Magnus Bakken
@magbak.bsky.social
Currently trying as best I can to understand what is going on in the world. Book tips appreciated. Starting up a startup, industrialising results from my PhD on Knowledge Graphs.
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It’s really demoralizing how many colleagues are using AI.
Your job is literally to use your brain- your extremely unique, highly trained brain 😭
Your job is literally to use your brain- your extremely unique, highly trained brain 😭
December 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
It’s really demoralizing how many colleagues are using AI.
Your job is literally to use your brain- your extremely unique, highly trained brain 😭
Your job is literally to use your brain- your extremely unique, highly trained brain 😭
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so many of our current problems stem from americans not being able to comprehend that a guy they know from tv might actually be stupid
December 11, 2025 at 9:55 PM
so many of our current problems stem from americans not being able to comprehend that a guy they know from tv might actually be stupid
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An interpreter at the European Parliament couldn't hold back tears during the speech of 11-year-old Roman Oleksiv from Lviv.
The boy survived a missile strike in Vinnytsia on July 14, 2022, which killed his mother.
U24 Gov UA / Instagram
The boy survived a missile strike in Vinnytsia on July 14, 2022, which killed his mother.
U24 Gov UA / Instagram
December 11, 2025 at 12:22 PM
An interpreter at the European Parliament couldn't hold back tears during the speech of 11-year-old Roman Oleksiv from Lviv.
The boy survived a missile strike in Vinnytsia on July 14, 2022, which killed his mother.
U24 Gov UA / Instagram
The boy survived a missile strike in Vinnytsia on July 14, 2022, which killed his mother.
U24 Gov UA / Instagram
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It really is one big merry go round.
Days after FIFA awarded Trump a fake peace prize, DOJ moves to drop charges in FIFA corruption case www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
U.S. Moves to Drop Charges in International Soccer Corruption Case
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:18 AM
It really is one big merry go round.
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Apparently the idea that revolutions tend to eat their own is not a concept this genius considered when proposing this.
December 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Apparently the idea that revolutions tend to eat their own is not a concept this genius considered when proposing this.
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Jeg synes igrunnen at det at verdens mektigste mann er KLIN STEIKE SPRØ, KOKO, SPINNGAL, og uten enhver kontakt med virkeligheten, burde vært på forsiden av alle medier.
Men jeg er nå engang bare meg.
Men jeg er nå engang bare meg.
December 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Jeg synes igrunnen at det at verdens mektigste mann er KLIN STEIKE SPRØ, KOKO, SPINNGAL, og uten enhver kontakt med virkeligheten, burde vært på forsiden av alle medier.
Men jeg er nå engang bare meg.
Men jeg er nå engang bare meg.
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Okay. This is angering me.
First of all, “MAN”!?
We’re not in the nineteenth century FFS. There’s a better word and it is “Humans”.
And secondly - who the f£&k thought HUMANS only learned to control fire 50,000 years ago???!!!
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
First of all, “MAN”!?
We’re not in the nineteenth century FFS. There’s a better word and it is “Humans”.
And secondly - who the f£&k thought HUMANS only learned to control fire 50,000 years ago???!!!
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Man made fire 350,000 years earlier than previously thought, discovery in Suffolk suggests
Groundbreaking find makes compelling case that humans were lighting fires much earlier than originally believed
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Okay. This is angering me.
First of all, “MAN”!?
We’re not in the nineteenth century FFS. There’s a better word and it is “Humans”.
And secondly - who the f£&k thought HUMANS only learned to control fire 50,000 years ago???!!!
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
First of all, “MAN”!?
We’re not in the nineteenth century FFS. There’s a better word and it is “Humans”.
And secondly - who the f£&k thought HUMANS only learned to control fire 50,000 years ago???!!!
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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Couple of things here:
1. Trump says he took another cognitive test recently
2. In front of "large numbers of doctors and experts"
3. He called the examinations "long...and very boring"
4. If you're given 3 cognitive exams in one year by panels of doctors, something is VERY wrong with you
1. Trump says he took another cognitive test recently
2. In front of "large numbers of doctors and experts"
3. He called the examinations "long...and very boring"
4. If you're given 3 cognitive exams in one year by panels of doctors, something is VERY wrong with you
December 10, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Couple of things here:
1. Trump says he took another cognitive test recently
2. In front of "large numbers of doctors and experts"
3. He called the examinations "long...and very boring"
4. If you're given 3 cognitive exams in one year by panels of doctors, something is VERY wrong with you
1. Trump says he took another cognitive test recently
2. In front of "large numbers of doctors and experts"
3. He called the examinations "long...and very boring"
4. If you're given 3 cognitive exams in one year by panels of doctors, something is VERY wrong with you
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Trump Appears To Doze During Stroke
December 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Trump Appears To Doze During Stroke
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🤷🏿♂️The dude I posted this reply to blocked me, because he tried to get snarky and correct me, but he was wrong? I mean, OK I guess?
I said what I said.
More college educated *white* men voted for Trump than his opponent in 2016, 2020, and 2024.
I said what I said.
More college educated *white* men voted for Trump than his opponent in 2016, 2020, and 2024.
🤦🏿♂️ I said white men.
Please go find exit polls that talk about gender, college education, among white voters.
Go ahead, I'll wait.
Please go find exit polls that talk about gender, college education, among white voters.
Go ahead, I'll wait.
December 9, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🤷🏿♂️The dude I posted this reply to blocked me, because he tried to get snarky and correct me, but he was wrong? I mean, OK I guess?
I said what I said.
More college educated *white* men voted for Trump than his opponent in 2016, 2020, and 2024.
I said what I said.
More college educated *white* men voted for Trump than his opponent in 2016, 2020, and 2024.
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Warning from German scientists that current observations of emissions and ocean temperatures make 3C of #globalheating by mid-century plausible.
3C of heating makes our current global society unlivable, by the way. Parts of Spain become the Sahara, eg.
worldcrunch.com/focus/green-...
3C of heating makes our current global society unlivable, by the way. Parts of Spain become the Sahara, eg.
worldcrunch.com/focus/green-...
December 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Warning from German scientists that current observations of emissions and ocean temperatures make 3C of #globalheating by mid-century plausible.
3C of heating makes our current global society unlivable, by the way. Parts of Spain become the Sahara, eg.
worldcrunch.com/focus/green-...
3C of heating makes our current global society unlivable, by the way. Parts of Spain become the Sahara, eg.
worldcrunch.com/focus/green-...
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Being European is a great source of pride for me. Europe has a fantastic mix of cultures and a breathtaking geography. We have a history that beats anything else in the world. From Iceland in the north west to Mariupol in the south east we are all Europeans, and we shall defend our great continent.
December 8, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Being European is a great source of pride for me. Europe has a fantastic mix of cultures and a breathtaking geography. We have a history that beats anything else in the world. From Iceland in the north west to Mariupol in the south east we are all Europeans, and we shall defend our great continent.
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Would have thought he’d be pro-EU then.
December 7, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Would have thought he’d be pro-EU then.
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Twitter is now censoring community notes that simply point out Russia’s extreme censorship. Saying that Putin banned Twitter is a thought crime.
December 7, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Twitter is now censoring community notes that simply point out Russia’s extreme censorship. Saying that Putin banned Twitter is a thought crime.
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*cough* If you're gift shopping for anyone interested in how the world works, do consider these. Storm in a Teacup is all about the physics of everyday life and Blue Machine is all about how the ocean works - the water itself, which is the biggest story on Earth. Share the joy of nature & science!
December 7, 2025 at 11:38 AM
*cough* If you're gift shopping for anyone interested in how the world works, do consider these. Storm in a Teacup is all about the physics of everyday life and Blue Machine is all about how the ocean works - the water itself, which is the biggest story on Earth. Share the joy of nature & science!
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Couldn’t Sam Altman just ask ChatGPT how to make itself profitable
December 6, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Couldn’t Sam Altman just ask ChatGPT how to make itself profitable
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The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
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"Does this feel like or look like a well-run competent administration? It took them 10 months to discover that the United States doesn't grow bananas and that therefore if we tariff bananas that that's not going to bring banana factories on shore."
December 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
"Does this feel like or look like a well-run competent administration? It took them 10 months to discover that the United States doesn't grow bananas and that therefore if we tariff bananas that that's not going to bring banana factories on shore."
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Going thru customs in India today:
- Name?
- Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
- Occupation?
- No, those are self defence militias and Russia is not involved
- Name?
- Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
- Occupation?
- No, those are self defence militias and Russia is not involved
December 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Going thru customs in India today:
- Name?
- Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
- Occupation?
- No, those are self defence militias and Russia is not involved
- Name?
- Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
- Occupation?
- No, those are self defence militias and Russia is not involved
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The top-10 carmakers by market cap make up 75% of global passenger car sales.
Tesla makes up less than 2%.
The Tesla bubble will be widely documented in history books.
Tesla makes up less than 2%.
The Tesla bubble will be widely documented in history books.
December 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The top-10 carmakers by market cap make up 75% of global passenger car sales.
Tesla makes up less than 2%.
The Tesla bubble will be widely documented in history books.
Tesla makes up less than 2%.
The Tesla bubble will be widely documented in history books.
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As part of its genocide in Gaza, Israel created the largest cohort of child amputees in modern history.
But the purple is pretty.
But the purple is pretty.
![Israel Foreign Ministry @IsraelMFA
X.com
We illuminated the Foreign Ministry in purple in honor of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities - a reminder of our commitment to inclusion, accessibility and a society where everyone can participate.
[photo of the exterior of a building surrounded by palms and bathed in purple light]
#DisabilityInclusion
#Accessibility](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gvda6fem6r7selm4gzjjww4a/bafkreifvthr5ate4grkyzcsrcjqcc5sdk6u4m66he2a2yeyhjl7bdxghuq@jpeg)
December 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
As part of its genocide in Gaza, Israel created the largest cohort of child amputees in modern history.
But the purple is pretty.
But the purple is pretty.