Thomas Baekdal

Two newspapers: Politiken: Crushing defeat for Netanyahu, according to analysis after exit polls Berlingske: Exit poll points to lengthy negotiations – that is a win for Netanyahu ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

You know what is weird about getting old? It's that most people are now younger than you. When I was younger, actors on TV were older than me. But now, they are almost always younger than me. Take Star Trek: Patrick Stewart was 47 in TNG Kathryn Janeway was 39 in VOY Benjamin Sisko was 44 in DS9

The genocide continues... www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

Every year I do a mini-study where I look at how newspaper front pages appear to the public. How many headlines are positive, negative, antagonistic, fear-based, or joyful, as well as how they rank in terms of relevance. Take a look at how 29 newspapers rank: baekdal.com/newsletter/n... (Plus)

BBC 1996: Can a Computer Produce Art? www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7ye...

I have a 1000/1000 internet connection. This is my speed right now... but we did also have a storm last night?!

I wonder how many times publishers can 'pivot to video'. I mean, they have been pivoting to video for a decade now...

🇫🇮 Finns are reading news from the USA and drawing correct conclusions.

Fuck everything... I mean, seriously!! It's no wonder that young people don't think that governments will do enough for the climate. We are failing on every single level possible. source: www.dr.dk/nyheder/udla...

I'm so glad that I have never used PHP ;))

Heh... there is a funny thing about being a media analyst and doing some analysis of news in Australia because, while it's Oct 21 here in Denmark, it's currently Oct 22 in Australia. So, I'm "reading tomorrow's news today!"

'Rain possible tomorrow' ... yes, this is Denmark. Rain is always possible. It's the default weather from September to May ;)

I mean, what more does she want? ;)

Zelenskyy that restrictions on Starlink systems remain. Interceptor drones can't function, logistics and operations hobbled. The maximum speed is 161 kph; "exceeding this limit causes the Starlink connection to cut out completely, resulting in the loss of the drone." www.ft.com/content/e267...

I will definitely try to spend more time thinking outside the box ;)

Remember when Arthur Dent from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy tried to get an AI to make him a cup of tea, and it was "almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea". That is how I feel after having trying to get Gemini to create a sketch-styled portrait image of me. Close... but now quite there.

Working on something....

This is a perfect example of how different the European car market is from the US market. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zwwz... ... in the US, it's all massive SUVs and pickup trucks. But in Europe, we want this.

After 20 years, it's finally time for some new mattresses... 7 zones, tons of layers, etc. ... in two weeks, I can finally get a good nights sleep again! (I hope)

So, my bed is now 20 years old and I'm starting to think about replacing it... so I was looking at beds, and... wait... 5 million DKK? How?!? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ You could buy a house for that, several houses even (outside the bigger cities) (£580,800 / €686,000 / $768,800)

We are all f**ked...! ;)

I'm going nuts... this is the radiator line going through my home office, from the ground floor to the upper floor... (sound on)

I have a complaint. I need today to be Wednesday to be able to finish everything that I need to do this week.

I I might be weird, but one of the most insane things I have ever seen is this new trend on Instagram of spraying your bed linen with some kind of scented mist before going to bed. I'm one those who are allergic to perfumes. I have no idea if I would react to this, but the very idea is just nuts!

The good thing about getting old is that you can just ignore things like this ;)

surprise surprise he’s a climate change denier and doesn’t seem to understand basic reality futurism.com/artificial-i...

This is me every day...

This is pretty cool!! -- FREE Tool for Animated Travel Maps www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CGv...

I have a weird problem. When I write, even though my brain thinks about what to write, my fingers sometimes 'take a shortcut'. I wanted to write "audience engagement", and my fingers wrote "audiengement" ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ This happens multiple times per week...

Every single day, the top source of malicious traffic to my site is coming from Microsoft's and Google's cloud servers. Meaning, Microsoft and Google is both enabling, allowing and profiting from hosting malicious bots.

So, an acquaintance told me that he had COVID last week. Remember COVID? That thing everyone just pretends no longer exist? Yep, it's still here ... in fact, this is the graph for Denmark, showing it coming back again (and again) for another winter season.

I cancelled my YouTube premium subscription about a month ago, which means YouTube has no gone into "no.... please come back"-mode ;)

Here is how to disable Firefox's hideous new UI. No Firefox, I don't want my browser to have a color tint. I want it to be neutral in color so that it doesn't clash with any website color.

Heads up ;)

I don't think I remember any other time in my life where whenever there is a new update, my reaction is "nope, don't want it!". Windows is now telling me that there is a new Upgrade to Windows 11, and it's just more AI being forced into Windows.

Sometimes when I get bored, I ask the AIs to turn an image from old animated tv show into a real one. Is there any purpose to this? Nope... it's just some strange form of fun. This example is from the old animated show 'Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century'.

Did you know that the global fresh vegetables industry is about ~$733–749B vs. the 'snacks' industry at around ~$680–750B. I was reminded by this when working on something with the media today. Are you a creating healthy informative media or just quick media snacks?

I must admit that I will be more than happy to use Claude Code if it means I never have to look at JavaScript ever again in my life... ;)

I have spent all day today getting to Inbox Zero ... I dream of the Roman era ;)

Well, that's explains it ... ;)

I'm spending my Sunday answering all the emails I have been neglecting because there has just been too many things to do....

Heh... Google has been jealous of the other AI companies for all the press they were getting, so now their AI hacked something too 😂 ... and just like the other examples, it's all fake. They didn't hack anything. They went through a door that was left open to them.

I must admit, this is a bit of a problem considering I'm a media analyst ...

I generally hate captcas, but what I hate even more is when a captcha is just straight up wrong because the images were not picked by actual humans. No Google, that roadside embankment is NOT a mountain.

I just found my old DVD set of Spin City (1996-2002) ... those were the days ;)