Pella Bergquist

@pellabergquist.bsky.social

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Human being. Curious. Nerd. Trains. Railways. Society. Democracy. Digital.

Rooftop, high blue sky and light clouds, a brand new moon, and a gull passing by. Summer.
Skärmdump från SVT. För fullständig text, gå till https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/dalarna/ai-utvecklingen-ska-fa-en-skjuts-ny-hubb-startas-i-dalarna
Lesser black-backed gull, stretcing it’s wings while standing on a waste basket in a public park.
Skärmdump från SVT.se den 15 maj 2026: Liberalerna vill fördubbla antalet miljardärer Antalet miljardärer i Sverige ska fördubblas tycker Liberalerna. Partiet vill att Sverige ska ha 1000 miljardärer år 2036, dubbelt så många som uppges finnas i landet idag.
A steel bridge element resting on giant pontoons out on the water.
Fyrfältare som beskriver aspekterna demokratisk-auktoritär på ena axeln och fokus på gruppen/staten kontra individen på den andra. Modellen ska ses som ett analysverktyg när man försöker förstå hur olika stater och organisationer förhåller sig till varandra sett till makt och individens rättigheter.
Night time, trees silouetted against a night sky lit by aurora borealis
A screen shot of Apple’s iOS Notes app, with boxes added to highlight wasteful use of screen space.u
Picture of th walk by Norr Mälarstrand in Stockholm, Sweden, looking west. Against the sun, so harsh contrasts, and in spring, so no leaves on the trees yet.
Screen shot from LinkedIn post: ”Technology scales faster than ethics. The real question isn’t what companies can build, but what they should.”
Screen shot of excerpt of LinkedIn post made by an AI influencer, text as follows: — start excerpt — My take: We are watching intelligence turn into infrastructure. The old assumption was: build a great model, then find customers. The new reality is: secure power, compute, financing, and distribution then scale intelligence like a utility. That shift changes everything. — end of excerpt —
Screenshot of Bluesky app’s Explore/search screen, with the trending topics list showing International women’s day in second place, labelled as ’Entertainment’.
The walk between the old main part of T-centralen and the ’newer’ blue line. Blue ceiling overhead, black and white patterned walkway, almost empty of people despite it being a weekend night.
Looking out through a window which has a mosquito net on the inside, part covered with ice on the outside, and a view of snowy fields and a setting sun at the horizon.
Image of the 1987 edition of Apple’s book Human Interface Guidelined: The Apple Desktop Interface, which was one of the first UI manuals that I read and used in my work, back when.
Zoomed in photo of mid-’90’s t-shirt that I unearthed from one of my drawers, featuring the logo of Photoshop plug-in filter company Alien Skin Software.
A bench under a streetlight, between twin set of stairs: the entry to Kronobergsparken, at dark. The ground is covered by a thin layer of snow.
Photo of the book The myth of good AI: A manifesto for critical artificial intelligence, by Arshin Adib-Mogahaddam
Autumn, the ground covered by yellow leaves, tree trunks dark and branches halfway to bare. Stockholm district court seen in the background.
Skärmdump från Facebook. Inlägg från Dagens nyheter med ledtext ”Flera kommuner avböjer att samarbeta med regeringen kring frivillig återvandri g”, och sedan artikelrubrik ”Jokkmokks protest blev viral: ”Inte ängslig för trollen”, och en bild från Jokkmokk.
A passenger train with twinned RC engines passing on a bridge.
Plant bed over-run with creeping bellflowers.
The quay at Norr Mäalstrand, Stockholm, Sweden. Dramatic cloudscape, boats.
Bare, grey, ground, with a handful of very small rhubarb buds.
A picture of a magnolia tree in full bloom. The entire picture is full of white flowers and flower buds.
Picture showing the Norr mälarstrand quay, in Stockholm, Sweden. Bare trees, high blue sky, cold water, and (not visible, but…) a stiff head wind.
Screenshot. Q: How do you define ’harmful or illegal activities’? Do you use any codex? Le Chat answer: When determining what constitutes harmful or illegal activities, I follow ethical guidelines and legal principles that are widely accepted.
Data does not equal knowledge
Photo of the cover of the book Feeding the machine - the hidden human labour powering AI