Vilma
@vilmakuul.bsky.social
Professional Eurohopper, escapist. Posts sometimes in Finnish.
GNU Terry Pratchett
GNU Terry Pratchett
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Where we see confirmed that what is being described as an American peace plan was written by Russians and learn that Witkoff advises the Kremlin on how to fool Trump
Read a transcript of an Oct. 29 phone call between Yuri Ushakov, Putin’s most senior foreign-policy adviser, and Kirill Dmitriev, an economic adviser to the Russian president
Putin Advisers Discuss Plans for Dealing With Trump: Transcript
The following is a transcript of an Oct. 29 phone call between Yuri Ushakov, Vladimir Putin’s most senior foreign-policy adviser, and Kirill Dmitriev, an economic adviser to the Russian president.
bloom.bg
November 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Where we see confirmed that what is being described as an American peace plan was written by Russians and learn that Witkoff advises the Kremlin on how to fool Trump
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this is part of a discussion about using AI art in your presentation slides, but also feels like it captures where this all goes wrong.
people who don't see the visuals as communication can't respect the skill & thought of the artists whose work got fed into these models to begin with.
people who don't see the visuals as communication can't respect the skill & thought of the artists whose work got fed into these models to begin with.
Yes! Visuals are part of the communication. Treating them as ignorable decoration completely misses the point and it’s not how they’re received by an audience
November 28, 2025 at 4:43 PM
this is part of a discussion about using AI art in your presentation slides, but also feels like it captures where this all goes wrong.
people who don't see the visuals as communication can't respect the skill & thought of the artists whose work got fed into these models to begin with.
people who don't see the visuals as communication can't respect the skill & thought of the artists whose work got fed into these models to begin with.
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I am Ukrainian. I am very grateful for all the help and wish each and every one of our dear partners to receive exactly as much help with as much strings attached and at the same pace when their own lives and lives of their loved ones will depend on it.
November 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I am Ukrainian. I am very grateful for all the help and wish each and every one of our dear partners to receive exactly as much help with as much strings attached and at the same pace when their own lives and lives of their loved ones will depend on it.
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I think I've perfected it
November 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I think I've perfected it
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Some notable things in what's being called the "Trump peace plan" but which could not have been more clearly written in Moscow if it came with a 2 for 1 deal on tickets to the Bolshoi Ballet. 🧵
November 21, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Some notable things in what's being called the "Trump peace plan" but which could not have been more clearly written in Moscow if it came with a 2 for 1 deal on tickets to the Bolshoi Ballet. 🧵
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Somebody needs to send the Pope a Cubs shirt and invite him over to render necessary pastoral asdistance. Let’s see if they arrest *him* when he rolls up with a monstrance. 😁
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Somebody needs to send the Pope a Cubs shirt and invite him over to render necessary pastoral asdistance. Let’s see if they arrest *him* when he rolls up with a monstrance. 😁
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there is no reason to generate AI imagery
here are free stock photos unsplash.com
and free stock videos www.pexels.com/videos/
flickr and wikicommons also have a ton of cc images
even your crude stick figure drawing is better than generating an AI image
here are free stock photos unsplash.com
and free stock videos www.pexels.com/videos/
flickr and wikicommons also have a ton of cc images
even your crude stick figure drawing is better than generating an AI image
Beautiful Free Images & Pictures | Unsplash
Beautiful, free images and photos that you can download and use for any project. Better than any royalty free or stock photos.
unsplash.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:33 AM
there is no reason to generate AI imagery
here are free stock photos unsplash.com
and free stock videos www.pexels.com/videos/
flickr and wikicommons also have a ton of cc images
even your crude stick figure drawing is better than generating an AI image
here are free stock photos unsplash.com
and free stock videos www.pexels.com/videos/
flickr and wikicommons also have a ton of cc images
even your crude stick figure drawing is better than generating an AI image
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"Women are not usually into science fiction"is legitimately one of the stupidest, most divorced from reality sentences I have ever read in my life
October 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM
"Women are not usually into science fiction"is legitimately one of the stupidest, most divorced from reality sentences I have ever read in my life
My personal gold star to every journalist who writes about María Corona Machado's Nobel peace prize without mentioning unrelated men who did not win said prize.
October 10, 2025 at 9:34 AM
My personal gold star to every journalist who writes about María Corona Machado's Nobel peace prize without mentioning unrelated men who did not win said prize.
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Tärkeä ketju tutkijoille, heidän esihenkilöilleen ja tutkimusorganisaatioiden johdolle!
Lisäisin vielä yhden toiveen: Älä ryhdy vaihtamaan tai peittelemään tutkimuksesi aihetta häirinnän pelossa. Esihenkilö, sinun tehtäväsi on huolehtia tutkimuksen vapauden toteutumisesta omassa yksikössäsi.
Lisäisin vielä yhden toiveen: Älä ryhdy vaihtamaan tai peittelemään tutkimuksesi aihetta häirinnän pelossa. Esihenkilö, sinun tehtäväsi on huolehtia tutkimuksen vapauden toteutumisesta omassa yksikössäsi.
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 8:41 AM
Tärkeä ketju tutkijoille, heidän esihenkilöilleen ja tutkimusorganisaatioiden johdolle!
Lisäisin vielä yhden toiveen: Älä ryhdy vaihtamaan tai peittelemään tutkimuksesi aihetta häirinnän pelossa. Esihenkilö, sinun tehtäväsi on huolehtia tutkimuksen vapauden toteutumisesta omassa yksikössäsi.
Lisäisin vielä yhden toiveen: Älä ryhdy vaihtamaan tai peittelemään tutkimuksesi aihetta häirinnän pelossa. Esihenkilö, sinun tehtäväsi on huolehtia tutkimuksen vapauden toteutumisesta omassa yksikössäsi.
Feels like a logical conclusion somehow.
As a former gamer, I cannot overstate how big of a deal this right-wing takeover of Electronic Arts is.
Are they going to create video games where they kidnap and dismember journalists like Jamal Khashoggi?
Are they going to create video games where they kidnap and dismember journalists like Jamal Khashoggi?
September 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Feels like a logical conclusion somehow.
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Even setting aside ethics (but, yknow, THAT) - I just don’t want AI bullshit. I don’t want an AI pop star, movie, book, video game.
Art is a conversation. Why would I stare at a dictionary run through the washing machine when I could read a poem lovingly constructed by someone’s hands?
Art is a conversation. Why would I stare at a dictionary run through the washing machine when I could read a poem lovingly constructed by someone’s hands?
September 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Even setting aside ethics (but, yknow, THAT) - I just don’t want AI bullshit. I don’t want an AI pop star, movie, book, video game.
Art is a conversation. Why would I stare at a dictionary run through the washing machine when I could read a poem lovingly constructed by someone’s hands?
Art is a conversation. Why would I stare at a dictionary run through the washing machine when I could read a poem lovingly constructed by someone’s hands?
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You guys, so many Romance girlies are reading "On Tyranny" that they've broken the Goodreads recommendations algorithm. 10/10; no notes.
#romancelandia
#romancelandia
September 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
You guys, so many Romance girlies are reading "On Tyranny" that they've broken the Goodreads recommendations algorithm. 10/10; no notes.
#romancelandia
#romancelandia
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Hugh Bonneville started his live ITV London News interview on Downton Abbey by talking about Gaza.
September 4, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Hugh Bonneville started his live ITV London News interview on Downton Abbey by talking about Gaza.
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Frankly this is complete bs. I dare say that no one in Finland thinks that Ukraine should be forced to follow our example. If Stubb tries to push for this it’s not going to be popular. I personally find the whole idea highly insulting. Both to Ukraine and to Finland.
September 3, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Frankly this is complete bs. I dare say that no one in Finland thinks that Ukraine should be forced to follow our example. If Stubb tries to push for this it’s not going to be popular. I personally find the whole idea highly insulting. Both to Ukraine and to Finland.
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He was very good in person with his trans fans too. Growing up going to SF cons, I met many trans people before I even knew what trans meant. I gave my parents very little they needed to accept in their child, so they had lots left over for everyone else. 😉 www.thepinknews.com/2021/08/06/t...
August 19, 2025 at 9:25 PM
He was very good in person with his trans fans too. Growing up going to SF cons, I met many trans people before I even knew what trans meant. I gave my parents very little they needed to accept in their child, so they had lots left over for everyone else. 😉 www.thepinknews.com/2021/08/06/t...
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The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they’ve found it. TERRY PRATCHETT
August 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they’ve found it. TERRY PRATCHETT
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Public Service Announcement: if what's happening in Alaska makes you sick, a donation to Ukraine would improve your health
UNITED24 - The initiative of the President of Ukraine
UNITED24 was launched by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy as the main venue for collecting charitable donations in support of Ukraine. Funds will be transferred to the official accounts of...
u24.gov.ua
August 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Public Service Announcement: if what's happening in Alaska makes you sick, a donation to Ukraine would improve your health
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It's 2025. The alt [random government agency] accounts are proven to not actually be rogue government employees. They're proven grifters and have repeatedly spread misinformation for clicks. Please. Please stop listening to them.
The "Alt NOAA" account is currently spreading misinformation about weather alerts and claiming that cell phone alerts don't exist and you have to have a weather radio. Cell phone alerts absolutely do exist, check your settings to make sure you didn't turn them off.
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www.fcc.gov
July 6, 2025 at 5:05 AM
It's 2025. The alt [random government agency] accounts are proven to not actually be rogue government employees. They're proven grifters and have repeatedly spread misinformation for clicks. Please. Please stop listening to them.
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Vaalit | Kymmenen eniten ääniään menettänyttä kansanedustajaa olivat kaikki perussuomalaisia – hakukone näyttää kuntavaalien muutokset
HS selvitti, ketkä kansanedustajat menettivät ja haalivat eniten ääniä viime kuntavaaleihin verrattuna. Hakukone näyttää muutokset.
www.hs.fi
April 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Mut hei ajatelkaa, että tän hallituksen politiikka on niin epäsuosittua, että Westendin kommunistien määrä kasvoi kuuteen 😱
April 14, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Mut hei ajatelkaa, että tän hallituksen politiikka on niin epäsuosittua, että Westendin kommunistien määrä kasvoi kuuteen 😱
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US intervenes to derail climate negotiations at the International Maritime Organization.
Last minute US intervention at IMO threatens to derail climate negotiations
The US has dropped a diplomatic bombshell on the pivotal international talks due to agree shipping’s decarbonisation regulatory measures. The threat of action against member states agreeing to a deal has the potential to derail talks
www.lloydslist.com
April 9, 2025 at 9:34 AM
US intervenes to derail climate negotiations at the International Maritime Organization.
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if you’re an artist who ever thought “what’s the point? The world is Hell and I should do something that matters instead”
even in an ICE detention center people will treat art as sacred, seek it out, and find joy and comfort in it. You aren’t making art, you’re making hope.
even in an ICE detention center people will treat art as sacred, seek it out, and find joy and comfort in it. You aren’t making art, you’re making hope.
April 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
if you’re an artist who ever thought “what’s the point? The world is Hell and I should do something that matters instead”
even in an ICE detention center people will treat art as sacred, seek it out, and find joy and comfort in it. You aren’t making art, you’re making hope.
even in an ICE detention center people will treat art as sacred, seek it out, and find joy and comfort in it. You aren’t making art, you’re making hope.
I'm sure someone will eventually come to me to explain that it's not as bad as it looks, but for now I'm going to be upset by what it looks like.
⚡️Finland's Stubb plays golf with Trump, discusses war in Ukraine.
Following the "unofficial" visit, Trump announced he would buy Finnish icebreaker vessels — critical to U.S. efforts to expand its power in the Arctic.
Following the "unofficial" visit, Trump announced he would buy Finnish icebreaker vessels — critical to U.S. efforts to expand its power in the Arctic.
Finland's Stubb plays golf with Trump, discusses war in Ukraine
Following the "unofficial" visit, Trump announced he would buy Finnish icebreaker vessels — critical to U.S. efforts to expand its power in the Arctic.
kyivindependent.com
March 30, 2025 at 7:36 AM
I'm sure someone will eventually come to me to explain that it's not as bad as it looks, but for now I'm going to be upset by what it looks like.