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iju

@iju@mastodon.social

𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗙𝗟𝗬 𝗜𝗡 𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗛: Finnish sociologist, and speculative fiction nerd.

𝗦𝗨𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗞𝗦𝗜:
"𝘒𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘺𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘪𝘷𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘢 𝘪𝘩𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘯 (𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘴) 𝘬𝘺𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘦 𝘢𝘫𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘶𝘶𝘯, 𝘬𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘫𝘢 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘬𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘶𝘶𝘯.” ¹

Työhyvinvointiin erikoistunut sosiologi (BBA+YTK+YTM), ja muodollisesti pätevä yhteiskuntaopin & historian opettaja.

Harrastuksiin kuuluu spe-fi, sarjakuvat, valokuvaus, opiskelu, varttipolitikointi, ja pyöräily.🖖🏻

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¹ ɪʜᴍɪɴᴇɴ, ᴡɪᴋɪᴘᴇᴅɪᴀ ꜱᴜᴏᴍɪ. ʜᴀᴇᴛᴛᴜ 4.1.2016

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randahl, to random
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Screen shot from an actual campaign video, from MAGA Republican candidate for Missouri Valentina Gomez, in which she promises:

“When I’m Secretary of State, I will 🔥BURN🔥all books that are grooming, indoctrinating, and sexualizing our children. MAGA. America First🇺🇸”

I remember when the Nazis burned books. I also remember what they burned next.

iju,
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@havvyhh2 @randahl

History is a story written by winners. The past 100+ years the people against book burning have been winning conflicts.

Also: if book burning (or equivalent) has been done by the winning side, they don't really incentive to list all the information they've destroyed.

Further: neoliberal sensibilities ablied to universities lead to cut chains of knowledge. The books aren't destroyed, but the understanding to use them is. There's no practical difference.

iju, to random Finnish
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Kas, hullunlehmäntaudin sukulainen, ns. "zombi-peuratauti" on levinnyt Suomeenkin ja tarttuu mm. hirviin. Voi tarttua ihmisiin.

Kuvakaappauksessa oleva origin-stoori on kapitalistisen hybriksen kolmiyhteys:

  • keinotekoinen tauti pääsee luontoon.
  • leviäminen kaupallisen riistanviljelyn ansiosta
  • taudin leviämistä tuettu poliittisilla päätöksillä (kaiketi vaalituet)
  • levinnyt muille mantereille puutteellisen riistanruokinnan valvonnan kautta

https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2024/02/06/Zombie-Deer-Disease-Bad-As-Sounds/?utm_source=mastodon

Daojoan, (edited ) to random
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The death of the writer has arrived. Vox have pretty much nailed it in their piece on self promotion.

In the social media era, writers must become podcasters, graphic designers, videographers, and conventionally attractive TikTok models to gain an audience.

The profession of "writer" no longer exists - only the "influencer" remains.

A thread on the demise of the solitary writing life…

iju,
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@Daojoan

I suppose you're right. On the other hand, writing as a profession (which isn't quite the same as "being a writer") might well have been a historical oddity in the first place: born and died with the newspaper.

AnarchistArt, to random
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iju,
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@AnarchistArt

The enemy is capitalism.

The people who are fleeting had lived for generations where they had, creating roots and social webbing.

Then something happened (war for resources, ecologic collapse, etc) and now they've to move.

I agree that people should be able to move, BUT seeing that as solution to capitalism is just one more liberalist-way of accepting status quo -- one which is usually forgotten in favour of "shoot them at the border" when they're not crossing into Libya.

film_girl, to random
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Enjoy this video of a man who has never, ever, ever had sex. Via https://x.com/katekozuch/status/1753425540025856483?s=46&t=CwXDdxLunOw1jFh5XUD8fw

video/mp4

iju,
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@film_girl

He's happy with his life and not hurting anyone.

Let him be at peace.

iju,
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@film_girl @Aaron

In addition to being mean to someone, you're also promoting virginity as something one should be ashamed of.

That's just shooting into crowd with a shotgun without minding the collateral damage.

Also if there's one thing that's "cringy" it's spreading moments like this with hurtful comment tagged along, just for, what.. clout? Likes? Followers?

To me, that's "indicative of the worst parts of our society".

(Not that consumerism should be cheered, either.)

shoq, (edited ) to random
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Please be honest. No one is watching or judging, so there’s no need to puff-up the numbers in this anonymous poll.

How many news outlets, newsletters, or podcasts do you actually pay for?

iju,
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@shoq

I used to pay for several, but found that I didn't read the papers as they came in, or was so annoyed by their politics (pro-car, anti-bike, right-wing disguised as centrism) that I ended up cancelling them without any larger plan in mind.

Now I just pay the law-mandated broadcasting company-tax. That's a news organisation, I suppose.

For context, I used to pay for three entertainment services, now I just pay for HBO Max (and the fbc-tax, ofc), as its 5€ and without ads.

stroughtonsmith, to random
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"Why would anybody use my app in VR?” isn't the right question to ask yourself. It's “do I want my users to have to take off their headset to use my app?”

iju,
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@stroughtonsmith

How about "will anyone actually get VR, and if they do, what app store do the glasses use, and how many users are there, and are there enough of them to justify porting and maintenance"?

Just saying that people tend to buy Steam or Oculus for games, and the Apple glasses aren't going to be of interest to the public in years.

And I'm iffy is there any real early bird advantage for developers to take a gamble on and sink resources, instead of improving the core experience.

tess, to random
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iRobot facing "death" because it only has 46% of the market is bonkers to me; capitalism has forgotten what to do with a mature company.

"We sell vacuums to half the population" is no longer a valid business model, evidently.

iju,
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@jpetazzo @tess

Nothing would stop them from lifting innovations or engineers from their competitors.

My guess is that there's venture capital involved: money invested expecting such an incredible return-of-investment that it's only possible to achieve by either getting a monopoly or selling the stocks to some sucker who hasn't done the calculations (or alternatively, who has an idea to leverage the product for an AI-scam or otherwise datamine the customer registry).

ryanhoulihan, to random
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    iju,
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    @ryanhoulihan

    Hey, was scrolling past the live feeds and came across this.

    Don't know much about transitioning, but I thought to say the following: I'm sure you're right when you say these problems are temporary, but that doesn't make them any less valid. And it feels horrible when you feel you're alone with your problems. It's not true (the cause of all our suffering is common), but it's hard to see, when you're down, or when people are getting lost in their own life.

    Please hang in there!

    RickiTarr, to random
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    Oh Honey...

    iju,
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    @RickiTarr

    I supposed she travelled there 88 miles per hour?

    AFAIK the only part of the wall that's still standing has been fenced off (how ironic) for fear of vandalism. I don't think the gates ever opened.

    jhilden, to random
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    Our little agency just got awarded graphic designer of the year. This was a great honor and a pleasant surprise to us! Information design—in Finland at least—tends to be somewhat overlooked in the graphic design field.

    https://mstdn.social/@koponenhilden/111849985227795424

    iju,
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    @jhilden

    I hope you ride on that for the next ten years, à la Kasper Strömman.

    sdw, to random
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    Please choose from the two contemporary design styles for your wifi hardware: “rounded soft box with white light” or “satanic death cult blood sacrifice altar”

    iju,
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    @sdw

    The one on the right looks like midgets might dance around it in a rock consert.

    jilleduffy, to random
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    Reading people's layoff notes the last few days, I would like to share some reminders:

    1. Work will never love you back.

    2. "It isn't personal." Ignore people who say that. Your salary, your sense of purpose and work integrity are personal, and when they are taken away without warning, it affects you personally, even if the decision to cut your position was only about money.

    3. Thinking about your emotions through a job loss as grieving can be helpful.

    4. Work will never love you back.

    iju,
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    @jilleduffy

    You're probably thinking of office or factory work.

    I'd like to say that while "work" may not love you back, it can be very meaningful to be an artist, researcher, teacher, or youth pastor -- to name but a few.

    What all of these have in common is high autonomy, and gratitude from people seeing your effort.

    If your loyalty is to the people paying your salary and not to the people experiencing the effects of your work, something has gone seriously wrong.

    gerrymcgovern, to random
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    "Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Meta combined more than doubled their energy consumption between 2017 and 2021."

    And they will double their energy and water and material demand again by 2026.

    Is anyone anywhere in government paying the least bit of attention to the environmental catastrophe that Big Tech is massively accelerating? Or have all our politicians been bought off by Big Tech?

    https://www.techzine.eu/news/infrastructure/115850/ais-rise-is-having-an-enormous-environmental-impact/

    iju,
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    @gerrymcgovern

    I suppose it's not as important how much energy they spend, than where the energy is coming from.

    The Google server farm relatively close to me is powered by a wind farm owned by the company, and the cooling is provided by being next to the sea.

    caseynewton, to random
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    Apple's Vision Pro is a really compelling device, and I loved my short time with it. But I'm not sure we quite understand yet what it's for https://www.platformer.news/apple-vision-pro-hands-on-impressions/?ref=platformer-newsletter

    iju,
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    @caseynewton

    Perhaps a reason will yet reveal itself.

    I remember when the original Ipad was launched, most of the reviews were seemingly about how nice it is to roll planets and rock examples on the screen. These days the product has other uses.

    On the other hand, the VR-place has so many failed launches. In such it's much akin to 3D-glasses at cinema.

    mariyadelano, to Futurology
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    HELP: looking for sources on fascist aesthetics. Why fascists (Nazi Germany, other fascist countries, and current fascist movements) like minimalism, Ancient Greek and Roman sculpture and architecture, and “elegant” beauty.

    And why they banned the kinds of art they banned.

    (PLEASE BOOST FOR REACH)

    iju,
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    @mariyadelano @justin

    I'm not expert on this particular subject and eagerly wait what you're coming up with.

    But to clarify your hypothesis: are you planning on separating for-profit organisations (Google, telegram) from common-good organisations (mozilla, signal)? Fearmongering and demagogues from basic caution and politicking?

    Also may I suggest comparing to cues of fascism: pining for imaginary past, non-importance of facts.

    iju,
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    @mariyadelano

    Worth mentioning that by-and-large fascists aren't pining for ancient Greece/Rome, but their view of it. Nobody ever mentions the garishly painted statues, for example.

    The imaginary past of fascists is largely (and I'm speaking here as someone who doesn't have focus on ancient world nor fascism) affected by the traditional great-man reading of history, which under-reports (or drops completely) the civil society and cultural practices.

    ½

    iju,
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    @mariyadelano

    Also worth mentioning that both Italy and Germany (and Greece, Spain) that had fascist juntas saw themselves as part/inheritors or Rome.

    Would also be worth clarifying do fascist juntas outside the former Roman Empire look to the ancient world of Mediterranean as inspiration, or did the named juntas look to it as it was "their" history?

    iju,
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    @mariyadelano @justin

    We're probably approaching from different scientific traditions. Please disregard anything coming up from me in your notices that you're not finding helpful.

    And to repeat what I said earlier: I'm eagerly waiting for any results! And all results are interesting, so please say few words even if your base hypothesis fails :)

    TheConversationUS, to history
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    If history had taken another path, bar codes would look dramatically different today. Pictured: Here’s some of the options that were being considered, and the bull’s-eye was a favorite ⬇️

    “Even in their wildest dreams, [the committee members] could not have imagined how consequential their decision ended up being,” writes Jordan Frith of Clemson University.
    https://theconversation.com/how-we-almost-ended-up-with-a-bulls-eye-bar-code-219194
    @histodons

    iju,
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    @ConstableJelly @TheConversationUS @histodons

    Going to guess that IBM was shortlisted for having the physical numbers under the bar code. Back in the day I remember cashiers having to resort to it with some regularity, perhaps due to the scanners not being as advanced back then.

    arstechnica, to random
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    Apple accuses UK of power grab enabling “secret veto” over security updates

    Apple may leave the UK if required to provide advance notice of product updates.

    https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/01/apple-accuses-uk-of-power-grab-enabling-secret-veto-over-security-updates/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

    iju,
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    @arstechnica

    (Terrorism == Someone sharing Greenpeace leaflets at the Trafalgar Square.)

    GottaLaff, to random
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    🤦🏻‍♀️😂

    Via Matt Campbell @bluehogreport:

    This is the funniest thing I’ll read all day.

    iju,
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    @GottaLaff @bluehogreport

    Food stamps are about as far from socialism as you can get. It's classic libertarism: anything less and all the urban areas would turn into Escape from New York.

    AdrianRiskin, to random
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    A popular response to anticapitalist discourse is that capitalism is intrinsically good but it was corrupted at some point in the recent past and whatever anticapitalists are complaining about is really due to that fall from grace rather than capitalism itself. The election of Ronald Reagan is popular for this.

    People who sincerely believe this are so historically illiterate that it's impossible to have a serious discussion with them so I don't (usually) engage, and when I do it's disappointing. But if they could talk sense about it what I'd really want to hear from them is when do they think capitalism got good? A fall from grace implies a prior state of grace and when was that for capitalism?

    For hundreds of years, since its beginning, capitalism was fueled by slavery, murder, torture, armed robbery. Marx's famous characterization of its birth as "dripping from head to foot, from every pore, with blood and dirt" is an understatement. When did this end, do they think?

    I mean, explicit slavery is mostly illegal, although that only happened generally within my great-grandparents' generation, so not that long ago, but slavery was pretty seamlessly replaced with systems of exploitation that were and are only visibly less violent. This has to be the case because the profits never shrank. When did capitalism get good in order to be able to get bad in the 1980s?

    Anyway, yes, this is a subtoot. Since they're incapable of responding sensibly I'm shouting it into the void instead.

    Edited for autocorrect and typos

    iju,
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    @MartyFouts @magitweeter @AdrianRiskin

    I have some trouble parsing your dialect, but if I understood correctly: yes.

    iju,
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    @MartyFouts @magitweeter @AdrianRiskin

    No I said there can be no private property without (proto-)state, period.

    As for the future, I believe that it's not as important who owns property, as what the community believes you can do with said property.

    Imagine, for example, if loggings in a forest would need an acceptance from the neighbours and the county (and the bureau of nature), and anybody could choose to wander and hunt in the forest without permissions from the owner.

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