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Retired floorball goalie and technology enthusiast. Still somewhat optimistic that technology can improve our lives if we develop and use it with discretion. BTDT.

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Paluu Aalistunturiin Toimittaja istui kaksi päivää käräjäoikeudessa seuraamassa Aalistunturin aktivistien oikeudenkäyntiä. Salissa tuntui kuin syyttäjä ja Metsähallitus olisivat istuneet aivan eri oikeudenkäyntiä kuin syy...

”Lisäksi syyttäjä vaatii mielenosoituksessa käytettyä telttaa ja kamiinaa sekä lukkoja ja kettinkejä menetettäväksi valtiolle rikoksentekovälineinä.”

@voima.fi raportoi viimeviikkoisesta Aalistunturi-oikeudenkäynnistä. Aktivismin tilaa kavennetaan rikossyytteillä ja suurilla korvausvaatimuksilla.

21.01.2026 07:44 — 👍 58    🔁 13    💬 3    📌 0

It is my understanding that much of the power of the US was soft power that was based on attraction and cultural influence.

That power is now in steep decline and everybody knows why.

21.01.2026 14:16 — 👍 11    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

Martti Koskenniemen haastattelu A-studiossa oli sellainen raikas tuulahdus tässä Trumpia hyvin päin ymmärtävästi tulkitsevassa maailmassa.

Että ei pidä tulkita hyvin päin eikä minkäänlaisilla entisillä diplomatian säännöillä, sillä niitä ei ole. On vain hajoava hallinto ja yhden miehen hulluus.

20.01.2026 19:21 — 👍 220    🔁 24    💬 7    📌 0

”AI … totally fails at nuanced issues, escalations, and long-tail customer problems.” What a surprise, who could have guessed. Fat long tail makes AI more costly, doesn’t it?

17.01.2026 13:49 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Ilmastotavoitteet | Asiantuntijaraportti: Hakkuita vähennettävä – hallitus kieltäytyy Ympäristöministeri Sari Multala uskoo, että Suomi saa suurille hakkuumäärille ymmärrystä EU:ssa.

Asiantuntija­raportti: Hakkuita vähennettävä – hallitus kieltäytyy.

Ympäristöministeri Sari Multala ministerikumppaneineen uskoo, että ekologian ja fysiikan lait eivät koske Suomea, vaan niistä voidaan neuvotella vapautus Suomen osalta.
www.hs.fi/politiikka/a...

14.01.2026 14:18 — 👍 207    🔁 30    💬 8    📌 3

Absolutely fabulous. Absolutely logical equals absolutely illogical.

12.01.2026 18:49 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Stubb kai rauhoitellakseen sanoo, että onhan noita sääntöjä ennenkin rikottu aivan kuin Trump olisi vain presidentti presidenttien joukossa, hajaantukaa, ei mitään nähtävää. Kun rauhoittelu ei perustu tosiasioihin, on se omiaan luomaan lisää levottomuutta, joka laajenee koskemaan myös sanojaa.

07.01.2026 17:18 — 👍 57    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0

Never have I ever …

07.01.2026 16:21 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Vantaa Hakunila still has some way to go, only 120 languages if I understood correctly.

03.01.2026 14:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Tärkeä juttu. Kannattaa lukea.

28.12.2025 09:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
News Team,
Thank you for the notes and texts. I apologize for not reaching out earlier.
I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight. We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity.
Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now-after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one.
We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed
to kill the story.
If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we

News Team, Thank you for the notes and texts. I apologize for not reaching out earlier. I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight. We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity. Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now-after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one. We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed to kill the story. If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we

have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient.
If the standard for airing a story becomes
"the government must agree to be
interviewed," then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast.
We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state.
These men risked their lives to speak with us.
We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.
CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones.

have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient. If the standard for airing a story becomes "the government must agree to be interviewed," then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast. We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state. These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless. CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones.

We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it.
When it fails to air without a credible
explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of "Gold Standard" reputation for a single week of political quiet.
I care too much about this broadcast to watch
it be dismantled without a fight.
Sharyn

We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it. When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of "Gold Standard" reputation for a single week of political quiet. I care too much about this broadcast to watch it be dismantled without a fight. Sharyn

Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:

22.12.2025 03:37 — 👍 27423    🔁 10860    💬 680    📌 959

Ystävällinen muistutus:

#toimeentulotuki on viimesijainen tuki ihmiselle, jolla ei ole mitään muita tuloja, säästöjä eikä varallisuutta. Suuri osa näistä heikoimmassa asemassa olevista ei ole työkuntoisia.

Siinä ei "menkää töihin" -mantrat paljon auta.

11.12.2025 18:16 — 👍 142    🔁 17    💬 6    📌 2

Lapsi kirjoitti joulupukille kirjeen ja laittoi sen postiin. Jotenkin liikuttavaa, kun hän on jo kymmenvuotias ja uskoo edelleen postiin.

10.12.2025 17:36 — 👍 241    🔁 26    💬 7    📌 3
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NYC’s Lander Recommends Dropping $42 Billion BlackRock Mandate New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is urging three of the city’s pension funds to drop BlackRock Inc. because of “inadequate” climate plans, the latest move to penalize investment firms for failing...

Today I’m recommending that NYC’s pension fund boards drop BlackRock and 2 other (out of 49) public markets asset managers due to inadequate decarbonization plans.

Climate risk is financial risk – we need asset managers who will invest responsibly.🧵
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

26.11.2025 13:49 — 👍 1069    🔁 177    💬 15    📌 11

Hyvä lista. Helposti tykättävissä.

15.11.2025 15:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Uskon vahvasti, että huijarisyndroomasta kärsiviä ihmisiä yhdistää itsereflektiokyky. He kykenevät kritisoimaan itseään ja arvioivat siksi suoriutumisensa alakanttiin.

Sitten taas on kaiken maailman lehtosia, fjädereirä ja satosia, jotka eivät kärsi.

Vaikka juuri heidän kaikkein kipeimmin pitäisi.

14.11.2025 11:26 — 👍 159    🔁 12    💬 3    📌 3
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Mamdani: "My message to ICE agents & to everyone across this city is that everyone will be held to the same standard of the law. If you violate it, you must be held accountable. There is sadly a sense growing that certain people are allowed to violate that law, whether they be POTUS or ICE agents."

05.11.2025 17:09 — 👍 35063    🔁 8475    💬 554    📌 414

Elokapinalle ja muille luontoa, ympäristöä, ja elävää planeettaa puolustaville organisaatioille tulisi myöntää ne määrärahat, jotka haaskaamme parhaillaan turkistarhauksen tekohengittämiseen.

02.11.2025 09:01 — 👍 203    🔁 31    💬 4    📌 1
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The antifa terrorist marxists are out

18.10.2025 15:42 — 👍 33498    🔁 7114    💬 528    📌 231
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No Kings Day 2.0!

We’re ready 🇺🇸

18.10.2025 13:36 — 👍 11308    🔁 2122    💬 285    📌 52

Boomerit ja osa (tyhmimmät) x-sukupolvesta yrittävät estää tulevaisuuden suomalaisia elämästä ihmisarvoista elämää velkajarrumekanismilla joka myös samalla "opettaa" jatkuvaan talouskuriin joka on täysin epärealistinen malli millekään hyvinvointiin pyrkivälle järjestelmälle.

15.10.2025 05:17 — 👍 20    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0
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Basic income support scheme for artists to be made permanent and opened to new entrants in budget Negotiations down to the wire, with five big-spending departments yet to agree their budget allocations

Irlanti kulkee vähän eri suuntaan kuin Suomi tässä taiteen tukemisessa. Maa tekee kokeilun jälkeen vakinaisen järjestelyn taiteiljoiden kansalaispalkasta. Palkka on 325€/viikko ja sen piiriin pääsee hakemuksella. Tilaa on 2200 taiteilijalle. www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

08.10.2025 15:06 — 👍 19    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 0
Minna Canthin reliefi Kansallisteatterissa.

Minna Canthin reliefi Kansallisteatterissa.

Kansallisia ikoneja. Odotukset korkealla.

07.10.2025 15:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Luulin kauan, että Blockfest on joku MineCraft-kokoontuminen.

16.08.2025 07:31 — 👍 16    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Today is my birthday (turning 29), which is the only time all year that I ask for a repost 🌿
I hope you get lost in fantasy worlds as much as I do 🔮

31.07.2025 12:12 — 👍 8984    🔁 3051    💬 455    📌 86

Always enjoy reading your posts. So, yes, absolutely. Others have already suggested interesting viewpoints. I’d love you to elaborate on some of those.

15.07.2025 17:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Bollards and ‘superblocks’: how Europe’s cities are turning on the car In Paris, Barcelona and Brussels, authorities are adopting varied approaches to the task of reducing congestion and pollution

“A startling statistic emerged in Paris last month: during the morning and evening rush hours, on representative main thoroughfares crisscrossing the French capital, there are now more bicycles than cars – almost half as many again, in fact.”

And it has kept growing from there.

Leadership. #Paris

20.05.2025 07:22 — 👍 440    🔁 124    💬 5    📌 17

Älä vaikene!

19.05.2025 18:46 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Samaa yrittäisivät Suomessakin jos vain annetaan yrittää. Laitaoikeiston pelikirja on sama kaikkialla, ja se on ollut olennaisesti sama jo sata vuotta.

11.05.2025 08:36 — 👍 30    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

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