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Thomas Baekdal

@baekdal.bsky.social

Author, Professional Writer, Magazine Publisher, and Media Analyst.

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Heh... The only thing this is doing is eroding Google's market dominance in Europe.

13.02.2026 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hello there.. ;)
(from my wildlife camera in my garden)

13.02.2026 11:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a black and white photo of a calendar that says friday 13 ALT: a black and white photo of a calendar that says friday 13

I don't want to alarm you ... but... it is Friday the 13th... ;)

13.02.2026 09:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
CATL's Lithium Killer is here in 2026 - NAXTRA Sodium Ion Battery launch event vlog
YouTube video by Everything Electric APAC CATL's Lithium Killer is here in 2026 - NAXTRA Sodium Ion Battery launch event vlog

China car makers just solved the range problem with electric car batteries: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX0q...

12.02.2026 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Can I just say that the surface of my office desk today is freezing cold!! ...

12.02.2026 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

What... no, seriously, what?! ...

12.02.2026 12:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The map in Horizon Zero Dawn was one of those where I just enjoying traveling around.

12.02.2026 09:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Important message if you plan to buy roses for valentine... don't. There are far better choices: Full story in inthecottagegarden story: www.instagram.com/p/DUoBYN7DHDt/

11.02.2026 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
2000: Internet, Email and the Wonder of WAP | Tomorrow's World | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive 2000: Internet, Email and the Wonder of WAP | Tomorrow's World | BBC Archive

Do you remember WAP internet? ... my site was actually once WAP compatible ;) www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYW0...

11.02.2026 09:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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F... you too Amazon/Audible. I want to own the books I pay for. Not just have 'access' to them as long as I keep paying you a monthly subscription.

I used to use Audible a lot. I think I bought more than 200 books from them over the years. But when they turned into this, I never used them again.

10.02.2026 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As far as I know, the water usage is less for eco mode too, but less so than for electricity. It's a bit of mixed output for quick. I have seen different numbers and some are even less water and some are more.

10.02.2026 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yep!

10.02.2026 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe. It's just a extreme drop, and that only happens if people didn't feel the news 'in general' wasn't valuable to them. I agree that 'news anxiety' returned to normal, but that still just shows that they didn't have a business under normal conditions.

10.02.2026 13:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

But yeah... I can only do two washes max in a day with 'eco' :)

10.02.2026 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hmm... with my washing machine, my experience is that the clothes is cleaner with the longer eco wash than the quick wash.

10.02.2026 13:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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In the media industry, there has been a lot of talk about the mess over at the Washington Post, and what caused it. In my latest newsletter, I dug deeper, and explained why the problem is really about how their audiences changed in 2017.
baekdal.com/newsletter/w...

10.02.2026 13:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't know. I have never tested it with that. As far as I know the real power/water saving it the 'soaking' where the washing machine / dishwasher is soaking for longer to release the dirt, which then uses less water/power overall. I'm not sure lower temp has the same efficiency, but I don't know

10.02.2026 10:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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A friend of mine told me today that I should always run my dishwasher and washing machine because "then it uses less water and electricity because it doesn't have to run that long." But this is completely wrong. You want to run them with the longer ECO mode, which used way less.

10.02.2026 09:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Right now I'm using Claude

10.02.2026 09:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

hehe ;)

09.02.2026 10:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My new dishwasher just arrived... ;)

09.02.2026 10:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I agree!! ... Also, not sure I would then ever have to work again ;)

09.02.2026 09:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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No no no and absolutely not! ... (also, I stopped using OpenAI months ago, and I'm so glad that I did because it's just not an ethical company.)

09.02.2026 09:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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It was a mistake to create a Google Takeout with 2 GB max file size...

08.02.2026 11:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This game is brutal ... "Cairn"

08.02.2026 10:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
President Barack Obama Surprises Veterans on Honor Flight
YouTube video by Barack Obama President Barack Obama Surprises Veterans on Honor Flight

A reminder that the there are still good things in the USA www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiYL... /cc @craignewmark.bsky.social

08.02.2026 09:53 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
CES was a red flag for tech in 2026
YouTube video by Hipyo Tech CES was a red flag for tech in 2026

This is spot on... CES was a red flag for tech in 2026 www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-u5...

08.02.2026 02:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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No you won't. What you will actually do is to hide them for a little while and then you are going to show them all over again.

07.02.2026 15:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Orwellian’: Sainsbury’s staff using facial recognition tech eject innocent shopper Man misidentified by London supermarket using Facewatch system says: β€˜I shouldn’t have to prove I am not a criminal’

The #AI company blames the store, and they're right – the store should NEVER have hired the AI company.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2... #facerec #AIEthics #AIBias via @fipr-policy.bsky.social

05.02.2026 18:26 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Spending my Friday morning upgrading my home backup system. But instead of buying a new bigger NAS, I bought this NAS expansion box. It basically expands my existing setup with four more drives.

Now I just need to extract all the old data from the old drives.

06.02.2026 08:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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