Jonatan Hildén
@jhilden.bsky.social
Information designer from Helsinki. Co-founder of Koponen+Hildén
Co-author of the Data visualization handbook / Tieto näkyväksi (Finnish edition)
Co-author of the Data visualization handbook / Tieto näkyväksi (Finnish edition)
this is oldschool THEY content :^)
how do i tag myself?
how do i tag myself?
February 5, 2026 at 11:00 AM
this is oldschool THEY content :^)
how do i tag myself?
how do i tag myself?
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The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions!
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
Spotlighting The World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell
Somewhat devastating news today from the CIA: One of CIA’s oldest and most recognizable intelligence publications, The World Factbook, has sunset. There's not even a hint as to why they …
simonwillison.net
February 5, 2026 at 12:25 AM
The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions!
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
I literally used this as a reference some months ago, for school geography books.
They closed the CIA World Factbook and deleted it entirely.
February 5, 2026 at 8:51 AM
I literally used this as a reference some months ago, for school geography books.
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This watermark graffiti by street artist Mathieu Tremblin is, like, the best thing ever.
January 29, 2026 at 8:47 PM
This watermark graffiti by street artist Mathieu Tremblin is, like, the best thing ever.
gonna spare you all the Toad this year and just post
February 5, 2026 at 7:48 AM
gonna spare you all the Toad this year and just post
Several wonderful, talented friends involved in making this documentary.
It will be on YLE Areena later too, and probably the international festival cirquit
docpoint.fi/elokuva/etna/
It will be on YLE Areena later too, and probably the international festival cirquit
docpoint.fi/elokuva/etna/
Etna – DocPoint – Helsingin dokumenttielokuvafestivaali
docpoint.fi
February 4, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Several wonderful, talented friends involved in making this documentary.
It will be on YLE Areena later too, and probably the international festival cirquit
docpoint.fi/elokuva/etna/
It will be on YLE Areena later too, and probably the international festival cirquit
docpoint.fi/elokuva/etna/
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Going back to my past lives at Platts and as an oil & gas analyst at an investment bank (2014-18ish) - two things always taken as true on EVs:
1) Will be broadly limited to a middle class European rich country trend
2) Will be a small passenger vehicles only trend
Doubly wrong.
1) Will be broadly limited to a middle class European rich country trend
2) Will be a small passenger vehicles only trend
Doubly wrong.
I follow this stuff closely. I wrote about it a few months ago. I'm shocked how fast this is happening for big trucks.
"China’s rapid adoption of electric trucks — which overtook gas-powered vehicle sales for the first time last yea"
"China’s rapid adoption of electric trucks — which overtook gas-powered vehicle sales for the first time last yea"
February 4, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Going back to my past lives at Platts and as an oil & gas analyst at an investment bank (2014-18ish) - two things always taken as true on EVs:
1) Will be broadly limited to a middle class European rich country trend
2) Will be a small passenger vehicles only trend
Doubly wrong.
1) Will be broadly limited to a middle class European rich country trend
2) Will be a small passenger vehicles only trend
Doubly wrong.
Having lunch at Amos Café in central Helsinki and the majority of the customers speak Swedish. Again thinking of the loose analogy of Helsinki Swedish-speaking Finns and the Jewish in e.g. New York.
February 4, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Having lunch at Amos Café in central Helsinki and the majority of the customers speak Swedish. Again thinking of the loose analogy of Helsinki Swedish-speaking Finns and the Jewish in e.g. New York.
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Wild to see a brilliant *economic* historian argue that “in NYC home cooking is a borderline vanity project.“ Brain totally melted by audience capture.
Treatler-Stalinism is a real ideology and an actual, tenured crackpot historian (who used to be a quite good historian) is a true believer in it.
We live in some goddamn interesting times.
We live in some goddamn interesting times.
February 2, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Wild to see a brilliant *economic* historian argue that “in NYC home cooking is a borderline vanity project.“ Brain totally melted by audience capture.
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Digitaalinen itsenäisyys – Suomen seuraava kohtalonkysymys 🇫🇮
Suomi on riippuvainen yhdysvaltalaisista teknologiajäteistä. Riippuvuus ei lähitulevaisuudessa vähenny vaan syvenee.
#DigitaalinenItsenäisyys #Suomi #Kansalaisaloite
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Suomi on riippuvainen yhdysvaltalaisista teknologiajäteistä. Riippuvuus ei lähitulevaisuudessa vähenny vaan syvenee.
#DigitaalinenItsenäisyys #Suomi #Kansalaisaloite
1/
February 4, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Digitaalinen itsenäisyys – Suomen seuraava kohtalonkysymys 🇫🇮
Suomi on riippuvainen yhdysvaltalaisista teknologiajäteistä. Riippuvuus ei lähitulevaisuudessa vähenny vaan syvenee.
#DigitaalinenItsenäisyys #Suomi #Kansalaisaloite
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Suomi on riippuvainen yhdysvaltalaisista teknologiajäteistä. Riippuvuus ei lähitulevaisuudessa vähenny vaan syvenee.
#DigitaalinenItsenäisyys #Suomi #Kansalaisaloite
1/
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This works pretty well in academia too:
"I had a hungry ghost in a jar write this code" > sure, as long as u checked it works 🤷♀️
"I don't remember that paper, I fed it to a hungry ghost in a jar" > why?
"a hungry ghost in a jar did that calculus course for me" > you're paying to educate a ghost?
"I had a hungry ghost in a jar write this code" > sure, as long as u checked it works 🤷♀️
"I don't remember that paper, I fed it to a hungry ghost in a jar" > why?
"a hungry ghost in a jar did that calculus course for me" > you're paying to educate a ghost?
If you can substitute "hungry ghost trapped in a jar" for "AI" in a sentence it's probably a valid use case for LLMs. Take "I have a bunch of hungry ghosts in jars, they mainly write SQL queries for me". Sure. Reasonable use case.
"My girlfriend is a hungry ghost I trapped in a jar"? No. Deranged.
"My girlfriend is a hungry ghost I trapped in a jar"? No. Deranged.
February 4, 2026 at 5:53 AM
This works pretty well in academia too:
"I had a hungry ghost in a jar write this code" > sure, as long as u checked it works 🤷♀️
"I don't remember that paper, I fed it to a hungry ghost in a jar" > why?
"a hungry ghost in a jar did that calculus course for me" > you're paying to educate a ghost?
"I had a hungry ghost in a jar write this code" > sure, as long as u checked it works 🤷♀️
"I don't remember that paper, I fed it to a hungry ghost in a jar" > why?
"a hungry ghost in a jar did that calculus course for me" > you're paying to educate a ghost?
Dreamt I was playing some sort of early renaissance city setting fantasy RPG. There was a glass door in the street, I went inside and turned, opened it again and the architecture outside was mostly the same, but it was now clearly 21st C. Italy, with cars and people in contemporary dress.
February 4, 2026 at 6:54 AM
Dreamt I was playing some sort of early renaissance city setting fantasy RPG. There was a glass door in the street, I went inside and turned, opened it again and the architecture outside was mostly the same, but it was now clearly 21st C. Italy, with cars and people in contemporary dress.
younger kid saw a mechanical typewriter and promptly termed it a ”letter piano”
February 3, 2026 at 7:07 PM
younger kid saw a mechanical typewriter and promptly termed it a ”letter piano”
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one thing that would be cool, when prominent creators turn out to be terrible people, would be if we didn't have to go through this performative dance of insisting that their work was never good in the first place.
February 2, 2026 at 9:48 PM
one thing that would be cool, when prominent creators turn out to be terrible people, would be if we didn't have to go through this performative dance of insisting that their work was never good in the first place.
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Hesarin jutussa mainittiin eläkeläiset, jotka polttavat kynttilöitä säästääkseen sähköä.
Jos sähkö maksaisi 2,50 €/kWh eli enemmän kuin Suomessa koskaan, 1 € maksavan kynttilän (palaa 12 h) hinnalla voisi 12 tunnin ajan pitää päällä kymmentä 3.4 watin ledilamppua (vastaa 40 W hehkulamppua).
Jos sähkö maksaisi 2,50 €/kWh eli enemmän kuin Suomessa koskaan, 1 € maksavan kynttilän (palaa 12 h) hinnalla voisi 12 tunnin ajan pitää päällä kymmentä 3.4 watin ledilamppua (vastaa 40 W hehkulamppua).
February 3, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Hesarin jutussa mainittiin eläkeläiset, jotka polttavat kynttilöitä säästääkseen sähköä.
Jos sähkö maksaisi 2,50 €/kWh eli enemmän kuin Suomessa koskaan, 1 € maksavan kynttilän (palaa 12 h) hinnalla voisi 12 tunnin ajan pitää päällä kymmentä 3.4 watin ledilamppua (vastaa 40 W hehkulamppua).
Jos sähkö maksaisi 2,50 €/kWh eli enemmän kuin Suomessa koskaan, 1 € maksavan kynttilän (palaa 12 h) hinnalla voisi 12 tunnin ajan pitää päällä kymmentä 3.4 watin ledilamppua (vastaa 40 W hehkulamppua).
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It's become fashionable to talk about how a warming planet will see more cold-air outbreaks because of changes to the "polar vortex".
But here's the thing: It's not actually happening.
www.theclimatebrink.com/p/fact-check...
But here's the thing: It's not actually happening.
www.theclimatebrink.com/p/fact-check...
Fact check: Climate change is not making extreme cold more common
Sometimes it just gets cold
www.theclimatebrink.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:25 PM
It's become fashionable to talk about how a warming planet will see more cold-air outbreaks because of changes to the "polar vortex".
But here's the thing: It's not actually happening.
www.theclimatebrink.com/p/fact-check...
But here's the thing: It's not actually happening.
www.theclimatebrink.com/p/fact-check...
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Paris prosecutors raid the French offices of Elon Musk’s X as part of an investigation into spreading child pornography and deepfakes.
Paris prosecutors raid X offices as part of an investigation into child porn, deepfakes and more
French prosecutors have launched a search at the offices of Elon Musk's social media platform X. This is part of an investigation into alleged offenses, including spreading child pornography and deepfakes.
bit.ly
February 3, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Paris prosecutors raid the French offices of Elon Musk’s X as part of an investigation into spreading child pornography and deepfakes.
also potentially useful as an insult creation toolkit?
”you flabelliform scrobiculate eccentric!”
”you flabelliform scrobiculate eccentric!”
February 3, 2026 at 12:20 PM
also potentially useful as an insult creation toolkit?
”you flabelliform scrobiculate eccentric!”
”you flabelliform scrobiculate eccentric!”
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“Easy guide”
February 3, 2026 at 12:15 PM
“Easy guide”
when you order a Tiwa from Fantastic Planet doll from Temu
February 3, 2026 at 10:46 AM
when you order a Tiwa from Fantastic Planet doll from Temu
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Mr. Pinboard isn’t here I guess but this is one for the ages.
February 2, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Mr. Pinboard isn’t here I guess but this is one for the ages.
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There had always been a middle position, thst LLMs are pattern matching machines applied to language and do well at pattern matching tasks.
Good to see someone like Mollick realising that earlier claims about them were overdone.
Notably this implies 🧵
Good to see someone like Mollick realising that earlier claims about them were overdone.
Notably this implies 🧵
The many eulogies for AI capability growth after the release of GPT-5 seem especially short-sighted right now, and it created voluntary blinders for many people.
Models have advanced a lot since summer, but, more importantly, good agentic harnesses seem to lead to capability leaps on their own.
Models have advanced a lot since summer, but, more importantly, good agentic harnesses seem to lead to capability leaps on their own.
February 2, 2026 at 11:55 AM
There had always been a middle position, thst LLMs are pattern matching machines applied to language and do well at pattern matching tasks.
Good to see someone like Mollick realising that earlier claims about them were overdone.
Notably this implies 🧵
Good to see someone like Mollick realising that earlier claims about them were overdone.
Notably this implies 🧵
Reading China Mieville’s ”Embassytown” right now and without spoiling I’d say it has some fun parallels to the current AI debate and reactions to it, with regards to language and reactions to language use making realities.
February 2, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Reading China Mieville’s ”Embassytown” right now and without spoiling I’d say it has some fun parallels to the current AI debate and reactions to it, with regards to language and reactions to language use making realities.
the concise as to ”why don’t Adtech Listen to All Your Conversations”
and most of the data would be garbage anyway. i would bet money it would cost more to do than you could ever conceivably make from it.
February 2, 2026 at 7:51 AM
the concise as to ”why don’t Adtech Listen to All Your Conversations”