Linda Eklöf
@lindaokapi.bsky.social
Educator, activist, feminist, gardener. Online since 1990. She/they. 🏳️🌈
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Oil is the most Lovecraftian thing that actually exists.
You're telling me that there's a black ichor under the earth made from the ancient dead, whose burning can realize all the dreams of man, but only at the price of slowly returning the earth to its primordial state?
You're telling me that there's a black ichor under the earth made from the ancient dead, whose burning can realize all the dreams of man, but only at the price of slowly returning the earth to its primordial state?
November 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Oil is the most Lovecraftian thing that actually exists.
You're telling me that there's a black ichor under the earth made from the ancient dead, whose burning can realize all the dreams of man, but only at the price of slowly returning the earth to its primordial state?
You're telling me that there's a black ichor under the earth made from the ancient dead, whose burning can realize all the dreams of man, but only at the price of slowly returning the earth to its primordial state?
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Unprecedentedly warm November day in eastern Finland, especially in North Karelia.
Multiple monthly heat records, including
Tohmajärvi Kemie 11.8 °C
Liperi Joensuu airport 11.1 °C
Juuka Niemelä 11.2 °C
Lieksa Lampela 10.9 °C
Nurmes Valtimo 10.8 °C
(shown with magenta in the map)
Multiple monthly heat records, including
Tohmajärvi Kemie 11.8 °C
Liperi Joensuu airport 11.1 °C
Juuka Niemelä 11.2 °C
Lieksa Lampela 10.9 °C
Nurmes Valtimo 10.8 °C
(shown with magenta in the map)
November 5, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Unprecedentedly warm November day in eastern Finland, especially in North Karelia.
Multiple monthly heat records, including
Tohmajärvi Kemie 11.8 °C
Liperi Joensuu airport 11.1 °C
Juuka Niemelä 11.2 °C
Lieksa Lampela 10.9 °C
Nurmes Valtimo 10.8 °C
(shown with magenta in the map)
Multiple monthly heat records, including
Tohmajärvi Kemie 11.8 °C
Liperi Joensuu airport 11.1 °C
Juuka Niemelä 11.2 °C
Lieksa Lampela 10.9 °C
Nurmes Valtimo 10.8 °C
(shown with magenta in the map)
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I dunno who you are, bunkeymunky, but you speak truth—even if it was a bit more than 25 years ago in my particular case! (Yikes!! I'm getting long in the tooth.)
February 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I dunno who you are, bunkeymunky, but you speak truth—even if it was a bit more than 25 years ago in my particular case! (Yikes!! I'm getting long in the tooth.)
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Kakistocracy: government by the least suitable or competent citizens of a state
October 20, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Kakistocracy: government by the least suitable or competent citizens of a state
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When you see 2-3 percent doing something costly like protesting, you figure there are at least 10x who would like to but couldn't, 20x who largely agree, and 5-10 percent who are undecided but really thinking about what is going on.
The sum is way over 50 percent any way you cut it.
The sum is way over 50 percent any way you cut it.
Just saw an extremely dumb post about how this is not what democracy
looks like because only 2% of the population turned out, it's what freedom of assembly looks like, and what the bleep do people even think democracy is? Freedom of assembly being part of democracy is elementary school civics.
looks like because only 2% of the population turned out, it's what freedom of assembly looks like, and what the bleep do people even think democracy is? Freedom of assembly being part of democracy is elementary school civics.
October 19, 2025 at 2:06 AM
When you see 2-3 percent doing something costly like protesting, you figure there are at least 10x who would like to but couldn't, 20x who largely agree, and 5-10 percent who are undecided but really thinking about what is going on.
The sum is way over 50 percent any way you cut it.
The sum is way over 50 percent any way you cut it.
3.5% would be about 12 million for the USA. #nokings is estimated at 7 million so getting there. But will it be enough?
(The 3.5% rule is a concept that states that when 3.5% of the population of a country protest nonviolently against a government, that government is likely to fall from power.)
(The 3.5% rule is a concept that states that when 3.5% of the population of a country protest nonviolently against a government, that government is likely to fall from power.)
Lately I've seen many references to the 3.5% rule. A few years ago I pulled together this Q&A on potential uses and misuses of this statistic. www.hks.harvard.edu/sites/defaul...
October 19, 2025 at 7:41 PM
3.5% would be about 12 million for the USA. #nokings is estimated at 7 million so getting there. But will it be enough?
(The 3.5% rule is a concept that states that when 3.5% of the population of a country protest nonviolently against a government, that government is likely to fall from power.)
(The 3.5% rule is a concept that states that when 3.5% of the population of a country protest nonviolently against a government, that government is likely to fall from power.)
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AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance
However, they are weaker than they look…
However, they are weaker than they look…
October 1, 2025 at 12:35 AM
AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance
However, they are weaker than they look…
However, they are weaker than they look…
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Tämä ei ole hyvän mielen postaus, mutta ehkä syksyn tärkein postaukseni. Suosittelen kaikille tutkijoille ja tutkimusryhmille: käsitelkää törkyriskejä ja suunnitelkaa toimenpiteitä etukäteen yhdessä.
Lähiaikoina on tiettävästi odotettavissa törkyä tiedeyhteisöä kohtaan. Ketjusta muutama pikavinkki.
Lähiaikoina on tiettävästi odotettavissa törkyä tiedeyhteisöä kohtaan. Ketjusta muutama pikavinkki.
September 30, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Tämä ei ole hyvän mielen postaus, mutta ehkä syksyn tärkein postaukseni. Suosittelen kaikille tutkijoille ja tutkimusryhmille: käsitelkää törkyriskejä ja suunnitelkaa toimenpiteitä etukäteen yhdessä.
Lähiaikoina on tiettävästi odotettavissa törkyä tiedeyhteisöä kohtaan. Ketjusta muutama pikavinkki.
Lähiaikoina on tiettävästi odotettavissa törkyä tiedeyhteisöä kohtaan. Ketjusta muutama pikavinkki.
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Erityisen hälyttävää, että 16-39 v. ikäryhmässä varallisuuserot Suomessa EU-maiden suurimmat. 😬
#varallisuuserot
2/3
#varallisuuserot
2/3
September 29, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Erityisen hälyttävää, että 16-39 v. ikäryhmässä varallisuuserot Suomessa EU-maiden suurimmat. 😬
#varallisuuserot
2/3
#varallisuuserot
2/3
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BONUS: Eurofoundin raporttiin pohjautuva lyhyt artikkeli varallisuuseroista tässä. www.eurofound.europa.eu/en/publicati...
A picture of wealth inequality across EU Member States | Eurofound
Wealth inequality across EU Member States has important implications for access to education, healthcare and housing, as well as for people’s ability to actively participate in society.
www.eurofound.europa.eu
September 29, 2025 at 12:44 PM
BONUS: Eurofoundin raporttiin pohjautuva lyhyt artikkeli varallisuuseroista tässä. www.eurofound.europa.eu/en/publicati...
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Imagine living in a country that's such an utopia, with all the statistics to prove it, that like all of the medias around the world with a budget to do in depth foreign reporting wanted to write about it... And then having your countrymen going "lol, no 🤪" and vote to fuck it all up.
September 14, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Imagine living in a country that's such an utopia, with all the statistics to prove it, that like all of the medias around the world with a budget to do in depth foreign reporting wanted to write about it... And then having your countrymen going "lol, no 🤪" and vote to fuck it all up.
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TÄSSÄ TARVITSEN apuanne ja ennen kaikkea jakojanne!
Juho Saari tekee Ylen kanssa ison kyselyn: kerro meille, miten juuri sinä pärjäät tässä taloustilanteessa
yle.fi/a/74-20179767
Juho Saari tekee Ylen kanssa ison kyselyn: kerro meille, miten juuri sinä pärjäät tässä taloustilanteessa
yle.fi/a/74-20179767
Suomalainen hyvinvointivaltio on nyt isossa murroksessa – tutkija Juho Saari kaipaa sinulta tietoa siitä, miten pärjäät
Yle uutiset kerää yhdessä tutkijoiden kanssa kokemuksia tavallisten ihmisten elämästä. Tämän jutun lopussa pääset kertomaan meille, mitä sinun elämääsi kuuluu juuri nyt.
yle.fi
September 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM
TÄSSÄ TARVITSEN apuanne ja ennen kaikkea jakojanne!
Juho Saari tekee Ylen kanssa ison kyselyn: kerro meille, miten juuri sinä pärjäät tässä taloustilanteessa
yle.fi/a/74-20179767
Juho Saari tekee Ylen kanssa ison kyselyn: kerro meille, miten juuri sinä pärjäät tässä taloustilanteessa
yle.fi/a/74-20179767
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Olisipa sellainen hallitus, jonka edesottamuksia ei tarvitsisi seurata päivittäin; olisi vain asiansa osaavia aikuisia hoitamassa työnsä niin, että päätökset olisivat asiantuntemukseen perustuvia sekä oikeudenmukaisia ja inhimillisiä.
Kommentti: Orpon hallitus alkaa olla vuosikymmenien floppi – ehkä jo onkin
Kun hallitukselle aletaan nauraa, se on menoa, arvioi politiikan erikoistoimittaja Timo Haapala.
www.is.fi
September 2, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Olisipa sellainen hallitus, jonka edesottamuksia ei tarvitsisi seurata päivittäin; olisi vain asiansa osaavia aikuisia hoitamassa työnsä niin, että päätökset olisivat asiantuntemukseen perustuvia sekä oikeudenmukaisia ja inhimillisiä.
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Kriisi- ja häiriötilanteiden riski on todellinen. Niissä sote-järjestöt tarjoavat mm.: vapaaehtoisten panosta, ammatillista erityisosaamista, tavoittavat haavoittuvimmmat, ovat linkki viranomaisten ja kansalaisten välillä. Tämä tarpeen kokonaisturvallisuudelle - samaan aikaan järjestöiltä leikataan.
Sote-järjestöihin kohdistuvat leikkaukset heikentävät myös Suomen sisäistä turvallisuutta, sillä järjestöjen tarjoama tuki ja toiminta ovat osa kansalaisten turvaverkkoa.
"Jos haluamme yhteiskunnan, joka kestää kriisit ja häiriöt, emme voi romuttaa sote-järjestökenttää."
#budjettiriihi
"Jos haluamme yhteiskunnan, joka kestää kriisit ja häiriöt, emme voi romuttaa sote-järjestökenttää."
#budjettiriihi
Lukijalta: Sote-järjestöjen osaamista ei saa hukata – leikkausten myötä osa ihmisiä jäisi ilman apua
Samaan aikaan kun sote-järjestöjen merkitys tunnustetaan, niiltä leikataan rajusti, kirjoittavat Anita Hahl-Weckström ja Anne Knaapi Soste Suomen sosiaali ja terveys ry:stä. Valtiovarainministerin esi...
www.maaseuduntulevaisuus.fi
September 2, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Kriisi- ja häiriötilanteiden riski on todellinen. Niissä sote-järjestöt tarjoavat mm.: vapaaehtoisten panosta, ammatillista erityisosaamista, tavoittavat haavoittuvimmmat, ovat linkki viranomaisten ja kansalaisten välillä. Tämä tarpeen kokonaisturvallisuudelle - samaan aikaan järjestöiltä leikataan.
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Inspired by @ketilisaksen.bsky.social post, I did the same analysis for Finland.
In terms of 14-day average temperatures, the 2025 heatwave in Finland did not quite surpass the well-known 1972 and 2018 heatwaves.
This is based on 10 km gridded observations.
In terms of 14-day average temperatures, the 2025 heatwave in Finland did not quite surpass the well-known 1972 and 2018 heatwaves.
This is based on 10 km gridded observations.
August 4, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Inspired by @ketilisaksen.bsky.social post, I did the same analysis for Finland.
In terms of 14-day average temperatures, the 2025 heatwave in Finland did not quite surpass the well-known 1972 and 2018 heatwaves.
This is based on 10 km gridded observations.
In terms of 14-day average temperatures, the 2025 heatwave in Finland did not quite surpass the well-known 1972 and 2018 heatwaves.
This is based on 10 km gridded observations.
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"There may not be as much humanity in the world as one would like to see, but there is some. There's more than one would think."
Happy 101st birthday to #JamesBaldwin!
#OnThisDay #BlackHistory #humanity
Happy 101st birthday to #JamesBaldwin!
#OnThisDay #BlackHistory #humanity
August 2, 2025 at 4:12 PM
"There may not be as much humanity in the world as one would like to see, but there is some. There's more than one would think."
Happy 101st birthday to #JamesBaldwin!
#OnThisDay #BlackHistory #humanity
Happy 101st birthday to #JamesBaldwin!
#OnThisDay #BlackHistory #humanity
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Five children see HIV viral loads vanish after taking antiretroviral drugs arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
Five children see HIV viral loads vanish after taking antiretroviral drugs
The first widespread success in curing HIV may come from children, not adults.
arstechnica.com
August 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Five children see HIV viral loads vanish after taking antiretroviral drugs arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
22 days over 30C in Finland and the heat wave has
now ended. Not looking forward to next summer.
now ended. Not looking forward to next summer.
Nordic countries hit by ‘truly unprecedented’ heatwave
Scientists record longest streak of temperatures higher than 30C in region in records going back to 1961
www.theguardian.com
August 3, 2025 at 9:34 AM
22 days over 30C in Finland and the heat wave has
now ended. Not looking forward to next summer.
now ended. Not looking forward to next summer.
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For thousands of years, we have been parasitised, exploited and destroyed by elites. Our survival depends on overthrowing them.
Fascinating article by @dpcarrington.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fascinating article by @dpcarrington.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse
An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished
www.theguardian.com
August 2, 2025 at 7:17 AM
For thousands of years, we have been parasitised, exploited and destroyed by elites. Our survival depends on overthrowing them.
Fascinating article by @dpcarrington.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fascinating article by @dpcarrington.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This is absurd. The mpox/monkeypox vaccines are already paid for & there are major outbreaks in several African countries. Couldn't they just hand the doses over to WHO or GAVI or Gates Fdtn or some other entity to distribute?
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Hundreds of thousands of US taxpayer-funded vaccine doses may expire, lawmakers say
Hundreds of thousands of doses of mpox vaccine that the United States had promised to send to African nations are in danger of going to waste, dozens of congressional Democrats said in a letter to the U.S. State Department on Wednesday.
www.reuters.com
July 25, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I have this copy archived away somewhere 😄
A very happy 30th birthday to bisexuality, born this day in 1995 🎂
July 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I have this copy archived away somewhere 😄
Size estimates vary from 200k to +500k but considering Budapest area has a population of 1.8 million we are still talking about a lot!
Hungary banned anything that “promotes homosexuality,” which means Pride.
However, today over 500,000 people in Budapest told the government to fuck off. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
However, today over 500,000 people in Budapest told the government to fuck off. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
June 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Size estimates vary from 200k to +500k but considering Budapest area has a population of 1.8 million we are still talking about a lot!
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Nykyinen hallituksemme on romahduttamassa sote-järjestökenttämme ideologisista syistä leikkaamalla järjestöjen valtionavustuksista. Hyvinvointivaltiomme on rakennettu kolmen sektorin, julkinen, yksityinen ja järjestöt, varaan itsenäisyytemme alkuajoista lähtien.
June 16, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Nykyinen hallituksemme on romahduttamassa sote-järjestökenttämme ideologisista syistä leikkaamalla järjestöjen valtionavustuksista. Hyvinvointivaltiomme on rakennettu kolmen sektorin, julkinen, yksityinen ja järjestöt, varaan itsenäisyytemme alkuajoista lähtien.
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Bellingcat CEO @eliothiggins.bsky.social:
June 9, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Bellingcat CEO @eliothiggins.bsky.social: