Sergei Yakupov
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Sergei Yakupov
@novocean.me
💥 24 years in media, consulting: automation and later — AI Implementation 🛠️ Founder of Novocean.me. Building Sevenly.in and AIforNewsroom.in.

And also — trying to write a sci-fi book.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/yakupovs

🇵🇹 #Lisbon
⚽️ #lfc
I think, this game can look like a tipping point. I’m not sure, we have someting to feel positive. Sobo, Hugo and Flo won’t save us from this miserable season.
January 24, 2026 at 8:02 PM
It’s been 6 months today since I launched AIforNewsroom.in.

What we have so far. Updates daily.
January 21, 2026 at 7:58 AM
Not bad first half for Liverpool FC. But those two are brilliant! 1:0 (Flo, but Hugo made this goal possible).
January 17, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Well. Maybe Google just sees lot more itrelevant garbage than LLMs?
January 17, 2026 at 8:32 AM
My WRC champions’ collection was updated today with Timo Salonen’s Peugeot 206 Turbo. He won the season 1985 with this car.
January 10, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Good and bold piece. Next time you quote the "brilliant leader and buisnessman" Musk and others, think about it. I hope this year we’ll see desacralization of that old school tech “leaders” that all fucked us up. And there will be new leaders in tech.

www.theverge.com/policy/85990...
January 10, 2026 at 10:20 AM
Started reading “Frontera Oscura” by Sabino Cabeza. Looks very-very good — story about exploration of giant black hole.
January 10, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Not bad second half from Liverpool. But no forward — no goals. And still have no idea, WHY THE FUCK GAKPO IS BETTER THAN Fede or Rio!?
January 8, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Contributed a little in the forecasts: reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-wil...
January 6, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Feel sorry for Amorim, but lol about mu and its owner :)
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Manchester United sack Ruben Amorim as head coach. 40yo Portuguese informed of decision & goes with immediate effect after 14 months following breakdown in relations. Darren Fletcher expected to take over #MUFC on interim basis 🚨
@theathleticfc.bsky.social
Manchester United sack Ruben Amorim after 14 months in charge
Former midfielder and current Under-18s coach Darren Fletcher is set to take charge on an interim basis.
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:37 AM
This year Grammy Song of the year nominations.

Why we need now a dozen of people to write 100% boring generic songs filled with samples?

Hope Billie Eilish or Chappell Roan will get this award. They are the best.
January 5, 2026 at 8:00 AM
I’ve stopped to see logic in the game, subs etc from Arne Slot in April 2025. I don’t like how we play football since then. We get points ONLY because of individuals, not tactics, plan, strategy. I don’t get the point of the football Liverpool plays

It is the most borring LFC team since Roy Hodgson
January 4, 2026 at 5:24 PM
100% true. Boring AF.
Liverpool seem to have lost everything that made them so entertaining to watch under Klopp.
January 4, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Reposted by Sergei Yakupov
I struggle with passive protagonists sometimes and these are good tips for fixing narrative issues related to flat characters. 📚💙
These 5 Scenes Are Killing Your Story
Here’s what to do about them
open.substack.com
January 4, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Because they don’t need to. Most people believe them anyway. Critical thinking is the thing we’re losing fastest. Peope are too lazy to question and verify. They’ve happily delegated these processes to someone and something else.
Andor 2x09
ou Mundo, 3 de janeiro de 2026
January 4, 2026 at 10:12 AM
I don’t think Rio should be in starting 11 today.

My choice: Alison, Bradley, Konate, Virgil, Robo, Gravenberch, Sobo, Jones, Frimpong, Ekitike, Gakpo.

Subs: Flo for Gakpo, Kerkez for Robo, Rio for Jones, Maca for Grav.

But as some people say: our poroblem this season in tactics, not in squad.
January 4, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Just may be? I think this is 100% true in general. First — social media started to eroding this, now — all those chats. The reason is obvious: usage simplicity. So we can just forget how to think, this feature may become rudimental in a future for majority of general users.

time.com/7295195/ai-c...
January 3, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Short vacation helped me finally move forward with my sci-fi project.

What I have:

— detailed plot;
— worldbuilding is done (the coolest part so far as it’s where all my insane ideas live);
— chapter plan is ready.

It took about six months to figure all of this out, but now it is well structured
January 3, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Reposted by Sergei Yakupov
Oooo know what other great 1987 song there was? "Heart and Soul" by T'Pau, which HAS THE LINE "upside down" IN IT. One of my favorite songs. Also, they're named after a Star Trek Vulcan. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwrY...
T'Pau - Heart And Soul
YouTube video by TPauVEVO
www.youtube.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:17 AM
Die With A Smile is the best pop song of 2025
The longest-running #1 songs on the Global Spotify chart in 2025, (days spent at #1):

Die With A Smile — 103
Golden — 78
The Fate of Ophelia — 77
Ordinary — 52
DtMF — 16
All I Want For Christmas Is You — 7
Not Like Us — 6
JUMP — 6
Manchild — 5
Last Christmas — 5
back to friends — 3
EVIL J0RDAN — 2
January 1, 2026 at 8:53 PM
I do love many things about Stranger Things. But the finale felt too carefully engineered to please everyone. It was overly calculated, overly explained. Every storyline wrapped up, every mystery spelled out. But it made me feel a bit dumb — like the show didn’t trust the audience.
January 1, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Very interesting interview of @aptshadow.bsky.social . As an amateur want-to-be sci-fi author, I’ve found so many great insights about writting good sci-fi. Concept of One Big Lie is a very useful thing, for example.

youtu.be/LO0qHnhpkDs?...
How to Write Great Science Fiction — Adrian Tchaikovsky
YouTube video by David Perell
youtu.be
January 1, 2026 at 8:20 PM
I do believe that countries are rudimental (like nations as well). The most convenient way to live is a city with very technical role of mayor and those autonomous projects as a government.
I'm inclined to say we should drop ALL nationalist views, volkish and otherwise.

But of course I also believe that the ideal government is a network of coordinated but ultimately autonomous decentralized mutual aid projects, so.

Baby steps I guess
Another good practice for the New Year would be for all the non-fascists in America who want to opine about politics to really begin believing that urban America is Real America & that its denizens are The Authentic People. Get some self-respect & drop the volkish nationalist view that they're not
January 1, 2026 at 3:35 PM
@briancasel.com hey Brian! Thanks for Design OS, it is absolutely great!

I have a project already made, but want to refactor the whole interface to be consistent and… well… good. So is it possible to create frontend with Design OS and than just connect it with my backend? Looks like it is, right?
December 28, 2025 at 10:29 AM