Thorgeir Holm
@thorgeir.bsky.social
Ceterum autem censeo Crimaeam esse liberandam.
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Nær folket tykkjer kvar ein annan svikjar
og helder vel seg svinet sjølvt til rikjar,
då held dei gor for gull og trur ein snikjar:
Det fær kje vera godt nær ilt det likjar.
og helder vel seg svinet sjølvt til rikjar,
då held dei gor for gull og trur ein snikjar:
Det fær kje vera godt nær ilt det likjar.
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I wrote about the fake account blowup on X this weekend. A genuine post-truth nightmare and proof that these companies have polluted their platforms so thoroughly and traded reality for profit that they've undermined the very idea of what the internet is supposed to be.
That MAGA Account Might Be a Troll From Pakistan
How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I wrote about the fake account blowup on X this weekend. A genuine post-truth nightmare and proof that these companies have polluted their platforms so thoroughly and traded reality for profit that they've undermined the very idea of what the internet is supposed to be.
Reposted by Thorgeir Holm
The more coverage I read of the 28-point trash plan, the more I’m reminded of this quote by Winston Churchill. 
November 22, 2025 at 12:34 PM
The more coverage I read of the 28-point trash plan, the more I’m reminded of this quote by Winston Churchill. 
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Wednesday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
June 3, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Wednesday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...
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A 25-person startup is developing technology to block the sun and turn down the planet’s thermostat.
The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
Read more: politi.co/4iaojIc
The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
Read more: politi.co/4iaojIc
November 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
A 25-person startup is developing technology to block the sun and turn down the planet’s thermostat.
The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
Read more: politi.co/4iaojIc
The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
Read more: politi.co/4iaojIc
Nær folket tykkjer kvar ein annan svikjar
og helder vel seg svinet sjølvt til rikjar,
då held dei gor for gull og trur ein snikjar:
Det fær kje vera godt nær ilt det likjar.
og helder vel seg svinet sjølvt til rikjar,
då held dei gor for gull og trur ein snikjar:
Det fær kje vera godt nær ilt det likjar.
November 21, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Nær folket tykkjer kvar ein annan svikjar
og helder vel seg svinet sjølvt til rikjar,
då held dei gor for gull og trur ein snikjar:
Det fær kje vera godt nær ilt det likjar.
og helder vel seg svinet sjølvt til rikjar,
då held dei gor for gull og trur ein snikjar:
Det fær kje vera godt nær ilt det likjar.
Reposted by Thorgeir Holm
Vi har funnet enda en internasjonalt publisert forskningsartikkel der OUS har brukt data fra tusenvis av transpersoners pasientjournaler uten samtykke eller etisk godkjenning.
Tidsskriftet Acta Paediatrica har publisert bekymringene våre i dag.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...
Tidsskriftet Acta Paediatrica har publisert bekymringene våre i dag.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...
November 19, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Vi har funnet enda en internasjonalt publisert forskningsartikkel der OUS har brukt data fra tusenvis av transpersoners pasientjournaler uten samtykke eller etisk godkjenning.
Tidsskriftet Acta Paediatrica har publisert bekymringene våre i dag.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...
Tidsskriftet Acta Paediatrica har publisert bekymringene våre i dag.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...
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We hear that Putin and Trump (or their emissaries) have been secretly consulting about a settlement to the war. Given the inherent traps of allowing an aggressor to decide the outcome of his war, I try here to give a sense of how negotiations might actually work.
snyder.substack.com/p/how-to-neg...
snyder.substack.com/p/how-to-neg...
How to Negotiate with Russia
Account for history, law, and above all Ukraine
snyder.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
We hear that Putin and Trump (or their emissaries) have been secretly consulting about a settlement to the war. Given the inherent traps of allowing an aggressor to decide the outcome of his war, I try here to give a sense of how negotiations might actually work.
snyder.substack.com/p/how-to-neg...
snyder.substack.com/p/how-to-neg...
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"The outer shell of the empire fell off in 1991, and many mistook that for collapse. Like a matryoshka doll, within one 'prison of nations' another waited," writes Andrew Chakhoyan, an academic director at the University of Amsterdam, in this op-ed.
Why Russia cannot help but invade
The planned Trump-Putin summit in Budapest has been shelved. The White House says there's no point meeting unless "we're going to make a deal." Some view this as a setback for diplomacy, but it may we...
kyivindependent.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"The outer shell of the empire fell off in 1991, and many mistook that for collapse. Like a matryoshka doll, within one 'prison of nations' another waited," writes Andrew Chakhoyan, an academic director at the University of Amsterdam, in this op-ed.
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Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
November 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
Reposted by Thorgeir Holm
The serpent head of the Oseberg Viking ship, carved in 820, and shown for the first time to the public in the Oslo Historical Museum
November 18, 2025 at 10:35 AM
The serpent head of the Oseberg Viking ship, carved in 820, and shown for the first time to the public in the Oslo Historical Museum
Erna-er-fjerna-effekten.
Opinion for DA / FF / ANB. nasjonal/s-valg: Frp 25,0 (+1,8). Ap 22,6 (-2,2). H 19,7 (+3,5). SV 6,8 (-0,2). R 6,8 (-0,1). Sp 6,4 (+1,0). MDG 3,8 (-). V 3,3 (-1,0). KrF 3,0 (-1,8). A 2,5 (-1,2). www.pollofpolls.no?cmd=Maling&g... #politikk
Opinion for Dagsavisen / FriFagbevegelse / Avisenes Nyhetsbyrå 19. november 2025
1 000 respondenter. 81 pst. har oppgitt partipreferanse. Tatt opp 10/11-17/11.
www.pollofpolls.no
November 19, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Erna-er-fjerna-effekten.
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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My first piece for @theguardian.com on MBS’s visit to the U.S., seven years after Jamal Khashoggi’s murder.
Trump’s America is beginning to look like MBS’s Saudi Arabia— which Jamal warned me about.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump’s America is beginning to look like MBS’s Saudi Arabia— which Jamal warned me about.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Saudification of America is under way | Karen Attiah
Jamal Khashoggi’s plight and murder was a warning sign for the US, of the impending loss of freedom and censorship that would sweep the country
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:58 PM
My first piece for @theguardian.com on MBS’s visit to the U.S., seven years after Jamal Khashoggi’s murder.
Trump’s America is beginning to look like MBS’s Saudi Arabia— which Jamal warned me about.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump’s America is beginning to look like MBS’s Saudi Arabia— which Jamal warned me about.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Just the president of the United States rationalizing that a Washington Post reporter was basically asking to be murdered and cut to pieces with a bone saw because of his reporting.
As he sits next to the thug who ordered it.
As he sits next to the thug who ordered it.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Just the president of the United States rationalizing that a Washington Post reporter was basically asking to be murdered and cut to pieces with a bone saw because of his reporting.
As he sits next to the thug who ordered it.
As he sits next to the thug who ordered it.
Islendska mun døya, segir Katrín.
Icelandic is in danger of dying out because of AI and English-language media, says former PM
Icelandic is in danger of dying out because of AI and English-language media, says former PM
Katrín Jakobsdóttir and her co-author want the 350,000 people who speak the language to fight for its future
Iceland’s former prime minister, Katrín Jakobsdóttir, has said that the Icelandic language could be wiped out in as little as a generation due to the sweeping rise of AI and encroaching English language dominance.
Katrín, who stood down as prime minister last year to run for president after seven years in office, said Iceland was undergoing “radical” change when it came to language use. More people are reading and speaking English, and fewer are reading in Icelandic, a trend she says is being exacerbated by the way language models are trained. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Islendska mun døya, segir Katrín.
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"Det er alt for farleg å bruke det i yrke der kunnskap er viktig, og det gjeld veldig mange yrke: Journalistikk, utdanning, forsking, prosjektarbeid og mykje anna."
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KI-forskar Jill Walker Rettberg vil ha KI ut av kunnskapsarbeidet
Nyheter | Kunstig intelligens KI-forskaren som seier stopp Kunstig intelligens høyrer ikkje heime i kunnskapsarbeid, seier Jill Walker Rettberg. Ho meiner det må bli slutt på å unnskylde språkmodell-s...
www.forskerforum.no
November 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
"Det er alt for farleg å bruke det i yrke der kunnskap er viktig, og det gjeld veldig mange yrke: Journalistikk, utdanning, forsking, prosjektarbeid og mykje anna."
Takk for at du bruker den faglige tyngden din til å si klart i fra @jilltxt.bsky.social 💚
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Vid marteinsmessa såg eg ut og gådde–n,
hin grannagarden, mesta gløypt av skoddun’;
eg drakk ein kopp og fann åt dagem — vådde–n —
og ha’ mest viljat lagt meg att på kodden.
hin grannagarden, mesta gløypt av skoddun’;
eg drakk ein kopp og fann åt dagem — vådde–n —
og ha’ mest viljat lagt meg att på kodden.
November 11, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Vid marteinsmessa såg eg ut og gådde–n,
hin grannagarden, mesta gløypt av skoddun’;
eg drakk ein kopp og fann åt dagem — vådde–n —
og ha’ mest viljat lagt meg att på kodden.
hin grannagarden, mesta gløypt av skoddun’;
eg drakk ein kopp og fann åt dagem — vådde–n —
og ha’ mest viljat lagt meg att på kodden.
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„Uns Europäern bleibt, so unwahrscheinlich es klingen mag: Von der Ukraine lernen, heißt furchtlos und tapfer sein, vielleicht auch siegen lernen.“ Karl Schlögel hat eine großartige und beklemmende Dankesrede zur Verleihung des Friedenspreises des deutschen Buchhandels gehalten.
www.friedenspreis-des-deutschen-buchhandels.de
October 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
„Uns Europäern bleibt, so unwahrscheinlich es klingen mag: Von der Ukraine lernen, heißt furchtlos und tapfer sein, vielleicht auch siegen lernen.“ Karl Schlögel hat eine großartige und beklemmende Dankesrede zur Verleihung des Friedenspreises des deutschen Buchhandels gehalten.
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The Hörningsholm Hoard! We have finally been able to go public with the find site of the treasure found recently south of Stockholm (made up of 24 000 12th century coins + a wealth of Viking Period jewelry). See the preliminary report (great photos!) here: online.fliphtml5.com/eapth/urqp/
43314-2025_Hörningsholm_PM
online.fliphtml5.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The Hörningsholm Hoard! We have finally been able to go public with the find site of the treasure found recently south of Stockholm (made up of 24 000 12th century coins + a wealth of Viking Period jewelry). See the preliminary report (great photos!) here: online.fliphtml5.com/eapth/urqp/
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Noen refleksjoner om hvordan et Ukraina-informert perspektiv er nyttig for alle som leser og skriver om Russland www.minerva.no/avkolonialis...?
Et nytt språk for å snakke om Russland?
I møte med et Russland som fortsatt mangler et oppgjør med egen historie, holder det ikke å lese som før. Et nytt språk kan være nødvendig for å se imperiet, volden – og motstanden – klarere.
www.minerva.no
October 27, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Noen refleksjoner om hvordan et Ukraina-informert perspektiv er nyttig for alle som leser og skriver om Russland www.minerva.no/avkolonialis...?
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“The Norwegian ship OSLO CARRIER 3, with a Russian crew, was a few kilometers from Copenhagen Airport during the drone attack. Danwatch can now reveal that the ship's owners have previously collaborated with a large Russian paramilitary organization for years.”
September 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
“The Norwegian ship OSLO CARRIER 3, with a Russian crew, was a few kilometers from Copenhagen Airport during the drone attack. Danwatch can now reveal that the ship's owners have previously collaborated with a large Russian paramilitary organization for years.”
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Se, mannen min gir ut diktsamling!
September 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Se, mannen min gir ut diktsamling!
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"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws
In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...
www.computerworld.com
September 21, 2025 at 12:50 PM
"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
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Kva er vitsen med å vera journalist om ein berre siterer og vidareformidlar utan å tenkja ein einaste tanke sjølv, utan å setja ord på noko som helst? Dei greier det fint når det er bagatellar som skal gjerast til skandalar. Kvifor i helsike greier dei ikkje å gjera faktiske skandalar til skandalar?
September 23, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Kva er vitsen med å vera journalist om ein berre siterer og vidareformidlar utan å tenkja ein einaste tanke sjølv, utan å setja ord på noko som helst? Dei greier det fint når det er bagatellar som skal gjerast til skandalar. Kvifor i helsike greier dei ikkje å gjera faktiske skandalar til skandalar?
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Eg visste ikkje at det retoriske verkemiddelet mord var noko ein må rekna med å møta på sambandsstatlege debattmøte.
September 23, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Eg visste ikkje at det retoriske verkemiddelet mord var noko ein må rekna med å møta på sambandsstatlege debattmøte.