Nostr notes by Ciara

A glimpse of a rainbow #WindowFriday #FensterFreitag ...

2026-07-24T09:22:32+02:00

A glimpse of a rainbow

#WindowFriday
#FensterFreitag

Glædelig mandag. Just sending you some flowers and a postcard ...

2026-07-20T06:06:55+02:00

Glædelig mandag. Just sending you some flowers and a postcard from #Aarhus, just to wish you a good week.

Amazing! Great photos. i was extra-puzzled at first because I ...

2026-07-19T15:05:40+02:00

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Amazing! Great photos. i was extra-puzzled at first because I thought: that doesn't look remotely like Ireland. I didn't know there was a place called Innisfáil in Australia, so that was pleasing to learn too.

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2026-07-19T06:23:11+02:00

#SilentSunday

For added dystopianness: despite all the empty space, the robot ...

2026-07-18T14:58:33+02:00

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For added dystopianness: despite all the empty space, the robot kept making a beeline for the benches where people were, crashing into them, getting stuck under them. That forced people to jump out of the way, then do a dance to make its sensors redirect it. A ridiculous and unsettling situation.

Inside the museum of ethnography, you ascend a Stairway of ...

2026-07-18T07:45:41+02:00

Inside the museum of ethnography, you ascend a Stairway of Origin. On it, you meet 3.2m-year-old Lucy and 6 other reconstructed figures from the human species we’re descended from. You continue on a Stairway of Evolution that leads to the film exhibition ‘Human’. It explores where humans come from and where we are heading.

Outside the museum of ethnography, you meet Robot No. 3 relentlessly cutting the dead brown grass in scorching heat while humans huddle in the shade.

#ClimateDiary
#Aarhus

Sailing towards the weekend #FensterFreitag #WindowFriday ...

2026-07-17T07:53:07+02:00

Sailing towards the weekend

#FensterFreitag
#WindowFriday

'The climate was heated by the few" True! The 10% of ...

2026-07-16T14:24:15+02:00

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'The climate was heated by the few"

True! The 10% of humans privileged to over-consume & fly have the responsibility to act. A mass boycott of holiday flights would reduce fuel use and corporate profits (airports are shopping malls). And give politicians a message.

When the 10% implies we can't do anything until each billionaire has given up their jet, I hear: 'I'll give you my city-break flights when you pry them from my cold, dead hands on a warm, dead planet'.

hanktank61 (npub1ca3…w0g4)

Flying flying flying, then complaining about the heat on their ...

2026-07-16T09:15:05+02:00

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Flying flying flying, then complaining about the heat on their holiday after they fly fly fly home

I've just realised that I never mentioned the temperature in ...

2026-07-16T09:02:34+02:00

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I've just realised that I never mentioned the temperature in the toot or in the Alt Text. I didn't think to specify why there are so few people around. I took it for granted. I think I have normalised the scorching heat.

#ClimateDiary

Mid-afternoon, mid-city, the middle of the Summer holidays. This ...

2026-07-16T08:43:04+02:00

Mid-afternoon, mid-city, the middle of the Summer holidays. This is usually one of the most bustling streets in the city centre. Always lots of people walking around, parking bikes, waiting to meet someone, cycling by, window-shopping, standing while doing something on their phone, hanging out, going in and out of the busy supermarket. Unsettling to see it almost deserted, the few people around all walking in the thin line of shadow on one side of the street.

#ClimateDiary
#Aarhus

Two tiny things I've started doing since the heatwaves became ...

2026-07-14T08:56:28+02:00

Two tiny things I've started doing since the heatwaves became social small talk.

I use the phrase 'climate collapse'. Klimakollaps. Not climate change.

When anyone moans about the heat in isolation, as if it's just a rare hot day today, I mention the death toll and wonder aloud: 'What are we going to do about climate collapse?' Just to bring it into the conversation.

I know it's very Old Woman Yells At Climate Collapse. But it's just weird that we refuse to even mention it.

#ClimateDiary

Mastocatastrophizing. When you worry about posting a photo ...

2026-07-13T08:12:22+02:00

Mastocatastrophizing. When you worry about posting a photo because you’re afraid you’ll misuse a beloved hashtag. Like, is this #LichenSubscribe? Or #Mosstodon? And is that a window? Are we allowed toot windows when it’s not Friday?

That seems like an unfortunate vicious circle - people wasting ...

2026-07-12T20:02:02+02:00

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That seems like an unfortunate vicious circle - people wasting fuel in their cars to cool off from extreme heat caused by a climate crisis caused by humans burning fossil fuel.

That is indeed troubling, on several levels. it is worrying if ...

2026-07-12T19:37:13+02:00

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That is indeed troubling, on several levels. it is worrying if these are people who simply have no other place to cool down in extreme heat and must resort to their car.

I haven't seen this equivalent here (Denmark). It's illegal here to let your engine run idle in a stationary car or more than 60 seconds. From your observation, I assume that is not the case in the US.

I’ve been noticing little everyday escalations during this ...

2026-07-12T10:39:44+02:00

I’ve been noticing little everyday escalations during this latest record-breaking heatwave. I wonder how soon I’ll stop noticing them because they’ve become the new climate-collapse normal.

City parks empty by day because it’s too hot to sunbathe

Empty cold-drink fridges in shops

People draping scarfs over their hats as face veils

Rows of apartments with the curtains closed all day

The café’s window table with the great view is now the last, not the first, to be occupied

#ClimateDiary

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2026-07-12T08:28:02+02:00

#SilentSunday

I’m enjoying the prospect of Count Binface beating Farage. ...

2026-07-10T07:58:02+02:00

I’m enjoying the prospect of Count Binface beating Farage. Brits are wondering what a joke candidate would be like as an actual MP. We've precedent for this in Aarhus. To his own surprise, comedian Jacob Haugaard was elected to Folketinget (parliament) in ‘94 after a campaign intended to parody populist political promises. His Union of Work-Shy Elements promised ‘tailwinds on cycleways’, 'bigger Christmas gifts’ & 'more whales in Randers Fjord’. He turned out to be a good & respected politician.

Celebrity status in the Fediverse is rightly reserved for fungus ...

2026-07-09T19:45:07+02:00

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Celebrity status in the Fediverse is rightly reserved for fungus caught in especially nice light.

I never saw a single toot about Taylor Swift getting married. I ...

2026-07-09T18:09:45+02:00

I never saw a single toot about Taylor Swift getting married. I didn't know she got married until I saw a photo on the national news broadcaster's website. I was away from Mastodon for a few hours today. Within minutes of logging back on, I knew Bonnie Tyler had died and was nodding in agreement at all the toots paying respects to that excellent singer. I feel this illustrates something about the Fediverse.

Glædelig mandag. Just sending you a postcard from #Aarhus, just ...

2026-07-06T06:22:40+02:00

Glædelig mandag. Just sending you a postcard from #Aarhus, just to say that I hope this week treats you kindly.

Yes. Good points. The predictably unreliable train service in ...

2026-07-05T15:51:17+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…nsfw
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Yes. Good points.

The predictably unreliable train service in Denmark is definitely an accessibility issue. I know someone with mobility restraints who has stopped travelling. Rail used to be the accessible way she could travel independently. Now, the statistical chance of another sudden, rushed change to another train and bus mid-route is so high that she's given up. Too hard trying to hurry with a cane and a bag across levels, and then your seat reservation is gone too.

Bikes on trains is a science that has definitely not been ...

2026-07-05T15:23:11+02:00

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Bikes on trains is a science that has definitely not been perfected yet. An added problem in Denmark is that the train service has become so consistently unreliable in recent years that even basic direct A to B routes surprise you with sudden train changes half-way that give you bare minutes to change platforms, often on different levels, or suddenly switch to replacement buses. A problem if you've a bike with you.

My experience is that it is more of a problem these days because ...

2026-07-05T15:12:14+02:00

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My experience is that it is more of a problem these days because there are so many more cargo bikes and e-bikes. Which is a great thing, but it changes the requirements for how many and what kind of bikes fit at bike racks.

"The bike I ride the most km on doesn't have a motor, but its gears are e-actuated. I call it the "bike with mike.""

Cool! I've never seen that kind of bike.

Oh agreed! I only say 'bikes' normally. There are just ...

2026-07-05T12:54:04+02:00

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Oh agreed! I only say 'bikes' normally. There are just specific contexts in which it's necessary to distinguish. The bike mechanic asks when you book a full service because it gives an idea how long it'll take her. When I'm grumbling about bike racks, there are specific problems because rack design doesn't accommodate e-bikes and cargo bikes. Although now that you say it, I may start saying horseless buggies for all of them.

Ah, interesting! I didn't know 'acoustic bike' was a ...

2026-07-05T12:30:27+02:00

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Ah, interesting! I didn't know 'acoustic bike' was a general term and I am happy to learn it is. I've just been using it as my own shorthand for 'not an electric bike'. My bike mechanic uses the term 'rugbrødscykel'. I didn't think Ryebread Bike would catch on in English. Although I do like the idea of calling them Brown Bread Bikes.

The deadline for applying to first-choice university courses is ...

2026-07-05T09:28:35+02:00

The deadline for applying to first-choice university courses is today. The Danish Studies Guidance centre has been inundated with worried questions from school-leavers who fear choosing an education that gets replaced by generative AI. For the first year ever, the Chamber of Commerce hasn’t issued its list of recommended courses that should lead to stable employment because they daren’t predict in the face of AI.

We need collective social responsibility here, I think.

https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/i-dag-vaelger-unge-uddannelse-men-en-ny-gamechanger-skaber-tvivl

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2026-07-05T08:52:06+02:00

#SilentSunday

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2026-07-05T08:49:04+02:00

#SilentSunday

I am taking the liberty of using your toot thread to note that ...

2026-07-04T09:55:33+02:00

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I am taking the liberty of using your toot thread to note that there's still time for citizens in Denmark to sign the citizen petition telling the government to 'Get Rid of Palantir'.

'Afskaf Palantir i Danmark' - closing date for signatures is 16th August.

https://www.borgerforslag.dk/se-og-stoet-forslag/?Id=FT-22854

Aral Balkan (npub1p09…m5vl)

I tried and failed to take a photo of the skyline, but think I ...

2026-07-04T09:17:04+02:00

I tried and failed to take a photo of the skyline, but think I like the accidental snap better.

#MagicInTheMundane

God fornøjelse med det nye job - god arbejdslyst!

2026-06-29T06:48:07+02:00

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God fornøjelse med det nye job - god arbejdslyst!

37° heat is depressing. So is the way we’re dealing with ...

2026-06-28T11:07:39+02:00

37° heat is depressing. So is the way we’re dealing with climate collapse. The language we’re using, the excuses we’re making. Making heat records a game, excitedly watching to see if Number Goes Up. The news said the latest temperature had ‘ruined the chance of another new record’. And we all seem to agree that, conveniently, there’s no use in inconveniencing ourselves personally by consuming less or not flying until the day after every billionaire has given up their private jet.

#ClimateDiary

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2026-06-28T10:36:21+02:00

#SilentSunday

Such an evocative photo. There are a thousand stories in that ...

2026-06-28T09:21:20+02:00

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Such an evocative photo. There are a thousand stories in that scene.

Midsummer sunrise in Aarhus ...

2026-06-22T16:26:00+02:00

Midsummer sunrise in Aarhus

It is so counter-productive. Driving away veterans with all your ...

2026-06-22T11:38:33+02:00

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It is so counter-productive. Driving away veterans with all your experience, who have been contributing voluntarily for 15 years. Policing and putting off newcomers with constant negative comments and unsolicited 'advice'. A shame.

I don't want to escalate really. I normally just ignore, but ...

2026-06-22T10:12:09+02:00

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I don't want to escalate really. I normally just ignore, but something about it bugged me enough to reply directly to his post on my page. I think it's because it's Wiki. It's about sharing free resources as a community and helping each other in collaboration, so a veteran putting a newcomer down with condescension and territorial behaviour seems counter-productive. If he has a point, it's lost in the way he delivered it and just makes me think I'm not arsed doing more Wiki-stuff.

The problem (as I experience it) is that they are not making an ...

2026-06-22T09:41:59+02:00

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The problem (as I experience it) is that they are not making an objection on the relevant content page. They have, not for the first time, turned up on my user page with unsolicited 'advice' about how I can be a better Wikipedian and share better photos that meet the wiki-guidelines. If they want to object, I think the process is simple - they can use the content page and be specific and nominate for deletion, then the community (in which I greatly trust) can decide.

I appear to be having my first Wiki-argument. I feel there should ...

2026-06-22T09:23:18+02:00

I appear to be having my first Wiki-argument. I feel there should be a traditional way to mark this milestone in life. Greeting cards in the shops that say: 'Congratulations on your special day, Wikipedian - Happy Wiki Row!' A nicely bound, beribboned book with 'Baby's First Wiki Row' in gold letters on the front where you record the steps.

Glædelig Mandag. The first Monday after the solstice. Today, ...

2026-06-22T06:18:02+02:00

Glædelig Mandag. The first Monday after the solstice. Today, daylight will be 2 seconds shorter than yesterday. Tomorrow, daylight will be 13 seconds shorter than today. Next thing I know, I’ll be trying to find my mittens. Here’s a postcard from #Aarhus, just to wish you a good, bright, light week.

15th June. Valdemarsdag. Valdemar's Day in Denmark. According ...

2026-06-15T23:08:33+02:00

15th June. Valdemarsdag. Valdemar's Day in Denmark. According to legend, the day when Dannebrog, the Danish flag, first appeared, falling down from the heavens onto the battlefield as King Valdemar The Victorious defeated the Estonians in 1219. Dannebrog, the world's oldest national flag. A flag that's used in celebration in everyday ways, like on congratulation cards and party napkins and birthday cakes. And is celebrated itself on Valdemarsdag when it's flown on buses and buildings and boats.

Glædelig mandag. Just sending you a postcard from #Aarhus, just ...

2026-06-15T06:21:36+02:00

Glædelig mandag. Just sending you a postcard from #Aarhus, just to say that I hope this week treats you calmly and kindly.

I was genuinely chuffed when I saw afterwards what she'd ...

2026-06-14T19:14:49+02:00

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I was genuinely chuffed when I saw afterwards what she'd written, that she'd referred to our actual conversation about the short story form. We'd agreed that it is the single most absolutely supreme and absolutely magical literary form. Because it is, of course.

At any literary event I’ve been to, the author has been happy ...

2026-06-14T18:49:36+02:00

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At any literary event I’ve been to, the author has been happy to sign books. Even old worn ones. The writers don’t just sign them mechanically, but chat with each reader. Often, they personalise the inscription. The queue never gets restless. People happily chat about books as they wait their turn. I fangirl-gushed at Lucy Caldwell and instead of calling security, she chatted with me about our mutual love of short stories, then wrote this generous inscription.

#Books
#Bookstodon
#AICouldNever

The staff at our local independent bookshop make a display with ...

2026-06-14T18:47:15+02:00

The staff at our local independent bookshop make a display with tiny hand-crafted editions of each book that has been included in their monthly Bookpack subscription.

They hand-pack each month’s books in a box with handmade labels and staff-drawn decorations. Your name is handwritten on it in nice gold lettering.

Inside, there’s always some little extra that makes you smile, like this month's scroll – a home-made treasure map of their bookshelves.

#Books
#Bookstodon
#AICouldNever

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2026-06-14T09:42:18+02:00

#SilentSunday

It's perfect. The layers, the mood - wonderfully captured

2026-06-08T21:49:30+02:00

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It's perfect. The layers, the mood - wonderfully captured

Lovely photo

2026-06-08T21:19:42+02:00

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Lovely photo

I thought it was a painting at first. The colours 💚

2026-06-08T21:03:46+02:00

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I thought it was a painting at first. The colours 💚

Tillykke!

2026-06-07T21:57:38+02:00

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Tillykke!

Waiting in running gear at pedestrian lights near the city ...

2026-06-07T19:41:55+02:00

Waiting in running gear at pedestrian lights near the city square, I noticed someone in running gear waiting on the other side. I was hefting an ironing board picked up on the way home. He held a bag of potting soil. Beside me, a young couple in wedding-guest finery carried a giant pack of toilet rolls. It struck me as a sign of a livable, walkable city. The things people casually have in their hands in the shadow of a cathedral show if a city is home to ordinary people.

#Aarhus #LiveableCities

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2026-06-07T10:05:42+02:00

#SilentSunday

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2026-06-07T09:54:47+02:00

#SilentSunday

Glædelig mandag. Just sending you a postcard from #Aarhus, just ...

2026-06-01T06:20:49+02:00

Glædelig mandag. Just sending you a postcard from #Aarhus, just to say that I hope this week treats you kindly.

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2026-05-31T08:49:50+02:00

#SilentSunday

A curiosity I noticed at the library sale. Normally there's ...

2026-05-26T21:29:51+02:00

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A curiosity I noticed at the library sale. Normally there's loads of room at the tables where the CDs are laid out according to genre. This year, I had to trip up twentysomethings and throw teenagers over my shoulder to get to them. Individually and in groups, they were seriously curating pop and rock sale CDs. I saw Rod Stewart, Duran Duran, Talking Heads and Missy Eliott on their piles. Anecdotally, I wondered if this was a sign of younger people resisting streaming and digital capture.

Library sale loot. We need a word for the particular kind of joy ...

2026-05-26T21:09:53+02:00

Library sale loot. We need a word for the particular kind of joy you feel when you pay next-to-nothing for books you could have read for free before.

10 books for 80 kr. (€10.71). In a country where your average book costs about 250 kr. or €35.

2 CDs for 5 kr. (67 cents)

I love the fact that the librarians provide shopping baskets.

#Books
#Libraries
#Bookstodon

Reading chair at the library ...

2026-05-25T20:28:42+02:00

Reading chair at the library

I didn't know the name for that long, beautifully polished ...

2026-05-25T06:49:17+02:00

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I didn't know the name for that long, beautifully polished wooden pole-ey boom-ey stickey-out bit on the front of the royal yacht. So I couldn't describe it properly in the Alt Text, and said so. Tak and danke and thank you to Peter Gogl (npub18pj…5crl) for helping me out here. It is a called a 'sprit'. That name suits it, I think. A snappy spikey spirited sprit. That was a pleasing thing to learn.

Glædelig mandag. It’s one of those gentle Mondays, here in ...

2026-05-25T06:02:57+02:00

Glædelig mandag. It’s one of those gentle Mondays, here in Denmark, because it’s a day off for most people. A public holiday. Pinse. Whitsun. Pentecost. Here’s a Pinse-postcard from #Aarhus, just to wish you a good Monday and a good week.

Sorry to hear you've been in hospital. Am glad you're ...

2026-05-24T10:10:40+02:00

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Sorry to hear you've been in hospital. Am glad you're home now. I hope you are doing okay - sending you good wishes for a good recovery.

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2026-05-24T08:51:15+02:00

#SilentSunday

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2026-05-17T08:28:35+02:00

#SilentSunday

Am a bit disappointed now to learn that there is no Viking emoji, ...

2026-05-14T10:46:59+02:00

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Am a bit disappointed now to learn that there is no Viking emoji, which I had hoped to respond with here. A Viking longship emoji could also be part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Things you can do in your local urban community garden: smell the ...

2026-05-14T10:33:59+02:00

Things you can do in your local urban community garden:

smell the flowers

admire people’s vegetables

have a cup of coffee in the geodome

sit on a bench and enjoy the sea view

follow the progress of the Viking ship that a group of young people are building by hand using 12th-century boat-building techniques

#Aarhus #Viking #Shipbuilding

Our local independent bookshop has a monthly ‘mystery book’ ...

2026-05-11T19:04:26+02:00

Our local independent bookshop has a monthly ‘mystery book’ subscription. The staff have hand-crafted teeny tiny editions of each title they’ve included so far. Each book cover is a faithful rendition of the real one. Amazon could never. AI could never.

#Books
#Bookstodon

Glædelig mandag. Just sending you a postcard from #Aarhus, just ...

2026-05-11T06:23:12+02:00

Glædelig mandag. Just sending you a postcard from #Aarhus, just to say that I hope this week treats you kindly.

It's the opposite of a Silent Sunday in Aarhus right now. ...

2026-05-10T20:52:48+02:00

It's the opposite of a Silent Sunday in Aarhus right now. AGF, the city’s football team, famous for breaking its fans hearts again and again, just won the Danish league championship for the first time in 40 years. The city centre is now one gigantic hyggelig boisterous party of car horns and whistles and bicycle bells and singing and dancing and general happy mayhem. Tillykke, AGF og alle jer AGF fans!

16th century emoji #Aarhus #DenGamleBy ...

2026-05-10T09:34:53+02:00

16th century emoji

#Aarhus
#DenGamleBy

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2026-05-10T08:32:37+02:00

#SilentSunday

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2026-05-10T08:00:09+02:00

#SilentSunday

Gorgeous flowers and plants and photos. And thank you for ...

2026-05-09T08:33:11+02:00

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Gorgeous flowers and plants and photos. And thank you for introducing me to the words 'zingiber spectabile' - a perfect and fantastic name.

Oh how the kids used to laugh at our tales of job-hunting by ...

2026-05-09T07:36:16+02:00

Oh how the kids used to laugh at our tales of job-hunting by walking into places. I wonder if GAI was invented by a guerilla solarpunker, because it seems to be bringing back some of our old ways.

Danish nursing services are increasingly hiring through informal drop-in interviews.

”The same words were being used in job applications, as if written by AI. Personal meetings at drop-in interviews give a more genuine sense of the applicant and whether it's a good match.’

https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/traet-af-skrive-jobansoegninger-her-kan-du-faa-job-ved-blot-moede-op

On May 4th 1945, the BBC broadcast news of the German surrender ...

2026-05-04T21:48:57+02:00

On May 4th 1945, the BBC broadcast news of the German surrender in Denmark. Danes tore down their Nazi-imposed curfew blackout blinds and lit candles in their windows. Every May 4th since, people mark the liberation by putting a candle in their window at dusk. Every year, someone says: that tradition is dying out. Only old people do it now. Every year, the candles in windows and on balconies in our mixed-use, mixed-generation, mixed-age neighbourhood tell a different story.

I'll say this much for Monday - it's persistent. Here it ...

2026-05-04T06:20:53+02:00

I'll say this much for Monday - it's persistent. Here it is again. Glædelig mandag. Here's a postcard from #Aarhus, just to say that I hope this week treats you kindly.

Me too. I like tulips best when they look like they are ...

2026-05-03T16:00:57+02:00

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Me too. I like tulips best when they look like they are staggering home laughing, happy and dishevelled, after a brilliant night out.

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2026-05-03T10:13:27+02:00

#SilentSunday

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2026-05-03T09:02:31+02:00

#SilentSunday

Glædelig mandag. Just sending you a postcard from #Aarhus, just ...

2026-04-27T06:22:12+02:00

Glædelig mandag. Just sending you a postcard from #Aarhus, just to say that I hope this week treats you kindly.

If I may take the liberty of speaking on behalf of a city, I will ...

2026-04-26T21:27:52+02:00

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If I may take the liberty of speaking on behalf of a city, I will say tak & thank you 🙂 It's such a part of daily modern speech and life that I forget myself that technological Bluetooth has an ancient royal Danish origin. It seems both bizarre and fitting at the same time.

It's a very atmospheric place - one of the centuries-old ...

2026-04-26T20:45:34+02:00

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It's a very atmospheric place - one of the centuries-old buildings in the open-air history museum here in Aarhus. If the walls could tell stories, if the timbers could tell tales ...

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2026-04-26T09:22:20+02:00

#SilentSunday

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2026-04-26T09:09:00+02:00

#SilentSunday

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2026-04-26T08:42:45+02:00

#SilentSunday

Haha - I scuttled past it quickly on my way through the park, ...

2026-04-25T08:44:03+02:00

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Haha - I scuttled past it quickly on my way through the park, feeling that I was lowering the tone of the festival just by passing it at my age, decades too old to be in the vicinity. It is a fantastic festival of jubilant happy young students that makes the whole city centre buzz.

”If you could measure the level of alcohol in your blood right ...

2026-04-25T08:34:18+02:00

”If you could measure the level of alcohol in your blood right now, would you do it?”

The fact that the Yes button has been snapped off seems like a clear answer

'In December 1818, five months after Austen’s death, ...

2026-04-23T21:06:34+02:00

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'In December 1818, five months after Austen’s death, Northanger Abbey was finally published in a four-volume set together with Persuasion. The first volume includes a heartfelt ’Biographical Notice' by her brother Henry, in which he publicly names his sister as the author of her novels for the first time.’

That handwritten 'Miss Austen', oh my

#Books
#JaneAusten

BY A LADY. #Books #JaneAusten ...

2026-04-23T20:52:31+02:00

BY A LADY.

#Books
#JaneAusten

It's not, of course, generative AI that's deceiving ...

2026-04-23T08:05:49+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…wnev
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It's not, of course, generative AI that's deceiving people. It's the humans using AI to generate fake images and the humans who pass the fake images off as their own photos who are deceiving other humans.

People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water ...

2026-04-23T07:56:03+02:00

People keep sharing an image of a bird with a drop of water bursting on its head like a crown. It's AI, but people share it in good faith, believing it’s an amazing photo by a human of a real bird in a real moment of time. Meanwhile, humans who have taken amazing photos of real birds captured in real moments of time, like a hummingbird in ballet with a butterfly, get questioned in good faith by people who are tired of being cheated by AI-deceit. The way AI has broken social trust is distressing.

Glædelig mandag. Another Monday. Another week in a world in ...

2026-04-20T06:14:16+02:00

Glædelig mandag. Another Monday. Another week in a world in which things keep relentlessly happening. Here's a postcard from #Aarhus, just to wish you a calm week.

I appear to be waging a one-woman ’See Something, Say ...

2026-04-19T10:40:02+02:00

I appear to be waging a one-woman ’See Something, Say Something’ campaign where I write to companies to register my displeasure when they use AI to enshittify customer service. And when their app is only available to Google & Apple customers. Their AI wastes my time with useless ’customer service’. I take time to word constructive customer feedback. Their AI reads it. I spend time reading a useless AI reply. AI increases productivity my bollix. What a waste of human time.

#OldWomanYellsAtCloud

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2026-04-19T08:59:49+02:00

#SilentSunday

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2026-04-19T08:29:03+02:00

#SilentSunday

There should be a Nobel Prize in Audiobook Narration and it ...

2026-04-14T12:41:41+02:00

There should be a Nobel Prize in Audiobook Narration and it should be awarded to Indira Varma. Birgit Nilsson signing Wagner. Enrico Caruso signing Puccini. Indira Varma reading Pratchett. a perfect collaboration. Her interpretations of the characters are spot-on and hilarious. Their mannerisms and accents are like the cure for a bad day. Nothing more joyful than hearing a Varma-acted argument between Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick.

#Audiobooks #Discworld
#Books #Bookstodon

Monday has just walked in. Without so much as a by your leave. ...

2026-04-13T06:15:51+02:00

Monday has just walked in. Without so much as a by your leave. Glædelig mandag. Here's a postcard from ⁨#Aarhus⁩, just to wish you a good, calm week.

Great photo. Enjoy!

2026-04-12T13:25:51+02:00

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Great photo. Enjoy!

That's the Gamle By Old Town open-air museum. Well worth a ...

2026-04-12T11:28:24+02:00

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That's the Gamle By Old Town open-air museum. Well worth a visit if you are ever in town.

I'm permanently fascinated by the fact that good ...

2026-04-12T11:16:54+02:00

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I'm permanently fascinated by the fact that good photographers are the worst offenders. One fabulous photo rendered unseeable in a sea of 8, 14, 26 messy blue hashtags.