Kjetil Kristensen
@drkristensen.bsky.social
Digital strategist | CEO @ Happybytes | Father, husband, hobby trumpeter | Passionate about tech, lean principles, innovation, mobile, and collaboration | Expect posts in both Norwegian & English | Opinions are my own
Big shift in Opensignal’s Q3 2025 Network Excellence Index: Norway leapfrogs Denmark to #2 worldwide — and #1 in the Nordics. Scandinavia now holds 3 of the top 5 spots.
Opensignal's Global Network Excellence Index - Q3 2025:
- Norway overtakes Denmark to become no 2.
- Sweden up three positions to no 5.
- Finland down nine (!) positions to no 13 due to deterioration in "Excellent Consistent Quality".
- Norway overtakes Denmark to become no 2.
- Sweden up three positions to no 5.
- Finland down nine (!) positions to no 13 due to deterioration in "Excellent Consistent Quality".
October 23, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Big shift in Opensignal’s Q3 2025 Network Excellence Index: Norway leapfrogs Denmark to #2 worldwide — and #1 in the Nordics. Scandinavia now holds 3 of the top 5 spots.
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Live footage of Nobel committee giving the Physics prize to quantum computing.
October 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Live footage of Nobel committee giving the Physics prize to quantum computing.
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(solemnly) You've had mail.
September 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
(solemnly) You've had mail.
Uh oh.
Cardboard-box demand is slumping, flashing a potential warning about the health of the American consumer given that goods ranging from pizzas to ovens are transported in corrugated packaging.
www.wsj.com/business/car...
www.wsj.com/business/car...
Cardboard-Box Demand Is Slumping. Why That’s Bad News for the Economy.
Mills that make the material for corrugated packaging are closing at an unprecedented pace this year.
www.wsj.com
September 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Uh oh.
Mixing up DMs and posts is like sending your diary to the printer.
Imagine if Richard Nixon had just tweeted out the Watergate scandal rather than putting it on secret tapes.
That’s what this is.
That’s what this is.
September 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Mixing up DMs and posts is like sending your diary to the printer.
Sure sounds a lot (too much) like WWII and unrestricted submarine warfare. That usually has consequences.
WH has struck another vessel, killing three in Intl. waters, claiming it was transporting illegal drugs to the U.S.
If the U.S. can blow up boats in Intl. waters claiming they “might” be drug traffickers, then other nations (China, Russia..) could claim the same to attack vessels they don’t like.
If the U.S. can blow up boats in Intl. waters claiming they “might” be drug traffickers, then other nations (China, Russia..) could claim the same to attack vessels they don’t like.
September 16, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Sure sounds a lot (too much) like WWII and unrestricted submarine warfare. That usually has consequences.
This decoupling sends a strong signal, if the numbers are correct.
GOLDMAN: “.. The resilience of the Chinese economy despite much higher US tariffs remains impressive. Despite a 33% year-on-year decline in exports to the US, overall exports in August grew 4.4% year-on-year .. as Chinese producers found enough new markets and export channels to pick up the slack.”
September 9, 2025 at 10:00 AM
This decoupling sends a strong signal, if the numbers are correct.
I'm very grateful I live in a country where you can simply show up at any of the widespread voting stations that in Oslo are open 11 Aug - 5 Sep (you can even vote early from 1 July) and cast your ballot. No fuzz, no complexity, nobody making it harder than it has to be. Just democracy at work.
September 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I'm very grateful I live in a country where you can simply show up at any of the widespread voting stations that in Oslo are open 11 Aug - 5 Sep (you can even vote early from 1 July) and cast your ballot. No fuzz, no complexity, nobody making it harder than it has to be. Just democracy at work.
This 👇
September 1, 2025 at 1:11 PM
This 👇
No good for the bananaphobia crowd. www.fearof.net/fear-of-bana...
August 31, 2025 at 11:08 AM
No good for the bananaphobia crowd. www.fearof.net/fear-of-bana...
By engineering yeast to produce six essential sterols found in pollen, researchers provided bees with a nutritionally complete diet that boosted reproduction up to 15-fold. No pollinators, no life (as we know it). This research could make a real difference: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Scientists found the missing nutrients bees need — Colonies grew 15-fold
Scientists have developed a breakthrough food supplement that could help save honeybees from devastating declines. By engineering yeast to produce six essential sterols found in pollen, researchers pr...
www.sciencedaily.com
August 24, 2025 at 8:17 AM
By engineering yeast to produce six essential sterols found in pollen, researchers provided bees with a nutritionally complete diet that boosted reproduction up to 15-fold. No pollinators, no life (as we know it). This research could make a real difference: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
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When you don't like that it rains, shut off the wipers and the headlights and put the pedal to the metal.
August 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM
When you don't like that it rains, shut off the wipers and the headlights and put the pedal to the metal.
“Words are very important, and can often lead to unintended consequences.” Finally, something we agree on, Mr. President. Q.E.D.
Trump says he’s ordered two nuclear submarines to be “positioned in the appropriate regions,” after comments from Russia’s Dmitry Medvedev, “just in case these foolish and inflammatory statements are more than just that.”
August 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
“Words are very important, and can often lead to unintended consequences.” Finally, something we agree on, Mr. President. Q.E.D.
From The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies: wiiw.ac.at/tariff-at-th...
July 31, 2025 at 7:31 PM
From The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies: wiiw.ac.at/tariff-at-th...
24k gold.
The Awkward Moment a Fox News Host's Mom Calls in to Tell Him Off
July 30, 2025 at 9:11 AM
24k gold.
Interesting thread.
I've lived in D.C. for the better part of two decades. Nearly my whole adult life. Something folks aren't talking about--a giant elephant in the room--is the amount of "brand protection" going on right now.
I don't mean fear of Trump or political persecution, although those can overlap.
(thread)
I don't mean fear of Trump or political persecution, although those can overlap.
(thread)
July 30, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Interesting thread.
What a meme
July 27, 2025 at 9:32 PM
What a meme
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Trump: Japan gave us $550 billion upfront. We get 90%, and they get 10%. It’s not a loan or anything. It’s a “Signing bonus,” I call it
And Japanese side said they have no framework and are not looking into signing any legally binding agreement.
Also, $550B is roughly 14% of Japan’s GDP.
And Japanese side said they have no framework and are not looking into signing any legally binding agreement.
Also, $550B is roughly 14% of Japan’s GDP.
July 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Trump: Japan gave us $550 billion upfront. We get 90%, and they get 10%. It’s not a loan or anything. It’s a “Signing bonus,” I call it
And Japanese side said they have no framework and are not looking into signing any legally binding agreement.
Also, $550B is roughly 14% of Japan’s GDP.
And Japanese side said they have no framework and are not looking into signing any legally binding agreement.
Also, $550B is roughly 14% of Japan’s GDP.
Knowledge is power. Take down the knowledge factories, and you increase your own ignorance-based power, relatively speaking. So sad.
Breaking News: The EPA said it would eliminate its scientific research arm and begin firing hundreds of scientists, after denying that it intended to do so.
E.P.A. Says It Will Eliminate Its Scientific Research Arm
www.nytimes.com
July 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Knowledge is power. Take down the knowledge factories, and you increase your own ignorance-based power, relatively speaking. So sad.
This one made me laugh a little.
July 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM
This one made me laugh a little.
A Republican WH bragging about $300 billion in tax revenue paid by American consumers and businesses.
US could collect $300 billion in tariff revenue this year, Treasury chief says reut.rs/3TvYJC3
US could collect $300 billion in tariff revenue this year, Treasury chief says
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday said the U.S. has taken in about $100 billion in tariff income so far this year, and this could grow to $300 billion by the end of 2025 as collections accelerate from President Donald Trump's trade campaign.
reut.rs
July 11, 2025 at 8:25 AM
A Republican WH bragging about $300 billion in tax revenue paid by American consumers and businesses.
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biden tried the stick with putin,
putin refused to end the war.
trump tried the carrot,
putin refused to end the war.
maybe the problem is putin.
putin refused to end the war.
trump tried the carrot,
putin refused to end the war.
maybe the problem is putin.
July 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
biden tried the stick with putin,
putin refused to end the war.
trump tried the carrot,
putin refused to end the war.
maybe the problem is putin.
putin refused to end the war.
trump tried the carrot,
putin refused to end the war.
maybe the problem is putin.
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Oppdatert: Også Chilimobil har hevet seg på.
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July 4, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Finally some newsworthy news from, well, Fox News: www.foxnews.com/us/new-presi...
New presidential rankings place Obama in top 10, Reagan and Trump below Biden
A new survey of experts on presidential greatness determined that Abraham Lincoln is America's greatest president, while Donald Trump was ranked in last place.
www.foxnews.com
July 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Finally some newsworthy news from, well, Fox News: www.foxnews.com/us/new-presi...