Þórdís Helgadóttir
@thordis.bsky.social
Complicated feelings all around
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Free Palestine
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Free Palestine
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This piece is as good as people say it is. Read it to appreciate that writing isn't just about content, but style. AI can't do this.
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
This piece is as good as people say it is. Read it to appreciate that writing isn't just about content, but style. AI can't do this.
Ó JCO
November 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Ó JCO
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I made a “how do you do, fellow kids?” joke to someone in their mid 20s who, it turns out, was too young to have heard of that meme.
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
November 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I made a “how do you do, fellow kids?” joke to someone in their mid 20s who, it turns out, was too young to have heard of that meme.
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
Og svo þetta
the most frightening part about capitalism is it concentrates extreme power in the hands of the very few who can at a whim decide what history “means” or what “facts” are. at the drop of a hat communications & technology has, can, & will be turned against us in increasingly horrendous ways
November 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Og svo þetta
November 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Krakkar, hvert get ég snúið mér til að láta gera við gamlan plötuspilara?
November 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Krakkar, hvert get ég snúið mér til að láta gera við gamlan plötuspilara?
Nei bara það sem ættu að vera stærstu fréttirnar, alltaf.
Global Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions rise again in 2024, up 2.3%.
This is our collective progress, 10 years after the Paris Agreement.
www.unep.org/resources/em...
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This is our collective progress, 10 years after the Paris Agreement.
www.unep.org/resources/em...
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November 5, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Nei bara það sem ættu að vera stærstu fréttirnar, alltaf.
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Dick Van Dyke has OUTLIVED Dick Cheney
November 4, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Dick Van Dyke has OUTLIVED Dick Cheney
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Dick Cheney won’t see your jokes, but your friends who orchestrated a destructive and illegal war based on lies and also shot a guy in the face will.
November 4, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Dick Cheney won’t see your jokes, but your friends who orchestrated a destructive and illegal war based on lies and also shot a guy in the face will.
"Dick Cheney" by Roy Zimmerman
YouTube video by Roy Zimmerman
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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A reminder that the original Hallowe'en jack o' lanterns date back to 18th century Ireland if not earlier, were based on a shady boozy blacksmith called Stingy Jack who cheated the devil & was trapped between 2 worlds, were carved from turnips and looked like this:
October 31, 2025 at 7:59 AM
A reminder that the original Hallowe'en jack o' lanterns date back to 18th century Ireland if not earlier, were based on a shady boozy blacksmith called Stingy Jack who cheated the devil & was trapped between 2 worlds, were carved from turnips and looked like this:
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just shared this in a group and realised it’s the anniversary of this absolute s tier tweet by @jon-snow-420.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
just shared this in a group and realised it’s the anniversary of this absolute s tier tweet by @jon-snow-420.bsky.social
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Massive win and beginning of the end for generative ai
October 29, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Massive win and beginning of the end for generative ai
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Bara 7 Atlantshafs fellibylir hafa farið undir 900mb frá því að mælingar hófust.
Einn af þeim var fyrir 100 árum
Fjórir þeirra gerðust á síðustu 20 árum
Tveir þeirra á síðustu 12 mánuðum 😬
weather.com/storms/hurri...
Einn af þeim var fyrir 100 árum
Fjórir þeirra gerðust á síðustu 20 árum
Tveir þeirra á síðustu 12 mánuðum 😬
weather.com/storms/hurri...
October 29, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Bara 7 Atlantshafs fellibylir hafa farið undir 900mb frá því að mælingar hófust.
Einn af þeim var fyrir 100 árum
Fjórir þeirra gerðust á síðustu 20 árum
Tveir þeirra á síðustu 12 mánuðum 😬
weather.com/storms/hurri...
Einn af þeim var fyrir 100 árum
Fjórir þeirra gerðust á síðustu 20 árum
Tveir þeirra á síðustu 12 mánuðum 😬
weather.com/storms/hurri...
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X is a cesspit led by an unhinged billionaire who is desperately trying to stir up civil war in Britain.
Nobody with any sense or decency should be there.
No organisations, government departments, or politicians should be there.
Everyone who is, is enabling this monster.
Nobody with any sense or decency should be there.
No organisations, government departments, or politicians should be there.
Everyone who is, is enabling this monster.
October 29, 2025 at 8:22 AM
X is a cesspit led by an unhinged billionaire who is desperately trying to stir up civil war in Britain.
Nobody with any sense or decency should be there.
No organisations, government departments, or politicians should be there.
Everyone who is, is enabling this monster.
Nobody with any sense or decency should be there.
No organisations, government departments, or politicians should be there.
Everyone who is, is enabling this monster.
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AI is all about stealing
Elon Musk’s Grokipedia contains copied Wikipedia pages
Ironic.
www.theverge.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
AI is all about stealing
Takk. Hata.
People who aren’t writers think writer’s block is at least as big and real a problem as I thought quicksand would be, as a child.
AI can help authors beat writer’s block, says Bloomsbury chief
Publisher last week reported jump in revenue in academic and professional arm thanks to AI licensing deal
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Takk. Hata.
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Federal Judges— or staff, but same-same— used "AI" to summarize & draft rulings, issued them w/o checking the work, leading to basic factual errors, & thus undermining the facticity & validity of the rulings entire.
Gee. Who Could Have Foreseen. *stares directly into the camera like in the office*
Gee. Who Could Have Foreseen. *stares directly into the camera like in the office*
Two federal judges say use of AI led to errors in US court rulings
Two federal judges admitted in response to an inquiry by U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley that members of their staff used artificial intelligence to help prepare recent court orders that Grassley called "error-ridden."
www.reuters.com
October 26, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Federal Judges— or staff, but same-same— used "AI" to summarize & draft rulings, issued them w/o checking the work, leading to basic factual errors, & thus undermining the facticity & validity of the rulings entire.
Gee. Who Could Have Foreseen. *stares directly into the camera like in the office*
Gee. Who Could Have Foreseen. *stares directly into the camera like in the office*
Ég dýrka finnskar konur svo mikið. Aldrei séð jafn margar töff butch týpur, aldrei séð eins litríkt hár, innan um marimekko skvísur á öllum aldri! 😍
October 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Ég dýrka finnskar konur svo mikið. Aldrei séð jafn margar töff butch týpur, aldrei séð eins litríkt hár, innan um marimekko skvísur á öllum aldri! 😍
Til hamingju með daginn, við allar og öll.
En líka 👇👇👇
En líka 👇👇👇
If your values don't apply to everyone, they're not your values. They're just a favor you do for people that you like.
"They're not supposed to do that to ME" is not a position worthy of respect.
"They should never do that to ANYONE" is.
"They should never do that to ANYONE" is.
October 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Til hamingju með daginn, við allar og öll.
En líka 👇👇👇
En líka 👇👇👇
Við erum meðsek. Ísland. Evrópa. Ísland. Við.
The report shows that without the support of mostly European countries, Israel would not have been able to sustain its full-pronged assault on Gaza. www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-...
Israel's genocide in Gaza impossible without global complicity, UN report says
Report shows how 63 states, largely European, sustained the genocide against Palestinians while Arab states failed to take ‘decisive action’
www.middleeasteye.net
October 23, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Við erum meðsek. Ísland. Evrópa. Ísland. Við.
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Did you know that, according to a recent study by the Pew Research Center, 38% of webpages that existed in 2013 are no longer accessible?
When Online Content Disappears
A quarter of all webpages that existed at one point between 2013 and 2023 are no longer accessible.
f.mtr.cool
October 21, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Did you know that, according to a recent study by the Pew Research Center, 38% of webpages that existed in 2013 are no longer accessible?
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Ai wishes it could do this
October 21, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Ai wishes it could do this