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This is Tobson

@tobsonhelsinki.bsky.social

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Journalist turned kids' librarian. Swedish in Finland. Eurovision. Vinyl records. Rather gay. Looks pretty when the light is right. Ibland på svenska. Bear with me. He/him. linktr.ee/tobsonhelsinki 🇫🇮

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This is Tobson @tobsonhelsinki.bsky.social · Nov 17

So much talk along the lines "on Bluesky we do this, but we don't do that". I think everyone is free to do their thing, so I wanted to share how I use this app.

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This is Tobson @tobsonhelsinki.bsky.social · 9h

56. Top 12 most unhinged songs in opera, graded after difficulty. A joy to behold, especially as I can’t fully grasp that people can actually produce sounds like these at all. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyId...

The Highest, FASTEST, Most Unhinged Songs in Opera

YouTube video by Scores Unstitched

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This is Tobson @tobsonhelsinki.bsky.social · 9h

Tack! ❤️ Så roligt när andra får glädje av ens nördiga smak.

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This is Tobson @tobsonhelsinki.bsky.social · 9h

It affected me very deeply as an adult, I can tell you.

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This is Tobson @tobsonhelsinki.bsky.social · 9h

55. Mireille Mathieu and her dancing wall of meat in one of those very camp 70’s show numbers I have a very soft spot for www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV6B...

Mireille Mathieu - Pariser Tango 1977

YouTube video by fritz51162

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This is Tobson @tobsonhelsinki.bsky.social · 9h

54. Fascinating Aida roasting an un-named low-cost budget airline (using distinctly Irish motifs but that’s probably pure coincidence) www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVAS...

Fascinating Aida - Cheap Flights

YouTube video by Fascinating Aïda

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This is Tobson @tobsonhelsinki.bsky.social · 10h

What’s really interesting about these lists is to see at what age the world surrounding you start seeping in and affect you in a way that makes you think about things.

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This is Tobson @tobsonhelsinki.bsky.social · 10h

Ah, det är förstås en helt annan sak. Folk slåss inte om dem, som de gör när det gäller kantareller.

This is Tobson @tobsonhelsinki.bsky.social · 10h

I’d love to see your list, truth be told.

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This is Tobson @tobsonhelsinki.bsky.social · 10h

Med tanke på hur alla jag känner i mina barndomstrakter förhåller sig till saken är jag ärligt talat häpen över att det finns människor som är villiga att dela sina svampställen med andra.

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This is Tobson @tobsonhelsinki.bsky.social · 10h

…och DÄR började Vakna nu, Anneli spela i huvudet. Där lär den snurra en stund.

This is Tobson @tobsonhelsinki.bsky.social · 10h

Svamparna väntar väl inte, antar man.

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This is Tobson @tobsonhelsinki.bsky.social · 10h

He was a complicated figure in many ways, pretty divisive on home ground, but his murder was such a shock. Anything like it had been considered totally impossible in Sweden, the safest country in the world. We were deeply shaken afterwards.

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This is Tobson @tobsonhelsinki.bsky.social · 10h

Tape to tape recording and then CD:s were extremely exciting, as well as home computers, but I didn’t feel them to be events like that. In the 80’s, there was this expectation that tech should progress and fairly quickly, it should have impressed us more.

This is Tobson @tobsonhelsinki.bsky.social · 11h

Thanks. Doing my best but this is a real beast. Not expecting improvement yet for at least a day or two.

This is Tobson @tobsonhelsinki.bsky.social · 11h

I thought about including the AIDS crisis but growing up in the Swedish countryside, that was only ever background noise - something scary that happened elsewhere, it was awful but did not directly impact us. Chernobyl made us fearful of swimming and eating berries.

This is Tobson @tobsonhelsinki.bsky.social · 11h

Annars hade du kanske bara hittat något annat spännande sammanhang och hakat på dem istället? Men skönt att det var rätt gäng ändå.

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This is Tobson @tobsonhelsinki.bsky.social · 12h

For a while, during spring 1986, it felt like the whole world was about to unravel. First the Palme murder, then Chernobyl. And then - surprisingly - the world just continued to spin anyway.

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This is Tobson @tobsonhelsinki.bsky.social · 12h

Fint folk kommer alltid sent, du är alltid värd att väntas på.

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This is Tobson @tobsonhelsinki.bsky.social · 12h

I drew a mental line for myself that childhood ends at 15, or there would have been far more to choose between.

This is Tobson @tobsonhelsinki.bsky.social · 12h

What five events defined your childhood?

The death of Olof Palme
Chernobyl
The fall of the Berlin Wall + the political changes that followed
The Yugoslav wars
Eurovision (every year)

Seraph @seraphism.bsky.social · 12h

What five events defined your childhood?

Fall of the Berlin Wall
Gulf War
Death of Diana
Dunblane
9/11

James Geary @jamesmgeary.bsky.social · 14h

What five events defined your childhood?

Death of Princess Diana
Turn of the millennium
9/11
2004 Tsunami
Hurricane Katrina

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Aaron Bady @zunguzungu.bsky.social · 16h

“I had previously assumed a 10-year depreciation curve, which I now recognize as quite unrealistic...Based on my conversations over the past month, the physical data centers last for three to ten years, at most.” futurism.com/future-socie...

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This is Tobson @tobsonhelsinki.bsky.social · 15h

To quote Emily from The Devil Wears Prada: ”Like death warmed up”. Would not recommend.

This is Tobson @tobsonhelsinki.bsky.social · 15h

Tim is a bit of a genius, always puts me in a very good mood.

This is Tobson @tobsonhelsinki.bsky.social · 15h

Not feeling any better but thanks for asking.
Oh, you didn’t ask?
Is it because of posts like the one below?

This is Tobson @tobsonhelsinki.bsky.social · 20h

How much snot can there possibly be in one single cute little nose like mine

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This is Tobson @tobsonhelsinki.bsky.social · 16h

It’s great, isn’t it? Gone through a few of her other videos too and she’s really good.