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Cake day: February 4th, 2026

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  • Is that really phrased as a question?

    It’s been a truism for decades. Well, starting with more effective engines. The fabled 3-litre-car (if anyone remembers) could have been widespread reality since… idk the 90s I guess, but it never happened thanks to oil lobbies.

    edit: oops that was eurocentric I guess. “3-litre-car” means that it consumes 3 litres of fuel on 100km. And such cars did and do exist but were never developed & advertised as they would have deserved.










  • Greetings from Finland (literally the other side of the globe).

    We went from a solid social-democratic government (and thank doG we had them during Covid, they managed it near perfectly) to an unholy coalition of neoliberals, conservatives and fascists, pardon me, far-right populists.
    The results are palpable after a bit over 2 years now; esp. low and no income people are getting fucked over hard, misbehaving fascists make the news, while prestige projects cost a multitude of what was saved from the poor.

    And of course they’re harping on immigration, too, although Finland really does not have that many to start with.
    But tbh I have no idea how the new regime affects our own indigenous people.

    Thankfully this is still a well functioning democratic state and you can’t just willy-nilly “executive order” things.