History and gaming enthusiast from Finland. Also into politics and culture.

Historiasta ja peleistä kiinnostunut pirkanmaalainen. Seuraan myös politiikkaa ja kulttuuria.

Striimailen pelejä viikottain Youtubeen, asialinjalla ja ilman turhaa kohkausta: https://youtube.com/@NukeminHerttua

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  • Sounds good to me:

    The above-mentioned politicians believe that after the “elimination” of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Russians will elect the Constituent Assembly, which will create the “State Council”. The latter will, in particular:

    conclude a peace agreement with Ukraine recognising its territory within the borders of 1991; justly compensate Ukraine for the damage that the country suffered as a result of the war. Afterwards, it will take Russia along the way that the country had already traveled before, during Boris Yeltsin’s presidency. Russia will then be integrated into Euro-Atlantic institutions, whereas Russian regions will be decentralised.
















  • Some time ago I read about a similar situation with copyright preventing use of pictures of 70+ year old paintings in a doctoral dissertation. The dissertation was all about analyzing those paintings so the situation was sort of ridiculous.

    Even worse, the owner of the paintings (the artist’s heirs) had given their permission for the use, but the the high quality photographs of the paintings were owned by institution that requested thousands of euros for their use. While 100% lawful and I understand cultural institutions also need money, the whole situation felt really wrong and against common sense and decency.

    I understand requesting money from a commercial project, but for and academic dissertation that’s not fair. Same goes for emoji’s that are anyways used by millions of people every day. No one is going to profit directly from a dissertation anyways.It’s just stupid and should be changed.


  • Pop culture is not dying, it’s just becoming ever more fragmented. Personally, I think its mostly a good thing, although there are benefits in having shared experiences.

    When I was a child, tv was the main source for daily news and entertainment. News were okay but 95% of the programmes on the telly were just crap. Sure, people were watching that crap, but it was still crap to me and many others. The ability to stream whatever whenever at least allows for filtering and picking.

    It does not limit discussion. For example Better Call Saul had very interesting discussions based on each weeks episodes. And they could be discussed face to face with friends too.