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Signs you’ve been living in Finland too long —

Me, sitting at my desk, doing my work, minding my own business: man I could really go for some raw turnip right now

My exact line when Eric told me it was being well reviewed yesterday 😂

Envious of whoever is ready to jump on this - I have hired Chuck myself, and it was a very good thing. True fact, he can actually do all of the things he claims in this post! Git him while the gittin' is good!

Motherfucking wind farms…

Skegness, one of your absolute finest people right here. Buy her a drink whenever you see her.

Lyrics from Godspeed You! Black Emperor's The Dead Flag Blues 1997

kiss me, you're beautiful - these are truly the last days

Diabolus Ex Machina This Is Not An Essay

For those of you who might use ChatGPT or any kind of GenAI for your writing, give this a read and maybe reconsider

This certainly went in some directions

I hope everyone knows that it's very easy for any social content platform, including Bluesky, to be a misery machine and that if you aren't intentional about it, they will absolutely decrease the positive impact you have on the world while making you less happy.

A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.

Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.

Take 5! Nutrageous!

Type Help by William Rous The Unsolvable Mystery

Spent a while this evening messing around with Type Help and am really impressed with what a fun, inventive little game it is. Will definitely be playing more

william-rous.itch.io/type-help

our brave protagonist is accused of citrus related crimes

This is now my favorite inaugural slack message I’ve received from a coworker

Good advice in this thread for those attending GDC/industry events. Stay safe, everyone knows someone (or is someone) these things have happened to.

Game development.

Ever walk into a room with motion sensor lights, but the lights don’t turn on immediately, giving you just enough time to wonder if you’ve died and this is how you learn you’re a ghost

This is insane.

Hi, I’m a white cis woman. And a mom. My “safety” is frequently trotted out by bad faith actors who want an excuse for bigotry. Which means it’s time for a story: the night a trans woman saved me. 1/12 🧵

The average person with the flu gives it to around 1.4 people. The average person with measles gives it to between 12 and 18 people.

what could possibly go wrong

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Here’s the Csuites long game:
Step 1: Mass layoffs flip the supply/demand for skilled workers stateside.
Step 2: Lower wages and hire temps to avoid paying benefits. Outsource the rest.
Step 3: Lower wages again to replace HB1 visas with younger stateside workers so they can avoid visa fees.

Today living in Finland meant thinking I was buying ginger ale at the store but in fact I was buying something that Google translate simply calls “sparkle drink” that I now have a liter of

Helsinki street

Under a bridge in Helsinki

Bridge over canal, Helsinki

One of those days where it is snowing but the sky is blue ❄️☀️

I remember coming back to the stack of these at my desk and exclaiming, “they look terrible, it’s perfect!”

Yes! Narratives are built in a readers head. If you tell them something they probably won’t remember it - if you hint and they figure it out, they’ll never forget it

Welcome to hell

But Jane those rings were burning a hole in her pocket