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Merja Porttikivi Jul 11, 2023

Like Guardian wrote, the Finnish finance minister has a proven history of racist comments. Still, the prime minister seems to believe that those are all bygones, and what matters are ”the political acts performed while on governmential duty”. The government was appointed 3 weeks ago… #online racism #finland #farrightgovernment
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/11/finnish-far-right-finance-minister-riikka-purra-accused-of-racist-online-comments?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Finnish far-right finance minister accused of racist online comments

Riikka Purra says she will not resign after being linked to racial slurs and threats of violence made in 2008

The Guardian

Merja Porttikivi May 20, 2023

It’s crazy, it’s party - Käärijä LIVE now streaming! #käärijä Soon it’s time for some Cha Cha Cha! https://areena.yle.fi/1-65740787

Käärijä LIVE

Cha Cha Cha! Euroviisuilmiö Käärijän keikka suorana lähetyksenä Helsingin jäähallista. Paidaton riehuja lupaa energiaa, yllätyksiä ja ennen kaikkea hauskuutta. Finnish Eurovision representative Käärijä's gig is streamed globally from Helsinki on May 20th. Käärijä - it's crazy, it's party!

Yle Areena

Merja Porttikivi May 11, 2023

Meppi May 11, 2023

” Now I am not afraid of this world no more” !
Cha cha cha
🫲🏽🟢🟢🟢😎🟢🟢🟢🫱🏽

https://youtu.be/-3B9Xnk6EHE

Barking Mad - Käärijä Cha Cha Cha Cover (in English)

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Merja Porttikivi May 4, 2023

@kallekn And I was sold like after two sentences! I also liked how the reality it portrayed (and the path that led to it) was explained.

Merja Porttikivi May 4, 2023

Just finished reading a great scifi novel, Krysa by Sami Tissari. In draws a grim image of academic research in the AI era: ”Almost all research was automated in the last couple of years. Krysa had learned to do that too. The AI machine came up with the research topics by itself, studied the literature, planned the research arrangements, implemented them and then wrote the research reports.” :-) #bookstodon #scifi #FinnishLitterature

Merja Porttikivi Feb 27, 2023

Peter Feb 27, 2023

two assumptions in the speculative world of "The Last of Us" that bother me: 1) society will immediately collapse and turn to ultra-violence in the absence of a top-down capitalist structure telling everyone what to do, but also 2) capitalist products like bullets, fossil fuels, roads, and men standing around with guns are a natural part of the world that can be expected to exist in the absence of capitalism.

Merja Porttikivi Feb 17, 2023

Laura Howes Feb 17, 2023

Here's a first... I just got an email because ChatGPT suggested an article I wrote to somebody. Could I send them a copy? Except, I never wrote the article, it doesn't exist. PLEASE realize right now that this tool isn't pulling out cool references for you. It's making plausible titles and matching them to authors names.

Merja Porttikivi Feb 10, 2023

Presenting their paper on ”Influencer-Investors in the context of ethical fashion” at #Vakki2023 symposium @hhirsto & Cecilia Hjerppe. Part of our Investment Cultures -project. #Influencers

Merja Porttikivi Feb 9, 2023

Interesting and thought provoking keynote by Oana B. Albu (CBS) @oana_albu on “Managing visibilities through communication” at XLIII VAKKI Symposium #vakki2023 #CommunicatingWithPurpose

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/08933189221144991