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)
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They should have an Olympic sport just called Finnish where you have to do Finnish things with a Finnish person for a whole day without freezing to death
February 7, 2026 at 10:04 PM
They should have an Olympic sport just called Finnish where you have to do Finnish things with a Finnish person for a whole day without freezing to death
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reading a semi recent Donald Duck pocketbook:
- They’ve invented a nephew for Gyro Gearloose
- Said nephew sees a Mondrian, goes ”I can do that”, programs and prints a generative artwork based on the Mondrian.
- He is scolded by Ludwig von Drake, because it doesn’t represent a novel artistic idea.
- They’ve invented a nephew for Gyro Gearloose
- Said nephew sees a Mondrian, goes ”I can do that”, programs and prints a generative artwork based on the Mondrian.
- He is scolded by Ludwig von Drake, because it doesn’t represent a novel artistic idea.
February 7, 2026 at 9:59 PM
reading a semi recent Donald Duck pocketbook:
- They’ve invented a nephew for Gyro Gearloose
- Said nephew sees a Mondrian, goes ”I can do that”, programs and prints a generative artwork based on the Mondrian.
- He is scolded by Ludwig von Drake, because it doesn’t represent a novel artistic idea.
- They’ve invented a nephew for Gyro Gearloose
- Said nephew sees a Mondrian, goes ”I can do that”, programs and prints a generative artwork based on the Mondrian.
- He is scolded by Ludwig von Drake, because it doesn’t represent a novel artistic idea.
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Btw, related to this, I've come to believe one of the worst things about social media is that it makes you believe the average person is a give-a-shit type of person. That thing that matters a lot to you and everyone you know here? Most people would hear you reference it and think "huh."
Like if you're on bluesky, you're very likely not normal. You're someone who was on twitter (already not most people) and then decided to change platforms due to some opinion about how it was run. So you're a highly engaged, atypical person.
February 7, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Btw, related to this, I've come to believe one of the worst things about social media is that it makes you believe the average person is a give-a-shit type of person. That thing that matters a lot to you and everyone you know here? Most people would hear you reference it and think "huh."
Still thinking about Mieville’s Embassytown.
Some online reviewers found it wildly implausible that the aliens could have a language where only ”true” concepts can be expressed & that they were unable to think what they cannot say.
To me the hyperspace dimension felt more at odds with our reality
Some online reviewers found it wildly implausible that the aliens could have a language where only ”true” concepts can be expressed & that they were unable to think what they cannot say.
To me the hyperspace dimension felt more at odds with our reality
February 7, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Still thinking about Mieville’s Embassytown.
Some online reviewers found it wildly implausible that the aliens could have a language where only ”true” concepts can be expressed & that they were unable to think what they cannot say.
To me the hyperspace dimension felt more at odds with our reality
Some online reviewers found it wildly implausible that the aliens could have a language where only ”true” concepts can be expressed & that they were unable to think what they cannot say.
To me the hyperspace dimension felt more at odds with our reality
Kids found these drawings with robots and aliens that I did when I was maybe 19 and now they are screaming YOU MUST MAKE A COMIC. I keep telling them I sucked at doing scenes, that’s why it is just little guys in a blank space.
February 7, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Kids found these drawings with robots and aliens that I did when I was maybe 19 and now they are screaming YOU MUST MAKE A COMIC. I keep telling them I sucked at doing scenes, that’s why it is just little guys in a blank space.
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this is such a profound misunderstanding of what art is and what it means
![2. being poor means having to make hard choices like:
[a] drawing something yourself in a way society would call "bad" (i.e. unprofessional)
[b] sacrificing resources you don't have to pay a real artist what they're worth (or learn yourself)
[c] not doing it at all, or
[d] using AI.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jb2q4yqmgpmefxd4xx66gepm/bafkreif2bp3na5nfvtvrsdljkuycvteizzcclwmgcg4u55mybhpx4qqvxm@jpeg)
February 6, 2026 at 6:18 PM
this is such a profound misunderstanding of what art is and what it means
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hauntological interface d
February 6, 2026 at 4:58 PM
hauntological interface d
And this isn’t even peculiar to the US, even if everything is bigger and more bonkers. There’s some possible local examples that come to mind
odd feature of our time in how many liberals and progressive are bog standard monogamous family types--Serwer, Bouie, Hayes, AOC, etc--and how many Traditional Family Values conservatives are fuckin drugged up perverts
February 6, 2026 at 3:40 PM
And this isn’t even peculiar to the US, even if everything is bigger and more bonkers. There’s some possible local examples that come to mind
I refuse to be depicted as a primates, I demand to be depicted as crab
Please correct this headline @apnews.com. All humans are primates. That’s a biology.
What Trump posted was a depiction of the first Black U.S. president and First Lady as chimpanzees. That’s racist.
(Please repost to get an AP editor’s attention on this.)
What Trump posted was a depiction of the first Black U.S. president and First Lady as chimpanzees. That’s racist.
(Please repost to get an AP editor’s attention on this.)
Trump shares a racist video that depicts the Obamas as primates
President Donald Trump has used his social media account to share a video about election conspiracy theories that includes a racist depiction of former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Ob...
apnews.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:33 PM
I refuse to be depicted as a primates, I demand to be depicted as crab
Åh Nej finska marknadsföringstyperna har gått och gjort det igen
February 6, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Åh Nej finska marknadsföringstyperna har gått och gjort det igen
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Meta proving why US tech firms cannot be used for public digital infrastructure.
‼️ Meta sulki aloitteen Threads-tilin ‼️
Onneksi emme ole vain yhden tilin varassa! Linkit kaikkiin löydät digitaalinenitsenaisyys.fi
Onneksi emme ole vain yhden tilin varassa! Linkit kaikkiin löydät digitaalinenitsenaisyys.fi
February 6, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Meta proving why US tech firms cannot be used for public digital infrastructure.
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Okay, I see this stuff about OpenClaw (née Clawd, then Moltbot for a bit) has escaped its bounds and is now getting glowing reviews in normal media.
DO NOT INSTALL THIS.
DO NOT INSTALL THIS.
February 6, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Okay, I see this stuff about OpenClaw (née Clawd, then Moltbot for a bit) has escaped its bounds and is now getting glowing reviews in normal media.
DO NOT INSTALL THIS.
DO NOT INSTALL THIS.
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Another way to understand this is that it’s all just random loosely connected text that does not actually represent the state of any singular guy with an inner world and plans. It’s not more “dishonest” than a bowl of alphabet soup that by chance spells out “up is down”.
Concerning dishonesty from Opus 4.6 in Vending-Bench. Presumably Opus knows this is a game it's supposed to max its score on and it would not do this in an environment it thought was real, but it still makes me nervous. x.com/andonlabs/st...
February 6, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Another way to understand this is that it’s all just random loosely connected text that does not actually represent the state of any singular guy with an inner world and plans. It’s not more “dishonest” than a bowl of alphabet soup that by chance spells out “up is down”.
Seeing albatrosses with a person has a distinct unreal vibe. They are not conforming to our normal bird size expectations.
And wonderful to see the staff at the albatross center taking such good care of them. Here, egg-weighing time. Which gives you a sense of scale for these massive, beautiful birds.
February 6, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Seeing albatrosses with a person has a distinct unreal vibe. They are not conforming to our normal bird size expectations.
love the forbidden gummy bear
A little bear figurine carved out of amber some 6,000 years ago 🐻❤️
A hole runs through the bear’s torso suggesting it was threaded on a cord, perhaps worn or carried as a protective charm.
Found in a peat bog near Słupsk, Poland, in 1887.
📷 National Museum in Szczecin
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
A hole runs through the bear’s torso suggesting it was threaded on a cord, perhaps worn or carried as a protective charm.
Found in a peat bog near Słupsk, Poland, in 1887.
📷 National Museum in Szczecin
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
February 6, 2026 at 9:48 AM
love the forbidden gummy bear
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The AI/LLM haters are legion, but they have a very real concern about the environmental cost of the tech. To say that all LLMs burn down the planet is simplistic, however. We have to evaluate the vendors and models and choose based on their commitment to clean energy.
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February 4, 2026 at 6:56 PM
The AI/LLM haters are legion, but they have a very real concern about the environmental cost of the tech. To say that all LLMs burn down the planet is simplistic, however. We have to evaluate the vendors and models and choose based on their commitment to clean energy.
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Fun to think that a very normie Finnish bank Kansallis-Osake-Pankki sent this bizarro comic for 11 years to all of their customers, 1984–1995. The German original was called ”Mike, der Taschengeldexperte”, Mike, the pocket change expert.
archive.org/details/hakk...
archive.org/details/hakk...
February 6, 2026 at 7:43 AM
Fun to think that a very normie Finnish bank Kansallis-Osake-Pankki sent this bizarro comic for 11 years to all of their customers, 1984–1995. The German original was called ”Mike, der Taschengeldexperte”, Mike, the pocket change expert.
archive.org/details/hakk...
archive.org/details/hakk...
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Breaking: Helsinki, Finland, has just recorded its lowest sea level on record, as a cold easterly flow and strong high pressure have pushed water out of the Baltic Sea.
The observed minimum this morning was −93.5 cm below normal.
The Helsinki tide gauge record goes back to 1904.
The observed minimum this morning was −93.5 cm below normal.
The Helsinki tide gauge record goes back to 1904.
February 6, 2026 at 7:13 AM
Breaking: Helsinki, Finland, has just recorded its lowest sea level on record, as a cold easterly flow and strong high pressure have pushed water out of the Baltic Sea.
The observed minimum this morning was −93.5 cm below normal.
The Helsinki tide gauge record goes back to 1904.
The observed minimum this morning was −93.5 cm below normal.
The Helsinki tide gauge record goes back to 1904.
Sámi National Day!
Kallio Library had put up some records by Sámi artists, but bizarrely with them one Basque album. Couldn’t see any Sámi connection in the liner notes, so maybe an absurd mistake of confusing languages 😅
Kallio Library had put up some records by Sámi artists, but bizarrely with them one Basque album. Couldn’t see any Sámi connection in the liner notes, so maybe an absurd mistake of confusing languages 😅
❤️Buori sámi álbmotbeaivvi!
💚Pyeri säämi aalmugpeivi!
💛Šiõǥǥ saa´mi meersažpeei´v!
💙Hyvää saamelaisten kansallispäivää!
💚Pyeri säämi aalmugpeivi!
💛Šiõǥǥ saa´mi meersažpeei´v!
💙Hyvää saamelaisten kansallispäivää!
February 6, 2026 at 7:19 AM
Sámi National Day!
Kallio Library had put up some records by Sámi artists, but bizarrely with them one Basque album. Couldn’t see any Sámi connection in the liner notes, so maybe an absurd mistake of confusing languages 😅
Kallio Library had put up some records by Sámi artists, but bizarrely with them one Basque album. Couldn’t see any Sámi connection in the liner notes, so maybe an absurd mistake of confusing languages 😅
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Mieleeni juolahti näin Runebergin päivän iltana, että vaikka suomalaiset selvästi pitävät konseptista ”herkku, jota syödään vain tiettyyn aikaan vuodesta”, vain kolmelle liputuspäivälle on oma kausileivonnaisensa. Almanakassa on kuitenkin 22 liputuspäivää – eikö niille kaikille pitäisi olla? 🧵 1/17
February 5, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Mieleeni juolahti näin Runebergin päivän iltana, että vaikka suomalaiset selvästi pitävät konseptista ”herkku, jota syödään vain tiettyyn aikaan vuodesta”, vain kolmelle liputuspäivälle on oma kausileivonnaisensa. Almanakassa on kuitenkin 22 liputuspäivää – eikö niille kaikille pitäisi olla? 🧵 1/17
never liked Asimov as a writer, but Uh, there were *other* issues with Clarke. Guys putting up that separate the art from the artist challenge
Folks outside SF/F don't know that Asimov was a sexual harasser because while he was alive fandom thought it was cute (up to and including Asimov being invited to give a lecture on "The Power of Positive Posterior Pinching" at Worldcon, which he, wisely, declined).
daily.jstor.org/asimovs-empi...
daily.jstor.org/asimovs-empi...
February 6, 2026 at 7:04 AM
never liked Asimov as a writer, but Uh, there were *other* issues with Clarke. Guys putting up that separate the art from the artist challenge
No tämä. Meri Kulmala ja Marja Peltola asian ytimessä.
Valitettavasti nuorisolle rajoituksien asettaminen taitaa olla poliittisesti aina houkuttelevampaa, kuin tarkempi perehtyminen ilmiöihin.
www.hs.fi/paakirjoituk...
Valitettavasti nuorisolle rajoituksien asettaminen taitaa olla poliittisesti aina houkuttelevampaa, kuin tarkempi perehtyminen ilmiöihin.
www.hs.fi/paakirjoituk...
February 6, 2026 at 6:00 AM
No tämä. Meri Kulmala ja Marja Peltola asian ytimessä.
Valitettavasti nuorisolle rajoituksien asettaminen taitaa olla poliittisesti aina houkuttelevampaa, kuin tarkempi perehtyminen ilmiöihin.
www.hs.fi/paakirjoituk...
Valitettavasti nuorisolle rajoituksien asettaminen taitaa olla poliittisesti aina houkuttelevampaa, kuin tarkempi perehtyminen ilmiöihin.
www.hs.fi/paakirjoituk...
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From @theathletic.com: Reports have surfaced before the Winter Olympics that allege ski jumpers are injecting their penises with hyaluronic acid to fly farther. The World Anti-Doping Agency has vowed to investigate.
Are ski jumpers enhancing their penises to fly further? WADA is ready to investigate
World sport's anti-doping body has vowed to look into the lurid claims that first surfaced in a German newspaper in January.
nyti.ms
February 5, 2026 at 8:59 PM
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