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Maija Koivula ⌘

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A fantasy and historical video game #writer from #Finland 🎮🖋️ Arts and crafts type 🧶 🖌️ 🩰 She/them 🌈♠️ About my work: https://maijanlainen.neocities.org/ Arts and crafts!: https://pixelfed.social/maijanlainen

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Maija Koivula ⌘ @maijakoivula.bsky.social · Jun 13

I'm a video game writer for hire and I'm very slowly trying to get my stuff together and maybe even make a portfolio-ish thing soon

In the meantime, I have a calling card version right here
maijanlainen.neocities.org

#videogamewriter #gamewriter

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Sebastian Möring @sebomat.bsky.social · 2h

New stream of "A LIft Home." Premium Passenger Dr. Joleen Blom. Live on November 19, 2025. From Lublin (EPLB) to Helsinki (EFHK). Inflight menu: Transmedia storytelling and the dynamic game character. Departure 7pm (CET)/8pm (EET).

#gamestudies
#transmedia
#mediastudies

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A Lift Home (S1:E3) for Dr. Joleen Blom - Sebastian Möring, PhD

A Lift Home is back and ready to take off, soon! In the next episode (S1:E3), live on November 19, 2025, we will take premium passenger Dr. Joleen Blom from Lublin-Świdnik (EPLB), where our plane was ...

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Maija Koivula ⌘ @maijakoivula.bsky.social · 39m

*fifth dimension x)

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Saara Selina Pyyhtiä @saarasvasemmisto.bsky.social · 2h

🔹ainut tapa saada syntyvyys kasvuun on feminismi. Jos naisilla on henkisesti ja taloudellisesti hyvä olla, ja naisten terveydestä pidetään ajoissa hyvää huolta, syntyy automaattisesti enemmän lapsia. Tällä hetkellä mikään näistä ei toteudu.

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Maija Koivula ⌘ @maijakoivula.bsky.social · 2h

Aaahhhh I winnnn Arkham Horror with Cthulhu at lasssst

Maija Koivula ⌘ @maijakoivula.bsky.social · 5h

Yesterday I saw a post of a guy celebrating a book deal and I found myself thinking no wait, these word choices are weird — are we entering some fifth of ironic shitposting? GDI text as a medium of conveying meaning and ur subtle ploys

weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 18h

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Mark McGeoghegan @markmcgeoghegan.bsky.social · 12h

That scene of the Welsh BBC correspondent being the only person interviewing Caerphilly's new Plaid AM while the rest of the media interviewed Reform's loser in the background was far too on the nose.

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LG @lasergiant.bsky.social · 10h

openai are disgusting freaks

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Jussi Herranen @herranenaika.bsky.social · 6h

Suomeen pitäisi rakentaa uusi dadakeskus.

a picture of a woman sitting in front of a painting that says surreal on it

ALT: a picture of a woman sitting in front of a painting that says surreal on it

media.tenor.com

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Ilkka Penttinen Fouto @ilkkapf.bsky.social · 1d

The #austerity policies of the Finnish government have thoroughly failed on the one objective the government used to justify them: Lowering public debt

In the meanwhile, Finnish healthcare system is collapsing and unemployment skyrockets

We became a case study

www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finl...

Finland sees fastest rise in public debt across EU

Finland's government debt rose to 88.4% of GDP by mid-2025, the steepest quarterly and annual increase among EU member states, driven by a shrinking economy, according to Eurostat.

www.helsinkitimes.fi

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Maija Koivula ⌘ @maijakoivula.bsky.social · 7h

Kun luin Marttisen uutiskuvanaaman alta alisuoriutumisperusteita ei voinu olla miettimättä missäs määrin nää ongelmat koskee myös erään pohjoismaisen valtion hallitusta, kuulemma ei ole jaxua mm. eduskuntatyöhön kyselytunneilla.

Maija Koivula ⌘ @maijakoivula.bsky.social · 19h

Aika jännä, kuinka vähän näistä viestitellään. Kaipais jotain demokraattista keskustelua tällaset kymmenen-jalkapallokenttää-kokoa & ydinvoimalan verran sähköä syövät datakeskukset joiden hedelmät on vähintään kyseenalaisia.

Maija Koivula ⌘ @maijakoivula.bsky.social · 20h

For sleeve flounce decorations you find instead of wide works of bobbin lace rather fabric that has a thinner lace strip sewn to the edge, or just fabric embroidered entirely with white (and they are gorgeous) to resemble fashionable laces without being lace.

Maija Koivula ⌘ @maijakoivula.bsky.social · 20h

The width of lace worn in clothes was government regulated in Finland in the 18th century due to mercantilist trade policies (wider lace imported meant more money leaving the country, and also kings tended to prefer other people to have less flashy accessories) along with coffee and ... pineapples.

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Maija Koivula ⌘ @maijakoivula.bsky.social · 21h

Today I finished a pair of socks but also a set of 18th century Rauma bobbin lace for sleeve flounces in what we call the Finnish käppä style. The second lace is still on the pillow, the ends just need to be tied up and the needles removed, which takes a few hours, but that's just cleanup.

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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 1d

Beatrice Lillie and the timeless art of seduction

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🧛‍♀️🎃~Bindi~🎃🧛‍♀️ @bindiatthebeach.bsky.social · 1d

This is chilling. And it doesn't exist anymore except on the Internet.

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 1d

New: a $60 mod to Meta's Ray-Ban glasses disables the privacy LED light. This is supposed to light when people are filming with the glasses. We bought the mod, verified it works. Now you can never be sure whether someone wearing Meta Ray-Bans is filming you or not
www.404media.co/how-to-disab...

A $60 Mod to Meta’s Ray-Bans Disables Its Privacy-Protecting Recording Light

Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses usually include an LED that lights up when the user is recording other people. One hobbyist is charging a small fee to disable that light, and has a growing list of customers ar...

www.404media.co

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MIELI Suomen Mielenterveys ry @mieli.fi · 1d

Kuormittavatko sinua taloushuolet? Vastaa kyselyymme ja jaa sitä eteenpäin!

Haluamme selvittää kyselyn avulla talousvaikeuksien vaikutuksia mielenterveyteen ja hyvinvointiin.

🔗 https://link.webropolsurveys.com/Participation/Public/f00ff62d-d158-42ab-ac53-ad54cadc91c7?displayId=Fin3460804

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Maija Koivula ⌘ @maijakoivula.bsky.social · 1d

#vegaanisafkaa

baked vegetables and roasted brussel sprouts, green salad with cucumber and celery

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The Elder Memes @theeldermemes.bsky.social · 1d

"why are games so expensive"
"why are mass layoffs happening"
"why are games getting cancelled"
"why did that popular studio close"

it's capitalism. capitalism is why all of this is happening. the rampant prioritizing of profit over the all else, from price and quality to dev health and well being.

Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 1d

SCOOP: For the last two years, Microsoft has pushed Xbox to hit profit margins of 30%, an ambitious target that's far higher than the industry average.

This chase for profit has led Xbox to raise prices, cut thousands of jobs, and rethink everything.

Story: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Microsoft Pushes Xbox Division to Hit Higher Profit Margins

Management’s goal of 30% profit margins for gaming has led to job losses, canceled projects

www.bloomberg.com

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Maija Koivula ⌘ @maijakoivula.bsky.social · 1d

Ehkä meidät laitetaan lopulta dynamoa polkemaan että AI-agentit voi chättäillä toisilleen (kulhollista perunaa vastaan.) Metsiä ei enää ole. Jossain joku rikas ihminen kokee, että nyt on moraalisesti maailmassa asiat kohdillaan.

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Maija Koivula ⌘ @maijakoivula.bsky.social · 1d

Meillä myös on hallitus joka yrittänee keksiä tapoja saada Googlen ja Microsoftin sähkölaskut kuitattua veronmaksajien puolesta, samalla kun hallitus pitää huolen, että veronmaksajien määrä vähenee. Trumpismia.

Viimeinen sammuttaa valot.

Kannattaa jo opetella elämään ilman jääkaappia jos on köyhä.

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Maija Koivula ⌘ @maijakoivula.bsky.social · 1d

It’s really sad how many people working in the business of fun believe that for the average human a candy-coloured simulation of work is a fun experience.

Maija Koivula ⌘ @maijakoivula.bsky.social · 1d

To make good, elevated art and entertainment, it typically requires making choices all the time. The moment you go ”but this is how my internalised world view I’ve never ever questioned needs me to make this” the game is over [sic!]

Maija Koivula ⌘ @maijakoivula.bsky.social · 1d

In the past twenty years certain parties have been working hard at making sure their point of view is naturalistic and objectively true, while ”others” have ”political” opinions. And thus we end up with a lot of designers who can’t make design decisions because their own choices are unconscious.

freya @spdrcstl.bsky.social · 1d

I don't inherently dislike cosy games as a concept, but what dismays me is presenting stuff as wholesome fun gameplay and totally ignoring the ethical context it comes from... cosy capitalist growth, cosy colonisation, etc ... your design is tweewashing via your assumptions of what's morally neutral