Aki Siponen

Minna Canthin reliefi Kansallisteatterissa.

Kansallisia ikoneja. Odotukset korkealla.

Luulin kauan, että Blockfest on joku MineCraft-kokoontuminen.

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 🔮

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

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

Älä vaikene!

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

Kolumni | Orpon hallitus muutti linjaansa veronalennusriihessä Hallitus ei ole saavuttamassa tavoitteitaan. Samalla sen toimet lisäävät eriarvoisuutta sekä köyhyydestä aiheutuvia ongelmia.

”Tavoitteitaan hallitus ei ole saavuttamassa. Samalla sen toimet lisäävät eriarvoisuutta sekä köyhyydestä nyt ja vastedes aiheutuvia ongelmia. Pienituloiset kantavat ison taakan sopeutuksesta, hyvätuloiset ja eläkeläiset eivät talkoisiin juuri osallistu.”

Trump's threat to arrest Governor Evers is a chilling attempt to normalize fascism & crush dissent. It’s a blatant attempt to bully & intimidate anyone who dares to think differently or stand up to their ideology.

We will NOT be intimidated.

We will NOT be silenced.

We will DEFEND our freedom.

Last week, the United Nations convened to negotiate the #GlobalOceanTreaty — a multilateral agreement to protect marine biodiversity in the high seas.

The U.S. chose not to send any representatives, but Jane joined Greenpeace’s delegation and she made it plain: we can 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 fight for our planet.

Onnittelut!

Turkistarhaus | Ruotsalaislehti: Kaikki Ruotsin minkkitarhat lopettavat toimintansa Ruotsissa on jäljellä 27 minkkitarhayrittäjää.

Heja Sverige - Buu Suomi.

Turkistarhat on korkea aika saada säppiin täälläkin.

www.hs.fi/maailma/art-...

Leikkaukset kuntien valtionosuuksista tarkoittavat leikkauksia myös kulttuurista.

I might be totally wrong on AI, time will tell I guess.

But I think its immediate benefits to small businesses are nowhere near worth its costs in terms of environmental impact and ripping off writers and artists etc.

I just think it's really off that the whole system is pushing it so much here.

A poster showing the Goddess of Victory in panoply of war, standing atop a mound of tattered, discarded flags of totalitarian states, including Nazi Germany, fascist Italy, and the Soviet Union. She is dressed in blue and holds a large flag of the European Union; on her shield is the compass rose emblem of NATO. Behind her, the sun rises over a view of land and sea. The sun is surrounded by fighter jets used by European countries; on the land one can discern shapes of armored vehicles. A text at the bottom reads “DEMOCRACY IS NON-NEGOTIABLE.”

I’m a simple man with simple principles. To reiterate

Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.

To the people who think racist authoritarians should be posting more on Bluesky: What the actual fuck is wrong with you, fuck off with that mealy-mouth "both sides" bullshit, thank you for your attention, now go fuck yourselves

Fuk Alex Ovechkin @ovi8 He’s a supporter and personal friend of Vladimir Putin. And to hell with @MeetThePress for lionizing him without mentioning that fact. Do you hear me @kwelkernbc?

Sanovat, etteivät kaikki vanhukset halua kotihoitoa käymään useita kertoja päivässä.

Onko jossain kotihoitoa, joka tulee hoitamaan, vaikka ei itse halua😳

Luulisin, et enemmän on pulaa kotihoidon ajasta, kuin et olis ylenmäärin tarjolla.

A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.

Viiankiaavan suojeluarvot eivät ole korvattavissa, kaivos on Viiankiaavan suojeluarvot eivät ole korvattavissa, kaivos on Sodankylän Viiankiaapa on Suomen arvokkain aapasuoalue. On selvää, että kaksinkertaisesti Naturalla ja kansallisella soidensuojeluohjelmall...

Viiankiaapa on Suomen arvokkain aapasuoalue. Kaksinkertaisesti Naturalla ja soidensuojeluohjelmalla suojeltua suota ei saa vaarantaa mitättömän kaivoshankkeen takia. On uskallettava puolustaa maamme luontoarvoja globaalien kaivosjättien likinäköiseltä ahneudelta.

www.kaleva.fi/viiankiaavan...

The best definition of generative AI, absolutely, ever: “a well-read but overconfident dilettante”. Thank you @jmkorhonen.fi, it is always a pleasure to enjoy your texts, be they dilettantish or somewhat more on the professional.

Kun Korkeasaari oli virasto, piti kaikki vuodelle budjetoidut rahat käyttää vuoden aikana, koska muuten ne menetti. Ei ollut yhtään mitään kannustinta säästöön. Säätiönä on toisin ja nyt Korkeasaaren omarahoitusosuus on 65%, kun ennen se oli 50%.

Tämä pitäisi muuttaa kuntien budjetoinnissa.

Not satisfied with purchasing a Presidential Election to become co-President, Sissy SpaceX now wants to buy himself a Supreme Court judge in Wisconsin.

You can end his shopping spree, Wisconsinites! 🚫 💰

#VoteForJudgeSusanCrawford 🗳️ ✅ 👍

This is super important.

Elon Musk is trying to buy the Wisconsin Supreme Court so he can continue to rig the system for Trump & the billionaire class.

2026 is huge, but 2025 is right now. Wisconsin votes on Tuesday & if we don’t show up, he wins. Support Judge Susan Crawford for Wisconsin Supreme Court
#JudgeSusanCrawford

Toronto shopping street

Half of business owners on this Toronto street estimated that more than 25% of their customers arrived by car.

In fact, it was 4%.

And the % of customers who who walked or cycled? 72%.

Retailers routinely overestimate the # of “car customers.” Via @carltonreid.com www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...

With all the words in the english language I cannot possibly convey what it feels like to hear a Russian drone over your head while reading this

Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.

Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.

There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.

Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople

Dear Bluesky,

Congrats on hitting 33 million users.

Love,

God

”Hyvää naistenpäivää” tuntuu tänä vuonna irvokkaalta. Maailma ei ole naisille hyvä. Google ja Apple on poistaneet koko päivän kalentereistaan. Suomessakin tasa-arvon voimakkaampi murentaminen on jo alkanut, se alkaa aina vähemmistövihasta.

Muutetaan tää suunta yhdessä. Voimakasta naistenpäivää! 💪🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈