Harald Hanche-Olsen 🇳🇴

Harald Hanche-Olsen 🇳🇴

@hagra.no

Retired mathematician living in Trondheim, Norway 🇳🇴 – in training to become a curmudgeon.

88 followers61 following540 posts

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Nobozos
@bozoboy66.bsky.social

“Take Five” by Dave Brubeck Quartet was recorded 67 years ago today. Two years later it became a surprise hit and the biggest-selling jazz single ever.

Harald Hanche-Olsen 🇳🇴
@hagra.no

The Great Unfollowing is about to begin! I follow too many accounts. The resulting firehose of messages is just too much for me to handle, if I want to have an actual life outside of bluesky! So I am going to start unfollowing a number of accounts.

Harald Hanche-Olsen 🇳🇴
@hagra.no

To be clear, all of them are worth following on their own, many of them have great content, but I have to take care of my own sanity first of all. So if you are one of those I am going to unfollow in the following days, don't take it personally, please. I wish you well.

Harald Hanche-Olsen 🇳🇴
@hagra.no

Bluesky is my first and so far only experience with modern social media. It has been interesting, but takes up too much time and effort. I will not quit, but must scale it back severely.

Harald Hanche-Olsen 🇳🇴
@hagra.no

This saying is commonly used in Norway, probably because in Norwegian, it rhymes: Det finnes ikke dårlig vær, bare dårlige klær.

Tim McCormick@tmccormick.org

fyi, phrase/quote origin: "There Is No Bad Weather, Only Inappropriate Clothing" quoteinvestigator.com/2024/03/30/w... thanks as always @quoteinvestigator.com c/ @wanderinggaia.bsky.social

quoteinvestigator.comQuote Origin: There Is No Bad Weather, Only Inappropriate Clothing – Quote Investigator®

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Olga Nesterova
@onestpress.onestnetwork.com

Forget “standing ovations”, international articles—all with the literally same headline “of unity” as if it came via memo (have you noticed?).. watch Kaja Kallas’ face.

Harald Hanche-Olsen 🇳🇴
@hagra.no

Confirmation that my decision earlier this year to cancel my subscription to Washington Post was the right one. So sad to see it being flushed down the toilet. 💩

Karen Attiah@karenattiah.bsky.social

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

substack.comThe Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

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Lina from Crimea
@linafromcrimea.bsky.social

The Ukrainian flag flies high over a country whose core values are freedom and dignity. I love just looking at it 💙💛 The photo was taken in Crimea and published today by the Mission of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea Happy Ukrainian Flag Day! #UkrainianView

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Harald Hanche-Olsen 🇳🇴
@hagra.no

Replying to @hagra.no

Currently reading Victoria Amelina's book “Looking at women, looking at war”. One needs to learn not only about the horrors, but about the brave people fighting it. Otherwise, it becomes unbearable.

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perpetual screaming 🇺🇦
@bazub.zubko.cc

#UkrainianView #StandWithUkraine #NotOnlyPutin "Reducing everything to Putin and his entourage is historically wrong because the true foundation of Russian aggression is the Russian Empire itself — its imperial mindset."

kyivindependent.comGarry Kasparov: 'You never hear Russian opposition actually say Ukraine must win'The Russian opposition is an odd bunch. While not supporting Russia's brutal all-out war against Ukraine and its people, the leaders of the so-called opposition don't want their country to lose. A nu...
Harald Hanche-Olsen 🇳🇴
@hagra.no

Just joined. As far as I know, none of my real-world friends are here, so it will likely be nice and quiet for a while. Suits me fine. (I was never a twitter user and won't touch X with the proverbial ten foot (3048 mm) pole.)

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