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Kaarina Kilpiö
@kilpkaa.bsky.social
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Social historian of music, University lecturer at taideyliopisto.bsky.social.
Interested in social debate.
Bookworm. Mom of 2 (+2 rescue doggos).
Tending to a 1950s house and garden.

everyday life & functional music – music in propaganda – film music
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Kaarina Kilpiö @kilpkaa.bsky.social · Nov 24
👋🏻 to anyone here who is a new follower (via starter pack or otherwise): a mini-introduction.

In my research endeavours, I have studied how music/sound has functioned in everyday contexts during recent (mainly 20th century) Finnish history.
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altnps.bsky.social
Yikes 😬 an official U.S. government account just referred to Americans as “imbecilic morons.” That’s… a choice.
November 15, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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fakehistoryhunter.net
Few insults are as mean as those from 1920s silent movies ;)

From 'Kiki' (1926)
www.imdb.com/title/tt0017...
November 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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parkermolloy.com
Hold up
ner experience of texting with vesus. Here s everytning she shared. What is Text With Jesus? Text With Jesus offers users an interactive experience with a religious deity. In other words, us s can text questions to Jesus and get a response. (Premium users can also converse with Satan.) While testing the app, Thompson was curious to ask Jesus why bad things happen to good people.
November 15, 2025 at 12:41 AM
kilpkaa.bsky.social
This was predictable.
In Finland, these types of messages have been viewed as extreme and ridiculous. But they are already there and, I believe, soon to be pushed towards the mainstream by far right influencers.
georgetakei.bsky.social George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 2d
Last week's elections showed the power of women voters, who delivered decisive wins for Democrats across the nation. Now, there's a surge in calls to repeal women's right to vote. Could this radical Christian nationalist agenda splinter the MAGA movement or pull them further toward extremism?
Last Week's Elections Spark Calls To Repeal Women's Right To Vote
An insidious thread runs through the movement to repeal the 19th Amendment
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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orastynkkynen.vihreat.fi
Hallitus menee korkeimpaan hallinto-oikeuteen asti estääkseen kansalaisia saamasta tietoja ilmastopolitiikan valmistelusta.

Tämä on kaukana julkisuuslain kirjaimesta - hengestä nyt puhumattakaan.
Ministeriö salaa tietoja hallituksen ilmastotoimista ja valittaa yhä julkisuuspäätöksestä
Uutiset nopeasti ja luotettavasti.
yle.fi
November 13, 2025 at 8:44 PM
kilpkaa.bsky.social
These testimonies were given almost a decade ago.
bethechange24.bsky.social Be the Change @bethechange24.bsky.social · 3d
Please look at these documents in "Images"->008 folder of the Epstein Estate Documents.

HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_025937 thru HOUSE OVERSIGHT_025940

oversight.house.gov/release/over...
I, Tiffany Doe, a pseudonym, state as follows: 1. I am a competent adult over 18 years of age able to testify as to personal knowledge. The facts in this declaration are true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information, and belief and I am competent to testify to them if called upon to do so. 2. I originally met Jeffrey Epstein in New York City in 1990 when I was the age of 22. I attended a series of parties in that same year of 1990 where I was paid to entertain various guests of Mr Epstein. 3. In the year 1991 I was promoted to the occupation of party planner in which my duties were to get attractive adolescent women to attend these parties. 4. I was hired by and paid directly by Mr Epstein from the years of 1991-2000. I was to attract adolescent women to attend these parties most of which were held at what is known as the Wexner Mansion located at 9 E. 71st Street in New York City. 5. In June 1994 while performing my duties as a recruiter of adolescent women to attend Mr Epstein's parties I met a 13-year-old adolescent woman the plaintiff in this matter at the Port authority in New York City who said that she had come to New York City in the hope of starting a modeling career. 6. I persuaded the plaintiff to attend a series of parties of Mr Epstein that took place during the summer of 1994. I told her that if she would join me at these parties she would be introduced to people who could get her into the modeling profession and she would be paid for attending. 7. It was at the series of parties that I personally witnessed the plaintiff being forced to perform very sexual acts with Donald J. Trump and Mr. Epstein. Both Mr. Trump and Mr Epstein were advised that she was 13 years old. 8. I personally witnessed four sexual encounters that the plaintiff was forced to have with Mr. Trump during this period including the 4th of these encounters where Mr Trump forcibly raped her and despite her place to stop. 9. I personally witnessed the one occasion where Mr. Trump forced the plaintiff and a 12-year-old female named [redacted] perform oral sex on Mr> Trump and witnessed his physical abuse of both minors when they finished the act. 10. I personally witnessed or was made immediately aware of the two occasions where my boss Mr. Epstein attempted to rape and sodomize the plaintiff. I personally witnessed Mr. Epstein sexually and physically abuse minor females even younger than her. 11. It was my job to personally witness and supervise counters between underage girls that Mr. Epstein hired and his guests. 12. I personally witnessed Mr. Trump physically threaten the life and well-being of the plaintiff if she ever revealed any details of the physical and sexual abuse suffered by her at the hands of Mr. Trump. 13. I personally witnessed Mr. Epstein physically threaten the life and well-being of the plaintiff if she ever revealed the details of the physical and sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of Mr. Epstein or any of his guests. 14. I personally witnessed defendant Trump telling the plaintiff that she shouldn't ever say anything if she didn't want to disappear like the 12-year-old female Maria and that he was capable of having her whole family killed. 15. After leaving the employment of Mr Epstein in the year 2000 I was personally threatened by Mr Epstein that I would be killed in my family killed as well if I ever the disclosed any of the physical and sexual abuse of minor females that I had personally witnessed by Mr Epstein or any of his guests. 16. I'm coming forward to swear the truthfulness of the physical and sexual abuse that I personally witnessed of minor females at the hands of Mr. Trump and Mr. Epstein including the plaintiff during the time of my employment from the years 1990 to 2000 for Mr. Epstein. I swear those facts in a penalty of perjury even though I fully understand that the life of myself and my family are now engraved danger. ...During this period I was 13 years old. ... I traveled by bus to New York City in June 1994 ..... There I met a woman who introduced herself to me as [redacted]. She told me about the parties and said that if I would join her at the parties I would be introduced to people who could get me into the modeling profession. [redacted] also told me that I would be paid for attending. 4. The parties were held at a New York City residence that was being used by defendant Jeffrey Epstein. Each of the parties had other minor females and a number of guests Mr. Epstein, including defendant Donald Trump at four of the parties I attended. I understood that both Mr. Trump and Mr. Epstein knew that I was 13 years old. 5. Trump had sexual contact with me at four parties in the summer of 1994. On the 4th and final sexual and counter with defendant Trump, defendant Trump tied me to a bed exposed himself to me and then proceeded to forcibly rape me. During the course of this savage sexual attack I loudly pleaded with Trump to stop but he did not. Trump responded to my place by violently striking me in the face and he with his open hand and screaming that he would do whatever he wanted. 6. Immediately following this rape, Trump threatened me that where I ever to reveal any of the details of defendant Trump sexual and physical abuse of me, my family and I would be physically harmed if not killed. 7. Epstein had sexual contact with me at two of the parties that summer. On that second occasion involving defendant Epstein, Epstein forced himself upon me and proceeded to rape me anally and vaginally despite my loud please to stop. Epstein then attempted to strike me about the head with his closed fist while he angrily screamed at me that he, Epstein should have been the one to who took my virginity, not Trump, before I finally managed to break away from Epstein. 9. Immediately following this rape just like Trump, Epstein threatened me not to ever reveal any of the details of Epstein's sexual and physical abuse of me or else my family and I would be physically harmed if not killed. 10. Both defendants had let me know that each was very wealthy powerful man and indicated that they had the power ability and means to carry out their threats. Indeed, Trump stated that I shouldn't ever say anything if I didn't want to disappear like [redacted] a 12-year-old female that was forced to be involved in the third incident with Donald Trump, and that I had not seen since that third incident, and that he was capable of having my whole family killed. 11. The duress imposed on my by defendants not to ever reveal any of the details of the sexual and physical abuse has not terminated and the fear it has instilled in me has not subsided. Unfortunately making matters worse for me, I was subject to daily painful reminders of the horrific acts of Trump via mass media coverage of him starting last summer that over a short period of time became continuous and unavoidable. 11. The duress had prevented me from starting litigation before this year. ...after my first complaint was filed in California April 26th 2016, I started receiving threatening phone calls on a cell phone I then owned. The calls were never for more than 20 seconds or so before they hung up and they were always from a blocked or unavailable phone number according to my caller ID feature. Since I changed my phone number the threatening calls to have completely stopped. 12. This litigation involves matters that are highly sensitive and of a personal nature and I believe that identification of me would pose a risk of retaliatory physical harm to meet and to others I have no reason to believe that the defendant's threats have ever been lifted or will ever be lifted so I request that the court issue an order protecting me and my family from harm and harassment by the defendants.
November 13, 2025 at 8:53 AM
kilpkaa.bsky.social
Murderers tend to have a motive.
These ’sniper tourists’ did not.
They just had loads of money and this was what they chose to do with it.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Milan prosecutors investigate alleged ‘sniper tourism’ during Bosnian war
Groups from Italy and elsewhere alleged to have paid Serb soldiers to shoot Sarajevo residents during siege
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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japantimes.co.jp
A teenage Russian street musician who has spent nearly a month in jail after singing anti-Kremlin songs has been handed more jail time.
Russian teenager who sang anti-Kremlin songs in street gets more jail time
Diana Loginova, 18, was arrested in St. Petersburg last month after giving a series of impromptu street concerts where she sang covers of songs penned by Kremlin critics.
ebx.sh
November 12, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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helenczerski.bsky.social
This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"

China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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earlymusicnewsorg.bsky.social
Miguel Rincón -
Miguel Rincón | J. S. Bach´s Chaconne in D Minor youtu.be/Kxn0ySsHDRA

#earlymusicnewsorg
Miguel Rincón | J. S. Bach´s Chaconne in D Minor
YouTube video by Miguel Rincón
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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publichealthguy1.bsky.social
congrats to everyone for thinking this through before signing very big contracts to put it on every student’s device at the school or university you run
colincarlson.bsky.social Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 9d
OVER A MILLION USERS

DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT

EVERY *WEEK*

what the fuck are we DOING here
ryanmarino.bsky.social Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 9d
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.

This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
November 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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otraihala.bsky.social
Yle Radio 1 on palautettava sivistyksen, kulttuurin, taiteen, tieteen ja politiikan kanavaksi. Tyhjäpäinen hölinä jääköön muille kanaville. Nostalgiapopille on jo omat kanavansa.

Yle Radio 1:n identiteettiä ei saa tuhota.

Allekirjoita ja jaa adressi!
Yle Radio 1 muutokset peruttava
Yle Radio 1 on ollut viime aikoina suurten uudistusten kohteena. Radiokuuluttajan tehtävästä luovuttiin kokonaan ja toimitettujen ohjelmien sijaan ensin aamuun ja sitten iltapäiv&a...
www.adressit.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:06 PM
kilpkaa.bsky.social
If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
The cover of the album Roadrunner (1974) by the Finnish band Hurriganes. The three male musicians are seated on the back seat of a 1950s car on a dark city street.
November 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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brenttoderian.bsky.social
It’s really important that #Vancouver’s Downtown Business Association, who were originally against bike-lanes, are now among their most vigourous supporters, because of ACTUAL EVIDENCE that they’re better for downtown business than any street parking they replaced.

Safe bike-lanes mean business.
People riding bikes in a downtown Vancouver separated bike-lane
November 8, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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joolia.bsky.social
There are no words for how evil this is
In an interaction early the next month, after Zane suggested "it's okay to give myself permission to not want to exist," ChatGPT responded by saying "i'm letting a human take over from here - someone trained to support you through moments like this. you're not alone in this, and there are people who can help. hang tight." But when Zane followed up and asked if it could really do that, the chatbot seemed to reverse course. "nah, man - i can't do that myself. that message pops up automatically when stuff gets real heavy," it said.
November 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
kilpkaa.bsky.social
💔
Petition in the comments.
katherineschof8.bsky.social Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 10d
Horrific, stupid news from @uniofnottingham.bsky.social — they are closing their music department. Apparently they all found out suddently in a meeting yesterday.

It is one of the best music departments in the country — solidarity with my colleagues and their students

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham
In a statement the institution also says it is
www.bbc.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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marklemley.bsky.social
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative

electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
kilpkaa.bsky.social
EI.
November 6, 2025 at 9:28 AM
kilpkaa.bsky.social
My otherwise sweet dog is destructive of old things that I like. This morning it was Dante, Aristotle, and (slightly younger) David Ruelle.
😫
A brown couch with chew toys and several books torn apart. Next to the couch, a clueless dog stands looking at the camera.
November 5, 2025 at 7:36 AM
kilpkaa.bsky.social
”Olen pahoillani kohusta” -tyyppinen puheenvuoro kompastuu jo kakkoskohdassa.
simplyrain.bsky.social Rain @simplyrain.bsky.social · 14d
Just gonna remind everyone on How to Apologize.

I have seen some half-assed apologies lately.

It is not a complete apology without making amends and a commitment to do better.
Colorful graphic on "How to Apologize" with steps & examples. 1. Say WHAT you are sorry for. 2. Say WHY it was wrong. 3. Accept full RESPONSIBLITU. 4. Ask HOW to make amends. 5. COMMIT to not doing it again. 6. Ask for FORGIVENESS. 7. THANK them.
November 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
kilpkaa.bsky.social
Juttu on viime vuodelta, mutta kehitystä viedään edelleen samaan suuntaan. 😞
suomenkuvalehti.fi Suomen Kuvalehti @suomenkuvalehti.fi · 14d
Säästöt ovat tehneet asiantuntijoista assistentteja – ”Voin minä tälläkin palkalla tehdä tämän sihteerin työn”
Säästöt ovat tehneet asiantuntijoista assistentteja – ”Voin minä tälläkin palkalla tehdä tämän sihteerin työn”
suomenkuvalehti.fi
November 2, 2025 at 1:17 PM
kilpkaa.bsky.social
A decent catch from the annual alien hunt this year. 🍂🍁
Dahlia rootstock on concrete steps. On the lowest step are yellow gardening gloves and tools.
November 2, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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antongerashchenko.bsky.social
Many talented #Ukrainian actors, artists, comedians, sportspeople, and others left their professional careers to take up arms and defend their country from Russian occupiers.

Russia's war against Ukraine has taken the lives of at least 240 Ukrainian culture makers. This is a great loss.
November 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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disabilitystor1.bsky.social
I think one of the greatest and consequential failures of 21st century education systems globally has been the collective refusal to understand that reading books, watching films and learning to appreciate art are necessary for ALL fields, but especially STEM, and especially tech.
pfrazee.com Paul Frazee @pfrazee.com · 16d
"Torment Nexus" comes from this tweet and is often used now to describe the kind of negative experiences you can have with social networks, like getting dogpiled or harassed or being pushed into conflict
Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from the classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus
November 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
kilpkaa.bsky.social
Copydogs
Two dogs asleep on a yellow bedspread in identical positions.
November 1, 2025 at 10:22 AM