Russia – Kettinki

2026-09-15 @ 18.32.29 ∈ Suomeksi

Suomessa harvinainen Siperian vapiti kirmasi tien yli Viitasaarella

Viitasaarella on tehty havainto Suomessa vielä toistaiseksi harvinaisesta Siperian vapitista. Luonnonvaraisena se elää tuhansien kilometrien päässä Suomesta.

2026-06-02 @ 13.13.11 ∈ In English

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How Ukraine quietly became a military superpower

When the war started, Ukraine was critically reliant on weapons imports. But through years of hard work and innovation, it became a weapons exporter now, too, with almost 20 countries relying on them, from the Gulf states to Europe and the US.

2026-05-17 @ 9.25.20 ∈ Suomeksi

Outo yhdistys tarjoaa ukrainalaisille psyykkistä tukea: mukana ammattilaisia, mutta myös uskomushoitaja, joka lupasi yhteyden kuolleisiin

Fenix Finland on Suomen suurimpia ukrainalaisia auttavia järjestöjä. Sen vapaaehtoisina on toiminut mielenterveyden ammattilaisia, mutta myös yksi, joka poseerasi Venäjän sotilasunivormussa.

2026-03-06 @ 9.46.47 ∈ In English

Wikipedia hit by self-propagating JavaScript worm that vandalized pages

[The] incident started after a malicious script hosted on Russian Wikipedia was executed, causing a global JavaScript script on Wikipedia to be modified with malicious code.

2025-04-01 @ 16.09.23 ∈ In English

Authoritarian narratives can shape Japanese public opinion, researchers find

Unlike a similar study conducted in Germany, where individuals with low political knowledge and strong authoritarian leanings were more vulnerable, Japanese respondents were broadly susceptible to illiberal narratives regardless of their political profile.

2025-03-21 @ 19.50.54 ∈ In English

Antarctic bases are hotbeds of stress and violence; space stations could face the same challenges

Research suggests several psychological and social factors contribute to conflict in remote locations such as Antarctica. These include prolonged isolation, extreme environmental conditions, and the necessity of constant close contact.

2024-12-09 @ 17.18.52 ∈ Suomeksi

Iivana Lemmetyinen (@alemppu@blogi.social)

Mietin Syyrian sisällissodan hässäkkää ja miten se vertautuis Suomeen[.]

2024-09-14 @ 13.22.30 ∈ In English

(From 2023; Medium.com, eww)

AI and the American Smile

Why do you smile the way you do? A silly question, of course, since it’s only “natural” to smile the way you do, isn’t it? It’s common sense. How else would someone smile? As a person who was not born in the U.S., who immigrated here from the former Soviet Union, as I did, this question is not so simple.

2024-09-13 @ 12.47.36 ∈ Suomeksi

Asiantuntija kertoo, miksi jättiyhtiö Unilever lähtee Venäjältä vasta nyt: ”Raja on ylittynyt”

[LUT-yliopiston kauppakorkeakoulun kansainvälisen liiketoiminnan professori Juha] Väätänen pitää todennäköisenä, että Unilever päätti vetäytyä Venäjältä nyt, koska yhtiön kokema mainehaitta Venäjällä toimimisesta on tehnyt liiketoiminnasta Venäjällä yhtiölle kannattamatonta.

2024-07-19 @ 8.18.36 ∈ In English

The redpoll finch saga: How two bird species just became one

[The] hoary redpoll finch, a small, plump bird commonly found in the Arctic, will be reclassified as the same species as the common redpoll finch, a smaller bird found in similar habitats. This announcement came as a direct result of a CU Boulder-led study which found that, despite their different looks, very few genetic differences exist between the two types of birds.