Jonatan Hildén
@jhilden.bsky.social
Information designer from Helsinki. Co-founder of Koponen+Hildén
Co-author of the Data visualization handbook / Tieto näkyväksi (Finnish edition)
Co-author of the Data visualization handbook / Tieto näkyväksi (Finnish edition)
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Almost half the Waymos on California streets are driving around empty. They're either waiting for the next customer or en route for a pickup.
If robotaxis scale, anything close to that level of deadheading would create crushing gridlock.
www.thedriverlessdigest.com/p/what-cpuc-...
If robotaxis scale, anything close to that level of deadheading would create crushing gridlock.
www.thedriverlessdigest.com/p/what-cpuc-...
November 19, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Almost half the Waymos on California streets are driving around empty. They're either waiting for the next customer or en route for a pickup.
If robotaxis scale, anything close to that level of deadheading would create crushing gridlock.
www.thedriverlessdigest.com/p/what-cpuc-...
If robotaxis scale, anything close to that level of deadheading would create crushing gridlock.
www.thedriverlessdigest.com/p/what-cpuc-...
Even knowing who Thomas Chatterton Williams is (because of people dunking on him) feels like a symptom of excessive exposure to US Discourse.
November 19, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Even knowing who Thomas Chatterton Williams is (because of people dunking on him) feels like a symptom of excessive exposure to US Discourse.
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Considering the news that the Trump administration wants to mine the seafloor of the Mariana Trench, it's appropriate that @forbes.com wrote about the "ghost fish" today
www.forbes.com/sites/scottt...
www.forbes.com/sites/scottt...
Meet The Rare ‘Ghost’ Of The Deep Sea. Hint: It’s Only Ever Been Seen Alive Once
Meet the “ghost fish,” a phantom of the abyss. Here’s how we found the first ever proof of its existence just a few years ago.
www.forbes.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Considering the news that the Trump administration wants to mine the seafloor of the Mariana Trench, it's appropriate that @forbes.com wrote about the "ghost fish" today
www.forbes.com/sites/scottt...
www.forbes.com/sites/scottt...
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I've written about "disordered counterpublics" groups that reinforce shared delusions Here, the LLM becomes a 1 person counterpublic. It mirrors assumptions, absorbs contradictions, & provides the sense of a responsive, confirming audience.
It is the architecture of disordered discourse, automated.
It is the architecture of disordered discourse, automated.
November 19, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I've written about "disordered counterpublics" groups that reinforce shared delusions Here, the LLM becomes a 1 person counterpublic. It mirrors assumptions, absorbs contradictions, & provides the sense of a responsive, confirming audience.
It is the architecture of disordered discourse, automated.
It is the architecture of disordered discourse, automated.
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our local ”let’s do this” crowd tends to point to Japan as a success story of stopping immigration
the actual suicide of the West will be combining a rapidly aging population with hostility to migrants. however we must give credit to East Asia, especially Japan, for pioneering this model.
November 19, 2025 at 5:18 AM
our local ”let’s do this” crowd tends to point to Japan as a success story of stopping immigration
8 years ago Helsinki got the first four electric buses. Now they are around half of all buses in traffic and there are huge jointed ones too.
10 years ago hydrogen buses were hyped and many cities ordered them.
Today the picture is clear: electric buses rule, hydrogen buses whither.
Today the picture is clear: electric buses rule, hydrogen buses whither.
November 18, 2025 at 7:49 PM
8 years ago Helsinki got the first four electric buses. Now they are around half of all buses in traffic and there are huge jointed ones too.
Come to think of it, while concepts to future proof signpost nuclear waste sites are interesting as though experiments, the whole thing seems fairly pointless? A Riddley Walker society that has lost knowledge of the Addom won’t be able to dig up the stuff, and for an advanced civ it isn’t dangerous.
November 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Come to think of it, while concepts to future proof signpost nuclear waste sites are interesting as though experiments, the whole thing seems fairly pointless? A Riddley Walker society that has lost knowledge of the Addom won’t be able to dig up the stuff, and for an advanced civ it isn’t dangerous.
On kyllä melkoista touhua ollut tämä.
Kiinnostavasti tuosta miljoonatuloja tahkoneesta Jani Aromäestä ei näytä löytyvän oikein mitään tietoja. Toisin kuin oletin, niin tyyppi *ei* ole esim. esitellyt kotiaan sisustuslehdissä.
www.hs.fi/pkseutu/art-...
Kiinnostavasti tuosta miljoonatuloja tahkoneesta Jani Aromäestä ei näytä löytyvän oikein mitään tietoja. Toisin kuin oletin, niin tyyppi *ei* ole esim. esitellyt kotiaan sisustuslehdissä.
www.hs.fi/pkseutu/art-...
Konkurssit | Helsinki Design Schoolin velat julki: maksamatta tilavuokria, luottoja ja palkkioita
Monet rahoituslaitokset, pikavippiyhtiö, verottaja, vuokranantajat, luennoitsijat ja jopa kirjanpitäjä sekä verkkosivujen ylläpitäjä perivät velkojaan.
www.hs.fi
November 18, 2025 at 7:04 PM
On kyllä melkoista touhua ollut tämä.
Kiinnostavasti tuosta miljoonatuloja tahkoneesta Jani Aromäestä ei näytä löytyvän oikein mitään tietoja. Toisin kuin oletin, niin tyyppi *ei* ole esim. esitellyt kotiaan sisustuslehdissä.
www.hs.fi/pkseutu/art-...
Kiinnostavasti tuosta miljoonatuloja tahkoneesta Jani Aromäestä ei näytä löytyvän oikein mitään tietoja. Toisin kuin oletin, niin tyyppi *ei* ole esim. esitellyt kotiaan sisustuslehdissä.
www.hs.fi/pkseutu/art-...
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people might think little automated vehicles with total city maps are better than trains because you don't have to walk and wait 8 minutes for a train, but that small amount of geographic and temporal synchronization increases the capacity of the system by orders of magnitude
November 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
people might think little automated vehicles with total city maps are better than trains because you don't have to walk and wait 8 minutes for a train, but that small amount of geographic and temporal synchronization increases the capacity of the system by orders of magnitude
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So people who want to change the trajectory of where AI is in society today should start by noting that *current approaches to stopping adoption have failed*. That is a factual, measurable statement. I don’t believe repeating them will suddenly start working, maybe some people think so, but I don’t.
November 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
So people who want to change the trajectory of where AI is in society today should start by noting that *current approaches to stopping adoption have failed*. That is a factual, measurable statement. I don’t believe repeating them will suddenly start working, maybe some people think so, but I don’t.
Jos taloyhtiölläsi on väestönsuoja ja siihen tulee päivityssuosituksia, niin kannattaa tarkistaa mitä lista on syönyt.
Meille tarkastuksen suorittanut firma on jo kahdesti yrittänyt kaupata sinne yli 1000 € maksavan "GSM-laitteen", jonka olemassaoloa mikään laki ei edellytä.
Meille tarkastuksen suorittanut firma on jo kahdesti yrittänyt kaupata sinne yli 1000 € maksavan "GSM-laitteen", jonka olemassaoloa mikään laki ei edellytä.
November 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Jos taloyhtiölläsi on väestönsuoja ja siihen tulee päivityssuosituksia, niin kannattaa tarkistaa mitä lista on syönyt.
Meille tarkastuksen suorittanut firma on jo kahdesti yrittänyt kaupata sinne yli 1000 € maksavan "GSM-laitteen", jonka olemassaoloa mikään laki ei edellytä.
Meille tarkastuksen suorittanut firma on jo kahdesti yrittänyt kaupata sinne yli 1000 € maksavan "GSM-laitteen", jonka olemassaoloa mikään laki ei edellytä.
This silly cyberpunk era:
Was surprised by a gnome the size of a foam estinguisher with one extremely bright eyeslit waddling on the sidewalk.
Actually a toddler wearing a bike helmet with a led striplight on the forehead.
Was surprised by a gnome the size of a foam estinguisher with one extremely bright eyeslit waddling on the sidewalk.
Actually a toddler wearing a bike helmet with a led striplight on the forehead.
November 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
This silly cyberpunk era:
Was surprised by a gnome the size of a foam estinguisher with one extremely bright eyeslit waddling on the sidewalk.
Actually a toddler wearing a bike helmet with a led striplight on the forehead.
Was surprised by a gnome the size of a foam estinguisher with one extremely bright eyeslit waddling on the sidewalk.
Actually a toddler wearing a bike helmet with a led striplight on the forehead.
Reposted by Jonatan Hildén
A weird board game?
No, the etymology for the word "pedigree"!! 🤯
No, the etymology for the word "pedigree"!! 🤯
The origin of 'pedigree'. This type of C12 figure (not a family tree but a way of calculating relatedness – the titles of various relatives have not been put in the circles) looked like a crane's foot, thought medieval folk. So 'pied de grue' and hence 'pedigree'. Source in alt.
November 18, 2025 at 11:38 AM
A weird board game?
No, the etymology for the word "pedigree"!! 🤯
No, the etymology for the word "pedigree"!! 🤯
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people are actually very susceptible to just-so stories about human origins because listening to bullshit helped us survive on the savanna
fake evo-psych has cooked a lot of people's brains
November 18, 2025 at 1:48 AM
people are actually very susceptible to just-so stories about human origins because listening to bullshit helped us survive on the savanna
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Considering making a boot-to #Picotron system, it is so cozy.
This one-button gravity flow game introduced me to Tiki Pona, a cozy constructed language.
www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=154...
This one-button gravity flow game introduced me to Tiki Pona, a cozy constructed language.
www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=154...
Wavespark III: tawa suno wasoweli
www.lexaloffle.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Considering making a boot-to #Picotron system, it is so cozy.
This one-button gravity flow game introduced me to Tiki Pona, a cozy constructed language.
www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=154...
This one-button gravity flow game introduced me to Tiki Pona, a cozy constructed language.
www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=154...
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there's a lovely James C. Scott line about how "the same mechanisms can be used to track cholera or round up Jews"
Bureaucracy is essential to freedom, it’s just hard to see this because not only can it enable tyranny, the mechanisms that make freedom possible superficially resemble tyranny as well. Postal services and secret police alike keep standardized registries of the names and homes of the citizenry.
Look it's weird to say "the city is liberation. Bigness is liberation. Bureaucracy is liberation." But it so often is. The village is inherently tyrannical. Sherly Jackson knew this.
November 18, 2025 at 5:33 AM
there's a lovely James C. Scott line about how "the same mechanisms can be used to track cholera or round up Jews"
Donner Jörni, mutta Olivia Nuzzi
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November 18, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Donner Jörni, mutta Olivia Nuzzi
➡️🧥
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Predator: yah I went to Earth and it was *so* authentic, our guide provided us with traditional weaponry and everything. facing humans armed with nothing but a shoulder cannon and a wristblade was a really spiritual experience.
My working theory is they're a bunch of rich kids on their gap year.
November 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Predator: yah I went to Earth and it was *so* authentic, our guide provided us with traditional weaponry and everything. facing humans armed with nothing but a shoulder cannon and a wristblade was a really spiritual experience.
More trams in the Helsinki region! Vantaa just voted to start building their first line, 44 for and 23 against.
November 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
More trams in the Helsinki region! Vantaa just voted to start building their first line, 44 for and 23 against.
These are so suggestive of Daniel Mróz’s Cyberiad illustrations that they might have been an inspiration?
culture.pl/en/artist/da...
culture.pl/en/artist/da...
November 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
These are so suggestive of Daniel Mróz’s Cyberiad illustrations that they might have been an inspiration?
culture.pl/en/artist/da...
culture.pl/en/artist/da...
partner’s mother was visiting over the weekend. She had a store-bought tuna sandwich with her:
Here, take this sandwich! it is horrible.
Uh, ok how do you know?
Shop was two for the price of one and I ate one.
Said sandwich that travelled 4 hours by train is now sitting in our fridge
Here, take this sandwich! it is horrible.
Uh, ok how do you know?
Shop was two for the price of one and I ate one.
Said sandwich that travelled 4 hours by train is now sitting in our fridge
November 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
partner’s mother was visiting over the weekend. She had a store-bought tuna sandwich with her:
Here, take this sandwich! it is horrible.
Uh, ok how do you know?
Shop was two for the price of one and I ate one.
Said sandwich that travelled 4 hours by train is now sitting in our fridge
Here, take this sandwich! it is horrible.
Uh, ok how do you know?
Shop was two for the price of one and I ate one.
Said sandwich that travelled 4 hours by train is now sitting in our fridge
This is a Gary Larson comic
'oh my god did you see that asshole Longtusk? Boasting about killing some poor dumb human, and how 'dangerous' they are'
'I mean, he's a dentist! who does he think he's impressing!'
'I mean, he's a dentist! who does he think he's impressing!'
November 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
This is a Gary Larson comic
God Emperor of Dune 2025 version
November 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
God Emperor of Dune 2025 version
things full of bees that shouldn't (should?) be full of bees
12. Family Of Reclusive Ecclesiastical Bees Find Old Computer Printer And Come Up With Clever Way To Deter Cold Callers.
November 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
things full of bees that shouldn't (should?) be full of bees