30 days of great books? No problem. Day 1: Skogland (in Norwegian) (translated title: Woodland or Forrest-land) by Thore Hansen.
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I read good books, often Science-Fiction and Fantasy. In between, I write. Life in the arctic is just fine right now. No darkness at all until late July. A very long day. Makes us very adaptable to cold, but not to heat.
Almost time for Norcon, the annual science fiction and fantasy literature convention in Oslo. Honor guests are Naomi Novik, Thore Hansen, Samantha Shannon, Anette Lauen Borg. @norconsf @norconsf.bsky.social
Alle som liker fabelprosa/sff: Nå kommer Norske Fantastiske bøker, av Cato Pellegrini, «Himmelstormere. Norsk fantastisk litteratur fra Niels Klim til Odinsbarn» på forlaget YMR. Boka slippes under Norcon, 12-14 juni. Den kan forhåndsbestilles på post(at)ymrpublishing.com
Det er rart å bla i elektroniske og papirutgaver av nyheter etter influensa. De elektroniske skiller lite mellom nye og gamle nyheter, bortsett fra en og annen påskrift om at informasjonen er mer enn to år gammel og kan være utdatert. Men: Ny pave fra USA! Ny LO-leder! Ting skjer.
Å lese om igjen gamle favoritter i influensatåke gir en behagelig følelse av å ha oversikt i verden. Nyttig motvekt til nyhetene som har en deprimerende déjà vu-komponent for tiden. #ElizabethMoon #sf #bøker #bok #space 📚💙
Tid og rom til å skape! Ikke bare produsere! Da jobber de best og mest langsiktig, og blir dessuten sjeldnere utbrent. www.forskerforum.no/hoyere-utdan...
Høyere utdanning trenger en sjel
Akademikere kan ikke ledes med makt eller tall alene – de trenger tid, rom og frihet til å skape, skriver Ahmet Soylu.
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Les om en litt annerledes første kontakt! Takk til Nye NOVA!
Nye Nova@nyenova.bsky.social · last yr.Etter alle de mislykkede, og de relativt vellykkede ekspedisjonene til Mars, etter alle roverne i det tjueførste århundret, Perseverance, Tianwen-1, Hope, og Rosalind Franklin, så ble det krystallklart: www.nyenova.no/hvordan-vi-m...
Crime reading for Easter is an old tradition. Donna Leon writes police investigations with lots of delicious food in modern Venice. I haven’t read them all, give me time. Some are faster paced, others are way slower. #DonnaLeon #Brunetti #Påskekrim #mystery #crimeFiction
Poetisk naturfantasi fra Mona Høvring. Vakre strofer gitt i dyrs perspektiv, som var de selv mennesker: «Jeg ønsker meg tussmørkets unnskyldning/ når uendeligheta mister likevekta si» #MonaHøvring #OktoberForlag #SkogsinteriørMedRevOgAndreDikt💙📚
What were the effects? Besides fewer international applications? Learning a new language is a lot of hard work. Enjoyable, of course. www.forskerforum.no/fjerner-nors...
Fjerner norskkrav for stipendiater og postdoktorer
Stortingsmeldingen om forskningssystemet trekker tilbake Borten Moe-reform.
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«A memory called empire» by Arcady Martine is so good, so insightful about representing a small nation and dealing with an all-powerful neighbor. #booksky #books #bookchallenge #TheWriteWomen
Really enjoying reading Mary Robinette Kowal’s «The Martian contingency» this weekend. Mars is absolutely not a human-friendly environment, in case you thought it a nice tourist spot. 💙📚 #book #sf #MaryRobinetteKowal #novel #AlternateHistory
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Impact of activating energy demand flexibility in the building stock: A case study of Norway as a highly electrified country in the European power market
On the transition towards an electrified European energy system, flexible electricity use is crucial. The building stock, including electric vehicles,…
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Hybrid office work done right, turns out to be better for the employee, their families, the environment, the company’s productivity and the employers! The only ones suffering are employers who believe their employees are slackers unless watched. gemini.no/2025/03/leve...
Leve hjemmekontoret
Flere selskap hopper av verdens største eksperiment: hjemmekontoret. Men det er ikke så lurt, viser ny forskning.
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Great argument about the denigration of books loved by young people, and young women in particular. Books about female heroes. #Booktok and #Romanticfantasy/ #romantasy, today on NRK. (In Norwegian) 💙📚 www.nrk.no/ytring/feil-...
Feil bøker og feil lesere
Unge kvinner leser igjen – men i stedet for jubel, får vi kritikk for å lese feil bøker.
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Yesterday I tried to find the right building to look for a relative. It was not on the website. Or it might be, but not easily found. Were the designers of the websites never students, faculty or visitors?
samuel mehr@mehr.nz · last yr.there is no clearer universal across academic institutions than the dysfunction of a university website — not a day goes by that I don't think of this xkcd
Interessant bok å lese, særlig hvis du lurer på hva som skjedde med lesegleden og konsentrasjonen din. #stjåletFokus #JohannHari #konsentrasjon #SosialeMedier #GodBok
Les et svært godt essay i Morgenbladet av litteraturviter Hilde Slåtto. (nr.48, 2024) Om George Orwell, om 1984, hans kvinnesyn og hvordan mange litteraturkritikere dekket over dette. I Sandra Newmans Julia, vises 1984 fra en annen vinkel. #Orwell #Morgenbladet #Julia #HildeSlåtto
More SFF-writers publishing books in Norwegian every year. Watch out for the new novels. Have you read Siri Pettersen’s books? #NorwegianSff
Did you enjoy a book last week? Tell people about it. Why did you pick it out, what made you keep reading?
Writing is such a magical gift. I can free-dive down to a hundre meters in my fiction. I can go to space. And speed up healing. Writing can also give nice revenge-opportunities, without needing to write from prison afterwards. Happy writing, fellow writers! #writingbenefits #writing #writingIsMagic
Scary, sad days, when four young skiers dies in avalanches. It feels too close to home. Writing needs to be about anything else today. Condolences to the families and friends of the skiers. #skiing #avalanches #France #skiers #Alps
I am enjoying reading “Earth”, Sf-novel by David Brin, with fascinating science details. So modern, despite being published in 1990. It’s great to see how some scary scenarios, like ozone layer depletion didn’t happen. Other problems, on the other hand..
I am so worried for the future of medical research, specifically for what is important, not so much for that which is profitable. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘Never seen anything like this’: Trump’s team halts NIH meetings and travel
In an unprecedented move, research-grant reviews have been suspended indefinitely at the world’s largest public funder of biomedical research.
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Sunrise at 10:34. Sunset in a few minutes. One more day before arctic winter/darktime.
Hi fellow writers on Bluesky: Happy writing today! I am counting down towards the most intense writing period of the year. Darktime starts in three days. We’ll next see the sun (at the earliest) January 21. #darktime #arcticwinter
I just dived into an entertaining mystery series by Elliot Hay. “A bit of murder between friends”. Cozy and including. You won’t get away with murder in this community. #ElliotHay #SiClarke #mystery #cozymystery