Aatos Koivulainen

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Mostly trying to figure out my neurodivergent, Finnish-American existence on stolen Ojibwe and Ho-Chunk lands

Profile image: crop of paper birch bark. Original image from Rob Routledge, Sault College, Bugwood.org

Yesterday, I tooted about replacing specific tasks in my checklist with areas of focus. I have two basic strategies that work for house and garden:

Theme: eg. finding shit, stinky stuff, sweep & vacuum
Zone: eg. counters, bathroom, junk drawer.

Garden example: weed buttercup everywhere or do everything in one bed.

Reminding myself which I am doing is key to staying on track. Dusting is not part of “finding shit.” It’s a relief, actually. I’ll write about that later.

3/3

#ADHDCleaning #ADHD

Very happy with today’s mend of my nephew’s torn knee.
#visiblemending

I truly hate the AI deepfakes, fake people, faked voices, fake resurrected necromancy of real people, digital possession.

I hate it so much. It’s grotesque and literally dehumanizing real people to humanize programmed non-living code and deceive life.

I grew up drinking Folgers #coffee, brewed in a Mr. Coffee, and kept warm for hours in a Thermos. Over the years, I periodically stumble down another rabbit hole of brewing improvement. Now, here I am, mixing my own water to dial in hardness and alkalinity. Third Wave minerals really helped improve my brewing, but it's feeling like I might never go back. #pourover #pourovercoffee

Meta thinks now is a great time to launch facial recognition surveillance tech in their creepy glasses because EFF will be too distracted by fascism to notice.

We noticed.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/seven-billion-reasons-facebook-abandon-its-face-recognition-plans

Seven Billion Reasons for Facebook to Abandon its Face Recognition Plans

Meta’s analysis that it can avoid scrutiny by releasing a privacy invasive product during a time of political crisis is craven and morally bankrupt. It is also dead wrong.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Don't worry, I've got you
Rest in Peace, Alex.

Beautiful street art tribute by Topsy (topsy_paints on Instagram) in Seattle, U.S.

Scoop carved from cherry wood. I have snow on my mind and in my shoes.

#craft #crafts #woodcarving #greenwoodcarving #spooncarving #woodenspoon #cherryscoop #slöjd #sloyd #handmade #sustainability

Ringing in 2026 by paying nearly a week of the #ADHDtax of having the flu while unvaccinated. It really was beyond me to schedule once the stupid rfk delay was past, and then schedule around finally starting a new job and not wanting to miss any time.

Also, fuck the "covid is just the flu" crowd (especially my last boss), for many reasons, but even more so because the flu is no joke either.

#adhd #flu

Would you make someone else work as hard as you are working right now? Be kind to yourself.