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Academy Research Fellow @ Tampere University, currently studying the intersections of men, masculinity, and gaming. Also into RPGs, miniatures, pirates, pro wrestling, and video games. orcid.org/0000-0001-9621-684X mikkomerilainen.com
National Science Foundation: $9 billion total in FY2026
The Netherlands has filed a Declaration of Intervention in the ICJ genocide case against Israel. As a non-party, they are submitting a legal interpretation arguing that forced displacement, starvation, and acts against children can prove specific genocidal intent. icj-cij.org/sites/defaul...
It really does!
So many things to quote in this one, but I'll go with
"Trump knew exactly what he wanted and who could give it to him. In many cases, that meant not just a weak choice but literally the worst possible choice, the person guaranteed to do maximal harm to the interests of the country"
The trailer for EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU FOR MONEY. In select theaters starting April 17th 🍿🤑🤣
Osallistu kyselytutkimukseen pelikulttuuriin osallistumisesta ja osallisuudesta Suomessa! / Delta i enkät om deltagande och delaktighet i spelkultur i Finland! / Participate in a survey study on game cultural participation and inclusion in Finland!
Every morning I wake up and read about fucked up shit happening in the US, but I can’t remember the last time the shit was this shockingly fucked up.
Rauhanliiton toiminnanjohtaja Laura Lodeniuksen huoli on, että jatkossa Yhdysvallat päättää siitä, milloin ydinaseita tuodaan Suomeen.
Lodenius kritisoi, että historiallinen päätös on valmisteltu salassa ilman julkista keskustelua.
happy international women's day to all my international women
NEW: Watch this report just in from CNN’s Frederik Pleitgen. It is raining oil in Tehran this morning.
A city of 10 million is being actively poisoned.
(🎥 CNN)
If you're wondering how bad things were at Pixar for women, the answer is pretty horrifyingly bad.
It is absolutely insane that the US appears to have targeted desalination plants first – putting them onto the board. Iran seems to have already retaliated against one in Bahrain. This is one of the most obvious ways this could spiral.
I can think of few things more callous than Israel's apparent doctrine of "if there are any potential military targets at a location", say, an apartment building, "it's a valid military target to be struck without restraint." The IDF is once again wantonly killing civilians in Lebanon.
simonoxfphys on insta
Wind turbines kill birds, yes but...
Local Massachusetts weekly says it's confirmed that the Pentagon was relying on Claude for strike targeting, which is how they came to bomb a girls' school.
thisweekinworcester.com/exclusive-ai...
OpenAI head of robotics just resigned over company deal with the Pentagon saying…
“Surveillance of Americans without judicial oversight and lethal autonomy without human authorization are lines that deserved more deliberation than they got”
Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez:
You may have heard that Spain is alone. They’re the same people who said that when we recognized the State of Palestine, and then others followed.
We are not alone — we are the first. Those who will end up alone are the ones defending the indefensible.
Pete Hegseth's murderous buffoonery, coming amid a lifetime in which he's betrayed everyone close to him and failed up from one disaster to the next, is a perfect example of how the appeal of Trumpism is that it creates a permission structure for people to openly be their worst selves
there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for
Apologies accepted.
That is gorgeous!
Did you miss the chance to play Finland's biggest larp, the scifi blockbuster Odysseus? Did you play it and want to do it again?
Check out the crowdfunding campaign for building a permanent location.
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Probably fairly accurate footage of Trump's war cabinet.
Today I Will Look The Burrito Man In The Eye and other stories of manifesting success
ICYMI: I wrote about how legitimate and much needed criticism of Israel is becoming more common in the US than at any time in my life, and antisemitism is also on the rise, and the thorny question of how we sort through them: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Gut Shabbos, everyone.
“Humiliated Nazis” is the genius new 28mm release from Bad Squiddo Games, and THEY MUST BE MINE!!!
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Huvittavasti jo artikkelikuvan kuvakaappauksen ansiosta Bluesky lisäsi automaattisesti "Nudity"-tagin.
Bluesky overindexes on humorless scolds and people doing identity formation by arguing with something you didn't say but that doesn't make it an echo chamber; it means the place has an institutional culture, and I much prefer that culture to fending off Nazis with a block button that doesn't work
Jotenkin harmittaa Ylen vajoaminen klikkiotsikkojen suohon.
"Suomessa purettu jo kymmeniä tuulivoimaloita" saa tilanteen kuulostamaan dramaattiselta; jutusta käy ilmi, että suurin osa näistä on jo yli kymmenen vuotta sitten konkurssiin menneen lafkan pieniä, käyttöikänsä päässä olevia voimaloita.