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Rest in peace Alfred Bester! An incredibly villanous performance by Koenig. He stole every scene he was in in Babylon 5.

Watching through The IT Crowd for the first time and the nerd photoshoot almost killed me.

"Ukraine is openly defying Trump by attacking Russian oil refineries" Imagine that... Attacking Russian oil refineries is defying the president of the US. Bizarre. Hopefully we see more news about refineries burning and EU countries giving support to Ukraine.

Tuo ammuttu hahmo voisi myös olla EU tai Ukraina...

Oh wow, just learned that Ian Hill retired from Judas Priest. The man’s a legend. The news hit me surprisingly hard despite the fact that I haven’t followed the band since KK left.

Lifting Russia’s sanctions is such a huge fuck you to all European allies (especially us who are neighbours to Russia) that I think this is a now or never moment for EU to stop acting like Trump wasn’t a dangerous piece of shit. But I doubt that will happen. My death champagne continues to chill.

I don't know whether I should feel embarrassed that I created a jingle for the latest conference recordings with a preset named "Clap And Blip Blip Bass 2".

Quarter and half stars are for people who have trouble committing. Hate it. But I personally prefer a three point system anyway (shit, ok, great). www.goodreads.com/blog/show/3199

#tinyruby is almost here and we still have tickets left, so it's a fire sale! Get a ticket for just €15. We've also dropped the price of the Helsinki on Rails tour. tickets.helsinkiruby.fi/tiny-ruby-co...

Bought some films for the spooky season. Just finished Phenomena with my wife. What a fever dream! #moviesky

Final stretches of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. So much unnecessary exposition, drawn out character interactions, and constantly gameplay pausing cutscenes. Bores me out of my mind.

Following the discourse around Sony giving up funding Kojima’s next game and I don’t see anyone saying ”What if the game just happens to be a mess?” Knowing Kojima, a beautiful mess. But I wouldn’t be surprised if they weren’t hitting their development milestones.

Control Denied’s The Fragile Art of Existence may not be Chuck Schuldiner’s finest album, but the DiGiorgio basslines are wicked as hell. #musicsky

Got the Anagram! Super excited! But what’s with the discrepancy between the labels? Only the cardboard is made in Finland?

Finally beat Gold Steak in Balatro and I feel like I don’t want to play it ever again.

I know this isn't a hot take, but goddamn I hate film/TV adaption covers for books. Imagine if the Steam page for Max Payne would just have Mark Wahlberg's face plastered everywhere.

Decided to treat myself and ordered a Darkglass Anagram. Now if only I actually learned to play well.

Watched A Night to Remember over the weekend and it really hit me how the Jack & Rose romance is the least interesting part of 1997’s Titanic. #movies

My proposal for the Canada-EU trade negotiations to increase partnership: no import fees for Dingwall instruments.

Goodbye, Tim Curry! One hell of an actor and one I remember well from movies from my childhood. So many great performances, even in some crummy films. m.youtube.com/watch?v=U_U5...

Goddamn I miss Anathema. Fortunately I had the opportunity to witness them live a few times, but wouldn’t mind experiencing it yet again. m.youtube.com/watch?v=Angk...

Finnish metal scene lived its golden era in the 90s and early 2000s. I always think of Lordi winning the Eurovision as the day that marked the death of the era. I still go back to Sentenced's mid-90s stuff and Amorphis's early albums. They're the best: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzWh...

Still making my way through Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. It’s crazy that despite the advancements in graphics and animation, the writers felt that characters need to be explicit about what they feel. Whereas the original, with its limitations, didn’t constantly feel the need to explain everything.

Oh man, RIP Kavinsky. The 1986 EP was among the early synthwave recordings I discovered and led me to find other great artists like Carpenter Brut and Perturbator later on. #musicsky www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErQN...

Check out the #tinyruby lineup and contact me if your company is interested in sponsoring the event!

Went to Finncon and ran into an old co-worker I hadn’t seen in over a decade. First thing she told me: ”I will forever remember you as the person who told me Terry Pratchett has died” Talk about infamy…

Today, the European Commission preliminarily found Meta in breach of the Digital Services Act for the addictive design of Instagram and Facebook. The investigation focuses on features such as infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications, and the platforms’ highly personalised recommender systems.

Seeing the John Scalzi Humble Bundle and wondering if it’s something worth getting. Have only read Kaiju Preservation Society and greatly disliked it, but I’m willing to give his writing another chance. #booksky

Started reading Pratchett's Thud! and goddammit it's good. The Watch books always seem to take a hold of me. Dreading the time I get to Snuff based on what I've heard, though... (Reading the Discworld books in publication order)

I know this has been pointed out many times by many people but I just want to reiterate: Anthropic is basically using Kurt Vonnegut's drawing of an asshole as the Claude logo

Starting to look like the only way for the US to back away from Iran is by casting Trump aside. And that’s probably not gonna happen.

Sure, Maniac is a cool song. But what about the other Michael Sembello movie song: Mega Madness? Should probably watch Gremlins again one of these days. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ0_...

Every time I go to the gym, I consider getting a PT certificate so that I could correct all the bad forms and so that I could show the certificate every time I police the ego-lifters. Now I just keep quiet, because I’m polite.

Remember when everyone was saying AI would replace/displace script writers and prose authors, and it was all over the news...then suddenly nobody was talking about it and it never happened? Here's part one of why...and why that was deliberate. jmichaelstraczynski.substack.com/p/silence-wh...

Operation: Mindcrime is a fantastic album, but Geoff Tate releasing a Operation: Mindcrime III is really hitting the "beating a dead horse" territory.

A friend of mine gives me shit for not liking contemporary pop. But goddammit, I don't recall there being a song better than SWV's 1992 hit "Right Here" in recent years.

Any #railsgirls alumni about? The #tinyruby CFP is open until mid-June, and we'd love to have some talk proposals from you and your colleagues. cfp.helsinkiruby.fi

A tiny ruby #{conf} ticket could be yours for just €75! #ruby #conference #cfp #helsinki #finland

One of my favorite albums ever. Never thought I'd see it hitting streaming services due to the record company going bust years ago. Gonna play this on loop now that I don't have to go get the CD from the storage. Shine on Black Sun upon all Carthage! #musicsky open.spotify.com/album/68X3Z8...

I bought a bottle of Moët & Chandon to wait for a death of a dictator a couple of weeks ago. As an optimist, I put it to chill that same day. Fingers crossed I’ll get to pop some champagne soon.

Oh boy, has Bluesky blewskied?

Latest track that I have on loop. Can't resist a simple and catchy darkwave pop song. darkchisme.bandcamp.com/track/beauti...