Ole
@olepetter.bsky.social
(Northern-)Norwegian. Physicist, now disabled. Portfolio123 fan. 🇺🇦🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🔰
Nikon Z8 + *all* the lenses
everything is bonkers right now and we need a timeline cleanse. let’s play a game. if I handed you a blank check but you could ONLY spend it on an Advent calendar, what absurdly pricy collection of little treats are you buying yourself?
November 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Nikon Z8 + *all* the lenses
The Moving Telex writes, and having writ,
Moves on; nor all thy Therapy nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line
Nor Tide nor Daz wash out a word of it.
-- Wendy Cope, "Strugnell's Rubaiyat"
Moves on; nor all thy Therapy nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line
Nor Tide nor Daz wash out a word of it.
-- Wendy Cope, "Strugnell's Rubaiyat"
November 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The Moving Telex writes, and having writ,
Moves on; nor all thy Therapy nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line
Nor Tide nor Daz wash out a word of it.
-- Wendy Cope, "Strugnell's Rubaiyat"
Moves on; nor all thy Therapy nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line
Nor Tide nor Daz wash out a word of it.
-- Wendy Cope, "Strugnell's Rubaiyat"
Veldig dumt, Klarna suger
Vipps og Klarna i samarbeid – netthandelsgründer protesterer (+)
Vipps slipper til Klarna og går dermed utenom bankenes egen betalingsløsning Bankaxept. Netthandel-gründer Einar Øgrey Brandsdal har prøvd å bryte med Klarna.
www.dn.no
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Veldig dumt, Klarna suger
Fikk jaggu begge vaksinene 🥳
November 11, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Fikk jaggu begge vaksinene 🥳
Sånn btw: har kjøpt Skikkelig Luftkvalitetsmåler, og det ser nå ut som om IKEAs luftrenser faktisk fungerer ganske så bra
Air purifiers! Do they work? What kind of air quality problems can they solve? What are good models? How can one figure out if a model is good (are there reliable tests)?
November 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Sånn btw: har kjøpt Skikkelig Luftkvalitetsmåler, og det ser nå ut som om IKEAs luftrenser faktisk fungerer ganske så bra
Gratulerer til @iharsten.bsky.social ! For anledningen, mitt favoritt dikt-relatert-til-tog:
November 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Gratulerer til @iharsten.bsky.social ! For anledningen, mitt favoritt dikt-relatert-til-tog:
Remembered that I have a smugmug account, and added another video for anyone who wants to see more northern lights from yesterday
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Remembered that I have a smugmug account, and added another video for anyone who wants to see more northern lights from yesterday
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My newest piece for Liberal Currents, and a paean to public health. It needs to be the tip of the spear against fascism and it’s a natural leader in the fight for a better world.
Thanks to @gregggonsalves.bsky.social for talking to me as I worked on this.
Thanks to @gregggonsalves.bsky.social for talking to me as I worked on this.
“Understanding the Covid-19 pandemic as a catalyst for right-wing backlash is misleading because it’s too passive” www.liberalcurrents.com/propaganda-r...
Propaganda, Rather than Pandemic Policies, Caused the War on Public Health
The backlash narrative ignores basic facts of the case.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM
My newest piece for Liberal Currents, and a paean to public health. It needs to be the tip of the spear against fascism and it’s a natural leader in the fight for a better world.
Thanks to @gregggonsalves.bsky.social for talking to me as I worked on this.
Thanks to @gregggonsalves.bsky.social for talking to me as I worked on this.
Mer nordlys, fra i går kveld
November 10, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Mer nordlys, fra i går kveld
Scrubbed
Join us 🔴LIVE🔴 Momentarily from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida , as Blue Origin launches its New Glenn heavy-lift rocket for its second mission.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0dQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0dQ...
Blue Origin Launches New Glenn Flight 2 - NASA ESCAPADE Mission to Mars
YouTube video by NASASpaceflight
www.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Scrubbed
About 15 mins left to launch
Join us 🔴LIVE🔴 Momentarily from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida , as Blue Origin launches its New Glenn heavy-lift rocket for its second mission.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0dQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0dQ...
Blue Origin Launches New Glenn Flight 2 - NASA ESCAPADE Mission to Mars
YouTube video by NASASpaceflight
www.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
About 15 mins left to launch
Reposted by Ole
one of the greatest struggles for any left-wing political movement in the modern west (and increasingly beyond) is how much of the sheer abject deprivation, fear, and often fatal dangers that were inextricable to the lives of any but the wealth just...barely exist anymore
It is genuinely hard for most people to grasp how poor the past was.
November 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
one of the greatest struggles for any left-wing political movement in the modern west (and increasingly beyond) is how much of the sheer abject deprivation, fear, and often fatal dangers that were inextricable to the lives of any but the wealth just...barely exist anymore
Hvis LLMer faktisk fungerer bra, betyr det ikke nødvendigvis så store økninger i produktivitet:
‘A new service called Objector is offering “policy-backed objections in minutes” to people who are upset about planning applications near their homes.’
Another reminder that AI can be used for things you don’t like as well as things you like…
Another reminder that AI can be used for things you don’t like as well as things you like…
Bloody hell www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
November 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Hvis LLMer faktisk fungerer bra, betyr det ikke nødvendigvis så store økninger i produktivitet:
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Meme-boosted false nostalgia for past prosperity that didn’t exist are picturing the average 1950s experience as ads and sitcoms, the 1980s as Home Alone, don’t get that the Simpsons was parodying this, etc.
Sort of like how people thinking of the Middle Ages imagine themselves a knight or noble.
Sort of like how people thinking of the Middle Ages imagine themselves a knight or noble.
People wildly overestimate the economic security experienced by past generations. There's no period in American history where significant numbers of young people were just handed high paying jobs. Nostalgia for a time that never existed is a huge problem.
Why Nikki Haley’s son went radical: His generation inherited insecurity.
I profile Nalin Haley, a fascinating young man, who I believe will likely play an important role in conservative politics in years to come.
unherd.com/2025/11/why-...
I profile Nalin Haley, a fascinating young man, who I believe will likely play an important role in conservative politics in years to come.
unherd.com/2025/11/why-...
November 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Meme-boosted false nostalgia for past prosperity that didn’t exist are picturing the average 1950s experience as ads and sitcoms, the 1980s as Home Alone, don’t get that the Simpsons was parodying this, etc.
Sort of like how people thinking of the Middle Ages imagine themselves a knight or noble.
Sort of like how people thinking of the Middle Ages imagine themselves a knight or noble.
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Eg må sei at det er synd og skuffande at @klimastiftelsen.no gjentatte ganger i sine podder repeterer talepunktene frå særinteressegruppene i saken om grunnrente på småkraft.
1. Eit godt prosjekt som er lønnsomt uten grunnrente er lønnsomt med.
2. Småkraft er kjekt-å-ha-strøm med begrensa nytte.
1. Eit godt prosjekt som er lønnsomt uten grunnrente er lønnsomt med.
2. Småkraft er kjekt-å-ha-strøm med begrensa nytte.
November 9, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Eg må sei at det er synd og skuffande at @klimastiftelsen.no gjentatte ganger i sine podder repeterer talepunktene frå særinteressegruppene i saken om grunnrente på småkraft.
1. Eit godt prosjekt som er lønnsomt uten grunnrente er lønnsomt med.
2. Småkraft er kjekt-å-ha-strøm med begrensa nytte.
1. Eit godt prosjekt som er lønnsomt uten grunnrente er lønnsomt med.
2. Småkraft er kjekt-å-ha-strøm med begrensa nytte.
"I am flooded with stories. There are so many I cannot remember them all; cannot keep straight who was gassed, beaten, abducted, or shot. I write to leave a record, to stare at the track of the tornado which tears through our city. I write to leave a warning. I write to call for help."
I Want You to Understand Chicago
aphyr.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:36 PM
"I am flooded with stories. There are so many I cannot remember them all; cannot keep straight who was gassed, beaten, abducted, or shot. I write to leave a record, to stare at the track of the tornado which tears through our city. I write to leave a warning. I write to call for help."
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
YouTube video by Radka Toneff - Topic
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Håper regjeringen øker momsen på dyre kameraer neste år
Det koster å spare penger.
www.nrk.no/rogaland/elb...
www.nrk.no/rogaland/elb...
November 8, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Håper regjeringen øker momsen på dyre kameraer neste år
Reposted by Ole
The real problem this creates is that you are able to launder virtually any claim through the press by attaching a bunch of numbers to it.
The degree to which every single major journalist seems to just hate math is palpable in almost everything
Haha, this from the New Yorker is getting passed around the math dork community. I did a comic about this kind of thought a few years ago: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/commut...
November 8, 2025 at 7:59 AM
The real problem this creates is that you are able to launder virtually any claim through the press by attaching a bunch of numbers to it.
Reposted by Ole
my two big *usability* issues with getting news/analysis from substacks vs larger news orgs:
- too many discrete publications, too little income to support them all separately
- not enough time to read that much, especially when most reporters write too much copy without good editors
- too many discrete publications, too little income to support them all separately
- not enough time to read that much, especially when most reporters write too much copy without good editors
November 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
my two big *usability* issues with getting news/analysis from substacks vs larger news orgs:
- too many discrete publications, too little income to support them all separately
- not enough time to read that much, especially when most reporters write too much copy without good editors
- too many discrete publications, too little income to support them all separately
- not enough time to read that much, especially when most reporters write too much copy without good editors
Reposted by Ole
Since you pay for the service, Kagi makes money when you’re happy, not when you click on ads or share your data to be commodified. It’s that simple. No conflicting interests, no hidden agendas.
The results? Quality search that actually works for you. blog.kagi.com/the-many-ben...
The results? Quality search that actually works for you. blog.kagi.com/the-many-ben...
The many benefits of paying for search | Kagi Blog
“Wait, you PAY for search?” We get this reaction a lot about Kagi.
blog.kagi.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Since you pay for the service, Kagi makes money when you’re happy, not when you click on ads or share your data to be commodified. It’s that simple. No conflicting interests, no hidden agendas.
The results? Quality search that actually works for you. blog.kagi.com/the-many-ben...
The results? Quality search that actually works for you. blog.kagi.com/the-many-ben...
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NRK går til angrep på klimamål. Og bommer fullstendig. www.energiomstillingen.no/page.php?p=2...
NRKs klimasurr
www.energiomstillingen.no
November 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
NRK går til angrep på klimamål. Og bommer fullstendig. www.energiomstillingen.no/page.php?p=2...
New book-recommender just dropped!
Recommend | book.sv
Great book recommendations.
book.sv
November 7, 2025 at 9:08 AM
New book-recommender just dropped!
Mange av problemene i verden er nedstrøms av den nye medievirkeligheten, der gamle og nye medier nå optimaliserer for giftige nyhetstyper vi liker å konsumere: kulturkrig, sinne mot "utgrupper", kritikk av eliter, etc.
More fodder for the “everything wrong with the world is downstream of social media (and US cable)” view from @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
The cable news-ification of everything
New research shows how incentives in the modern media ecosystem help explain rising polarisation and negativity
on.ft.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Mange av problemene i verden er nedstrøms av den nye medievirkeligheten, der gamle og nye medier nå optimaliserer for giftige nyhetstyper vi liker å konsumere: kulturkrig, sinne mot "utgrupper", kritikk av eliter, etc.