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Mike Bradshaw, a European who is living in Finland & occasionally making technology "do stuff"(TM).

[ymb💙💛 StandWithUkraine @ymb]

And so it begins #startupdayfest 22 begins once again in person

[Shreyas Doshi @shreyas]

George Bernard Shaw said:

“The single biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has taken place”

Possibly the most important communication lesson, ever.

[ymb💙💛 StandWithUkraine @ymb]

Via random poll, lfigured out why duolingo thinks you need to know parakeet in Finnish - seems that ladies of a certain age often have them

[ymb💙💛 StandWithUkraine @ymb]

Signs yourbapp is complete garbage from.a UX pointbof view - all tje screens are showingbvideos how to use the QR code and navigatebthrough it!

At thw grain loft in MCR airport

[Samaritans @samaritans]

You might feel like you don’t want to burden anyone today because it’s Christmas. Please know that if you're having a hard time, you’re absolutely not a burden, and we’re here to face anything with you 💚

[Letterkenny Problems @LetterkennyProb]

You were talking about motion pictures with your pals the other day.

You can stream a new season of Letterkenny on @CraveCanada December 25th and on @hulu December 26th if you want to.

[SRS @Kodakjello]

I'm just realizing now that "learning to live with the virus" was code for "people need time to numb themselves to a higher level of suffering and disability and a lower level of caring and compassion."

[ymb💙💛 StandWithUkraine @ymb]

Annnd so it begins, the annual crazyness that is @SlushHQ three days of non stop people asking "where is the coolest party"

[Peter Vesterbacka @pvesterbacka]

Pure evil. Killing young women for not wearing "appropriate" clothing. And who decides? Evil, really old, men.

Iran votes to execute 15000(!) protesters, says rebels need "hard lesson"
https://t.co/W8ZXQznk4h

[we're done here @monkchips]

founder trying to raise capital when they've never encountered a market downturn before.

[Clive Peedell @cpeedell]

As an NHS doctor who experienced the policies of Jeremy #Hunt as Health Secretary during his 5 year tenure, I can confidently state that he is a man not to be trusted by the public. He is another ideologue with no capacity to listen & learn from serious mistakes

[James Whatley (inactive) @Whatleydude]

It's #WorldMentalHealthDay today and I wanted to give this a bump because we're still losing friends and loved ones in this way.

If it helps just one of you then it's worth it.

Mental fitness is harder for some than it is for others.

DMs open, x

[Jamie MacDonald, @happeningfish.bsky.social @happeningfish]

This whole thread. Daily updates from protests in Tehran - a lot of videos and other media. Young women in particular being fucking epic and they deserve to win it all.

[Peedu Tuisk @peedutuisk]

Yesterday was Finno-Ugric people's day, Hõimupäev in Estonian. Events continue on 3rd week of October.

It's been organised since 1928 (with a pause during USSR occupation). And a good time to remember our kin, who have been living under Russia's rule, slowly losing their roots.

[Mahya Ostovar (Aghdas Khanoom) @Aghdas_K]

Look at this beautiful teenage girl, full of life, singing with @Hozier 's "Take Me to Church". The Islamic Republic killed her in the protests following #MahsaAmini's murder. She only wanted to live a free life as a young woman. Say her name: #SarinaEsmailzadeh

[Raspberry Pi @Raspberry_Pi]

Raspberry Pi + Game Boy pieces + mechanical keyboard = cool Frankenstein DIY handheld PC

https://t.co/xxbaVqnmtg

(About 2/3 of the way down the blog there's a link to listen to the clickity-clack of the retro keyboard keys and it is *satisfying*)

[Evan Armstrong @itsurboyevan]

For every successful use of a framework or founder archetype, I can find a tech company that took the exact opposite approach and was successful. What gives? Why isn't there a theory to rule them all?

I tackled that conundrum this week for Napkin Math: https://t.co/AscyCLYBuJ

[Military History Now @MilHistNow]

On this day in 1938, Hitler annexes Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland. "It is the last territorial claim which I have to make in Europe," the Nazi leader assures the world.

[Ronan Browne @RonanBrownen]

Dialogue on a Finnish kids show, where two kids are discussing how to tell someone they've dropped their wallet

K1: In English, you say "Excuse me I'm very sorry to bother you, but did you drop your wallet by any chance?"

K2: And how do you say it in Finnish?

K1: Onks tää sun?