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Captain of the ship that already sailed. Communications specialist and occasional scholar. # Bouldering , # cycling , # videogames , speculative fiction, and Japanese pop culture. Cats, cats, cats! PhD dissertation on Pokémon and mediated intimacy https:// urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-29-936 6-6 he/they

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Captain of the ship that already sailed. Communications specialist and occasional scholar. # Bouldering , # cycling , # videogames , speculative fiction, and Japanese pop culture. Cats, cats, cats! PhD dissertation on Pokémon and mediated intimacy https:// urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-29-936 6-6 he/they

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@personamatters@ohai.social · Feb 25, 2026

Heard a fellow cyclist complain his helmet ran out of battery.

What a world, what a world.

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Captain of the ship that already sailed. Communications specialist and occasional scholar. # Bouldering , # cycling , # videogames , speculative fiction, and Japanese pop culture. Cats, cats, cats! PhD dissertation on Pokémon and mediated intimacy https:// urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-29-936 6-6 he/they

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Johannes Koski

@personamatters@ohai.social

Captain of the ship that already sailed. Communications specialist and occasional scholar. # Bouldering , # cycling , # videogames , speculative fiction, and Japanese pop culture. Cats, cats, cats! PhD dissertation on Pokémon and mediated intimacy https:// urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-29-936 6-6 he/they

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@personamatters@ohai.social · Feb 24, 2026

Have you ever wondered why so many organisations keep using commercial social media? Why are comms teams reluctant to move away from Meta’s platforms? How did we end up here, and what should orgs do?

Well, I wrote about the history of social media adoption among comms professionals to answer these questions!

https://www.johannesko.net/blog/2026/2/23/remember-when-social-media-was-fun-organisations-commercial-platforms-and-people-sized-communication-in-a-late-capitalist-hellscape

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Captain of the ship that already sailed. Communications specialist and occasional scholar. # Bouldering , # cycling , # videogames , speculative fiction, and Japanese pop culture. Cats, cats, cats! PhD dissertation on Pokémon and mediated intimacy https:// urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-29-936 6-6 he/they

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Johannes Koski

@personamatters@ohai.social

Captain of the ship that already sailed. Communications specialist and occasional scholar. # Bouldering , # cycling , # videogames , speculative fiction, and Japanese pop culture. Cats, cats, cats! PhD dissertation on Pokémon and mediated intimacy https:// urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-29-936 6-6 he/they

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@personamatters@ohai.social · Feb 18, 2026

Winter Olympics? Sure, I watched ’em!

https://youtu.be/OMDXrdk-vP8?si=Tdws9VkmkwRAlVqd

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Captain of the ship that already sailed. Communications specialist and occasional scholar. # Bouldering , # cycling , # videogames , speculative fiction, and Japanese pop culture. Cats, cats, cats! PhD dissertation on Pokémon and mediated intimacy https:// urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-29-936 6-6 he/they

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Johannes Koski

@personamatters@ohai.social

Captain of the ship that already sailed. Communications specialist and occasional scholar. # Bouldering , # cycling , # videogames , speculative fiction, and Japanese pop culture. Cats, cats, cats! PhD dissertation on Pokémon and mediated intimacy https:// urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-29-936 6-6 he/they

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@personamatters@ohai.social · Feb 16, 2026

I was reading #Splatoon manga and wondered if they ever made another volume. It had a very "1 to 4 volumes" energy to it.

Reader, they did 15 more. And then another series that's still ongoing and currently at 6 volumes.

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Captain of the ship that already sailed. Communications specialist and occasional scholar. # Bouldering , # cycling , # videogames , speculative fiction, and Japanese pop culture. Cats, cats, cats! PhD dissertation on Pokémon and mediated intimacy https:// urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-29-936 6-6 he/they

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Johannes Koski

@personamatters@ohai.social

Captain of the ship that already sailed. Communications specialist and occasional scholar. # Bouldering , # cycling , # videogames , speculative fiction, and Japanese pop culture. Cats, cats, cats! PhD dissertation on Pokémon and mediated intimacy https:// urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-29-936 6-6 he/they

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@personamatters@ohai.social · Feb 11, 2026

One of the saddest things in today's turbocapitalism is that we're blasted with ads, marketing, and dark pattern UI every dang second of our online lives, AND YET when I actually decide to spend money and follow up on an ad, it's incredibly difficult to do.

Like, I was sent a text to upgrade my internet plan and it still took me the better part of an hour to jump through the hoops to do it.

The fucking misery of this... this, all!

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Captain of the ship that already sailed. Communications specialist and occasional scholar. # Bouldering , # cycling , # videogames , speculative fiction, and Japanese pop culture. Cats, cats, cats! PhD dissertation on Pokémon and mediated intimacy https:// urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-29-936 6-6 he/they

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Johannes Koski

@personamatters@ohai.social

Captain of the ship that already sailed. Communications specialist and occasional scholar. # Bouldering , # cycling , # videogames , speculative fiction, and Japanese pop culture. Cats, cats, cats! PhD dissertation on Pokémon and mediated intimacy https:// urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-29-936 6-6 he/they

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@personamatters@ohai.social · Feb 06, 2026

Forgot Jet Set Radio's soundtrack opens with the song "Let Mom Sleep".

It hits different after having kids for sure!

https://youtu.be/t9eAg7Nhq-o?si=aZBb7JhVAO7gbUsY

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Captain of the ship that already sailed. Communications specialist and occasional scholar. # Bouldering , # cycling , # videogames , speculative fiction, and Japanese pop culture. Cats, cats, cats! PhD dissertation on Pokémon and mediated intimacy https:// urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-29-936 6-6 he/they

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Johannes Koski

@personamatters@ohai.social

Captain of the ship that already sailed. Communications specialist and occasional scholar. # Bouldering , # cycling , # videogames , speculative fiction, and Japanese pop culture. Cats, cats, cats! PhD dissertation on Pokémon and mediated intimacy https:// urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-29-936 6-6 he/they

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@personamatters@ohai.social · Feb 06, 2026

Corporations gather massive amounts of personal data to feed into algorithms. This obviously sucks, but it adds insult to injury that despite this treasure trove of data the algos are still so bad.

Netflix knows I watch a lot of Korean shows. It surely also knows I watch ONLY those Korean shows that have subtitles in English.

Yet, the app keeps sending me emails, notifications and in-app alerts about a show I would love to watch yet can't because there are no subtitles in English.

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Captain of the ship that already sailed. Communications specialist and occasional scholar. # Bouldering , # cycling , # videogames , speculative fiction, and Japanese pop culture. Cats, cats, cats! PhD dissertation on Pokémon and mediated intimacy https:// urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-29-936 6-6 he/they

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Johannes Koski

@personamatters@ohai.social

Captain of the ship that already sailed. Communications specialist and occasional scholar. # Bouldering , # cycling , # videogames , speculative fiction, and Japanese pop culture. Cats, cats, cats! PhD dissertation on Pokémon and mediated intimacy https:// urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-29-936 6-6 he/they

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@personamatters@ohai.social · Feb 02, 2026

Mean asshole theory

If you're a mean asshole at work, it's likely that your colleagues won't contradict you or offer honest critique of your work because they are wary of you lashing out.

This leads to a false sense of flawlessness. For decades, you spend your time pointing out faults in others, but you yourself are infallible. The only people who contradict you are either wrong or other mean assholes, who can be ignored because, well, everyone knows they're mean assholes.

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Captain of the ship that already sailed. Communications specialist and occasional scholar. # Bouldering , # cycling , # videogames , speculative fiction, and Japanese pop culture. Cats, cats, cats! PhD dissertation on Pokémon and mediated intimacy https:// urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-29-936 6-6 he/they

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Johannes Koski

@personamatters@ohai.social

Captain of the ship that already sailed. Communications specialist and occasional scholar. # Bouldering , # cycling , # videogames , speculative fiction, and Japanese pop culture. Cats, cats, cats! PhD dissertation on Pokémon and mediated intimacy https:// urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-951-29-936 6-6 he/they

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@personamatters@ohai.social · Feb 02, 2026

@jussi_og@mementomori.social @snailkane@piipitin.fi Kiipeilypelit ovat kiinnostava genre! Jusant (2023) taisi olla aika rummutettu, mutta muuten (hyvät) kiipeilypelit ovat harvassa.

Genren moderni klassikko on Bennet Foddyn GIRP (2011, https://www.foddy.net/GIRP.html), jossa ollaan tiukan jäbävelikiipeilyn ytimessä, paidatta ja forkut pullottaen!

Todellinen helmi on kuitenkin Pikku Kakkosen joulukalenterin kiipeilynalle. Kinesteettisesti nappiosuma! En tiedä, onko viittaus Hukkataipaleen Nalleen tahallinen, mutta toimii silti!

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