Jukka Halme
@jukkahoo.bsky.social
Been there, done that, bought too many t-shirts. Reads, writes, has a podcast, organises nice cons (Åcon!) and takes dogs out. Civil servant at Helsinki City Hall.
Oh yes, I post pics of our dogs over at https://www.instagram.com/mogensardapreston/
Oh yes, I post pics of our dogs over at https://www.instagram.com/mogensardapreston/
Things I did today: cabbage stew. Pretty spicy, pretty good.
Things I'm not doing next week: @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social in Brighton. Pretty sad, pretty bad.
I hope I can change my attending membership to a virtual one, though I'm not particularly keen online attender.
Things I'm not doing next week: @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social in Brighton. Pretty sad, pretty bad.
I hope I can change my attending membership to a virtual one, though I'm not particularly keen online attender.
October 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Things I did today: cabbage stew. Pretty spicy, pretty good.
Things I'm not doing next week: @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social in Brighton. Pretty sad, pretty bad.
I hope I can change my attending membership to a virtual one, though I'm not particularly keen online attender.
Things I'm not doing next week: @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social in Brighton. Pretty sad, pretty bad.
I hope I can change my attending membership to a virtual one, though I'm not particularly keen online attender.
Reposted by Jukka Halme
Pubträff I Kino @luncon-sfkongress.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Pubträff I Kino @luncon-sfkongress.bsky.social
Posti toi paketin. Tai siis, itella toi paketin läheiseen noutopisteeseen ja ei viestinyt minua tästä asiantilasta. Koska kuitenkin seurasin paketin kulkua Hollannista Suomeen, saatoin lähettäjän antamalla informaatiolla kräkätä itellan estot ja löytää lähetykseni OmaPostin syövereistä.
September 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Posti toi paketin. Tai siis, itella toi paketin läheiseen noutopisteeseen ja ei viestinyt minua tästä asiantilasta. Koska kuitenkin seurasin paketin kulkua Hollannista Suomeen, saatoin lähettäjän antamalla informaatiolla kräkätä itellan estot ja löytää lähetykseni OmaPostin syövereistä.
Autumn season of the 2025 Geek Culture Quiz opened today and thanks to Heavy lean into Method Tapsa (always double-or-nothing the last round), Wrong on the Internet seized the day. Plethora of technical difficulties, but Maikko pulled through like a man with a mission. Well done!
August 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Autumn season of the 2025 Geek Culture Quiz opened today and thanks to Heavy lean into Method Tapsa (always double-or-nothing the last round), Wrong on the Internet seized the day. Plethora of technical difficulties, but Maikko pulled through like a man with a mission. Well done!
Internet seems to have everything, especially all those things you didn't know you needed. Like this song Love's Friends by Virgin Dance, a band I'd never heard before today. Obscure synthy pop song from 1983. When chorus begins, it is recognizable as an early version of We Need Protection. (1/2)
Virgin Dance - Love's Friends (Peel Session)
YouTube video by Vibracobra23 Redux
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August 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Internet seems to have everything, especially all those things you didn't know you needed. Like this song Love's Friends by Virgin Dance, a band I'd never heard before today. Obscure synthy pop song from 1983. When chorus begins, it is recognizable as an early version of We Need Protection. (1/2)
Happy eleventy-one, Tove Jansson!
August 9, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Happy eleventy-one, Tove Jansson!
As much as I fully support penguin lust, surely there's a nod here for HHGTTG?
“Ford... you're turning into a penguin. Stop it.”
“Ford... you're turning into a penguin. Stop it.”
12) This is my favorite in-joke in the old DC Star Trek comics. Kirk is hallucinating.
July 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
As much as I fully support penguin lust, surely there's a nod here for HHGTTG?
“Ford... you're turning into a penguin. Stop it.”
“Ford... you're turning into a penguin. Stop it.”
Preston contemplates the world. Cottage life at Pine Ridge.
July 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Preston contemplates the world. Cottage life at Pine Ridge.
Kotona ollaan.
That was a simply delightful long weekend in Mariehamn at @archipelacon.org Lots of lovely people, friends old and new, good programming, even couple with me in them, great food and some needed imbibing of local liquid produces.
King of the continent signs out.
That was a simply delightful long weekend in Mariehamn at @archipelacon.org Lots of lovely people, friends old and new, good programming, even couple with me in them, great food and some needed imbibing of local liquid produces.
King of the continent signs out.
June 30, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Kotona ollaan.
That was a simply delightful long weekend in Mariehamn at @archipelacon.org Lots of lovely people, friends old and new, good programming, even couple with me in them, great food and some needed imbibing of local liquid produces.
King of the continent signs out.
That was a simply delightful long weekend in Mariehamn at @archipelacon.org Lots of lovely people, friends old and new, good programming, even couple with me in them, great food and some needed imbibing of local liquid produces.
King of the continent signs out.
Jeffrey is a keen birder and a poet.
Jukka Halme is interviewing "Jeffrey". 😂 @jukkahoo.bsky.social @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social
June 28, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Jeffrey is a keen birder and a poet.
There can be only one. Wrong on the Internet reigns supreme over the Geek Culture Quiz @archipelacon.org
Congrats to all other amazing teams and our illustrious quizmaster Maikko and Elisa! Great job and TOUGH questions.
Congrats to all other amazing teams and our illustrious quizmaster Maikko and Elisa! Great job and TOUGH questions.
June 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
There can be only one. Wrong on the Internet reigns supreme over the Geek Culture Quiz @archipelacon.org
Congrats to all other amazing teams and our illustrious quizmaster Maikko and Elisa! Great job and TOUGH questions.
Congrats to all other amazing teams and our illustrious quizmaster Maikko and Elisa! Great job and TOUGH questions.
Archipelacon Thursday night Quiz happening in Bouqerian. Wrong off the Internet fully present.
June 26, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Archipelacon Thursday night Quiz happening in Bouqerian. Wrong off the Internet fully present.
We’re in Mariehamn, in Åland Islands, taking part of @archipelacon.org Got me badge, booklet, work lanyard and Anni Swan’s sword. I’m ready.
June 25, 2025 at 1:42 PM
We’re in Mariehamn, in Åland Islands, taking part of @archipelacon.org Got me badge, booklet, work lanyard and Anni Swan’s sword. I’m ready.
In this day and age of countless reaction and various renovation videos, how come we don't have the Rory Bremner sings "Gordon Brown" with The Strangles video available?
Sad.
Sad.
June 15, 2025 at 10:02 PM
In this day and age of countless reaction and various renovation videos, how come we don't have the Rory Bremner sings "Gordon Brown" with The Strangles video available?
Sad.
Sad.
Yes! The bestest little con in the world comes again next year, with another brilliant GoH. w00T!
Åcon 14 is proud to announce our Guest of Honour: Hugo and World Fantasy Award–winning author Emily Tesh!
Åcon 14 will take place in Mariehamn on May 14–17, 2026.
#åcon #åcon14 #mariehamn #åland #sciencefiction
https://aconfourteen.wordpress.com/2025/06/01/acon-14-has-a-guest-of-honour/
Åcon 14 will take place in Mariehamn on May 14–17, 2026.
#åcon #åcon14 #mariehamn #åland #sciencefiction
https://aconfourteen.wordpress.com/2025/06/01/acon-14-has-a-guest-of-honour/
June 1, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Yes! The bestest little con in the world comes again next year, with another brilliant GoH. w00T!
Magnum P. I. L.
Sapphire And Steeleye Span.
Doctor The Who
May 26, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Magnum P. I. L.
And I thought that the original Gladiator had issues with historical accuracy. Or decent storytelling. Or plausible characters. By Jove! With a budget the size of this one, I want properly unhinged emperors and actually thrilling combat scenes.
What next?
What next?
May 23, 2025 at 9:21 PM
And I thought that the original Gladiator had issues with historical accuracy. Or decent storytelling. Or plausible characters. By Jove! With a budget the size of this one, I want properly unhinged emperors and actually thrilling combat scenes.
What next?
What next?
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John Maddox Roberts sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/robert... died on this day, so here are some of his book covers (Artist: Dean Ellis, Karel Thole, Kevin Eugene Johnson and Kirk Reinert):
May 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM
John Maddox Roberts sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/robert... died on this day, so here are some of his book covers (Artist: Dean Ellis, Karel Thole, Kevin Eugene Johnson and Kirk Reinert):
Tähtifantasia2025 shortlist
Robin Hobb: Taikuuden laiva (Ship of Magic) Classic Big read
Vladimir Nabokov: Kutsu mestaukseen (Приглашение на казнь [Invitation to a Beheading]) Challenging boundaries
Toni P. J. Saarinen: Kuolleita kukkia Miasmalasta (“Dead Flowers from Miasmala”) Unique humorous
Robin Hobb: Taikuuden laiva (Ship of Magic) Classic Big read
Vladimir Nabokov: Kutsu mestaukseen (Приглашение на казнь [Invitation to a Beheading]) Challenging boundaries
Toni P. J. Saarinen: Kuolleita kukkia Miasmalasta (“Dead Flowers from Miasmala”) Unique humorous
May 17, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Tähtifantasia2025 shortlist
Robin Hobb: Taikuuden laiva (Ship of Magic) Classic Big read
Vladimir Nabokov: Kutsu mestaukseen (Приглашение на казнь [Invitation to a Beheading]) Challenging boundaries
Toni P. J. Saarinen: Kuolleita kukkia Miasmalasta (“Dead Flowers from Miasmala”) Unique humorous
Robin Hobb: Taikuuden laiva (Ship of Magic) Classic Big read
Vladimir Nabokov: Kutsu mestaukseen (Приглашение на казнь [Invitation to a Beheading]) Challenging boundaries
Toni P. J. Saarinen: Kuolleita kukkia Miasmalasta (“Dead Flowers from Miasmala”) Unique humorous
Tähtivaeltaja Day has started. I introduced this year’s Tähtifantasia Award finalists, a great list of grand novels.
Currently listening to an interesting @tadethompson.bsky.social interview via Zoom.
Damn you Ilmailualan Unioni strike!
Currently listening to an interesting @tadethompson.bsky.social interview via Zoom.
Damn you Ilmailualan Unioni strike!
May 17, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Tähtivaeltaja Day has started. I introduced this year’s Tähtifantasia Award finalists, a great list of grand novels.
Currently listening to an interesting @tadethompson.bsky.social interview via Zoom.
Damn you Ilmailualan Unioni strike!
Currently listening to an interesting @tadethompson.bsky.social interview via Zoom.
Damn you Ilmailualan Unioni strike!
Would it be a proper visit to Mariehamn without some Ålands pannkaka? Even with hallon sylt instead of sviskon. #CafeJuliusBelongsToSyltGang
May 4, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Would it be a proper visit to Mariehamn without some Ålands pannkaka? Even with hallon sylt instead of sviskon. #CafeJuliusBelongsToSyltGang
The traditional tapas dinner at Boquerian: herb-pea risotto with dill cream, mussels drowned in butter, and some fried halloumi. Honey beer from Stallhagen to avoid parching.
Hope to do this again in 8 weeks @archipelacon.org - some of the more fun things to do in a demilitarised zone.
Hope to do this again in 8 weeks @archipelacon.org - some of the more fun things to do in a demilitarised zone.
May 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The traditional tapas dinner at Boquerian: herb-pea risotto with dill cream, mussels drowned in butter, and some fried halloumi. Honey beer from Stallhagen to avoid parching.
Hope to do this again in 8 weeks @archipelacon.org - some of the more fun things to do in a demilitarised zone.
Hope to do this again in 8 weeks @archipelacon.org - some of the more fun things to do in a demilitarised zone.
It is 400 days until 2026 Ascension Day. Which is my favourite time and weekend of the year, since it usually means that I'm in Mariehamn at Åcon.
No Åcon this year, since Archipelacon 2, but next year?
Of course.
Yes.
No Åcon this year, since Archipelacon 2, but next year?
Of course.
Yes.
April 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
It is 400 days until 2026 Ascension Day. Which is my favourite time and weekend of the year, since it usually means that I'm in Mariehamn at Åcon.
No Åcon this year, since Archipelacon 2, but next year?
Of course.
Yes.
No Åcon this year, since Archipelacon 2, but next year?
Of course.
Yes.