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)
Reposted by Jonatan Hildén
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.
Reposted by Jonatan Hildén
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.
Reposted by Jonatan Hildén
Digitaalinen itsenäisyys – Suomen seuraava kohtalonkysymys 🇫🇮
Suomi on riippuvainen yhdysvaltalaisista teknologiajäteistä. Riippuvuus ei lähitulevaisuudessa vähenny vaan syvenee.
#DigitaalinenItsenäisyys #Suomi #Kansalaisaloite
1/
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
1/
Suomi on riippuvainen yhdysvaltalaisista teknologiajäteistä. Riippuvuus ei lähitulevaisuudessa vähenny vaan syvenee.
#DigitaalinenItsenäisyys #Suomi #Kansalaisaloite
1/
Reposted by Jonatan Hildén
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”
Reposted by Jonatan Hildén
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.
Reposted by Jonatan Hildén
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).
Reposted by Jonatan Hildén
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...
Reposted by Jonatan Hildén
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!”
Reposted by Jonatan Hildén
“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
Reposted by Jonatan Hildén
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.
Reposted by Jonatan Hildén
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”
Reposted by Jonatan Hildén
most of the value in Internet advertising is purely zero-sum "i see you are buying something; why don't you buy something else."
the Choffnes story is relatively old, but the basic problem is that exfil of audio costs bandwidth and most of the advertising value is just-in-time stuff. this is a case about spurious keyword activation, which is extremely embarrassing and pretty common.
news.northeastern.edu/2018/07/06/i...
news.northeastern.edu/2018/07/06/i...
Is your smartphone spying on you?
New research by Northeastern faculty and students shows that popular smartphone apps can secretly take screenshots of your phone activity and send it to third parties without your permission.
news.northeastern.edu
February 2, 2026 at 7:41 AM
most of the value in Internet advertising is purely zero-sum "i see you are buying something; why don't you buy something else."
Adults all over Europe right now
February 2, 2026 at 7:48 AM
Adults all over Europe right now
Reposted by Jonatan Hildén
For me, the most interesting element here are the AI images – the moment when a story becomes a visual meme. While memefication works without genAI, it appears to supercharge participatory propaganda, allowing people to visualize their imaginary fears and hopes, making them much more shareable
I'm working on a single graphic that illustrates how participatory propaganda becomes policy in the second Trump administration, particularly around the case of "They're Eating the Pets".
Still hoping we'll get to take that last label away before those ?s resolve.
Still hoping we'll get to take that last label away before those ?s resolve.
![Title: “They’re Eating the Pets”: From Participatory Propaganda to Policy in Trump 2.0
Slide contains a graphic with arrows moving clockwise, suggesting a circular process. At the top, are about ten large bubbles with the label “GOP Political Elites”. At the bottom are about a hundred small bubbles, with the label “Audiences”. Up the left side are a series of bubbles of increasing size, labeled “Influencers”.
Arrow [1] runs from GOP Political Elites down to Audiences and has 2 labels:
Political elites on the right set an “anti-immigration” frame during the 2024 election.
JD Vance claims Springfield has been “overwhelmed” by Haitian immigrants [July 10, 2024]
Arrow [2] runs up from Audiences to Elites and contains 3 labels:
A Facebook user in Ohio shared her (false) suspicion that a neighbor’s daughter’s friend’s missing cat had been eaten by Haitian immigrants. [Sept 2024]
The story percolated up through online influencers.
Online activists created AI-generated images or “memes” of Trump saving pets.
Arrow [3] runs down from Elites to Audiences and contains 2 labels:
GOP political leaders repeated the claims and amplified the memes.
Trump repeated the rumor from the debate stage. [Sept 10 2024]
Arrow [4] runs up from Audiences to Elites and contains 2 labels:
Online audiences continued to engage, cheering the rumors on, repeating and retweeting.
“They’re eating the pets” became a meme and a jingle
Arrow [5] runs down from Elites to Audiences and contains 2 labels, highlighted against a white background:
Trump administration rescinds TPS status for Haitian immigrants (ending Feb 3 2026) [Nov 2025]
Trump administration begins detaining and deporting Haitian immigrants? [Feb ?? 2026]
There are two images on the side, screenshots from social media. The first is Donald Trump on a debate stage (from Sept 10, 2024). The second is a synthetic AI image of Donald Trump in a blue suit, carrying a cat, and running away from a group of brown-skinned men in the background.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:h3t5rqlvuaorq42yckpijirj/bafkreiggmmo32ws7eeuuttre3r4cwy7zt7ir43b7oi7eutlbk66xvqkvou@jpeg)
February 2, 2026 at 7:11 AM
For me, the most interesting element here are the AI images – the moment when a story becomes a visual meme. While memefication works without genAI, it appears to supercharge participatory propaganda, allowing people to visualize their imaginary fears and hopes, making them much more shareable
Tämä näissä erityisesti häiritsee:
Suomessa nuoret osallistuu melko laajasti ja itsenäisesti yhteiskuntaan. Aika kevyesti lähdetään ratkomaan ongelmia siitä mistä se on poliittisesti näennäisen helpointa, viis tästä. Miksi 16-vuotias olisi sitten valmis rajoittamattomaan someen?
Suomessa nuoret osallistuu melko laajasti ja itsenäisesti yhteiskuntaan. Aika kevyesti lähdetään ratkomaan ongelmia siitä mistä se on poliittisesti näennäisen helpointa, viis tästä. Miksi 16-vuotias olisi sitten valmis rajoittamattomaan someen?
February 2, 2026 at 6:41 AM
Tämä näissä erityisesti häiritsee:
Suomessa nuoret osallistuu melko laajasti ja itsenäisesti yhteiskuntaan. Aika kevyesti lähdetään ratkomaan ongelmia siitä mistä se on poliittisesti näennäisen helpointa, viis tästä. Miksi 16-vuotias olisi sitten valmis rajoittamattomaan someen?
Suomessa nuoret osallistuu melko laajasti ja itsenäisesti yhteiskuntaan. Aika kevyesti lähdetään ratkomaan ongelmia siitä mistä se on poliittisesti näennäisen helpointa, viis tästä. Miksi 16-vuotias olisi sitten valmis rajoittamattomaan someen?
Slightly milder -18°C on the route to work, feels like -25°C was ok for biking, a bit chill on the hands despite double gloves though!
February 2, 2026 at 6:34 AM
Slightly milder -18°C on the route to work, feels like -25°C was ok for biking, a bit chill on the hands despite double gloves though!
Reposted by Jonatan Hildén
"poliitikot eivät ole kyenneet sääntelemään somejättejä.
Niinpä he alkavat nyt säännellä nuorisoa. "
Näinhän se on. Hyvä kysymys, miksi aikuisten miesten somekäyttäytymistä ei ennemmin rajattaisi.
@adilesev.bsky.social
suomenkuvalehti.fi/mielipide/vo...
Niinpä he alkavat nyt säännellä nuorisoa. "
Näinhän se on. Hyvä kysymys, miksi aikuisten miesten somekäyttäytymistä ei ennemmin rajattaisi.
@adilesev.bsky.social
suomenkuvalehti.fi/mielipide/vo...
Voisiko somen kieltää alle 15-vuotiaiden sijaan aikuisilta miehiltä?
Laajasti kannatettu alle 15-vuotiaiden somekielto voi olla parempi kuin käsien levittely, mutta ei silti aivan yksinkertaista, kirjoittaa Adile Sevimli.
suomenkuvalehti.fi
February 1, 2026 at 6:53 PM
"poliitikot eivät ole kyenneet sääntelemään somejättejä.
Niinpä he alkavat nyt säännellä nuorisoa. "
Näinhän se on. Hyvä kysymys, miksi aikuisten miesten somekäyttäytymistä ei ennemmin rajattaisi.
@adilesev.bsky.social
suomenkuvalehti.fi/mielipide/vo...
Niinpä he alkavat nyt säännellä nuorisoa. "
Näinhän se on. Hyvä kysymys, miksi aikuisten miesten somekäyttäytymistä ei ennemmin rajattaisi.
@adilesev.bsky.social
suomenkuvalehti.fi/mielipide/vo...