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@adrianhon.bsky.social omfg I don’t know why, but AI thinks you’re me:
:!!. 4G 99 flashcard product called KnowCards, created by product designer and developer Adrian Hon, who also runs the website Spongefile. • What is KnowCards? KnowCards was a set of physical cards for brainstorming and creativity, not a digital flashcard application. o • Format: The cards were based on the idea of using lists and mindmaps but in a more random and flexible physical format, similar to playing cards. • Purpose: They were designed to help brainstorm ideas for product design, particularly for new hardware products. • Creation: Adrian Hon of Spongefile introduced the tool in a 2015 talk about developing new hardware product ideas. Q knowcards spongefile
September 29, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Seriously, this is the Finnish postal service explaining that airlines are REFUSING to deliver mail to the US now.

#tariffs
Airlines have once again refused to transport any mail to the United States.
September 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Hey Americans! Apparently EU postal services can’t send you anything anymore until further notice.

#trumptradewar #usa
Finnish Postal service website: Yhdysvaltojen hallinnon paatos vaikuttaa 22.8. alkaen Yhdysvaltoihin suuntautuviin lähetyksiin. USA:han ei voi tällä hetkellä lähettää paketteja. The US government’s decision affects packages sent to the US starting 22.8. You cannot currently send packages to the US.
September 3, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Had no idea literature has gotten this bad
Airline safety instructions above a label that says literature only
May 15, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Ty! I always want to verify these days so I don’t fall into my own disinformation trap…

In the meantime, I found this:

www.grossmanyoung.com/wp-content/u...
2 of 4 • On September 18, 2017, USCIS published a Federal Register Notice indicating that social media information may be part of the background check process for certain immigration benefit requests. • October 18, 2017, storage of social media data in A-files goes into effect. • By June 2019, the Department of State said all roughly 15 million people applying for United States visas each year had to disclose all their social media usernames. • In January 2021, President Biden, called for a review on how USCIS is using social media information to screen applicants. How is social media seen in the immigration petition process?
April 23, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Peter Thiel is the Roy Cohn of our age.

“…a homosexual is not a man who loves other men. That’s not what homosexual means. It means somebody who is nobody. And I am not a homosexual, Henry. I am a heterosexual man, Henry, who fucks around with guys.”

—Tony Kushner, Angels in America
Homosexual. Gay. Lesbian. You think these are names that tell you who someone sleeps with, but they don't tell you that. HENRY: No? ROY: Like all labels they tell you one thing and one thing only: where does an individual fit in the food chain, in the pecking order? Not ideology or sexual taste, but something much simpler: clout. Not who I sleep with, but who I am. A homosexual is somebody who, in 15 years of trying, can't get a pissant antidiscrimination bill through City Council. A homosexual is somebody who knows nobody and who nobody knows. Who has zero clout. Does a homosexual have lunch with Walter Cronkite? HENRY: No. ROY: No. And you know why? Because a homosexual is not a man who loves other men. That's not what homosexual means. It means somebody who is nobody. And I am not a homosexual, Henry. I am a heterosexual man, Henry, who fucks around with guys. HENRY: Roy... ROY: No, Henry, no. I'm serious. ROY (cont'd): Gay. Homosexual. Who cares? It's labels. I bring the President of the United States to my mother's house for dinner. I can call up Nancy Reagan and have lunch at Le Cirque. My friend Liz Taylor kisses me on the mouth. Look at me, Henry. Look at me, and tell me: what do you see? HENRY: I see Roy Cohn. ROY: Exactly. Roy Cohn. Not some feeble little faggot. Roy Cohn. No AIDS. No homosexual. Roy Cohn.
April 19, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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I’ve thought the same when looking at the open ocean
Blue sky, vast cobalt water with sparkles of sunshine, tiny island in the distance
April 13, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Onko sulla kavereita Lohjassa?

Löysin tänään sieltä (kauppakeskuksen naisten vessassa) itsemurhaan viittaavia lappusia. Ehkä kannattaa tarkistaa onko niillä kaikki hyvin, jos on ollut huolia heidän suhteen.
Paperilappu tekstillä Paperilappu tekstillä Paperilappu tekstillä Paperilappu tekstillä ”minä olen vaan helvetin suuri riesa, taakka, vaiva, rasite, ongelma kaikille.”
April 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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In a women’s bathroom in a random mall in Vantaa, Finland. Trying to imagine if I’d have seen “fuck Reagan” all the way out here some decades back
Graffiti: “Fuck Trump”. In red beside it someone has added “Fr!!!”
April 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Beach with turquoise water in the Bay of Islands, Aotearoa. Small white boat and green land in the background.
April 10, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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Concrete example of what’s worth saving
March 28, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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Aaaaand called it. They’re so fucking predictable.
March 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Something nice for today: staying in a place where they raise monarch butterflies in their living room
Monarch butterfly perched on my finger in a living room Caterpillar on a plant, striped black and yellow Monarch butterfly chrysalis attached to plant. Green with a gold seam, looking like some 1920s jewellery
March 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Well shit. I was hoping I was being overly pessimistic but just one month later we have the “Zero Idleness Program”.
"Zero Idleness Program." It's like an offshored convict leasing system with an Orwellian shout out to "work will make you free" to boot. t7 Marco Rubio reposted Nayib Bukele v @nayibbukele Today, the first 238 members of the Venezuelan criminal organization, Tren de Aragua, arrived in our country. They were immediately transferred to CECOT, the Terrorism Confinement Center, for a period of one year (renewable). The United States will pay a very low fee for them, but a high one for us. Over time, these actions, combined with the production already being generated by more than 40,000 inmates engaged in various workshops and labor under the Zero Idleness program, will help make our prison system self-sustainable. As of today, it costs $200 million per year. On this occasion, the U.S. has also sent us 23 MS-13 members wanted by Salvadoran justice, including two ringleaders. One of them is a member of the criminal organization's highest structure. This will help us finalize intelligence gathering and go after the last remnants of MS-13, including its former and new members, money, weapons, drugs, hideouts, collaborators, and sponsors. As always, we continue advancing in the fight against organized crime. But this time, we are also helping our allies, making our prison system self-sustainable, and obtaining vital intelligence to make our country an even safer place. All in a single action. May God bless El Salvador, and may God bless the United States.
March 18, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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Added this multi-alarm with one tap feature to my app for exactly this reason because boy do I need it
March 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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In a park in Helsinki, Finland
#luigi
Post with “Luigi is a hero” written on it
March 8, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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Read the room, sheesh
Waving American flag background with a card that says “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PERMANENT RESIDENT”. Subtitle: Finland citizens can apply for US citizenship - Check your eligibility to... Advertisement: US AGC-APP
March 8, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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I mean look at this shit
Orange book: FOREWORD BY ROSARIA BUTTERFIELD THE SIN OF EMPATHY く COMPASSION AND ITS COUNTERFEITS JOE RIGNEY AUTHOR OF LEADERSHIP AND EMOTIONAL SABOTAGE
March 6, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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Anyone else remember this era like this? I sure do.

www.publicnotice.co/p/pam-bondi-...
the FBI "vault" or anywhere else. Conspiracy theorists babble about a vast plot to protect a demonic predator because it's easier than reckoning with the reality that preying on children, especially young girls, was so common 20 years ago as to be barely worth mentioning.  Subscribe to Public Notice → "When you're a star, they let you do it" In 1979, the most famous comic filmmaker of his generation cast himself as a 42-year-old dating a high school girl. He later ran off with his 21-year-old step daughter. The comedian who defined the 1990s was dating a teenager at the height of his popularity.
March 6, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone say this aloud quite so clearly.

Yes to all of it.

I was a kid at the time and remember dodging the attentions of vastly older men who thought they might benignly “teach me” about sex by being “my first”, and worse. They thought it was normal, enlightened even
the FBI "vault" or anywhere else. Conspiracy theorists babble about a vast plot to protect a demonic predator because it's easier than reckoning with the reality that preying on children, especially young girls, was so common 20 years ago as to be barely worth mentioning. - Subscribe to Public Notice - "When you're a star, they let you do it" In 1979, the most famous comic filmmaker of his generation cast himself as a 42-year-old dating a high school girl. He later ran off with his 21-year-old step daughter. The comedian who defined the 1990s was dating a teenager at the height of his popularity. Two generations of Hollywood actors happily appeared in movies directed by a "genius" who pled down from charges of drugging and raping a 13-vear-old air to unlawtul sex
March 6, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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Found a great interactive map of the Earth just now (earth.nullschool.net), only to get a warning message explaining that with the new US administration, they may lose access to the data that makes it work.

#NOAA #infodesign #data
Weather and climate data shown on this website and countless others are at risk. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is the U.S. agency responsible for global weather forecasting, hurricane prediction, ocean observation, and many other services vital to public safety. Its satellites, supercomputers, and research teams provide essential data that help us understand our planet and protect lives. On February 27, the new U.S. administration initiated mass firings at NOAA. These actions are unethical and deeply disruptive to the talented scientists and engineers who dedicate themselves to the public good. The firings, along with expected budget cuts, have serious implications for the availability and quality of weather forecasts produced by the United States. They must be reversed immediately. Much of the data on this website is downloaded directly from NOAA's servers. In this environment of uncertainty, access could be disrupted at any time. While I'll strive to keep all features on this website functional and switch to alternative data sources if necessary, some datasets have no substitute if they go offline. If this concerns you, speak up. Share on social media. And if you're in the U.S., contact your representatives. - Cameron
February 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Elon wants to be emperor of the world, according to an associate
ambition. A recent Vanity Fair article quoted a "close associate" of Musk's from Silicon Valley. He told them: "Elon believes he should be emperor of the world, and this is his way of showing people what he's capable of as emperor. He truly believes his way of handling the world is the best possible outcome for everyone in it."
February 27, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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Lol
= ChatGPT > Yes, reports indicate that the pilots involved in the Potomac River crash were white men. This contradicts the narrative pushed by Trump and Musk that DEl policies are to blame. Their argument hinges on the assumption that DEl initiatives lead to less qualified personnel in aviation, but if the pilots were white men—the very group they imply is being excluded-then their claims lack factual support. This pattern of blaming DEl for unrelated failures is common in political discourse, where complex issues are reduced to ideological talking points rather than being examined throus & vidence-based analysis.
February 17, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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Small signals of the economy #finland
Picture taken on Helsinki street, Formverk location being replaced by UFF
February 10, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Ghost.io lets you import from Substack. Just saying.
Screenshot of Ghost admin page. Title: Migration tools, Import content, members and subscriptions from other platforms or export your Ghost data. Substack, Medium, Mailchimp and Universal Import are listed as options.
January 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM