Oskar Ojala
millenialuser.bsky.social
Oskar Ojala
@millenialuser.bsky.social
Does software and business for a living, interested in current events, visual arts and clothing. Twitter refugee
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“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”
Uruguay’s Renewable Charge: A Small Nation, A Big Lesson For The World
Uruguay built a power grid that runs 99% on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. Here’s how its bold energy overhaul became a global model.
www.forbes.com
January 10, 2026 at 8:29 AM
Living in a natural resource poor country, Sunday morning is pretty uneventful
January 4, 2026 at 10:53 AM
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Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…

* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M

So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
For years I’ve thought that Chomsky is skilled with the pen and offers some interesting viewpoints. But do I trust him? Not at all, there’s something too self righteous, too black and white about him. Thus, the newly surfaced photo doesn’t surprise me one bit
Well, there's a photo I never expected to see in my life. Noam Chomsky palling around with Steve Bannon.
December 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
One particularly annoying example of a bad chatbot is the one that a large international courier company with the brand colors brown and yellow has
The promise of AI chat assistants: they solve 90% of the problems users have (by looking up the docs and telling them)

My reality: need to spend 10 minutes trying to get to a human, to solve an issue I need customer support to look into

Around minute 8 I sign up to a competitor
November 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The Atlas browser got me thinking: that if the browser would start to filter social media feeds for users instead of just accepting what platforms present? Could be interesting, just promote actually followed accounts and move everything else aside
October 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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You Can Kill a Democracy Without a Dictator www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/o...

With a gift link because I think it is very important for people to understand this:
Opinion | You Can Kill a Democracy Without a Dictator
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM