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ChatGPT Knits a Sock
Will AI take my job? For the past few years, many people around the world have asked themselves this very question, and knitting and crochet designers…
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Lanja Khon-Engheim
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Identifying AI-Generated Knitwear
Having used ChatGPT to help me write my first-ever sock pattern — and having used Midjourney to generate an execrable image to illustrate said sock — I…
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Lanja Khon-Engheim
Building the Resistance in Legotown
In April 2025, dozens of Lego minifigures in Norway turned out in solidarity with Americans to protest the Trump regime. This is their story.
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Lanja Khon-Engheim
Robber barons? No, rubber barons!
Scandinavia's rubber smugglers during the First World War were a creative bunch. Here's a look at how they tried to evade authorities and make their…
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Lanja Khon-Engheim
What do non-US media sources say about Trump?
In this article, I examine how the foreign press portrays Donald Trump and his administration and policies.
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Lanja Khon-Engheim
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The Perils of Perfectionism
When I was 6 years old, I started French Immersion at school in Canada.
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Lanja Khon-Engheim
Celebrating Labour Day in Legotown
Gratulerer med arbeidernes dag! Happy Labour Day from Legotown!
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Lanja Khon-Engheim
Should Prince Harry Become King of Canada?
The British royal family has too many members at loose ends and on the public purse. The solution to this problem is simple: fob them off…
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Lanja Khon-Engheim
Knitting and Death
I spent a week in the hospital with my dad before he died. This is what I learned there about the intersection of knitting and death.
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Lanja Khon-Engheim
Why you should talk to the Jehovah’s Witnesses who ring your doorbell
I am an atheist but I have still found it instructive to talk to the wandering missionaries who chance to ring our doorbell. Why?
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Lanja Khon-Engheim
"Can you knit me a pair of socks?"
Sure, if you're willing to pay $500 for them.
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Germany's Dragon Riders of the Great War
Abstract. Before the late nineteenth century, dragons were considered unsuitable for use in warfare for a variety of (fairly obvious) reasons. However…
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