Notices by Fredrik Graver (fgraver@hcommons.social)

RE: https://mastodon.social/@EricAlper/116811497601533437

I’d volunteer to have them come and do a show at my house.

(And yes, I’d also watch this.)

@aral Cool! My undergrad degree was in Cultural Studies (in Canada), but then I ended up working in theatre and film before moving (back, in a sense) to Norway.

@aral I will! The National Film School at IADT is hosting an international film schools conference in the last week of October. I’m hoping to get the funding to travel there.

@aral Good to know! I’m hoping to travel to Dun Laoghaire in October.

On LLMs, language, cultural references, and supressing the horrors of war. A worth-while read from @jilltxt.

“Du må ikke sove”: a floating motif detached from its meaning (or: LLMs can write Norwegian but miss cultural references) – Jill Walker Rettberg https://jilltxt.net/du-ma-ikke-sove-a-floating-motif-detached-from-its-meaning-or-llms-can-write-norwegian-but-miss-cultural-references/

(The original poem in it’s entirety can be found here: https://www.nb.no/items/d7fb96765bfb5f0bef6b1218f5cd7231?page=325)

@geirertzgaard @JosteinSN Jeg vurderer også det samme... Har en gammel MBP fra 2015 jeg vurderer å bruke som testmaskin, men er såpass lite teknisk kyndig når det kommer til programmering og koding at jeg ofte opplever instruksene for å komme i gang som en for høy terskel.

@pivic @aral 6%. Because yes, some industries *do* need to die. Just not the one the tech bros think…

Furst Haugen forstår tydeligvis ikke hvordan politikk virker. Ved å «nekte å ta side» så *har* NRK tatt side. De har tatt side med de som mener det er helt greit at et land som begår et aktivt folkemord får lov til å renvaske seg gjennom en festlig musikkonkurranse. Den falske påstanden om å «ikke ta side» vil alltid bekrefte overfor overgriperen at den kan fortsette som før uten konsekvenser.

Skam dere, NRK!

Israel får delta i Eurovision – NRK Kultur og underholdning https://www.nrk.no/kultur/israel-far-delta-i-eurovision-1.17675864

At least two different people on this train car are watching stuff on their phones — without headsets; thus forcing the rest of us to listen to whatever they’re interested in…

Perhaps I should play some music out loud? My iPad is louder than their phones… Some Gangstagrass, perhaps?

Dick Cheney was right up there with Henry Kissinger. They made the world a worse place than it was before they achieved power and influence.

Kommentar: Charlie Kirk fortjener et redelig forsvar av ytringsfriheten – ikke helgengjøring - Filter Nyheter https://filternyheter.no/kommentar-charlie-kirk-fortjener-et-aerlig-forsvar-for-ytringsfriheten-hans-ikke-helgengjoring/

@Hache @schrotthaufen @aral @Wuzzy @Mastodon Ghost is on there too? I thought they were supposed to be the ethical alternative to Substack?

This is why we can’t have nice things.

Is there a more perfect illustration of capitalism at work? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/01/dark-roof-lobby

M-dashes are the only civilised option, truly. I use m-dashes (and proper punctuation!) in text messages. https://wandering.shop/@kagan/114321556554961945

I know Trump likes to present himself as a «stable genius» but the reality is that he’s an unstable moron, with an attention span slightly less than an average goldfish. And this time around, he’s surrounded himself with people even less competent than he is. Our best hope is this administation implodes under the sheer weight of their own incompetence before the damage they do is irreparable.

@CiaraNi @aral I have the same thought in my darker, more cynical moments: the planet would be better off without us.

Musk has become the very definition of a foreign insurrectionist. He is attempting to use his money and influence to destabilise the governments of countries other than his own, and should be subject to the same sorts of sanctions and restrictions as Russian oligarchs.

Starmer condemns ‘lies and misinformation’ as he hits back at Musk https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jan/06/starmer-condemns-lies-and-misinformation-as-he-hits-back-at-musk?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

#SilentSunday

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Now, the questions becomes: will any of the ICC member states actually follow up on the arrest order should they have the opportunity…? https://social.mondoweiss.net/@mondoweiss/113521103082158420

FPÖ — an Austrian politcal party founded by a former Nazi SS officer and whose main political platform is «remigration» of refugees and immigrants — win the Austrian national election with 29%.

We live in fucking dark times when these dangerous lunatics come to power in several nations.