Illimar Rekand
@illimar.bsky.social
he/him
🇳🇴 🇪🇪
Senior Engineer University of Bergen, Norway
Automating at the Dep. of Chemistry and Didactics in Dep. Informatics
🇳🇴 🇪🇪
Senior Engineer University of Bergen, Norway
Automating at the Dep. of Chemistry and Didactics in Dep. Informatics
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Can confirm that being a journalist is occasionally very sick indeed.
January 26, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Can confirm that being a journalist is occasionally very sick indeed.
important reminder that this video exists: youtu.be/xzpndHtdl9A?...
Why you heff to be mad? (Original)
YouTube video by meRyanP
youtu.be
January 23, 2026 at 10:20 AM
important reminder that this video exists: youtu.be/xzpndHtdl9A?...
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Det fins gode nyheter i verden.
Som at EU blir stadig mindre avhengig av fossil energi.
Det er veien til frihet, både fra klimaendringer og manipulatoriske tyranner.
Som at EU blir stadig mindre avhengig av fossil energi.
Det er veien til frihet, både fra klimaendringer og manipulatoriske tyranner.
NEW | Wind and solar generated more power than fossil fuels in the EU for the FIRST time ever.
🌪️ and ☀️ made up a RECORD 30% of 🇪🇺 electricity, up from 20% just five years ago.
https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/european-electricity-review-2026/
🌪️ and ☀️ made up a RECORD 30% of 🇪🇺 electricity, up from 20% just five years ago.
https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/european-electricity-review-2026/
January 22, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Det fins gode nyheter i verden.
Som at EU blir stadig mindre avhengig av fossil energi.
Det er veien til frihet, både fra klimaendringer og manipulatoriske tyranner.
Som at EU blir stadig mindre avhengig av fossil energi.
Det er veien til frihet, både fra klimaendringer og manipulatoriske tyranner.
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wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
January 15, 2026 at 1:47 PM
wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
I've contemplated making a best of for music for years now, but never really gotten around to it. I realize I'm late to the party, but I will make one here on Bluesky. The following albums are albums which were released in 2025 and which I found noteworthy. In no particular order:
January 8, 2026 at 10:05 AM
I've contemplated making a best of for music for years now, but never really gotten around to it. I realize I'm late to the party, but I will make one here on Bluesky. The following albums are albums which were released in 2025 and which I found noteworthy. In no particular order:
08.12. I am still in Whamageddon. Wish me all the best!
December 8, 2025 at 10:18 AM
08.12. I am still in Whamageddon. Wish me all the best!
Støtt åpningen av Norges første kattekafé! www.spleis.no/project/473021
Støtt etableringen av Norges første kattekafé!
Alle bidrag går til etableringen av Bergen Kattekafé.
www.spleis.no
December 4, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Støtt åpningen av Norges første kattekafé! www.spleis.no/project/473021
jeg Chatter med
Gutta
På
Tur
Såklart! Her er en oppskrift for hvordan du kan lage pinnebrød med sjalottlauk!
Gutta
På
Tur
Såklart! Her er en oppskrift for hvordan du kan lage pinnebrød med sjalottlauk!
Ja jeg bruker Chat GPT.
Jeg Chatter med
Gutta
På
Twitter
Jeg Chatter med
Gutta
På
November 28, 2025 at 12:34 PM
jeg Chatter med
Gutta
På
Tur
Såklart! Her er en oppskrift for hvordan du kan lage pinnebrød med sjalottlauk!
Gutta
På
Tur
Såklart! Her er en oppskrift for hvordan du kan lage pinnebrød med sjalottlauk!
saved so much on Black Friday today by not buying a single thing :)
November 28, 2025 at 12:26 PM
saved so much on Black Friday today by not buying a single thing :)
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Im at a talk about 6G security and for each slide the presenter says «have you seen this??? Have you heard this??? I hope you have» and my answer is no every single time
November 26, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Im at a talk about 6G security and for each slide the presenter says «have you seen this??? Have you heard this??? I hope you have» and my answer is no every single time
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This video Hank Green made on Jimmy Wales and Wikipedia (youtu.be/9zi0ogvPfCA?...) highlights how lucky we are to have Wikipedia as an independent entity of knowledge.
I wish more people (especially working in academia and public sector) spent more time writing Wikipedia articles.
I wish more people (especially working in academia and public sector) spent more time writing Wikipedia articles.
Wikipedia and the Destruction of Trust
YouTube video by Hank Green
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 1:25 PM
This video Hank Green made on Jimmy Wales and Wikipedia (youtu.be/9zi0ogvPfCA?...) highlights how lucky we are to have Wikipedia as an independent entity of knowledge.
I wish more people (especially working in academia and public sector) spent more time writing Wikipedia articles.
I wish more people (especially working in academia and public sector) spent more time writing Wikipedia articles.
Limp Bizkit skal spille på Tons neste år. Frontmannen Fred Durst har en historie med uttalelser om russisk-vennlighet (se: news.err.ee/1609852209/l...) blant annet med å holde opp et skilt hvor det stod "CRIMEA=RUSSIA" i 2015
Limp Bizkit frontman's pro-Russia past resurfaces after Tallinn show announced
The fate of Limp Bizkit's newly announced Tallinn show next spring remains unclear — Estonia's ministries have condemned it over frontman Fred Durst's pro-Russia past.
news.err.ee
November 11, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Limp Bizkit skal spille på Tons neste år. Frontmannen Fred Durst har en historie med uttalelser om russisk-vennlighet (se: news.err.ee/1609852209/l...) blant annet med å holde opp et skilt hvor det stod "CRIMEA=RUSSIA" i 2015
If you're thinking of leaving Spotify, now is as good time as any
November 4, 2025 at 11:46 AM
If you're thinking of leaving Spotify, now is as good time as any
I have an acquaintance from high school who recently finished their Ph.D. in a humanities-based discipline. On Facebook (🙄), they have in the last years posted a lot of anti-trans rhetoric from "an academic perspective". It has gotten much more intense in the last years.
October 29, 2025 at 8:59 AM
I have an acquaintance from high school who recently finished their Ph.D. in a humanities-based discipline. On Facebook (🙄), they have in the last years posted a lot of anti-trans rhetoric from "an academic perspective". It has gotten much more intense in the last years.
I recently saw a reel from Golden Coffee on instagram promoting Waved, a product which infuses coffee with electromagnetic waves to energize the water molecules so that it binds flavor molecules more tightly (or w/e 🤨).
October 24, 2025 at 9:09 AM
I recently saw a reel from Golden Coffee on instagram promoting Waved, a product which infuses coffee with electromagnetic waves to energize the water molecules so that it binds flavor molecules more tightly (or w/e 🤨).
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🎯Target: 7500$
💰Current: 800$
Operation Teddybear 🧸 is upon us!
Task: Deliver 5000 christmas gifts to childrens hospitals, and deliver 8 trucks to the front line.
Lets reach this goal before friday!
linktr.ee/Vaukraine
💰Current: 800$
Operation Teddybear 🧸 is upon us!
Task: Deliver 5000 christmas gifts to childrens hospitals, and deliver 8 trucks to the front line.
Lets reach this goal before friday!
linktr.ee/Vaukraine
October 22, 2025 at 8:59 AM
🎯Target: 7500$
💰Current: 800$
Operation Teddybear 🧸 is upon us!
Task: Deliver 5000 christmas gifts to childrens hospitals, and deliver 8 trucks to the front line.
Lets reach this goal before friday!
linktr.ee/Vaukraine
💰Current: 800$
Operation Teddybear 🧸 is upon us!
Task: Deliver 5000 christmas gifts to childrens hospitals, and deliver 8 trucks to the front line.
Lets reach this goal before friday!
linktr.ee/Vaukraine
"Jeg ønsker at de i stor grad skal få lov til å studere det de selv vil",
men også i samme artikkel:
"Jeg mener det er riktig å gjøre en nytte-kostnadsanalyse av hvilke studieretninger som lønner seg for fellesskapet"
men også i samme artikkel:
"Jeg mener det er riktig å gjøre en nytte-kostnadsanalyse av hvilke studieretninger som lønner seg for fellesskapet"
Frp-Velle vil fjerne stipend for ulønnsomme studenter
Simen Velle er Fremskrittspartiets nye fraksjonsleder i Utdannings- og forskningskomiteen på Stortinget. — Jeg ønsker sterke universiteter, sier han.
www.khrono.no
October 21, 2025 at 9:22 AM
"Jeg ønsker at de i stor grad skal få lov til å studere det de selv vil",
men også i samme artikkel:
"Jeg mener det er riktig å gjøre en nytte-kostnadsanalyse av hvilke studieretninger som lønner seg for fellesskapet"
men også i samme artikkel:
"Jeg mener det er riktig å gjøre en nytte-kostnadsanalyse av hvilke studieretninger som lønner seg for fellesskapet"
"Yeah that's me. You probably wonder how I ended up in this situation."
October 15, 2025 at 11:51 AM
"Yeah that's me. You probably wonder how I ended up in this situation."
Also, I love love love making workshops with flipped classroom tasks. I don't feel like I'm talking myself to death while at the same time I get to observe people in the middle of a learning process
October 15, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Also, I love love love making workshops with flipped classroom tasks. I don't feel like I'm talking myself to death while at the same time I get to observe people in the middle of a learning process
Did a talk today about using machine learning for drug discovery purposes and how to practice good data management. Slides are available on Zenodo under a CC license :) zenodo.org/records/1734...
Predicting drug targets: How I came to learn and love machine learning + Making data ready for an AI-driven world
Presentation for Teknikernes Dag at University of Bergen, presented at 2025-10-15 Focusing on how I applied machine learning in my Ph.D. thesis, plus how you can use data management to do good data ma...
zenodo.org
October 15, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Did a talk today about using machine learning for drug discovery purposes and how to practice good data management. Slides are available on Zenodo under a CC license :) zenodo.org/records/1734...