Notices by Arnfinn Pettersen (arnfinnp@oslo.town)

The instinct of inevitable progress, is the enemy of actual progress.

I was born in Norway in 1969. I grew up in a world where progress, financially and socially, seemed to be the default. Things might not always improve, but for every step back, there seemed to be two forward.

My generation seem almost incapable to comprehend the fact that progress is not inevitable. That what is won might be lost. That we must work to move in the right direction.

Maybe even fight.

It seems like I have successfully protested to the use of my texts and photos for the training of Meta's generative AI on both Fb and Instagram. In both cases I posted a short text more or less like this: "I am on principle against the use of other people's copyrighted material for the training of generative AI, and strongly protest that my text and photos are used for such training." Feel free to re-use that. For whatever good it might do.

Adobe introduces the One Click Stalin tool.

"However you define ‘woke,’ anti-woke means being a cunt who wants to indulge bigots."
Steve Albini RIP

Congratulations to Count Binface for a clear victory over Britain First in the elections for Mayor of London.

Already had use for my Norwegian version, so I figured this could come in handy in English too. And rarely has the slapping part felt more appropriate.

#internationalWomensDay

Just posted my 100th photo on Pixelfed. A place I enjoy way more than I thought I would.

https://pixelfed.social/arnfinnp

#pixelfed #photography

If you have no plans for the day.

I have reached the point where I'm almost certain I will buy a Brompton. But there is one question I just can't find an answer to. So help me out:

Is the seat post in any way fastened to the bike? Or can you just pull it all the way out?

That would make locking it in a high bike theft city like Oslo a rather nervy experience. And I really don't want to have to bring the seat post with me everywhere.

#brompton

My account tells me it's only six weeks since I started using Pixelfed seriously. In that time I have come to love it.

The reach is unbelievable, helped by the fact that I can share it to my followers here. The possibility to share makes it an entirely different beast than Instagram. More like Tumblr, but centred on original photography.

There is so much good stuff on display. And as opposed to Ig, hashtags work the way they're supposed to.

https://pixelfed.social/arnfinnp

Alex Jones is back on Twitter. If you still use the place, you're part of the problem.

Pakistan further tightens their already absurd blasphemy laws, that are regularly used against minorities in the country.

#blasphemy

https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/south-asia/pakistan-tightens-blasphemy-laws-b2267307.html

Ayaan Hirsi Ali has become a Christian, to be better prepared for "civilisational war". So sorry, Christian friends, but she's your problem now. Kind regards, all atheists.

https://unherd.com/2023/11/why-i-am-now-a-christian/

Is there a Fediverse solution for establishing a small online magazine?

@forteller @writefreely

Det ser fælt ut, og har vel ikke vært oppdatert på åtte år.

@forteller @writefreely

Tok en kikk nå, og det ser ut som de faktisk HAR gjort noe med den. Får gi den en test.

@forteller @writefreely

Åkei, da tester jeg Write as igjen:

https://write.as/arnfinnp/ytringsfrihetsdebatt-pa-autopilot

@forteller @writefreely

Jeg har ingen planer om å hoste noe selv. Og de forutsetter vel det? Write.as er på sin side helt ubrukelig.

I had a small text blog on Svbtle. Today I linked to a text there. A friend in Brazil got a scam warning from Microsoft. And all Svbtle's emails bounce.

I think it's time to move on. Where does one publish the occasional text, that does not require trying to figure out the highly non intuitive loops of Wordpress?

Sorry. Had to. It's tradition.

#terriblePuns