Category Inspiration

Heather Cox Richardson is an anchor in the storm

How does she do it? So happy that there are people like her who are able to be the anchor we all need right now.

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks after being sworn-in on New Year’s Day.

Sohran Mamdani’s speech makes me hopeful. Happy and hopeful new year!

Sofia Jansson reads The Fir Tree by Tove Jansson

It’s Christmas morning and I wish you all a peaceful day. A perfect day to read or listen to audiobooks. In Yle’s (the Finnish national broadcasting) archive you will find all of Tove Jansson’s works which Tove herself reads aloud in Swedish. What a gift! Today, the short story The Fir Tree (part of the […]

Tove Jansson läser Granen – tack Tove och Yle!

Det är juldagsmorgon och jag önskar er alla en skön och rofylld dag. En perfekt dag att läsa eller att lyssna på ljudböcker. I Yles arkiv hittar du alla Tove Janssons verk inlästa av henne själv. Vilken gåva! Just idag passar ju novell Granen (en del av novellsamlingen Det osynliga barnet) perfekt – det är […]

An AI made my masters thesis into a pod – should I be scared?

I got an e-mail message from Academia.edu which said an AI had made a pod discussing my master’s thesis. I was going to throw the message in the garbage bin but decided to check it out. I was impressed and scared at the same time. It was a good, short, easily understandable summarization of the […]

Hicks and Patty Smith: Peaceable Kingdom

Patty Smith – the queen if rock – sang her song (2004) “Peaceable Kingdom” at Stephen Colbert’s Late Show last night. I have always liked the poster of the painting “Peaceable Kingdom” we have hanging on our wall at home. But I often see it and wonder: How could we have peace today? What would […]

Thank you Nicole and MSNBC.

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Jeff Daniels’ love song

 Jeff Daniels wrote a love song that was inspired by the No Kings day protests across the country on the weekend.

Re-charge #2 – HuisKamerCollab | Dutch Design Week

Jonas högtalare kan upplevas på Dutch Design Week. “Slow downOur home is once again transformed into a public, collective and universal place for experimental performances and presentations within the context of its intimacy. Due to today’s compulsive communication media, silence and stillness are becoming increasingly rare. The installation encou…” — Läs på site.ddw.nl/

Thankful for Martin, Nicole and Lawrence.

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