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Todd Alström @toddalstrom.com · Jun 23

Having an early Monday beer (4,7% Helles Lager) at Helsinki Bryggeri, because why the hell not. 🍻🤘

Hand holding a clear, golden colored beer in a glass with a copper-cladded brewhouse in the background.

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Todd Alström @toddalstrom.com · Jun 23

And it’s only Monday…

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Todd Alström @toddalstrom.com · Jun 23

I can wait. Walter Goggins alone is worth the wait.

(Recently binged Vice Principals, The Righteous Gemstones, and The White Lotus season 3 too.)

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Todd Alström @toddalstrom.com · Jun 22

Almost done with season one. Loving it so far.

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The Onion @theonion.com · Jun 22

Congress, Now More Than Ever, We Need Your Cowardice

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Todd Alström @toddalstrom.com · Jun 22

Taking a break from doomscrolling to finally watch Fallout.

a man giving a thumbs up in front of a sign that says vault-c

Alt: A smiling man (Cooper Howard, played by Walter Goggins) in blue and yellow futuristic attire giving a thumbs up in front of a sign that says Vault-Tec during a photo shoot (the view zooms in as a flash goes off). From the Fallout TV series.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Jun 22

Donald Trump just unilaterally bombed Iran. A masked gang is terrorizing our streets. America has rapidly devolved into an authoritarian state.

That's why, today, The Onion has purchased a full page ad in today's New York Times with a simple plea to Congress:

Sit back and do absolutely nothing.

An Onion front page with the headline: Congress, Now More Than Ever, Our Nation Needs Your Cowardice

Who will stand up for our democracy? This
question, fraught in even the most peaceful
times, has only grown more pressing as our
country approaches its 250th anniversary.
Each passing day brings growing assaults on
essential liberties like freedom of speech and due process.
Meanwhile, our delicately assembled legal system faces
a constant barrage of threats. Even as this issue reaches
publication, the U.S. military has been deployed against
peaceful protesters. We teeter on the brink of collapse into
an authoritarian state. That is why, today, The Onion calls
upon our lawmakers to sit back and do absolutely nothing.
Members of Congress, now more than ever, our nation
desperately needs your cowardice.
Our republic is a birthright, an exceedingly rare treasure
passed down from generation to generation of Americans. It
was gained through hard years of bloody resistance and can
too easily be lost. Our Founding Fathers, in their abundant
wisdom, understood that all it would take was men and
women of little courage sitting in the corridors of power
and taking zero action as this precious inheritance was
stripped away—and that is where we have finally arrived.
Now is not the time for bravery or valor! This is the time
for protecting your own hide and lining your pocket. Now is
not the time for listening to your idiotic constituents drone
on about what’s happening to their precious democracy.
This is the time for getting down on all fours and grov-
eling. Now is not the time to say, “Enough is enough,” and
have the tough conversations about resisting the ongoing
assaults on American liberty. This is the time to let the wave
of apathy and indifference roll over you as you think about
getting a really nice renovation to your house in Kalorama.
But what can I, one coward, do alone? you might ask.

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Todd Alström @toddalstrom.com · Jun 21

BRB. Going to kill slugs for extra beer money.

Cash for slime: Towns paying for dead slugs

This month, four Finnish cities are offering six euros per litre for dead Spanish slugs.

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Todd Alström @toddalstrom.com · Jun 21

Sunrise was at 03:53, sunset will be at 22:50, and last light at 00:42. That's roughly 19 hours of daylight here in Helsinki, Finland today.

But it's mostly cloudy and rainy, so I'm just going to declare kalsarikännit and call it a day.

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Todd Alström @toddalstrom.com · Jun 21

It’s definitely a kalsarikännit kind of day here in Helsinki, Finland.

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Todd Alström @toddalstrom.com · Jun 21

No problem.

Todd Alström @toddalstrom.com · Jun 21

JD Vance is now manually blocked by 126,698 users and 770,831 users via lists, making him by far the top blocked account on Bluesky.

Todd Alström @toddalstrom.com · Jun 19

Congrats to @jd-vance-1.bsky.social for gaining 63,402 BLOCKS in the last 24 hours (and climbing)!

That currently puts the Vice President of the United States of America at the #2 most blocked account on Bluesky.

He'll probably reach #1 this weekend.

Source: clearsky.app

Top 20 Blocked accounts in the last 24 hours on Bluesky from https://clearsky.app

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Todd Alström @toddalstrom.com · Jun 21

Really enjoyed episode #422 of the @techdirt.com podcast w/ @mmasnick.bsky.social + @bencollins.bsky.social discussing the power of mockery, satire, and @theonion.com.

I even enjoyed when Ben sounded like a LinkedIn post:

"Lean into what you're good at...be unapologetic about it... embrace it."

Episode 422: The Political Power Of Mockery | Techdirt

Get more from Techdirt on Patreon

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Todd Alström @toddalstrom.com · Jun 21

Hauskaa juhannusta!

a close up of a man 's face covered in blood

Alt: A closeup of a man’s frightened, blood stained face inside a bear skin suit. His eyes look around. Scene from Midsommar (2019).

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Todd Alström @toddalstrom.com · Jun 20

a woman is wearing a scarf and a jacket and says two weeks .

Alt: GIF of a woman wearing a scarf and a jacket repeatedly saying “two weeks” while rubbing her distorted face as she slowly backs up. Classic scene from Total Recall (1990) starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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Todd Alström @toddalstrom.com · Jun 20

Hyvää juhannusaattoa! ☀️🇫🇮

a group of people are dancing in a field in front of a large cross .

Alt: A group of weirdos dancing in a circle around a large cross made out of vines. What could go wrong?

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