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kvarckendahl.bsky.social
Severe occupational burnout survivor searching for a new life | Interests: language use, disinformation, populism, social justice, international politics, WW2, crafts, pottery, cats | Introvert | Ally 🏳️‍🌈 | She/her/hän
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My lecture on Information Disorder and what to do about it will be livestreamed here tonight at 5:30pm CET www.youtube.com/watch?v=d051...

submitted 16 days ago • 4 comments

Excellent NYT interview with the outgoing U.S. ambassador to Hungary. This is a key insight!

submitted 34 days ago • 51 comments

My letter in today's Guardian. Just asking, like. But I think we know the answer.

submitted 44 days ago • 376 comments

nobody does more brutal fashion reviews than the irish

submitted 92 days ago • 174 comments

Apropos of nothing, here are some of the actual jobs Hitler's top guys had before he put them in charge of Germany: Von Ribbentrop - wine salesman. Added the 'von' to his name cos he wanted to be an aristocrat Goebbels: Bank clerk Himmler: Chicken farmer/ manure processing plant worker 1/2

submitted 99 days ago • 4 comments

this thread tho

submitted 146 days ago • 44 comments

Yet another one for the Cross Stitch Ideas List.

submitted 238 days ago • 0 comments

It’s beautiful to watch the flow of an idea as it diverges over centuries of cultural exchange and interaction

submitted 437 days ago • 23 comments

Just crazy how ubiquitous AI-generated imagery has become, even for generic corporate portraits! Was just checking out a relatively new Indian news outlet called BNN and was reading up about its founder when I caught of glimpse of his molten hands. bnnbreaking.com/about/

submitted 428 days ago • 4 comments

the gradual replacement of “exchanging money for goods” with “exchanging money for a license to use goods as a service” has been one low key one of the worst changes of the 21st century

submitted 448 days ago • 124 comments

21 countries surveyed in Aug-Sept 2023. Least support for Trump re-election from Finland, Belgium, and France. Trump would get re-elected only in Israel, Turkey, Nigeria, and Pakistan. Across the countries, ca. 43% support for Biden, 23% for Trump.

submitted 472 days ago • 2 comments

Cabin crew: Is there a Dr on board? Me: I am a Dr Cabin crew: Thank God. We have a question about the 18th century textile trade in Northern Africa Me: Ah. I'm afraid my PhD is in the ceramics of Northern Europe, 1672 - 1701

submitted 481 days ago • 25 comments

Last night came around the corner to be faced with this situation:

submitted 482 days ago • 73 comments

Hello, craftsky 👋 - weaving my first rug ever is well on its way! 😊 Best decision of the year for me to join the course and begin weaving. Really enjoying it. I only hope I will be able to finish the rug by Christmas!

submitted 487 days ago • 0 comments

Cats have attained evolutionary perfection. Anjali Goswami explains how weird and awesome cats are from an evolutionary standpoint--and the meaning of evolutionary success--in this @sciam.bsky.social interview. (Ft my perfect cat, Kyle.) www.scientificamerican.com/article/cats...

submitted 507 days ago • 18 comments

"X is now an app that forcibly puts abhorrent content into users’ feeds and then rewards financially the people who were the most successful in producing it, egging them on to do it again and again" www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

submitted 505 days ago • 80 comments

Started a new hobby a couple of weeks ago - hoping to finish making my very first rug ever before the year is out! Actually sat behind a loom last night and got the work going, veeery slowly and with a good amount of insecure fumbling, I might add! 😅

submitted 505 days ago • 0 comments

Dream denied

submitted 508 days ago • 13 comments

Twitter has the highest prevalence of disinformation among six online platforms studied by the EU. Fake news comes primarily from Russia’s disinformation operation, a "weapon of mass manipulation." www.scmp.com/tech/big-tec...

submitted 511 days ago • 14 comments