I don’t talk about these enough. I got into arts through comic books, but I have a distinct memory of when certain walls just broke down and saw a light with the help of music videos.
Ten Great Music Videos
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I got a weirdly rare drop in Borderlands. Maybe.
When I say Borderlands, I mean the franchise, not the game.
Blue Heron Review – The Best Movie of 2025?
Looking at the awards section for this movie on IMDb, it has a lot of them, but they seem to be like best first timer, best female director, best Canadian movie, and such, which really undersells this movie. I had to travel to see it, but I’m glad I did.
Angels
For transparency, I’m atheist. I dislike organized religion so, so much, but I do think individuals can find comfort in their spirituality and that has value. Maybe not for me personally, but not everything is about me.
My Love-Hate Relationship with Modern Art
I bought a museum card earlier this year, so I’ve been using it actively. Museum card, in Finland, is pretty cheap at less than 90 euros annually (I don’t remember exactly how much) and it gives you access to hundreds of museums all over Finland. Thus far, I’ve visited 21 museums, so I’m paying less than 4.5 euros per visit. Many of these cost somewhere between 15-20 euros normally.
How Are Fandoms Born?
Here’s an idea I would very much like to credit to the person I heard it from, but I can’t find the video on YouTube anymore. Either my search-fu is lacking or the video was removed for some reason. So, sorry about that. The video was specifically about the Harry Potter franchise, so that might help if you want to give it a try. I think the title was something like “JK Rowling Doesn’t Like Women”.
The Mandatory Performative Pride Month Post, 2026 Edition, part 3 – Lor of Borderlands Fame
In a Washington Post article titled “Meet the queer, nonbinary, pansexual characters of ‘Borderlands 3’” (basically an ad) before the release of the game, Lor (who is deadnamed in the article as well as in the game, only getting to use his chosen name in the New Tales From the Borderlands game, which no-one has played voluntarily – which actually means that it doesn’t fulfill the definition of a game) is one of the few NPCs mentioned. He is not the first trans character in the franchise, but he is the most prominent one.
The Mandatory Performative Pride Month Post, 2026 Edition, part 2 – The Gay Erasure of Tove Jansson
Moomin (or Muumi) are very popular in Finland. It is a Finnish creation after all, more precisely the work of Tove Jansson. On top of a museum in Tampere and some permanent exhibitions at various museums, there’s always a temporary exhibition about Jansson and/or Moomin going on somewhere.
The Mandatory Performative Pride Month Post, 2026 Edition – Queer-Themed Movies from the Sight & Sound Critics’ Poll 2022
Going back in time a little.
Warriors vs. Soldiers
There’s been a lot of speak of warriors from the current US government. This isn’t new. A senator (Tom Cotton) even called us Finns a ‘warrior race’ when the discussions over our NATO membership were going on. It might work as a form of propaganda, but the thing is that they don’t exactly treat their soldiers like they warriors.