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I don't think "vihreä sydän oikealla" is quite as good as the classic "Kokoomuksen puisto-osasto".The Finnish...

I don't think "vihreä sydän oikealla" is quite as good as the classic "Kokoomuksen puisto-osasto".

The Finnish Greens are clearly not a leftwing party. The grass is greener on the Left!

While Trump & Musk threaten to switch off Starlink for #Ukraine, #Finland is still seemingly set on spending tens of billions for...

While Trump & Musk threaten to switch off Starlink for #Ukraine, #Finland is still seemingly set on spending tens of billions for US-made #F35 fighter jets - which will also be grounded at a moment's notice, if the US views it in its interest.

The rationale for buying US weapons has long seemed more like paying protection money. It's high time we stop feeding the bully.

Any true scientific endeavour has the potential to create knowledge in unpredictable ways and change our understanding of the world. This...

Any true scientific endeavour has the potential to create knowledge in unpredictable ways and change our understanding of the world. This makes it the enemy of all dogmatic regimes whose authority it threatens to undermine. #standupforscience #standupforscience2025

"If we tax billionaires too heavily, they'll just leave the country!"- Could someone explain again why that would be such a...

"If we tax billionaires too heavily, they'll just leave the country!"

- Could someone explain again why that would be such a bad thing? The first lesson from the American plutocracy is that extreme wealth and power concentrated in the hands of very few does far more harm than good.

#Reichensteuer #Vermögenssteuer

Are gigaparsec structures like the "Giant Arc" breaking the standard model of #cosmology?No. We find similar patterns to be...

Are gigaparsec structures like the "Giant Arc" breaking the standard model of #cosmology?

No. We find similar patterns to be extremely common in a ΛCDM #universe, and we also show that the claimed overdensities are algorithmic artefacts.

What's more, these shapes detected in extremely sparse samples of galaxies are just as easily found in random point patterrns, suggesting they're spurious and don't reflect any underlying structures.

https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.03515

#astronomy #Astrodon #HelsinkiUni

Content warning:Fifa, Qatar, LoveFifa bans Belgian shirts that contain the word "love".Presumably, they will now also send...

Content warning:Fifa, Qatar, Love

Fifa bans Belgian shirts that contain the word "love".

Presumably, they will now also send S"love"nia home?

#Fifa #love #Qatar

https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/fifa-rejects-belgiums-away-shirts-due-word-love-2022-11-21/

Don't believe that your grandchildren will one day ask you "Where were you when they threw soup on the paintings, and why...

Don't believe that your grandchildren will one day ask you "Where were you when they threw soup on the paintings, and why didn't you stop them when there was still time?"

#cop27 #climatecrisis

One important lesson learned: if you want to go against the system, not knowing if you'll succeed, it really helps having an #ally who...

One important lesson learned: if you want to go against the system, not knowing if you'll succeed, it really helps having an #ally who you can trust and who won't give up at the first sign of trouble. When others were only complaining but not wanting to stick their necks out, knew I could turn to Syksy.

Think about who that ally will be when you need them. And most importantly, if you can be that ally to others in your organisation, let it be known.

https://www.science.org/content/article/finnish-astronomers-acquitted-defamation-case-related-protesting-harassment

Content warning:harassment in astronomy8 - For background informatoob on the case, I recommend Syksy's excellent blog (which is sure to...

Content warning:harassment in astronomy

8 - For background informatoob on the case, I recommend Syksy's excellent blog (which is sure to receive an update shortly), in both English and Finnish:

https://www.ursa.fi/blogi/kosmokseen-kirjoitettua/myos-me-taas-we-too-again/

We also published a press release about the verdict:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTYVRoqbEGgWzJQbxpTgrOfw7ATB9nHuc4kqxYW0fd9I6U142eRk8RebiQPF3ZpWdchJE_MNd-EV_at/pub

Content warning:harassment in astronomy7 - While it's a great relief that the case is over, it was extremely frustrating to see what...

Content warning:harassment in astronomy

7 - While it's a great relief that the case is over, it was extremely frustrating to see what attitudes some people in positions of power still have towards harassment.

We must stop arguing only about the privileges and the reputation of harassers, and focus on creating a community that's safe for everyone.

We must change a system that appears to worry more about people calling out harassment than about harassment itself!

Content warning:harassment in astronomy6 - In their verdict, the judges recognised that Ott's conduct had been very widely reported, and...

Content warning:harassment in astronomy

6 - In their verdict, the judges recognised that Ott's conduct had been very widely reported, and that speaking out about harassment is an important societal function, not a crime. They also deemed that we had reason to trust the credible reporting in Nature and Science.

Content warning:harassment in astronomy5 - Asked in court about Caltech's finding that Ott had committed "unambiguous gender-based...

Content warning:harassment in astronomy

5 - Asked in court about Caltech's finding that Ott had committed "unambiguous gender-based harassment", the director of the observatory, who would have been Ott's superior, stated that in his view, "it really makes no difference what happened at Caltech".

Content warning:harassment in astronomy4 - With 17 others, we wrote to the university's rector and published a statement against...

Content warning:harassment in astronomy

4 - With 17 others, we wrote to the university's rector and published a statement against harassment signed by most Finnish astronomers and astrophysicists. We later learned that others had also written to the rector of the university, the university leadership, and to their trade unions. However, i court, the observatory director said only one staff member had opposed the hire to him directly. Ott had reported that person to the police, but he was ultimately not charged.

Content warning:harassment in astronomy3 - Before Ott was due to come to Turku, he had already been offered a job in Stockholm, but that...

Content warning:harassment in astronomy

3 - Before Ott was due to come to Turku, he had already been offered a job in Stockholm, but that offer was withdrawn after staff protests.

The director of the Turku observatory, whose spouse had made the Stockholm offer, saw a chance to bring Ott to Turku, with Stockholm paying most of his salary.

Content warning:harassment in astronomy2 - Ott had demanded over €60,000 and the prosecutor asked for "hefty fines" or suspended...

Content warning:harassment in astronomy

2 - Ott had demanded over €60,000 and the prosecutor asked for "hefty fines" or suspended prison sentences. According to the prosecutor, Ott's conduct at Caltech concerned his private life, because Caltech is a private institution. According to Ott, we damaged his reputation. We maintained that he alone damaged his reputation - by harassing his students.

Content warning:harassment in astronomy1 - For three years, my colleague Syksy Räsänen and I have defended ourselves against charges of...

Content warning:harassment in astronomy

1 - For three years, my colleague Syksy Räsänen and I have defended ourselves against charges of aggravated defamation and aggravated dissemination of information pertaining to private life, after we spoke out against the appointment of Christian Ott at the University of #Turku, whom #Caltech had found to have harassed two of his students.

Today, we were acquitted. A thread

#astrosh #astrodon #astronomy

Content warning:capitalism, cryptocurrencyFree #advice:If someone promotes #cryptocurrencies and they're equivocal or vague about...

Content warning:capitalism, cryptocurrency

Free #advice:

If someone promotes #cryptocurrencies and they're equivocal or vague about #regulation and #oversight, they're probably trying to #scam you.

On the other hand, if someone promotes cryptocurrencies and they're forthright and in favour of regulation and oversight, they're probably trying to scam you.

#Crypto #cryptocurrency

The AAS style guide is quite interesting in other aspects: For example, IDL is singled out as an acronym which doesn't need to be...

The AAS style guide is quite interesting in other aspects: For example, IDL is singled out as an acronym which doesn't need to be spelled out - I wonder how long until a majority of astronomers no longer knows what it is?

#Astrodon

https://journals.aas.org/aas-style-guide/

The #AAS has followed the example of the #RAS to clarify that That Which Shall Not Be Named shall indeed not be named (or at least its name...

The #AAS has followed the example of the #RAS to clarify that That Which Shall Not Be Named shall indeed not be named (or at least its name need not be spelled out).

https://aas.org/posts/news/2022/11/update-jwst-name

This can only be a stopgap until #NASA gets it act together and finds a more deserving name for the great observatory.

#Astrodon #astronomy

Sisältövaroitus:Finnish / Suomi 🇫🇮Via @elina 💚:#Helsinki #JoukkoliikenneKirjoitin mielipiteen Hesariin. Joukkoliikenteen...

Sisältövaroitus:Finnish / Suomi 🇫🇮

Via @elina 💚:

#Helsinki #Joukkoliikenne

Kirjoitin mielipiteen Hesariin. Joukkoliikenteen käyttöön pitää kannustaa eikä viimeisen vuoden toimet pk-seudulla ole sen mukaisia. Päästöt on saatava alas - Helsinki on jäljessä päästötavoitteista erityisesti liikenteen osalta.

https://www.hs.fi/mielipide/art-2000009187