"#Finland is again ranked the #happiest country in the world. The #US falls to its lowest-ever position"
None of this is surprising nor in doubt
I mainly post this to note that the #AP thinks the exemplary image of #Finnish #happiness consists of running around in your swimwear on a grey and gloomy day
I want to make a joke... but maybe that's really it?
”Ryssiä”
This is a finnish slang verb for failing, to fuck it up.
It literally translates: ”to Russian it”
#folkwisdom #finnish #linguistics #russia
: Anniina Korte (IG: caliginousgreen)
#Sweden suspects #sabotage after new undersea cable damage
News comes following string of cases of damaged #undersea infrastructure in region, with some connecting incidents to #hybrid attacks & Russia’s shadow fleet
#Finnish telecom operator #Cinia described the damage as minor & said it did not impact the #cable's functionality. According to the Finnish media, this is the third time the cable has been damaged in a short span of time
https://kyivindependent.com/sweden-suspects-sabotage-after-new-undersea-cable-damage/
#Finnish is such a beautiful and logical language with not one single silly thing about it. For example, the sentences and its reply "I wonder if you would need a bit water?" "Yes, you need water." are as follows:
"Tarvitsettekohan te vähän vettä." "Kyllä te vettä tarvitsette."
Once you run it through the dialect filter, it becomes:
"Tarttettekohan te vähä vettä." "Juu vettä te tarttette."
And once you also do it very fast, it becomes the remarkable rapid fire all in one go: "Tarttettekotevettä? Vettätetarttette."
A perfect language, so easy to pick up and make out!
A ring doesn't have to be practical. A natural branch cast into silver, and set with a pointy smoke quartz.
I like jewellery that doesn't let you forget you are wearing it.
#jewellerydesign #mastoArt #organicshape #handmade #tiiakaroliinadesign #fediGiftShop #commissionsOpen #madeintheUk #finnish #supportsmallbusiness
Writing an #introduction in #Finnish as many Finns are currently migrating over here. Tässä siis mun #esittely.
Moi, olen Väiski, kaupunkimaantietelijä ja post-doc tutkija Helsingin yliopistolla. Tutkin kaupunkien ja niiden asukkaiden monikielisyyttä ja sen kytköksiä segregaatioon ja sosio-ekonomisiin tekijöihin, sekä alueellista liikkumista arkimatkoista muuttoliikkeisiin. Olen tutkijana @digigeolab -tutkimusryhmässä.
Harrastuksiini lukeutuu #kalastus #FrisbeeGolf #linux #elokuva #skeittaus.
I would like to teach you two Finnish expressions, their literal meaning and what they can mean in colloquial use!
First there's "karvalakkimalli" which literally means "the fur hat model" and then there's "toimii kuin junan vessa" or "works like the loo on a train" - and what they colloquially refer to is something simple as heck that has worked for ages despite being old fashioned and a bit clunky. Simple versus complex, reliable versus sophisticated, proved versus new.
Finland to devise new subsidy to encourage nuclear power build-up https://www.byteseu.com/656435/ #balance #batteries #Climate #consumption #double #electricity #Energy #environement #facility #Finland #Finnish #Finns #flexibility #Government #Grid #guarantee #InPrinciple #KaiMykkänen #large #Loan #mechanism #Minister #Nuclear #permit #plant #Policy #power #price #regulating #Solutions #stabilise #Subsidy #support #Wind
I am a bit shocked this has not been picked up nore widely in the #Finnish media.
Our current government proposes limiting funding to #research that might reveal inconvenient aspects of how the government operates. The proposed wording is very tame, but also vague, and represents a step in the wrong direction. A healthy democratic society wants research to be free and open. Secrecy and research bans lead to blind spots and corruption.
act as a deterrent against any malicious hybrid activities. #Finland’s tougher reaction to the act of sabotage undertaken by a vessel of the #Russian shadow fleet, registered in the #Cook_Islands, sets an important precedent
By seizing the ship, the #Finnish authorities were able to conduct a proper investigation and collect evidence that the severance of #Estlink_2 was an act of sabotage. #Finnish prosecutors are preparing charges against the operators and owners of the #Eagle_S. This could
Finland detained a tanker carrying Russian oil on the suspicion it had severed undersea power and data cables Dec25, prompting calls for NATO to defend against sabotage of critical European infrastructure by Moscow.
In a daring midnight raid heavily armed elite units of the #Finnish border guard and police dropped from two military helicopters onto the deck of the tanker that authorities say is part of Russia's sanctions- busting effort known as the shadow fleet and captured the vessel that cut multiple undersea cables in the Baltic.
After 2 years of sabotage, Finland says enough!
Russian-linked tanker 'Eagle S' cut the undersea energy cables between #NATO members #Finland and #Estonia now also suspected of:
a) carrying sanction busting Russian oil Shadow Fleet
b) being used as a covert intelligence ship
#Finland please seize the oil/fuel this ship carried, arrest the crew, get all the crypto-related machines out and sink the boat.
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It's the season again for traditional #Finnish Christmas songs:
- Baby Jesus drowns in snow
- A gnome suffers from insomnia
- If there's no snow, Christmas is cancelled
- Nobody visits grandma
- A pig is killed and eaten by humans who become pigs themselves
- Some day grief will overwhelm you, so be happy
- A bird has been captured to a foreign land and misses home
- Kids, get up, it's 5 am, we'll be late to church
- Life only lasts a moment, and even that is dreary and dark
Thinking about the Finnish quirk of using the pronoun "it" to denote every human being except a pretentious arsehole in informal speech, and cats and other pets but especially cats.
When speaking of Paavo, a man: "Se ei halunnu aamupalaa tänään." He did not want breakfast today.
When speaking of Paavo, a cat: "Hänelle ei nappulat tänä aamuna kelvanneet." This morning his grace declined the kibble.
Generally you'll just use the word "se" to refer to anyone.
In Finland we have this saying, that something "works like the train's toilet", meaning that something is very reliable. Now from experience I can propose a saying with an opposite meaning.
"Works like the Volkswagen start-stop system."
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Joint #Finnish-#German statement on C-Lion1 incident: "such an incident immediately raises suspicions of intentional damage [...] Our European security is not only under threat from Russia‘s war of aggression against #Ukraine, but also from #hybrid warfare by malicious actors."
YI PENG 3
IMO: 9224984, MMSI: 414270000
Both graphs decrease in standard deviation from the "anchor drop" and until about 3-4 hours later, when the speed starts dropping. As if somebody had the hands on the wheel and was paying more attention than usual.
The sudden veering to the right indicates that it should probably be the right (starboard) frontmost anchor that they dragged. Ship YI PENG 3 travelling over BCS cable and C-LION at about right times. Before crossing BCS, there is sudden change of course. Might be anchor at the bottom
