Lars Westergren
@wgren.bsky.social
Electric guitars should growl, not wail
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This is exactly what Russia says when it invades and russifies areas
January 6, 2026 at 10:09 AM
This is exactly what Russia says when it invades and russifies areas
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🇪🇺 What a week, huh?
30 Dec.: Eurotunnel blocked due to power failure
31 Dec.: Finnish subsea cable cut in Gulf of Finland
2 Jan.: Latvian subsea cable cut in Baltic Sea
3 Jan.: Power failure affecting 45k Berlin households due to sabotage
4 Jan.: Greek airspace shut down due to "airborne jamming"
30 Dec.: Eurotunnel blocked due to power failure
31 Dec.: Finnish subsea cable cut in Gulf of Finland
2 Jan.: Latvian subsea cable cut in Baltic Sea
3 Jan.: Power failure affecting 45k Berlin households due to sabotage
4 Jan.: Greek airspace shut down due to "airborne jamming"
Russia in ‘Phase 0’ of NATO war preparations, analysts say
The strategy follows increased ‘hybrid’ attacks on NATO countries.
tvpworld.com
January 4, 2026 at 10:36 PM
🇪🇺 What a week, huh?
30 Dec.: Eurotunnel blocked due to power failure
31 Dec.: Finnish subsea cable cut in Gulf of Finland
2 Jan.: Latvian subsea cable cut in Baltic Sea
3 Jan.: Power failure affecting 45k Berlin households due to sabotage
4 Jan.: Greek airspace shut down due to "airborne jamming"
30 Dec.: Eurotunnel blocked due to power failure
31 Dec.: Finnish subsea cable cut in Gulf of Finland
2 Jan.: Latvian subsea cable cut in Baltic Sea
3 Jan.: Power failure affecting 45k Berlin households due to sabotage
4 Jan.: Greek airspace shut down due to "airborne jamming"
New years resolutions: eat more veggies. Be nicer.
December 31, 2025 at 1:54 PM
New years resolutions: eat more veggies. Be nicer.
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Thirty years ago today. The most beautiful, hopeful farewell.
December 31, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Thirty years ago today. The most beautiful, hopeful farewell.
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You ever read something about a new problem and just know you're going to be dealing with that problem for a very long time?
www.southernfriedscience.com/thats-not-a-...
www.southernfriedscience.com/thats-not-a-...
That’s not a blobfish: Deep Sea Social Media is Flooded by AI Slop
Well, it finally happened. Over the last two week, my usually well-curated feeds of videos from the deep sea have been overrun with AI slop masquerading as authentic images of strange and delightfu…
www.southernfriedscience.com
December 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM
You ever read something about a new problem and just know you're going to be dealing with that problem for a very long time?
www.southernfriedscience.com/thats-not-a-...
www.southernfriedscience.com/thats-not-a-...
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Another health breakthrough.
(h/t Gav)
(h/t Gav)
New study shows Alzheimer’s disease can be reversed to achieve full neurological recovery—not just prevented or slowed—in animal models | CWRU Newsroom | Case Western Reserve University
For more than a century, people have considered Alzheimer's disease (AD) an irreversible illness. Consequently, research has focused on preventing or ...
case.edu
December 29, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Another health breakthrough.
(h/t Gav)
(h/t Gav)
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“Imran Ahmed, chief executive of Centre for Countering Digital Hate; Josephine Ballon and Anna-Lena von Hodenberg, leaders of HateAid, a German organization; former EU Commissioner Thierry Breton, who was responsible for digital affairs; and Clare Melford, who runs the Global Disinformation Index.”
US bars five Europeans it says pressured tech firms to censor American viewpoints online
The State Department is barring five Europeans it accuses of leading efforts to pressure U.S. tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints.
apnews.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:25 PM
“Imran Ahmed, chief executive of Centre for Countering Digital Hate; Josephine Ballon and Anna-Lena von Hodenberg, leaders of HateAid, a German organization; former EU Commissioner Thierry Breton, who was responsible for digital affairs; and Clare Melford, who runs the Global Disinformation Index.”
Message from server: NotEnoughResources. Same, Bluesky server, same
December 24, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Message from server: NotEnoughResources. Same, Bluesky server, same
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Germany’s far-right AfD is under fire for using parliamentary requests to gather data potentially useful to Moscow, Politico reports. MP Ringo Mühlmann asked for details on drone defenses, infrastructure, and arms transit routes to Ukraine.
December 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Germany’s far-right AfD is under fire for using parliamentary requests to gather data potentially useful to Moscow, Politico reports. MP Ringo Mühlmann asked for details on drone defenses, infrastructure, and arms transit routes to Ukraine.
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Hey don't cry... 60 million icefish nests in a colony twice the size of Paris discovered in the Weddell Sea in 2021 ok???
December 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Hey don't cry... 60 million icefish nests in a colony twice the size of Paris discovered in the Weddell Sea in 2021 ok???
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I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
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The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.
The US has declared rhetorical war on the EU
The calls from America this weekend to destroy the EU are revealing. They hate the union because it's the only thing that can keep European countries from being Russian or American vassals.
davekeating.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.
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Peter Thiel's business manager explains why the development of Skynet and the extinction of the human species will be a huge advancement in the interest of working Americans, who will soon no longer be working (all as he manifests the classic symptoms of abuse of psychotropic drugs).
December 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Peter Thiel's business manager explains why the development of Skynet and the extinction of the human species will be a huge advancement in the interest of working Americans, who will soon no longer be working (all as he manifests the classic symptoms of abuse of psychotropic drugs).
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Exactly. The new U.S. National Security Strategy is much worse for Europe than most people had imagined. Europe is described as a bigger threat than both China and Russia, and they outline the need for regime change in Western European countries as part of a civilizational struggle.
I assumed the NSS would just ignore/deprioritize Europe (It did that on defense/NATO).
But the actual message was: Europe matters to us, we must save it from itself, the EU and its wokeness. Thus, the USG is going all in on foreign interference to help the far-right win a civilizational war.
But the actual message was: Europe matters to us, we must save it from itself, the EU and its wokeness. Thus, the USG is going all in on foreign interference to help the far-right win a civilizational war.
a man with a mustache is wearing a white shirt and a blue sweater .
ALT: a man with a mustache is wearing a white shirt and a blue sweater .
media.tenor.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Exactly. The new U.S. National Security Strategy is much worse for Europe than most people had imagined. Europe is described as a bigger threat than both China and Russia, and they outline the need for regime change in Western European countries as part of a civilizational struggle.
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This is how we all die.
December 5, 2025 at 5:07 AM
This is how we all die.
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US national security strategy.
Something sure is unrecognisable here, but it’s not Europe.
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
Something sure is unrecognisable here, but it’s not Europe.
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 5:06 AM
US national security strategy.
Something sure is unrecognisable here, but it’s not Europe.
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
Something sure is unrecognisable here, but it’s not Europe.
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
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Unravelling the mess of another LLM experiment.
I would probably fire someone that regularly shipped code like what Codex 5.1 produces.
Now refactoring it into something that is more reusable, more understandable, and crucially, deletes about 80% of the slop code.
I would probably fire someone that regularly shipped code like what Codex 5.1 produces.
Now refactoring it into something that is more reusable, more understandable, and crucially, deletes about 80% of the slop code.
December 2, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Unravelling the mess of another LLM experiment.
I would probably fire someone that regularly shipped code like what Codex 5.1 produces.
Now refactoring it into something that is more reusable, more understandable, and crucially, deletes about 80% of the slop code.
I would probably fire someone that regularly shipped code like what Codex 5.1 produces.
Now refactoring it into something that is more reusable, more understandable, and crucially, deletes about 80% of the slop code.
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The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy.
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders
National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders Honored for rejecting illegal orders during martial law, Marine death probe
www.chosun.com
September 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy.
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
Windows 11 is going to be rewritten completely around agentic AI. That together with Proton progress was the final push I needed to install Linux not only on my work PCs but also on my gaming machines. Bazzite - wifi didn't work. I'll lose nerdcred but I think I'll just try Ubuntu next.
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Windows 11 is going to be rewritten completely around agentic AI. That together with Proton progress was the final push I needed to install Linux not only on my work PCs but also on my gaming machines. Bazzite - wifi didn't work. I'll lose nerdcred but I think I'll just try Ubuntu next.
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1) good, they should be prosecuted, they are responsible for countless deaths
2) always very funny when these people realize the extent to which their billionaire patrons could not possibly give less of a shit about them
2) always very funny when these people realize the extent to which their billionaire patrons could not possibly give less of a shit about them
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
www.rawstory.com/doge-employe...
www.rawstory.com/doge-employe...
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to hau...
www.rawstory.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
1) good, they should be prosecuted, they are responsible for countless deaths
2) always very funny when these people realize the extent to which their billionaire patrons could not possibly give less of a shit about them
2) always very funny when these people realize the extent to which their billionaire patrons could not possibly give less of a shit about them
Board game day with friends. Alien - Fate of the Nostromo up first
November 23, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Board game day with friends. Alien - Fate of the Nostromo up first
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This is excellent.
November 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This is excellent.
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Browse the full collection ➡️ bit.ly/lsfso
Browse the full collection ➡️ bit.ly/lsfso
November 20, 2025 at 2:28 PM
🚀 Discover new and forthcoming ebooks in Liverpool Science Fiction Studies Online, a digital collection offering a broad perspective on a variety of themes relating to #SFStudies. Available to libraries as a one-off purchase and with perpetual access.
Browse the full collection ➡️ bit.ly/lsfso
Browse the full collection ➡️ bit.ly/lsfso
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November 16, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Doesn’t really alter my opinion about Chomsky the genocide apologist, but one more nail to the coffin.
In 2023, Chomsky told WSJ about his relationship with Epstein: “First response is that it is none of your business. Or anyone’s. Second is that I knew him and we met occasionally.”
Epstein: you are of course welcome to use apt in new york with your new leisure time, or visit new Mexico again
Epstein: you are of course welcome to use apt in new york with your new leisure time, or visit new Mexico again
November 13, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Doesn’t really alter my opinion about Chomsky the genocide apologist, but one more nail to the coffin.