Joni Vainikka
@jonivainikka.bsky.social
Human geographer at Uni Helsinki working on decarbonisation, identities, regions, climate and time. Ex-president for the Geographical Society of Finland and an athletics enthusiast (esp. ViipU). 🏡 🇫🇮🇬🇧🇩🇰
Tried to imagine AI writing a perfect post. But instead ran into several questions.
Want to know what?
Want to end up in an endless loop of posts?
Want to have a concept of a post without ever realising out what you wanted to write?
Just tell me.
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Totally useless waste of time.
Want to know what?
Want to end up in an endless loop of posts?
Want to have a concept of a post without ever realising out what you wanted to write?
Just tell me.
---
Totally useless waste of time.
February 18, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Tried to imagine AI writing a perfect post. But instead ran into several questions.
Want to know what?
Want to end up in an endless loop of posts?
Want to have a concept of a post without ever realising out what you wanted to write?
Just tell me.
---
Totally useless waste of time.
Want to know what?
Want to end up in an endless loop of posts?
Want to have a concept of a post without ever realising out what you wanted to write?
Just tell me.
---
Totally useless waste of time.
Reposted by Joni Vainikka
✨Missed the deadline to submit a paper to a SS at #RSA26? There's still time to submit to the general pool ✨
⏳ Deadline: 19th February
For more information on the conference: bit.ly/4atPUlH
Join the RSA community in Gothenburg
➡️ Regions as Arenas in a Changing World
📆 15-18 June 2026
😀🔄
⏳ Deadline: 19th February
For more information on the conference: bit.ly/4atPUlH
Join the RSA community in Gothenburg
➡️ Regions as Arenas in a Changing World
📆 15-18 June 2026
😀🔄
February 16, 2026 at 9:27 AM
✨Missed the deadline to submit a paper to a SS at #RSA26? There's still time to submit to the general pool ✨
⏳ Deadline: 19th February
For more information on the conference: bit.ly/4atPUlH
Join the RSA community in Gothenburg
➡️ Regions as Arenas in a Changing World
📆 15-18 June 2026
😀🔄
⏳ Deadline: 19th February
For more information on the conference: bit.ly/4atPUlH
Join the RSA community in Gothenburg
➡️ Regions as Arenas in a Changing World
📆 15-18 June 2026
😀🔄
Wouldn't normally care what that addict says, but where is the Welsh, where are the Romans, where are Normen and Danes and where was Gondor when Westfold fell?
My English-Scots-Irish ancestors didn't die for multiculturalism; they killed for it. Killed Confederates who said shit exactly like this.
February 16, 2026 at 5:43 AM
Wouldn't normally care what that addict says, but where is the Welsh, where are the Romans, where are Normen and Danes and where was Gondor when Westfold fell?
Alisa Vainio wins the #ZurichMaratónSevilla26 with NR 2:20:38. Second fastest course time for women. No Finnish men will match her time this year.
What a day for Lappeenranta.
What a day for Lappeenranta.
February 15, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Alisa Vainio wins the #ZurichMaratónSevilla26 with NR 2:20:38. Second fastest course time for women. No Finnish men will match her time this year.
What a day for Lappeenranta.
What a day for Lappeenranta.
Post a tree you photographed.
February 14, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Post a tree you photographed.
Olympics Ice Hockey All-Star team so far
Granlund-McDavid-Slafkovský
Dahlin-Mikkola
Šilovs
Granlund-McDavid-Slafkovský
Dahlin-Mikkola
Šilovs
February 14, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Olympics Ice Hockey All-Star team so far
Granlund-McDavid-Slafkovský
Dahlin-Mikkola
Šilovs
Granlund-McDavid-Slafkovský
Dahlin-Mikkola
Šilovs
Come to Finland. We have ice you can walk on.
February 14, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Come to Finland. We have ice you can walk on.
Reposted by Joni Vainikka
New hope for academics everywhere!
Reading and writing can lower dementia risk by almost 40%, study finds
Cognitive health in later life is ‘strongly influenced’ by lifelong exposure to intellectually stimulating environments, say researchers
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:36 AM
New hope for academics everywhere!
Watched Bondi hearing for five minutes today. Reminded me of Melissa McCarthy's portrayal of the press secratary in SNL, but then realised that this is not a joke - unlike the administration.
February 11, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Watched Bondi hearing for five minutes today. Reminded me of Melissa McCarthy's portrayal of the press secratary in SNL, but then realised that this is not a joke - unlike the administration.
Eurovision 2025 in Basel: 166 million viewers
Bad Bunny halftime show: 128.2 milion viewers
Kid Rock halftime show: 6.1 million viewers
"Culture war" may be a misnomer, honestly.
Kid Rock halftime show: 6.1 million viewers
"Culture war" may be a misnomer, honestly.
February 11, 2026 at 6:46 AM
Eurovision 2025 in Basel: 166 million viewers
February 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
"Macronin mukaan Eurooppa on Kiinaan ja Yhdysvaltoihin verrattuna alivelkaantunut."
**pyyhkii kahvit näytöltä.
yle.fi/a/74-20209289
**pyyhkii kahvit näytöltä.
yle.fi/a/74-20209289
Macron: Euroopan on vahvistettava omaa teollisuuttaan
Uutiset nopeasti ja luotettavasti.
yle.fi
February 10, 2026 at 7:52 AM
"Macronin mukaan Eurooppa on Kiinaan ja Yhdysvaltoihin verrattuna alivelkaantunut."
**pyyhkii kahvit näytöltä.
yle.fi/a/74-20209289
**pyyhkii kahvit näytöltä.
yle.fi/a/74-20209289
I don't have any idea who plays in the Super Bowl, and quite frankly I don't care. Just wish Vance would leave the Olympics, so that for once we could concentrate only on sports.
February 8, 2026 at 5:54 PM
I don't have any idea who plays in the Super Bowl, and quite frankly I don't care. Just wish Vance would leave the Olympics, so that for once we could concentrate only on sports.
Reposted by Joni Vainikka
🔥HOT OFF THE PRESS: Why the energy transition is disruptive, non-linear, hard to predict and often faster than expected.
Our paper in Nature Reviews Clean Technology shows how feedback loops create virtuous and vicious cycles that can accelerate or block change. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Our paper in Nature Reviews Clean Technology shows how feedback loops create virtuous and vicious cycles that can accelerate or block change. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
February 7, 2026 at 9:01 AM
🔥HOT OFF THE PRESS: Why the energy transition is disruptive, non-linear, hard to predict and often faster than expected.
Our paper in Nature Reviews Clean Technology shows how feedback loops create virtuous and vicious cycles that can accelerate or block change. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Our paper in Nature Reviews Clean Technology shows how feedback loops create virtuous and vicious cycles that can accelerate or block change. 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Reposted by Joni Vainikka
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Bitcoin six-seven
February 5, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Bitcoin six-seven
Comes with "A lifetime supply of LEGO® DUPLO® blocks (enjoyed both by children and elderly people with declining mental capacity)."
Forget Nobel - Denmarkification just launched something FAR more important 🧱
denmarkification.com/peaceprice/?...
Forget Nobel - Denmarkification just launched something FAR more important 🧱
denmarkification.com/peaceprice/?...
Committee announces inaugural lægoland peace prize nomination
...and let's buy California from Trump, because why not?
denmarkification.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:25 AM
Comes with "A lifetime supply of LEGO® DUPLO® blocks (enjoyed both by children and elderly people with declining mental capacity)."
Forget Nobel - Denmarkification just launched something FAR more important 🧱
denmarkification.com/peaceprice/?...
Forget Nobel - Denmarkification just launched something FAR more important 🧱
denmarkification.com/peaceprice/?...
Reposted by Joni Vainikka
Päivi Räsänen lähti Yhdysvaltoihin "puolustamaan perusoikeuksia" oikeusvaliokunnan pj Jim Jordanin kutsusta.
Jim Jordan:
Jim Jordan:
February 4, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Päivi Räsänen lähti Yhdysvaltoihin "puolustamaan perusoikeuksia" oikeusvaliokunnan pj Jim Jordanin kutsusta.
Jim Jordan:
Jim Jordan:
Reposted by Joni Vainikka
What’s new in Annales Zoologici Fennici in 2026?
- New synthesis article type: Zoa Essentia
- Special issue on seals, focusing on the Saimaa ringed seal & other rare pinnipeds (DL September 2026)
- www.annzool.net
- New synthesis article type: Zoa Essentia
- Special issue on seals, focusing on the Saimaa ringed seal & other rare pinnipeds (DL September 2026)
- www.annzool.net
Annales Zoologici Fennici
www.annzool.net
January 27, 2026 at 7:49 AM
What’s new in Annales Zoologici Fennici in 2026?
- New synthesis article type: Zoa Essentia
- Special issue on seals, focusing on the Saimaa ringed seal & other rare pinnipeds (DL September 2026)
- www.annzool.net
- New synthesis article type: Zoa Essentia
- Special issue on seals, focusing on the Saimaa ringed seal & other rare pinnipeds (DL September 2026)
- www.annzool.net
Reposted by Joni Vainikka
We're recruiting 2 PhD candidates in human geography here in Uppsala, one position focused on urban/housing issues and one in political ecology.
Please spread the word/repost etc. Being a PhD student in Sweden is a good gig.
Please spread the word/repost etc. Being a PhD student in Sweden is a good gig.
2 PhD student positions in Human Geography - Uppsala University
2 PhD student positions in Human Geography, Department of Human Geography, Uppsala University
www.uu.se
February 2, 2026 at 3:23 PM
We're recruiting 2 PhD candidates in human geography here in Uppsala, one position focused on urban/housing issues and one in political ecology.
Please spread the word/repost etc. Being a PhD student in Sweden is a good gig.
Please spread the word/repost etc. Being a PhD student in Sweden is a good gig.
It is all a big pyramid scam.
February 2, 2026 at 9:45 PM
It is all a big pyramid scam.
-One can’t be too dangerous, if they like to eat pancakes. Especially with jam on it.
YLE just finished >30h live reading marathon for all Moomin books. Around 130 people, incl. Alexander Stubb, Sanna Marin, Pekka Kuusisto & Alma Pöysti gave their voices to Tove Jansson's oeuvre.
Bless your tail!
YLE just finished >30h live reading marathon for all Moomin books. Around 130 people, incl. Alexander Stubb, Sanna Marin, Pekka Kuusisto & Alma Pöysti gave their voices to Tove Jansson's oeuvre.
Bless your tail!
February 1, 2026 at 8:56 PM
-One can’t be too dangerous, if they like to eat pancakes. Especially with jam on it.
YLE just finished >30h live reading marathon for all Moomin books. Around 130 people, incl. Alexander Stubb, Sanna Marin, Pekka Kuusisto & Alma Pöysti gave their voices to Tove Jansson's oeuvre.
Bless your tail!
YLE just finished >30h live reading marathon for all Moomin books. Around 130 people, incl. Alexander Stubb, Sanna Marin, Pekka Kuusisto & Alma Pöysti gave their voices to Tove Jansson's oeuvre.
Bless your tail!
Reposted by Joni Vainikka
That feeling when you, a terrorism and extremism scholar, see documentary evidence that shows moot met with Jeffery Epstein on the same day /pol was launched:
January 31, 2026 at 3:43 AM
That feeling when you, a terrorism and extremism scholar, see documentary evidence that shows moot met with Jeffery Epstein on the same day /pol was launched:
Reposted by Joni Vainikka
Susimorsian, Sanna Marin, houkutteli pedot pihapiiriin, tuhosi rauhan Euroopasta, Suomen talouden.
Susimorsian pilaa seuraajiensa hallitusohjelman, lisää loitsuillaan työttömyyttä, houkuttelee ulkomaalaisia demareita maahan, yllyttää saukot autojen kimppuun. Tuplaa Ilvesten määrän syrjäseuduilla
Susimorsian pilaa seuraajiensa hallitusohjelman, lisää loitsuillaan työttömyyttä, houkuttelee ulkomaalaisia demareita maahan, yllyttää saukot autojen kimppuun. Tuplaa Ilvesten määrän syrjäseuduilla
January 31, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Susimorsian, Sanna Marin, houkutteli pedot pihapiiriin, tuhosi rauhan Euroopasta, Suomen talouden.
Susimorsian pilaa seuraajiensa hallitusohjelman, lisää loitsuillaan työttömyyttä, houkuttelee ulkomaalaisia demareita maahan, yllyttää saukot autojen kimppuun. Tuplaa Ilvesten määrän syrjäseuduilla
Susimorsian pilaa seuraajiensa hallitusohjelman, lisää loitsuillaan työttömyyttä, houkuttelee ulkomaalaisia demareita maahan, yllyttää saukot autojen kimppuun. Tuplaa Ilvesten määrän syrjäseuduilla