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Olav Hagen Kvalem
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Proton @proton.me · 14d
Avoiding US tech? Some European alts:

🇳🇴 Browser: Vivaldi
🇫🇷 Search: Qwant
🇫🇷 Music: Deezer
🇫🇷 Hosting: OVH
🇫🇮 Mobile OS: Jolla
🇩🇪 Maps: Here WeGo
🇩🇪 Translation: DeepL
🇳🇱 Design: Sketch
🇨🇭 Notes: Standard Notes
🇨🇭 Messenger: Threema
🇨🇭 Dev Tools: Sonar

https://proton.me/blog/european-tech-alternatives
European alternatives to US tech | Proton | Proton
Take back control of your digital life with privacy-focused European alternatives to US Big Tech apps and services.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 11h
A No Kings rally in deep blue Washington, DC might seem like a strange place to meet Trump supporters. But over the upbeat groove of Sly and the Family Stone, you can hear whispers that the Radical Left is the reason a pumpkin spice oat milk latte is $6.75.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 14h
“I’m not gonna have somebody out here dressed like this,” yells the cop.
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#NoKings event in Fairhope, Al.
A woman was arrested for "lewd conduct" because she was dressed in penis suit with a sign that said "No dick-tator"
3 cops on a 53 yo woman.
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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 23h
@molly.wiki www.citationneeded.news/anatomy-of-a...
Anatomy of a crypto meltdown
October 2025 brought the most dramatic crypto flash crash of all time, but it was only a dress rehearsal for the systemic crisis the industry is building toward.
www.citationneeded.news
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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 1d
The Luddites: Weavers in England who wanted to work from home and not for someone who didn't work were shot, hanged or sendt to Australia, and has for centuries been associated with stupid opposition to progress. We got fast fashion, oligarchs, mountains of tekstile garbage, and overheating.
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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 1d
Weavers in the Hebrides use wool from their blackfoot sheep to make Harris Tweed. They work from home, and it is not allowed to make Harris Tweed in factories. Clothes made of Harris Tweed can be inherited by your grandchildren.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Making weaves: the resurgence in Harris tweed production – in pictures
The industry is providing skills and opportunities for Hebridean islanders and an antidote to fast-fashion excess. The photographer Andy Buchanan traces the threads of this once dwindling craft
www.theguardian.com
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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 1d
The Luddites: Weavers in England who wanted to work from home and not for someone who did'nt work were shot, hanged or sendt to Australia, and has for centuries been associated with stupid opposition to progress. We got fast fashion, oligarchs, mountains of tekstile garbage, and overheating.
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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 2d
Tried Wikipedia, and they agree with you. Seems it was a Swedish priest who in 1784 launched this idea without really knowing anything about it. :-) Henbane (Hyoscyamus niger) is a more likely candidate for the berserker effect. Henbane has been found in viking graves all over.
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Den norske portalen til Wikipedia, det frie leksikonet
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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 3d
Well here in Norway we're told the vikings used it to go berserker, so not a wise move for an abused spouse?
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Dr Luke Steubenstein 👹 @lukesteuber.com · 3d
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Robin Williams' daughter, Zelda Williams, also recently slammed people who are making Al-generated videos of her late father, calling the clips "gross." She added, "To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough, just so other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop pup-peteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it."
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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 3d
Gratulerer!
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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 3d
Tror hensikten her er å se Homo Ludens i aksjon og kunne fryde seg over det. Har jeg rett, får nok ta det du får med et smil.
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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 3d
‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse

An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse
An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished
www.theguardian.com
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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 3d
As the Liberty lads o'er the sea
Bought their freedom, and cheaply, with blood,
So we, boys, we
Will die fighting, or live free,
And down with all kings but King Ludd!

(Lord Byron)
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Helge Torvund @2rvund.bsky.social · 3d
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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 3d
Det var da som bare... hva da?
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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 3d
Når kultursektoren skal drives av KI - bli en ludditt!
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web3 is going just great @web3isgoinggreat.com · 4d
Reddit shuts down its NFT avatars project

August 28, 2025
https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=reddit-shuts-down-nft-avatars
Reddit shuts down its NFT avatars project Three years after launching "Collectible Avatars", the NFT project they didn't want to call "NFTs" because they were already becoming kind of cringe, Reddit has decided to pull the plug. "Well, this is one of those posts. The kind that we hoped we would never have to write," they wrote. Reddit has ended submissions for new avatars, and will shut down its avatar shop, collection display on profiles, and NFT wallet feature. The feature is apparently so unused that the shutdown announcement garnered zero comments in the r/CollectibleAvatars subreddit. Besides posts relating to the shutdown, the most recent post in the subreddit was a year old. This is the second blockchain-based feature Reddit has sunset, following the October 2023 decision to end their "Community Points" feature.
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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 6d
Long before that. How anyone still can be fooled by 'leave the thinking to the money' is baffling. That the thought still rules us is heartbreaking.
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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 6d
On democracy cracking

"The question is no longer whether loss can be avoided but whether societies bound to ‘better’ or ‘more’ can learn to endure ‘less’ and ‘worse’.”

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
France is not alone in its political crisis – belief in a democratic world is vanishing | Simon Tisdall
The populist right offers a solution in the form of turning back the clock. Macron and his counterparts need to find a different answer fast, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall
www.theguardian.com
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 6d
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 8d
The T-shirt? Get it at store.mollywhite.net
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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 8d
Let's revive:
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Luddite - Wikipedia
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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 8d
in addition to enabling you to watch videos of meticulously created characters get pixel-puppeted by aggressively bigoted and talentless losers, OpenAI will also enable you to lose your home in a financial crash if the bubble bursts badly

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It’s Sam Altman: the man who stole the rights from copyright. If he’s the future, can we go backwards? | Marina Hyde
His AI video generator Sora 2 has been reviled for pinching the work of others. One giant leap for Sam: for everyone else, not so much, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
www.theguardian.com
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Olav Hagen Kvalem @luddite.no · 8d
We had one. Then came the liquid soap which gave my mother bad rashes. But still the -name?- went in the drawer of everything.
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