Latest Posts by Ulf A. S. Holbrook 🏳️🌈🇵🇸 🔻
Just a matter of time before “someone” calls the pilot rescued “a loser”…
Et mareritt som plutselig er realiteten. Det absolutte knefallet, den ultimate underkastelse. Det totale marerittet som teknologiselskaper, evangelister og regjeringer ønsker seg. #KI #AI
Once, at a wedding, I sat next to a guy who worked with IT for the oil industry, and as we chatted for a bit he mentioned that we had to frequently go to Dubai with work.
I asked him what Dubai was like and he said: “it’s like Las Vegas just without the soul.”
Celebrating #caturday in style!
Microsoft Windows is bad. Windows 11 is a new level of bad. Intensely frustrating having to use this utterly garbage OS every day at work. Infuriating even.
A poster at the local library: “The seed library. Here you can borrow seeds for free from the library and return seeds you’ve harvested yourself.” Libraries ❤️
Libraries ❤️
At our local library you can borrow seeds for free and then return seeds you’ve harvested yourself in the fall.
Obscured by the snow cannon
It took two sittings but thoroughly enjoyed One Battle After Another. Gorgeously shot and edited, phenomenal performances, and amazing soundtrack by Jonny Greenwood.
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"If everyone who streamed All Hell on Spotify had done so using Tidal instead, we would have received an extra £31,847.38, which would double the amount we made from streaming of the album in this time period. Or if everyone used Apple Music it would have been £12,331 more."
Los Campesinos:
Laptop froze. After reboot, thunderbird had cleared all my unread email, so I went from 8600 unread emails to 5.
Should do this more often.
How your e-mail finds me
#caturday
Started playing Hollow Knight: Silksong by @teamcherry.bsky.social at the weekend, or rather: the 9-year old, she’s absolutely killing it! But I’m utterly and completely in love with the art and graphics. Stunningly gorgeous!
hollowknightsilksong.com
Every era celebrates its conservation heroes. Far fewer remember the destroyers.
My new piece, The Hall of Infamy, traces a century of leaders, industries, and institutions that liquidated the living world — and left us the bill.
From Hetch Hetchy to the Amazon…
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Analog Devices International is sending parts from its Limerick factory to the Israel Defense Forces' largest weapons supplier
The IDA gave it €85 million last year
Its microchips were recently found in Russian weapons used to attack Ukraine
www.ontheditch.com/state-backed...
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Science PSA: Never abbreviate “analysis” as “anal”. Ever.
The return of an old friend. Still sounds pretty awesome!
The International Criminal Court is ditching Microsoft Office, saying it’s too dependent on US tech, in favor of Open Desk, a German open source alternative.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
Presenting “Unravelling/Desenradando” today with Ximena Alarcón, as part of #CMMR2025 at the black box at @ucl.ac.uk Marshgate.
3 carved pumpkins for Halloween. A cat, a Hufsa, and an evil traditional pumpkin. Scream! This is Halloween, this is Halloween Pumpkins scream in the dead of night
This is Halloween, this is Halloween
Pumpkins scream in the dead of night
A fairly quirky and nerdy video by @bennjordan.bsky.social about the processes and software of early Aphex Twin.
An entertaining watch… Feel like a dinosaur for actually knowing (and still using) most of this software.
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Three young roe deer hanging out on my neighbour’s lawn next to my window. New neighbours, new treats.
New neighbours just moved in.