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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You don't often see highly stylized comparative anatomy pieces. I think this is the only time Harper did one!
Charley Harper, "Darwin's Finches", from "The Giant Golden Book of Biology", 1961
February 5, 2026 at 4:55 PM
You don't often see highly stylized comparative anatomy pieces. I think this is the only time Harper did one!
I somehow feel Hoefler type is particularly at risk. Something about them being semi-exclusive yet very popular and recognizeable, also not too idiosyncratic.
February 5, 2026 at 4:54 PM
I somehow feel Hoefler type is particularly at risk. Something about them being semi-exclusive yet very popular and recognizeable, also not too idiosyncratic.
I used to think it was very nice when it came out, but now it is very slopified
February 5, 2026 at 4:03 PM
I used to think it was very nice when it came out, but now it is very slopified
Slop is such an useful concept that you can back-apply it with impunity. Just called the typeface Neutraface slopified in a chat with a designer friend complaining how it makes everything look like a semi-expensive late aughts box of chocolates
February 5, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Slop is such an useful concept that you can back-apply it with impunity. Just called the typeface Neutraface slopified in a chat with a designer friend complaining how it makes everything look like a semi-expensive late aughts box of chocolates
Or the authors are just mostly handwaving there and the conclusion should be taken with a pinch of salt, since helmet mandates wasn’t the main focus of the paper. The individual benefit of wearing a helmet seems better supported than I expected (reason for looking up the paper in the first place)
February 5, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Or the authors are just mostly handwaving there and the conclusion should be taken with a pinch of salt, since helmet mandates wasn’t the main focus of the paper. The individual benefit of wearing a helmet seems better supported than I expected (reason for looking up the paper in the first place)
I used to think this was a known thing, but was surprised to find this paper that argues that other factors matter more!
Helmet mandates may be more tempting in places with lacking cycling culture and poor infrastructure.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Helmet mandates may be more tempting in places with lacking cycling culture and poor infrastructure.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
February 5, 2026 at 3:45 PM
I used to think this was a known thing, but was surprised to find this paper that argues that other factors matter more!
Helmet mandates may be more tempting in places with lacking cycling culture and poor infrastructure.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Helmet mandates may be more tempting in places with lacking cycling culture and poor infrastructure.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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An example of how impacts of interventions can differ at individual and population levels, and are conditional on other events. Given a car hits you, the helmet helps. But mandating helmets could lower the # of bikes on the road & thus might increase the chance of getting hit in the first place.
This is counter-intuitive:
"It is clear that the benefits of cycling outweigh the risks, with helmet legislation actually costing society more from lost health gains than saved from injury prevention." theconversation.com/ditching-bik...
"It is clear that the benefits of cycling outweigh the risks, with helmet legislation actually costing society more from lost health gains than saved from injury prevention." theconversation.com/ditching-bik...
Ditching bike helmets laws better for health
With epidemics of diabetes and obesity threatening to bankrupt state health budgets, governments need to broaden their strategies to encourage physical activity. Allowing cyclists to ride without a he...
theconversation.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:55 PM
An example of how impacts of interventions can differ at individual and population levels, and are conditional on other events. Given a car hits you, the helmet helps. But mandating helmets could lower the # of bikes on the road & thus might increase the chance of getting hit in the first place.
Reposted by Jonatan Hildén
Some dads are more rugged than others, other girls’ fathers
February 5, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Some dads are more rugged than others, other girls’ fathers
tuo lang-tagin toistaminen aiheuttaa paniikkia… zip pakkaa lol
February 5, 2026 at 12:42 PM
tuo lang-tagin toistaminen aiheuttaa paniikkia… zip pakkaa lol
I feel like seeing what the unpacked XML that constitutes a simple Word document looks like certainly explains some things. Herein lies madness.
February 5, 2026 at 11:58 AM
I feel like seeing what the unpacked XML that constitutes a simple Word document looks like certainly explains some things. Herein lies madness.
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Always retweeting these two pages of Wolves of St. August because I believe that Mignola, along with Kiyoshi Kurosawa, are the two artists who have most profoundly understood ghosts.
An underrated skill of Mignola's: quickly developing immensely tragic side characters. The Troll Witch, Von Klempt's granddaughter ("Rubezahl..."), the new Bog Roosh, and most of all the little girl from the Wolves of St. August—a tale of utter despair sketched in only six panels.
February 5, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Always retweeting these two pages of Wolves of St. August because I believe that Mignola, along with Kiyoshi Kurosawa, are the two artists who have most profoundly understood ghosts.
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.
February 5, 2026 at 7:59 AM
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
”Will Smith eating pasta” is still inexplicably funny
February 5, 2026 at 5:12 AM
”Will Smith eating pasta” is still inexplicably funny
Claude (trademark)
February 5, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Claude (trademark)
Kirjaimellisuus aseena, lasten suosikkihommia
February 4, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Kirjaimellisuus aseena, lasten suosikkihommia
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.
There’s 5.4% of us in Helsinki, or nearly 37,000, so a sizeable town’s worth. Still funny how certain spots are specifically Swedish haunts.
February 4, 2026 at 9:58 AM
There’s 5.4% of us in Helsinki, or nearly 37,000, so a sizeable town’s worth. Still funny how certain spots are specifically Swedish haunts.
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.