Ludde

Macro photo of a brown stink bug in face view on a leaf, guarding a tightly-clustered bunch of eggs that are shaped and colored exactly like a full tray of dark beer with foam on top.

Finally, the bug is back with a round of the Guinness.

It absolutely is a cultural obsession. Debt is a sin here, public debt especially.

I often think that no economic indicator interests Finns more. Even the highest unemployment in Europe seems to be less worthy topic.

Nathan Pyle comic strip. Two bald eagles are sitting in easy chairs. One is reading a newspaper, the other is drinking a cup of coffee. Their conversation: “Do you think the owl is a predator?” “Of course not. He’s never bothered me.” “Exactly. [pause, drinks coffee] No idea what Mr. Mouse was going on about.”

If I can share this...

Nyt laskemme toimeentulotukea, jotta saat työpaikan

YouTube video by Lizzy & the Triggermen When that Man is Dead and Gone (1941) - Protest song against Hitler (Live Take)

There's a rarely heard song by Irving Berlin suddenly trending on YouTube, for, oh, who can say? I'm sure there's no special reason for a song called When That Man is Dead and Gone to trend right now..

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDkh...

YouTube video by Marsh Family "Donald's Sewage Stream" - Marsh Family adapt "Islands in the Stream" by Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers

Huge happy 80th birthday this week to the legendary #DollyParton 🎉- we are marking it with a parody of her 2nd number 1 hit, written by the #BeeGees. Our 🎶 version's called "Donald's Sewage Stream" - since he brought his sick drivel to #Europe #Davos #NATO & our #armedforces:

youtu.be/F4nefIN4_LY

typical ai use case

A lovely painting! 😍 It made me think about the lovely scene in The Quiet Gentleman when Gervase and Drusilla play chess (yes, I know he won that game but there must have been other times with her winning). #GeorgetteHeyer

Ein kleines schwarzes Kätzchen mit Mütze vollständig in einen Schal gehüllt.

Mood.
Mir ist kalt heute irgendwie. Und jetzt muss ich mich aus der Kuscheldecke raus in die Küche bewegen um Tee zu machen...

Nyt täytyy puuttua käännökseen: Toffifeet myydään rasiassa ei pussissa!

Day twenty four of Hatvent

You better watch out
You better not cry
You better not pout
I'm telling you why
Santa Paws is coming to town

All I want for Christmas is an “opt out of AI” button on everything.

"Of course, Silvius' sigillarium is a mouse!"

So it unfortunately seems it's time for another #Finland Explainer thread about the most right-wing government in our history. Sigh.

This time, the government that chases record unemployment, record indebtedness, and record fall in the young people's willingness to defend Finland, insults Asians.

Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star

I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape

Take a minute.

Friendly reminder that dishwashers made after 1995 or so are so water and energy efficient that even if you ran them twice fully loaded it would still use less water than handwashing the same load.

So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.

It’s amazing but sometimes the best stuff a person can do means they need a lawyer

"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"

I always respect the way an artist can sum up everything that’s going on in one photo.

Näissä lienee myös alueellisia eroja? Koulussa meikäläinen epäonnistui kutomisessa, kuulin vasta vuosia myöhemmin, että kyse oli neulomisesta. Ja kaverini kotona harrastettiin tikkuamista.

Tämä! 🎯

You get home and the dishes are done and your partner has gone to bed early, leaving you free to play video games for the evening.

A drawing of a black cat resting under a blanket. The caption reads, "please be patient with yourself; it all feels overwhelming because it IS overwhelming"

❤️

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

YouTube video by Futucast Is the World Happiness Report bullsh*t? | Yascha Mounk & Frank Martela #537

Is the World Happiness Report bullsh*t? Professor Yascha Mounk made this provocative claim and Futucast asked us to debate the issue. Despite starting from the opposite sides, I think we ended up finding quite much common ground:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlcP...