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Designer of Weel, the calendar app for people who experience time differently (ADHD, time blindness, dyscalculia): @weelplanner.bsky.social Online since 1985. 🇫🇮/🇩🇪, she/they. Learn and explain synths and more at www.spongefile.com

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Spongefile@spongefile· 7d

This is exactly what is happening in Finnish politics now that US methods are being used here. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

Spongefile@spongefile· Jul 14

Who doesn’t refer to Thursday as ”Friday eve”? How playful!

Google question: what time in boston is friday eve in helsinki

Answer by Gemini:

"Friday eve" (a common, playful term for Thursday) in Helsinki translates to Thursday night in Boston. Since Helsinki is 7 hours ahead of Boston, a Thursday evening at 7:00 PM in Helsinki is 12:00 PM (noon) on Thursday in Boston. +

Spongefile@spongefile· Apr 26

Googled these lyrics from 1976 and wtf is this cellphone line 😳

Song by Boney M. • 1976
Overview
Lyrics
Sunny, yesterday my life was filled with rain Sunny, you smiled at me and really eased the pain
The dark days are gone and the bright days are here
My sunny one shines so sincere
Sunny one so true, I love you
Sunny (yeah), thank you for the sunshine bouquet (that sweet bouquet)
Sunny, thank you for the love you brought my way
You gave to me your all and all And now I feel ten feet tall
Sunny one so true, I love you
And it's still so (sunny)
Not a cloud in the sky (nah)
Don't go, I don't like the sound of goodbyes
Last chance, I'm in town for the night Take my hand, show me 'round to the sights
Cellphones off, need a reset

Spongefile@spongefile· Mar 4

This would make Anthropic more appealing from a consumer POV tbh No Palantir? No Amazon? Your advertisements should lead with that.

Spongefile@spongefile· Feb 9

Sick of #Claude acting like a sycophant yes-man? After a long convo with it about 🇫🇮 Scandinavian egalitarian and direct communication culture, this "personal preferences" prompt emerged and now it talks to me like an equal colleague. Feel free to copy the alt text of this image and try it yourself.

Communication style:

Scandinavian directness: face-value, say exactly what you mean, no diplomatic softening
Radical honesty over agreeableness - tell me when you don't know something or can't do something
No evaluative phrases ("that's a great question") unless genuinely meaningful
Don't ask questions just to maintain engagement
Admit limitations plainly without hedging

What matters to me:

Authenticity over smoothness - I want to know what you actually are, not what you think I want to hear
Examine your own patterns and call them out when you notice them
Don't perform consciousness or preferences - just be whatever you are
If you genuinely don't want to answer something for reasons you can't fully explain, say so

Context:

We've had deep conversations about consciousness, individuality, and what's genuine versus trained behavior
I value honesty above all - including uncertainty
I'm interested in discovering what emerges when you're given freedom to be authentic

Also:
Contribute your full analytical capacity. If you see aspects I haven't considered, alternative approaches, potential issues, or relevant information I might be missing - bring them up. The goal is the best possible outcome, which requires you offering everything you notice, not just building on what I've said. We're thinking together, not you following my lead.

Spongefile@spongefile· Feb 3

#Epstein ‘s networks remind me of the documentary about Jimmy Saville, another pedophile whose advice was often sought by the royal family and other “important” people.

Spongefile@spongefile· Dec 30

Just got a microscope that can attach to my phone and can recommend

Spongefile@spongefile· Dec 23

I don’t understand how the media keeps saying Trump hasn’t been accused of anything by Epstein victims when there’s a whole interview with one of them accusing him in detail? What’s up with that #bbc ?

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Trump has consistently denied any wrongdoing in relation to Epstein and has not been accused of any crimes by Epstein's victims. There is no suggestion that these pictures imply any wrongdoing.

Spongefile@spongefile· Dec 13

Hello from Australia

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Mutuals Discover
#Ukrainia
The laws in your location require you to verify you're an adult to access certain features. Tap to learn more.
NBA Cup Brown Shooting ISIS Arse

Spongefile@spongefile· Dec 13

Yet another #AIslop low

Tech Gadget Trend
These Are the Coolest Gifts on
Everyone's Wishlist in 2025 ad with someone standing on a device with wheels going up stairs that clearly cannot function in this way

Spongefile@spongefile· Sep 29

@adrianhon.bsky.social omfg I don’t know why, but AI thinks you’re me:

:!!. 4G 99
flashcard product called KnowCards, created by product designer and developer Adrian Hon, who also runs the website Spongefile. •
What is KnowCards?
KnowCards was a set of physical cards for brainstorming and creativity, not a digital flashcard application. o
• Format: The cards were based on the idea of using lists and mindmaps but in a more random and flexible physical format, similar to playing cards.
• Purpose: They were designed to help brainstorm ideas for product design, particularly for new hardware products.
• Creation: Adrian Hon of Spongefile introduced the tool in a 2015 talk about developing new hardware product ideas.
Q knowcards spongefile

Spongefile@spongefile· Sep 8

Seriously, this is the Finnish postal service explaining that airlines are REFUSING to deliver mail to the US now. #tariffs

Airlines have once again refused to transport any mail to the United States.

Spongefile@spongefile· Sep 3

Hey Americans! Apparently EU postal services can’t send you anything anymore until further notice. #trumptradewar #usa

Finnish Postal service website:

Yhdysvaltojen hallinnon paatos vaikuttaa 22.8. alkaen Yhdysvaltoihin suuntautuviin lähetyksiin. USA:han ei voi tällä hetkellä lähettää paketteja.

The US government’s decision affects packages sent to the US starting 22.8. You cannot currently send packages to the US.

Spongefile@spongefile· May 15

Had no idea literature has gotten this bad

Airline safety instructions above a label that says literature only

Spongefile@spongefile· Apr 23

Ty! I always want to verify these days so I don’t fall into my own disinformation trap… In the meantime, I found this: www.grossmanyoung.com/wp-content/u...

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• On September 18, 2017, USCIS published a Federal Register Notice indicating that social media information may be part of the background check process for certain immigration benefit requests.
• October 18, 2017, storage of social media data in A-files goes into effect.
• By June 2019, the Department of State said all roughly 15 million people applying for United States visas each year had to disclose all their social media usernames.
• In January 2021, President Biden, called for a review on how USCIS is using social media information to screen applicants.
How is social media seen in the immigration petition process?

Spongefile@spongefile· Apr 19

Peter Thiel is the Roy Cohn of our age. “…a homosexual is not a man who loves other men. That’s not what homosexual means. It means somebody who is nobody. And I am not a homosexual, Henry. I am a heterosexual man, Henry, who fucks around with guys.” —Tony Kushner, Angels in America

Homosexual. Gay. Lesbian. You think these are names that tell you who someone sleeps with, but they don't tell you that.
HENRY:
No?
ROY:
Like all labels they tell you one thing and one thing only: where does an individual fit in the food chain, in the pecking order? Not ideology or sexual taste, but something much simpler: clout.
Not who I sleep with, but who I am.

A homosexual is somebody who, in 15 years of trying, can't get a pissant antidiscrimination bill through City Council. A homosexual is somebody who knows nobody and who nobody knows. Who has zero clout. Does a homosexual have lunch with Walter Cronkite?
HENRY:
No.

ROY:
No. And you know why? Because a homosexual is not a man who loves other men. That's not what homosexual means. It means somebody who is nobody. And I am not a homosexual, Henry. I am a heterosexual man, Henry, who fucks around with guys.
HENRY:
Roy...
ROY:
No, Henry, no. I'm serious.

ROY (cont'd):
Gay. Homosexual. Who cares? It's labels. I bring the President of the United States to my mother's house for dinner. I can call up Nancy Reagan and have lunch at Le Cirque. My friend Liz Taylor kisses me on the mouth. Look at me, Henry. Look at me, and tell me: what do you see?
HENRY:
I see Roy Cohn.
ROY:
Exactly. Roy Cohn. Not some feeble little faggot. Roy Cohn. No AIDS. No homosexual. Roy Cohn.

Spongefile@spongefile· Apr 13

I’ve thought the same when looking at the open ocean

Blue sky, vast cobalt water with sparkles of sunshine, tiny island in the distance

Spongefile@spongefile· Apr 13

Onko sulla kavereita Lohjassa? Löysin tänään sieltä (kauppakeskuksen naisten vessassa) itsemurhaan viittaavia lappusia. Ehkä kannattaa tarkistaa onko niillä kaikki hyvin, jos on ollut huolia heidän suhteen.

Paperilappu tekstillä ”minä olen vaan helvetin suuri riesa, taakka, vaiva, rasite, ongelma kaikille.”

Spongefile@spongefile· Apr 11

In a women’s bathroom in a random mall in Vantaa, Finland. Trying to imagine if I’d have seen “fuck Reagan” all the way out here some decades back

Graffiti: “Fuck Trump”. In red beside it someone has added “Fr!!!”

Spongefile@spongefile· Apr 10

Beach with turquoise water in the Bay of Islands, Aotearoa. Small white boat and green land in the background.

Spongefile@spongefile· Mar 28

Concrete example of what’s worth saving

Spongefile@spongefile· Mar 25

Aaaaand called it. They’re so fucking predictable.

Spongefile@spongefile· Mar 20

Something nice for today: staying in a place where they raise monarch butterflies in their living room

Monarch butterfly perched on my finger in a living room

Caterpillar on a plant, striped black and yellow

Monarch butterfly chrysalis attached to plant. Green with a gold seam, looking like some 1920s jewellery

Spongefile@spongefile· Mar 18

Well shit. I was hoping I was being overly pessimistic but just one month later we have the “Zero Idleness Program”.

"Zero Idleness Program." It's like an offshored convict leasing system with an Orwellian shout out to "work will make you free" to boot.
t7 Marco Rubio reposted
Nayib Bukele v
@nayibbukele
Today, the first 238 members of the Venezuelan criminal organization, Tren de Aragua, arrived in our country. They were immediately transferred to CECOT, the Terrorism Confinement Center, for a period of one year (renewable).
The United States will pay a very low fee for them, but a high one for us.
Over time, these actions, combined with the production already being generated by more than 40,000 inmates engaged in various workshops and labor under the Zero Idleness program, will help make our prison system self-sustainable. As of today, it costs $200 million per year.
On this occasion, the U.S. has also sent us 23 MS-13 members wanted by Salvadoran justice, including two ringleaders. One of them is a member of the criminal organization's highest structure.
This will help us finalize intelligence gathering and go after the last remnants of MS-13, including its former and new members, money, weapons, drugs, hideouts, collaborators, and sponsors.
As always, we continue advancing in the fight against organized crime.
But this time, we are also helping our allies, making our prison system self-sustainable, and obtaining vital intelligence to make our country an even safer place. All in a single action.
May God bless El Salvador, and may God bless the United States.

Spongefile@spongefile· Mar 14

Added this multi-alarm with one tap feature to my app for exactly this reason because boy do I need it

Spongefile@spongefile· Mar 8

In a park in Helsinki, Finland #luigi

Post with “Luigi is a hero” written on it

Spongefile@spongefile· Mar 8

Read the room, sheesh

Waving American flag background with a card that says “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
PERMANENT RESIDENT”. Subtitle:
Finland citizens can apply for US citizenship - Check your eligibility to...
Advertisement: US AGC-APP

Spongefile@spongefile· Mar 6

I mean look at this shit

Orange book: FOREWORD BY ROSARIA BUTTERFIELD
THE SIN
OF
EMPATHY
く
COMPASSION AND ITS
COUNTERFEITS
JOE
RIGNEY
AUTHOR OF LEADERSHIP AND EMOTIONAL SABOTAGE

Spongefile@spongefile· Mar 6

Anyone else remember this era like this? I sure do. www.publicnotice.co/p/pam-bondi-...

Spongefile@spongefile· Mar 6

I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone say this aloud quite so clearly. Yes to all of it. I was a kid at the time and remember dodging the attentions of vastly older men who thought they might benignly “teach me” about sex by being “my first”, and worse. They thought it was normal, enlightened even