Jonas Strandell
@sailorsandmermaids.com
CMO and Designer 🇸🇪 Olympic-level potty mouth. Repeatedly told I’m depriving some village of a pretty good idiot.
A small hill I’m prepared to die on: Speaker phone is not meant for use in public.
October 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
A small hill I’m prepared to die on: Speaker phone is not meant for use in public.
Oh boy… The hover effect on the raised hand in Teams 😑
September 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Oh boy… The hover effect on the raised hand in Teams 😑
Just so that I understand, we have forgiven Substack (and Hamish McKenzie) for being a platform for nazis now? 🙄
September 20, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Just so that I understand, we have forgiven Substack (and Hamish McKenzie) for being a platform for nazis now? 🙄
Tell me you hate your users, without actually telling me you hate your users… @behance.bsky.social, @microsoft.com, you guys go first!
September 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Tell me you hate your users, without actually telling me you hate your users… @behance.bsky.social, @microsoft.com, you guys go first!
About newsletters and other things that ruin the web:
sailorsandmermaids.com/blog/the-new...
sailorsandmermaids.com/blog/the-new...
The ‘Newsletter Trap’ – Why Your Weekly Newsletter is Destroying Your Brand – Sailors & Mermaids
How I learned a $10K lesson about email marketing the hard way – with pitchforks, torches and all – and why your newsletter is slowly ruining your brand.
sailorsandmermaids.com
September 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
About newsletters and other things that ruin the web:
sailorsandmermaids.com/blog/the-new...
sailorsandmermaids.com/blog/the-new...
“6. He adopted, befriended and then ghosted five Woody Woodpeckers”
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/au...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/au...
The strangest David Lynch facts – ranked!
Ahead of a new biography of the late director (whose favourite number was seven), we rundown some of the most offbeat things about this most mysterious modern genius
www.theguardian.com
August 22, 2025 at 6:03 AM
“6. He adopted, befriended and then ghosted five Woody Woodpeckers”
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/au...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/au...
The sweatiest person I’ve seen in a long time just got on this train. And didn’t sit down next to me(!!!) 🥹
June 17, 2025 at 6:19 AM
The sweatiest person I’ve seen in a long time just got on this train. And didn’t sit down next to me(!!!) 🥹
Thoroughly enjoying the writing from @myke.social on The Enthusiast. And, Myke, I hope you don’t worry about any visitor stats, some of us old gits still use RSS 😉
Keep up the good work!
Keep up the good work!
June 13, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Thoroughly enjoying the writing from @myke.social on The Enthusiast. And, Myke, I hope you don’t worry about any visitor stats, some of us old gits still use RSS 😉
Keep up the good work!
Keep up the good work!
This week, @framer.com released their Workshop and I took it for a spin and built a lil’ component that displays what music I’m listening to using the @lastfm.bsky.social API. Really cool!
May 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This week, @framer.com released their Workshop and I took it for a spin and built a lil’ component that displays what music I’m listening to using the @lastfm.bsky.social API. Really cool!
Waking up at 07:17 on a Saturday morning. Sans alarm.
Now of that’s not a sign of being old, I don’t know what is.
Now of that’s not a sign of being old, I don’t know what is.
March 29, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Waking up at 07:17 on a Saturday morning. Sans alarm.
Now of that’s not a sign of being old, I don’t know what is.
Now of that’s not a sign of being old, I don’t know what is.
“What is that you do exactly?” — my mom 👀 Well, can you explain what YOU do in a sentence or two?
“I help companies grow and sell things,” I told my mom, feeling less of a rockstar than when my daughter rolled her eyes at me when she was 9.
“I help companies grow and sell things,” I told my mom, feeling less of a rockstar than when my daughter rolled her eyes at me when she was 9.
March 16, 2025 at 12:34 PM
“What is that you do exactly?” — my mom 👀 Well, can you explain what YOU do in a sentence or two?
“I help companies grow and sell things,” I told my mom, feeling less of a rockstar than when my daughter rolled her eyes at me when she was 9.
“I help companies grow and sell things,” I told my mom, feeling less of a rockstar than when my daughter rolled her eyes at me when she was 9.
Rewatching The Last of Us in preparation for season 2. I’ll leave this here as a reminder:
March 15, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Rewatching The Last of Us in preparation for season 2. I’ll leave this here as a reminder:
While I am too thick to use @statamic.bsky.social , the vibe (as the youngsters say) they’ve created around the company and product is phenomenal. I mean, look at this photo when hiring @jaygeorge-uk.bsky.social [chef’s kiss]
March 12, 2025 at 7:11 AM
While I am too thick to use @statamic.bsky.social , the vibe (as the youngsters say) they’ve created around the company and product is phenomenal. I mean, look at this photo when hiring @jaygeorge-uk.bsky.social [chef’s kiss]
I don’t know, but I thought maybe @hicks.design would appreciate this: www.reddit.com/r/interestin...
From the interestingasfuck community on Reddit: Eggs cooked in different substances
Explore this post and more from the interestingasfuck community
www.reddit.com
March 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I don’t know, but I thought maybe @hicks.design would appreciate this: www.reddit.com/r/interestin...
Draw, draw, draaaaaw!
February 25, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Draw, draw, draaaaaw!
Getting escorted out from the gun show for rating them based off mouth feel. Awkward.
December 30, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Getting escorted out from the gun show for rating them based off mouth feel. Awkward.
Why does he look like someone tried to draw Bill Hader as a manga villain? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Matt Gaetz ethics report finds evidence he paid for sex with minor
House report finds ‘substantial evidence’ ex-congressman engaged in sex trafficking among other violations
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Why does he look like someone tried to draw Bill Hader as a manga villain? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
If anyone asks about the marketing-to-sales ratio, just show them this
December 3, 2024 at 8:21 AM
If anyone asks about the marketing-to-sales ratio, just show them this
I miss working for an American company, when my co-workers would, without fail, ask me how I would celebrate Thanksgiving – in Sweden.
… and 4th of July.
… and 4th of July.
November 28, 2024 at 8:28 AM
I miss working for an American company, when my co-workers would, without fail, ask me how I would celebrate Thanksgiving – in Sweden.
… and 4th of July.
… and 4th of July.
The older I get, the more I understand him
a man with a mustache is wearing a suit and tie and looking at the camera .
ALT: a man with a mustache is wearing a suit and tie and looking at the camera .
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2024 at 12:24 PM
The older I get, the more I understand him
Reposted by Jonas Strandell
Censorship will begin - in the name of "anti-censorship"
Trump has vowed to crack down on universities involved in misinformation research, or what he dubs the "censorship cartel" - e.g. by curbing funds to those that have "flagged content for removal”, or legal threats
“I'm pretty fucking scared," one professor tells me.
www.ft.com/content/bfb4...
“I'm pretty fucking scared," one professor tells me.
www.ft.com/content/bfb4...
Donald Trump’s return sends shivers through the anti-misinformation world
Vow to crack down on the ‘censorship cartel’ has researchers worried — and Big Tech is on notice
www.ft.com
November 25, 2024 at 9:56 AM
Censorship will begin - in the name of "anti-censorship"
Kids, remember: It takes 43 muscles to frown and 72 to say, “Fuck off”
Don’t be lazy.
Don’t be lazy.
November 25, 2024 at 10:27 AM
Kids, remember: It takes 43 muscles to frown and 72 to say, “Fuck off”
Don’t be lazy.
Don’t be lazy.
I did some illustrations for Sailors & Mermaids. Needless to say doing work for yourself is the worst 😩
November 24, 2024 at 5:50 PM
I did some illustrations for Sailors & Mermaids. Needless to say doing work for yourself is the worst 😩
Dear Apple TV+, you know I have been watching four episodes straight. There is no need to recap the last episode for me.
Jesus.
Jesus.
November 23, 2024 at 3:40 AM
Dear Apple TV+, you know I have been watching four episodes straight. There is no need to recap the last episode for me.
Jesus.
Jesus.