Torbjörn Björkman
@torbjornbjorkman.bsky.social
He/him. Swede living in Finland. Physics lecturer, violinist, genealogist, generalist, in that order, perhaps.
Posting will continue until morale improves.
Posting will continue until morale improves.
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Frog tied some string around the box. “There,” he said. “Now we will not eat any more cookies.”
“But we can cut the string and open the box,” said Toad.
“That is true,” said Frog.
“But we can cut the string and open the box,” said Toad.
“That is true,” said Frog.
November 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Frog tied some string around the box. “There,” he said. “Now we will not eat any more cookies.”
“But we can cut the string and open the box,” said Toad.
“That is true,” said Frog.
“But we can cut the string and open the box,” said Toad.
“That is true,” said Frog.
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Russians are literally writing US foreign policy, they have more power projection in DC than in Kyiv LMAO
November 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Russians are literally writing US foreign policy, they have more power projection in DC than in Kyiv LMAO
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November 27, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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November 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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November 27, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
I've long argued against The Automatic Glorification of the Male Genius artist/scientist/whateverist, but I never meant for any of that to mean that we should drop our collective brains in the toilet just because some specific specimen of the Male Genius happens to be a woman.
This is a lot, but (allegedly) Olivia Nuzzi sent a secret recorder with a sketch artist to tape Trump at Mar-a-Lago so she could feed campaign intel to RFK, where [pauses to take a breath] something Trump said about his assassination attempt “would shatter our understanding of recent history”??
November 26, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I've long argued against The Automatic Glorification of the Male Genius artist/scientist/whateverist, but I never meant for any of that to mean that we should drop our collective brains in the toilet just because some specific specimen of the Male Genius happens to be a woman.
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
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The current US government's ongoing commitment to destroying the US tourism industry is of course not its worst feature morally, but it might be the weirdest.
The Interior Department has announced it will charge $100 per head for non-US residents to visit the most popular 11 national parks.
Stupid and self-defeating. Millions have visited those parks and left with with affection for America. No more, except those who can afford $400 per family per park.
Stupid and self-defeating. Millions have visited those parks and left with with affection for America. No more, except those who can afford $400 per family per park.
November 26, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The current US government's ongoing commitment to destroying the US tourism industry is of course not its worst feature morally, but it might be the weirdest.
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My cartoon for this week's @newscientist.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
My cartoon for this week's @newscientist.com
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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That is also NIMBYism lol
NEW PAPER w/ @cselmendorf.bsky.social & @jkalla.bsky.social:
An under-appreciated reason why voters oppose dense new housing, especially in less-dense neighborhoods: they think it looks ugly and want to prevent that, even in other neighborhoods.
Some of what we think is NIMBYism might not be!
An under-appreciated reason why voters oppose dense new housing, especially in less-dense neighborhoods: they think it looks ugly and want to prevent that, even in other neighborhoods.
Some of what we think is NIMBYism might not be!
November 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
That is also NIMBYism lol
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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You know at one point in my life I went through kind of a lot of public ridicule and personal consequence because I didn’t think that sex should be a prerequisite for women to have media careers.
Anyway, here's an abstract nude of our new editor nypost.com/2025/11/24/m...
Vanity Fair to publish ‘abstract nude portrait’ of Olivia Nuzzi — as scandal-plagued journalist accused of shirking job duties: report
Vanity Fair staffers privately gripe that Olivia Nuzzi has failed to carry out core duties since joining the magazine, according to a report.
nypost.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:05 PM
You know at one point in my life I went through kind of a lot of public ridicule and personal consequence because I didn’t think that sex should be a prerequisite for women to have media careers.
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RFK Jr.'s looking rough
November 24, 2025 at 4:34 PM
RFK Jr.'s looking rough
🎶 All your followers are blind
Too much heaven on their minds
It was beautiful but now it's sour . . . 🎵
Too much heaven on their minds
It was beautiful but now it's sour . . . 🎵
November 23, 2025 at 4:00 AM
🎶 All your followers are blind
Too much heaven on their minds
It was beautiful but now it's sour . . . 🎵
Too much heaven on their minds
It was beautiful but now it's sour . . . 🎵
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What if God was one of us?....
Just a slob like one of us?.....
Just a straaanger oooon a bus...
Trying to make his way hooome....
Just a slob like one of us?.....
Just a straaanger oooon a bus...
Trying to make his way hooome....
November 23, 2025 at 3:05 AM
What if God was one of us?....
Just a slob like one of us?.....
Just a straaanger oooon a bus...
Trying to make his way hooome....
Just a slob like one of us?.....
Just a straaanger oooon a bus...
Trying to make his way hooome....
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Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
Well, they weren't wrong. But we already knew that, didn't we.
Science will often take you to unexpected and delightful places. In this study, researchers hypothesized that riders in a crowded subway car would be more likely to offer their seat to a pregnant person if there were someone in the subway car dressed as Batman 🧪🦇
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
November 22, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Well, they weren't wrong. But we already knew that, didn't we.
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I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
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Just gonna leave this here.
November 22, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Just gonna leave this here.
"Circular leopard facial culinary squad" is increasingly becoming a thing.
Tim Dillon: "We don't know what version of these [Epstein] documents is gonna come out, because we have Pam Bondi and Kash Patel and all of these people, this goon squad, who lie about everything. We can't trust them. They told us nothing was going on."
November 22, 2025 at 11:21 PM
"Circular leopard facial culinary squad" is increasingly becoming a thing.