying to liaison with the government (which has already said it will be doing similar work in the weeks to come). The list referenced below now exceeds 100,000 people. People on the list are already getting death threats.
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Jeg har ment i avisa om tilsvarsretten.
LIK OG DEL.
På vegne av vannvittig mange
www.vg.no/nyheter/i/kw...
LIK OG DEL.
På vegne av vannvittig mange
www.vg.no/nyheter/i/kw...
Bør alle slippes til i debatten?
Ekstreme miljøer utnytter tilsvarsretten for å spre sine budskap i media.
www.vg.no
September 14, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Jeg har ment i avisa om tilsvarsretten.
LIK OG DEL.
På vegne av vannvittig mange
www.vg.no/nyheter/i/kw...
LIK OG DEL.
På vegne av vannvittig mange
www.vg.no/nyheter/i/kw...
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I hadn’t seen this. Kirk, the moderate free speech guy who did politics the right way per some liberals (!), called for Biden to be executed.
Meanwhile Joe Biden put out a very strong statement condemning Kirk’s killing.
Both sides!
Meanwhile Joe Biden put out a very strong statement condemning Kirk’s killing.
Both sides!
Charlie Kirk: Joe Biden should be "put in prison and/or given the death penalty for crimes against America"
www.mediamatters.org
September 14, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I hadn’t seen this. Kirk, the moderate free speech guy who did politics the right way per some liberals (!), called for Biden to be executed.
Meanwhile Joe Biden put out a very strong statement condemning Kirk’s killing.
Both sides!
Meanwhile Joe Biden put out a very strong statement condemning Kirk’s killing.
Both sides!
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I have written and deleted a lot of posts but I keep thinking about how the brutal assassination of Minnesota State senator Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark, and their beloved dog Gilbert in June did not prompt this same level of calls for empathy, sympathy, and flags at half-mast.
September 13, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I have written and deleted a lot of posts but I keep thinking about how the brutal assassination of Minnesota State senator Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark, and their beloved dog Gilbert in June did not prompt this same level of calls for empathy, sympathy, and flags at half-mast.
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If we transported 2025 Charlie Kirk back to 2012 he would have been widely considered the most vile and contemptible human being in politics, worse even than Limbaugh. That he wasn't in 2025 is a testament to how much of a permission structure for gutter racism the right has built.
September 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
If we transported 2025 Charlie Kirk back to 2012 he would have been widely considered the most vile and contemptible human being in politics, worse even than Limbaugh. That he wasn't in 2025 is a testament to how much of a permission structure for gutter racism the right has built.
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Kirk didn’t debate out of some spirit of democracy or whatever. He did it to expand the Overton window, so that the humanity of marginalized groups could be seen as being up for debate. His “change my mind” schtick was a sham: he was never, ever willing to change his mind.
September 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Kirk didn’t debate out of some spirit of democracy or whatever. He did it to expand the Overton window, so that the humanity of marginalized groups could be seen as being up for debate. His “change my mind” schtick was a sham: he was never, ever willing to change his mind.
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Hei yrke! Er åpent for ny jobb ila høsten. På utkikk der hvor jeg kan bruke mine ferdigheter som designer/motion graphics, filmfotograf/grading/vfx, koder, AI, konseptutvikler, tech, UU/UX m.fl.
Går i disse dagene under stillingstittelen som Creative Generalist 😎
Avtal gjerne over en kopp kakao 👋🏼
Går i disse dagene under stillingstittelen som Creative Generalist 😎
Avtal gjerne over en kopp kakao 👋🏼
August 11, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Hei yrke! Er åpent for ny jobb ila høsten. På utkikk der hvor jeg kan bruke mine ferdigheter som designer/motion graphics, filmfotograf/grading/vfx, koder, AI, konseptutvikler, tech, UU/UX m.fl.
Går i disse dagene under stillingstittelen som Creative Generalist 😎
Avtal gjerne over en kopp kakao 👋🏼
Går i disse dagene under stillingstittelen som Creative Generalist 😎
Avtal gjerne over en kopp kakao 👋🏼
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“Does refusing to hire a Holocaust denier as a member of Harvard’s history department faculty count as an ideological limit test?” Takano asked.
Replying, McMahon said: “I believe that there should be diversity of viewpoints relative to teachings and opinions on campuses.”
CC: ADL, Elise Stefanik
Replying, McMahon said: “I believe that there should be diversity of viewpoints relative to teachings and opinions on campuses.”
CC: ADL, Elise Stefanik
June 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
“Does refusing to hire a Holocaust denier as a member of Harvard’s history department faculty count as an ideological limit test?” Takano asked.
Replying, McMahon said: “I believe that there should be diversity of viewpoints relative to teachings and opinions on campuses.”
CC: ADL, Elise Stefanik
Replying, McMahon said: “I believe that there should be diversity of viewpoints relative to teachings and opinions on campuses.”
CC: ADL, Elise Stefanik
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Ukrainas regjering ber vår om støtte for å lage TV-prosjekt med oss i Folkeopplysningen, for å styrke kritisk tenking og bekjempe desinformasjon.
Vi i Teddy bidrar veldig gjerne, håper norske politikere ser at dette er verdt å gjøre!
www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/vil-...
Vi i Teddy bidrar veldig gjerne, håper norske politikere ser at dette er verdt å gjøre!
www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/vil-...
Vil ha NRK-program: - Veldig gøy
Ukraina har bedt Norge om stridsvogner, jagerfly og artilleri. Nå ønsker det krigsherjede landet seg NRK-programmet «Folkeopplysningen».
www.dagbladet.no
May 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Ukrainas regjering ber vår om støtte for å lage TV-prosjekt med oss i Folkeopplysningen, for å styrke kritisk tenking og bekjempe desinformasjon.
Vi i Teddy bidrar veldig gjerne, håper norske politikere ser at dette er verdt å gjøre!
www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/vil-...
Vi i Teddy bidrar veldig gjerne, håper norske politikere ser at dette er verdt å gjøre!
www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/vil-...
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