Jonatan Hildén

Always something. Also an annoyance that they don’t have the multi-share link thing that Tidal and Deezer do. But, then again Apple Music doesn't have that either. 😅

Qobuz finds Swedish Skweee label Flogsta danshall releases (this is fairly obscure scandinavian electro)

Ok wow Qobuz actually has a label search that works, I'm sold

“Nobody told us Dubai was near Iran” 🤦‍♂️

"Qobuz also lacks the social aspect of Apple Music and Spotify. You can share a link to an album or tune from the app to email, Facebook, or Twitter, but you can't follow other users or shared playlists as you can on Spotify"

”You might miss some contemporary indie releases (stuff you're likely to find on Bandcamp, for example) on Qobuz.”

Also not having lyrics is a small downside for pop.

The Best Streaming Services We've Tested for Classical Music in 2026 Mainstream audio and video streaming services don’t offer much for classical music lovers. Fortunately, we've rounded up the best platforms dedicated to the chamber, opera, and orchestral art forms (a...

Seems Apple Music remains the best if you want both… unless Qobus? Also French like Deezer.
www.pcmag.com/picks/the-be...

Shane Parish - Autechre Guitar Listen to Autechre Guitar on TIDAL

Solo guitar covers of top Autechre tracks. Pleasant.
tidal.com/album/476960...

Deezer search suggests editor playlists ”Afro Party” and "Arlo Parks" as the top playlists when searching for Arvo Pärt. Third in the top is an actual Arvo Pärt playlist.

Been on a quest looking at different streaming services and thus far it seems like ”Non-US” and ”handles classical music nicely” is an unicorn combo.
Deezer seems nice for pop but uh.

Tästä tulee myös mieleen että onkohan kyse osin tiedon saatavuusvinoumasta. ”Kaikki” tietää Puuilon (ja Finnkinon), joten kaikki hakevat?

A reconstruction of sauropod with stack of ribs. CW colonial language in caption

Possibly the first reconstruction of a dinosaur to come from Africa, drawn in the 1910s by a native Tanzanian (then part of the colonial Deutsch-Ostafrika) taking part in the Tendaguru fossil excavations.

r vs python on klassinen niche battle

Another thing is I have nothing but contempt to adults that use the r-slur. It is profoundly disqualifying. Yes kids in the 1990s used those slurs, you aren’t 12 anymore.

We have a print of an old map at the cottage and I recall being baffled by Frisland as a kid. Iceland misspelled? But Iceland is Also on the map!

Remember finding a late 1990s Mad Magazine with Britney Spears jokes in it and hoo boy especially as a father of two girls I don’t want that shit back.

Conservatives that want to RETVRN to the norms of those times can bin themselves.

The "this is just a distraction!" thought-terminating brainworm is one of the most infuriating holdovers from Trump's first term.

Nothing is a distraction; they're not that disciplined or clever. Everything is important; their one strategy is to DDOS democracy and its mechanisms of accountability.

The legged fish , a pike, a bream and a flounder, confront Thomas in bed. The perch is in a jar by the window Thomas låg och sov så gott, när han rätt som det var vaknade av att dörren gick upp med en smäll. Han satte sig upp i sängen och stirrade häpen på de tre fiskarna, som kom emot honom. - Befria genast Kvick, annars biter jag dig mitt itu! sa gäd-dan. Då kröp Thomas ner i sängen och drog täcket över öronen. - Man ska inte vara så häftig, sa braxen till gäddan, då vinner man ingenting. Men tant Rödspätta grät och sa: - Goda, snälla människo-groda, befria genast vår stackars lilla abborrvän från hans fängelse! Då tittade Thomas fram. - Det är inte något fängelse, det är ett akvarium, sa han. - Han längtar ju hem, så han kan dö, sa tant Rödspätta. - Ser du inte hur dålig han ser ut, sa farbror Braxen. Thomas såg bort till glasburken, och Kvick såg verkligen ynklig ut. - Släpp honom tilbaka i sjön ögonblickligen på minuten! sa gäddan. Jag måste kla på mig lite först, sa Thomas. - Lovar du riktigt säkert, att gå ner med honom till sjön sen? sa tant Rödspätta. - Ja, det gör jag, sa Thomas.

”Sagan om den nyfikna abborren” – the tale of the curious perch – by Elsa Beskow, 1933. One of my fave picture books as a kid, a very ahead of its time story of compassion for non-humans. Thomas takes a perch for a pet, but is confronted by its fishy friends, walking on legs aquired through sorcery.

luin tässä jonkun aikaa sitten jutun, missä joku testasi Kiinassa tekoälyassistentti-kännykkää mm. tilaamalla puolestaan-jonottajan (tällainen palvelu siis on)

Mietinkin, että proosa *ei* kuulosta siltä, että Saksan kieli paistaisi läpi

At the risk of getting yelled at by Helsinki car people:
Driving is basically the same as it ever was, the city center is a peninsula and residential streets are narrow, so going downtown with car is pretty consistently non-ideal. Outside the tram network car travel is fast and convenient.

Here’s a map of the 2017 situation, some streets (e.g. near schools) have had the speed limits dropped since then, or will have. In 1970 *all* residential streets had 50km/h limits.

www.hel.fi/hel2/ksv/Ain...

As someone hailing from Helsinki and involved in traffic planning comms:
Worth noting here, that main roads for vehicle traffic remain at 40km/h (some even 50km/h). Thus the overall effect on traffic flow and car travel speeds is more or less negligible.

Yes! The attempts to make it fit into copyright law are all very tortured and don’t really make sense because it is a genuine outside-context problem. Artists have a legitimate grievance but we need new laws and conceptions of rights.

En siis ole muuta tehnyt itse kun päiväretkiä Belgiassa, mutta olen haaveillut… niin tiheään asuttua seutua, että voi vaan pyöräillä leppoisasti kunnes väsyttää, ja sitten syödä ja nukkua. Ei oikein onnistu Suomessa paitsi muutamassa paikassa.

Joermungandr bolti, Carboniferous 'amphibian' from Mazon creek. #sciart

Cycle routes in the Netherlands Cycle routes in the Netherlands | Experience our Juntion network and the most beautifal Pits stops in the world!

On tällainen kiva sivusto www.fietsnetwerk.nl/en/cycle-rou...

Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force - Wikipedia

Not all of them… the air force article seems a bit out of date (was wondering about what they have and whether they had managed to scramble any fighters at any point). Surprised about the F-14s

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic...

YouTube video by Mouse on Mars - Topic Yippie

if you haven’t heard the album then this track explains it. Depending where you’re at mentally it will either cheer you up
Or just make everything seem
more psychotic

www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-dR...

Ei vain sotavoimat… emissary of night:
”As far as I can tell every single major Biden advisor except Blinken and Sullivan have more or less unequivocally praised what Trump has been doing. Blinken took credit for the Gaza peace plan, even. Sullivan has been quiet. McGurk has been giddy with joy.”

Poll in German: which music style do you like? Pop, rock, dance, HipHop (sic), Indie, Metal, Other: Do you use the Internet? Yes/No If yes, for what content? Respondents compete for 5 times 2 concert tickets!

The paper poll that came with a Mouse on Mars cd (Niun Niggung)

Kinda regretting not getting the memo in time to name my kids
A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules from the Centre of the Ultraworld, and Basscadet