Karl Lyktberg
@swesteel.bsky.social
I like some things, other things not so much. Taking guesses on how long til Twitter is shuttered. Swede but not the vegetable.
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Hi everyone, I'm urgently looking for any work. I'm a writer and narrative designer, I offer game consultations and mock reviews, I localise between German and English, I can write copy. If it needs words, I'll do it! Here's some games I've written on in the past:
October 23, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Hi everyone, I'm urgently looking for any work. I'm a writer and narrative designer, I offer game consultations and mock reviews, I localise between German and English, I can write copy. If it needs words, I'll do it! Here's some games I've written on in the past:
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It's that time again, folks. I have been told I will be let go from Heart Machine next week. The people there have been amazing friends and coworkers and anyone else who has been affected deserves all the love and support.
I will be updating my portfolio soon; any Env Art leads would be appreciated
I will be updating my portfolio soon; any Env Art leads would be appreciated
October 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
It's that time again, folks. I have been told I will be let go from Heart Machine next week. The people there have been amazing friends and coworkers and anyone else who has been affected deserves all the love and support.
I will be updating my portfolio soon; any Env Art leads would be appreciated
I will be updating my portfolio soon; any Env Art leads would be appreciated
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🙁 Jerry is leaving #BenAndJerrys (via @yobencohen.bsky.social)
September 17, 2025 at 4:41 AM
🙁 Jerry is leaving #BenAndJerrys (via @yobencohen.bsky.social)
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Dearest Martha,
The National Guard stand solemn watch at the Krispy Kreme tonight. I cannot tell if they defend the people from the donuts, or the donuts from the people. Powdered sugar hangs in the air like cannon smoke. Jensen took a hot coffee to the face, he may never recover.
Yours in glaze,
The National Guard stand solemn watch at the Krispy Kreme tonight. I cannot tell if they defend the people from the donuts, or the donuts from the people. Powdered sugar hangs in the air like cannon smoke. Jensen took a hot coffee to the face, he may never recover.
Yours in glaze,
August 27, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Dearest Martha,
The National Guard stand solemn watch at the Krispy Kreme tonight. I cannot tell if they defend the people from the donuts, or the donuts from the people. Powdered sugar hangs in the air like cannon smoke. Jensen took a hot coffee to the face, he may never recover.
Yours in glaze,
The National Guard stand solemn watch at the Krispy Kreme tonight. I cannot tell if they defend the people from the donuts, or the donuts from the people. Powdered sugar hangs in the air like cannon smoke. Jensen took a hot coffee to the face, he may never recover.
Yours in glaze,
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Guess what DOGE cuts have impacted? Ant-smuggling. "It's getting out of hand," a black market seller tells us. "They realize the US market is a gold mine."
Yeah... here's WTH is going on: 🐜🧵
Yeah... here's WTH is going on: 🐜🧵
Government Staffing Cuts Have Fueled an Ant-Smuggling Boom
“It’s getting out of hand,” one seller says. “They realize the US market is a gold mine.”
www.wired.com
August 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Guess what DOGE cuts have impacted? Ant-smuggling. "It's getting out of hand," a black market seller tells us. "They realize the US market is a gold mine."
Yeah... here's WTH is going on: 🐜🧵
Yeah... here's WTH is going on: 🐜🧵
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I drew this on my lunch break your excuses are fucking pathetic
August 15, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I drew this on my lunch break your excuses are fucking pathetic
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PS: You may have read this story already. The BBC ran a version of it yesterday
We shared our FOI docs with their reporter and press office.
Their response? To publish the story - our story - without even notifying us.
A £6bn public broadcaster selling out a tiny investigative newsletter. Nice. 😔
We shared our FOI docs with their reporter and press office.
Their response? To publish the story - our story - without even notifying us.
A £6bn public broadcaster selling out a tiny investigative newsletter. Nice. 😔
August 7, 2025 at 7:30 AM
PS: You may have read this story already. The BBC ran a version of it yesterday
We shared our FOI docs with their reporter and press office.
Their response? To publish the story - our story - without even notifying us.
A £6bn public broadcaster selling out a tiny investigative newsletter. Nice. 😔
We shared our FOI docs with their reporter and press office.
Their response? To publish the story - our story - without even notifying us.
A £6bn public broadcaster selling out a tiny investigative newsletter. Nice. 😔
Lmao the first ”supporter” doesn’t even show his face.
Cuomo announces his general election run by proving the Mamdani sauce ain't so easy to cook up on the spot with half the ingredients
July 15, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Lmao the first ”supporter” doesn’t even show his face.
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Despite being the only white man in his 30's without a Substack, I still wanted to write something long-form about why I think the Trump administration's trade strategy is struggling to extract meaningful ransoms.
Hope you find it interesting!
www.explaintrade.com/resources/tr...
Hope you find it interesting!
www.explaintrade.com/resources/tr...
Trump’s Trade Threats: Why Isn't This Working? | ExplainTrade
KAMEHAME… huh?
www.explaintrade.com
July 8, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Despite being the only white man in his 30's without a Substack, I still wanted to write something long-form about why I think the Trump administration's trade strategy is struggling to extract meaningful ransoms.
Hope you find it interesting!
www.explaintrade.com/resources/tr...
Hope you find it interesting!
www.explaintrade.com/resources/tr...
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Andor Characters and Their Counterparts in ‘Allo ‘Allo 1.
Dedra Meero and Private Helga Geerhart.
Dedra Meero and Private Helga Geerhart.
June 14, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Andor Characters and Their Counterparts in ‘Allo ‘Allo 1.
Dedra Meero and Private Helga Geerhart.
Dedra Meero and Private Helga Geerhart.
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leftists: that thing you teach us in school to be terrified of is happening
historians: that thing is definitely happening
star wars: here is a beat-for-beat breakdown of how the thing happens, but with pew pew lasers. we know you watched it
news outlets: these protesters are out of control
historians: that thing is definitely happening
star wars: here is a beat-for-beat breakdown of how the thing happens, but with pew pew lasers. we know you watched it
news outlets: these protesters are out of control
June 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
leftists: that thing you teach us in school to be terrified of is happening
historians: that thing is definitely happening
star wars: here is a beat-for-beat breakdown of how the thing happens, but with pew pew lasers. we know you watched it
news outlets: these protesters are out of control
historians: that thing is definitely happening
star wars: here is a beat-for-beat breakdown of how the thing happens, but with pew pew lasers. we know you watched it
news outlets: these protesters are out of control
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looking to talk to game devs in the US here on visas. is that you? please get in touch! meganfarokhmanesh.76 on signal, open DMs, [email protected]
June 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
looking to talk to game devs in the US here on visas. is that you? please get in touch! meganfarokhmanesh.76 on signal, open DMs, [email protected]
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A few years back Make-a-Wish reached out to me. There was a kid whose dream was to create a game inspired by The Mandalorian. I invited him over, and together we built a game fulfilling his dream! ✨ (The game can't be shared, for legal reasons)
Please be kind to each other!
Please be kind to each other!
May 28, 2025 at 7:51 AM
A few years back Make-a-Wish reached out to me. There was a kid whose dream was to create a game inspired by The Mandalorian. I invited him over, and together we built a game fulfilling his dream! ✨ (The game can't be shared, for legal reasons)
Please be kind to each other!
Please be kind to each other!
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When you run for office, it's a given that people will spread lies about you — but this morning, Politico made a baseless accusation I take very seriously.
So I wanted to address it directly.
So I wanted to address it directly.
May 16, 2025 at 11:02 PM
When you run for office, it's a given that people will spread lies about you — but this morning, Politico made a baseless accusation I take very seriously.
So I wanted to address it directly.
So I wanted to address it directly.
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Hi Elizabeth. I'd appreciate it if you could please amplify my original, deeply reported piece, published four days before CBS News lifted the majority of my reporting and passed it off as its own while barely granting me weak credit.
It was my work, not Dan's. 1/2 open.substack.com/pub/lastcamp...
It was my work, not Dan's. 1/2 open.substack.com/pub/lastcamp...
Trump’s Surgeon General Pick Distorted Key Parts of Her Résumé
Nesheiwat falsified, misled, selectively omitted, or lied about her medical education, board certifications, and military experience
open.substack.com
April 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Hi Elizabeth. I'd appreciate it if you could please amplify my original, deeply reported piece, published four days before CBS News lifted the majority of my reporting and passed it off as its own while barely granting me weak credit.
It was my work, not Dan's. 1/2 open.substack.com/pub/lastcamp...
It was my work, not Dan's. 1/2 open.substack.com/pub/lastcamp...
@philmoorhouse.bsky.social The opposition seems to be following a Monty Python script?
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social @chadbourn.bsky.social
Winning reform candidates in emotional meltdown post count in #rugby #warwickshire
Winning reform candidates in emotional meltdown post count in #rugby #warwickshire
May 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM
@philmoorhouse.bsky.social The opposition seems to be following a Monty Python script?
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Say it after me: Chat GPT is not a search engine. It does not scan the web for information, it just generates statistically likely sentences. You cannot use it a search engine, or as a substitute for searching.
Now. Please never use an LLM for information searches ever again.
Now. Please never use an LLM for information searches ever again.
April 30, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Say it after me: Chat GPT is not a search engine. It does not scan the web for information, it just generates statistically likely sentences. You cannot use it a search engine, or as a substitute for searching.
Now. Please never use an LLM for information searches ever again.
Now. Please never use an LLM for information searches ever again.
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Love this. In his “I Agree” installation Dima Yarovinsky-Yahel took the content from terms of service statements for companies like Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, Tinder and printed them out on A4 paper with a standard font size for legal contracts to demonstrate the length of these agreements.
April 27, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Love this. In his “I Agree” installation Dima Yarovinsky-Yahel took the content from terms of service statements for companies like Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, Tinder and printed them out on A4 paper with a standard font size for legal contracts to demonstrate the length of these agreements.
Insanity rules the USA.
*nervous laughter what the fuck gif *
*crosses out text*
yeah we knew this was coming
but trapping women financially is
i don't have words
*crosses out text*
yeah we knew this was coming
but trapping women financially is
i don't have words
Trump executive order raises alarm over women's financial independence
A new executive order from the White House targets the Equal Credit Opportunity Act which was written to prevent sex-based credit discrimination.
www.newsweek.com
April 27, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Insanity rules the USA.
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This is PRISON worthy.
Pete Hegseth’s Signal chats have more red flags than a MAGA singles cruise.
April 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This is PRISON worthy.
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lot of negativity towards AI lately, but consider :
are these tools ethical or environmentally sustainable? No.
*but* do they enable great things that people want? Also no.
*but* are they being made by well meaning people for good reasons? Once again, no.
maybe you're not being negative *enough*
are these tools ethical or environmentally sustainable? No.
*but* do they enable great things that people want? Also no.
*but* are they being made by well meaning people for good reasons? Once again, no.
maybe you're not being negative *enough*
September 2, 2024 at 12:02 AM
lot of negativity towards AI lately, but consider :
are these tools ethical or environmentally sustainable? No.
*but* do they enable great things that people want? Also no.
*but* are they being made by well meaning people for good reasons? Once again, no.
maybe you're not being negative *enough*
are these tools ethical or environmentally sustainable? No.
*but* do they enable great things that people want? Also no.
*but* are they being made by well meaning people for good reasons? Once again, no.
maybe you're not being negative *enough*
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JD Vance’s sister begs people to stop joking about his visit with the Pope
April 22, 2025 at 11:56 PM
JD Vance’s sister begs people to stop joking about his visit with the Pope