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Cool article. I’ll continue to eat Finnish berries like it’s my job 🫡

Sad about the caffeine part though. They’re probably right, but stil.

Fined for yellow and blue shoes: How Russian laws smother dissent Since the invasion of Ukraine, the measures used to clamp down on Kremlin critics have swelled.

Russians who do anything that can be interpreted as criticism of the war are fined/arrested.

Russians were arrested for holding blank signs. Fined for blue & yellow shoes, for saying “thou shalt not kill.”

That’s nothing compared to what happens to journalists, activists, and opposition leaders.

The irony of Russia lecturing anyone on free speech is preposterous.
Meanwhile, nobody in the West has any interest in state-controlled Russian “alternatives”, yet they relentlessly bombard Western platforms.

It’s funny how Elon Musk has no problem with Chinese regulation, which is much stricter than European regulation.

Have you ever seen him call for the abolition of the CCP?

So the isolationists in usa feel entitled to dictate European policies. They’re so mad about it lol. They have to lie to their followers about it so they can be the victims of everything, all the time ❄️❄️❄️

Dear U.S. Government, please tell us more about how democracy is threatened in Europe.

A wide track wanders through deciduous woodlands in spring. Bright, spring greens and a hint of bluebells alongside the path.

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 6

‘Woodland Way’
A rare watercolour as I’m too much of a control freak to enjoy doing them! #watercolour #landscape #landscapeart

Random acts of crochet

AI has made me want to go totally offline and step away from social media—but making real art, sharing it, and seeing your hand-crafted work makes things a little better.
"A visit to the Christmas tree farm"
Watercolor sketch | 12-5-25

Em dashes — yet another thing AI has taken from us.

A few thoughts on the new US national security strategy that was released today.
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A pair of handknitted socks. The background is brown, and has a detailed white cat head patten on the leg and a geometric pattern on the foot.

A pair of handknitted socks. The background is brown, and has a detailed white cat head patten on the leg and a geometric pattern on the foot.

This week is socks for #showmeyourknits. These are a pair of Kissimirrit cat socks I knitted last year.
🧶 #knitting #knitsky
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The pardons Trump is handing out are a huge, growing scandal that not enough people are talking about. This is a money making operation - for for Trump, his family, his crypto pals, and the Trump-affiliated lobbyists and grifters who the pardon seekers pay.

lol why does he always talk like he’s in a corny action movie

If Trump and Musk had a falling out, and if Musk is no longer involved in politics, why is the Trump admin using levers of US foreign policy to get Musk’s company out of well deserved fines?

This is the moment, Europe. Stand up for yourself, your laws, your freedom against foreign interference.

A galaxy cat mug 🐱🌌

Alt text: a mug with a galaxy-like glaze of black, blue, and purple. There are cat heads on the mug that reveal the brown clay body underneath

[ #potterysky #ceramics #pottery ]

I'm prototyping some crochet sushi keychains and also trying embroidery for the first time ever 🥰🥺 #crochet

That’s such a daunting number of people. These natural disasters are going to be more frequent and intense too. It’s incredibly sad.

A snow-covered wooden cabin sits in a snowy landscape at sunset. The cabin is dark brown wood with a steeply pitched roof heavily laden with snow and icicles hanging from the eaves. A path leads from the foreground towards the cabin and through a grove of snow-laden evergreen trees. The sky is a blend of orange and pink hues from the setting sun.

#aftersunset #skyonfire #lapland #landscapephotography #mastoart #silentsunday

I feel sick. I wish I could unread this.

It’s also barely acknowledged how wild it is for a president to make decisions based on what he sees on TV as opposed to actual intelligence.

They do great work in general.

And watching so much Fox News in particular is going above and beyond for journalism.

International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative | Euractiv The court will move its internal work environment to Open Desk, a German-developed open source software

The International Criminal Court is ditching Microsoft Office, saying it’s too dependent on US tech, in favor of Open Desk, a German open source alternative.

The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.

Trees in forest against a blue sky, soft sunlight

Love the soft sunlight during this time of year
#finland #suomi #trees #forest

11. Regaining the freedom we’ve lost is much harder and less likely than defending the freedom we already possess. We must do all we can to stop governments with autocratic tendencies from winning elections and reasserting the old order. Lose it once, and it might be gone forever.

10. The freedoms we take for granted – political, economic, sexual, individual - were won through a combination of extraordinary struggle and extraordinary luck. There’s nothing “natural” or inevitable about them. They are in fact highly anomalous. And we won’t know what we’ve lost till it’s gone.

"おひるね"🎨🖌️
watercolor

Walking path covered in fall leaves. Trees on either side.

visiting the trees

The things you find downstairs that belong upstairs #art #oilpainting

A handmade pottery mug made from white speckled clay that reads “MENTALLY I’M IN A BOG”. The mug is glazed glossy black on the inside with drips of black describing from the rim.

I’m tired. #pottery #art #ceramics