Hey finns!

I'm new in this country, please tell me random helpful trivia and tips - e.g. stuff like "avoid that store chain", "go there for high quality/good price terrarium stuff", "don't go $there at night", "bus on that route is not reliable", ... You get the gist I guess ^^

I'm from Germany, used to buy lots of stuff online (for terrarium, hobbies (electronics, computer stuff, random phases of wood- or metalworking and similar crafts, ..), now live in Vantaa/Kivistö, am shy but should find reasons to get out of home without my gf, ...

Many many thanks 💙

Boosts welcome!

#finland #suomi

Here it is: the Finnish Parliament has sided against #ChatControl !

I am overjoyed that in their statement, they have outlined exactly what this proposal would entail: mass surveillance in Europe.

From their statement (translation by me):

"..the suggested model would, in fact, lead to the mass surveillance of communication and would weaken the integrity of communication in the EU."

eduskunta.fi/FI/vaski/Lausunto…

#privacy #encryption #Finland #Europe #EU #surveillance

police violence in finland.

court has ruled in favour of extinction rebels in a case where police force recklessly assaulted the protesters. for example, pepper spray was sprayed directly on peaceful protesters faces, while protesters sat in the demonstration.

#ExtinctionRebelion #eloKapina #policeViolence #finland #acab

I would like to hear some comment from Linus Torvalds and Bill Gates regarding this:

youtube.com/watch?v=Tf1NS1vEhS…

#Eurovision #Eurovision2024 #Finland

Windows95man - No Rules! | Finland 🇫🇮 | National Final Performance | Eurovision 2024

Subscribe and 🔔 to Eurovision 👉 https://www.youtube.com/user/eurovision?sub_confirmation=1 ⠀Windows95man won Finland's national selection show UMK and will...

^YouTube

So uhh...

Finnish Interior Minister, Mari Rantanen (PS), is suggesting we'd have "welfare-detectives"

Her reasoning?

The welfare system's own statistics say there's very little fraud/misallocation among those receiving benefits, so the system itself "has to be faulty."

In essence, she wants the state to send authorities to spy on the poor (kinda like how insurance companies do) just for the sake of them being poor.

hs.fi/politiikka/art-200001021…

#Finland #finpol #persut #kokoomus

Sisäministeri Rantanen ehdottaa ”Kela-etsiviä” tukien väärin­käyttäjien paljastamiseksi

Sisäministeri Mari Rantanen ihmetteli Iltalehden haastattelussa, miten väärin­käytöksiä selvitetään ainoastaan katsomalla tulorekisteriin: ”Se ei ehkä ole koko totuus.”

^{Tiia Etelämäki HS (Helsingin Sanomat)}

I found some more traveling libraries! These are from the Finnish Seafarers' Union from the 1920s and are, I believe, to be brought aboard boats. From (yes I am at work today) Flickr Commons. #libraries #books #finland

flickr.com/photos/valokuvatait…

They should do this here. Boosting Brent Toderian (BrentToderian): This is REALLY important.

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment and counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

Let that sink in. It costs less than accepting homelessness.

#Finland #Helsinki #homeless #cities #homes
scoop.me/housing-first-finland…

Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need

In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.

^{Kontrast.at (scoop.me)}

So like...

Remember how Finland had #nazi minister #Junnila not too long ago?

Well, his replacement has made jokes about himself being a nazi while visiting a nazi memorial in Germany.

The guy's also involved in grooming and coercing of minors.

...And now the Finnish National Bureau of Investigation is looking into him detailing classified details of the victims in his case in his book... In which he claims he's a martyr, basically.

Shit's bad.

#Rydman #Finland #perussuomalaiset

"I asked a group of Helsinki officials what role information technology has played in their success reducing crashes in recent years. 'Zero,' replied Palomaki. 'We simply slowed down the cars.'"

Finland also investigates fatal car crashes similarly to how we investigate plane crashes.

From October 2022: bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…

h/t @kdorse @robsonfletcher
#cycling #Finland #traffic

How Finland Put Traffic Crashes on Ice

The Nordic nation’s rate of vehicle fatalities is a fraction of the toll in the US, despite a harsh climate and ice-covered streets. Here’s how the Finns do traffic safety. 

^{David Zipper (Bloomberg)}

BREAKING NEWS!

❗️The US and its allies plan to provide Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets as part of long-term efforts to strengthen Kyiv's security, — a senior White House official commented to NBC News
#Ukraine️ #Russia #Russian #Putin #EU #NATO #Zelensky #war #news #Moscow #USA #UK #Germany #Poland #France #Turkey #Finland

#Finland Olkiluoto #nuclear power plant block 3 is now going into full power after being first connected to the electrical grid in May 2022. The power capacity of the new block is 1600 MW and levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) 42 EUR/MWh, even after all delays that plagued the plant due to changing legislative environment.

yle.fi/a/74-20027287

Olkiluoto 3 aloittaa ”säännöllisen sähköntuotannon”, mutta sillä on lähinnä symbolinen merkitys – lue, miksi

Edessä ei ole dramaattisia muutoksia.

^{Elli-Alina Hiilamo (Yle Uutiset)}

Elokapina - Extinction Rebellion Finland regrets and finds it shameful that the Sámi Parliament Act revision was effectively killed yesterday by Constitutional Law Committee.

This makes Sanna Marin's government a third Finnish govt which fails to revise the current law. The law has been condemned e.g. by the majority on the Sámi Parliament, the UN Human Rights Council and UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

More here:
euronews.com/2023/02/24/sad-an…

#Finland #humanrights #Sámi

'Sad, angry, betrayed and empty': Sanna Marin's human rights reforms for indigenous Sámi fails

Finland's right-wing parties decided there wasn't enough time for a parliament committee to discuss the new Sámi rights laws.

^{David Mac Dougall (Euronews.com)}

“In #Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment and counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

Make sure everyone understands this — It’s costing us far too much to NOT provide housing and supports to those who are homeless.

scoop.me/housing-first-finland…

#homelessness #cities #housing #HousingFirst

Polska drużyna Mistrzami Europy w #Showdown!!! 🇵🇱
W finale 31:27 pokonujemy Finlandię 🇫🇮
Co za mecz! Co za emocje! 😱

Zobaczcie to!
youtu.be/KXzOCM6I4Pc?t=7832

#sport #IBSA #Poland #Finland #Polska #Finlandia #POLFIN #Champions #European #Paris #blind #niewidomi #visuallyimpaired

8. EURO SHOWDOWN IBSA 2022 - 16/12/2022 Teams 2 - 16h

Euro Showdown IBSA - Antony France - Table 1Programme et résultats / Schedule and results : www.showdown-tournament.com/index.php?ad=7Programme sous réserve ...

^YouTube

#Winter is definitely coming and it's freezing where I am as I am trying to resist switching the heating on for as long as I can LOL.

But I thought I'd share this lovely wintery scene which I shot last winter in the #ArcticCircle in #FinnishLapland.

#Photography
#TravelPhotography
#TravelDestination
#Travel
#Finland
#Lapland
#Arctic

Westerners: “haha, we pulled one over on Erdoğan. Don’t worry, the Kurds are safe…”

Erdoğan: “these signatures don't mean the issue is done... Without our parliament's approval, this does not go into effect … The ball is in their court now.”

“Asked about the extradition of suspects, Erdogan said if the Nordic countries did not send these individuals ‘then we will do what is necessary through our institutions and units.’”

inkl.com/a/jXnQNxFvWgv

#nato #finland #sweden #turkey #kurds

Erdogan raises possibly nixing NATO-Nordics deal if promises not kept -media

An accord signed with Finland and Sweden to lift Turkey's veto on their NATO membership bids is not the end…

^inkl

When in doubt, throw the Kurds under a bus.

Congratulations to Sweden and Finland for giving in to a genocidal dictator’s demands.

inkl.com/a/jXGVVJTvWgv

#kurds #erdoğan #nato #turkey #sweden #finland #democracy #autocracy #europeanValues

Turkey agrees to back Finland, Sweden NATO bid

Turkey agreed to lift opposition to Sweden and Finland joining NATO, a breakthrough in an impasse clouding the summit.

^inkl

“For as long as Tayyip Erdogan is the head of the Republic of Turkey, we definitely cannot say ‘yes’ to countries which support terrorism entering NATO”

inkl.com/a/xApRaauvVXv

Well it seems like there’s a very easy solution to that problem… 🤔

Also, what kind of dickhead speaks about himself in the third person? Oh yes, that kind.

#erdogan #turkey #nato #sweden #finland

Erdogan Says Won’t Let ‘Terrorism-Supporting’ Countries Enter NATO

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said talks with Finland and Sweden about their joining NATO were not at the "expected level"…

^inkl

Your daily reminder that Erdoğan is an islamist autocrat and his regime has the largest number of imprisoned journalists in the world.

(Hey, if I’m to be called “a terrorist” by these people and barred from visiting the country I was born in for speaking out against him publicly, I might as well continue to do my job diligently.)

Fuck Erdoğan. I realise Turkey’s geopolitical military value for NATO but just fuck Erdoğan.

inkl.com/a/NYRpoltdJzd

#erdogan #turkey #nato #sweden #finland

Turkey blocks early vote on Sweden and Finland joining Nato

Move comes hours after the Nordic nations officially launched their bids to join the alliance

^inkl

What does Turkey demand from the USA?

Precisely because these countries were not in NATO, the #CIA had parked the PKK people in #Sweden and #Finland.

Turkey is only using the #PKK as an excuse to say no directly. Rather, it is about lifting sanctions for acquiring #S400 defense systems and rejoining the #F35 program, acquiring modern #F16 fighter jets and that the #EU and #USA don't keep coming up with some new punitive measures.

So #Turkey is about erasing all repression.

...

What does Turkey demand from the USA?

Precisely because these countries were not in NATO, the #CIA had parked the PKK people in #Sweden and #Finland.

Turkey is only using the #PKK as an excuse to say no directly. Rather, it is about lifting sanctions for acquiring #S400 defense systems and rejoining the #F35 program, acquiring modern #F16 fighter jets and that the #EU and #USA don't keep coming up with some new punitive measures.

So #Turkey is about erasing all repression.

...

I’m all for Finland and Sweden joining NATO but I hope with my whole heart it doesn’t come at the cost of throwing the long-suffering Kurdish people under the bus yet again. If there was ever a time to tell Erdoğan “sit down, shut up, or fuck off”, it’s now. In other words, the sultan has no clothes; call his bluff.

inkl.com/a/aRPJRruAxrA

#kurdishSolidarity #nato #sweden #finland #turkey #erdogan

Turkey sets demands, not opposed to Finland, Sweden NATO bid

NATO expects the Nordic countries’ membership bid will not be hindered by Ankara, whose concerns will be addressed.

^inkl

In case you were still wondering, no, the islamist despot of Turkey, Erdoğan, has never been (and is not) your ally.

I may have been born Turkish but my solidarity is with the Kurds and their struggle for an independent, democratic, and egalitarian society. Sweden and Finland should be applauded for their support.

inkl.com/a/WArJpYIygzy

#turkey #erdogan #kurdishSolidarity #nato #sweden #finland

Erdoğan says Turkey does not support Finland and Sweden joining NATO

A formal objection by Turkey would derail Finland and Sweden's accession to NATO.

^inkl