Ste Jormur
@stejormur.bsky.social
Beats me why most dudes suck. Sure as hell ain't my scene.
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Ste Jormur
@stejormur.bsky.social
· Dec 1
木村カエラ「A winter fairy is melting a snowman」（Official Music Video）
YouTube video by 木村カエラ Official -日本コロムビア-
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Every day from now until Christmas (if I remember), I'm going to post a really weird Christmas song here.
I'm going to start with this one, mostly because I like to imagine the parallel universe where J-pop is as big in the West as K-pop, and this gets played in supermarkets youtu.be/iHYKlPLQgS0
I'm going to start with this one, mostly because I like to imagine the parallel universe where J-pop is as big in the West as K-pop, and this gets played in supermarkets youtu.be/iHYKlPLQgS0
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Today's newsletter: New piece: after the Guthrie kidnapping, the Kirk assassination, and both Minneapolis shootings, the same thing happened every time. People asked AI to "enhance" blurry footage. AI invented faces.
www.readtpa.com/p/computer-e...
www.readtpa.com/p/computer-e...
Computer, Enhance
People keep running crime footage through AI thinking they’re helping. They’re not.
www.readtpa.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Today's newsletter: New piece: after the Guthrie kidnapping, the Kirk assassination, and both Minneapolis shootings, the same thing happened every time. People asked AI to "enhance" blurry footage. AI invented faces.
www.readtpa.com/p/computer-e...
www.readtpa.com/p/computer-e...
I'm always surprised how empty the streets are in these old films. You think that in the pre-car era, the streets would be full of pedestrians and maybe bikes and horses, but there's just no-one out there.
February 12, 2026 at 8:11 PM
I'm always surprised how empty the streets are in these old films. You think that in the pre-car era, the streets would be full of pedestrians and maybe bikes and horses, but there's just no-one out there.
Political betting odds are really just vibes and meta-vibes
Ladbrokes on the betting being pro-Green, reflected in 1/3 price. Odds reflect the market, which reflects the sentiment/perception of those betting
February 12, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Political betting odds are really just vibes and meta-vibes
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I think ALL THE TIME about people who've never seen the sea. If you grew up in a tiny country like Britain it's difficult to imagine. However poor your family was, you'll have been dragged to a lovably shit seafront before you were 15.
I vastly envy folks who grew up near the ocean. I am 23 years old and have never seen the ocean. It's 1000 miles away.
February 12, 2026 at 5:08 PM
I think ALL THE TIME about people who've never seen the sea. If you grew up in a tiny country like Britain it's difficult to imagine. However poor your family was, you'll have been dragged to a lovably shit seafront before you were 15.
So, an update on this guy: he's started his own political party to try to get back onto the council, and he needed to collect signatures to get on the ballot. Of the 183 signatures so far verified, 4 are dead and 29 deny signing the petition. www.hessenschau.de/politik/fran...
February 12, 2026 at 4:50 PM
So, an update on this guy: he's started his own political party to try to get back onto the council, and he needed to collect signatures to get on the ballot. Of the 183 signatures so far verified, 4 are dead and 29 deny signing the petition. www.hessenschau.de/politik/fran...
Something cool I just learned: You know how cars make a weird whirring sound when they reverse, but not going forward? It's because reverse uses straight toothed gears, while the other gears are helical. Helical teeth mesh smoothly - straight teeth hit each other head-on and vibrate a lot more.
February 12, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Something cool I just learned: You know how cars make a weird whirring sound when they reverse, but not going forward? It's because reverse uses straight toothed gears, while the other gears are helical. Helical teeth mesh smoothly - straight teeth hit each other head-on and vibrate a lot more.
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right, so, some quite insane professional news from me: last month I went to Paris to interview Gisèle Pelicot about what happened to her, and what her life looks like now - out in print on Sunday
February 12, 2026 at 2:46 PM
right, so, some quite insane professional news from me: last month I went to Paris to interview Gisèle Pelicot about what happened to her, and what her life looks like now - out in print on Sunday
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idk how to rebuild society for this but i don't think people should be allowed to talk like this without it going very poorly for them
Fuentes, yesterday: “Our #1 political enemy is women because women constrain everything, every conversation, every man, everything. They have to be imprisoned. They are the ones that are hurting the fertility rate. They're the ones making us sympathetic to poor people, which are also brown people.”
Nick Fuentes: “The number one political enemy in America is women. … They have to be imprisoned.”
www.mediamatters.org
February 12, 2026 at 2:41 PM
idk how to rebuild society for this but i don't think people should be allowed to talk like this without it going very poorly for them
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*ARMED FIGURES WHO HAVE EFFORTLESSLY DISPATCHED THE SECURITY FORCES OF THE WORLD'S RICHEST MAN BURST IN AS MUSK SLEEPS*
"OK, guys, wait, just give me a moment to *nngh* pull this knife out of the wall."
"OK, guys, wait, just give me a moment to *nngh* pull this knife out of the wall."
Wow, I don’t know who this guy is but he sounds incredibly cool. What a badass! SWOON.
February 12, 2026 at 2:14 PM
*ARMED FIGURES WHO HAVE EFFORTLESSLY DISPATCHED THE SECURITY FORCES OF THE WORLD'S RICHEST MAN BURST IN AS MUSK SLEEPS*
"OK, guys, wait, just give me a moment to *nngh* pull this knife out of the wall."
"OK, guys, wait, just give me a moment to *nngh* pull this knife out of the wall."
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This piece in The Spectator by @shippersunbound.bsky.social has an absolutely mad detail that I was not previously aware of spectator.com/article/auth...
February 12, 2026 at 1:12 PM
This piece in The Spectator by @shippersunbound.bsky.social has an absolutely mad detail that I was not previously aware of spectator.com/article/auth...
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My column in this week's @newstatesman1913.bsky.social, on bad data used in bad faith.
FOI-ing the stats myself, I didn't find a great deal of difference in sex offending rates: 5 per 10,000 Afghan men, 7 per 10,000 UK men:
FOI-ing the stats myself, I didn't find a great deal of difference in sex offending rates: 5 per 10,000 Afghan men, 7 per 10,000 UK men:
The truth about immigrants and sex crime
Corrosive innuendo about asylum seekers is helping no one
www.newstatesman.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:04 PM
My column in this week's @newstatesman1913.bsky.social, on bad data used in bad faith.
FOI-ing the stats myself, I didn't find a great deal of difference in sex offending rates: 5 per 10,000 Afghan men, 7 per 10,000 UK men:
FOI-ing the stats myself, I didn't find a great deal of difference in sex offending rates: 5 per 10,000 Afghan men, 7 per 10,000 UK men:
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Agree with this, and I do also think it is elite-led, not a response to the 'ungovernable' voters.
i feel like. at some point elite awareness that policy trade-offs actually exist decayed
February 12, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Agree with this, and I do also think it is elite-led, not a response to the 'ungovernable' voters.
If you want a long and successful career in politics, do not go to my school
February 12, 2026 at 12:16 PM
If you want a long and successful career in politics, do not go to my school
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Absolutely the correct approach to life. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
February 12, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Absolutely the correct approach to life. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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If I think of an elite whose integrity and moral values have historically remained unquestioned; its the French left
The Epstein scandal has punctured all the age-old myths about the French elite | Agnès Poirier
The Epstein scandal has punctured all the age-old myths about the French elite | Agnès Poirier
Suddenly, venerable figures presumed immune to sordid compromise have been exposed – although some have shown that moral courage is possible, says political commentator Agnès Poirier
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:45 AM
If I think of an elite whose integrity and moral values have historically remained unquestioned; its the French left
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At long last, we have created the Luftballons from classic pop song 99 Luftballons!
February 11, 2026 at 11:44 PM
At long last, we have created the Luftballons from classic pop song 99 Luftballons!
If you want an idea of the state of the modern internet, "advert for online casino masquerading as advert for online pornography" about sums it up
February 12, 2026 at 8:13 AM
If you want an idea of the state of the modern internet, "advert for online casino masquerading as advert for online pornography" about sums it up
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Closing chunks of vital airspace because paranoid idiots in the military want to show their dominance? The US really is becoming China
February 12, 2026 at 8:07 AM
Closing chunks of vital airspace because paranoid idiots in the military want to show their dominance? The US really is becoming China
Joan of Arc implies the existence of a larger Joan of Circumference
February 12, 2026 at 7:47 AM
Joan of Arc implies the existence of a larger Joan of Circumference
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JOYCE MESSIER - “Of bodies of water and forest-covered surfaces, clusters of light where the cities lie. You've seen the montage, we all have -- this world is enough,” she concludes.
CONCEPTUALIZATION - It *must* be. This is the greatest and kindest arrangement the atoms had in them.
CONCEPTUALIZATION - It *must* be. This is the greatest and kindest arrangement the atoms had in them.
February 11, 2026 at 8:18 PM
JOYCE MESSIER - “Of bodies of water and forest-covered surfaces, clusters of light where the cities lie. You've seen the montage, we all have -- this world is enough,” she concludes.
CONCEPTUALIZATION - It *must* be. This is the greatest and kindest arrangement the atoms had in them.
CONCEPTUALIZATION - It *must* be. This is the greatest and kindest arrangement the atoms had in them.
Increasingly coming to the conclusion that drones don't exist. You have never seen a drone. Everything you thought was a drone was just a balloon or a bird or a plane or a flying saucer
So the DOD started laser testing because they believed party balloons were drones, shut down all of El Paso airspace, and blamed it on Mexican cartels?
February 11, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Increasingly coming to the conclusion that drones don't exist. You have never seen a drone. Everything you thought was a drone was just a balloon or a bird or a plane or a flying saucer
I'm ok with (or have made my peace with) a bit of editing after you've taken a photo, but the cameras that manipulate the image before even saving it cross a line imho
One of my more pessimistic beliefs is phone photos won't be acceptable as evidence in court by the end of the decade
One of my more pessimistic beliefs is phone photos won't be acceptable as evidence in court by the end of the decade
This reminds me, I hate how common it is now to advertise phone cameras with features that defeat the point of a photo being to capture a specific moment in time
My number one hobby is ruining event’s “in the moment” photos by smiling directly at the camera
February 11, 2026 at 7:38 PM
I'm ok with (or have made my peace with) a bit of editing after you've taken a photo, but the cameras that manipulate the image before even saving it cross a line imho
One of my more pessimistic beliefs is phone photos won't be acceptable as evidence in court by the end of the decade
One of my more pessimistic beliefs is phone photos won't be acceptable as evidence in court by the end of the decade