Thoughtful Dane
@thoughtfuldane.bsky.social
Blogger, Game Designer, Software Engineer, Photographer.
Offline I'm a Dane who lives in Sweden going under the name Frederik Jensen.
https://thoughtfuldane.com
Offline I'm a Dane who lives in Sweden going under the name Frederik Jensen.
https://thoughtfuldane.com
Going to local gameconvention SmashCon today and tomorrow to enjoy boardgames in good company!
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See you at SmashCon 2025 - Thoughtful Dane
I will be at SmashCon 2025 this coming weekend. SmashCon is a boardgame convention in Huddinge, Stockholm. Run by volunteers, entrance is free. Just show up at the door, premises is Folkes Bistro . Th...
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November 15, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Going to local gameconvention SmashCon today and tomorrow to enjoy boardgames in good company!
thoughtfuldane.com/2025/11/10/s...
thoughtfuldane.com/2025/11/10/s...
"I'm not black like Barry White, no, I am white like Frank Black is"
Fire Water Burn, 1996
Fire Water Burn, 1996
November 13, 2025 at 6:28 AM
"I'm not black like Barry White, no, I am white like Frank Black is"
Fire Water Burn, 1996
Fire Water Burn, 1996
Not Gotland. Sigtuna.
November 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Not Gotland. Sigtuna.
Russian cannon captured at Narva now at Gripsholm Castle.
November 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Russian cannon captured at Narva now at Gripsholm Castle.
Our kids' school will close by end of this school year. Combination of fewer kids and not finding better premises to continue the school. Our kids like the school so a bit sad but we will deal with it.
However, it triggered me digging into the population projection for Sweden:
However, it triggered me digging into the population projection for Sweden:
November 6, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Our kids' school will close by end of this school year. Combination of fewer kids and not finding better premises to continue the school. Our kids like the school so a bit sad but we will deal with it.
However, it triggered me digging into the population projection for Sweden:
However, it triggered me digging into the population projection for Sweden:
First game of Pompeii completed, fresh from SPIEL. The inventory boards make handling the many different resource types a bliss. Will play again! Congrats to Richard for keeping the eyes on the ball and beating us across the finish line!
Pompeii. Straight from Essen Spiel! #BoardGames
November 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
First game of Pompeii completed, fresh from SPIEL. The inventory boards make handling the many different resource types a bliss. Will play again! Congrats to Richard for keeping the eyes on the ball and beating us across the finish line!
Pompeii 2025:
Reading up on the rules in preparation for a first game this weekend.
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#boardgames #pompeii
Reading up on the rules in preparation for a first game this weekend.
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#boardgames #pompeii
October 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Pompeii 2025:
Reading up on the rules in preparation for a first game this weekend.
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#boardgames #pompeii
Reading up on the rules in preparation for a first game this weekend.
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#boardgames #pompeii
Spooky season as seen in Recklinghausen, Germany. Are you in the mood yet?
October 30, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Spooky season as seen in Recklinghausen, Germany. Are you in the mood yet?
October 29, 2025 at 6:33 AM
October 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Deutsches Bergbau Museum, Bochum, Germany.
Yesterday we explored 1.2 km mineshafts under the museum and learned about 250 years of coal mining in Ruhr.
Yesterday we explored 1.2 km mineshafts under the museum and learned about 250 years of coal mining in Ruhr.
October 26, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Deutsches Bergbau Museum, Bochum, Germany.
Yesterday we explored 1.2 km mineshafts under the museum and learned about 250 years of coal mining in Ruhr.
Yesterday we explored 1.2 km mineshafts under the museum and learned about 250 years of coal mining in Ruhr.
October 25, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Competent. Loyal. Pick one.
Great reporting by Anna Bower on Trump appointee Lindsey Halligan.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
Great reporting by Anna Bower on Trump appointee Lindsey Halligan.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here.”
My Signal exchange with the interim U.S. attorney about the Letitia James grand jury.
www.lawfaremedia.org
October 21, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Competent. Loyal. Pick one.
Great reporting by Anna Bower on Trump appointee Lindsey Halligan.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
Great reporting by Anna Bower on Trump appointee Lindsey Halligan.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
If your operating costs scale with your revenue, you don't have a great business model.
Exclusive: Anthropic spent $2.66 billion on Amazon Web Services in the first three quarters of 2025, around 100% of their estimated revenue. Its costs appear to increase with their revenue, showing little path to profitability.
www.wheresyoured.at/costs/
www.wheresyoured.at/costs/
This Is How Much Anthropic and Cursor Spend On Amazon Web Services
So, I originally planned for this to be on my premium newsletter, but decided it was better to publish on my free one so that you could all enjoy it. If you liked it, please consider subscribing to su...
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October 21, 2025 at 8:18 AM
If your operating costs scale with your revenue, you don't have a great business model.
With the climate crisis we face a challenge unlike anything human civilisation has seen before with consequences for generations to come. Yet we let these war mongering old men be in charge.
It Will Be Great For The World When These Monsters are Gone....
October 20, 2025 at 6:00 AM
With the climate crisis we face a challenge unlike anything human civilisation has seen before with consequences for generations to come. Yet we let these war mongering old men be in charge.
October 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
October 18, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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🕯️ Berlin, werde bitte still.
Am 18. Oktober 1941 begann die systematische Massendeportation der jüdischen Bevölkerung aus der damaligen Reichshauptstadt unter dem Naziterror. #onthisday
Blicke auf das "Mahnmal Gleis 17" am Bahnhof Grunewald, also am historischen Ort.
Am 18. Oktober 1941 begann die systematische Massendeportation der jüdischen Bevölkerung aus der damaligen Reichshauptstadt unter dem Naziterror. #onthisday
Blicke auf das "Mahnmal Gleis 17" am Bahnhof Grunewald, also am historischen Ort.
October 18, 2025 at 6:55 AM
🕯️ Berlin, werde bitte still.
Am 18. Oktober 1941 begann die systematische Massendeportation der jüdischen Bevölkerung aus der damaligen Reichshauptstadt unter dem Naziterror. #onthisday
Blicke auf das "Mahnmal Gleis 17" am Bahnhof Grunewald, also am historischen Ort.
Am 18. Oktober 1941 begann die systematische Massendeportation der jüdischen Bevölkerung aus der damaligen Reichshauptstadt unter dem Naziterror. #onthisday
Blicke auf das "Mahnmal Gleis 17" am Bahnhof Grunewald, also am historischen Ort.