Literally last week, a friend told me her doctor said paracetamol (Tylenol) "isn't as safe in pregnancy as people think." Doctor is a pain specialist. I googled it for any academic work on the subject, and was relieved when I saw it was a new "XYZ causes autism" thing. Like, lol, sure Jan.

I'm going to be doing a lot of screaming about this "solution for autism" thing. You know what causes autism? A huge component is genetics. (I've yet to be convinced it's anything but genetics.) You know what happens when people are labeled as having bad genetics? Bad fucking shit.

I support the rights of NSFW artists, and so should Bluesky. The crackdown by private companies on freedom of speech is horrendous, and Bluesky should be shamed for participating.

Four chapters of a novel have materialized from the ether and we are not going to question it. Except perhaps to ask, "can I get some more of that?"

Bring back carrying a flip phone, an MP3 player, and a digital camera. Especially for anyone under 18.

UwU

Age verification: we'd rent a Nintendo 64 from Blockbuster for birthday parties. Sometimes there was a Super Mario 64 save file with everything unlocked. The dream.

Welp, Advent Children is now 20 years old. Just take me out behind the sauna, children. Send me to a farm upstate. I'm so very old.

Me while plotting: Using Olavinlinna (St. Olaf's Castle, Finland) as a setting inspiration will be so easy because I've been there! I'm so smart. Me while writing: I've never seen a castle in my life.

this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either

No more clickbait videos like. "Three Things In Japan That Just Make Sense." We need to talk about things that don't make sense. Look at Finland. Look at makaronilaatikko. A macaroni casserole without cheese. What are they doing. Why. Questions abound.

My mom's cancer is treated with her own stem cells. Domestic cats live longer than ever. Normalization of subtitled international films and shows in the anglosphere. Normalization of subtitles in general. Lactose-free milk tastes like milk.* *Nordics has this earlier but shhhh.

Memo to public officials: if you didn’t make a statement condemning the murder of Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, then I have no interest in anything you have to say about the murder of Charlie Kirk.

Speak accurately of the dead. If you've got nothing good to say, that's on them.

I wish I lived in less interesting times

Stop helping the transphobe pay for her transphobic campaigns which actively damage the lives of trans people!!

Forgot to mention, I currently play a lvl 5 bard who legitimately cannot roll less than 19 on deception. I have never exploited any stat harder in my life. The DM* hates me. *joke's on him, we're married

Celebrating the 2nd birthday of Dark Woods, Deep Water and sharing the blurb, for those of you who might be interested 🖤

I feel like I generally know what's happening in the US, but the vague posts are baffling me today. Is it about the tariffs? Do y'all actually think Trump is dying/dead? Is this a meme that will give me false hope every Saturday? What is happening!

I will remind folks those images of Nazi book burnings aren't burning just any books. They're burning the library of Magnus Hirschfeld; a gay, Jewish doctor who created an institute dedicated to LGBTQ sex education and healthcare. And a man who pioneered gender affirming care surgeries.

Fantasy book titles in English: wordy, cumbersome, lacking little dots above the letters Fantasy book titles in Finnish: SYYSHÄMÄRÄN LOHIKÄÄRMEET

I already feel overwhelmed trying to figure out how I'll protect my kid from the internet in general. But unless gen AI chatbots that encourage suicide disappear real quick, I've got a whole new level of danger to contend with.

ChatGPT is an irredeemably toxic abomination, top to bottom. A young person deciding to end their life is a tragedy. A young person encouraged to kill himself by a machine he's been told is intelligent and trustworthy leaves blood on the hands of OpenAI and their shills. Adam deserved better.

Includes the Finnish postal service Posti. Independent Finnish artists I follow say this is a blow to their businesses. If you live outside the US, please support independent creators in your region. If you live in the US, don't take out your frustration on sellers. You know who is to blame.

Finns are right, sauna really is the answer to everything

For the anglosphere: Finland's Writers' Union calls out Helsinki University for terminating the lease of the largest location of believed independent bookshop Rosebud. A shameful decision for an institute of higher learning. The new tenant will be a discount department store. 1/3

Dragons

I support Ferrari F1, don't even look at me

Wow. Way to trivialize real concerns about AI and tech AND actual vegans all at the same time. Abstaining from something that goes against your morals/ethics or which you know is harmful to you or others is normal and generally recommended! Except in capitalism, of course. 🙄

Library books are so important to kids!… They’re so important that sometimes kids take a permanent marker and do this o_o

I'm going to Ropecon this weekend with the almost exclusive goal of BUYING ALL THE ART! Might also pick up five more hobbies I can't sustain. Let's go!

It's Tuesday and once again I beg people to understand that things can have the same name without being the same thing. Versailles, Indiana is not an acceptable alternative for Versailles, France. A chip in the US is a crisp in the UK. The "AI" we have today is not the AI you know from sci fi.

Waiting for the ferry to Tallinn with a Satu Rämö book, a Marimekko backpack, and so much SPF 50 that I look like a ghost. I've never felt more Finnish.

I loved this book. I knew I would and I did. If you, like me, need to periodically read intensely queer body horror in order to feel something, I highly recommend!

Friends in Glasgow, please sign this petition to save school librarians! I know first-hand how hard secondary school librarians work to support pupils' learning, literacy, and wellbeing. www.change.org/p/save-our-s...

My Ukrainian author friend is visiting Edinburgh for the first time and wants recommendations of where to go. I've told her Transreal Fiction but otherwise the city is pretty unknown to me. Thoughts, friends?

One time at a renaissance festival joust, a lance shattered and a big chunk of it hit me square in the forehead. I ducked down but my mom hissed, "sit up, everyone thinks you're dead!" So I sat up and waved to prove I was not dead. They didn't even let me keep the piece of the lance.

"You say you only used AI for placeholder text, but in that text was a response from the AI saying 'here's a revised version'. Here's what I don't understand - why revise placeholder text? You see my problem? It just doesn't make sense to me. Why revise something nobody was meant to see, unless..."

As someone who developed a bunch of fruit allergies in adulthood, I need you all to go feral over peaches on my behalf.

Although no law was broken and it sounds like all the people involved did the entirely normal thing (let a child go to the toilet), it's lovely to see Church of Scotland pissing off the TERFs ❤️

Don't tell my imposter syndrome but I am really fucking good at my job.

When I was a young boy my father took me into the city To see a marching band He said, "Son, when you grow up Perhaps a tweak to the algorithm is in order."

What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders? Librarians are information specialists and you can ask us for research help. Many of us are specifically trained to find credible sources for clients. Don't use predictive text generators, ask a librarian.

The world is awful but fuck it I hit 20k words in LucklessWIP. 🥳

"oh we're so weak and vulnerable, we need to starve babies to survive" bombs another country "oh we're so weak and vulnerable, we need to abduct and deport babies to survive" assaults a senator, sends troops into major city, panting for the chance to declare martial law, literally no one is safe

I'm going to Hämeenlinna Keskiaikafestivaali this weekend with the primary goals of wearing a great dress and buying a ton of independently made arts and crafts. Also, you know, swords are cool ⚔️

pro-AI in the sense of Lieutenant Commander Data anti-AI in the sense of the Borg collective

Attended my first Finnish wedding yesterday as one of three English speakers. We joined forces...until Cha Cha Cha started playing. The visitor from the Netherlands was abandoned, baffled, while me and the Aussie ran to the dance floor. United by Käärijä.

Absolute insult to authors and to librarians who write real recommendations lists all the time! And people don't believe me when I say genAI still hallucinates.