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iju

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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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ryanhoulihan, to random
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    iju,
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    @ryanhoulihan

    Have you considered military surplus? The Polish officer's coat I bought two years ago for 60€ is the warmest winter coat I've ever owned, warm even in -30°C.

    I know finding these is a bit of a dice roll, but Varusteleka seems to get shipments semiregularly, you can subscribe for an inventory alert, and they sell these on both sides of the Atlantic, I believe.

    You can button these to both directions, if that's a criteria, and the backwaist can be adjusted, somewhat.

    eff, to random
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    “Ring hopefully will altogether be out of the business of platforming casual and warrantless police requests for footage to its users,” EFF’s Matthew Guariglia told @verge though we remain "deeply skeptical" about how police and Ring will cooperate.
    https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/24/24049165/ring-police-neighbors-app-clips-search-warrant

    iju,
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    @eff @verge

    Every sentence in that article stunk like dystopia.

    I don't really understand how CCTV should ever have been allowed to be handled by one (or two) central services with no interest for the wellbeing of civil society.

    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 should probably not involve myself, but using the public/personal/private -division, it's hard for me to understand how private property can exist without stronger enforcement than can be done by even an extended family.

    As such, private property may well predate capitalism, but it can't extend past local monopolies of violence. And such arrangements tend to imply that private property is ultimately (proto-)state's property in trust.

    verge, to random
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    Meta will let EU users unlink their Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger info ahead of DMA https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/22/24046645/meta-facebook-instagram-messenger-digital-markets-act-unlinked?utm_content=bufferf6da1&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bufferapp.com&utm_campaign=buffer

    iju,
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    @verge

    What a great time to be in the EU!

    brucelawson, to random
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    I'm having a conversation with a designer about icons. Making a screenreader read "camera" or "microphone" when an icon is shown is trivial with aria-label. But screenreader users are massively outnumbered by sighted users who might be confused by the meaning of a tiny image/ icon. The mighty Paul Annett explains more:

    iju,
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    @paul @brucelawson

    Tbf, garbage cans have many designs. Pictured are some that are common in my location. Further, garbage cans aren't really something that have been common in pop culture since 1980s Turtles-animation was a thing.

    I've sometimes wondered those Google's "identify a fire hydrant to prove you're human". The only reason why I know hydrants is that I've read Carl Barks' duck-comics from 1950s. Surely not part of the global basic curriculum (pictures of local hydrants included).

    Garbage bin
    Garbage bin

    deaidua, to random

    In an interview with Major General Christian Freuding (Head of the Planning and Command Staff & Head of the Situation Centre Ukraine / German MoD) with Welt am Sonntag, he discusses the long time needed to repair and maintain damaged Ukrainian Leopard 2A6 & Strv 122 ⬇️.

    According to him, the Ukrainians remove many usable components from the MBTs (probably due to a lack of spare parts) before they are handed over to the repair hubs in Germany or Lithuania.

    1/X

    iju,
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    @Loukas @deaidua

    I get where you're coming from, but countries can't discard their symbols every time a regime changes. After all, the symbols are the symbols of the people, and not those of the regime.

    Discarding those symbols tends to easily lead to weakening on the mandate on which the legitimacy of the institution is built upon.

    iju,
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    @Loukas @deaidua

    This is commonly seen as granted.

    The last time this came up was when the Ukrainian military symbols (and ranks etc.) had to be (re)created to differate from Soviet symbols. The danger was that if the Soviet symbols had been maintained, then the forces legitimacy as independent from Russia and with mandate of the people would be endagered.

    iju,
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    @Loukas @deaidua

    More like: I'm not your personal google.

    iju,
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    @Loukas @deaidua

    And I'm sure you understand why giving/sharing insight doesn't lead to responsibility to cite sources.

    Particularly in a situation that doesn't need research: the use and importance of symbols for human psyche is well reserached, established, and common knowledge. (If you insist, I'll cite Durkheim and the "Elementary Forms", and everything that came after.)

    Showing that military would be the expectation for the rule is your responsibility, not mine.

    iju,
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    @Loukas @deaidua

    As I said, the use of symbols to represent people and create continuity is such a basic fact that it shouldn't need citing.

    (And I did give evidence: the Ukrainian military. I've also since then cited Durkheim and thus gave you a path from which to find more info.)

    You could also alternatively make a leap of faith and assume a sociologist might know some basic facts about sociology.

    For all these reasons assesment to not be your personal google would prove to be right.

    iju,
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    @Loukas @deaidua

    Yes, they had to be changed due to loyalty issues. And Germany would like to instil loyalty to it's troops, wouldn't it?

    Also: Ukraine pivoted to symbols and themes used before the Soviet era, to create connection to the past, and loyalty to those constructions.

    But I'll leave this conversation here. I don't much like your rather agressive writing style, and you're not worth the spoons you're wasting.

    iju,
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    @Loukas @deaidua

    1. Not your thread.
    2. You started by talking about killing people.
    3. I gave a reasonable explanation well within common sense (and secondarily: my education) to why the Germans would like to retain a connection to the past.

    I phrased my message as bridgebuilding ("I get where you're coming from"). You could have ignored, thanked and say you wanted to hold your view, or ask to read more. By only asking REPEATEDLY cites, you made a common hostile action.

    Hope this helps.

    jhilden, to random
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    This 2018 article is getting a slightly unfair bashing in the Fradulent Archeology FB group, due to a clickbaity headline. The thought experiment here is interesting:
    ”So, could researchers find clear evidence that an ancient species built a relatively short-lived industrial civilization long before our own?”

    https://web.archive.org/web/20180415011930/https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/04/are-we-earths-only-civilization/557180/

    iju,
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    @jhilden @valoisa

    Would think that any big architecture project, such as pyramids, would last the test of time. (Or those hills in Uppsala.) And any culture with inequality would be likely to start building such horse statues.

    mcc, to random
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    As of I'm not sure when but it must be pretty recent, Mastodon.social no longer shows a "Follows you" tag on profiles. If someone follows you but you don't follow them the follow button says "Follow back" and if they follow you and you follow them the button says "Mutual". I do not like this. I very, very, very much do not like this.

    iju,
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    @onelson @mcc

    I feel "mutual" isn't a word that's common in international English and should perhaps be avoided. I've ever seen it (afaik) on twitter conversations, and even then not on gui-level.

    taylorlorenz, to random
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    Chicago-area Tesla charging stations are lined with dead cars and have essentially turned into car graveyards as temperatures have dropped to the negative double digits: “A bunch of dead robots out here” https://finance.yahoo.com/news/chicago-area-tesla-charging-stations-024817227.html

    iju,
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    @taylorlorenz

    Sometime ago I saw a comment where it was pondered that "Teslas were designed for the desert". This was in relation to things falling off in other climates, but apparently applies to this as well.

    Worth mentioning that petrol-cars have batteries as well, and when I was a kid in the 1980s it was still common to have some of the oldest models refuse to start when the centigrades blummened. This is to say: the problem has been solved for 50 years, and Tesla just didn't implement.

    matt_jarvin, to random Finnish
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    Papukaijamerkki sille, joka keksii, mitä kartalla olevat siniset pätkät esittävät.

    iju,
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    @HelsinginJalankulkijat

    Hei, teitä siellä Helsingin jalankulkijoissa saattaisi kiinnostaa edellisessä viestissä oleva koululaisten turvallisten kävelymatkojen kartta, sekä sen alla oleva keskustelu vanhempien kokemuksista koulujen kommunikoinnista matkojen suhteen.

    Onko teillä kokemusta vastaavista tilanteista Helsingissä? Millainen kartta siellä on? Tämän luulisi olevan asia jota yhdistyksen ulkopuolisetkin näkevät tärkeänä.

    GottaLaff, to iowa
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    I made the mistake of turning on MSNBC for a second right after was (surprise 🙄) called for . They were quoting some of the voters, and those voters were saying that (their) God chose Trump.

    Then an MSNBC commentator (rightfully) made the point that nobody running against Trump could possibly compete with that.

    At that point, I turned off the TV. I cannot stomach watching one second of this alarming, nauseating BS.

    iju,
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    @GottaLaff

    You really start to get an understanding for those cultists in Lovecraft's stories.

    mntmn, to random
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    the only MNT Pocket Reform with raw aluminum parts in existence. we confirmed the fit of the machined parts, everything is fine, production greenlit

    POV me showing the almost 180 degree opened pocket reform validation unit which has a combination of silvery aluminum machined parts and black parts.

    iju,
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    @mntmn

    May I ask about the unconvential keyboard-layout?

    virtualbri, to ai
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    iju,
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    @virtualbri

    That page reads more like an ad with half-hearted quote from the offspring.

    Feels like there's a need for Carlin's style of comedy, but that doesn't translate into need of mimicing Carlin's mannerisms or using his name.

    Free_Press, to news
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    How To Be Norwegian

    When you live in Norway, even just leaving the house is a challenge

    The countries of Northern Europe, and in particular Norway , were hit by severe frosts and snowfalls. For the first time in recorded history, the temperature dropped to -31°C

    video/mp4

    iju,
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    @LillyHerself @Free_Press

    The idea is that in case of fire it's easier to run out.

    realTuckFrumper, to random
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    Elon Musk Under Fire After X Apparently Purging Popular Left-Wing Critics: ‘Taking Off the Free Speech Mask’ https://www.mediaite.com/news/elon-musk-under-fire-after-x-apparently-purging-popular-left-wing-critics-taking-off-the-free-speech-mask/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

    iju,
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    @realTuckFrumper

    The canaries are being boiled.

    alexwild, to twitter
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    Twitter/X suspended numerous journalists overnight, with no reason given.

    iju,
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    @brendo @brembs @alexwild

    Internet has changed somewhat in 15 years. Even if the journalists would have been old enough to work professionally in that environment (meaning they'd be closing 40 years on the minimum), the decentralised internet where people keep independent blogs followed with a dedicated rss-reader doesn't really exist anymore.

    iju, to random Finnish
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    Oispa rokote, mutta mistään ei saa.

    iju, to random Finnish
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    Minulla on kaksi asiaa jotka vaivaavat Mastodonissa:

    • Käyttäjillä on korkea kynnys kommentoida tai tykätä viesteistä. Tavallaan korkea signal-to-noise on hyvä, mutta kaipaan ihmiskontakteja muuten kuin jakojen ja täydennysten kautta.

    • Ainoa tapa vähentää ihmiskontakteja on blokkaus tai hiljennys, jolloin halutun käyttäjän viestejä ei näe. Vaihtoehtoa jossa esim. halutun henkilön tykkäyksistä tai yhteydenotoista ei tule ilmoitusta ei kai ole.

    Liittyvätkö nämä huomiot toisiinsa?

    violetmadder, to random
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    @iju @PatrickoftheG @lactol

    I know several people who initially tried to major in marketing, then went SHIT THIS IS EVIL and promptly switched to something else.

    iju,
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    @violetmadder @Selena @PatrickoftheG @lactol

    Marketing changed slowly. Originally there were usually less products than people who wanted to buy them, so discreet "now in stock" was all you needed.

    Then in 1950s as factories could fully satisfy demand, companies started to suggest new applications (jello-cakes, pepsi-for-guests).

    The push-marketing you're speaking of debuted in the 1970s when people started to be content with what they had. Which is from when Carlin's KILL YOURSELF is from.

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