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Folklore read live!

Do you trust your mom?
Because this boy sure shouldn't.

Witness the worst mother in folklore LIVE right NOW: https://youtube.com/live/OonwtpROL_I

#FairyTaleTuesday #WritingCommunity #storyteller #FairyTale #AmReading #reading #indieWriter #fairy #folklore #folk #tales #stories #GrimmBrothers #dnd #dnd5e #pathfinder #pf2e #ttrpg #fantasy #lotr #norwegian #folklore #legend #epic #mother #Asbjørnsen #Moe

https://www.desmog.com/2026/08/13/equinor-extends-deal-to-fund-childrens-science-education-in-aberdeen-as-north-sea-drilling-decision-looms/. "Aberdeen Science Centre has renewed its #sponsorship deal with #Norwegian #oil giant #Equinor for another year, following a #UK summer of consecutive record-breaking #heatwaves, #droughts, & #wildfires, which #scientists have confirmed are fuelled by #Climatechange."

#MeerMittwoch #SeaWednesday

The Birds

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vardø_Light

#NoGenAi #AltText #NoAI #No2AI #Photo #Photography #POTD #PhotoOfTheDay #Travel #Sea #Ocean #TravelPhotography #Water #CamelCase #BNW #BlackAndWhite #BlackAndWhitePhotography #Monochrome #Lighthouse #Lighthouses #Fyr #Phare #Leuchtturm #Leuchtturme #Phares #Faros #Faro #Fari #Fyrtarn #Norge #Norway #Norwegian #Arctic #Bird #Birds #Vogel #Oiseaux #Oiseau #Vögel #Vardø

“That bet is placed collectively by Main Street investors & domestic & offshore institutional investors. And by sovereign wealth funds like … the giant #Norwegian #SWF, which owns stakes in more than 200 #Canadian publicly traded #companies.” #TSX #cdnecon #CanadaSky www.thestar.com/business/opi...

How are stocks soaring despite...

Norwegian teen found guilty in UK murder plot tied to Iran-linked group

A ⁠Norwegian teenager ⁠was convicted on Wednesday of ⁠conspiracy to commit murder in Britain after being recruited by…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #Agent47 #breakingnews #Britain #FoxtrotNetwork #Huddersfield #Iran #iraniangovernment #JohannesNatland #London'sOldBaileycourt #Murder #norwegian #Online #semi-automaticpistol #Swedish #UnitedStates
https://www.newsbeep.com/668171/

Folklore read live!

Is this menace the coolest girl in folklore?
Yes.

Witness her chaos tonight LIVE right NOW: https://youtube.com/live/aNPXX8zTAqE

#FairyTaleTuesday #WritingCommunity #storyteller #FairyTale #AmReading #reading #indieWriter #fairy #folklore #folk #tales #stories #GrimmBrothers #dnd #dnd5e #pathfinder #pf2e #ttrpg #fantasy #lotr #norwegian #folklore #legend #epic #tatterhood #bushbride #maiden #witch #femmefatale #Asbjørnsen #Mo

Wednesday, July 1, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/07/wednesday-july-1-2026/

One of my absolute favorite articles of clothing in my closet is a beat-up, slightly holey, faded black Darkthrone t-shirt from 1998, with the band logo on the front, and “True Norwegian Black Metal” printed across the back. I share this, for what I hope are obvious reasons, to explain what initially drew me to Twin Serpent’s sophomore record, True Norwegian Blackgrass. That, and it was floating in an exclusive area of the sump pit reserved for those nuggets Steel specifically says need a review. Four years removed from their Loyal Blood Records 2022 debut, Feels Like Heaven, North Of Hell, which garnered comparisons to Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Tom Waits, this “cute outsider band” from Trondheim has a new label, Svart Records, and on True Norwegian Blackgrass, Twin Serpent teases “12 songs about love, betrayal and black holes with country licks, rock ‘n roll kicks and heaps of punk attitude.” So, coif those multi-colored mohawks, strap on those bullet-belts and arm spikes, and pull those cowboy boots on as we take True Norwegian Blackgrass for a prairie ride.

True Norwegian Blackgrass is a punk-infused, crust-country bluesabilly-thon full of quirky energy. Ditching the corpse paint and blood baths, Twin Serpent’s aesthetic is born from deliberate artistic intent—just scope that cover art touted as “weird, rowdy, and just a little bit black metal.” Face paint? Pfffft! Full body snake paint and no fucks given come standard. Spirited from the start, album opener “Space Heater” glides in on a wave of Dick Dale-esque surf guitar before going full-on Dead Kennedys with oodles of punkish energy and roars from Timo Silvola and Hanna Fauske that would have Fenriz smiling. From there, however, True Norwegian Blackgrass traverses a more eclectic musical terrain without sacrificing its punk moxie. Silvola’s countrified banjo plucks and acoustic strumming bring Bridge City Sinners and The Goddamn Gallows to mind (“Stellar Suicide”), but can folk out too on tracks like “Kipu Kivi,” which also features him chanting in his native Finnish. Back-boning Twin Serpent’s “rock”ier side are Fauske’s driving bass lines, Tony Gonzalez’s electric riffs and leads, and the shifty, exactly-what-we-need-when-we-need-it drumming of Viktor Kristensen. Together, these three bring a bluesy, alt-rock flair that had me feeling everything from Violent Femmes (“Hundromshelvete”) and Days of the New (“Tusen Takk”), to The Cramps (“Radiophobia”). To say True Norwegian Blackgrass seems a scatterbrained stew of styles would be an understatement, but I’ll be damned if Twin Serpent doesn’t pull it off.

Twin Serpent write big hooks, stacking True Norwegian Blackgrass with memorable moments. Whimsical percussion, poppy bass lines, and fuzzy guitar work make “Ærlig Talt” an off-kilter, punky fun ditty, while the catchier-than-thou chorus of the hoe-down-ready “Freak Flag” is stickier than hell, and should inspire mass consumption of cheap beer. My favorite song, ballad “Ain’t Home No More,” features a great harmonic duet between Silvola and Fauske, sung over simple banjo and acoustic guitar before feathering in surging electric chords that, in a live setting, could easily trail off into a stellar jam section. “Holy Ghost,” another tavern-tier stand-out, features more of Silvola and Fauske’s vocal harmonizations and sports a chorus that will have you swaying on your bar stool, arm around your drinking buddy, belting it out while sloshing beer from your pint glass.

Twin Serpent’s versatility is their greatest strength. I imagine they’d fit in just as easily gigging at the local brew pub as they would a barn dance or even Chicago’s Riot Fest. Covering so many musical landscapes, an album like True Norwegian Blackgrass could have easily landed as an unfocused mess. But it’s the vocal interplay, harmonies, and trade-offs between Silvola and Fauske—reminiscent of early B-52’s—keeping things intact. As many different places as this record goes, it still manages to sound like Twin Serpent, and with twelve tracks spanning 37 minutes—most songs clocking in between two and three minutes each—it never loiters long enough to get boring or tiresome. Dubbed “the wizard technician,” Vebjørn Svanberg Numme harnesses all of the foursome’s idiosyncrasies and channels them through a production that perfectly captures everything that makes the Twin Serpent sound tick.

True Norwegian Blackgrass is a wonderful change-of-pace album you could totally spin when you don’t know what to listen to. Twin Serpent have added all the right ingredients to create a recipe loaded with eclectic energy and punk rock attitude. From note one, I was hooked and had more fun with True Norwegian Blackgrass than I’d ever guessed. I fully recommend you give it a try too.

Rating: 3.5/5.0
DR: 7 | Format Reviewed: 320kbps mp3
Label: Svart Records
Websites: Bandcamp | Facebook | Instagram
Releases Worldwide: May 8th, 2026

It’s #krumkake making day at our house. My wife’s grandmother was a #Norwegian immigrant to Canada in the 1930’s. One of the family #Traditions was krumkake at #christmas . They’ll be part of family gathering for the next few days.

Alesund Sunset by Feldore

https://tmblr.co/Z7VXvxibXOt6qu01

#alesund #norway #sunset #harbour #norwegian #feldore #mchugh #om1 #olympus #water #lighthouse #flickr #thingsdavidlikes

In 2024 and 2025, we conducted 17 interviews with researchers, project leads, developers and philologists about #DigitalScholarlyEdition projects here in Oslo.
Our research assistant, Johanne Emilie Christensen, has written a blog post about her experience with transcribing and preparing the interviews, as well as our use of (and struggle with) voice-to-text tools.
Read the post on our blog: https://dsenetwork.hypotheses.org/819
#Interview #VoiceToText #Whisper #Norwegian #Multilingual

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

How Russia prepares its strategic missile plant for eternal war — Dead and wounded everywhere — Russian attack on Dnipro kills at least 18, injures nearly 300 — Council of Europe, Ukraine to sign accord on June 25 to set up Russian aggression tribunal — Europeans oppose following Trump if he pushes Ukraine to cede territory, lift Russia sanctions, poll finds … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/06/wednesday-june-25-2025/

It’s happening. The #krumkake making is under way. A bit of my wife’s #Norwegian heritage from her grandmother’s recipe. They are a great gift that she shares with the family and friends.

https://mancavgeek.co.uk/2024/10/12/gat-on-a-sat-12th-october-2024/

#a320 #airbus #avgeek #aviation #b737 #B787 #boeing #dreamliner #egcc #egkk #etihad #GatOnASat #gatwick #jmc #lgw #london #man #manchester #Norwegian #OnThisDay #photography #planespotting #Runway08Right #Runway23Left

📚 📚 Finished OE Rölvaag's Giants in the Earth - The Norwegian American author's novel on pioneer life in the Dakota Territory based on the experiences of his, and his wife's own families.
This book was absolutely dependent on the last few pages as to how I would feel about it ... For me, almost any other ending would have left me frustrated by the journey the story took. 📚📚

#book #books #booklist #oerölvaag #oleedvartrølvåg #rolvaag #norwegianamerican #norwegianimmigrants #novel #writer #author #mybooklist #mybookshelf #bookshelf #dakotaterritory #pioneers #pioneerfamily #settlers #norwegian #norwegianliterature #literature

We made some shirts for my doom band Gribberiket a while back. 20 USD + shipping. Let me know if you want one. #norwegian #doom #metal #merch #tshirt #bandmerch #gribberiket #rotfg

Folklore read live!

That iconic sorcerer's battle in "Sword in the Stone"?
This is where they got it.

Hear the tale LIVE right NOW: https://youtube.com/live/MtXYZ98rv_8

#FairyTaleTuesday #WritingCommunity #storyteller #FairyTale #AmReading #reading #vancouver #indieWriter #fairy #folklore #folk #tales #stories #German #grimms #GrimmBrothers #dnd #dnd5e #pathfinder #pf2e #ttrpg #fantasy #lotr #disney #norwegian #swordinthestone

I have a strong feeling that #BeardGrabber's #Norwegian #ambulance #toy is actually a reskin of a #policeCar instead...
Maybe I should see if I can replace the red #LED's with blue (or white, as the plastic case is already blue?) ones for starters. :)
Though that won't fix the mismatching sounds. :)

The #1yo loves opening and closes the doors to trigger the car locking and alarm sounds ;)

https://mastodon.social/media/IbwyHbvsweWVngnA3ds

#toyCar #toys #LEGO #duplo #parenting #dailyPhoto #toyPhotography

Not to #kinkshame, but Beachtruck 2 Ass sounds painful ;)

https://mastodon.social/media/bLtDq6tqpvJg8Mo0Xrw

(#Norwegian has a rather awkward abbreviation for assortment 🤔😏)

#advert #ads #signFail #funny #CoopOBS