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Elfbiter
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Finlandia-hymni Suomen suurimman Virtuaalikuoron esittämänä veteraanipäivänä 27.4.2020.
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December 6, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Recommended www.goodreads.com/book/show/49...
Me, Mikko, and Annikki: A Community Love Story in a Fin…
Award-winning Finnish graphic novelist Tiitu Takalo tel…
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November 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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AI companionship

From the new Private Eye, out now.
September 24, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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The 35th First Annual Ig Nobel Ceremony (2025) FULL SHOW
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September 20, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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OZZY OSBOURNE - "Mama, I'm Coming Home" (Official Video)
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July 23, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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Goodreads 2024 Year in Books
Check out My 2024 Year in Books on Goodreads!
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January 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Finlandia-hymni Suomen suurimman Virtuaalikuoron esittämänä veteraanipäivänä 27.4.2020.
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December 6, 2024 at 7:18 AM
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#Toronto people: I've been following Adam Makarenko for a while. He's an artist and has made, among other things, thousands of amazing miniature models of #exoplanets. He's having an exhibition in Toronto from September 21st to October 4th. Details: www.adammakarenko.com/s/Press_Rele...
Exhibition flyer.
September 19, 2024 at 9:32 PM
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tomgauld.bsky.social
My cartoon for this week’s Guardian Books.
Panel one: Two small figures stand before a huge machine. One says “Our startup has innovated the human writer out of the publishing process. This machine can write sixty-five books an hour.” A conveyor belt at the front of the machine dispatches a continuous stream of books. Panel two: They walk across the workshop. The second figure, who is reading one of the books, says “but will people actually want to read this stuff?” Panel three: They have reached a second huge machine. “The real beauty of our integrated system” says the first figure “is that it also frees companies from the tyranny of human readers”. A conveyor belt at the front of the machine dispatches a continuous stream of robot readers, happily consuming the content from the other machine.
September 21, 2024 at 9:04 AM
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tomgauld.bsky.social
My cartoon for this week’s Guardian Books
A writer sits in her publisher's office and says: "I've got an idea for a story that examines multiple outcomes for each action." The publisher's three possible replies are depicted: 1. I love it! 2. Hmm. It might work. 3. That sounds terrible. Depending on the publisher's reply, she leaves the room saying: I'll send you a draft in three months. or To hell with you! I'll write it anyway. Both versions lead to an image captioned "Nine years later..." which shows the writer surrounded by notes and drafts, saying "Finished! Finally!" and this leads to images of the writer holding either: 1. a rejection letter 2. a sheaf of polite reviews 3. a Nobel prize And yet, inevitably all the possibilities land with the same image: The writer's gravestone lit by the moon.
August 3, 2024 at 8:54 AM
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<em>Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology</em> | Wiley Online Library
We report evidence of an undocumented method to manipulate citation counts involving “sneaked” references. Sneaked references are registered as metadata for published scientific articles in which the...
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July 18, 2024 at 12:10 PM
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New Writer Beware blog post: The Curious Case of Fullers Library and Its Deceptive Link Requests. A bogus library turns out to be a clever link building scam. writerbeware.blog/2024/07/05/t...
The Curious Case of Fullers Library and Its Deceptive Link Requests - Writer Beware
This isn’t strictly writing-related, but it is the kind of weird rabbit hole I enjoy going down, and it’s a writer (and artist) who drew my attention to it. The writer got in touch to share an email w...
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July 5, 2024 at 6:14 PM
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Latvia sends cars seized from drunk drivers to Ukraine
Latvian drunk drivers are making an important -- if not entirely voluntary -- contribution to helping Ukraine fend off the Russian invasion."We are in dire need of more cars for the front line," said ...
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June 13, 2024 at 5:23 AM
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tomgauld.bsky.social
My latest New Scientist cartoon. #AI
A figure stands before a large screen bearing the words 'Current Research' and says "Investors are so overexcited about AI that we can get pretty much any project funded if it has the right initials. The image on the screen changes to research display projects in turn: Attack Insects, Airborne Icebergs, Arm Improvements, Antelope Internet…
May 5, 2024 at 9:18 AM
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I do not usually brag about being from Worcester but...
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · Mar 4
The Worcester Public Library in Massachusetts announced that people who have lost or damaged a book can bring a picture of a cat this month to one of its branches and get their library cards reactivated. The program, which it calls March Meowness, has generated hundreds of returns.
Library Fees? No Problem. Just Show Us Your Cat Photos.
A program this month encourages library patrons in Worcester, Mass., who have lost or damaged books or other items to reactivate their accounts. All they need is a picture of a cat.
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March 5, 2024 at 12:42 AM
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The 2023 Hugo Awards: A Report on Censorship and Exclusion
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February 15, 2024 at 2:02 AM