Jaakko Husa

a cat standing on its hind legs, peering over a snowbank saying "The fuck is going on there?"

Me looking at 2026 so far.

Deeper down the rabbit hole...

Learning Finnish...

I guess he is not talking about Cheddar man...

University lecturer in law, substitute University lecturer in law, substitute

Two year international law teaching oriented gig in Helsinki.
jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

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Two part meme. The upper pic shows relaxed old man sporting black sunglasses wheres the lower pic shows the same man in a state of deep existential desperation and seemingly tired of life itself.

Writing and presenting are supposed to be the two sides of the same coin. In reality, they can be very different...

People who live with Yorkshire terrier are familiar with "pre-bark". It's a grunting or huffing noise Yorkie makes to "warm up" before letting out a full bark.

I do the same when I see endnotes used by legal scholars.

I'm not buying this.

"Friendly reminder" is the most common form of academic passive-aggressive behaviour.

"His job is just to make a f*cking mess and expect others to fix it"

Honesty on social media Başak, tut-tut! I am afraid that social media works better for virtue signalling and self-promotion.

Bombing for democracy, again.

When has it actually worked as intended?

When publisher thanks me for taking the time to provide "an honest review" it makes me think.

Was I too blunt or do others provide dishonest reviews?

a close up of a person 's face with the words `` i 'm not listening '' . ALT: a close up of a person 's face with the words `` i 'm not listening '' .

Kurgan, it was Kurgan!

We can learn so much from the movies. For instance, one great wisdom is said by Kurgan in the cult classic Highlander (1986):

"It's better to burn out than to fade away!"

Deep wisdom,eh?

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After 32 years there are some benefits in academia. For instance, having nerve to withdraw your submission when you think that feedback is shite. Back in the day, I would have just rolled with the punches. No more.

Sounds familiar...

The Taliban’s New Criminal Regulation Legalizes Slavery, Violence, and Repression of Women - Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security On January 7, 2026, the Taliban’s emir issued a two-point decree formally endorsing a new Criminal Procedural Regulations for Courts (119 articles, 3 chapters, 10 sections) and announcing that it woul...

This is beyond horrible. Legalisation of slavery, violence, and repression of women in Afganistan.
giwps.georgetown.edu/2026/01/30/t...

This place is decent but silent. Mastodon was too complicated for me. LinkedIn is what it is; performative professionalism and endless humblebrags.

I miss Twitter before October 2022.

They: "Do you ever regret your career choice?"

Me: "Twice a day"

Glasgow University computers connected to ChatGPT 64 million times in 2025 An investigation by student newspaper The Glasgow Guardian found that the servers recorded 63,720,751 connections to ChatGPT last year.

This will no doubt lead to a claim in Glasgow's promotional literature that the University 'is at the forefront of embedding generative AI into every level of our curriculum'.

Memories of the empire and island mentality, eh?

Where the hell does the idea of treating the UK *differently* comes from? Third country is a third country.

Submit your manuscripts like Alex Honnold climbs.

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Endnotes?

It backfired, sorry about that 😬

The one time I was rooting for Canada.

Sigh.