We wrote a small piece on our open #Erasmus #StudentMobility data for a Finnish GIS professional magazine, Positio, with @miladmzdh, Oula Inkeröinen and Olle Järv. It is in #Finnish though.

It just came out:
https://positio-lehti.fi/2025/05/avoimella-opiskelijavaihtoaineistolla-uusia-nakokulmia-euroopan-aluekehitykseen-yli-2-2-miljoonan-opiskelijavaihdon-geokoodattu-aineisto-euroopasta-saatavilla/

I still maintain that the best way to learn a language is with a good textbook. Sure, it’s hard to find and go with your gut based on reviews… but Duolingo is just good for reinforcing and practicing what you’d normally learn from a book/teacher.

You didn’t need me to tell you this but it’s just a good reminder that good old fashioned study is always the way to go.

I do wish I had a formal opettaja though!

I don't want an "american made" #iphone. I want a #finnish made #nokia Why? Because those bitches go off skiing, nail a boulder, and call for help on their unscratched Nokias. Literally every American phone (short of of my old skool palms) have fallen apart at a 2 foot drop. Nokia....NOKIA!!! #news https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgr5xrygzk5o

Currently, there are 1450 active Finnish users on Mastodon as of today.

This figure was calculated based on my list of instances known to have Finnish users and admins: https://mementomori.social/@rolle/109483475710724474

Mastodon’s Monthly Active User (MAU) count reflects the number of unique users who have authenticated within a month.

At one time, Finland had thousands of active users, but Finnish users generally prefer platforms like Threads, Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, TikTok, and X.

#Russia can continue the war on the same level for a year or two, and then it'll be in deep trouble, #Finnish MEP #Pekka_Toveri said.

In an interview with #NV, the chair of the #EU_Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee said since #Russia is a dictatorship, it can continue the war longer by, among other things, raising taxes, but not with the same intensity and level.

Never in the history of music (that I've listened to ) has any band perfectly captured exactly how I feel and expressed it in a way that I can connect with so...exactly.
This song is no exception. This is why I fell in love with Sentenced and will never tire of their music.

RIP SENTENCED you will always be missed

https://song.link/s/3jREB74rUqz70i6ZNkzzpn

Photographer Wins Landmark $22,500 Finnish Grant to Create Photobook https://petapixel.com/2025/05/20/photographers-wins-landmark-22500-grant-to-create-photobook/ #culturafoundation #Inspiration #timsullivan #finland #finnish #russia #award #grant #News

@ShaulaEvans I don't think German has a word for yet, so I'm addressing this terrible omission by coining "Trötbekanntschaft" (roughly: toot acquaintance).

#Finnish also is one of those agglutinative languages that might have a cool word. With any luck it's got more Umlauts as well.

Monday, May 19, 2025

New clips from Putin documentary suggest Russia dismissed Ukraine peace talks, ceasefire weeks ago — Uncovering the secret Russian FSB operation to loot Ukraine’s museums — Russia launches record 273-drone attack on Ukraine ahead of planned Trump-Putin call — Nicusor Dan wins Romanian presidential election, defeating anti-Ukraine Simion … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/05/monday-may-19-2025/

Fiolan tarina: Pathfinder Kingmaker (P1)

https://peertube.wtf/w/dEb2KWWYTSVofuG3C7NgZy

“Never never never never marry siskosi”.

What did I just hear?

#Latvia #eurovision #finnish

(Nice entry though!)

Pelataan Morrowindia (P2)

https://peertube.wtf/w/sv4SX87e2xwLcUjjB5ez7B

Hi #Journelly users!

I need #German #French #Italian #Dutch, #Norwegian #Swedish #Finnish #Danish and #Japanese folks keen to try Journelly out in their native language.

Please boost for exposure

If you're not an existing user take a look https://journelly.com

I'll give you access to beta builds (it's free).

Dear Fediverse #linguist s, not just in the #Finnish part of the Wikiverse, the Finnish language is claimed to have dozens of strange "cases", partly inspired by Hungarian grammar, such as "sublative" or "temporal" – what is meant is a derivation pattern for a small number of (often mainly) pronoun-based adverbs (not acknowledged as cases in any Standard Finnish grammar I know of). This goes back to a grammar sketch published online, also in English and German, by a certain Panu Mäkinen.>>

Dec 26 2004 #tsunami still causes me anxiety. I didn't experience it by myself but I spent my honeymoon in Khao Lak #Thailand in 2003 and I was able to imagine how it felt to be there. So many people lost their lives. Our previous President (Niinistö) survived. #Finnish #Musician Aki Sirkesalo and his #family died in #KhaoLak. #memories #deaths I didn't even know what tsunami was before that day. Did it affect you?
https://youtu.be/OfjwhkEaS18?si=IJXgKHSQZXsoS5e_