"This is for people who likes suffering efficiently" ... is one of the best quotes I have ever heard ;) How Do Chinese People Actually Type? www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5AG...

In my latest newsletter, I write about how I have had enough of Google's AI shenanigans in their focus to directly harm publishers: baekdal.com/newsletter/g...

If you go to NYT Cooking, their recipes are only available to NYT Cooking subscribers. But you can just go to Google Search, activate AI mode, and then you can just ask Google's AI to give you the recipe without ever having to visit NYT Cooking at all. More about this in my next newsletter.

I'm going to make a prediction. At some point Trump will make an ultimatum that Denmark gives access to Greenland's oil and rare earth minerals. His excuse will be to 'pay for USA helping to defend Greenland against a Russian and China'. Of course, we in Denmark don't want to destroy the climate.

This seems like a maliciously put headline to make people feel a certain way. Wikipedia is not partaking in generative AI. They are making AI companies and scrappers having to pay for training their modules off wikipedia texts. And having an AI (not that ai) tasked with updating dead links.

BBC report at a headline level that Grok will now not make sexually exploitative images any more. An actual reporter comes on and explains that it will do no such thing, and will just make the images invisible in the UK. These are two very, very different things.

US Republicans are saying that Greenland must choose between freedom and dictatorships ... so Greenland chose freedom:

Note to my friends in the US. How is it possible for your President to just unilateral decide whether or not to launch an attack on Iran? What kind of dictatorship is that? In comparison, when Denmark decided to enter Afghanistan, it could only be done after a parliament vote.

Can I just point out how insane it is that we have to build up our military presence in Greenland and talk about risk of hostilities, not because of Russia or China but because of threats coming from USA. Think about this. The greatest threat to Denmark is the USA and it's dictator of a president.

Good news everyone... My new dishwasher has been delayed again. Now it won't arrive for another three weeks. 😐😐😐

The problem with the US 'first past the post/winner take all' election system is that's it's literally impossible for a third party to win. So what this means is that we will just end up with unrepresentative winners.

Publishers expect traffic from search to fall by 43% in the next 3 years. This is one of the findings of our new report on media trends. Authored by Nic Newman, it's based on a survey of 280 media leaders. Full report buff.ly/Dh2JIuT 7 findings in thread

This is a graph illustrating how much one of the largest newspaper in Denmark publish in a single day. Each line is an article, order by what time of day it was published.

Imagine a house where there is trash everywhere. There is bit of plastic, old trash bags are scattered around, and the hole thing looks quite nasty. Well, this is what aliens see when they visit Earth. Here is a video of Earth's space junk around our planet (at 1m, 10cm, 1cm, and 1mm particles)

This here is a perfect example of how news site are turning every story into a conflict. What we have here is 'playing' and 'having a good time', but it's being reported as "clash".

My neighbor's cat has figured out that I'm home all day, and that my window still is just above the radiator, so on cold days, it can come over to me to get warm (it's -8 C outside today):

The temperature of my floor. First picture is next to my couch ... second picture is at my desk. And yes, I did buy some socks... ;)

I'm just looking at the backup for my website, and there are 25,374 images. That's quite a lot of images that I have included in my articles over the years...

Well, this is weird bug. I'm trying to send out my newsletter, but it's failing to send. And the problem is that one sentence ends with "!!!", and when it reaches that, it write !! and just skips the rest of the article. But how, why?!!? I cannot figure out what is causing this.

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is set to close in May ... why? Because the USA doesn't have universal health care. www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2... (No seriously, here in Europe, no newspaper will ever face this particular problem)

I just published my annual "advice for the year ahead" for Executive subscribers: What publishers should focus on in 2026: What are the key trends, patterns, and strategies that define 2026? What focus areas should you move away from, and how is our audience changing? baekdal.com/report/trend...

The place where I live ... in 1901 ... ;)

Excellent game!! ;)

The thing that annoys me about the US is that there is no democratic process. We are not seeing US Congress or politicians wanting to do something and then voting on it. Instead, we are seeing crazy world events based entirely on the personal whims of whatever mood Trump is in. It's a dictatorship!

Today's side-project was to create a hole in my kitchen, soon to be filled with a top-of-the-line Bosch dishwasher ;)

One of the most insane things I sometimes see chefs do is that they cut through cling film. This is just micro-plastic bonanza. The cutting creates tons of microplastic particles, and the wet meat/knife makes those particles cling to your food. This guarantees that you are eating micro-plastics.

Icelandic sweaters for men... Uhm... okay... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Is it wrong to be in love with Wool rag socks on a cold winter evening? ;)

Clearly there is a need to implement failure standards ... but Sir Humphrey Appleby might have a thing or to two to say about it ;) www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6Et...

I just finished my first article (33 pages) of 2026. It's my annual "what publishers should focus on for the year ahead" article (for Baekdal/Executive subscribers). It's now in the hands of my copy-editor and I will publish it as soon as I get it back (probably Wednesday) :)

Holidays are over... so back to work ;)

The temperature of the floor around my house. Let's just say that I dream of underfloor heating!!! (the temperature outside is currently -10.9 C)

I just checked, and 22.43% of my revenue is US-based. So if the madman of a President decides to actually invade Greenland, causing Europe (or Denmark) to impose sanctions on trade, that's how much money I will lose. I don't think this will happen, but ... you know.

And in the process causing massive climate problems.

This is ridicules. I have a massively expensive Garmin Tacx® Neo Bike, which is type of exercise bike the pros use. The problem is that the saddle is so incredibly uncomfortable. It's like sitting on a very oddly shaped rock of granite.

I came across this model house that I created (in Sketchup) about 20 years ago.

Newspapers: Stop this kind of 'alpha-male' type of journalism.

It's very important for my neighbors cat to watch the birds from my house... ;)

Note to newspapers: I'm not looking for a live stream of people reacting, 100s of hot takes, and news cut up in so many tiny bits that it's impossible to get the picture. I want one good news story. Just one... but a really informative, well-researched, fact-checked news report.

True story... ;)

Neither snow nor rain can prevent the bird feeder from being filled. ;)

It's snowing... no so much that I can actually take pictures of it. But part of the sky is definitely falling down in tiny pieces ;)

Every year, the Danish prime minister gives a speech on January 1st ... Newspapers: Breaking News!!! ...

Friends told me to only watch Lord of the Rings in the 'extended edition'. And... The Fellowship of the Ring: 3 hours and 48 minutes The Two Towers: 3 hours and 55 minutes The Return of the King: 4 hours and 23 minutes That's 12 hours and 6 minutes... I mean, it's good, but damn it's long ;)

Happy New Year everyone :)

So...

New Year's cleaning is done, inbox is empty, grocery shopping is done, washing is nearly done (it will be in two hours). I do this every year as a way to start the new year without bringing with me any of the stress from the old year, so that when I wake up tomorrow, I can focus only on what's new

This is getting ridicules.... I recorded a 4K video file of the birds outside. File size: 143 GB! ... that's the same as 101,689 floppy disks for just one video file ;)

I might be a weird person, but I just took down all my Christmas decorations, and of my god that is nice. It's insane how much more 'cluttered' my home felt when it was up. Now that it has been removed, it's just so nice and clean everywhere ;)

My New Year resolution for 2026 is to do my best: