LofturS
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Sveitastrákur úr Hreppunum. Bassaleikari í hjáverkum.
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55 years ago today was an infamous attempt to blow up a beached whale.
Please enjoy this piece about it by Andrew Thaler, which remains one of my favorite pieces of writing about science communication.
www.vice.com/en/article/t...
@drandrewthaler.bsky.social 🦑🧪🌎 #SciComm
Please enjoy this piece about it by Andrew Thaler, which remains one of my favorite pieces of writing about science communication.
www.vice.com/en/article/t...
@drandrewthaler.bsky.social 🦑🧪🌎 #SciComm
The History of Exploding Whales Is the History of the Internet Itself
My first whale video came in the form of a VHS tape mailed to me by a stranger from the internet.
www.vice.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:01 AM
55 years ago today was an infamous attempt to blow up a beached whale.
Please enjoy this piece about it by Andrew Thaler, which remains one of my favorite pieces of writing about science communication.
www.vice.com/en/article/t...
@drandrewthaler.bsky.social 🦑🧪🌎 #SciComm
Please enjoy this piece about it by Andrew Thaler, which remains one of my favorite pieces of writing about science communication.
www.vice.com/en/article/t...
@drandrewthaler.bsky.social 🦑🧪🌎 #SciComm
Jæja. Hvernig ætli helvítis moskítóunum gangi í þessu fannfergi? Þær eru svona týpur sem eru á vanbúnum bílum.
October 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Jæja. Hvernig ætli helvítis moskítóunum gangi í þessu fannfergi? Þær eru svona týpur sem eru á vanbúnum bílum.
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lol what the wealthy today don't seem to understand is part of staying wealthy in society is not pissing off the masses.
There's a reason why Carnegie and the Rockefellers poured money into institutions. Gutting institutions and making it harder for the masses to survive is a...choice.
There's a reason why Carnegie and the Rockefellers poured money into institutions. Gutting institutions and making it harder for the masses to survive is a...choice.
October 27, 2025 at 5:11 PM
lol what the wealthy today don't seem to understand is part of staying wealthy in society is not pissing off the masses.
There's a reason why Carnegie and the Rockefellers poured money into institutions. Gutting institutions and making it harder for the masses to survive is a...choice.
There's a reason why Carnegie and the Rockefellers poured money into institutions. Gutting institutions and making it harder for the masses to survive is a...choice.
Eg myndi láta endurraða innyflunum í mér eftir Feng-Shui. Ég þyrfti þá alltaf að vísa í norður en lífsgæðin myndu snarbatna.
lets say a wizard has cursed you with a lot of money. you are going to become permanently brain damaged simply by being in possession of so much money. the only way out of it is to spend a lot of money on something ridiculous and not at all useful
what would you buy to break the curse?
what would you buy to break the curse?
October 15, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Eg myndi láta endurraða innyflunum í mér eftir Feng-Shui. Ég þyrfti þá alltaf að vísa í norður en lífsgæðin myndu snarbatna.
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Afhverju er ekki búið að gera þætti um Henry Slater?
Victorian Lady cyclist detectives... why is this not a tv series yet?
I can see it now, foggy London, ladies on bicycles through the narrow streets, swords hidden in walking sticks, Henry Cavill with a top hat, stolen diamonds, opium dens...
www.newspapers.com/article/the-...
I can see it now, foggy London, ladies on bicycles through the narrow streets, swords hidden in walking sticks, Henry Cavill with a top hat, stolen diamonds, opium dens...
www.newspapers.com/article/the-...
lady cyclist detectives
Clipping found in The Standard published in London, Greater London, England on 9/23/1895. lady cyclist detectives
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October 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Afhverju er ekki búið að gera þætti um Henry Slater?
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Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
harpers.org
October 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
Ljónið, Nornin og Skódinn.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wartburg.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wartburg.
Ruin a book with a car:
Pride and Peugeot
Pride and Peugeot
September 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Ljónið, Nornin og Skódinn.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wartburg.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wartburg.
Er ekki einhver á Íslandi sem rannsakar hafís?
still looking for an iceberg researcher! is that you or someone you know? 🧪
do I know anyone who studies icebergs? I need to talk to icebergerians for an article! Please share and thank you! 🧪
September 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Er ekki einhver á Íslandi sem rannsakar hafís?
Úff hvað þetta er kúl.
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Úff hvað þetta er kúl.
Hér er kanínuhola sem hægt er að týna sér rækilega oní.
everynoise.com
everynoise.com
Every Noise at Once
everynoise.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Hér er kanínuhola sem hægt er að týna sér rækilega oní.
everynoise.com
everynoise.com
Dúmbó
Grýlan
Einn naglbítur
September 14, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Dúmbó
Ég held að miðað við hvernig kommentakerfin hljóma að við getum svarað spurningunni: Er bakslag í réttindabaráttu samkynhneigðra? með nokkuð þéttu Já. Verst er að það er gaur fæddur '97 sem leiðir strolluna.
September 3, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Ég held að miðað við hvernig kommentakerfin hljóma að við getum svarað spurningunni: Er bakslag í réttindabaráttu samkynhneigðra? með nokkuð þéttu Já. Verst er að það er gaur fæddur '97 sem leiðir strolluna.
Segðu mér Netflix, afhverju er þessi gaur ekki í miðjunni?
August 23, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Segðu mér Netflix, afhverju er þessi gaur ekki í miðjunni?
Slightly diminsh a band:
Sálin hans Jóns.
Sálin hans Jóns.
Slightly diminish a band:
Seli og skuggarnir
Seli og skuggarnir
Slightly diminish a band:
Nefndin
Nefndin
August 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Slightly diminsh a band:
Sálin hans Jóns.
Sálin hans Jóns.
Þetta er ákveðið humblebrag en ég las Grettissögu ca sex, sjö ára. Glíman við Glám er ekkert grín ef maður pælir í því. Enda varð Grettir myrkfælinn eftir það. Það fannst mér mest óhugnanlegt. COCB las ég löngu seinna ónæmur af ákveðnum dönskum sósíalrealisma.
You all know it’s Clan of the Cave Bear and sequels.
Quote this with a book you read way too young that explains why you are the way you are.
Flowers in the Attic.
Also, a lot of others.
Flowers in the Attic.
Also, a lot of others.
August 12, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Þetta er ákveðið humblebrag en ég las Grettissögu ca sex, sjö ára. Glíman við Glám er ekkert grín ef maður pælir í því. Enda varð Grettir myrkfælinn eftir það. Það fannst mér mest óhugnanlegt. COCB las ég löngu seinna ónæmur af ákveðnum dönskum sósíalrealisma.
Ég var að vinna í mötuneytinu í Búðarhálsi þegar þetta var fyrsta frétt í hádeginu og fyrir tilviljun var saltkjöt í matinn það kvöld. Eg heyrði 280 vinnukalla brandara um iðnaðarsalt í kvöldmatnum. Stuð.
ég er eitthvað slappur í dag, líklega útaf öllu iðnaðarsaltinu sem ég innbyrti frá 2000-2012
www.ruv.is/frettir/innl...
www.ruv.is/frettir/innl...
Iðnaðarsalt í matvæli - RÚV.is
RÚV.is
www.ruv.is
August 2, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Ég var að vinna í mötuneytinu í Búðarhálsi þegar þetta var fyrsta frétt í hádeginu og fyrir tilviljun var saltkjöt í matinn það kvöld. Eg heyrði 280 vinnukalla brandara um iðnaðarsalt í kvöldmatnum. Stuð.
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July 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Sharon I bloody died Sharon. Sharon they sent me to bloody heaven. Where are the bloody flames Sharon. Sharon it’s all bloody choir music up here Sharon. Sharon for fucks sake all the white is bloody blinding me up here Sharon
July 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Sharon I bloody died Sharon. Sharon they sent me to bloody heaven. Where are the bloody flames Sharon. Sharon it’s all bloody choir music up here Sharon. Sharon for fucks sake all the white is bloody blinding me up here Sharon
A Reykjanesinu er sólkerfið í réttum hlutföllum við veginn sem liggur að Reykjanesvirkjun. Þú rekst á Úranus ótrúlega langt frá virkjuninni og rekur þig eftir plánetunum. Júpíter er á stærð við körfubolta, minnir mig, og svo er alveg rosalega mikið ekkert að Mars sem er á stærð við jarðarber
Brian Cox terrified me by demonstrating not just the scale of the solar system, the distances, but the minuscule size of the planets in all that space. He ferried across a lake, then held up a pebble. I've just worked out that 11,000 Earths could fit between Earth and the sun. We're a flyspeck.
July 20, 2025 at 1:31 AM
A Reykjanesinu er sólkerfið í réttum hlutföllum við veginn sem liggur að Reykjanesvirkjun. Þú rekst á Úranus ótrúlega langt frá virkjuninni og rekur þig eftir plánetunum. Júpíter er á stærð við körfubolta, minnir mig, og svo er alveg rosalega mikið ekkert að Mars sem er á stærð við jarðarber
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I bought a vinyl record yesterday called "Sounds Wasps make".
When I got home and played it, I said to myself, “This doesn't sound anything like wasps."
Then I realised, I was playing the bee side..
When I got home and played it, I said to myself, “This doesn't sound anything like wasps."
Then I realised, I was playing the bee side..
July 19, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I bought a vinyl record yesterday called "Sounds Wasps make".
When I got home and played it, I said to myself, “This doesn't sound anything like wasps."
Then I realised, I was playing the bee side..
When I got home and played it, I said to myself, “This doesn't sound anything like wasps."
Then I realised, I was playing the bee side..
Grr Rás2. Heill pistill þar sem Frank Zappa kemur mikið við sögu og svo spila þau EKKI Zappa eftir hann. Við þolum alveg eitt rennsli af Don't eat the yellow snow.
July 18, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Grr Rás2. Heill pistill þar sem Frank Zappa kemur mikið við sögu og svo spila þau EKKI Zappa eftir hann. Við þolum alveg eitt rennsli af Don't eat the yellow snow.
Skil ég þetta rétt? Flutti Karl Gauti radio edit af 4:33 eftir Cage í ræðustól?
July 15, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Skil ég þetta rétt? Flutti Karl Gauti radio edit af 4:33 eftir Cage í ræðustól?